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The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
$4,000 BLAZE
IN WAREHOUSE
Prompt Action by Firemen
Saves Morris & Co. Plant
This Morning.

Fire early this morning did dam
age estimated at about $4,000 TO
the sales rooms and warehouse OF
Morris and Company, wholesale
meat packers of Chicago, with Of
fees here at 626 Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. extending back the entire
block to 629 b street northwest
where the warehouses are located.
The cause of the blaze is un-
known. Early morning pedestrians
saw smoke issuing, from the build
ing shortly before / o'clock and an
alarm was sent in. This was quick
Iy followed by a second alarm,
Quick action by the firemen pre-
vented the blaze from spreading,
Most of the damage was done by
water. "
The blaze was first discovered In
the cellar where $4,000 pounds of
smoked meats are stored. These
were mostly ruined by water.
Isaac NJ. Oakley. manager of the
local house, stated that no definite
estimate of the damage could yet be
given.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

Rudolph Moeller, IA years old, 413
Kentucky avenue southeast, is the
latest case of sleeping sickness"
under care in Washington. His
condition is serious.
Approximately thirty cases have
been reported to the health depart
ment during the past two months.
Recoveries and deaths from the mys-
terious disease are not recorded by
the department.
The disease is a strange one"
DIR. William C. Fowler. District
health .oficer said last night. It's
cause is not known. While death
sometimes results. a number OF re-
coveries have been reported"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
REFUND
PUBLIC DEBT
OFNATION
Representative McFadden
Proposes. to Help Gov
eminent Finance.

Immediate refund of the entire
public debt for a peSiod, of fifty
years in order to restore confidence
in the governments financial trans
actions is urged by Representative
McFadden, of sPennsyIvania. in a
statement issued yesterday. Mr..
is a member of the House
Committee on Banking and Cur
rency. ~
This should cover a suffieient
amount Of money to pay the cur
rent war obligations still unset
tied" Mr.. McFadden said. The
payment OF the outstanding treas
ury certificates and the discontin-
uance of this emergency form of
financing, which is simply living
out of tomorrow's income, should
be stopped.
Would Buy In for Sinking Fund.
There should also be created a
real sinking fund to be adminis-
tered by a board of trustees with
authority to buy in for the sinking
fund, whenever the market of gov
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
PRETTY HAREM
GIRL AWAITS
CLAIMANT
immigration Authorities De-
mand Assurance Of Mar
riage to Rug Dealer.

New York. May 3.-Immigration
authorities at Ellis Island today re-
fused to allow a pretty dark-eyed
Armenian girl to enter the country
until they received assurances from
Hampirsoon TerekIyian, Philadel-
phia Oriental rug dealer, that he
would make her his wife.
The girl arrived here today from
Naples on the Pierce liner. San
Giorgio. Through an interpreter the
girl said she had been rescued from
the harem of a Turkish Bey and
smuggled to Naples.
HarTi Yaznojian. a rug dealer of
Cambridge, Mass, was in Constan-
tinoplo to buy rigs. He happened
to see two attractive Armenian girls
on the street and followed them
to the harem of Najib Bey.. Yazno-
jan paid two men 10 take the girls
and one night he had them taken
aboard fishing vessel bound for
Naples.
Yaznojian married the younger of
the two girls and brought the other
to America to become the wife OF
Terekely;an. his friend in PhiladeI-
phia.
Authorities said as soon as Tere-
kclyian submitted a bond and de-
clared his intention of marrying the
Armenian girl she would be re-
leased in his custody.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

know this and that and pass to
and fro and think ever and anon
I'd hate for my mother to know
1 was skinning these weak
minded ones. She raised me bet
ter
rs there a crush already in the
waiting rooms Of the old doctor
that does skin grsftingg" I ask.
Well, no." says Silver! you
needn't back Epidermis to win
today. Eve only been here
month. But I'm ready to begin;
and the members of willie Man
irattan's Sunday School class.
each Of whom has volunteered to
contribute portion of cuticie
toward this rehabilitation. may
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

r-oney nom these metropolitan
hayseeds," says Silver, than
there is of cooking rice in
Charleston, S. C. They'll bite at
anything. The brains OF most Of
'em commute. The wiser they are
in intelligence the less perception
Of cognizance- they have, Why.
didn't a man the other day sell,
J.. P. Morgan an oil portrait of
Rockefeller, jr.. for Andrea del
sarto's celebrated painting of the
young Saint john"
"Hyperboie aside" says 1, do
you know of any Immediate. sys-
ten OF buneoing the community
OUT of dollar or two except by
anpisins to the, salvation Army
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

