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The Washington times., 1920-12-03
WARNS SPAL BY
L|PS.T|CKNOTE
Girl in Peirce Staying Sends
Treadway Jail Message by
Clever Device.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 3.-Acting
OH advice OF her sailor husband
Marie Phillips, the eighteen-year-
old girl held In the Peirce murder
case, Is attempting to bargain for
her freedom by turning States evi-
dence.
BATTLE OF WITS.
The girl was closeted for several
hours in the district attorneys office
yesterday and battled her wits with
detectives and prosecutors In her
effort To barter her way to freedom.
lnasmuch as Marie. or Boots" as she
prefers to be called. was not directly
connected with the Staying OF Peircc
! II is considered likely that the state
will allow her to take the stand
| against her former companions, and
then let her on with a light sentence.
While the girl was being questioned
by the prosecutors. the signed confess
| sion OF Peter ID. Treadway was made
public. in which he practically elimi-
mated her from blame in the murder.
| In the written confession, however,
| lTreadway carefully avoided stating
anything which might be used later
as evidence against himself, and
| threw all blame for tho actual slay-
ing on Marion a. Elliott, the fourth
| person in the murder party, and the
only one still at large.
| Before he wrote out his statement.
however. Treadway had admitted to
Captain OF Detectives Souder, in the
presence OF William Belshaw. head OF
tn murder squad. that he had hand
| in the killing. He blurted this out
after he had been confronted with the
girl and Joseph A. Moss. the third to
be arrested in the case. Both the
Phillips girl and Moss contradicted
! Treadway's version OF the staying,
and he confessed inadvertently, it Is
said, after they had accused him.
SENDS LIpsTICK NOTE.
Hearing for the three arrested for
the murder haE been set for Monday.
All are at present charged with first
degree murder. The delay in the
hearing Is occasioned by the hope that
Elliott may be captured before that
time and arraigned with the other
three.
Early in the week. il was learned
II today, the girl attempted to communi-
cate with Treadway. With her lip
stick she wrote n warning to Tread
way in magazine, and asked n
guard to deliver it to him on the pre-
, tense that she wanted him to see a
/ certain picture.
"Stick to your story all through"
the message read. Don't change, You
know what tomorrow brings (two
morc)."
, Underscored by the red lipstick
were the words in an advertisement:
| "Dead men tell no tales"
| The Phillips girl now claims that
the reason she lied for Trcadway was
because he threatened her II she told
I the truth.
The Washington times., 1920-12-03
SCORN WOMEN
AS DIPLOMATS
Anti-Suffragists Pooh-Pooh Pro
posaI to Honor Lady Astor
and Mrs. Gait.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Anti-Su'
fragists have just unearthed u
"Lady Ambassador Plot" whic'
according TO details published in Il
current issue of The Woman L;
triot, the Ants official orga
threatens to bring Lady Asst
20 Washington as female plen
potentiary, Will Mrs. Carrie Chal
man Gait, in a similar capacity, pr,
sides at the court of st. James
Each will represent the rights {
their fellow-countrywomen under I;
foreign government.
CITE VISIT AS FIRST CLUE.
Mrs. Catt's recently announced
parture for London "to attend :
meeting OF the International Sunrag
Alliance" coupled with the signif
cant fact that Lady Astor would en-
tertaln her." cited In the article, wa
apparently the first clue. This W.
followed by a dispatch from Londo
TO n Washington paper about the re
port that "if President-elect Hardlni
IS agreeable 10 appoint specia
woman ambassador to the Court
81. James to look after Americai
women's interests. Lloyd George l.
willing to do the same thing for Eng
lish women in Washington" 1t wa
added that the project was one oi
Lady Astors pet plans. (which many
people here support
AssAILs SUFFRAGE LEADER.
The Woman Patriot continues II
part:
"What is this-a thinly disguise
rlot to have Mrs. Gait as ou'
woman ambassador at London "
exchange for Lady Astor as woman
ambassador at Washington?
$50 far'a the Anti-Suffragists arc
The Washington times., 1920-12-03

