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The Washington times., 1920-07-16
BOLSHEVIKI AND POLES
ARE STILL STRUGGLING
Soviet War Office at Moscow
Reports Fighting Yet in
Progress.

LONDON, July 18.-The Soviet war
Office communique wirelessed from
Moscow today shows that fighting Is
still in progress between the Rus
SLAMS and Poles despite the efforts
of the Allied statesmen at Spa to
bring. about an armstice. The text
OF the communique follows:
I'm the Wilma sector we defeated
the Poles southwest of the Vileika
river. We drove the enemy West of
Molodetchno. We are continuing our
advance In the region of wilma and
also in the sectors of Sarny and
Kovel,"
The Washington times., 1920-07-16
MUST.
DECIDE TODAY.
Allies to Demand Final Reply in
Coal Controversy This
Afternoon.
EXACT STATUS A MYSTERY
BY NEWTON c. PARKE.
International News Service.

SPA, Belgium, July 16.-New
counter proposals dealing with the
delivery of coal by Germany to the
allies were presented to the allied
statesmen by the German delegation
early today.
They were considered at a meet
ing Of the allied premiers during
the morning, when separate confer
ences were held by the allied and the
Germans.
FINAL ANSWER TO-DAY.
After the meeting of allied pre-
miers broke up 1t was announced that
the new German counter plan had been
refused. A fresh proposal providing
for the acceptance of German coal at
the German market price was then
presented to the Germans.
2 The allied statesmen were said to
be in complete agreement that the
military occupation of Germany would
be extended to the Ruhr basin II Ger'
many delivers less than 100000 tons
of coal before November 1. Premier
Delacroix of Belgium said that Ger
many must give a final decision be-
fore the day Is over.
Confusion and some mystery have
surrounded the coal discussions since
Wednesday night, when 1t was re-
ported the Germans. under the threat
of an allied ultimatum. decided to ac-
ccpt the allies terms providing for the
delivery OF 100000 tons Of coal
monthly. The allied ultimatum was
said to have threatened the occupa-
ton OF the Ruhr district unless the
Germans accepted the terms by noon
yesterday.
LESS ULTIMATUM TALK.
The Germans, In the meantime,
made a counter offer to the allies, ac-
cepting the allied terms under certain
conditions. 1t was declared last night
the Germans had again been given an
extension Of time until noon today to
accept the allies terms. The fate Of
Continued on Page 2, Column p
The Washington times., 1920-07-16

The jewelry was valued at
800, 900. and three diamonds apprais-
ed at $4,000 were destroyed by a bull
let. which was found in the box. Mr..
Mum purchased the ~Jewelry at Tiff
fany's and directed 1t to be shipped to
his wife, who is a daughter OF Rod
man Wanamaker, Deputy Police Com
Whether the shot was fired into the
box before or after II reached the
Mum home has not been ascertained
by the police or the agents of the
American Railway Express through
whose hands 1t passed to Radnor.
Officers of the express company dis
claim responsibility for the destruc-
tion Of the stones, displaying a receipt
signed by an employe at the Mum
home which vouches that the box
was received in good condition. Mr..
Mum is equally insistent. so detec-
tives said. that the box was received
with the bullet hole in 1t.
BULLET TRAVELS rs FEET.
The box, which Is now at police
is eight inches square
and six inches deep. II. A Campbell,
head of the Bureau of Mines, United
States army, an explosive expert who
was called In by the detectives, said
the pistol was fired at a distance ex-
ceeding seventy-five feet from the
box. Although the paper in which the
box had been wrapped contained q
hole through which the bullet Is sup
posed to have passed. Mr.. Campbell
gave II as his opinion that the jewel
box was unwrapped when the shot
was fred. The bullet was from a as
caliber pistol.
Investigators of the express COM
pany have advanced the theory, so
the detectives said, that the employe
who received the box feared IL con-
tained a bomb, removed the outer
covering and, setting II up somewhere
outside the Mum home where an ex-
plosion could do no damage, fired a
shot at II. The Investigators assert
the box was not unlike the ono re-
ceived last smumer at the homo OF
Mrs Rodman Wanamaker in Tuxedo
Park, N. Y, and later found to con-
tain a bomb. A former butler in
the wanamaker home since then has
been sent to Sing Sing prison for
sending the bomb.
VALUATION A TRIFBE HIGH.
While none of the officers OF Tif-
fany g. Co. would discuss the mystery
Il was learned that the diamond ex-
perts assert IL Is virtually impossible
for .3S calibre bullet to destroy
three diamonds. They contend, II is
said, that the bullet could do little
more than chip one Of the etones he
The Washington times., 1920-07-16
THREE die AS ITALIANS
CLASH WITH JUGO-SLAVS
Consulate at Fiume Sacked by Mob
Which Wrecks Banking
Houses.

