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The Washington times., 1920-05-22
SEEK ALL FACTS
IN RANDALL CASE
Justice Agents Making Attempt
To Prove Guilt or Innocence
of Convicted Man.

To determine without any question
OF doubt or innocence the guilt OF
Louis Randall. convicted and SEN
fenced to death on the District gall
lows for the brutal attack made a
year ago on Mrs. Bessie Gleason. of
Nicholson road northeast. special
agents of the Department of Justice
are further investigating the case.
Randall was to be executed on
Tuesday. but Justice Gould, who had
sentenced him to die on the gollows
for the assault. postponed the execu-
ton until thirty days hence. pending
the investigation to be made by the
Attorney Generals office.
when on trial. Randall protested
his innocence. His conviction by the
jury followed Identification by Mrs.
Gleason, who said to the jury, He is
the man who assaulted me-"
Detectives from police headquar-
ters have openly expressed the
opinion that Randall Is innocent, that
he is a victim OF mistaken identity.
1t was pointed out by the detectives
today that Mrs. Gleason after seeing
Randall on three occasions. following
his arrest, failed to identify him.
1t was not until the fourth time,
they say. she said Randall was her
assailant.
With the attack made on Mrs. Ger
trude Harrison Mann. music teacher
two months ago, detectives stated
they believed that the same man who
had attacked Mrs. Mann also assault
ed Mrs Gleason and two other Wash
ington women in the suburbs. Each
victim was found with string tied
about the neck.
The agents OF the Department of
Justice are making a thorough probe
into all the details of the Gleason as
sault. They are questioning detec-
tives and others who had any con-
nection with the investigation which
resulted in the arrest of Randall.
Thomas Beckett, attorney for Ran
dali, protested to Attorney General
Palmer and to President Wilson that
the negro was innocent and asked a
stay of execution in order that a
further investigation of the case
could be made.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
SHIP-BY-TRUCK DRIVE
CLOSED IN WASHINGTON
Officials Urge People TO Continue
Campaign For Better High
way Systems.

with the closing today in Washing
ton of the national ship-hy-truck good
roads week, officials in charge OF the
movement urged that tho people Of
the District continue the campaign
for improved highways leading to
various points in Maryland and Vir-
giria.
The poor condition OF these subur.
ban roads, II was pointed out today,
hampers the development OF Wash
tngton, both commercially and as
mecca for automobile tourists from
neiehboring States.
The committee in charge OF the
ship-by.truck week in Washington
was com posed Of stephen +, Tillman,
Major Wells and Sergeant Rochester,
OF the United states Marine Corps:
Major Richie, Motor Transport Corps:
Colonel Maurberg. Signal Corps; Ma
jor scsnlon, of Bowling Field, and
Franklin Plumber, of the oldsmobile
sales Company.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
D. c. DEALERS DID NOT
PROFTTEER ON DENNIS
Charges of High Prices For Over
alls Shown BY Records to
Be Unwarranted.

when the overall fad struck Wash
ington local dealers In denims did
not take advantage of splendid OPP
Of profteering, 1t was
shown today.
This statement was made Follow
ing charges by w. Jett Lauck that
tocal dealers were reaping a profit
OF 81 or more on each garment sold.
Friedlander Brothers. 42s Ninth
street, produced bills showing that
overalls purchased by them for VII
had been sold retail at 81. and that
part OF this profit had been absorbed
by express charges.
George and Company, oi0 seventh
street northwest submitted figures TO
the Investigators on three grades OF
overalls, the wholesale and retail
rates OF which were as follows:
Wholesale, sara, t2.2o, and fi.7si
retail, 50, S269. and 81
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
Army .*Non-Con,., rs,
Thought Dead, ArriUes
On Ship With Pershing

A. Glassford to San Juan. He has
seen service in Porto Rico since.
Three years ago. Sergeant McGlone
was stricken with paralysis. and was
unable to write or communicate with
his relatives. Believing he was dead
or had met with injury. his niece,
Mrs. l. NJ. Armstrong. of 500 West
l46th street. New York, enlisted the
aid OF Franklin Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy, several months
ago to endeavor to locate her uncle.
When learning that Sergeant NC
Clone was i'll at San Juan, Mrs. Arm
strong Immediately sailed for that
city and succeeded in getting her
uncle retired and arranged for his
return to the United States and sd-
mission to the Soldiers Home here.
Capt. John l.. Gay, OF San Juan, ar
ranged the return trip for Mrs. Arm
strong.
Having lived in his childhood at
Newark, N. j., Sergeant McGlone was
keenly interested in getting a glimpse
IF the Jersey coast as the Northern
Pacific steamed up North river He
also expressed delight at the New
York skyscrapers.
One of Sergeant McGlones proud
est possessions Is an autographed
photograph of General Pershing. He
said he intended to frame 1t. and
rang the picture in his room at Sol
Tiers Home.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
CURE
New York Doctor Uses Mu-
sic Remedy on Morose
Patients In Office.
JAZZ 8 ooTHEs SICK
Advocates Ragtime in OPP
Grating Room to Perk
UP Victims Spirits.