and make some little girl and boy
happy this Christmas.
There are many Good Fellows in
Washington. This is indicated by th'
large response TO the call made by
The Washington Times. From all
sections of the city, from all walks
OF life. Good Fellows are responding
either by phone. mail, or filling out
the blank.
CHANCES FOR GOOD FELLOWS.
Here are n few samples OF needy
families that have come to the atten-
tion OF the Good Fellow Department
OF The Washington Times:
There is a little boy nine years old
He has little sister and a sick
mother He needs a pair OF shoes 30
he can get out to sell papers to help
his family.
There is an old man. seventy six
years old and totally blind. He lives
with strangers at Tenleytown. He
has no relatives. A widow OF three
or four months, with four children,
needs help. She has n boy ten; a boy
twelve years; u girl three years. and
girl seven.
~ HcNi''i "a" ycbi
Good Fellows in the paper and
thought l would ask some help. or
course i want nothing for myself. but
/ would like my little ones to have
something for Christmas. II looks
like VIC won't have any Christmas
at all this year. The children need
clothes and shoes. We need coal and
l am sick myself I have Ave children
and expect the stork will visit US soor
again and l am unprepared. l GER
tainly hope some Good Fellow viii
remember US
| Last year 500 Good Fellows re
sponded. THE poor we have with u!
always" II Is sad to be poor at any
time, but never is poverty so kcenlN
felt as at Christmas time. Tn,
sleighs with bells go merrily by. Th'
rich woman passes the home of thu
poor In her luxurious Limousine. Th'
rich little children make snow-meI
on the banks.
The poor little girl and boy stand
at the window Of his cold and uncom
| Portable home. He can't go out, h
has no shoes, no coat, no sled, but h
can look on at the others making
merry. That Is his Christmas.
Make it your business to see tina
that does not happen. BE a Goot
Fellow. Take poor family unde
your wing. Fill out the blank today
The Washington times., 1920-12-03

oncerned. Mrs. Gait might be 'N-
ranged for some English woman
ithout any tragic loss To our coun-
N-but as an accredited Lady Am
1ssadoT,' never. Did we not have
nough women ambassadors when
RS. Norman de II. Whitehouse. ap-
ointed by George Creel. took sunny
her dog) 10 Switzerland and so i'm
ressed the natives that they re-
'cted woman suffrage by four to one
lie year after:"
"If Mrs. Gait were to take up her
esidence In London. we would have
quail hopes OF restoring common
cnse on the suffrage question In
rcat Britain--but why on earth
hould Uncle Sam pay the freight?
TIRED OF LADY AsTOR.
Lady Astors first great triumph
a member OF Parliament has long
ince passed. 1t is rumored that the
arly publicity, courtesy and applause
'hich attended her first speeches
ave dcparted--that her fellow mem
,"rs are already quite a little tired
{ the lady member. An ambassador.
hip would probably restore much OF
.ady Astor's origins publicity value
nd prestige.
80 with Mrs. Gait Since she re-
red to her room for weeks In Nash
lllc. afraid to face an anti-funrage
speaker in debate. and since, AS the
leliverer' Of womens votes in the
ate election, she proved the leader
only on the letter heads Of the sur
'ragette associations she controls
through the lie lie fortune, her repu =
alton as 'stateswoman' has sur
: red severely.
Both Lady Astor and Mrs. Catt
are in urgent need of something TO
put them back on the front pages
Of the newspapers.
What more clever and original
than to engineer an affair OF woman
ambas adOrs with old John Bull ana
your Uncle Samuel footing all the
bills, from salary to political salons
"It is beautiful little publicity
stunt for Lady Astor and Mrs. Gait
but when American women cannot
get square deal from the British
and Englishwomcn cam
not get q square deal from the United
States Government without lady
Ambassadors to tell each Government
how il should treat another country
womanhood, it will be time for both
to close up shop and
y bdicate in favor OF a necdlework
guild"
The Washington times., 1920-12-03
WILL YOU
Be Good FeUoW?

The spirit of Good Fellowship admirably exempll-
fed today by a number of men and who frankly
admitted that they did not possess much of surplus OF
this worlds goods but at that they had enough to
warrant them in taking nce!v families under
their wing for Christmas.
Several of the Good Fellows enrolling today were
widows who said their worldly possessions but
they wanted to make less fortunate than them
selves merry Christmas morning, and therefore asked
that child or several children be assigned to them.
The Washington times., 1920-12-03
AUTO RUNS OVER LEG AS
HIS HEAD IS IN GROUND

