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The Washington herald., 1920-09-30

1T sure is some trip from here to
Alaska and some cost to the Govern
ment for such a small thing as 1 am
charged with" laughed Capt. Charles
J. Morgan, world war hero, who ar
rived in Washington Tuesday night
under arrest on an idictment charg-
ing false pretenses.
Late in August, Roy Darling. an
agent for the Department of Justice
in Alaska, recognised a picture on
a circular received from Washing
ton, asking for the arrest OF Capt
Morgan. Darling made the arrest
at Menana, Alaska
Late Tuesday night in company
with Marshal Louis T. Erwin and
Deputy Marshal john c. Wood, Capt.
Morgan completed a 5000 mile jour
ney, starting Sept. 10, to answer the
charge of having attempted to pass
a check bearing the signature of
Walter B. Howe, of III Fourteenth
street northwest, a former Assistant
District Attorney, for $3.50.
In February, 1915. Morgan en-
listed in the Canadian army, being
assigned to the famous Little Black
Devils Regiment. Two years later,
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
LATVIAN STORK
COMES TO US.
Envoy and Wife Admitted
AT Ellis Island Due to
Expected Event.

Through joint action of the De-
partment of Labor and the Depart
ment of state, Alfred NagCl. So
called envoy of the Latvian govern
ment. alleged to have Affiliations
with the Bolsevik government OF
Russia. has been admitted to United
states territory for a period Of four
months under $1,000 bond. at the
expiration of which time the matter
will again be taken up for joint ac-
tion. Mrs. Nagel is admitted with
him. The state of her health il
given as the reason for the action.
She is about to become n mother
The cnvoy's credentials have been
Cancelled by his government. the Of
fiCials say.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
20 MORE TO BE INDICTED
AS BALL PROBE TURNS TO
CUBS AND 1920 FRAME"
Uncle Sam After
Baseball Boodlers
For Dodging Tax

Officials of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau yesterday began an
inquiry to learn whether the
ball players who are alleged to
have received bribes for throw,
ing the 1918 world series game
made any mention OF the fact
in their income tax returns.
They also want to learn who
paid over the money, said to be
100000. Unless this individual
has mentioned that matter -
the revenue collectors he ha
violated the law also.
Tax lodging carries a penalty
of so per cent of the tax. II il
can be proved that the dodger
intended to defraud the govern
mcnt he is liable TO a fine Of
$4,000, one years Imprisonment
or both.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30

used to sit on the rocks: and Bob
had way of standing behind her
with his hands over her shoulders
holding her hands and his face
close to hers and they would re-
peat over and over their fsvorite
verses of the old tent-maker.
They saw only the poetry and
philosophy of the lines then-in-
deed, they agreed that the Wine
was only an image, and that what
was meant TO be celebrated was
divinity, or maybe Love or Life.
However, at that time neither Of
them had tasted the stun thai
goes With a eo-cent table d'hote;
& where f~as L On, they mar
red and came TO Kew York. Bob
sh0~sd hs hliess siPlOms and
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30

THIS document Is intended TO
L strike somewhere between a
temperance lecture and the Bar
tenders Guide" Relative to the
latter. drink shall swell the theme
and be set forth in abundance.
sAgreeably to the former, not an
elbow shall be crooked.
Bob Babbitt was "ofr the stuff"
Which mesns-as you will dis
cover by referring to the un-
abridged dictionary of Bohemia
that he had cut out the booze"
that he was "on the waterway
on" The reason for Bob's sud
den attitude of hostility toward
the demon rum"-as tho white
ribboners miscalI whisky Csee the
"Eartender's Guide') should be
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30

to dinner a little late but feeling
good, and a little sorry for the
poor Standard Oil Company. On
this evening as he entered he
heard some one say: "Babbitt
was in last night as full as a
boiled OWL"
Babbitt walked to the bar, and
saw in the mirror that his face
was as white as chalk. For the
first time he had looked Truth in
the eyes. Others had lied to him;
he had dissembled with himself.
He was a drunkard, and had not
known il. What he had fondly
imagined was a pleasant exhila-
ration had been maudlin intoxi-
cation. His fancied wit had been
drivel; his say humors nothing
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30

but the noisy vagaries of a sot.
But. never again!
"A glass of seltzer," he said to
the bartender.
y little silence fell upon the
group of his cronies, who had
been expecting him to join them.
Going Off the stuff, Bob?" one
Of them asked politely and with
more formality than the high
balls ever called forth.
Yes" said Babbitt.
Some one of the group took up
the unwashcd thread of q story
he had been telling; the barton
der showed over dime and a
nickel change from the quartsr,
ungarnished with his customary
smile; and Babbitt walked out.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
Drink shall swell the theme
and be set forth in abundance.

