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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-08
SEEK BENEFICIAL LAWS,
NOT POLITICAL SUCCESS
Women's Aims Described by Mrs.
Park at City Club
Luncheon.

Women's interest in child welfare,
education. public health and morals
and gafnful occupations will be em-
phasized in a legislative campaign
along those lines rather than along
the political lines of woman's party.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park. chairman of
the National League of Women Voters,
declared in an address before the
weekly forum luncheon of the City
Club this afternoon.
1T is significant that the first meas
ure which the League Of Women
Voters is backing in Congress-" she
said, sis the Sheppard Towner bill
for the public protection of maternity
and infancy.
Endorsing and working with as for
the Sheppard-Towner bill are the Ma
tional Consumers League, the National
the National Women's Trade Union
League, National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teachers' Association. Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs, As
sociation of Collegiate Alumnae and
the National Council of Women"
These organizations. said Mrs. Parks,
represent approximately ten million
woman voters Of the country.
It is obvious. she continued. why the
Sheppard-Townerb bill was the first to
be backed by these united women or
CARNATIONS. al 49,
women are aroused and Mortified
to realize that the death rate in this
country is approximately twenty
thousand mothers and Infants
month, who die from. causes which
doctors and scientists declare are
entirely avofdable. Women are re.
alizing that this wastage is more
than three times greater than gu,
total battle death list in the war. =
1T Is safer in fourteen foreign couu.
tries to be a mother than in the lUnftet
States. and babies have a better
chance in seven foreign countrie.
than here in our own country"
The problem Is nationwide. said TN
speaker, and the Sheppard Town "a
bill offers a practical method Of co.
operation between the federal gov.
eminent and the states. method al.
READY successfully operated in pro.
noting agricultural work. vocational
educational and the building of good
roads.
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RETURN 81 INDICTMENTS
IN ELECTION INQUIRY
Federal Grand Jury Findings in
Pittsburgh Involve Many
Political Leaders.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, December s.
The federal grand jury which has
been Investigating alleged irregular
tiles in the thirty-first congressional
primary election last May has handed
down indictments against forty per-
member of the Pittsburgh city council
and a republican leader in the first
ward.
The entire registration bi,ard of the
first district Of the second ward also
is included in the report OF the jury.
while others indicted are men who
for Years have been conspicuous fig-
ures in the politics OF the section
known as ..sThe Strip"
Last week the jury returned indict.
ments against P. J. Sullivan. a city
magistrate and an unsuccessful can
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WOMAN HELD FOR THEFT.
Police Report Recovery Of Money
From Carpet Sweeper.

Charged with the theft Of four 500
bills and $35 in gold from the home
of her employer, Mrs. Ella Branch,
5000 18th street. Ma-haley Fisher, COL
ored. twenty-five years old, 2212
Champlain avenue, was arrested last
night by Policeman c. H. waddell of
the tenth precinct. Two Of the bills
were found in an electric sweeper in
the Branch home and. the police re-
ported, SIS gold piece was found in
Mahaley's shoe. She denied the
charge. She was locked up at the
house Of detention and the police are
searching for the missing money
J. H. Henson. 124 Anacostia road,
in the employ Of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company. early this
morning reported the theft of $500
from a locker in the lexington car
barn.
A burglar, using a duplicate key,
gained entrance to the home Of B. P.
Burtis. 1920 R street. the night of
November 6 and stole $50. Last Mon
day night the Burtis home was again
visited and robbed of s22. Reports
of the two robberies were made to
police of the seventh precinct.
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PLEDGE lNRETU|RiIN|l|. {.
| FOR WHOLE TRUTH
Immunity Reported as Prom
ised. Two Defendants in
Bond Theft Cases.

