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The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
British Aristoeraey Becoming Democratic.

British aristocracy is losing its caste exclusive
ness. The announcement recently of the engage
ments of two peers, one in England and one in
Scotland, to young women below their rank" has
set society gossping, says the Kansas City Star
marriage between ranks is considered far more
romantic than marriage within rank.
The Master of Kinloss, the Rev. Luis Chandos
Francis Temple Morgan Grenvie is to be married
next June to Miss Katharine Beatrice Jackman,
daughter of village blacksmith at Stowe Buck
inghamshre.
The Master of Kinoss is son and heir of the
Baroness OF Kinfoss, who is daughter of the last
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. His engage
ment to Miss Jackman is the result of childhood
friendship. AS a youngster he used to bring his
toys to the forge to be mended. He met Miss
Jackman there and frequently took tea at the
smithy
An interesting aspect of the engagement is that
the Master is the prospective brother-in-law of his
chauffeur, who is Miss Jackman's brother.
John Jackman, the father still works at his forge,
although he is nearly 70 years old. The Master is
81 years old and his fancee 2S He was ordained
in 1914 and is curate of ST. Sepuchre's Church,
Northants.
The peer does not think his approaching mar
riage is anything out of the ordinary.
People say | am doing an extremely romantic
thing" he said, "and of course l am. l believe l
am only the second peer of the realm to take
such step, but certain that it will be justi-
fed by my future happiness.In these days of
democratic marriages / nothing unusual in this.
Fortunately my mother has been splendid over the
whole matter, and l have in her a powerful advo-
cate now"
The Scottish peer, Viscount Melville is to
marry an Edinburgh shop assistant, Miss Margaret
Todd. Lord Melville, who is II years old met her
at the shop, perfume and hairdressng establish
ment
This will be the third marriage OF Lord Mel
VILE He has four sons and two daughters. An
other son was killed in action at the Dardanees in
1915 Lord Melville succeeded his brother in the
peerage in 1904.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
The Joes Must Be Related.

The newspapers are having quite
a lot of fun with Uncle Joe Cannon
on account Of his falling down eel
lar and breaking his wrist. insinuat-
ing he was looking after the last of
his stock (of coai?). which reminds
us of an Uncle Joe who lives less
than a hundred miles from here.
Missing the first step he struck the
next with his head. the next with his
heels and SO on to the bottom. all
the while holding at arms length a
cut glass pitcher to protect 1t from
damage IL possible. AS he lay on
the cement floor. broken and bruised.
gasping and bleeding. praying for
death to come quickly and relieve
him. the "missus" came to the top
OF the stairs and called sweetly,
Joe, did you break that pitcher ;"
summoning the last ounce OF his
failing energies he sprung to his
feet and roared. mol But. by God. 1
Will" (And he did. .)LRusseIl
Springs Item In Oakley lKansas,
Graphic.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
BRITISH TO UNCOVER
WALLS OF ASCALON

Ascslon, once the base OF the
British Crusaders In the Holy Land
is going to be excsvsted by Liver
pool University scholars. according
to British geographical authorities.
The famous city has been a ruin
for more than 600 years. IL was
one OF the fve principal towns OF
the Philistines and belonged to the
Tyrisns and the Ptolomies before
IL vas captured by the Romans. un-
der whom it reached its zenith. Her
cd the Great was born there and he
beautihed the town with baths. gar
dens and wondrous fountains
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
" DO YOU KNOW
! OUR BIBLE?
'0ws 8. y. s.s z s. - 3: 49, x;ss o,

