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The Washington herald., 1920-01-01

hope that the place of nonor won
by American arms and craftsmanship
in the affairs of the world will be
retained by the prompt adoption Of
the treaty of peace and the estab-
lishment of the league of nations
and that the great progress made
| by America in the matter Of pros
| perity and social justice will con-
tinue under the leadership of the
Democratic party. which has already
accomplished so much OF permanent
value in American life.
William Jennings Bryant regard
the compromise DIN the reservations
| and the early establishment of a
league Of nations as the most i'm
portant thing before us for the New
Year that will enable US to aid IN
premotion- az Erriti lr.acc sad At Llr
same time turn our attention to the
solution of pressing domestic prob
William G., McAdoo. former Secre-
tary of the Theasury-Good wishes
for the New Year.
Mai. Gen. Leonard wood-My pre-
dominant wish for the New Year is
peace, law and order. increased pro-
duction and good business.
Gov. Calvin Coolidge, of Mas
sachusetts-The continued welfare of
my country. The security and con-
tinuity OF the faith OF the fathers.
The respect of youth for all things
good. The reverence of age for all
things holy.
Warren c. Harding. Senator from
Ohio-The best wish that ] can think
of for the American republic is to
speedily approach normal conditions
of activity in which we may apply
ourselves to healing the wounds OF
war and resume the forward stride
of the American people.
Miles PoIndexter. Senator from
. Washington and announced candidate
for the Republican nomination for
President-May We as a nation in the
new year defend ourselves against the
effort to subject US to foreign control
May we destroy Bolshevism and
treason and so preserve the blessings
Of liberty with its matchless oppor-
tunities for the service of mankind.
Gov. Frank o. Lowden, of Illinois
More than anything else that wish
for in 1920 is that the American people
may recapture the spirit which, dur
. ing the war, made them united and
/ irresistible: the spirit which OBJ
liberated all class and religious diff
ferences; the spirit which revealed the
supreme beauty of the idea of serv-
ice and whose dominant note was the
Fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man. II we shall succeed in
recapturing this spirit, all our other
troubles will soon disappear.
Charles VI. Schwnb My para
mount New Year wish concerning
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Midnight Limit Ordered
On Celebration in Rome

Rome. Dec. a.-New Year Eve cell
ebrations were prohibited by the gov
ernment today to prevent disorders.
Orders were given to close public
houses at midnight.
On account Of the threatening at
titude Of the populace it was feared
that a certain element might take
advantage of the celebrations to in
dulge in lawlessness,
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BAN SILK HOSE
TO CUT LIVING COST

over the dam of high prices" and
line with the same energy you ex-
erted when they were on the firing
line" are two pithy sentences in a
New Years message to the women
of the United States by Florence
King, of Chicago. president of the
National woman's Association OF
Commerce.
stop buying silk stockings at s6
a pair and shoes at $1s and produce
IL you want the prices to drop. is
her injunction to American women.
sent to every State headquarters OF
the organization yesterday.
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Air to Giue Free
Light and Heat,
Scientists Told

st. Louis, Dec. 31.-Heat, light, cool
air. fans and refrigerators will all be
free within another few years.
H. H. Platt. Philadelphia mechanical
engineer. has perfected a partially
irreversible permeable membrane" that
will cut coal. ice and light bills.
The device utilizes the heat energy
contained in the atmosphere. Platt
told the American Association for the
of Science here today.
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HIGH WAGES BLAMED
FOR INCREASED PRICES
Declares Public Wants Only
Luxuries and That Buy
ing Fever That Grips
America Is Still Far from
Having Reached Its
Height.