LONDON, July 16.--Several persons
were killed and the Jugo-Slav con-
sulate was sacked during a clash be-
tween Italians and Jugo-Slavs at
Fiume, said an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Vienna today.
The trouble began when an italian
mob attacked the home OF a Jugo-
Slay citizen. A number OF buildings,
including two banks and several
Jugo-Slav coffee houses, were de-
molished.
The Washington times., 1920-07-16
TODAY

taking long term bonds OF the
Polish republic in payment.
The selling OF the freight cars
is especially interesting. consider
ing that we haven't enough cars
here for shipping coal necessary to
keep factories going and workmen
employed. We have an interesting
Government
The Washington times., 1920-07-16
DC. HEADS PLAN ROYAL WELCOME FOR COX
Germans, Baking at Allies Demands Submit New Coal Ofe

FIRST photographs Of the initial race of the inter
national contest held yesterday of Sandy Hook
The large picture shows the Resolute, American cup
defender, while her sails falling She had been
leading the Shamrock until on the home stretch, her
hayards parted and she was forced to withdraw. The
inset shows the Resoute at the moment her hayards
broke and just before the sails began to drop The
photographs were taken from an airplane
The Washington times., 1920-07-16
Mrs. Munn's Necklace
Shattered By Bullet
In Transit to Home

NEW YORK, July 16.-Detectives attached to the
bomb squad have been trying for than month, it
became known yesterday to learn who fired shot into
box of jewels that delivered early in June to the
home of Mrs Marie Louise Num- wife of Gurnee Num-
in Radnor Pa. "
The Washington times., 1920-07-16

MRS. MARIE LOUISE MUM and her husband.
M Gurnee Mum, ready for spin in their high
powered motor launch. Mrs. Mum has reported to
police that shipment Of jewehy valued at 100000
and consigned to her by her husband was damaged by
bullet, which was found in the box.
The Washington times., 1920-07-16

It is not easy to understand why
this country is buying tons Of ex-
plosives and guns that England
doesn't want any more.
Harder still TO understand why
this country recently sold more
than 1900 freight cars to Poland.
The Washington times., 1920-07-16
TIRNER PUT ON TRIAL FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGE AUTO SLAYNG
WEATHER

Fair tonight and sstur-
asy. Little change O..
teaD<rsssre. TeHY~rs-
txss al . a n. n.
The Washington times., 1920-07-16

This country, selling weapons OF
all kinds to those that fight Rus
sia, on the ground that this coun-
try doesn't need the weapons any
longer, is also buying guns and
ammunition at this moment from
England. We learn from the Lon
don Daily News that we are buy
ing guns Of special British make"
and therefore also buying "ammu-
milton OF special British make"
"In the past six months the
American Government has bought
from England at least six thousand
tons Of explosives" Intelligent,
isn't IL?
The Washington times., 1920-07-16
Today
100000 Years Apart.
How Do They Do III
Farmer Labor. 0il-Water.
Freight Cars for Sale.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. IsaS.)

The yachts raced yesterday. as
ridiculous in 1920 as the Queen Of
shsba's rolling camel would be
racing against a sedan chair Of
Louis Fourteenth's period.
The yacht race was described by
reporters in flying ships, forbid
den by the rules 10 60 lower than
1000 feet for fear Of taking wind
from the sails below.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
TO PRESERVE OLD LANDMARK
Creation of National Monument Area Assures Security to Posterity of
 Famous MuIran Tree.

The Mullan tree, landmark of the old Mullan trail, the first highway connecting Montana and Idaho with the coast will be preserved to pos terity through the creation of 6 na- tional monument area by the presi- dent.
 On July {. 1881, Capt. John Muilan. leader of the party having charge of the survey and construction of the Mullan trail from wails walla, Wash. to Fort Benton. Mont. closed his work at the connecting point of the roads from the east and west, at the head of the Fourth of July canon. between Wallace, Idaho. and Occur d'Alene. Idaho There he marked appropriate ly huge white-pine tree, which since that time has been known as the Mul- Ian tree. Tourists seeking souvenirs of their jaunt along the Yellowstone trail have damaged the ancient tree so snuch that fnrnst service nfficers have
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