troduce us. He's q friend of his.
He says he likes to meet people
from the West"
THAT sounds nice and plaus-
ibie." says /. I'D like to know
Mr.. Morgan"
1T won't hurt us a bit" says
Silver. ito get acquainted with'a a
few finance kings. kind Of like
the social ways New York has
with strangers"
The man Silver knew was
named Klein. Al three o'clock
Klein brought his Wall Street
friend to see us in sJlver's room.
''Mr. Morgan" looked some like
his pictures, and he had Turk
ish towel wrapped around his left
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
DRY PROCLAMATION
= STANDS, SAYS COURT

Chief Justice Smythe of the Court
of Appeals yesterday refused to
compel Bainbridge Colby. Secretary
of State, to withdraw the prociama-
ton of his +. predecessor, Robert
Lansing, to the effect that the
Eighteenth amendment-malin the
whole United States "dry"-had
been ratified by three-fourths of
the several States. therefore becom-
ing a part and parcel OF the Con-
stitution.
Shortly after Lansing had made
this announcement the "wets''
sought to compel him to withdraw
1t on the ground that it was made
on Inaccurate oertifications on the
part of certain States. Chief Jus
tice Smythe stated that it was not
the duty of the Secretary of State
to inquire into the accuracy of
these 7certifieations.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

or having a ft on Miss Helen
Gould's doorsteps?
Dozens of EN-" says silver.
How much capital have you got.
Billy?"
"A thousand" I told him.
"rye got $1,000" says he. "we1l
pool and do a big piece Of bpsi-
ness. There's SO many ways we
can make a million that l don't
know how to begin"
The next morning Silver meets
me at the hotel and he is all
sonorous and stirred with kind
Of silent joy.
Were 10 meet J. +. Morgan
this afternoon" says he. "A man
] know In the hotel wants TO In
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Senate Democrats to Allow
Knox Resolution to Be
Passed.
BILL WILL BE VETOED
Treaty Will Be Carried into
Coming Campaign as
Result.

Democratic plans to filibuster
against the Knox peace resolution
in the Senate were abandoned last
night by Democratic Leader Un-
derwood, and as a result 1t Is ex-
pected that there will be no con-
certed effort to prevent adoption
Of the measure.
Senator Underwood intimated that
the President is entirely willing to
face the question Of vetoing the
Knox resolution. Senate Demo-
Gratis, in determining on the fill
buster, had assumed that the Presi-
dent would be embarrassed by the
alternative of again preventing
peace or of seeing the Senate vic
torious by approving the resolu-
tion.
Senator Loodge will call up the
resolution in the Senate tomorrow.
viii Affect Campaign.
The new attitude of the Senate
Democrats opens up a number Of
possibilities, one of which is that
of a Presidential campaign with
the chief issue being the treaty as
against the Knox peace resolution.
President Wilson, in line with his
previously expressed desire to see
the treaty carried into the campaign,
has apparently discovered in the
Knox resolution just the added
touch that will give a clear cut
definition to the campaign. He sup
posedly believes that by adopting
the Knox resolution the Republican
majority in the Senate will, commit
the party to straight opposition to
the treaty and the league of nations,
and thus make. the fight a simple
question of treaty or no treaty, and
league or no league.
VIII Aid Knox Boom.
Another angle discovered in the
new situation is that the now con-
ceded adoption of the Knox resolu-
tion will give a tremendous boost to
the movement for making Senator
Knox the Republican nominee,
Penrose. with the resolution Boies
Penrose. With the resolution as one
Of the points at issue In the-cam-
paign, political observers see the
possibility of Senator Knox asfths
logical man to conduct the fight.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

I struck New York about noon
one day and took a walk up
Broadway. And 1 run against
Silver himself. all encompassed
up in a spacious kind of haber-
dashery. leaning against a hotel
and rubbing the haIf-moons on
his nails with silk handkerchief.
'Paresis or superannuatedT" 1
asks him.
Hello. billy" says Silver I'm
glad to see you. Yes. it seemed
to me that the West was ac-
eumulattne a little too much
wiseness. I've been saving New
York for dessert. 7 know it's
low-down trick to take things
from these people. They only
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Army Stages
ReOieWfor 7wo
Instead of 80
Iwenty-eight Congressman
Miss Train, Big Barbecue
And Ceremonies.

