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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
TERMS "OU7RAGEOUS"
PRICES DEMANDED
FOR BUNKER COAL
Admiral Benson Appeals for
Cars TO Reiicre Atlantic
Coast Situation.

WASHINGTON. August oO.-Aid OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to obtain bunker coal for government
merchant craft at reasonable prices
was sought today by Chairman Ben
son, of the Shipping Board. who con-
ierrcd with members OF the commits
sion. The government is now paying
from SIS to $50 ton at Atlantic and
Gulf ports. which Admiral Benson
said was Outrageous" Assignment
OF cars to carry coal for the ships
would enable the board to cut it's coal
bill at least so per cent, he added
Figuring coal at the mines at 81 n
ton and adding so.20 ton for trans
portation and dumping charges.
Chairman Benson said some body
must be getting the difference" The
problem Is serious, he declared, and
not ono OF supply but OF price, which
should bo lowered for both govern
ment and private vessels.
Government merchant ships along
tho Eastern seaboard required about
100000 tons of bunker coal n month,
board officials said. Supplies for the
current year havo been contracted
for, but because OF rail- congestion
and other causes deliveries have not
been made In sufficient quantities
Tho board has been compelled to en-
ter the competitive market for its
coal and pay top prices. 1t was said.
IL" l..e II. -.---------------~--------- y. -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
MONEY POUCH CONTAINING
100000 TAKEN BY THIEF
Seized From Small Roy by nInn Who
Made His Escape In nm Auto
mobile.

CHICAGO. August 20.-A mali
pouch believed to contain money and
valuablcs worth 100000 was stolen
by two men today from n suburban
station OF the Illinois Central Rail-
road. The robbers escaped in an au-
tomobile.
Tho money was to be used tomorrow
to cash checks OF tho Pullman Com
pany and the Sherwin- Williams fac
tory. Tho 100000 was all in bills OF
81, IS. $40 and $40 denominations
Police reports say that when the
bag was temporarily in charge OF
Leo Wilgus, n 13-year-old boy 1t was
taken from him by an elderly man
wearing brown glasses, who leapod
into a waiting automobile. piloted by
p young man. and disappeared In tho
direction Of Chicago. 3
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
FLOOD THREATENING CITY
IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS
Richmond Docks May Suffer Within
Next Twelve Hours, Asserts
Weather Bureau.
WATER PASSES 11-FooT LEVEL
II Rise Continues Over Sunday, May
Cause Change in Plans for Ar
rival Hero of Lake Sterling From
New York.

That Richmond docks and the cell
lars OF lower Main Street business
places may be in danger of being
flooded within in the next twelve
hours, was the warming late last
night of the United States Weather
Bureau. based on reports TO Fore
caster Evans from the observation
points at Columbia.
The water had passed the IL foot
level yesterday and was expected TO
be at or about the 12-foot level by
the early part OF this forenoon. This
Is two feet over the normal flood
stage for this vicinity, and IL the rise
continues to the 14-foot level, 1t is
certain to mean trouble for shippers
who have freight on the docks OF
the Richmond-New York Steamship
Company and merchants with large
stocks in warehouses nearby.
Navigation Is always affected when
the James gets out OF control, and
should the rise go on over Sunday 1t
may make some difference in the
plans for the arrival of the Lake
Sterling. the local compnny's second
new ship. which has just been put
into service at New York.
The weather observers will Keep
local interest closely posted on all
developments at upriver points today,
as rise anywhere in that section is
sure to be followed by 4 similar riso
here.
Richmond yesterday experienced a
clear, warm day quite different from
the prolonged rainy spell through
which 1t has just passed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
nv A,.oc,,,.a p,o,,,

WAUKESIIA, WIS. August 20
Mrs. Clara Jorgenson. OF Racine, who
has been asleep at the county asylum
here for moro than two years, has
regained consciousness.
a sisterin-law OF Mrs. Jorgenson
visited the institution. bringing with
her her six-year-old son. 1t is
thought the child awakened tho
in the woman's mind that
restored her to a normal condition
1t has been necessary to feed AMI
caro- for Mrs. Jorgenson as IL she
were helpless babe, according to
Mrs. Peters, matron OF the institu-
tion. Yesterday she walked. used
table utensils and fed herself with
case. She walked short distance
about the ward, but returned to her
invalid's chair exhausted from the
exertion to which sho has been un-
accustomed.
II could not, NO matter how I tried.
break the spell which.seamed to keep
knaA sboun6 tassro1hpe< 1aritsan.sNnIch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
GENERAL WRANG LANDS
LARGE ADDITIONAL FORCE
Another Invading Army of Ten Thou
snnd Mcn Landed In
kubnn Ports.
INy NNsOciat& prcsa.l