Now, Babbitt had a home and
a wife--but that is another story.
And l will tell you that story.
which will show you a better
habit and a worse story than you
could find in the man who in
vented the phrase.
1t began away up in Sullivan
County, where so many rivers and
so much trouble bcgins--or be-
gin; how would you say that? 1t
was July, and Jessie was a sum-
mer boarder at the Mountain
Squint Hotel. and Bob. who was
just out of college. saw her one
day-and they were married in
September. That's the tabloid
novel-one swallow OF water. and
it's gone. N.r.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
Efficiency Bureau Shows
Average Pay Here
Now $I,543.
CONGRESS DATA READY
Chief H. D. Brown Prepares
Charts to Induce Law
For Increase.

Salaries of Federal employees in
the District have advanced only five
per cent on an average during the
last six years, according to Herbert
D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of
Efficiency, although the cost of liv-
ing has increased 100 per cent. Bo-
nus increases of approximately is
per cent make the gross increase in
1919 from % to 25 per cent over the
salaries paid in 1913.
Figures Cover Six Years.
This fact was announced yester-
day in connection with an investi-
reau of Efficiency. of salaries paid
by the Federal Government, State
and municipal governments, and
private establishments.
The bureaus tabulation shows the
average salary in the District in
1913 was Sass and at the end of
1919 was s1,54S for, the same indi-
viduals. This means that aside from
the bonus, epersons in the District
OF Columbia employed by the, Gov
ernment have progressed just 20 per
cent in six years in the matter of
salary. A similar tabulation made
of employees outside the District
shows that individual salaries have
increased 81 per cent in the same
period.
War ONCE Jobs Reduced.
Brown called attention to the fact,
however, that the figures for 1919 ia
cluded many persons then employed
in Offices created during war time,
where salaries were far above the
average pay for similar services in
Offices supported by so-cslled stat
utory rolls. He said that in the tab
ulation as finally presented to Con-
gress, the employees of the purely
war Offices and of the offices that
had expanded greatly during the
war would be eliminated and he
ventuFed the opinion that when
such Offices were eliminated, the
tabuiation would show that tho sal
ary nj. the employees of the other Of
fices 1sft beg Increased by not more
than 5 per cent.
Brown pointed out that this tab
ulation embraced increases Of two
kinds: First. increases that would
have taken place in perfectly normal
times, even though the salaries for
given classes of work did not in
crease. through the employees work
ing up through the grades.
For instance. an employe in 1918
might be a junior clerk at 5000 and.
if he were fortunate. he might have
risen to the position nf head book
keeper or chief clerk by 1919. And
second increases allowed by Con
Eress for various classes of service
excluding tho s2iO bonus
Whole Problem Reviewed.
Tho bureau is making a most
comprehensive study of the whole
problem of Government salaries and
will have ready for Congress whcn
it convcncs in December most il
Eliminating report showing exactly
CONTINUED on FACE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
TRAIN
JUMPS TRACK
Nominees Car Narrowly
Misses Crashing Over
Trestle Into Ohio River.
by w. II. N'NAMEE.

tUniverssl SerTice stan Correspondent
On Board Harding Special IN
Kentucky, Sept. Ex-senator War
rem C. Harding's whirlwind speak
ing trip through West Virginia
into Kentucky came close TO =
tragic end shortly before noon to-
day at Millwood, W. Va. when his
private car. the Ideal. left the rails
while speeding along the Ohio River
and crashed over the ties of the
road for q distance of 500 yards be-
fore the speeding special could be
brought to sto~-
Only the prompt action of Ernes,
Chapman. a Baltimore and Ohio
detective riding on the rear plat
form, who threw on the CmcrEcncy
brakes, prevented what might have
been a fatal accident. Travelling ..
a mile q minute speed tho IlaTdinC
special rocked and swayCd over u
wooden trestle, blowing up the tlc-
and L. eninC to pitch any mo
ment down the steep banks into tho
Ohio River. when the brakes finally
held and the train stopped.
Harding, in discussing the aCcl-
dent said:
Several of W. were sitting IN the
observs tiou room at the rear OF the
car when the truck under US went
of the rails. Everything wa
thrown of the table VIC immodi-
ately recognized that something
was wrong. Ernest Chapman. ot
the Baltimore and Ohio police scrN-
ice. seemed to know instantly what
was the matter. He stepped out to
the platform and threw on the
emergency brakes"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
Fifty Homes and Factories
Leveled by Soldiers Fol-
lowing Sinn Fein Raid on
= Barracks-Firemen Kept
Indoors by Curfew Laws,
As Town Burns.
CBy Universal serviee.)