-. No Homecoming military, baseball
or national hero was ever received
in quite the elaborate and princely
fashion that Mai Gen. Omar
Bundy provided for Representatives
Thomas l. Rubey. of Missouri. and
william Il. Mckinley, of Illinois,
when they arrived at Richmond re-
Gently prepared for an inspection
trip to Camp Lee, VaS
The two Congressman had a pri-
vate Pullman from Washington to
Richmond. though they didn't know
1t until the next morning, twenty
five private automobiles to meet
them-though they could both use
the same one quite comfortably, and
real old Southern barbecue pre-
pared for thirty. which they could
only slightly dent
1t was all a mistake twenty
eight Of the Congressional party
who should have-shared this royal
method of transportation and the
kingly feast that followed missed
the train.
The strange tale leaked out at the
Capitol yesterday. 1t seems that
Gen. Bundy recently invited thirty
members of the lower house on an
inspection trip of Camp Lee, Va,
Rubey and Mckinley. who hail from
farming districts, and used to retir-
ing early, were the first to enter
the sleeper They rolled" into their
berths at once. And it was the fol-
lowing morning, when they were
confronted at Richmond by the i'm
posing array of twenty five ma
chimes, that the porter told of the
absent delegation.
Nothing doing" said Gen. Bundy
to their suggestion that the inspec-
tion be postponed. The two reluc-
tant visitors climbed into the lead
ing machine and the caravan moved
toward Petersburg, where followed
a day Of reviews, speeches, recep-
tions, inspections and an attack on
half dozen sides of beef done to
a turn. E-.-
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

as we'll send their photos to the
Evening Daily.
I've been studying the town"
says Silver. "and reading the pa
pers every day. and l know il as
well as the cat in the City Hall
knows an o'sulliyan. People here
lie down on the floor and scream
and kick when you are the least
bit slow about taking money from
them. Come up in my room and
II tell YOU. Wen work the; town
together. Billy for the sake of
old tines
silver takes me up in hotel.
He has quantity of irrelevant
objects lying about.
There's pore ways of gssanx
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04

London, May 3. Laurette
Taylor scored a veritable tri-
umph tonight with her presen-
tation of the American play. "A
Night in Rome" at the Garrick
Theater. There was not the
slightest hint to recall what
happened to the same actress
in the same play last Thursday.
when an organized demonstra-
tion of hoodlumism broke up
the show.
United States Ambassador
John w. Davis and Mrs. Davis,
David Blasco and Olga Neither
sole were a few of the notables
present.
A five-minute ovation greet
ed the American stars appear
ance on the stage and through
out the performance she was
cheered again and again.
Ambassador Davis presented
Miss Taylor with a magnificent
bouquet and personally con-
graduated her.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
By O. HENRY

foot. and he walked with a cane.
Mr.. Silver and Mr.. Pescud,-
says Klein. Tt sounds superlu-
ous." says he. "to mentioon the
name OF the greatest financial"
''cut IL out Klein" says Mr.
Morgan. I'm glad to know you
gents; take great Interest In
the West. Klein tells me you're
from LttIe Rock. think I've q
railroad or two out there some
where II either OF you guys
would like to deal a hand or two
OF stud poker l."
Now. Pierpont." cuts in Klein,
you foreeti"
Excuse me. eentsr says Nor
CONTINUED on FACE -ElGR1
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Youngest Of Trio. l6 Years
Old, Is Alleged Ring
leader.
BETRAYED BY TOOL KIT
Detectives Assert Lads
Confession Included
Details of Jobs"