CoNsTANpINOPIE. August 20
General Wransel. the an;i-Bolshevist
commander in Southern Russia. has
landed three additional invading
forces in kuban ports with the pur-
pose OF encouraging Kuban uprisings
against tho Bolshevists. The landing
parties are reported to aggregate
over 10000. They were landed at
Yeisk, on the Southeast coast OF the
Sea OF Azov, at Taman. on the Taman
Peninsula, and at Sochi. on tho Black
Sea. French warships covered the
landings. which apparently had as
their design the development OF No
vorossisk and Ekaterinodar and
severance of the Bolshevist railway
and highway communications south
ward.
General Wrangel took 5000. pris-
oncrs on the lower Dnieper in the
Alechi region. In the Northeastern
sector Wrangel has taken 1000 pris-
oncrs and many guns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
WOMAN 4 WAKENED AFTER
SLEEPING FOR TWO YEARS
Aged Inmate of Wisconsin Asylum After Lapse of Long
Period, Is Brought Back to Consciousness
by Sight of Child

lived" said Mrs. Jorgenson in an
interview. She said that although
she could not open her eyes. utter
a word or move muscle. she knew
each days events. heard each woro
spoken to her. In an attempt to de-
scribe the sensation of awakening
TO see her sister-ln-law. Mrs. Arthur
Dixon. of Racine. bending over and
finding that she could speak to her,
Mrs. Jergenson could only say, "It
just happened naturally"
Mrs. Jorgenson clearly remembered
world war events, knew of relatives
who had been In tho service, told
the names OF those who had rema ined
on tho battle fields OF Franco, whcro
they fell. knew some had returned
homo safely and the dates OF their
arrivals
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
ARABS, IN UPRISING, sLAY
BRITISH OFFICERS AND MEN

Engiishmen with Their I.eytes Gn,.
innfiy Resisted OycrwheIminc
Numbers for Three Days.
BOMBAY, August 2O.-Anotbcr
tragic chapter of tho series Of Arab
risings against tho British in Meso-
potamia has been received here. The
message says that Mr.. DriGlcy. a
political officer; Brandncld, command
ant OF the lcvies; Mr.. Buchanan, an
irr1gation officer, and two British nom
commissioned officers were killed at
Shas Raba, Mesopotamia, last Sunday
by Arabs. With dramatic brevity the
message adds
The officers with their leyies GAL
iantly resisted overwhelming num-
bers for three days until their am
munition was exhausted
The Arab levies were loyal to the
end and died fighting side by side
with the British"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
JOHN 7. SIMPSON
KILLS BROTHER IN
BANK AT PALMYRA
Sends Two Bullets Into
Victims Body After
Angry Dispute.
WHOLE TOWN TURNS OUT,
THINKING BANDITS AT WORK
Murdered Man Was About Fifty
Years Old and a Wealthy
Bondholder.
Especial TO The Times-Dispatch.l ]

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
CHARLOTTESNIL VA. August
20.-Palmyra. twenty-five miles east
OF this city. was the scene today or
a second shooting tragedy during the
month 10 shock the people OF the
james River Valley section. south of
here. James William Simpson. n
wealthy farmer. lies dead. the
victim OF an angry brothers pistol.
JOHN Z. Simpson. who is now lodged
in the county jail, charged with muir
der.
The unfortunate affair occurred at
IL o'clock in the main room OF the
Bank OF Fiuvanna. and the heavy
firing which went on attracted "a
crowd Of citizens. who ran out from
their places of business. fully armed,
thinking tina, q bank robbery was in
progress.
Qunrrcied Over Money.
The two brothers came into the
bank together a lit,lo before the
shooting and got into an alteration
over money. According TO reports,
the older brother. John T. was max
ing demands on J. William, and sud-
VI,
while he was in the act of drawing
check for $40. .cmptied the bullets
from .i5 Colt revolver into his
body.
Five shots were fred. two OF which
took efIec,-,he fatal one entering
the victims neck on the left side be-
low the ear and coming out through
the top OF the head. and the second
shattcring his left upper arm. Death
was instantaneous.
After the arrest OF John T. 4 letter
was found in one of his pockets ad-
dressed to S. i. Harland. cashier Of
the Bank OF Fluvanna. which con-
taincd the mysterious sentences, II
intend TO end this row. Please see
that the proper parties get those
bonds" The letter had not been
mailed and it has not been ascertain
ed what are the particulars Of the
row about the bonds referred to.
Crowd Rushes Into Hank.
When the excited crowd rushed to
the bank upon hearing the shots. they
found John T. Simpson lying on the
floor. He threw up his hands and
cried. Don't shoot" In his right
hand was the empty pistol. When
examined John T.'s derby hat had the
holes of one pistol bullet which had
also sinsed the hair on the top of his
head in its passage. The opinion pre-
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
IBy Universal scrvice.I