The Federal Reserve Board does
not regard the full employment of
labor in the United States at un-
precedented wages as an assurance
of continued industrial peace and
prosperity. In a statement issued
by the board yesterday. it is de-
clared that the effect of excessive
wages has been that of destroying
regular standards of living and the
recognized basis of prices"
Prices Rising.
The board, as a Federal Re-
serve Board. takes issue with the
declaration OF Attorney lbeneraf
Palmer that the high cost of liv-
ing is gradually coming down.
The board asserts that prices are
rising throughout the country and
that general anxiety concerning
the continued advance is being ex-
hibited by the public. On this
subject the boards statement says:
Increase in the cost of living
is referred TO as an unquestionable
menace and in some districts it is
reported that retailers themselves
recognize this fact. The work
and save program is reported by
some to be considered hackneyed
or obsolete. High wages are re-
sultine chiefly in reduction of
labor time. According to one re-
port, much of our skilled labor
works only sufficient days during
the month to keep going"
See Export Reduction.
Unfavorable foreign exchange rates
are regarded as likely to bring about
a reduction in exports which may
necessitate some readjustment of do
mestic industry.
The unprecedented wages which are
being paid to labor throughout the
country have operated to boom busi-
ness.
in practically all districts" says
the board. primary emphasis is placed
on the general distribution of pur-
chasing power and the freedom with
which recipients of wages and sal
aries are expending their means in
the purchase of goods"
The board quotes a report from one
of the districts in the Middle West.
which says:
with no thought OF price, with lit
tie provision for the future. our people
almost without exception are demand
ing goods, especially luxuries. The
signing of the armistice was appar-
emily the signal for an outburst of the
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WILSON SENDS TUMULTY TO CAPITOL AS TREATY .SCOU
PALMER DECLARES WAR TO FINISH ON REDS IN AMERICl
LIVING COST RLSING> FEDERAL RESERVE FIGURES SHO1
Miners to Go on Strike
When Coal Prices Go Up

Danville. H.. Dec. Sl.-Seventy-two
miners employed at the Vein Six
coal mine announced today that to-
morrow they would go on a strike
because operators of the mine had
increased the price OF coal to the
consumer, in violation Of the terms
Of agreement reached between At
torney General Palmer and the coal
miners at Indianapolis.
Herbert Hall, district chairman Of
the miners union. said the men
would be called out OF all mines in
this district II prices are increased
to the consumer.
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War Restrictions Lifted
By Canada at Midnight

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 31.-AI of the
war orders in council in Canada, in
ciuding the Canadian censorship,
which had been enforced by the War
Measure Act, were abolished at mid
night tonight.
Hundreds of such orders had been
issued. including measures abolish
ing horse racing and the inter-provin-
! cial shipment OF alcoholic beverages.
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Curzon Urges Allied Unity.

London. Dec. sl.-Lord Curzon. Brit
ish foreign minister, said in a speech
here tonight: Never was there a
time when a powerful allied policy
was more urgently required. Disrup-
tion of the alliance that won the war
might jeopardize the victory"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-01
KILLS
Wife OF U. S.
MINISTER
Mrs. H. Percival Dodge,
Visiting Here, Crushed
As Car Ascends.

Mrs. H. Percival Dodge. wife Of the
United States Minister to Serbia, and
Of Rear Admiral and Mrs.
]. H. Adams. was crushed in the ele-
vator shaft at the latters home at
1900 Sixteenth street northwest yes
terday afternoon and almost instantly
killed. Mrs. Dodge, with her husband,
was visiting her parents here during
the Christmas holidays. She was I3
years old.
The tragedy occurred when Mrs.
Dodge slipped upon entering the ele-
yator. The driver of the car. Susie
Sheppard, colored. 40s oakdale stree
northwest, endeavored to catch her
as she fell and the elevator rose.
Crushed 10 Death.
Before it could be stopped Mrs.
Dodge was crushed between the shat
OF the car and the elevator compart-
ment. A thick corrugated glass was
smashed above the elevator entrance
Members of the Adams family IN
stantly summoned DR.. Harry HURT
He found life extinct. The face and
body Of Mrs. Dodge were lacerated
in many places.
Susie Sheppard, the colored elevator
driver, is exonerated from blame, ac-
cording to Coroner hewitt and police
Investigators. Coroner hewitt issued
a certificate Of accidental death.
Mrs. Dodge was returning from a
walk with her mother when the acci-
dent occurred. The latter witnessed
tina accident.
Lived In Detroit.
A grim sidelight on the accidental
death of Mrs. Dodge was that the
Minister OF the Serbs. Croats and
Slovenes and Nine. Grouitch. had
sent out invitations for a dinner to-
morrow evening in compliment to the
American Minister TO Serbia and Mrs
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge arrived IN
Washington several days ago. Their
home is in Detroit. Mr.. Dodge served
the United States government as Min
lister to Serbia for two years, having
been sent there in 1917.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
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AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
, ON RADICALS PLANNED
Merely Dishon-
esty Masquerading Under
New Name, He Says De-
clares People Will Never
Permit Government By
Violence.

