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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-17

Carlton Replies to State
Department

President Newcomb Carlton Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company is out In statement today urging the justification
his ruling that all tolls Of the State Department shall be prepaid
The dispute with the State Department" he the
of cable tolls of standing and the Western
Company has been forced
tolls and cable arbitrary policy
the department in dealing with company's bills.
ITO tie why the business
and justice that prevail commercial life should prevail
the State Department and not the company intention that
shall arbitrarily decide what shall
when shall for the Of the companys facilities
The directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company
completion Of with the German Telegraph
Admnistao for the handling Of cable traffic between Germany
and the United States.
facilitate large of traffic which is
develop understood that plans under for
direct cable the United States and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-17
STORM TIES UP CARS.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Nov ia sleet
storm. the first Of the season. which
struck this city last night and gradual
~ turned into fall Of snow. followed
BY a downpour Of rain. badly crippled
trolley lines and other traffic here to-
day. The accumulated s'ush was a foot
deep. The trolley syst m failed and
axi service was in urgent demand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-17
TO NAME CRUISER DETROIT

BOSTON, Nov. i7.-scout cruiser
No. =, now building at the Fore River
yards Of the Bethlehem Shipbuildina
Corporation, will be named Detroit
IL was announced yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-17
COAL CAR ORDER MODIFIED.

me interstate Commerce COM
mission yesterday issued fur
Their amendment to service order No.
20, effective November 16. which has
the effect OF releasing the territory
west Of the Mississippi river from tho
use Of open-top cars. preferentialiy
for loading Of coal. 1t also permits
carriers east Of the Mississippi river
to use all hat-bottom gondola cars
for loading Of commodities generally.
as well as coal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-17
COLLEGE FUND OVER TOP.

900 900 building fund campaign Of
Duoucane University OF Pittsburgh
'as been ovcrsubscribcd, II was an.
nounced yesterday,
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"HEAVIEST MAN" DEAD.

ALBION, n. Y, Nov. 17.-Sherod T.
williams. forty-fve. long known as
A,hion's heaviest man, died at his
home here yesterday. lie weighed
AS pounds. lie had been emp Dyed
a. driver Of an express wagon and
chef in "A restaurant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-17
STRIKE SITUATION.

The Board of Cancellation. Depart
ment Of Labor. reports that on No.
vember IL there were six strikes be-
fore the board for settlement and in
addition sixty-three controversies
which had not yet reached the strike
stage
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The Washington Times
Investors Service


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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
700, goo FRANCS LOOT
RECOVERED IN FRANCE
Money" Supposed to Haze
Been Lost in Ship Disaster.

MARsErLLEs, Nov Is. when the
French steamship Antique sank in the
Bay OF Biscay last January, with fright
full loss OF life, 1t was incidentally mem
toned that she carried $4,000. 900 francs
IN new bills destined to the Banque
Francois Antique Occidentale at Dakar.
Seven hundred thousand francs in new
bills, which the police have identified
as belonging to the Antique shipment
and which were supposed 10 be resting
on the bottom OF the sea, were, however,
seized yesterday when Jules Carassy. an
automobile dealer. was arrested here.
Carassy was about TO board q train
for Paris when police officers invited
him to accompany them TO tlIe station.
In suitcase he carried were 700, 900
francs in new bills. the numbers on
which We're consecutive and tailed with
records OF Shipment to the Dakar bank
on board the Antique II is asserted by
the police that case OF 100000 francs
was stolen before the ship left her dock.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
NAVY COURT RESUMES
HAYTT INVESTIGATION
Several Courts-mortial Moy
Result From Hearings.

PoRT~Ar-PRINcE, Nov. l5.--The United
States naval court will resume it's sit
tlngs here tomorrow, when II is PROB
able that a dozen marines will give evil
dence relating to charges of individual
Jesse f. Dyer. Judge Advocate. returned
to-day from Cap Haitien and other
points in the island. where he went TO
round up witnesses who had been or
dered to report here.
Although officials are silent it IS
learned that the naval court is gather
ing evidenea on which it is likely sew
erai courts-martial will be ordered, Some
OF them on charges of murder committed
last wear.
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OkUMA SAYS JAPAN
WILL FIGHT FOR POINT
Attacks u. S. Exclusion in
Warlike Speech.
~ tllc Assnclnted Press.

