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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
Promised To Marryf
Elected; Now Besieged
With Fair Sex Offers
State Senator Had Wedding
Vow in Platform and Must
Choose Girl.
BY q. l.. BRIChEII.
InternstieasI News Service.

POPLAR BLUFF, No, Nov. 20
Because he had in his platform a
plank promising TO marry some taiI
voter II the newly enfranchised WON
co would cast their first ballots for
him, state Senator elect L.. v. Pencil
is probably the busiest dodgcr today
of all the newly elected Office holders
beset by patronage seekers.
Found literally swamped amid a
small dcMge OF dclicatcly perfumed
billets- douX OF all shapes sizes and
colors, Standardized Pencil was al p
ed just what he was going to do
about keeping that campaign prom
Use.
81 can't ray anything just nov; /
am bewildered by thS large number
OF applicants, and IL viii take time
for me To decide" he answered ct
isn't a question now OF findins who
I can get for a wife. as figured
during the campaign. but matter
OF whom must choose. over
whelmed' 10 not a word sufficient tn
explain my position now"
MANY SCENTED NOTES
And the Standardized Systematic.
ally slit open pink and blue and Law
endar tinted envelopes carefully read
them, indeXed them and neatly ar
ranged them for future attention.
what kind OF girl will YOU
pick" the correspondent quoricd
81 will never know" he answered,
until see the one for me- 7 had
no idea ] would have such chance
10 pick one. thought it would he
q question Of who I could find. Now
il seems TO be a matter Of who viii
pick me"
some Of the letters were written
In joking manner: some appeared
10 be half serious, some were frank
proposals of marriage. even going 80
far as TO outlining the financial adj
vantagcs enjoyed by tho writers.
Some offered only love others offered
property and wealth. Some were
from girls apparently in their teens.
and others appeared to have been
written by fair voters OF more ma
tured age. All frankly avowed they
Rad voted for Pencil.
a great many OF the letters also
were applications for jobs at the
state Capitol. 1T is rather strange.
isn't it," Fcnzcl qLericd, that women
outnumb"r the male applicants for
state positions by two to ono"
"PINK TEA" CAMPAIGN.
Pence made II point TO attend
every gathering OF women where a
man was permitted during the pre-
election fight, and he openly promis ID
to marry IL the returns showed him
the winner. He attended every affair
from a dance to a church social it
is said.
II have just two aspirations in
life" he declared in his speeches.
Ono is to be elected to the office of
state Senator and the other is to get
married. I feel eligible for both
positions"
He added that II elected he woulu
take a wife with him to jefferson
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
MASONS TO HONOR 65
WHO FOUGHT IN WAR
Mt. Pleasant Lodge Will Hold
Patriotic Services.

Sixty-hvo members OF Mt. Pleasant
Lodge, No. 80. +. a. and A. NJ, who
saw service in the world war. Will be
honorcd at patriotic s,rvices next
Tuesday night at S o'clock in the Ar
csdc ballroom. Fourteenth street and
Park road. Admission will be by
card only.
Two Of tho lodges members lost
their lives III the war. They were
Capt. Edward L. ADAMS and Capt.
Morton l.. Mercer. In addition 10
ceremonies appropriate TO the rescr.
walton OF the lodges world war flag.
the deeds of the gallant men who
were killed in action will be re-
counted.
Besides Captains Adams and Mcr-
cor the honor roll Of the lodge in
cludcs capt Everett !. .:ten, prtvar.
Clifford =. Armstrong. Private Adolph
a. Anderson, Scrgt Rudolph Bender.
Scrgt. Edward BuCkon. Major Charles
J. Browne. Capt. Bertrand Il. Clarke,
DR.. S. owen Layton. l.. 5. ~. Lieut..
Ceylon. 6. Cochran, Col. Joseph n. Col
yer, Lieut.. Leo q. Cummins. Private
J. Francis Cox. Lieut.. arroil H. Da~-
son. Lieut.. Herbert L. Dewitt, Lieut..
Seth T.. French Scrgt. J. Damn Faber,
Major James l.. Fullam. Lieut.. Eric
\ Fennell Private George Fl. f'ostei.
Lieut.. Laurence II. Green, Capt Henry
q. Gartner. K O. I. c. Burton Is.
Green. Capt. Robert T.. Hamilton.
Sergt. Marshall e. Hoppin. Sergt Maj.
Robert l.. Hughes, Private Allen Il
Harrison. Private William James,
Private Walter \. kibbcy, Lieut.. Rob
ert ". Kent. Capt. Louis c. kenney.
Cant. Cccs f.. Lovcjoy, Capt. Hubert
=. Mclean, Capt Neptune J. Melville.
Lieut.. harts q. Morgan. Private
Ernest NJ. AIinor. Capt Robert W.
More. Capt. Samuel +. Mcintosh,
Lieut.. Floyd T.. Mehrhoff, Lieut.. Maui
rice H. Masland. Col. Z. Ward Olney,
Lieut.. Norris NJ. Ferris; navy. Charles
T.. Parsons; DR.. Charles S. Robbins,
Private Cecil 5. Rodman, Lieut.. John,
X. Reillcy, Lieut.. Frank W. Roye.,
Capt Chalcs Il. Speaks, Capt Ralph
A. Shepard. Private Emil ". Schaef-
fer. Private Robert l.. Some, Lieut.
Allen L. Story. Lieut.. Nathan S. Sharp.
Private William \. Schwerdtfegcr,
Private Walter Skinker, Private Mus
coo Il. Skinker. Major Frank s.
-Taintcr, Private Earl +. Templeton,
Cant. r. r. NJ. Tcrhun": navy, Her
bert l.. Tribby; Major John r. Noor-
hccs. Private Charles II. Worrcll.
Capt. Harry Lee White, Lieut.. Will
liam Waller.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
WESTMINSTER WEEDS
WEALTHY DIVORCE
Dukes Bride Mrs. Violet RoWley
In His Second Marriage.