Dublin. Sept. 2s.-Mallow, County
Cork, was a blazing furnace today
This evening clouds Of smoke were
still rising from ruins. Fifty houses
and factories are leveled. Half the
population have fed from their
homes.
1t is believed considerable of the
destruction at Mallow could have
been prevented had the fire depart
ment been permitted to go to the
blazes at their start. The curfew,
however. stopped the firemen. They
stood vigilantly at their apparatus
until a. m, when it is legally per-
missible to go upon the streets,
Then they rushed out to the
burning buildings.
Due to sinn Fein Raid.
Briefly that summarizes the sum
total of IreIand's latest ''reprisal."
\ Sim Fein force precipitated
The latest Irish war-colored action.
Yesterday they accomplished a
carefully planned coup at Mallow
when forty strong they rushed the
military barracks. Most of the gar
risOn of fifty lancers stationed
there were away exercising their
horses when the Sim Feiners drove
up in automobiles and rushed the
guard. \ sentry attempted resis-
tance and was stunned into inaction
with a revolver butt.
Sergeant is Killed.
The sergeant of the guard, hear
ing shots. rushed out rifle in hand,
but a bullet was sent into his body
as he was crossing the threshold of
the barracks He was killed and the
remainder of the guard was cap
tured.
Then the raiders proceeded to
clear out the barracks. taking all
arms and ammunition. These were
quickly placed in waiting automo-
biIes which carried off the booty.
\ lancer in the barracks, seeing
the attack, rushed out and. pro-
curing a horse. rode bareback and
only scantily clad to the main de-
taChment at their exercising grounds
10 give warning of the raid. The
troops fastened to return, but the
raiders had accomplished their pur-
pose and we're away before the
soldiers regaincd the barracks.
Couldn't Fire Barracks.
The raiders succeeded in obtain
ing considerable arms and ammu-
milton. but an attempt to fire the
barracks was unsuccessful.
Tho Ianccrs. unable to exact their
vengeance with guns. rcsOrtcd to
the use Of oil and other inflamma
blgs. Burning masses OF material
were pushed against buildings and
in a short time Mallow was ablazc
The burned buildings include
some Of the most important OF
he towns industries.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
Pennant Idols
Under Inquiry
In Neu York
Reports of 1920 Frameup
To Be Sifted by District
Attorney Lewis.

New York. Sept. 2s.-National
League pennant winners will be
grilled by District Attorney Lewis,
Of Kings County. in an effort to dis
cover if there is any truth in the re-
port that a movement to frame"
the 1920 world series is already
afoot. Mr.. Lewis is looking into a
report printed in a Chicago news
paper reading as follows:
Information which has been
gathered by officials tends to indi-
cate that the same clique of gam
blers which is alleged to have fixed
the 1919 series have made plans to
attempt to have Brooklyn throw the
coming series to the Cleveland In
dians."
None to BE Spared.
President Charles II. Ebbets, of
the Brooklyn club. said he would
have the players ready to appear for
examination at any date set by the
district attorney. Any player sus-
pected of conspiring to throw the
series would be suspended quick as
a wink" said Mr.. Ebbets.
District Attorney Lewis stated
that he would press the investiga-
ton with all speed and visor. and
that If any evidence was adduced to
show the Brooklyns guilty of unfair
tactics he would prosecute both
players and gamblers.
He asked Maclay Hoyne. prosecu-
tor Of Cool; County, by telegram
today to apprise him il he has any
information TO substantiate the re-
port concerning a 1890 frame"
So n ,sSTss.en Dtsred.
ProSeGJ9s aeyne r, piled that he
is eEf ssiy too busy with the Chi
cago matter to !ooIl into that con-
corning Brooklyn. Ofhand. he said
he could not provide any substan-
tiatory material.
District Attorney Swami. Of New
York County, said he would not
start any investigation until asked
TO do 50 by Prosecutor Hoync. He
said that this course of action was
in accordance with the agreement
between them concerning matters
overlapping between the two cities.
Tex Rickard. famous fight pro-
moter and lessee OF Madison Square
Garden. declared today that the in
dictments of the White Sox players
was best for the sport"
"Wc are all interested in clean
sport Of all kinds" he said.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
BANDITS TAKEN
IN GUN BATTLE
Posse of 300 Citizens Cap
lures 5 Men Who Robbed
Michigan Bank. !