With a request that the people
of the United States on New Year
Day resolve to study. understand
nd appreciate the so-called 'Red"
Iovement, Attorney General Pal
ler last night issued a statement
r.aking it plain that the Depart
rent of Justice would not tolerate
he spread of Lenine-Trotsky doc
ines in this country.
Criminal, He Says.
Terming Bolshevism, Sovietism,
yndicalism and sabotage distinct
st move
s=ass sbi-. - ,ames for
a Gscv - sd sa-i
shy, la h.:or' cy neral de-
e~sd G.rL. ,r- -s-t'.s-r. ug year
oufd see an untilnching and sg-
-essive campaign against the pro-
ulgation of these ideas. He said
at the sympathizers in this coun-
t,y are chiefly criminals, mistaken
idealists, social bigots and many
y fortunate men and women suf-
{ ring with varying forms of
rperesthesia."
Palmer's Statement.
rhe Attorney Generals statement in
II is as follows:
It would be extremely helpful to
cause of good government, the
1aintenance of law and order, and
preservation Of peace and happi-
IS in our country If the people on
- New Year Day would resolve to
udy. understand and appreciate the
: called red movement. They can
unteract it most effectively by teach
: its purpose through the press, the
urch, the schools, patriotic organi-
tions and labor unions, all Of which
within the range of its insidious
tacks.
The red movement does not mean
:. attitude Of protest against alleged
fects in our present political and
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Train Kills -Four in Auto.

Chicago. Dec. a-Three women and
a s-year-old boy were instantly killed
today when an automobile In which
they were riding was struck by an
Illinois Central passenger train at
Homewood. twenty miles southwest Of
this city.
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Andrew Miller, Turfman,
Founder Of 'Life," Dead

New York, Dec. a.-Andrew Miller,
noted turfman and founder Of the
publication Life" died here today at
the age Of Sc years. He was born at
Hamilton, Ont, in 1851. His most
famous horses were Roamer and Snap
Dragon.
He is survived by his wife and two
sons. Leroy and George.
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Bandits Leave Of Masks
Take Sis, 900 from Bank

Omaha Nebr.. Dec. a.-Six bandits
none OF them masked-entered the
Farmers and Merchants Bank at
Benson, near here. today, and threat
ening six bank employees and eight
patrons with revolvers. rsnsscked the
vaults and escaped with $1,000 IN
cash and $4,000 in liberty bonds.
A posse has been organized to
search for the robbers.
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Homer 8. Cummins, chairman
Democratic National Committee
Please record me as expressing the
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William G. McAdoo. former Secre-
tary of the Theasury-Good wishes
for the New Year.
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Theodore Roosevelt

rou cannot ian 20 worship his nsmory
after reaffun HIS letters 20 his children
Every morning IN Ths Herald
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THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy. colder tonight: tom
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Gov. Calvin Coolidge, of Mas
sachusetts-The continued welfare of
my country. The security and con-
tinuity of the faith OF the fathers.
The respect of youth for all things
good. The reverence of age for all
things holy
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Evening star., 1920-03-07
Misfortune Teaches.

JONATHAN BOURNE. JR, head Of
> the Republican Publicity Association,
said at dinner apropes of a political
misfortune:
We learn from our misfortunes We
are, or should be. like Mr.. Bings.
I busted my thumb with a hammer
Yesterday said Mr.. Bings
what misfortune!' said his friend
Bangs.
Misfortune? Nothing OF the kinA.'
And Mr.. Bings smiled bravely. That
accident is one Of the best things that
ever happened to me. 1t has taught me,
you see, to appreciate my thumb.
never knew before how valuable it was.
Why sir, l have already found out
that there are 376 things for which /
use my thumb every day without giving
ii single grateful thought Here, open
this knife for me. Thanks That makes
r--,,
Evening star., 1920-03-07
The Days Beyond Recall.

"\NlTIl prices what they are to-
day. said representative. .it
is strange to think that many man re-
members when good board was obtained
in all our large cities at $3.50 or 81 a
week.
1.-Two young printers from the country
soi work on Philadelphia newspa per
back in the COS and took up their resi-
dence at respectable boarding house
in South 18th street
AT dinner. the evening OF their ar.
rival, one OF the printers was heard to
whisper to the other:
Take fun helps OF both the turkey
and the roast pork, Jim--S3. 30 a week is
no joke
Evening star., 1920-03-07
ANCIENT SITE CHOSEN
FOR MARINE MEMORIAL

A T the fork of the national highway
built by Caesar and repaired by
Napoleon, on the hills above Meaux
on the Marne. the site for "America's
Gift to France" will be selected by
Marshal Joffre and Marshal Foch.
Meaux marks the high-water mark
OF the German advance OF 1914.
americas Gift to France" will be
a colossal statue by Frederick Mac
Monnies to commemorate the first
battle Of the Marne, September s,
1914. 1t will cost $25O,000 to erect
the memorial.
Evening star., 1920-03-07
Annoying Both Ways.