LONDON. Nov. 26. TIL" Duke or
Westminster. one OF the richest peers
in Great Britain, and Mrs. Violet
Rowley were married today at the
Ecgistry Office.
Announcement OF the onga2 cmen'
was made only yesterday. Both are
Divorces.
The duke was divorced by his vic.
y daughter Of Mrs CORVALLIS West.
last year.
Mrs. Rowlcy secured divorce N
May Of this year. Mrs. Rowlc" ~ the
youngest daughter OF Sir William Net
son, owner of the Nelson steamship
lines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
GIRL DIES OF HAPPINESS
WATCHING PET. DOG PLAY

MARTINS FERRY. Nov. .6.--EN-
citcment. due to watching her pet dog
play horse" with her playmates,
caused the death of Minnie, four
ycar-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Hicks, living north of this
city.
Tho child had been i'll OF scarlet
fever and was recovering. The ply.
stefan, fearing the effect of sudden
excitement, cautioned against any
thing that might cause a strain upon
tho heart
Playmates hitched her net dog TO a
small wagon and called TO the child
to look out OF the window beside her
bed She became so happy watching
the antics of the pup that she col
lspsed and coon succumbed, the heart
being unable to withstand the strain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26

such ex partc and premature action.
In this connection. ] might observe
that such information as this gov
eminent has received indicate that.
prior to the war, the Turkish Pc.
troleum Company, to mako specific
reference, possessed in Mesopotamia
no rights TO petroleum concessions
or TO the exploitation of oil: and
in Wow of your assurance that it
IL not the intention Of the tnanda-
tory power to establish on it's own
behalf any kind or monopoly, ] am
at some loss to understand how. TO
conSIue the provision of tho San
Reno agreement that any private
petroleum company which may de-
volop the Mcsopotamiau oil fields
shall be under permanent British
control"
Your lordship contrasts the pres
ent production of petroleum in the
United States with that of Great
Britain and some allusion is made
10 American supremacy in the pc
trolcum industry. | should regret
any assumption by his majcsty's
government or any other friendly
power that the views of this gov
eminent az to the true character of
a mandate arc dictated in any de-
gree by considerations of the do
mestic need or production of pctro-
cum, N any other commodity.
L. 5. NEED OF OIL.
may be permitted to say. how
ever, for the purpose of correcting
a misapprehension which your note
reflects, that the United States pos
seSscS only one-twelfth approx
matciy of tho petroleum resources
OF the world. The oil resources Of
no other nation have been 80
largely drawn upon for foreign
needs, and your lordship's state
mcnt that any prophecies as to tho
oil-bearinE resources OF unexplorcd
and undeveloped countries must BE-
accepted with reserve hardly dis
noses of the scientific calculation
upon which, despite their problc-
ma teal clements, the policies of
states and the anticipations of
world-production arc apparently
proceeding. The government of tho
United States assn mes that there is
general recognition of the fact
that the requirements for pctro-
loum are in excess of production
and it believes that opportunity to
explore and develop the petroleum
resources OF the world. wherever
found. should without discrimina-
ton be freely extended, as only ny
the unhampered development OF
such resources can the needs of the
world be met
But IL is not these aspects of oil
production aud supply, in so far
as they are OF domestic interest to
the United States, with which | am
concerned in this discussion.
have alluded to them in order to
correct confusing differences, liable
to arise from certain departures
which I believe I discern in your
lordship's communication. from
the underlying principles OF a
mandate. as evolved and sought TO
be applied by the allied and as.
ISOLATED powers to the territories,
brought under their temporary
dominion, by their joint struggle
and common victory. This domin-
ion will be wholly misconceivod.
not TO say abused, II there is even
the slightest deviation from the
spirit and the exclusive purpose Of
o trusteeship as strict as II Is COM
prohensive.
Accept, my lord. the assurances
of my most distinguished consid.
Grafton,
BAINBRIDGE COLBY.
Secretary OF State OF the
United states OF America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
GERMANY DENIES U. S. LOAN,