oK1o, Nov. Marquis Okuma, for
mer Japanese Premier, addressing a
meeting to-day, strongly attacked the
plan to EXCLUDE japanese from America
by treaty. He pointed out that hitherto
iinmigratidn Yves restricted under revo-
lutionary agreement because 1t was real
lied that restriction was prejudicial to
Japan's prestige. The present effort to
make restriction statutory, he said, was
an act Of lnfidelity 10 japanese Ameri-
can friendship.
The former Premier believed that
Washington would be able to stop Cali
fornian measures By enlisting public
opinion Of the whole country. IL Japan $
appeal 70 Americas sense OF interna-
tionai morality failed, tho speaker con
tlnued, only force remained. Japan sin
cerely desired solution of the problem
he concluded. fearing that otherwise this
question would lead up to an outburst of
self sacrificing patriotism for which the
Japanese people are noted
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QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
CRAVE PURCHASED
French Government VIII
Transfer the Plot TO
Aviat0r'S Mother.
VILLAGERS HONOR NAME
Beg That Spot BE Maintained
as symbol Of American
War Heroes.
VILLAGERS HONOR NAME

Special cable 70 THE New rORK HEaN0
Copyright, 1890, bB THE NEW YonK HERALD.
New York Her~id Bureau.
Paris, Nov. 10.
Through the efforts of the American
Chamber Of Commerce in Paris and the
good will OF village blacksmith and
two of his friends. who owned the land
wherein Quentin Roosevelt was buried
after he was shot down by German air.
Flames, this grave plot has been pur-
chased by the French Government and
will be given TO Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt, Quentins mother. with suf1cient
land adjacent to it for a roadway Lead
| .ng to the grave.
The villagers of Chamery. near Fere-
en-Tardenois, where Quentin Roosevelt
is buried. have for q long time con-
sidered the spot whero he rests symDoh-
cal OF American war heroes ana never
a day passed without school children or
formers laying wreaths or flowers on
Il. and carefully arranging the soil
around the grave. When they learned
that the bodies of the American soldiers
who fell In France were TO be grouped
in Belleau Woods and orher cemeteries
here. these villagers begged that the
last resting place of Theodore Roose-
vet's son be not disturbed.
Lefevre. the village blacksmith, OF
fered to give the plot outright to the
French Government. but under the la"
the Government cannot accept gifts fol-
any purpose However, acting on tht
advice Of prominent Americans mere, The
Government agreed TO pay one franc Z
each OF the three owners of the ground
ut the same time agreeing that the p'o
should be transferred in perpetuty Z
the Roosevelt family, who will under
| take 70 maintain II.
| As another evicence Of the villagers
| interest, the road leading to the grave
has been named Avenue Quentin Roose
1
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
D'ANNUNZIO OUTLINES
OPPOSITION TO PACT
- the Aaaocintrf 49,.

FIUME, Nov 15.-The hostility OF
Gabrielle d'Annunzio TO the settlement OF
the Adriatic question reached between
Italy and Jugo-Slavia was announced
AZ session of the rectors Of the Fiume
regency summoned by the commander.
His reasons we're set forth in com
munque. which said
THE government Of the italian re-
gency of Quarnero is unable to recog-
1lze the right OF the delegates who met
ut RapallO to determine the confines Of
ahe regency without The admission Of
delegates from that regency. The re-
gency therefore decides that the findings
OF the Rapallo conference are unaccept~
able and illegal This government holds
First. the regency was inaug hrated
so as to make the annexation of Fiume
to Italy a certainty
Second. the people OF Fiume, in their
charter of liberty, confirmed their vote
az October, 1918, which declared thei-
complete dedication 70 the mother cour-
try:
Third, to-day Fiume again confirms
Chat vote and purposes to continue &c
sight until the fulfiment of its Legitimate
vote:
Fourth, meanwhile the confines OF
italy can only be fixed as extending
along the Julian Alps TO Nevaso and
Bitoria, and to the sea at the promon-
tory of San Marco, which was always
Kept as the Venetian confines OF the re-
gency:
Fifth. the confines should be dete--
mined by the historic Napoleonic line;
"SGth, the confines ot Eiume can only
be drawn by extending the line beyond
Susak and Tersatto, from which Fiume
derives her water and light. and which
cannot remain In the hands Of the ,5ugo-
Slavs;
Seventh, contiguity between the sol
OF the fatherland and the regency from
Nevaso can only be understood MS the
common confines of the ancient Istrian
province from the Julian Alps 20 the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
FIND WRECK OF SEAPLANE.