| Promises to intercede with the cour
| for lighter punishment if they woule
tell the whole truth about the five
| million-dollar bond thefts in New
| York were held out by Assistant Dis
| trict Attorney Dooling of New York
to Wilen w. yesterday and Norman
S. Bowles, two of the four men or
trial before Justice Gould and jury
| in Criminal Division 1. on a charge OF
conspiracy to bring some of the stoler
securities into Washington. This was
brought out, with the jury absent, in
| order to determine admissibility OF
certain documents.
Developed ON Cross-ExaminatiOn.
This sensational testimony was clio
tied today on the cross examination OF
Robert H. McNeill. a local attorney,
called by the government. to tell OF
transactions Of Sullivan & Co.
The cross-examinatlon was con-
Quoted by Attorneys william J. Fal-
lon and T. Morris Wampler for the
defense. The conversation contain
ing the alleged promises was con-
Quoted at the Office of Mr.. McNeill, it
was shown.
Mr. MCNEIL on his direct examina-
ton testified that March Z. 1920, he
had received certain stenographic
notes and the cylindrical photograph
records containing statements made
that day by Bowles and yesterday,
in the presence of John P. Dooling,
Sol Meyers, Morris Wampler. attor-
ney for the accused; Judge lockwood
Of New York. Mcneil, himself, and a
stenographer. and that he had turned
over one copy to Bowles and was un
certain what had become of the other
copy of the proceedings. -.
Details Not Disclosed.
What the statement contained has
not as yet been brought out, but that
1t is most important in the develop
ment Of the case by the government,
was shown by the testimony of Nc
Neflf. that Dooling had promised to do
all inghas power to secure immunity
for the defendants if they would
come out clean and tell the whole
truth about the matter"
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D. C. WOMAN H0N0RED.
Miss Laura Church Given Office in
National Reform Bodv

PITTSBURGH. Pa. December s.
Thomas d. Edgar. D. D., Of wilkins
ourg. Pa. was elected president of the
National Reform Association, at the
close OF the Christian citizenship con-
vention here yesterday.
Other officers named included
Charles F. Wichart. d. D., wooster.
Ohio. vice president; W. s. Fleming.
Cn1cago. manager. central district:
J. N Tybetts, Boston. manager. Bos.
Ton district: DR.. J. n. Harris, Nash
yHie. Tenn.. manager, southern dis.
trict. and Miss Laura. Church. wash.
ington. D. c.. legislative superin-
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N9sferu Electric
Vacuum Sweeper
hyour home for only
$500 down

So. down
Clean your house the Western Electric
way. for that's the easy. quick and health
full way.
How the Western Electric VacuaR
Sweeper Works
I. Low speed brush-sIow eaough
not to wear through your carpets. yet
fast enough to loosen threads, lint aud
imbedded dirt.
2. Strong suction that drxws upsvery
bit of loosened dirt and the surface dust
and litter. (come in and lot us prove
that It does.)
5. Attachments that arc easyto fasten
on front of The machine-not underneath.
Yes, with these attachments you can
: clean your draperes, furniture and he
radiator too.
4. Non-splll dust bag that en- Be
emptied only through the top.
S. Tho Western Electric Vaeaum
Sweeper Is so light In weight (l3x
poundJ that you can roll II around q
Mt It without firing.
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CROWDED SCHOOL SHOWN.

Taking of the school census in Park
view oy members of the citizens as
tuaIly been completed. it was stated
today by Miss Frances S. FARLEY.
principal Of the Park View School
The census shows that there are
1850 children attending the Park
view school. which was originally
built to accommodate $40.
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ODENWALD ELECTRIC
1909 III ST. NV.
Phone FIR. COOS
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BERGD0LL INQUIRY ASKED

Investigation by the House miljt, ~,
committee to fix the responsibility for
the escape OF Grover Cleveland Rerr.
doll, draft evader, is proposed in q
resolution introduced by Representa-.
tive Blanton. democrat, Of TEXAS
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' The. charge against Councilman.Ans
derson is that he entered q polling
place and issued directions to the
judges of election" while charges
against the others include intimida-
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didate for the republican nomination.
for Congress. It also indicted many
election officials, who, with the persons
indicted yesterday. VIII bring the total
to eighty-one.
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GOES TO DUTY ON FLEET.