WASHINGTON, August 90
WhIsky-HiIcd torped does nred
ncrosx the Grent Lakes from
Canada In tho lntcst ruse adopted
by bootlcEEers to get supplies or
liquor into the forbidden territory
of the United States. Several of
the torpcdocs filled with liquor
have been captured by prohibition
enforcement inspectors along the
shores OF the lake.
Major A. v. DaIrympie. inxpc,-
tor for Illinois, Indiana, wisconsin
md Michigan, hid the details or
the kchemc before Prohibition
Commissioner Kramer today. lie
nskcd for twenty-five more agents
for the Chicago district In order
to mnke more effective the block
ade on liquor shipments.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
POLES HURRY TO CUT 4
OFF RED ARlNY,S SOLE n
A VENUE OF RETREAT e
Richmond One Of II Cities
to Show Drop in H.C.L.

Especial To The Timcs-Dfspntch.)
WASHINGTON, August cO.-Thc
United States Burcnu of Labor to-
day issued report to the effect
ffnt during the Inst month tho high
cost OF living I'm thirty-four cities
OF tho United Stntcx Ind Increased.
In scvcntccn cities n decrease was
rcEistcrcd. uIchmond WINS one OF
these, registering n drop OF per
cent.
The bureau uiso reported TINT
itichmond wnS one of twelve
cities that made n perfect report.
the merchants OF this city acting
in close mid commcndnbIe CO.
operation with the government.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
Moscow Admits Retrent.

LONDON. August 20.-The Russian
Soviet forces have abandoned Lukow,
sixty-eight miles southeast of War
saw. and Radin. eighty miles to the
'southeast of the Polish capital. ac-
cording to Thursdays communique
issued by the Moscow government.
The comnunique claims that the
Poles were driven hack seven miles
from Clechanow, forty-five miles
northwest OF Warsaw.
The lighting at Plonsk northwest
OF Warsaw) continues. Southwest of
Ciechanow we have driven back the
enemy. We are seven miles from
Ciechanow.
I'VE haya~ aba andoned Lukow and
Radin and lighting Is proceeding for
Bie'a and Wlodawa tf3iela is twenty
five miles northeast OF Radln and
Wlodawa, forty-two miles southeast
of Radin). In the Cholm and Hrubies-
zow regions (southeast OF Lublin),
our advance continues"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
LEADERS I'M SUFFRAGE
BATTLE MA Y REMOVE
EVER RY DOUBT TODA Y
Suffrage Proclamation
Ready for Colby to Sign
Try Universal scrvice.I

WASHINGTON. August 20
The proclamation declaring nuf-
fraEe for women To he effective
has been prepared by the State
Department and is ready for
Secretary Colby 10 nTix his xfgna-
sure nm soon M official word or
Tennesnce's ratification IL received
IL wns learned thiS afternoon.
The State Department 4. expect
Ing official nOtice OF Tcnncssce's
ratification by courier tomorrow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
LITTLE RICHMOND GIRL
IS RUN OVER BY TRAIN
Louise Andrews, OF This City, Serious
ly Injured Mt Petersburg by
Senboard Express.
tspccial to The Times.Dispatch.,

Especial to The Times. Dispatch.)
PETERSBURG. VA, August 20
Louise Andrews. nine-ycar-old daugh-
ter OF George Andrews. 10 East Main
street Richmond, was seriously in
1nred here early tonight when run
down by northbound Scaboard Air
Line express train. The little girl
sustained broken shoulder and arm
and her legs were injured to such an
extent that one of them will probably
nave to be amputated. Accompanied
ny her mother. tho child was Gross
ing the tracks when the train sud.
denly appeared from around bend
Mrs Andrews attempted 10 rescue the
child. but was too late, the train
dragging the little girl for 200 yards.
She is now in n serious condition in a
Petersburg hospital
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
No Danger of Soft Coal Strike

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-John l..
Lewis, president OF the United Mine
Workers of America, telegraphed
President Wilson today danger or II
strike this winter of soft coal
averted as a result OF the CON ferencs
ofa the operators and miners ct Cleye-
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Continued on Second Page
Wnnler Worker.