MUSHROOM, Mich. Nov. 15.--Wreckage
OF seaplane picked Up along the Lake
Michigan shore near the White Lake
coas tguard station Saturday was iden-
titled to-day by William L. Sullivan OF
the Great Lakes Naval Training Station
as O part of the naval machine HS-2L
which left Grea flakes last Wednesday
and il believed 10 have been wrecked IN
a storm shortly afterward.
Search for the bodies OF the three
members OF the crew was continued
without success Coast guards will con-
tinue the search off Pentwater to-mor-
~OW
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
BULL CASSIDY APPEAL HEARD

ALBANY, Nov. 15.--Proceedings de-
signed to save James 'Bull' Cassidy
from tho death chair at Sing Sing
prison and conflne him I'm an asylum on
the grounds that he Is an imbecile, and
was an imbecile when he participated
in q murder OF a Bronx subway ticket
agent, we're heard by the Court Of Ap-
peaIs to-day. Decision was reserved.
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ITALIANS SEEK LENfNE's AID.

ROME, Nov. 15.--Deputies vella. Bara-
jone and Serrat will be send by the So
cialist party to Moscow 20 obtain from
Nikolai Lenine some alienation OF his
famous "twenty-one points so the party
can adhere to the Moscow Tnternationals
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-16
tD'ANNUNZIO TAKES
COAST NEAR FIUME
,Annexes Land to the East, In
GLIDING Castua, Without
Struggle.
SUSAC NAMES CHANGED
italian Newspapers Hal
Agreement With Jugo-
Slavia as a Relief.
SUsAC NAMES CHANGED

: pAr1s. Nov. 15.-Soldiors OF Gabrielle
"a Annnnzio commander OF the Italian
insurgent forces at Fiume, have taken
viOssession OF the coast and Mount Luz
han. to the east Of Fume. says Rome
despatch to-day, quoting the b1urne cor
~ spondent of the Mess0oGero. The
troops. SAYS the despatch have occupied
al localities Of the district OF Castua
without struggle or incident.
The inhabitants of the village OF
Podogres. the message adds. opposed re-
s.stance to the insurgent forces, causing
them to retire A column OF manifestants
from Fiume entered the Susac quarter
and rerloced all inscriptions and signs
ia the slav language with others In the
Il Italian language
ROME. Nov. II (dolayed) italian
,gew spapers. with the exception Of Ma
tionalist organs. declare that almost ali
tho people Of Italy have greeted the
a-reement between this country and
.figo-Slavia relative TO the Adriatic with
relief. Although IL is painful 70 Italians
10 renounce italian Dalmatia, the peace
concluded is viewed as not being humili-
ating. but dignified and victorious.
The small minority opposing the
treaty" says the Messdggero, recall
that 10000 Italians remain under Ser
bian rule, but they forget Serbia's sacri-
fec In leaving 100000 Nationals under
italian jurisdiction. The good sense OF
1he people condemns all attempts 70
cause further trouble"
In the meantime many young men are
leaving different parts Of Italy fol-
Plume. presumably TO join D'Annunzio
II Is known that ADMIRAL Milo, head OF
fhe D'Annunzian naval service. is salts
lied with the RapaIo agreement and Is
not disposed to join in new adventures
The Washington herald., 1920-05-09
NINE. CREMER
GIVEN FAREWELL.