LONDON, Nov. 26.--The German
government has issued a denial OF
persistent reports from New York
that the United states is granting
Germany s4,OO0.0O0 In credits for tho
purchase of food and raw materials,
said and Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Cope nhagcn today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
JAPANESE LUXURY SHOPS
EMPTlED BY HARD Times

TOKYO, Nov. 26.--Hard times have
affected tho luxury SLOPES at Tokyo
Jewelry. ivory makers wares. lac
quers and other typical Japanese SOU
venir dealers arc forced in some cases
to turn their cndeavors 10 the sale
of more necessary articles.
The Gina. Tokyos IA nous street OF
shops where the products OF the ORR
ent may be had, is seriously affected
by the slump, which is general
throughout Japan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
FIND 81 BULLET HOLES
IN BODY OF SLAIN MAN

CLEARFIELD. Pa, Nov. 26.-The
body of a map, who evidently had
been used as shooting target by
tho persons who had killed him, was
found in small stream near here by
John Highly while making the
rounds of his traps. The body had
been in the water some time, and
when the Coroner examined il he
found thirty-two bullet holes. lden-
tity Of the man is a mystery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26

MISS FLORENCE Finn,
." OF New York, il sponsor
of the movement TO bury the
body of an unknown dead
Yankee soldier who gave his
life on the bsttle6elds Of
France in the base OF the
Statue of Liberty. on Bedloe's
Island.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
MAY SHARE BIG ESTATE.

o h T o y, Mass.. Nov GO
Brockton and Holbrook persons may
share in a $4,000 900 estate left by
Mrs. Mary Louisa Dinavarro. widow
OF tho former Mexican consul to New
York. She died July : and her will IL
offered for probate in New York. All
are FIRST cousins of Mrs. Dinovarro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
1000 LUMBER MEN FEAR
LAYOFF DURING WINTER

MANCHESTER. y. H.. Nov. Co
More than 1000 employees are facing
possible shut down OF the iumb":
mills throughout the state this win
ter, according to statements give.
out at a meeting OF lumber n1anufsc-
turers here.
Dealers claim mill operation cN-
pcnses are 500 per cent higher thar
before the war, while lumber prices
have fallen off 30 per cent. Skilled
men in the mills receive from IS 10
$40 a day.
Need heinz 4 Times want ad vi!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26
BACHELOR or THIUTY-FI,E.

Pencil is thirtN-tivo years old and 4
bachelor of the TYP" that the f"ml'
nine srN would probably consider
good to look upon. He appeared care
full in his dress and jolly III naturs
Many Of the politicians of the
TWenty-Grst senatorial district were
inclined TO regard Pencils marriage
plank a. "A joke. Cut il has ceased
to be jokc--if il ever was pne--to
Pencil, and il is rumored That nu-
merous OF the fair voters are await
ing with some expectancy and per-
haps a little anxiety the fulhlimcnt Of
thc campaign pledge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26

city for the first session OF the leSis-
laturc.,
Pencil, although "A Republican. won
by Il 300 plurality in the Twenty
FIRST district. normally Democratic by
500. cNouty-nYC per cent OF the
women in his district voted, hr
ayowcd. and he mOdCstly added that
he believed 60 per cent of them cast
their ballots for him. Anyhow. pch
tiClanS attribute his Er"Il plurality
10 something more than ia" nation
" IGr EcpubliCan landslide
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26