49, Diapntch Want Ads are
.dcr Workers In that they bring
ruyer and seller togather at O mini.
mum OF expense; they serve buyer.
md seller with mutual profit. For
your conveniepce, they are taken
oyer the teleph hone=-Randolph,1 4. !.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21
Volumes Of Truth.

II we were to attempt to tell OF ALI
the great bargains found through
Times-D Dispatch Want Ads 1t would
require yolumnes-;3hos answer .ds: IJso
them. clephonet tAandplphfI, 4
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21

C. &c o. Every Sunday Outings. $2.oo
Round Trip to Old Point, Buckroe.
Norfolk. .$2;15 Winoughby Beach.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-21

Norfolk $500; Va Reach. 32.7o r.
st, ssa.ts IS End 8 A. 4 II. & ~ roaa =
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$3.50 Baltimore. Rotusn: y .kux. 4ltE;
Van days. Xprk River q. y
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

MAIN STREET BY Sinclair Lewis
Harcourt Brace & Howe.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Why Did Howells Hesitate to
Publish the Novel Now Issued?

man by pouring down his throat part
of Professor Kelwyn's precious half
bottle of brandy. But to the same
treatment the bear does not react.
Here the heroine shows what brave
New England stuff she Is made of and
saves the bear by a strong dose Of hot
coffee In these pages only are the
readers pulses even stirred.
II there were cross currents In this
novel the reviewer would yield to them.
for IL never dispels interest to repeat
a Howells story. That interest lies
elsewhere. He did, often. have stories
to tell; they were mostly simple. made
of common, everyday occurrences. OF
that dear, ordinary life," for which.
away back In THE Wedding Journey"
he expressed his fondness. He has
plots, too, although he pretends to con-
tenn them; they are not wide or deep.
but they serve" However. TO the
sharpest eye one Is not visible in THE
Vacation of the Kelwyns." and Il IL
possible that Howells. feeling this lack
himself found IN II a reason for hesl-
tating to put out the book. He had
gone further In pursuit OF n plot In
1.-THE Landlord OF Lions Head" a book
which has not yet received its just dues
from readers or critIcs-this reviewer
thinks Il is one Of his best-and by
comparison the posthumous work
flows like very small beer. IL does
flow easily. the course Of calm affec-
ton between "Thennie" and Emerance
Is a placid brook that scarcely shows a
ripple.
Truly the book Is best used "a n
thread on which TO string the long
series of gentle. exquisite stories for
which the world is or ought 10 be
grateful to the author. true pearls in
their modest sheen. varying among
themselves as pearls do. One places
with the others this latest-alas! and
last-pearl with the avowed intention
OF coming every now and then the
exquisite rosary they compose, begin
ming, contrary TO photography. with
"a Boys Town" and reviewing in
their order THE Lady OF the ARGOS
took" THE Rise OF Silas Lapham."
and on to april Hopes" to the end.
There will never be loveller literary
rosary to bring peace and quiet to the
soul.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Reviewed BY SUSAN STEEL.
THE VACATION OF THE KELWYNS.
BY w. D. Howells. Harper & Brothers.

BY w. ID. Howelis. Harper * Brotners.
Reviewed by SUSAN STEEL.
The publishers of this posthumous
novel by a beloved author explain that
while Il was written IN the time OF his
greatest literary activity, he held 1t
back from publication for personal rea-
sons. These are supposed to be due 10
characterizations In the book from Nv
ing friends. All through the reading OF
the quiet, sylvan novel ones curiosity
keeps alive, wondering who these liv-
ing models could have been. Not the
Kites, surely, that swearing, sullen
farmer and his slattern wife; not the
gentle Shakers who are sketched in
in the pleasantest manner, without
criticism, individual or collective, and
as surely not Mr.. and Mrs. Kelwyn. for
this pair had figured in other Howells
novels, and by this time must be
Injured to publicity of this pleasant
kind. They are, In fact, the Marshes.
II must be then that Parthenope and
her sweetheart Emcrance are the per-
sons in the book who seemed to the
gentle writer to be limned too directly
from life.
Truly, IL this were the reason IL
scarcely justified holding back the
book. In any case, the many readers
whom he charmed for so long will be
glad to hear these familiar accents,
which please the inner ear precisely as
the voices OF old friends charm us even
when they have reached the reminis-
cent age and yet have nothing new or
nothing that they have not told before
10 tell us.
The Kelwyns took for a summer oil
ieoidturd tho unoccupied family
house" Of a Shaker community In New
England and by arrangement Farmer
Kite and his wife were to do" for
them. the male Kite 10 work the acres
on shares and the female to cook, &c.
The arrangement proved to be un-
happy. especially the cooking, for the
ladylike Mrs. Kite fried everything.
stepped the tea all day and served
"cowy" milk. The struggle to be just
TO the unskilled pair and at the same
time not die Of indigestion Is one of
tho story's threads; the other Is the
very matter of fact love affair that
sprang up beween an unlimited cousin
OF Mrs. Kelwyn and a good looking.
experimental, educated stranger who
had sought the hospitality of the Shak-
ers 10 be paid for In days. work. This
second thread Is not brilliant. but It is
pleasant and combines favorably In
color with the first and darker thread.
The combining Of these threads leads
far from drama, even drama OF the
mild brew Of Howellss Mouse Trap"
A more dramatic or. at least, exciting
episode Is one furnished by bear
leader and a cinnamon bear. They
march up TO the Family House on the
eve 81 tremendous thunderstorm in
which both are struck 10 unconscious
ness Mrs Kelwyn Is able TO save the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Reviewed BY
FANNY FERBSTEIN.