Lying in the street with his head
thrust into a manhole. while he was
making repairs TO electric wires a.
New Jersey avenue and II streets
northwest. Joseph O'Connell, forty
years old. an employe Of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany. had his leg run over by an
automobile.
The operator sped on and did nor
The Washington times., 1920-12-03
||F SKIN BREAKS OUT,
| IS FIERY, ITCHY OR
Trough, ,USESULPHUR

lust the moment you apply
lMcntho-Sul rhur to an Itching,
burning or broken out skin. the
Itching stoDs and healing begins,
SULPHUR preparation. made into n
pleasant cold cream, gives such n
quick rCliCf even to fiery eczema,
that nothing has ever been found
TO take its place.
propcrties. IL quickly suhdues tho
Itching. coola the irritation and
heals the eczema ri~ht up. leavin~
a clear. smooth skin in place Of
ugly erurtions, rash, pimplcJ or
rouUhnpss.
You do not have to walt for inn
provtmcnt. II quickly shows. You
can get little lar of Mentho-Sul
phur at any drug store.
The Washington times., 1920-12-03

HEARING DEC. 20 ON
TERMINAL TAXI RATE

A public hearing to consider the
application of the Terminal Taxisab
Company for permission to continue
its existing rates and charges after
January will be held in the board
room OF the District building. at 10
o'clock Monday morning. December
20. the Public Utilities Commission
announced today.
The Washington times., 1920-12-03

leNen look back 10 see n Joe" was
uurt
lie was removed 10 Emergency
Hospital where II was said he wac
not badly injured.
The Washington times., 1920-12-03
Couldn't Marry Film Star;
Wife Objected, Says
Movie Manager.

Los ANGELES. Calf. Dec. s.
Cecil Il. De Mile, famous motion
picture director. smiled a broad
smile today when told the rumor
had spread over the entire United
states he had been secretly married
To Louise Glaum. film star, three
'eeks ago in Atlanta
Mr.. De Mile paused in his work
{ directing To laugh a good hearty
augh. then he issued the following
'tatement:
while l have never met MISS
ilaum, l am very sure that any ma"
would be honored by her mana IN
'ortunately was unable 10 DC
resent at the ceremony because my
wife and three children wouldn't let
ne"
Miss Glaum was reported To be IN
.os Angeles today, but could no'
pe located at her home or studio
The Washington times., 1920-12-03

To Cure IA Cold In One Day
Take Groves LAXATIVE BROMO OH
NINE Tablets. The genuine bears the $50
nature Of T. W. Grove. 30c.--AdNt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
SWINGING PILLAR is FOUND
Green Mountain, Near Canon
City, Col.

Canon City, Colo.-Gently swaying
to and fro, huge granite monolith
forming a unique natural monument
has been discovered on Green noun
tain, several miles north Of this city.
It is believed to be the only "swinging
monument" in the world.
The shaft is more than 100 feet
high, and in the course Of many years
has become free from all surrounding
earth formation, except at the base,
which is about IL feet wide. In the
center, the granite column tapers off
to width at the summit practically
the same as at the base.
Lee Hughitt, water commissioner Of
Canon City, and A. V. Hodgin, Ere
mont county commissioner, came
across the phenomenon recently while
on hunting trip.
They report that the entire shaft
moves, probably from two to three
feet at the apex, and the swinging is
constant under the pressure Of light
winds. The base of the shaft, they
said, rests in a small hollow about
three feet in depth and the contiguous
granite formation has been entirely
disconnected.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
FARMERS SPURN GRAND PIANO
instrument Sells for $3.50 as New
Workers Pay $50 for Blind
Horse.

Riverhead, L. 1.-The eastern Long
Island farmer seems to be a critical
fellow.
Just because he cannot use q piano
to raise potatoes-there is no sort Of
aftiliatiOn, apparently, between music
and potato growing-the farmer re-
fuses to pay as much for the piano as
he will for blind horse.
Frank J. Corwin, the auctioneer, re-
Gently astonished the, countryside when
he got the farmers tumbling all over
themselves to bid in a blind horse 1T
$3.50 and loose hay for the sensational
price Of SIS ton. He sort Of reasoned
that if q blind horse was worth that
much grand piano that could make
jazz music without much effort ought
to bring around $500.
But the farmers fooled him this time.
In spite of all his coaxing, in spite Of
all his claims that Paderewski would
be glad to have this instrument, It was
knocked down for $3.50. i.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
AGREE on REMOVING DEAD
French to Permit Disinterment Of u.
S. Men in the Fighting Zones
September IS.