Need help? 4 Times want ad VI
do the work. Phone Main $3.50 nov
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-26

AMERICA FOH E4l NLIJH.
need hardly refer again to the
fact that the Government Of the
United States has consistently
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/ Il OhtiSal <IItftOAhsNSh
Fo, Justice Of the Supreme Court
HON. G. L. ANDREWS
Of Pauls Valley.
For State Senator
JOHN H. CARLOCK.
For County superintendent
THOMAS OVERSTREEr.
CHARLES L. PARKER.
GEORGE w. COFFMAN.
MRS. KATE GAIT zANEIS
For County Commissioner
First District
JAMES r. TALIAFERRO
JEFF CBRIEN
G.. w. YOUNG.
Second District
MARIAN PIERCE
GEORGE L. EVANS
TOM JONES.
Third District.
JOE T. TAYLOR
JOE HARRELL.
For County Attorney
JAMES H. MATHERS.
w. +. FREEMAN.
For County Judge
FRANKLIN BOURLAND.
JUDGE NJ. F. WINFREY.
S. J. CASTLEMAN.
For Sheriff.
ED TERRY.
BUCK GARRETT.
For County Treasurer
FRED HAyNIE.
JOHN w. SULLIVAN.
For County Weigher-
T. (Buck ROGERS.
o. II. Oscar VAUGHAN
For County Assessor
JOHN T. SPEARS,
For County Clerk
CLARENCE HARRIS.
For Court Clerk
CHARLEY GRANT.
For the Legislature
r. A. BAIRD.
d. S. HOOVER.
For Tax Assessor
l.. NJ. THURSTON.
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Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-03
SHIP VIOLATED
HEALTH RULES;
BEING DETAINED

New York, July Alleged to
have violated health regulations at
Cherbourg by allowing 1873 steer
age passengers to embark without
being subjected to rigid physical
examination, the steamship Olym-
pic. with 2,205 passengers aboard,
was detained at quarantine today
when it arrived here from South
ampton and Cherbourg
Agents provided small craft to-
day to take ashore first and second
class cabin passengers. The 1,l22
steerage passengers will he re-
moved tomorrow to one of the gov
ernment quarantine stations. The
ship will he thoroughly fumigated
before docking
The New York symphony or
Chestra, returning on the Olympic,
was greeted at quarantine by the
mayors committee aboard a po-
lice boat
The olympic, tho first of the
great Atlantic passenger steam
ships to be equipped with oil burn
ers, made a highly successful voy-
age after their installation, accord
ing to her commander.
Including the Olympic, SIX
Transatlantic liners arrived here
today with 1919 passengers, one
of the largest totals since 1914.
The passenger list of the Olympic
was the longest since the early days
of the war. when tourists were
rushing home from Europe.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-03
HARDING LEAVES
BY AUTO TODAY
FOR OHIO HOME
Itinerary Is Not Disclosed,
But He Plans to Arrive In
Marion Shortly After Noon
Next Monday.

lBf MORNING JouRk-L SPECIAL LEASED WtRsl
Washington, July 2.-Senator
Harding, the republican presiden-
tial candidate, tonight had COM
pleted preparations for his depart
ure tomorrow from Washington by
automobile to his home in Marion.
o. The itinerary of the nominee
was not disclosed beyond the state
ment that several stops would be
made and that he Planned to ar
rive in Marion shortly after noon
Monday.
Mr.. Harding plans to obtain as
much rest as possible during the
trip and his itinerary was not made
public because It. do so would make
it impossible for him to avoid
crowds. He will be accompanied
by Mrs. Harding, James Sloane,
the secret service attendant as
signed to him. and representatives
of press associations.
The understanding tonight was
that Mr.. Harding would reach
Marion in ample time for the
Homecoming celebration.
Among his callers today were
Senator Hitchcock. democrat Of
Nebraska, former Senator JOna
than Bourne of Oregon, Senator
Hale of Maine, Senator Ball of
Delaware, Representative Langley
of Kentucky and Paul Wiborg, q
manufacturer of Cincinnati. o.
Unless special session of CON
gress should be called Senator
Harding does not contemplate re-
turning to Washington prior to
NoVember.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-03
DEMOCRATS TAKE TWO BALLOTS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDA THEN RECESS
doo Leads Field In Initial Following Closets Cox Thu