Did you ever 60 to see your
physician and find q number OF
persons sitting In the waiting
room. ell staring at the floor. or
out into the street, momentarily
growing more and more morose.
more nervous and anxious to get
rid OF IL allf
Yes. Well. a New York physi-
clan claims to have overcome
these condition OF the minds Of
his patients.
He has two daughters, one who
plays we'll on the piano and
another who sings.
When bis patients gather In his
office the daughter gives them "a
little jazz" and maybe a song or
two. The doctor says his sick
visitors "perk up and come into
my room with q smile"
why" said the doctor. II have
walked into the waiting room
and found my patients keeping
time with the music. Some tap
ped their feet on the floor. others
used their fingers, and many 9TH
ers found humming."
Would II work out In the hos
pitAl room? They say that music
soothes the savage breast, but the
New York doctor contends that
II also makes the operating room
less tragic to the patient.
Up at the Emergency Hospital.
II was suggested that musical or
derlies would help along the patti
ent fear OF the operating room,
the fear OF death and the fear
that the average patient has In
the hospital.
One Of the staff said: "Its a
great idea. the musical orderlies
we have. but they dare not dis
play their talents in that direc-
ton. by the way. reporter. the
idea is good. II may be good to
try IL out. But. said one OF the
surgeons: I'm not going to be the
one to suggest It."
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
CHRISTIAN PASTORS
WILL ASSIST JEWS
Relief Appeal for Hebrew War
Sufferers in East Will Be .
Made in Churches.

Christian pastors of Washington
have signified their intention, Of call
ing their congregations attention to
the Jewish relief campaign fund for
the sufferers from the war because of
it's Humanitarian aspect, according to
word received at campaign headQuar-
ters in the Bond building.
Rabbi Abram Simon last night in
the course OF the regular Friday even
ing services appealed to his congrega-
ton in a most inspiring address to
aid the House OF Israel in this the
most tragic hour of it's history. He
pointed out that only a trick OF fate
had led their forefathers West din
stead of East, and that In their CRATE
fulness they should succor their less
fortunate brethren. ..
Chairman Marcus Norman, of the
Orthodox congregations, reported
that great strides had been made by
his committee, and that speakers OF
national prominence had been invited
to a mass meeting of the Orthodox
faith at one of the synagogues, the
date and place to depend on the speak
er's acceptances.
Chairman Lyon. of the executive
committee. reports that several large
checks have been received from nom
Jews and will be acknowledged
shortly. Invitations are such now
that the committee believes that the
campaign will be successful without
the aid of street or theater solicita'
ton or tag days
The women's committee of the Sis
tcrhood of the Eighth street Temple
and the Council of Jewish Women
will hold a joint meeting at the Town
and Country Club Monday morning to
perfect plans for a new idea in Wash =
tngton drives.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22

Practically given up for dead for
more than three years, Sergt. John
McGlone. seventy-five years of age,
and for more than fifty-four years in
the Army Signal Corps, was brought
to Washington late yesterday to be
placed in the Soldiers Home. He
was located in Porto Rico.
Returning on the transport North
ern Pacific, which arrived Thursday
in New York from Colon with Cen
eral Pershing, Sergeant McGlone was
elated to have met the distinguish ed
commander-in-chief of the American
army. When General Pershing
learned that McGlone was abroad ship.
he lost no time in greeting the
veteran.
at certainly is an honor to meet
such a faithful veteran" said General
Pershing, and he shook the hand OF
the sergeant.
at sure is an honor for me to meet
you, general" said Sergeant McGlone
The two chatted for more than a half
hour.
After two years service in the navy,
Sergeant McGlone, who was born in
Belfast, Ireland, enlisted in the sig
nal corps. He spent most of his time
on the Mexican border and at Browns
vile, Texas.
In 1898. McGlone was detailed with
a corps Of signal men under Capt. w.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
GAS PROBE IS
UP TO SENATE
Sundry Civil Bill Amended to
Meet Complaints Of D. C.
Consumers.