MISS ELSIE DE WOLFE said At
the Colony Club:
'Servants--and not necessarily good
serrants-now get $l3 Il week. and
nj that they are hard to find. ..
a young girl about to. msrry said
to niddle-aGed mstron the other
day:
81 suppose housckeepins has its
aunoyauces?'
lit certainly has tie matron An
swcred. You've either got u servant
VI ycu haven't"
Evening star., 1920-03-07
Tree Grows on Tower.

willow tree grew and fourished, and
to prevent the earth from being mixed,
with fresh earth or blown upon by
the winds it was covered with a
metal plate full Of minute holes
which would exclude all but air from
getting access to the earth below it.
After growing in the earth for five
years the tree was removed and. on
being weighed. it was found to have
gained l65 pounds. as it now weighed
40 pounds. and this estimate did not
include the weight Of the leaves or
dead branches which had in Ave years
fallen from the tree. Now came the
application Of the test. Was all this
obtained from the earth? It had not
sensibly diminished, but in order to
make the experiment conclusive it
was again dried in an oven and put
In balance. Astounding was the rs.
suit; the earth weighed only two
ounces less than it did when the will.
low was planted in it, Let the tree
had gained 165 pounds. Manifestly.
then, the wood thus gained in this
t'me was not obtained from the earth.
We are therefore compelled to repeat
our question. Where did the wood
come from? We are left only two al
ternatives-the water with which it
was refreshed or the air in which It
lived. 1t can be clearly shown it was
not due to the water; we are conse.
quently unable to resist the wonder-
full conclusion that it was derived
from the air."
Evening star., 1920-03-07


IND.
by the name of j. ". Matthews took
picture of the tree and sent it to Queen
Victoria of England The photographer
received n letter of acknowledgment,
with the queens signature. There were
seven trees in all appearing in the early
seventies on the tower. and an eighth in
1900. The last did not live long. Four
Of the original trees were removed. as
they threatened to injure the masonry.
All the remaining trees died except one
1t is soft maple. From where the tree
grows out of the tower to the farthest
branch or twig is sixteen feet. From
where the tower begins to slope 1t s
filed in solid with broken stone and
mortar. and yet the roots are able to
penetrate it, The courthouse was built
in 1856 and the mortar used at that
time was not as compact as that which
is in use today.
Just how the tree has lived for nearly
half century is quite a mystery. Dr.
j. l.. Littlefie'd has written a book on
interesting and unusual 20 SAY about
sunshine. water and air. He speaks of
air as III" first of life's essentials, and
then as a proof OF the value OF il, he
writes as follows:
'-rhe value of air in nourishinS the
human system may be in measure
appreciated when we consider what
it may do in nourishinS the life of
= tree. Read the following narrative
OF an experiment and the comments of
the narrator: Two hundred pounds
or earth were dried in an oven and
aftcrward put in q large earthen Nes-
sci; the earth was then moistcned
with rain water and willow tree,
weighing Ave pounds. was placed
therein. During the space OF five
years the tree WAS carefully watcred
with rain water or pure water The
Evening star., 1920-03-07

TREE growing on the courthouse
~ tower has given Greensburs,
n Ind, the name of THE Lone
Tree City" The tree first ap-
peared in 1871, and has weathered the
storms for nearly forty-nine years. 1t
is still alive and vigorous, leafing out
in the spring with other trees and wav-
ing it's branches at height of 10 feet
from the ground.
This tree is really one Of the worlds
wonders. There is only one other place
where there Is anything Of the kind,
and that is on an old mill in Scotland,
near the birthplace of Robert Burns.
Whenever a passenger train goes
through .Greensburg the windows go up
and heads are thrust out. There is
much craning of necks to see the cou~
house tree.
Joseph Moss, a druggist Of GrS4s-
burg. says that in 1875 a photographer
Evening star., 1920-03-07