Monroe, Mich, Sept. ga posse
of 500 citizens late today captured
the five men who held up the Dan
sard State Bank here. All except
$1,000 of the $4,000 taken by the
bandits was recovered.
Three men, giving their names as
Bansk Bosgno. Creko Carlo and Leo
FranZo, of Wyandotte, Michigan,
were captured after battle by
citizens who waded barefooted into
Il swamp after the fugitives. Ray
Spencer and Sam Rommont, of Wy
andottc, were captured four miles
from Monroe, by armed citizens. The
prisoners had rcvolvcrs. stilcttos
and hundreds OF dollars in new cur
rcnCy in their possession.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
MINES CLOSED
BY NEW STRIKE
Eight Thousand Workers
Quit in Pennsylvania AL
leging Terms Broken.

Wilkes Barre, Pa. Sept. 29.-Eight
thousand miners of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company went out on strike
today after having been at work two
days since the settlement of their
original strike lasting ten weeks.
Every colliery of the company in
the Pittston district was idle again.
The strike was called at a mass
meeting of the men. when they were
told by James y. Joyce, a business
man of Pittston, who was the i'm
portant factor in settling the re-
cent strike, that the company had
failed t. live up to its agreement.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
M. and M. Association Let
ter Seeks Report from
: Potomac Electric.
BETTER SERVICE ASKED
Official Defends Company's
Efficiency as BEST
Possible"

inefficient operation OF the Poto-
mac Electric Power CompanyAswas
charged by Washington business
men. comprising a special commir
tee of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association, at a meeting in
the associations rooms yesterday.
Action OF the association was
taken as a result of the shutdown
Tuesday afternoon, when no cleo
tric current was provided for an
hour. as told exclusively in The
Washington Herald yesterday.
The committee, selected by Philip
King, president of the association.
directed the dispatch of letter to
the power company, demanding a
report on what steps will be taken
to relieve existing conditions.
Five Cases Cited.
Five shutdowns of electric power
have occurred in Washington since
the summer of 1919. On one occa-
sion there was no power during an
entire afternoon, the report said.
The committees letter declared
that "an incalculable loss of money,
inconvenience to the public and
possibility of cndaasering life has
resulted from frequent failures on
the part OF your company TO render
light and power service in the Dis
trIct.
ut appears to the committee rep
resenting the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' Association" the letter
continued. "as incredible that a
public utility having the advantages
of business that your company has
enjoyed for years and the increas-
ing volume at this time, that inef-
ficiency should be at such a point
as is evidenced by this frequency
of shutdowns.
"Paticnce Exhausted
1T Is a situation that can no
exhausted Itself. -
The committee respectfully asks
to be advised as to what steps your
company has taken or proposes to
take to overcome such conditions
as above described"
William +. Ham, president Of the
Potomac Electric Power Company,
declared that the shutdowns were
unprcvcntablc. and characterized
the action Of the committee as very
precipitate."
Defends Service.
We have engaged the very best
engineers in the country" he said.
Ito help us. We have one of tho
most efficient power plants in tho
country. OF course, the company
deplorcs shutdowns. but it is not
possible for us-not possible for
anyone. in fact--to guarantee 100
per cent efficient service in the
future.
Compared with other cities.
Washington is receiving elcctri"
service of very high quality. Detroit
is now being rationed for electricity.
The city of Norfolk went dark re-
Gently. We have not spared any ex-
pcnse TO give Washington the best
service of which we arc capable.
Il shall be glad to meet any COM
mittec of citizens, or the committee
of the Merchants and Manufa cturerS
Association, and explain to them our
ppSitiOn."
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
But those July days.