Following the discovery last FRI
day in a local restaurant of a kit
Of burglar tools, three Washington
boys. the youngest l6 years old. were
arrested yesterday by headquarters
detectives charged with safe crack
ing.
Charles 7. Cummings, 1928 A
street northeast. youngest OF the
trio, is the ring-leader. according to
the police, who say he planned and
carried into execution the attempt
on the night of February IL to rob
the safe of the Brewood Engraving
Company. 5ls Thirteenth street
northwest. The others are Dennis
Leahy Smith, 1s. of 1890 East Capitol
street, and Arthur Salvatore Bassi,
81, Of 5s5 Seventh street southeast.
Door OF Safe damned.
The attempt to open the safe was
frustrated when, after four hours of
toll. they were unable to bulge from
its position a door OF the safe which
had become jammed by the force of
the explosion OF dynamite.
The boys told the detectives, they
say. how two holes were drilled in
each door of the safe, the dynamite
wired and placed and set of with a
spark from a search-light battery.
Worked for Housing Corporation.
Cummings, the police declare,
learned how to use dynamite while
in the employ of the Housing Cor
porstion. 1t was while in the en-
ploy of the Housing Corporation
that he obtained the dynamite and
percussion caps. the police say.
Arrest of the trio was directly
precipitated by finding the tools.
Inspector Grant noticed the similar
tty between some wire found with
the tools and the wire which the
yeggpcn used in the attempt to
rob the Brewood safe. He assigned
Detective Sergts. Scrivener and
Kelly to running down the owner
Of -the, kit.4----s-- ..g--E-rs. r.
Cummings Breaks Down.
The kit of tools was found on
,Eriday. and Saturday afternoon the
detectives arrested Cummings. The
boy was termed by the police as
very hard to break" but after a
0rOss-eNanlination he broke down
and told his story. He implicated
Smith and Bassi. and their arrest
followed. They. too, the police say.
confessed to having a part in the
robbing of the Brewood safe. They
also told of having entered a store
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
DR.. ]. W. Markoe's Slayer
Ordered to Matteawan

New York, May 3.-The Iunacy
commission investigating Thomas
W. Simpkin. who shot and killed
Dr. James Wright Markoe in fash
ionable St Georges Church here
April Is, today declared Simpkin in
sane and he. was ordered committed
to the asylum for criminal insane
at Matteawan by Judge Mulqueen.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
TWO DETROIT PAPERS
INCREASE SALE PRICE

Detroit. Mich. May 3.-Following
tho announcement last week that
the Free Press would increase it's
price per copy from to 3 cents,
the Detroit News announced that
beginning today the price of it's
daily edition would be Is cents per
week if delivered to homes by car
riers and cents for single copies.
This increase is made necessary
because of the unusual cost of print
paper and the abnormal prices of
all material that goes into news
paper production" says the News.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
WANAMAKER'SCUTS
PRICES 20 PER CENT

New York. May Scaling atten-
tion to a Washington dispatch Of
last week saying reports from Fed
eral Reserve agents show a marked
tendency of prices to resume their
upward movement" the John Wanna
maker department stores Of New
York and Philadelphia today, an
nounced 20 per cent reduction in
prices until further notice.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
VOTE
CAST FOR WOOD; ].
JOHNSON LOSES
Soldier Carries Baltimore and All but Two
Remote Counties-Certain of Solid Dele
CATION to Chicago Convention-Vote Light
C. O. P. Congressmen Renominated
Without Opposition.

Latest reports from the Maryland Presidential primary indicate
victory for Mai Gen. Leonard Wood Senator Hiram
Johnson Woods lead his control Of the State convention
which will select the States delegates the Chicago eonvenon
Wood also has the Maryland Republican popular Endorsement for the
Presidential nomination.
The primary contest in Indiana close last night wit
Wood and johnson supporters claiming victory Len and HARDING
ended their campaign Saturday.
California today will whether johnson or Herbert Hoover
shall to the Chicago convention with that States backing
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Larkin, Radical Editor,
Given 5 to l0-Year Term

New York, May 3.-James ]. Lar
kin. agitator and editor Of the
Revolutionary Age. convicted here
last week of criminal anarchy, was
sentenced to not less than fye years
and not more than ten years in Sing
Sing prison today in the criminal
division Of the Supreme Court.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Summons Served on Mary Pickford.

Los Angeles, Cal. May SCOPES
of the original summons and COM
plant in the suit Of the State of
to have set aside the di-
vorce decree recently granted Mary
Pickford were served on Miss Pick
ford and her former husband, owen
Moore, today. - .sz
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Babes IN THE JUNGLE
.oNTAGUE SILVER. the finest
kV1 street man and art CRATER in

MoNrAGUE SILVER. the finest
IVA street man and art CRATER in
the West, says to me once in
Little Rock: "If you ever lose
your mind. Billy, and get too old
to do honest swindling among
grown men. go to New York. In
the West a sucker is born every
minute; but in New York they
appear in chunks of roe-you
can't count 'emr"
Two years afterward 1 found
that I couldn't remember the
names Of the Russian admirals.
and noticed some gray hairs
over my left ear; SO ! knew the
time had arrived for me to take
silyer's advice.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Drops Dead at Wife's Grave.