aMgnOors. Twssve ysxrs ags, s~<~sw Ais nrvt term as premier, he had . number Of peacOcks and storks h. stalled in the gardens attached to the ministry of the interior. There are no trees in these gardens. only lawn and flower beds, which in M. Clemenceau's opinion lack animation--hence the peacocks. But other people living In the Place Beauvan complained that these birds were too animated, their cries being so persistent as to render sleep impossible.
 Things reached such .. pass that the prefect of police was asked to indict his ofYicial superior for disturbing the peace of his neighbors, who were all the more indignant because M. Gle menceau went home every night to sleep at his flat in the Rue Franklin, far out of the range of the peacocks' cries However a scandal was averted by the premier allowing . slight oper- ation to be performed on the vocal chords of his pets, which, without oth- erwise injuring them. rendered them incapable of squawking.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
c..,xn uarlns r,rem 1uyu .. ..

grown uaving from Tuvu As P. s,
 The runner, current in the European .ress some months ago. when the Bella Tun administration ruled in Hungary, .h,t the Hungarian crown was to be sold. seems to have disappeared, and tss later government apparently means to teap it. It was an odd circumstance, says . writer commenting on that mmsr and its disappearance. that, with sc much talk of discarded insig- uia of royalty, the one crown actually mentioned as being for sale should have been the most ancient one, with a anrls exception. in Europe. For whereas the German crown. for exam ple. is comparatively modern, and was made no longer ago than 1871 fer the former kaissr's grandfather. this crown of Hungary traces back, at least in lexend. to the year 1000. and the sum of 10000 Swiss marks. about $10.0O0, which, last summer, was circumstan- tially reported as the price for which K was to be sold, does not seem par ticularly exorbitant.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
MORE OR LESS A MYSTERY
Few Seem to Know the Real Faeto Concerning the So-caIlsd
 Monkey Of Mons.

Are you acquainted with the monkey of Mons?
 An army officer brought home from Belgium replica-a tiny silver figure with one clawish hand posed reflective ly against it's chin and with look of intr0spection in it's deepset eyes. In showing 1t to a friend he mentioned that, like a number of officers who had been to Mons, he carried the thing as . mascot. The friend told woman about it. and she, being unacquainted with the monkey of Mons, asked sol dier who had been there.
 Never heard of it. but you can't judge by me, as was only in Mons . couple of days-got great coal mines there, though"
 Another soldier who had been to Mons long enough to go sightseeing was impressed mainly by the cathedral of St. waldrup-"built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; Gothic archi- lecture. and-the monkey must have been there, of course, but"
 Then the woman extended her in- quiry to a private who had hobbled around Mons for two hours while wait ing to get away.
 "sure saw iti Bronze statue in a street-or maybe 1t was one of those gargoyle things on the church wall. but. anyhow, saw it--at least 1t looked like monkey, though l wouldn't be willing to swear to it.
 Which is the why of this cry:
 "Are you acquainted with the mon key of Mons ?"--W ashington Star
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
And still Eoos Are High!

The hens need a walking delegate. Grinding the beaks of the poor unpro- tected fowls seems to be the modern poulterer's long suit. Witness the modern working day of an unhappy hen on an up-to-date chicken farm, where as many as 1S,OO0 eggs are matched at one time.
 Electric light has done 1t. The lights burn steadily until 10 p. m. At a. m. they are turned on gradually until their full glare wakes the hens. The poultry then sit up and rub their eyes and think. "How short the nights are gettingl Yet it's certainly daylight Well-just one darned day after ancther!" Nights are short. The touching innocence of the hen victim izes it to the extent of getting only six hours sleep . night. Eight-hour day? Why. the chicken works as long as the farmer 1.-The Nations Business.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
SATISFIED WITH DOCS MEAL
Wsstsrner in New Ysrk Prevsd Hs Knew . ossd Thing When
 He oaW it

4 man and wife moved te New Ysgk American man and wife, used to money and knowing the worth of It. and brought the family dog along, paying $ extra fass for the dog, by the way, on the train. They went to . large and gorgeous hotel and in the due course of time the deg needed sus~ tenance.
 "Ring for . waiter" said the hus- band, "and wen gs4 the der soma scraps"
 The floor waiter came and when asked to bring some food for the dog explained with some hauteur that he was the floor waiter and not the dog waiter. but would inform the dcg waiter of the desires of the dog. The dog waiter arrived in course of time and the predicament of the dog was explained to him. The dog waiter wrote down the order carefully and departed. Presently he returned bear ing a silver tray on which were dis played daintily various articles of food-some vegetables, some meat and . cracker or two.
 What's that?" asked the husband, examining the contents of the tray with interest
 'The service for the dog, sir" the waiter replied.
 'How much is itr
 "One dollar, sir"
 The husband took the tray.
 "Get the dog a bone" he said. I'll eat this. It's the best-looking meal I have seen in the place, and the cheap est."-Samuel c. Blythe. in Saturday Evening Post.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
Brazil Seeks Expsrts.