discomposure, that he was calling on
Tredways.
Apple Tree court. which is west OF
the Grays Inn road, offers no golden
spheroids for the sun to ripen. 1t is a
very mean alley, slum. Here found
my man. l had visited Street there
once before; he knew that 1 was half
convinced OF his innocence, but that did
not prevent a deep flush OF shame from
rising to his wasted cheeks. I handed
him the note, with the simple observa
ton. You know l have interested Hogg
ssTredways in you, Street. He wants an
answer to this-and quickly"
. He ripped open the envelope and read.
His brows met in perplexity. He turned
the letter over and looked at the bare
= side of it,
"He asks me two questions SIR" said
Street after silence. Tie wants me
Ito write an answer alongside. each of
them. But that answer is a plain NO
to both"
Good enough" ! interrupted as he
looked about for writing material which
wasn't there. Keep up heart, my good
fellow. One can never tell what may
HhppSh. -Nuu oul "C1Il dHu
jumped into my waiting taxi.
was all eagerness to get back to
Half Moon street. for a sense Of calam-
ity CALLED my nerves. AS l mounted
the stone front steps I almost collided
with Edwa rdes, who was just leaving.
He apologised very politely for a fault
that was mine, still smiling with a hard
sort OF glitter in his black eyes. I
bounded UP the. ea.peted staircase and
burst into TrcdDay.s room. A cry OF
horror rese to my lips.
lie had tumbled across the sofa inert,
huddled face buried in cushion. the
fingers of his hanging left hand stretched
out stiff like the hand OF an epileptic.
As | rushed forward. uttering I know
not what exclamation, he reused him.
self and turned his face toward re.
TO my astonishment 1t was rossed
by II broad smile!
THAT you. Francie?" he remarked
TRANQUILITY, getting up. ~ thought it
was Edwardes, returned. My reason
for feigning all the chief symptoms
OF impending death by cerebral pa
ralysis was a pressing one, do as
sure you. You look scared. Take a
cigarette. =
There Was. . box Of them upon the
table, with ., loose one on top. Al 7
placed II between my lips Tredways
said calmnlU:r ~ r..fF
"rhree or four whifrs Of that, Fran
Gle. and you will not assume the un-
pleasant symptoms to which 1 nllu.l-
ed; you will get them In serious eDrn-
est. That is the identical cigarette
handed to me by our friend Edwardes.
lie came to do me n mischief: the in
tent was quite evident in his bearing.
He produced his cigarette case and
covered all with hts fingers. In
seemingly absent minded way, except
that one. took IL. but managed to
replace it with one of my own.
noted his manner when lighting UP.
His eyes became sparks Of hra. All
Evening star., 1920-03-07

He omitted q comma. Brsnderwine
meant to write. Oswald Street, the
man who killed me was You fol-
low? Push me the bottle. Francis.
! am husky with talking"
Copyright. l0co.)
Evening star., 1920-03-07
The Sixth Of a Series Of Complete
Stories by L. j. Beeston.

Pardon, he did not. He started to
write to him. Knowing he was DOOM
ed he wanted to make friends with
him who had killed him. But his
brain was reeling; his hand unsteady.
The daily Alaskan., 1920-07-17

Seal i-"n { Walter NicBreu a First publication June 29 1920 | S1T Clak publication July 27 1920. V *
The daily Alaskan., 1920-07-17
CHAPTER XII.
A Dangerous Prisoner.

He was tall and thin, wearing a wide cloak about his shoulders, and high hat with broad brlm. Even at that distance it could be seen that his long hair was gray, and that a heavy mustache, snow-white, made more mo- tlceable the thin features of his face. He looked at the two men closely, and his voice easily reached the ears of the listeners.
 "Who posted you here?"
 Juan Cateras, senor," answered one.
 Not on my order: Dias is watching above. Did the lieutenant give you a reasOn?"
 "The prisoners, senOr."
 "The prisoners? Oh. yes; those that Lacy had confined here. Well, they will not be here for long. I do not believe in prisoners, and because l do business with that dog is no reason why he is privileged to use this place to hold his victims. Where is Ca teraSW
 "In the valley, senOr! He went back down the passage with Silva after posting us here"
 And the prisOners"
 occupy the two inner cells. Nero deg here says one of them is 8 girl"
 "A girlw the tall man laughed. That then will account for the un- usual interest Vi JSaH Cateras, and