An Investigation OF the Washington
Gas Light Company 10 provided for In
the sundry civil bill nov before the
Senate
The Bureau OF Standards is author
ICED and directed ito make an investi-
cation as TO the comparative cost and
quality OF gas furnished the Govern
ment and private consumers In the
District of Columbia and report the
result OF said investigation to Con-
grsss on or before the hrst Monday In
December, 1920"
The Senate Committee on Appropri-
stions inserted this Amendment to tho
bill after representation had been
made TO IL regarding the gas situation
In the city. A number OF complaints
were laid before II, particularly with
reference to the increased gas rate
asked by the Washington Gas Light
Company.
Another Senate amendment in the
Sundry Civil bill provides an sppro-
pristion of $4,000 for the purchase
OF land lying between the present
western boundary OF the National
Geological Park and Connecticut ave-
nue..
A portion Of this land Is to be used
for a new highway. and the balance
10 to become the property of the ZOO
logical park.
The bill also provides an appro-
pristion OF 10000 for the relocation
OF the military road between Aque-
duct bridge and Fort Myer, for the
purpose OF eliminating dangerous
curves on the road.
The Senate Appropriation Commit
tee inserted an amendment providing
$4,000 for a medical and surgical
history OF the war with Germany.
1t also provides $4,000 for purchasing
and supplying uniforms to the Capt.
tai police. One half OF this fund to
be disbursed by the secretary OF the
Senate and one-half by the clerk OF
the House of Representatives.
An amendment to enable Secretary
OF Labor Wilson to continue the in
vestigAtion relating to women in in
dustry. including personal services in
the District OF Columbia and In the
field. provides $4,000.
An additional appropriation OF
100000 for the stenographic ex-
pense of Investigations ordered by
the Senate is included in the Senate
draft of the bill.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
HOUSE WOULD BUY
MT.ALT0H0SP|TAL
Passes BiIIAppropriating $780,
600 to Acquire More Beds
For War Wounded.

Having passed the House after a
lively debate, the Langley bill provid-
ing for the purchase of the site and
buildings Of the National School of
Domestic Art and Sciences, known as
the Mt. Alto site, as a hospital for
disabled world war veterans. the bill
was sent over to the Senate today.
Passage of the measure by Congress
means but a single step towards the
general plans to accommodate $4,000
disabled service men now without
adequate hospital attention.
AS II passed the House in substanti-
ally the same form as reported from
and Grounds the Langley bilr author
ICES total expenditure of 100000.
or this amount s4so,o00 will be
available Immediately for the pur-
chase OF the building and grounds,
which comprise eleven and a half
acres of highlands in Wisconsin ave-
nue. near the Naval Observatory.
BY taking over the buildings and
grounds Mt Mt. Alto Congress viii ac-
ouire four new nreproof buildings
and two frame buildings that have
been utilized for hospital purposes
since the war.
An additional expenditure OF $50, 900
Is authorized for improvements and
additions which would eventually ac-
commodate about 500 patients.
The remainder Of the total amount,
to be taken from the unexpended bal
ance OF other appropriations. is to be
expended In the purchase OF other
tracts for hospitals.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
WANTS PRE-WAR CIVIL
LIBERTIES RESTORED

In an address before the Bryan
Democracy Club of the District at
the Ashmore Hotel last night, Judson
King. head of the Popular Govern
ment League. declared that the re-
storation OF pre-war civil liberties
was necessary II Democracy In Amer
lea was TO survive, and that large
percentage OF men convicted under
the espionage act were convicted
without evidence.
In referring to the controversy OF
the Department OF Justice and Louis
r. Post. OF the Department OF Labor.
Mr.. King said the refusal OF Mr.. Post
to deport those men convicted was
due to the fact that there was no
evidence against them.
The Bryan Democracy Club went
on record as favortng the restoration
OF all pre-war civil liberties.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
EDUCATORS URGE
GREATER REVENUES
Conference Asks for Commits.
sion to Secure Larger Fund
For School Purposes.