Lieut. John L. Livingston. at the
naval air station, Anacostia, D. c., has
been assigned to duty on the U. s. S.
Bridge of the Atlantic fleet ship plane
division
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$50 Bathrobe Blanket.

p aaeres only ID Of these o. 40
e ~ Warm Var, Blankets. 7ex 4HOH
exta large man or Voman. oo,d. ~. -;.&
and neck included, Ao1 "se
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Entered Girard COLLEGE

On Thurrdsy, Novembe 18th, fifty
boys, ranging from six to ten years of
age, were admitted as pupils 10 Girard
College, Philadelphia. Entries are
regularly made twice a year, usually
in February and September; but occa-
sionally, as happened last week, adj
missions are arranged for at other
times. No students under six years Of
age are. eligible, nor over ten. The
number OfIpupils now enrolled is re-
ported to be 1922; and it is stated that
there are applications on file for adj
mission later to the extent of about
] 500. In selecting neneficisries pref
erence is given to orphan boys born in
Philadelphia, in which city the founder
of this institution-Stephen Girard-
spent most of his life aud where his
fortune was made. The endowment Of
the college W hich be ars his name was a
philauthropic act of untold worth,
This seat of learning is one of the
gTandest monuments ever erected to
the memory of any man, and n of
the proudest boasts Of the Quaker City.
AmongEthe number Of boys enrolled at
Girard College last eek was John H.
Nipple, of Wildwood, nine years of
age, elder son of Mrs. Mary H. Nipple,
who conducts the West Side Candy
Store, 115 west Maple enu Mrs.
Nipple formerly lived in Philadelphia,
where her two boys and her little girl
were born. After the death of her
husband, aboutttwo years ago, she re-
moved to Wild wood. Mrs. A. E. Feis-
ter, Of North Wildwood, is her mother.
Mrs. Nipple made application for the
admission other son last March. Be-
cause of the large number of applicants
on the waiting list, she considers her.
self fortunate in having her SOL adj
mitted at this time.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
PHYSICAL Culture.

The true aim of physical culture is
TO strengthen the whole body, includ-
ing the vital organs, writes j. Adding
ton Bruce, in the Chicago Daily News.
Which may best be accomplished by
general exercise-notably/ walking,
golf and other outdoor physical recre-
ations-carried on with regularity but
always in moderation. Excess in ply
steal culture has the further harmful
effect of interfering with the proper
performance of mental work. More
over, the same result follows if ply
steal culture is INDUCED in at he
wrong times. Repeatedly it has been
proved that mental ability is tenn
porarily lowered even by exercise that
is not exhausting but productive of
only a healthy tiredness. After a
round of golf, for example, some hours
must elapse before there is either "a
pacity or real inclination to apply
ones self to mental tasks.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
BibIe Centuries Old.

The Cottonian library in England
owns an old manuscript copy OF q
part of the Bible in Latin. This Bible.
it is said, was used at the coronations
of English sovereigns 300 years be-
fore the "stone of destiny" was
brought from Scone to Westminster
by Edward 1 in 1896. If this be rue
then the use of this Bible for the pur-
pose dates back to the year 1000. L
is a quarto of PIT leaves, containing
the four gospels, and seems, from the
style of the writing and the beautiful
Examinations, to have been made about
the end of the ninth century. This
Bible narrowly escaped destruction in
the fire at Ashburnham house in 1l3l,
of which it bears evidence in its
crumpled leaves and singed margins.
There is some evidence that the son
of Edward the Elder, Athelstan the
Glorious. who was king of the West
Saxons from 925 to $40, owned this
Bible and gave it to the church OF
Dover.-Forward.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
FLOWERS THAT ARE UNLUCKY
Various Superstitions That Some Per-
sons Are Said to Have Implicit
Faith In.

Never make a present of a bunch OF
violets with an ivy leaf tied up with
them. If you do you will surely quar-
rel with the person to whom you make
the gift.
This is all very regrettable, no doubt,
since ivy is convenient as a cheap and
easily obtainable ornament; but if
one wants to safeguard oneself against
bad luck one must be prepared to make
sacrifices.
Tie unluckiness of bringing haw-
thorn indoors is so well known as
hardly to need mentioning, but fewer
people are aware that yellow flowers
are unlucky unless they are mingled
with flowers of another color. For in
stance. yellow roses are supposed to
cause lovers TO quarrel.
Never have only yellow blooms in
any room in which you are saying
goodbye to someone who is going
away. If you defy this superstition
there is a strong probability that you
will never see the departing person
again.
Never pick up a dropped flower that
you find in the street. No matter how
fresh and inviting it may look, you
must pass by and leave it where it
lies. Otherwise you may bring mis-.
fortune upon your unwise head.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Buried Facinu East.