Mr.. Lewis turns a powerful micro
scope on normal. commonplace, healthy
people who don't believe in revolu-
tons, labor troubles or the polysyllabic
isms and gives US startling closeups of
their vapid dulness. their SNUG re-
spectability. their horror of the new,
their sure faith that they are the up
and coming people who make America
Gods country.
Into this typical town. Gopher
Prairie" Minnesota. DR.. Kennicct
brings his bride, Carol, daughter of 4
smiling understanding Judge" and
graduate OF Blodgett College. Carol,
the rebellious spirit Of that bewildered
empire called the American middle
West. was going to reform the world
after college: she didn't quite know
how. but finally decided to "beautify
one of the hideous prairie towns so
thick about her" When she saw the
real Main street, with its ugly build
ings. and realized that after fifty years
of existence It's citizens had not desired
to make their common home amusing
or attractive, she determined after the
first sick moment to revamp Gopher
Prairie. Her eager plans met with the
Indifferent whats the matter with
this town? Every one tells us it's the
neatest little burg I'm the Northwest"
So she rebounded In haste to the
literary activities Of the town. but
recoiled dumbly at meeting of the
Thanatopsis Club when the president,
wife of the Congregational minister.
read a paper on Burns. which ran
like this: Burns was quite a poor
boy and he did not enjoy the advan-
advantages of the fine old Scotch kirk.
where he heard the Word of God
preached more fearlessly than even In
the finest brick churches in the So
called big cities OF to-day. but he did
not have our educational advantages
and Latin. and the other treasures OF
the mind so richly strewn before the.
alas. too often inattentive feet OF our
youth, who do not always appreciate
the privileges freely granted to every
American boy, rich or poor. Ard GER
tainly, though the lords and earls of
his day may have looked down upon
Burns as a humble person. many OF
us have greatly enjoyed his pieces
about the mouse and other rustic sub
jects, with their message OF humble
beauty--I am so sorry / have not the
time to quote some of them"
IT. turn Carol tried organizing a
dramatic club to study and perhaps
produce. She admitted that Dunsany
might not go in Gopher Prairie. but
perhaps they would take to "Androcles
and the Lion" She knew defeat when
the town grew hectic over its own
choice and elaborate production of
THE Girl from Kankakee."
During the third and fourth years
her son Hugh absorbed her; came then
again that restlessness OF spirit, that
seeking for beauty. for by now Carol
was willing to take beauty with or
without strangcness; always that de-
sire to create something fine, or, fail
ing that. at least to live among inter-
esting people. She tried to listen
graciously when for the fiftieth time
her kindly, unimaginative husband
wondered If they ought TO put up
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
The Amusing Guest.

A an Aldinc Club dinner one night
kinson Smith iras the guest Of the
cUcnin0. Smith icds a squirmer aud
the lightweight chair on trhich nc sat
finally care iray. and doirH rent
Smith 10 the floor right IN the midst
Of the todsimastcrs presentation
speech. Ercrvonc laughed AZ Smiths
discom dfHre-dnd he most Of ALL The
todstnoSter proceeded placidlV nth
his address. hoiccrcr. Just rs u nothing
had happened Bat ~ the close nc
said 10 the audience. and nor Mr..
smith trH AGAIN take the floor
From Edwin w. Morsc's 1.-The Life
and Letters OF Hamilton w. Mabic"
Dodd. Mead & Coz