Washington.-Removal Of the Amer
lean dead from within the fighting
zones in France for transportation to
the United States will begin after
September Is under an agreement be-
tween the American and French gov
eminent. Bodies Of men buried out
side these zones now are being moved
to this country.
The war department, in announcing
the agreement, said the terms of the
understanding limited the return Of
bodies Of those whose removal to
America had been specifically request
ed by the next Of kin.
In transporting the bodies to French
ports the American government has
agreed to use not exceeding a maxi
mum Of 100 standard box cars at q
time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
VIA CRUCES RITE is REVIVED
Rome Again Witnesses Ancient Cere
mony Of the Cross in the
Coliseum.

Rome, 1taly.-After an interval of
fifty years, the Coliseum again has
been the scene of the picturesque cere-
mony Of the Via Crucis. Pope Bene-
dict XIV, who reigned from 174O to
1853, instituted the ceremony by plac-
Ing cross in the center Of the arena
where martyrs had given their lives
for the faith, and erecting fourteen
stations of the cross. Each Friday
the ancient amphitheater witnessed
the solemn rite. The practice was
abandoned in 1870, when Rome be-
came the capital Of united Italy.
The celebrants have once more WIS.,
tied the Coliseum, however, and ar.
rayed in their strange gray garments,
which include a cowl covering the
head and face, have revived the cere-
mony Of old time. Princess Barberini
led column Of women, and among
the men taking part in the rite were
many from patrician families.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
TRIES "M0VIE" STUNT: DIES
New York Lad, Aged Fifteen, StrangIes
Himself to Death with ."Third De-
gree" Device.

New York.-The death Of fifteen
year-old Solomon Bernstein is attrib-
uted by his. two younger brothers,
Samuel, thirteen, and Isador, ten, to
what he learned Of criminal methods
from moving picture plays.
Solomon. was found strangled to
death on the cellar floor of his home.
Around his neck was a small rope,
tied in moose. The other end was
swung over a rafter. Tied to the end
over a rafter were two iron weights.
On the floor beside the body was q
butter tub, kicked to pieces, evidently
in his efforts to avoid a fatal end to
his test Of the improvised third de-
gree" According to the younger boys,
the rope and weights were to be ap-
piled to Isadore, whom Solomon had
accused Of stealing fountain pen
cap.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
MIMI. SATURDAY: JUNE 5, 1920
BLASTS OPEN CANAL
Prince Connects Lake Capro|ace
With Mediterranean.
Noted Italian Engineer Uses so Tons
OF Explosives and 1900 Bombs
in. UNDERTAKING,

Rome.-Don Gelasio Caetani. q
brother of Prince Caetani, the Ameri-
can trained engineer who laid the
mine which blew off the top, Of the
mountain Col di Lana during the war,
burying hundreds of Australian SOL
d1ers beneath it, has just dynamited a
canal into existence from Lake Capro-
lace to the Mediterranean sea.
49, The work was undertaken by direc-
ton of the prince. also known as the
duke Of Sermoneta, head Of the
Roman Campagna and Terracina, a
region which the prince has labored
for years to reclaim. On the seashore
OF this strange volcanic region there
are three lakes or lagoons, called Fog
liano, Monaco and Caprolace, COM
municating with each other, into which
at high tide all kinds Of fish find their
way, remaining there to breed and
fatten for the Roman market, to which
every day some ten to forty hundred
weight are shipped. x -.
Only one, that Of Fogliano, is d.
rectly connected with the sea, and in
order to unite that of Caprolace with
the neighboring Mediterranean and to
greatly increase the yield of fish,
Prince Caetani decided to explode a
series Of mines so as to form canal
between this lake and. the sea.
The undertaking took fifty tons Of
explosives and 1000 large bombs, or
five times as much. as was required
to destroy the mountain top: It was
successful, opening a channel. to the
sea.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
ALASKA OFFERS PULP
Forests Could Relieve Shortage,
Says Governor Riggs.
Billions OF Feet of Paper Wood Avail
able for Manufacture Into
Newsprint.

Seattle.-AlaSka wants to throw
open her millions of acres of national
forests so that the billions of feet Of
paper wood Of the northland can help
relieve the pulp and newsprint famine,
Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alaska de-
clared here recently.
Governor Riggs was here on his way
from Juneau, capital of Alaska, to
Washington, where he expected to help
press pending legislation intended to
remove restrictions and allow pulp
manufacturers to go into the Tongass
and Chugach reservations, the north
ern territory's two great reserves.
Pulp and paper men are anxious to
go to Alaska and establish mills as
great as these operated in British
Columbia not far south Of the Alaska
boundary line, the governor asserted.
Under the present laws the pulp max
ers cannot enter the reservations with
any certainty that they will be allowed
to stay.
Alaska's great forests stretch over
approximately $4,000 square miles, an
area nearly equal in size to the state
of Indiana, according to estimates
made by government officials.
Several hundred million feet of good
pulp wood, including western yellow
pine, hemlock, Sitka spruce, white fir
and lodgepole pine, are on the forest
reserves alone
The Tongass reserve, in southeast
ern Alaska, is especially adapted to
the manufacture Of pulp and paper,
forestry officials have reported. There
is plenty Of water power, ocean hor-
bors open the year around, timber
skirting the water and weather SIM
liar to that Of the Puget sound.
The governor intends to ask Wash
ington to restore the reserves to the
national domain or to open them to
the pulp industry.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
! 500 DOG TEAMS PASS POST
832 Men Sheltered at Manitoba Stop.
ping Place During the Past
Winter.