Is And the brsmbIe said unto
the trees. II in truth ye anoint me
king over you, then come and put
your trust in my shadow; and IL not,
let hre come out Of the bramble,
and devour the cedars OF Lebanon.
ls Now therefore. il We have
done truly and sincerely. in that ye
have made Abimelech king. and IL
ye have dealt well with JerubbaaI
and his house, and have done unto
him according to the deserving OF
his hands:
IL (For my father fought for
you, and adventured his life far. and
delivered you out of the hand of
indian:
is And ye are risen UP against
my fathers house this day. and
have slain his sons. threestore and
ten persons. upon one stone. and
have made Abimeiech. the son of his
maidservant. king over the men OF
Shect EN-, because he is your
brotherD
lS IL ye then have dealt truly
and sincerely with Jerubbsal and
with his house this day. then re-
joice We in Abimelech. and let hin,
also rejoice in you:
90 But IL not, let FIRE come out
from Abimelech, and devour the
men OF Schechem. and the house of
Milo: and let FIRE come out from
the men of Shechem. and from the
house OF Milo. and devour Abime-
lech.
81 And lothian ran away. and
fled. and went to Beer. and dwell,
there, for fear of Abimelech IN.
brother.
% When Abimelech had reign.
ed three years over Israel.
% Then God sent an evil spiri,
between Abimelech and the men OF
Shechem; and the men Of Shechen
dealt treache 'ous,y with Abimelech,
20 That the cruelty done to tn,
threescore and ten sons of Jerub.
baal might come, and their blood b,
laid upon Abimelech their brother
which slew them, and upon the mer
OF Shechem, which aided him in tn,
killing of his brethren.
25 And the men of Shechem Sc,
llers In walt for him in the top OF
the mountains. and they robbed ali
that came along that way by them
and II was told Abimelech.
&c And Gasl the son of EbeC
came with his brethren. and went
over to Shechem: and the men OF
sheehem put their confidence ia
him.
And they went out into the
heids. and gathered their vineyards
ana trode their grapes, and made
merry, and went into the house OF
thtlr god. ana did eat and drink
and cursed Abimelech.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
WANTS DEFINITION OF .BAKER.-

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Soliciting the Views OF your GUS
toners on public questions, etc,
may mine be considered as proper
within that sphere. Recently read
In The Herald that somebody, who
as usual minds every body's business
but his own. demanded that the
sale of hops and malt should be
placed under control of the prohibi-
ton law as a criminal act. with a
proviso that he. in order to get his
daily bread, exempts such sales to
bakers and confectioners. Who.
then, Is a baker or confectioner?
He who answers a few schoolboy
questions at a civil service exami-
nation? With that view l differ in
claiming that he or she is a baker
who proves efficiency in practical
baking. regardless OF quantity or a
civil service certificate. Now, as in
many millions of families. especially
all those on farms. they bake daily
their own bread. biscuits. pies, etc,
would II not be a great wrong to
deprive them of the ingredients they
need. such as hops. malt, etc? The
mode of living OF other people is
not our business. the President said
some time ago. and IL others do not
live as the meddIers do. or want
them to do. they may get along
much better in this world and set
good example to the meddlers
and kickers.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
A CHANCE OF HEART.

If I were rich" said Goodin
Tent. I'D be so generously
bent that lots OF money would
80 out to worthy causes all
about"
TITS more than I can understand
why wealthy folks throughout
the land. in giving are 30 very
slow. and close and stingy with
their dough"
But wait-st last there came q
day when fortune stepped in
Goccin's way. He gathered
greenbscks by the bunch-but
clean forgot his giving" hunch.
-1f ! were rich" said Goodin
Tent. How generously I'D be
bent!" But when at last good
fortune came. like many folks he
lost his aim
N. a. ,LUFBURRow,
tooDsnshl 1sco. ~ 1he Ncclnrs s>uakcsa
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
SCRUB COW NEARS
WORLD MILK RECORD

A scrub cow. without even the
dignity OF a name, belonging to
John Pranghorst, a British Column
bia farmer, has achieved a record
Of which a royal Holstein or Jersey
might be proud. In a seven -day
test she produced 34s pounds of
milk, containing 4.6 per cent of but
Ger fat, which, IL maintained
throughout the year, would mean
an annual yield of 20.0e6 pounds.
which is not such a great distance
from the worlds record. The COW
is just scrub. with no social stand
ing. her sire and dam unknown. She
has never had any care. and rustled
for. her food in forty-acre plot.
No barn sheltered her at night, but
she chewed her lonely cud beneath
the stars.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
IMPERIAL WIRELESS
CIRCLE PROJECTED

preparatory to building a huge
wireless station for communication
between Canada and England. the
Marconi Wireless Company of Can
ada has purchased twenty-three
acres of land about nine miles from
Toronto.
1t is understood that this is the
nrst OF a chain of wireless stations
with which 1t is expected to dot
canada and encircle the British
empire.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17