Important discoveries of neOlithic
arms, rms and utensils have been re
ported from Jumilia, near Valencia,
where a storehOuse of prehistoric re-
mains was found late last year, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Madrid
Further Investigations. conducted I'M
der the auspices of the Academy OF
History, proved that the discovery was
of a far-reaching nature, comprising
stone knives, admirably ornamented
hatchets and other instruments.
Bones of early inhabitants were also
found. Their position indicated they
had been buried facing toward the
east. Prof. Rafael Altamira of Oxford
university has expressed the beliet
that the spot marks the site of a viii
lage which stood at the border OF a
lake that also disappeared.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Weak Easily Find Excuses

The strongest thiLy about a weak
man is his abiilty TO find excuses for
his weakness, fUr his ineficiency.
The more he lacks purpose, energy, the
will TO succeed. the greater his re-
sourcefulness in inventing excuse and
trumping up reasOns for his failure.
Everything that we prize most costs
us something. We must pay for it in
effort, and it is precious in proportion
to the struggles and sacrifices which
we have made to obtain it. No mat
ter what it is, whether a personal
grace or accomplishment, something
that adds to our appearance, our men
tai equipment, u personal power or
influence, or a much bigger thing than
any of these, the price of its attain
ment is self-effort and self-sacrifice.-
Orison SWEET Marden in Chicago Daily
News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
lime for PHYSICAL Exercise.

Whatever mental work one has to
do, it should be done before any Wig
orous physical exercise is taken. Late
afternoon is for most people the best
time for physical culture. To be sure,
light "setting up" exercises taken i'm
mediately after getting out of bed
have a helpful, not a harmful, infiu-
ence on body and mind alike. AS for
vigorous exercise in the hours be-
tween breakfast and lunch-that
should be tabooed by all, except those
so fortunate, or unfortunate, that they
do not have TO make any real use of
their minds for the rest of the day
H. Addington Bruce, in the Chicago
Daily News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Oldest Church In chrIstendom.

The oldest church in ChristendOm Is
the cathedral of Echmiadzin, Armenia,
which was begun in 301 A. D., the year
the Armenian nation officially en-
braced Christianity and became the
first Christian nation in the pagan
world. The old church was built by
Gregory the illumination. Tradition
has it that the Saviour himself re-
turned to earth and for a period super
vised the construction of this temple.
1t has survived the storms of cen
turtles and is a very imposing edifice,
rich in the memories of II centuries
of Armenians who have worshiped
there. 1t has many rare mosaics and
quaint chapels, and differs much from
c%athedralS of the Occidental world.
In this church each catholicos, or head
of the GregOrian religion, is consecrat-
ed after election. When a cathOlicos
dies. a worldwide vote among Ar
menians is taken, and 1t sometimes
is a year before the ballots arrive
from the seven seas The new head
usually is one who has been closely
associated with the deceased.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Sylvia's Island

By JESSIE DOUGLAS


cGslg20, by lecture Newspaper syndicate.)
"Good-by, Sylvia; be good" they
called to her as the train glided
smoothly u Of the station.
Sylvia. leaning far out of the win
dow, blew a last kiss, waved a last
merry wave before she settled back
into her seat in the train.
1t was vacation time. The girls had
all come down to the Grand Central to
see her off. Sylvia thought with a
warm glow at her heart of their mes
sases, their happy last words.
She could picture them all so clear
Iy; Dot was going up to a cottage By
the lake to spend her summer; Anna
was going for a whole month to stay
with her rich relatives on Long Island.
and Elsie was going to lounge at home.
They three comprised the primary
department of the Elmhurst School
for Girls, and now that the middle of
June had come-the long ~looked-for
vacation-they were off ito freedom
and life" as Elsie put it.
81 guess my fairy godmother was
mapping when | was born" Sylvia
thought to herself. for now that vaca-
ton had come and she found herself
without enough money saved to last
through the summer, she must go on
teaching.
Still the Worths may not be so
bad" she thought. but a little wistful
smile curved her lips and she looked
down at her gloved hands in her lap,
wondering why fate had reserved for
her the task of tutoring all summer
"Still I'm rather lucky in a way
Sylvia philosophical. "Pm getting my
vacation and, though my tutoring will
just pay my expenses, at least l am
earning my living"
She settled back and closed her eyes
YEARLY, for now that the hurry and
rush of the last few days of school
were over she found herself very tired
She found after a week at the camp
on Mink Island that the Worths were
very nice people, indeed. She had tt
tutor all the morning and she gave
part of every afternoon to amusing the
twins and somehow she had grown ii
the habit of telling a last story before
bed time to Betty and Ben.
But there was time in between wher
Sylvia stole down to the boat landing
and pushed u the canoe while sht
chose the light paddles and pushed
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Caterpillar Work.