The Pas, Manitoba. hun
dred freight teams and 1900 dog teams
passed a, stopping place at Rocky lake
during the winter, according to the
landlord Of the stopping place.
This is the main trail to Flin-Flon
mine. The landlord, Sam Cook, an
Indian war veteran, adds that 1872 men
stopped with him overnight. He col
lects Is cents from each team that puts
up there and 25 cents from each trav-
eler who eats there. Sam furnishes
the dishes, water and fire only, and
his wife looks after these items while
Samuel gamers in the fees.
If there is any grub left the mush-
ers usually leave it for their host, and
in this way his expenses for feeding
himself, wife, two children and tribe
Of relatives are kept down materially.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
SAYS LAWSUITS ARE CHEAP
New York Judge Denies Charge That
Poor Do Not Receive
Justice.

New York.-The assertion that the
poor man does not receive justice in
court, made recently in a report Of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
ment Of Teaching, was contradicted
by Judge Frederick e. Crane of the
court Of appeals. Speaking before the
women members of the Kings County
Republican club, he declared that "the
chief litigation in our courts is today
conducted by the poor, or persons Of
moderate means, and at no time and
in no country have the rights and
remedies Of the law been so easily
procured"
"Nowhere in the world is litigation
50 cheap or redress for wrong 80 read
lily afforded to the poor" Judge Crane
said. ANY law Office Of standing can
furnish instances Of litigation conduct
ed without charge for services rem
dered because of the condition of the
parties"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
DOG REMEMBERED IN WILL
Colorado Man Pays Tribute to Com.
partnership and Devotion Of
Shepherd Doq.

Denver, Colo.-The faithful service,
devotion and companionship Of his
shepherd dog are remembered in the
will of the late Louis Ferrari, who
died at Albuquerque, N. NJ, en- route
to his mountain home in Bear Creek
canyon, where he hoped that his last
breath would be of the pure, pine
scented mountain air.
Maggie, a beautiful, wonderfully
intelligent shepherd dog, was Fer
rarfs constant companion for the last
II years, and in his will he set aside
$500 for her care and for her burial.
When she dies she is to be placed
In a coffin and laid to rest under a
giant pine tree on the sunny slope Of
Brookvale.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
CURE FOR PLANT DISEASES
Botanists at Cambridge University,
England, Claim to Make Vegeta-
ton Immune.

Cambridge, England Cambridge
university botanists claim that it is
now possible to breed disease-proof
plants.
A special body Of investigators who
have been devoting themselves to the
practical testing of the Mendelian he
redity law are engaged in immunizing
wheat, oats, barley, potatoes and roots,
the results Of which will be shown in
the summer to a distinguished assem-
bly, Of medical men.
The "plant DOCTORS" as they are
called, have already succeeded in
breeding new wheat known as "yeo-
man. which has yielded II quarters
(96 bushels) to the acre-three times
an ordinary crop.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-05
SEND US OIL FRANCE APPEAL
Twice President Wilson Saved coun.
try From Grave Danger, It
Is Shown.

Paris.-1mportatio of oil would be
subjected to government control and
oil would be sold in France at prices
fixed by the cabinet under the terms
Of a section Of the tax bill being con-
sidered in the chamber Of deputies.
The limited monopoly in oil now
held by the government would be ex-
tended until the first Of next year.
Discussion of the proposal in the
chamber this week has brought out
the fact that France was in grave dan
ger during the war Of "a shortage of
fuel and lubricating oils and that Pre-
mier Clemenceau had to appeal direct
ly to President Wilson on two occa-
sions.
Profits on oil imported during the
war were very large, it was charged,
and there was sharp criticism Of the
Standard Oil company and the Brit
ish Shell corporation in this connec-
ton.