But those July days.
Let the exclamation point eX-
pound it. for I shall not. For par
ticuIars you might read up on
Romeo and Juliet" and Abraham
LincoIn's thrilling sonnet about
You can fool some of the peo-
ple," etc, and Darwin's works.
But one thing 1 must tell you
about. Both of them we're mad
over Omsr's Rubaiyat. They knew
every verse of the old buffer by
heart-not consecutively, but
picking EN- outzhere and there
as you fork tile Mushrooms, in
50-cent steak a la ~Bordelsise.
Sullivan County Is full afTrccss'
and trees asd Jessie used 70 sit
on them 1ndr-pieasc oe rood
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
Charged with Shooting,
Woman Fasts IS Davs

Doylestown, Pa, Sept. 29.-Pro-
testing her innocence of a shooting
for which she was committed to
Jail here, Mrs. Frances Muller. 32,
began the fifteenth day of her hum
ger strike today.
Mrs. Muller is the mother of two
small boys. Physicians said she
was weakening rapidly and cannot
survive a prolonged fast.
1t was alleged Mrs. Muller at
tempted to kill Julius Prismount.
farmer, for whom she kept house.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
By O. HENRY

accepted a position filling ink
stands in a lawyers Office at SIS
a week. At the end Of two years
he had worked up TO $50. and
gotten his first taste Of Bohemia
the kind that won't stand the
borax and formaldchydc tests.
They had two furnished rooms
and a little kitchen. To Jess, ac-
customed TO the mild but beau
tiful SAVIOR Of country town.
the dreggy Bohemia was sugar
and spice. She hung FISH seincs
on the walls OF her rooms. and
bought a rakish-lookIng side
board. and Termed TO play 'ths
banjo. Twice or thrice wesk
CONTINUED oN rHGE skYks.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
GERMANS FIGHT
TO JOIN LEAGUE
Many Smaller Nations AL,
ready Lined Up in Favor
Of Admission.
Washington Hersid-Public Ledger
Service. Special Cable Dfspatch.)

Washington HcraId-Public Ledger
Service. Special Gable Dfspateh.)
Brussels, Sept. CONTRARY to
the desires and counsels of the
league of nations. and expressly
against its prescribed regulations,
political factors are being injected
into the Brussels financial confer
ence that may have far-reaching
consequences on the future conduct
of the league as well as contribute
to change the political complexion
of Europe.
Behind the scenes of the confer
cnce secret diplomatic parIeys arc
taking place, attempting the
smoothing out of old misundcr-
standings and the settlement OF
such questions as were unfinished
business at San Reno. BoulognC
and Spa. The financial and eco
nOmic delegates have gone pre-
cisely against the formulated pro
Cedure for the conference, and re-
affirmed their previous contention
that Europe's economic situation
could not BE- divorced from the
political ono.
Pave Way for Admission.
Germany's maneuvers behind the
closed doors are in preparation of
the terrain for her admission into
CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30

New City Ticket Omcc. ChesH-
pcnke and Ohio Railway, will open
October /. at ia l4th ST NV.
where Chesapeake and Ohio tickets
and Pullman accommodation may
be obtained. Through sleeping
cars to Louisville. Cincinnati In
oisEapolis. St Louis. White sulphur
Springs. W. Va and Hot Springs
Na-Adv.
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CONTINUED On rfsE sFvks.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
DOROTHY DIX

-writsf tnotbef interestanf LUCE TOT tss
wonans page in tcmorrcv's Warrington
Herald. There will also be Uncle Wig
giiy story for the "nddiea."
The Washington herald., 1920-09-30
THE WEA Their

roday-unss.tisd and cooler; tomorrow
fair and cooler. Highest temperasure yes
serday, 30; lswest, &C. Detailed weather re-
port on page l.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-06

people and not for the financial bene-
fits of q privileged few.
~. I, want to see a law enactLd.tha.
will make, with the cooperation of
Canada, possible a waterway from the
head OF the Great Lakes to the ocean
for oc~ean-going vessels.
Is. I want to see a law enacted-thas
will put Quack and charlatans OF all
kinds out OF business and give them
living in place Of fleeing innocent
victims under sanction OF law.
16a I want to see a lazy enacted to
conserve our national resources, ) a
law that will effectively do so, and
to have these resources as public util-
tiles developed under GoYernmental
or State control or ownership.
I amsnot unmindful OF the fact that
there already exist laws covering
many ofathc above matters, but what
I am saying is that many Of these
laws are defective or not sufficiently
broad to Correct existing evils or else
the machinery Of enforcement fails
to function or is broken down, and
as such is worse than useless. That
at times information is in the possess
sion of officials who should follow up
the same or atSleast make 1t public,
and Is not utilized or made public as
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