GIVEN FARE" ELL.
The departing diplomats were also
entertained some; the Minister of
the Netherlands and Mime. Cremer,
who sailed yesterday to spend the
summer in Holland. Mrs. Brecken-
ridge Long, wife of the Third As
sistant Secretary Of State, gave a
luncheon for Mime. Cremer. and DR..
d. H. Andreae, commercial attache
OF the legation. and Nine. Andreae
gave a dinner for them Wednesday
as q last farewell for they left here
Thursday. After the dinner the
party went to Wardman Park for
the supper dance, the younger mem
bers of the party dancing, while
the Minister and Nine. Cremer
looked on. Miss Ethel Symonds,
who returned to Europe with the
Cremers, was In the party and
looked very pretty that evening, ex-
eeptionally so, and was extremely
popular. partners breaking in on
every dance.
The Minister Of Serbia and Nine.
Grouiteh were guests at two parties
last week, a breakfast last Sunday
and a tea yesterday. Then they
are to be guests at the luncheon
which Col. and Mrs. Francis T. A.
Junkin are giving today at the
lovely place they are leasing, the
Gardner Hubbard estate, Twin
Oaks" on Woodley Lane. You will
probably be delighted to hear that
the Minister and Nine. Grouitch
are not going home this spring ss
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times makes them for her friends.
l don't think her husband exactly
approves of her fad. but then I'm
sure one SO altogether fascinating
as she is sure to have their own
way with a mere man.
Do you know when l come to
think of it. last week wasn't so
very quiet after all. There was the
Mask and Wig Club performance
last Monday evening. the opening
OF the Garrick Players, q week OF
San Carlos grand opera, the dog
tournaments-all of which absorbed
the attention of society. And then
the various women's organizations
There was much activity at the
Women's City Club, where they
held elections and elected Miss
Mary O'Toole president and argued
about whether or not women should
wear old clothes to reduce the H.
c. l. 1t was the unmarried mem
bers who especially disliked the
idea of wearing their old clothes
l believe. Who can blame them.
There was a heavy vote cast and
these were the results: Miss Mary
OToole.- president: Mrs. William G.
Chamberlain. first vice president;
Mrs. George Eastment, second vice
president; Miss Marie X. Saunders,
recording secretary: Miss Carol
Fleming. corresponding secretary.
and Miss Jane Bartlett, treasurer.
Out of the 9l7 votes cast for the
three candidates running for presi-
dent. Miss O'Toole received 52s.
The directors elected included
Miss Ethel Bagley. Mrs. A. G.. Nc
iClintock. Mrs. Louis Brownlow, Miss
Aline Solomons and Mrs Frank
Bright. to serve three years: Mrs.
A. teftwich Sinclair. DR.. A. Frances
Foye, Mrs. Laura A. Bradley and
Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest to
serve two years: Mrs. James Camp
bell CantrilI. Miss Marian Oliver,
Mrs. Herman Gasch. Miss Aida
HenriQues and Mrs. ]. p. Ault, to
serve one year.
In her annual report Miss O'Toole
gave brief resume of the work OF
the club since its inception. Octo-
ber 9, 1919. when, with tkirty-two
members gathered. the plans for the
new organization were first dis
cussed. Step by step she carried
her auditors over the different pc
riods OF construction. pointing out
the many vicissitudes met and over
come by the organizers. and ended
by announcing that today the club
proudly boasted of being the sec
ond largest Of its kind in the United
States. carrying a membership roll
OF more than $500. and displaying
financial condition second to none
in the country.
The League of American PEN
women was busy holding elections
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A group of younger mem
bers of society who will take
a prominent part in the social
activities of next winter.
Above, left to right:
Miss Lucy Matthews,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry S. Matthews, OF I347
Thirtieth street.
Miss Julia Carter, daughter
of Representative and Mrs.
Carter. of Oklahoma.
Miss Josephine Pomeroy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Pomeroy, 1855 New
Hampshire avenue. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pomeroy. recently enter
tanned at a dance in her honor.
Miss Margaret Watkins,
daughter of Representative
and Mrs. J. R. Watkins, of
Below:
Miss Marion Kutz, daughter
of Col. and Mrs. Charles w.
kutz. a debutante of next sea-
son.
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by Mrs. Chase Kennedy whose hus-
band. Gen. Kennedy, is in command
of the Canal Zone. Miss Lefevre Is
sister of President Ernesto Le-
fevre Of Panama and J. Z. Lefevre,
Charge dAffaires Of the Panama Le-
CATION here. She went down there
to attend all of the festivities Incl
dental to the visit OF the Prince of
| Wales to that country and stayed
| over for the functions given in COM
pliment, to Gen. Pershing.
Speaking of the Prince of Wales,
did I tell you that Gov. Pugsley,
who is now in town. was the first
person to greet the prince when
he came to America last fall? The
prince landed in St. John. New
Brunswick. and the governor of the
state or province. of course. was
his official host and greeted him
nrst and entertained him exten-
sively while he was in the state.
Do you remember my saying last
week how much like foreigners the
two younger daughters OF the Sec
retary OF State and Mrs. Colby look!
thought when / first saw them
that they belonged to the Latin
American group OF the diplomatic
corps-were some diplomats chill
dren instead of our Secretary of
State. l remarked to someone the
| other day that l thought the girls
Hooked foreign; suggested Italian
blood. And they Immediately an
| swered me that they had much
Italian blood in their veins; that
Mrs. Colby's father was an Italian
| named Signor Valerie. and that Mrs.
! Colby lived in Florence as a young
girl when she was a student of
medieval art and architecture. and
added that she is an extremely ar
tistic and cultured person. Having
always heard that Mrs. Colby's
name was Natalie Sedgwick.
wondered how her fathers name
could have been Valero, unless ne
changed it. But my informants
seemed to be sure they knew what
they were talking about. and GER
tainly those girls have some such
blood. and much of it. in them, so
I'll leave 1t for you to puzzle over.
A young member of the DipIo-
matte Corps has a new fad, a new
indoor sport. and it is that of max
! ing hats just for the fun of it. 1t
is no less a person that the beau
tiful Nine. Benklevsky. wife of
Commander A: l. Benklevsky, as
sistant naval attache of the Rus
sian Legation, who is so popular
here. She Is also said to have
made a very perilous journey from
Vladivostok to Paris to join her
husband. She is so attractive. She
speaks English rather we'll. ana
says that she likes to make pretty
hats Just like other people like TO
draw or paint. and that she some
The Washington herald., 1920-05-09