According to advice from Commer- cial Attache J. E. Phiilipi, at Rio de Janerio, the government of the state of Minas Gerses, Brazil, has sent to the United States to contract for the services of one expert in the cultiva- tion and production of cotton; two ex- perts in fruit culture. including vine yards; three grain experts. one expert in tobacco culture, two live stock ex- perts, including one veterinarian, and one dairy expert. These men will be employed as travelling teachers in the interior districts of the state of Minas Geraes.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
Stopped Anyway.

While motoring with four girls my clutch got out of order and 1t was nec- essary for the girls to get out and push in order to get the car in motion. On the way back 1t was arranged that when we got to the home of the girl where they were all staying they would jump of while the car was nov ing slowly, thus to prevent my stop ping and being stalled again. Imagine my horror when they all jumped off backwards and falling over in bunch rolled into the ditch. surely had quite . time explaining my seemingly ungentlemanly act to the girls par ents. who had witnessed the incident from the porch.-Exchange.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

ruuuHrcry, madison. nave snown that even when wood Is properly kiln dried, no coating entirely prevents 1t from picking up CT giving off mois- ture and. consequently, from swelling and shrinking under the influence of varying atmospheric conditions.
 varnish, shellac. md other mois- ture-resistant finishes merely decrease the rate at which the moisturs changes in wood occur. The higher the grade and the more coats ap- piled, the slower will be the moisture changes.
 Unequal coatinss on opposite sur faces of a wooden article cause unr equal rates of change in moisture con tent and hence unequaled shrinkage cn the two sides of the tece. The result is that the wood tends to cup or twist out of shape.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
pspr.ssins "FIyins prsam.~

In the flying dream. you suddenly leap of your feet and undergo the ex- perience of rising to great heights and skimming over innumerabie ob- jscts. If the dream only embraces this and nothing more. 1t may be talk en to augur some kind of surprise. usually of more or less pleasant na- ture; but if. as 80 often happens, one imagines one flies to escape some pe- culiarly evil presence, linen the dream may be regarded as a warning against some sinister person or plot. Flying dreams generally occur to people with marked psychic tendencies.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
Painters Fame Came Slowly.

August Renoir, scvcnty-eight years old the famous French impressionist, died recently at cagnes, France. on the day that his picture of the Pont Nen fetched 100000 francs at an art sale. In his youth he often paid for his din- ner with picture. Renoir was one of the first of the impressionists. He worked to the last. and died with his palette in his hands. q feel am just beginning to know my trade." he said whsn he was well ever seventy.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

round IL necessary 10 raKe srsps vU protect 1t, and. to accomplish thia have submitted q petition proposing that a national monument area be created, which has been approved
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
Proaress h Burma.

There are two schools for the blind In Burma, one at Rangoon and one in lfoulmein. The former. with fifteen pupils, of whom seven are girls, new enjoys the services of a blind Oxford graduate.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

When Paint causss Weed to Warp.
 Coatings of equal moisture resist ance should bs applied to all surfaces of . wood product which would give dissatisfaction if 1t were to warp in service Tests at the forest prodyc1
The courier-index., 1920-03-19
KNIFE ENDED ALL sQUAWkING
Pets of cIemenceau No Longer Gre. ated Disturbance, After UnderOo-
 ing . Slight Operation.

M. Clemenceau's love of pets, sf which much has appeared in the press since his recent visit 10 London, once tnxolvad htos iu trouble with hts
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

Every dog has his day. In Schleswig the dachshund has been succeeded by the great Dane.--
 Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

It's old stuff, but those whom the ouija board drove crazy did not have far to go.--Greenville (S. e. Piedmont.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

Attorney General Palmer will now tackle the high cost of running Columbia Record.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

Keep the little red schoolhouse" from being painted the modern shade of red.-Boston Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The courier-index., 1920-03-19