show. as they have shown, an utter
disregard Of the public generally.
NThere Are some coal men who
have always recognized what seems
10 me to be the proper point of
view and IL is not my desire that
these high-grade operators should
be included in anything / have said
but the majority have Apparently
only one viewpoint and that is to
take the very last cent"
DRETTT strong talk from such q
1 man as Mr.. Thompson. but who
outside the coal circle. would dis
agree with him?
There Is going to be many a per-
son this winter who will damn the
coal people. There will be bitterly
cold days, when shivering persons
will ask why they should be made
the victims of Internationally greedy
men.
In Philadelphia. which is close 10
the coal beds. stove coal sells above
SIS ton. There is no Justification
for such a price.
There is charity in PhiIadelphIa
which. among other properties.
owns anthracite coal lands. The
Income OF this charity from its coal
mines is said TO be sT0o.0 900 greater
this year than last. The amount
the charity receives is based on the
price OF the coal at the mouth of
the mine. That Is bad. II tends 10
increase the burden of the public.
High costs OF coal hurt the poor
more than the rest of the people.
Furnishing the poor TO add TO a char
ity's overnowing money hoard is
queer business.
Where does the sslsried man who
has to put In six or eight tons OF
coal get off- His fuel bill for the
winter would be from ss5 to sias.
That may mean 8 or 10 per cent
OF his income.
The higher the cost OF coal the
less there iis for food. for clothes,
for everything that enters into liv-
ing.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
ESQ., 900 Bushels of Wheat
Grown in Western Canada

Over 25o,oo0 bushels is the esti-
mated whe 1t crop of the three
Western provinces of Canada, ac-
cording to the Official estimate OF
the agricultural agent of the Ca
madam Pacific Railway. The esti-
mate. Yield per acre Is 1875 bushels
Tor Manitoba, 14.5 for Saskatchewan
and 1s,for Alberta.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
N n THE HERALD
B AG

The Herald welcomes eontribu;ions from
Its reAders on current topics. and will
publish those which are Of general in.
terest. Communica ticns should not ex-
eeed 900 wofi5 and must bear the naRs
and address Il the writer. although this
will not BE- publ,shed II Il 10 90 desired.
Space can not be given to the publica-
tlon Of lmateur verse
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17

In spite of the Republican landslide Samuel
.Gompers is apparently convinced that labor sue
cceded in its purpose to defeat most of the cand-
dates for the minor political Offices whom it deemed
hostile to its interests If, however, as he says,
Fifty Congressmen hostile to labor defeated at
the polls, most of them must have been Demo-
Gratis
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
A DAILY LINE o. CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs.
A APREFERENcE.

A pedestal Is good enough
For those who like that sort of stuff.
But as Tor me. give me the street
Where ! can stand on my own feet,
And on the level ever be.
would not give one sou of worth
For All the Pedestals on earth,
To hoH me cold above the press
OF coehradcship and fricndliness
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
ON THE RED CROSS APPEAL.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

~ NV -sieot' AHe washington hetalus
We have had for some time
through the press urgent calls from
Mr.. Hoover. looking to the relief
OF thousands of starving children
The Red Cross Is once more solicit
ing subscriptins. We read that in
New York; the Central Federated
Union voted to ignore an American
Red Cross appeal for support be-
cause the organization had been in
active in ireland. At one and the
same time We see the knights OF
Columbus diverting funds. collected
from the public for Humanitarian n
purposes, by offering the same to
the American Legion for a build
ing. gift from themselves. Why
should the public respond TO the
Red Cross appeal when these S.
Ooo.O OF public funds should be
available for humanitarian pur-
poses?
MARGUERITE DU PoNT LEE.
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17
Removing a Local Disgrace.

When the chief of the federal child labor bureau
says that childabor conditions in the District of
Columbia are 4 disgrace to Washington, she in
ferenfially means national disgrace also. The
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17

When the ouija board is working again, the
Muskogee (Okla-) Phoenix wants TO ask Solomon
how he persuaded his wives vote the right ticket
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17