Just to show what a modest cater,
pillars hard work can accomplish, ii
in 1919 produced 52,767,6 600 pounds Of
raw silk.
Nearly two-thirds of this total guam.
tity was produced in Japan. China
contributed about one-fourth of the
whole. In Europe, Italy vas the big
producer, sending to market 4.07S.60G
pounds, or just about ten times "a
much as France.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
She Felt as Though She Were Free.

herself far out from the shore. She
felt as though this world of blue water
and the bright dome of the sky above
her and some island reckoning to be
explored were hers, too.
Often she would put her worn copy
of 1.-THE Three Musketeers' in the
stern and paddle smoothly until she
came to the particular island Of her
delight, that showed a tufted shade in
the glistening sapphire of the water.
Then lying under the trees on the
rough shore, she would forget herself
in hair breadth escapes or fall TO
dreaming of charming castles across
the sea.
1t was on one of these excursions
that she had brought the unopened
letter that had IN that morning
from Dot. Now opening it and scan
nlng it with eager eyes, she gave a lit
tie shout of joy, Dot is engaged! How
wonderful"
For the next few weeks Sylvia
found no time for dreaming, for the
Worths were having company and ev-
cry minute of every day Sylvia must
spend with the children. Sometimes
at night she would slip into her bed
too tired to do anything but fall
dreamlessly asleep.
And then the second letter came.
Elsie was going to be married in the
autumn. Somehow Sylvia felt a cold
pang of loneliness tear at her heart.
And there was a certain young cap
tain that Anna knew
That's enough. ] believe I'm actu-
ally getting Jealous Sylvia said aloud
to a jay that jeered at her from the
shore. She pushed out with swift,
sure strokes for her favorite island
She drew her canoe up over the peb-
bly, shore and then lifting her head
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Pluck and Poverty.

Not the least admirable Characters
tic of men and women who have had a
lifelong struggle against poverty is
that they have struggled against II
purely for the sake of ~self-respect.
There is perhaps no more heroic figure
than that of the careful little mother
of a family who week by week tackles
the meager family budget with a gal
liant determination to make the most OF
it and to rest content at that. Less
plucky spirits "let things manage
themselves" fall into debt, and in gen
eral follow a haphazard mode of life,
which is a tacit admission of a want
of pluck to tackle the formidable linn
it's of poverty.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
The Rose Gardens of LYONS.

The rose growers of Lyons are
known the world over. The ground
where the roses are chiefly cultivated
is on the outskirts of the city. 1t Is
fiat, devoid of trees, and protected
only by high walls at the confines of
the property. The rose plants are set
out for commercial purpose in straight
rows, sometimes 100 feet long. Near
ly all the plants are out of doors. The
greenhouses for a rose garden of Is
acres do not number more than two,
averaging 80 feet in length. 1t is only
in exceptional winters that the plants
have to be covered. Sometimes the
tops Of the older plants are rather
loosely bound in straw.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
Too Anxious.

Mary Ellen had just arrived at
grandmother's house and announced
herself as being thirsty. Don't drink
water. honey" said grandmother.
Here's a nice glass Of milk you can
have" Little Mary Ellen demurred
but grandmother insisted that she
drink the glass of milk. Finally Mary
Ellen looked at grandmother sus-
piciously. "Why, has it had a fly in
it?" she asked.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-11-26
"SafetY First"

1t is not enough to put poison on one
shelf and uonpoison on another, for
they can get mixed up. And then as
surance becomes doubly insure. The
new little tags. illuminated with an
undark radium mixture that only and
always glows III the dark is the safes
means for pointing out medicinal dan
parS