Break your Cold or LaCrippe with few doses of 666. If
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-17

celebrated the ninet;eth anniversary
Of her birth Friday at the old FAM
ily homestead near Spout Springs
Appomattox county. In the reunion
there were about 200 relatives pres
emit. a picnic dinner was served on
the lawn of the home under a walnut
tree planted many years ago. by Mrs
Miller. j : :: - i, J.
/: s Harrisonburg-No BlosseE Sof
near this city, died suddenly ycster-
day at Mt. Jackson while driving an
automobile.. The .earSNas stopped by
Mrs. Blossar. NJ Mssser was a
farmer and,was % yeafSad. Funeral
services will ) be held Tuesday at
Weaver's Church. =
HarrisYburg-Three farms be-
longing to the estate Of the late Ger
aid T. Hopkins, Of McGaheysvlile'
and totaling 676 acres, were sold at
public auction here Saturday Tor
s129. 1O9. One farm each was
bought by E. B. Hopkins, }. l..
Hopkins and c. B. Williamson.
Onancock-Captain Ira Jeffries, ).
Daughty, Morris Bowden and Ernest
Burton, of Chincoteague, by hand
line fishing in six hours. landed 30
barrels of porgies, which they sold
for $3.50.
Richmcnd-Orders for 400 new
coal cars for the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad have been placed, &C
cording to reports here yesterday
This will increase the rolling stock
tonnage for coal hauling 10000, as
all of the cars ordered arc fifty tons
capacity. The Stottard Steel Car
Company has the orier, which is to
be delivered ct the earliest possible
convenience.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-17
HOWARD FIELDS. huctioncer.

HOWARD FIELDS, Auctionccr.
Auction Sale Of Desirable Dwell
ing House in Del Ray.
Pursuant to the terms of deed
Of trust bearing date on August /.
1912. dule recorded among the land
records of the County Of Alexandria,
Virginia, tnow Arlington County.
Virginia), in Deed Book No. 1874,
page 1856. given by Carrie 4. D"rrig
ard husband to the undersigned
Trustee. to secure an indebtedness of
twenty-five hundred dollars, with IN
tcrest thereon. as in said deed Of
trust set forth, default having been
made in the payment Of the sum So
cured thereby, and at the request and
b. the direction Of the holder of said
secured note. the undersigned vii!
offer for sale, at public auction. on
the premises. on Thursday, August
! 10th. 1920, at 4 o'clock p. ~, all those
f.! lots or parcels of ground, with the
! buildings and improvements there
on. located in the County of Airing
ton. formerly the County of Alex
andrial, Virginia, known and distin-
guished as lots numbered ninety
nine ana one hundred in a certain:
plan of lots called del Ray, sur
veyed By D. J. Howell. Surveyor. as
shown on the plat thereof, which is
duly recorded among the lard rec,
ords Of the County OF Arlington
/ formerly Alexandria County,. Viz
ciria. in Liber o No. 4. Folio ct ser
Terms Of Sale: Cash; conveyanc
ing. including revenue stamps, at the
cost Of the purchaser.
BENZ. F. EDWARDS,
779-1oc Trustee,
/
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-17
VIRGINIA NEWS

..suffolk-Rev. oscar Lee Owens,
senior chaplain Of the second divis-
.ioa ssnds minister of the Temple
sGprch. Of WaIhreok; Baltimore, will
tsesas in shfs boyKpad2honie in Nanse
an,SSsk Siauilt III! ia hsssff 6, ssi':t
Hartrrisonburg-Rev V, L. Full
mer, of Newton, NJ c., has accepted
call to- the pastorate of the. Tim
berville Lutheran Church; and will
move to Timberville the latter part
Of this month. He will succeed Rev.
j. P. Stirewalt, D. D.. who has
resigned after fifty years of active
service in the ministry.
Warrenton-Rice Matthews. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Matthews,
and William Parkinson, son of MIR.
and Mrs. w. U. Parkinson, two pa
troll leaders of the WarreHton troop
of Boy Scouts, made a canoe trip
from their camp in Warren coun-
ty on the Shenandoah River, and
Potomac River to Washington.
Newport News-Three policemen
last night risked their lives in Sc
ries Of events eliminating in the ar
rest of Nick Santos on two occasions
Motorcycle Officer Frank Helfrick
leaped from his machine to catch
the man as he was fleeing in an
automobile and Officers Murray and
Yates engaged in pistol duel with
the man on the Casino grounds. after
he had been bailed on the first charge
of speeding and violating the prohi-
bition law.
Lynchburg-The body of Lafayette
Drinkard, who disappeared Thursday
night in Campbell county, was found
after two day hunt by hundreds
of people. 1t is supposed he at
tempted to cross swollen stream
and was swept away. He was dead
nearly a day before his, horse was
discovered. and this led to the hunt
fors the young man.
Newport News-After throwing
black pepper In the eyes Of their
guard, tPrivates H. L. Young, FL
mer Robinson and Lloyd Arson, Of
Langley Field, escaped from the
guardhouse last Gight.
Iynchburg--ttr@. lazy T. I'LL r