Three good qualities, generally con-
coded to be more dominant in woman
than man, will be exercised toward
solving the educational problems of
America when all the women of the
country get the vote, according to
Mrs. Maud Wood Park. chairman Of
the National Lea que of Women Voters,
who spoke last night at the closing
session of the National Citizens Con-
ference on Education.
The first of these qualities, Mrs.
Park says, is the habit born in woman
of continuous industry, the ability to
do things over and over again.
Have Less Temptation.
ON the second place." she continued,
at is generally admitted that women
are more given to consider the human
side OF public questions than men are,
And In the third place. women put
more emphasis than men upon the
moral aspect of questions.
They have had to teach children
that right Is right and wrong is
wrong. They have not been taught
to compromise or to evade moral
issues because they have not had the
same temptations to do so that men
have had in the world OF business
competition"
All OF these qualities. Mrs. Park
said. will have a direct bearing upon
the attitude which, women will take
toward solving the problems of edu-
cation.
"I believe it will be true" he said,
that after women have been voting
twenty years we shall no longer need
to point out the differences between
the anDroprIatiopu uIuon no
partment OF Agriculture and the De-
partment of Commerce and the appro-
priation for the Bureau of Education:
between the care taken Of domestic
animals and the plant life and the
care take to protect the children Of
the nation"
Favor More Revenues.
The conference adopted n resolu-
ton asking the Commissioner of Bdu-
cation to devise ways and means for
obtaining the appointment OF a repre-
sentative commission to aid in secur-
ing greater revenues for the schools
and a more equitable distribution OF
such revenues.
Interesting addresses were given
during the conference by Governor
Cooper OF South Carolina, the Rt. Rev.
Thomas shahsn. rector OF the Catholic
University of America; DR.. Robert d.
Kelly. director interchurch world
movement; Governor Milliken OF
Maine, Secretary of State Colby, and
the Rt Rev. Thomas r. Gailor. pre-
siding bishop OF the supreme council
of the Episcopal Church.
Other speakers were Enoch A.
Bryan, state commissioner of educa-
ton. Idaho; Mrs. Phillip North Moore,
president, National Council OF Women;
Congressman James r. Begs OF Ohio;
Mrs. Frederic Schorr, president, Ma
tional Congress OF Mothers and Par
ent-Teaoher Associations: DR.. Hugh
8. Cummings surgeon general, public
health service; DR.. Livingston Far
rand. director, American National
Red Cross: Mrs George Maynard
Minor. president general d. A. r.;
y. c. Cary, superintendent OF public
schools, Madison. wis: Or. Louis D.
Conman. president elect. University
of Minnesota; william L. Ettinger
superintendent of schools. New York
city; Governor Beckett of North Caro-
lima and Prof. George Drayton
strAyor- Of Columbia University.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
CARFARE OF employees
PLACED IN SUNDRY BILL

With the Smoot amendment provid-
ing for the payment of the railroad
fare "homeward" for discharged Fed
eral employees, the sundry civil bill
was reported to the Senate yesterday
from the Committee on Appropria-
lions.
The measure also carries another
attempt on the part of Senator Smoot
to place control of departmental
printing in Congress. An amendment
similar to that which caused the
President recently to veto the legis-
lative bill has been tackled on as .
rider TO the sundry civil bill.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
TRIBUTE To HEROES
OF AMERICAN WARS

Company A, OF St Johns College.
has been detailed to Mount Olivet
Cemetery on Decoration Day, May 80,
TO pay tribute to the soldiers who
died In the wars Of the United states.
The company will Are a salute.
Tho week OF June 7-1b has been
designated alumni week" at St
Johns College. The following com
niittee Ia making plans for the week.
Denis 10. Connell, chairman; Leo A.
Rover. Albert d. Esher. Lionel Tsns-
Icy. Bernard Began. John widmayer.
Bernard 'tsheehAn and James Sullivan
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
CAPITOL WILL HONOR
UNION HEROES ON MAY 80

Memorial Day exercises in honor OF
the Union dead Of tho civil war will
be held before the Lincoln and Grant
statues in the rotunda Of the Capitol
Sunday afternoon, May 30, under the
Joint auspices OF the Lincoln and
Grant circles OF the Woman's RELIEF
Corps.
Mckinley and Beck circles and the
members Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic will be guests. Addresses
will be given by Congressman Osborn
OF California and Colonel Bingham OF
the q. A. II. Miss Shipley and Mrs
Philip Addison viii slng-
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
KUTZ ASKS FUEL SAVING
In ALL D. c. INSTITUTIONS
Acts on Conservation Request BY
Sec. Payne, to Help Freight
Conditions.

Engineer Commissioner Charles w.
Rutz today sent a letter to heads of
all District institutions asking that
they cut out their furnace fires as
soon as possible. and conserve cleo
richly.
This letter was sent out following
a request OF Secretary of Interior
Payne that the District conserve coal
as much as possible, The secretary
stated It would help freight condi-
tions II the. District cut down it's use
OF coal.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
MAN ARRESTED HERE
TAKEN TO new YORK

James B. King, OF 1915 Calvert
street northwest. who was arrested
by Detective Kelly recently and held
for the New York authorities on a
charge OF grand larceny, has been
taken to the metropolis by Detective
Foley. of Central Bureau.
King was arrested upon complaint
OF Mrs. Carrie Deutsche, OF New York,
who told police that he had had her
trunk diverted to his home in Wash
inston. The contents were valued at
1875,
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
PETTY BROTHERS FORM
new REAL ESTATE FIRM