in all circumstances that Mexico
was an Independent state, had
been unwilling either to profit by
the misfortunes ot the people of
Mexico or TO enfeeble their flu
ture by imposing from the outside
a rule upon their temporarily dis
tracted councils Order was
gradually reappearing" there as
a result, it added, and ''at no time
in many years have American
lives and interests been so safe as
they are now"
The new Mexican government
should he recognized when 1t had
proved Its ability to maintain or
DER, signifled its willingness to
meet International obligations and
had given foreigners in Mexico
"rights as well as duties" the
plank continued. 1t served no.
tice, however, that until that time,
Mexico must realize the propriety
of a policy that asserts the right
of the United States to demand
full protection for its citizens"
Agree On One Point.
On one point, through the plat
form, committeeman apparently
We're in fun accord. 1t sharply in
dtcted the republican congress and
the republican party on many
counts, including warning Of
well defined indications" of an
impending assault upon vital
principles" of the federal reserve
system in the event of a republi-
can victory in November. The
financial plank condemned "the
pernicious attempt of the republi-
can party to create discomfort
among the holders of the bonds
of the government" and to drag
our public finance and our bank
ing and currency system back in
to the arena of party politics. "
Failure to enact tax revision meas
ures through sheer political cow
ardice," also was charged against
the republicans, congress having
made no move, it was asserted,
toward a readjustment of tax
laws which it denounced before
the last election and was afraid
to revise before the next election" ="
Claims of republican public econ
omy were branded as false pre-
tense" but the attack on the re-
publicans reached its climax in a
separate plank devoted to "re-
publican corruption"
Lavish Use of Money.
This section discussed the
Ssh hooking disclosure of the lavish
use of money" by candidates for
the republican presidential nom
nation, and the "convicton of a
republican senator" from Mich
gan, charged with having violated
campaign expenditures laws, to
draw the inference that there is
indicated "the re-entry, under re-
publican auspices, of money as an
factor in elections" and
stern popular rebuke," is in
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-03
MEXICO INDIAN
Shaved YEARS
At 5 CENTS DAY
Worked to Support Three
Million IdIerS, Says Ibanez
In Plea Before the Ma
tionaI Agrarian Party.

Mexico city. July 2.-Twelve
million Indians. who have shaved
for cents a day for five years at
a time to support 100000 iders,
cry out for help to the newly form
ed national agrarian party, accord
ing to CrisofOro Ibane2, who made
the keynote speech at the party's
organization meeting here. accord
ing to El lleraldo De Mexico.
"Since childhood ! have lived
the life of the peasants said
Ibanez. 81 know how much the
toilers of the field have suffered,
how much they need and how
much they merit. They have spent
five years at time earning the
miserable daily wage of 10 CEN
tavoa t5 cents) tilling the earth
with the sweat of their brow for
other peoples profit In the be-
ginning of our history as a people
the Indians were reduced to worse
than nothing by the Spanish agents
who, to enslave them, inculcated in
them fanatiCism for the Virgin of
Guadalupe. so as to be able to do
anything they pleased with them
later, by invoking this name; and
the Indian was reduced to slavery.
"For this reason the Indian
hates the white man. The Indians,
who call the animal that roams
the fields "coauhcoyote. simply
call the white man coyote" that
is thief. This because for long
time there have been in Mexico
100000 Indians who have sup
ported 100000 idlers and not a
few Europeans who also live off
of them"
Bitter attacks on President Car
rama and some of ,is followers
featured the address of the newly
elected president, Antonio Dlaz
Soto y Cana, who said that Emil
iano Zapata was his "onIy chief"
Soto y CANA pledged the party's
support to the presidential candi-
dacy of Gen. Alvaro Obre.' II be-
cause of his 'radicalism.' and be-
cause he 'is feared by the reac-
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-03
WILSON SLEPT WHILE
CONVENTION WORKED
AT SAN FRANCISCO

Washington, July 2.-presi-
dent Wilson slept soundly to-
night while the democratic ma
tional convention in San Fran
cisco adopted the party's plat
form and took two ballots on
candidates.
Early in the evening he read
reports from the convention as
transmitted to the White House
by the Associated Press, but
shortly before 10 p. m. DIR.
Grayson, his physician, an
nounced that no additional re-
ports we're desired as the pres
ident had decided to retire. At
that time the platform had not
been formally adopted and no
ballots on candidates had been
taken,