Durham. N. c.. May 3.-William
Jasper Christian, so years old, pres
ident of the Merchants Bank and
vice president of the First National
Bank of Durham. dropped dead at
the grave of his wife here. Death
was attributed to Bright's disease.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
New Two-Cent Pieces
To Have Roosevelt Image

Coinage of 2-cent pieces bearing
the image of Theodore Roosevelt is
provided for in q bill passed by
the Senate yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
Wood Easy Victor
In Maryland Vote;
Majority Is 5000
Especial to w..ls.Ets. Her.Is.,.

Especial 90 washt,gtos Her.Id-D
Baltimore. May 3. MAJ Gen.
Leonard Wood, on the popular Re
publican vote in the Maryland pri-
maries, defeated Senator Hiram
johnson nearly two TO one Seven
teen Of the twenty-five counties, to-
gether with Baltimore City. gave
Wood 1893 and johnson s,lis.
johnson has only carried two coun-
ties. Alleksny and Washington, ac-
cording to the returns received late
tonight.
The seventeen counties 90 far GER
tain for Wood will give him ninety
nine votes in the RcpUb!ican state
convention TO thirteen for JOHNSON.
The State convention Val elect SIX
teen delegates TO Chicago.
Wood will have a. she tweatr-
eight delegates from BSldnor The
Republican vote of J.aItfmoro city
complete is: Wood. S.o4g; johnson.
4,4s2.
Allegany County, c. -risd By John
son, is in the heart @ the cosl nafa-
ing district. Johr r1Hs Erostesf
strength developed i7 The wssaerr
counties.
Light Vote Reeorag6.
A light vote was CAS- s.l over shs
State, particularly Fl Bslftnout
where less than onr -rIJh Of rhe
registered vote was cast
Woods majority In BslUi-nor, runs
far over 1000. In n. oouaues HIS
lead will run close to 5000, making
his majority in the entire State at
least 5000.
As result Of the vote today, all Of
Marylsnd's sixteen delegates to the
Chicago convention will be instruct
ed for Wood. The date OF the State
convention for which delegates were
chosen today has not as yet been
set. At the convention the national
delegates will be selected and in
strUcted.
Note IN balNlmOre.
Some idea OF how Wood ran in
Baltimore can be gained from the
following vote in wards scattered
about the city.
In the First ward Wood secured
2S3 votes and johnson l2s; Second,
Wood l53, johnson So; Fourth, Wood
ssl. johnson So: Fifth, Wood 2Ss,
johnson so; Sixth. Wood 23I. John
son 2l7: Tenth, Wood l72, johnson
&c; Sixteenth. Wood ass, johnson
200; Seventeenth. Wood Sss, johnson
l52; NiDeteenth. Wood 90, johnson
30; Twenty-sixth. Wood ls5, John
son sos.
The Twenty-sixth ward is in the
Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuildins
zone. and the vote mostly representa-
that Of the steel workers and ship
4 builders.
Senator johnson, IL was thought.
had stirred the Republicans to some
extent. but he seems to have created
only ripple on the political waters.
lone explanation of this was the pub
tllctty given his stand in favor of
prohibition. The vote regarded an
naturally his, Is, as a rule, wet"
, and when it learned that he had not
stood for the VETS" they were dis
posed TO slight him in the voting.
Nominees for Congress.
The following are nominees for
United States Senate and Congress
in Maryland as a result Of the pri-
maries:
United States Senate-O. Z. VEL
Ter, Republican; John Walter Smith.
Democrat.
Congress, First district-winiam
A. Andrews, Republican; 7. Allan
Goldsborough. Democrat.
Second district - A A. Blakeney,
CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-04
SLEEP MALADY
ISHERE AGAIN
Fourteen-year-old Boy Re
ported Suffering from
Strange Illness.

knoxville, Tenn, May 3--Dur-
ing the last three days seven
persons have died I'm Knoxville
of sleeping sickness. Four 9th
ers are near death.
Granville T. Davis, a Southern
Railway engineer, the latest
victim. died Mt City Hospital
Sunday afternoon after an ILL
ness of two weeks.