Joseph A. Petty has become as
ISOLATED with his brother, John a.
Petty in the conduct OF a general real
estate and Insurance business at AZ
New York avenue, under. The hrm
name Of Petty & Petty.
The Arm has also secured the sery-
iceS OF George J. Grimley and WIZ
liam w. Stewart. The rental depart
ment has been recognized to handle
apartments as we'll as other rental
properties
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
|N2.75,
WILEY RULES
Pure Food Expert Asserts His
Experiments Prove II Is
intoxicating.
Two .svsnty.nvs beer is intoric.t,

1.-TWO sevsnty-nve beer 10 intoxieat
Ing liquor"
This IL the verdict OF DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley. formerly chief of the Blu
reau OF Chemistry and regarded as
one OF the foremost authorities on
the subject. given this afternoon.
DR.. Wiley gave his answer to q d.
rect question put 10 him by Canon
William Sheafe Chase. chairman OF
the international Reform Bureau d.
rectorate, who asked Governor Smith
Of New York on Thursday TO veto the
Walker boxing and 2.76 per cent beer
act
viii Wirs Geverssr.
The scientific and legal question az
to whether 2.76 per cent beer is In
toxicating was brought up at the
hearing at Albany. and Canon Chase
said he wanted to get DIR. WiIcy's An
swer.
This viii be wired today to Cover
nor Smith.
That there are four states OF in
toxicatinE 10 DR.. Wiley's claim.
The nrst stage marks the begin
ming OF the toxic effect.
The second stage Is one In which
the subject. II he Is attentive to such
matters, feels that his condition 10
unusual.
The third state is one In which the
ordinary symptoms OF drunkenness
are manifested.
The fourth IL that in which the
victim sinks into entire insensibiIity.
was present at the great Kaiser
Kommers In Berlin in 1873, in COM
pany with 5000 students" says DR..
Wiley. In his statement, "who drank
German bere containing less than 275
OF alcohol by weight. from o'clock
In the evening until Z o'clock the
next morning.
students Intoxicated.
"At the end of twelve hours of beer
drinking large numbers OF students
were visibly intoxicated. some Of
them unable to walk without ASSIST
ance and others hilarious and visibly
drunk. No other Intoxicating liquor
was used except this light beer"
The different stages Of drunkenness
are gone into In detail by DR.. Wiley.
he pointing out at some length that
in the first stage, "if the quantity Of
alcohol Is small even the subject may
not be conscious Of it's toxic effect"
In the second stage. "there is a GER
tain feeling OF warmth wholly illus
DRY, and due to a partial paralysis OF
the preipheral nerves, which allows a
greater quantity of blood in the capil-
laries"
The victim" may become "taciturn
and morose" in the third stage, "or
he may be boisterous and voluble or
even hilarious. His control of loco
motion and other muscular move
ments are more or less disturbed and
he may display an acute locomotor
ataxia." In any event. the loctor eX-
plains, "all his companions know that
he is drunk"
Cites Court Decision.
The fourth stage is marked by en-
tire insensibility as explained, and the
face and breathing of the victim
remind one of person suffering
from apoplexy. and in extreme cases
death intervenes.
In closing DR.. Wiley cites the de-
cisison of the United States Supreme
Court in the Blanchard -four case in
which the statement is made by way
OF defining "intoxication the question
is not what intoxicates the average
person, but what may intoxicate the
weakest and youngest"
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
HELD AS SH0PLIFTER,
SAYS SHE'S WAR WORKER

Charged with shoplifting, Ellie Mis-
sell, who says she Is a war worker.
has been arrested by Policewoman
Clarke,
She is said to have acknowledged
theft OF various articles. and search
OF her room revealed more than - 500
worth OF goods, A diary. In which
the stolen articles were registered
was found.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
Bold Thief Gets $1,000
Sealskin Coat Found
Airing on Back Porch

A thief passing in the rear of
Fannie Weber's home at 1347
Irving street northwest, was at
tracted by a sealskin coat hang
ing on the porch.
He liked II so much he took II
with him. No one knew the diff
ference until a report was made
at Police Headquarters this morn
ing. The coat. valued at 500, and
the thief are being sought.
The Washington times., 1920-05-22
RUNAWAY BOY, 10, SOUGHT.

Charles Allen, thirteen years OF
age, 10 being sought by police Of
Washington and several other cities
today. His mother. Mrs. Matte Allen.
reported that he ran away from his
home at 1919 Riggs place northwests.