ing next Saturday for Europe, to
be gone about eight months. He goes
first to Liverpool, across the con-
tinent to Constantinople and then
to Persia and India. He Is going for
the National Geographic Society, to
write articles for the magazine, to
take photographs for them and to
get the latest data on the whole
situation between here and India.
Mr.. Williams has lived abroad for
long periods; was. for example, at
the Syrian Protestant College at
Beirut for three years teaching Eng.
lish and athletics, and then went to
China to teach English and athletics
in Hang Chow for a year. For two
years he was foreign correspondent
for the Christian Herald in the Far
East, Russia and Armenia. After
that he returned here to enlist in
the army and was sent to Pekin as
assistant to the military attache at
our legation there Major w. s.
Drysdale-where he remained until
last May. Then he came to WASH
ington and has been on the staff of
the National Geographic Magazine
since.
While in China Mr.. Williams met
his wife, who was doing missionary
work at Hang Chow. She was Miss
Daisy Woods of Natick, Mass. Mr..
Williams halls from Kalamazoo.
Mich. She was in China for 8 years
teaching in a girls school. She will
stay in Satick while Mr.. Williams
in abroad
The Washington herald., 1920-05-09
MANY CoNGREssMEN
ARRANGE TOURS.

That part of Congress which isn't
interested in the conventions seems
to be planning to go on on some
sort of an official trip-to combine
business with a bit of travelling
Some trips are being arranged to
end in California. For example
continuing it's Investigation of In
dian affairs began last July. a sub
committee of the House Committee
on Indian Affairs left last week for
n thirty-day inspection trip of In
dian reservations. The trip is be-
ing made by nine members and will
extend as far as Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
Investigation of Indian Affairs by
the committee was begun as the re-
suit of a resolution adopted by Con-
gress, the purpose of which was to
establish a better business system
and service and to reduce the neces-'
sity for large appropriations made
in the past for the care of tho
American Indian.
The nine members to make the
trip are: Representatives Snyder of
New York, chairman; Elston OF
California; Rhodes of Missouri; Cole
CT Ohio; Hernandez of New Mexico;
Carter and Hastings of Oklahoma;
Hayden of Arizona and Tillman Of
Arkansas.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-09
MANY AWAIT AUTUMN
FOR TRIP OVERSEAS.


FOR TRIP OVERSEAS.
until the summer rush is over be-
ell will be more comfortable then
and the hotels less crowded. and.
most important, that the cost or
travel will be much less, for Eu-
rope, I suspect. will charge Ameri-
cans all sorts of prices for every
thing to help fill their shallow
purses once more. Bessie Hickey Is
going over in the fall to visit on
the Italian Riviera and to spend
Christmas in Switzerland. Capt.
Gordon Gordon Smith and his bride.
who was Miss Lillian l.. Cooper. are
going across in September. That Is
to be their real honeymoon. He has
a daughter, a beautiful girl, with
gorgeous red hair and about 81
years old, who is doing relief work
in Serbia now. She went over TO
help the Honorable Evelyn Haver-
field with the orphanage she es-
tablished in Serbia-I believe she
died recently. The girl. they tell
me, is a perfect wonder; is even
telling big trees to supply hrewood
for the orphans. and can WELD a
heavy axe as well as any man and
has a huge number Of trees per day
big trees too-to her credit. There
isn't hardly anything she can't do.
in fact.
While the official world-and his
wife-is going to the convention
and the rest are sailing across the
seas. the President. he has now de-
cided, is going to stay right on here
in Washington and not establish a
summer White House in New Eng
land as was originally planned. Ad-
miral Grayson advises against any
unnecessary exertion. and then he
wants to be right here during the
conventions, within easy reach Of
all communications to San Fran
cisco to insure the adoption Of a
league of nations plank in the plat
form, as we'll as the nomination of
an acceptable candidate who will
carry forward his policies in the
campaign.
MANv r<nNCnESSMEN
The Washington herald., 1920-05-09

Gen. Pershing. after a most excit-
ing trip to Panama, which included
anti-American demonstrations and
alligator hunts. is now en- route
home, and sailing on the same ship
Is Miss Ramona Lefevre, chaperoned