Pests wanting to analyze the election for us are
now abroad
The Washington herald., 1920-11-17

soassnsAI issa, y lss necl.,s -
The state herald., 1920-11-26
An Appeal

To the Republicans Country
The Republican
This
par
all
plan limiting campaign contributions to adopted by your ma
tonal organization has left unmortgaged
has been
W politics.
budget with the contributions
unwilling
ta complete method Of raising
the of the campaign be distributed In this
Your presidential this than 1916 when
dollar nearly twice
-Four the bulk of the campaign fund from 76o contributors
while
% rom
committee willing abandon OF
contribution n
all
the minds millions
the welfare OF aI OF OF the nation
Let have help from who grateful for the victory
and all that II well
Thanksgiving Offering the safe
tionnl
policy of putting national
BILE embarrassment special obligation
make o whether
heretofore
appreciation always within the limit heretofore
tho roll OF those who helped possible campaign which,
mthods and Republicans patriots Justly
Most earnestly Tint this mid be quickly that committee
enabled obligations
constructive work In behalf of
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
HAYS. Chairman.
W
N r.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
REPORTS ONE TON OF FOOD
RAISED FOR EACH iNHABiTANT
Especial by United Press)

Especial by United Prcss)
Washington. Nov. 25-The agricul.
turnl department Of the government
reports that one ton Of grain. vegeta.
bios. and fruits for each OF the one
hundred and seven million inhabi.
tants Of the United States has been
raised this year. The crop has been
tho greatest raised In the nations his.
tory.
II is indicated. however. that re.
duccd prices have brought many
farmers on the verge OF ruin. Com.
plnints In other government reports
show that the milton enjoyed prosper
lty. and that approximately Ave mil.
lion persons paid Income tns on an
average income Of three thousand dol
lars. Millions OF workers enjoyed the
highest wages In history OF country,
The state herald., 1920-11-26
IMMIGRATION MEASURE UNDER
PREPARATION FOR OPENING
OF CONGRESS IN DECEMBER
Especial by United Pr.ss)

Washington. Nov. GA committee
OF the house Ia considering restrictive
measures to have ready for the open
OF congress- Members feel the need
OF immdiatc restrictive measures 10
control immigration.
1t is Understood that plan In being
considered TO deny entrance 10 all but
blood relatives and naturalizcd aliens.
Investigations Indicate that Italy In
preparing To send fyo million TO this
country. ana Germany eight million.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
BRITAIN ON ALERT FOR
FURTHER OUTBREAKS
fspaclni by United rrosnl

London. Nov. 2b-All Britain has
been startled by the statement OF Sir
Homer Greenwood, that Sim Fcincrs
had plotted the blowing up OF tho
docks ut Liverpool and tho Manchcs-
ter power and wntcr plants.
The charges have been heartily de.
nicd by Joseph Doclin. Irish member
OF parliament, who said shat the state
mcnt was made TO discrcdit the Sim
Fcincrs.
However. Britain IL on the alert for
further outbreaks.
The Irish question was before tho
house of lords today.
The state herald., 1920-11-26

gerous for q business man TO have
heavy inventories and heavy amount
Of indebtedness under such condi-
tions. II man has a large stock Of
goods or materials and is out Of debt,
he can stand . shrinkage I'm the value
Of his assets, but II he is in debt, his
debts will not shri Tx a cents worth,
and II they are heavy they may break
him.
Every business crisis ever known in
this country or elsewhere has come
in just that way-from over-confi-
dence. from over-staying boom per-
iod. from too such Indebtedness on a
high level Of prices. Furthermore.
every war Of modern times has been
followed after Just such experiences.
II was true In Englend after the wars
with Napoleon. II was true In this
country after the Civil war and true
in Germany after the war Of 1870.
Reaction From Boom Inevitable
And we can see the tendencies In
other countries. In Japan 4 year ago
they were enjoying riot Of what they
thought was prosperity Industry was
tremendously active. wages and prices
were rising and credit was practically
unrestricted. but last spring the situa.
tion blew up. the price Of silk. the
principal commodity OF export. fell
over 60 per cent. and the industry in
Japan has been in n pros,rata condi.
tion ever since.
over in Cuba we see a somewhat
similar situation. No country ever
The state herald., 1920-11-26
NEW DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE TO BE FORMED
tspecial by limited prcssl

Especial by United Prcss)
Washington, Nov. 25-The estab.
lishment of a new department OF gov.
ernment. on social welfare. will be
provided in a bill completed by Sena.
tor Kenyon OF Iowa. II will ask &C.
tion on the bill early in the term OF
President Harding. The bill would
transfer the bureaus of child welfare.
industrial housing, transportation. EN-.
ployment service and others to the
new department.
The state herald., 1920-11-26

experienced greater prosperity than
Cuba during the last four years. II
anybody could have looked ahead in
1915 and foretold the income which
the people Of Cuba would receive from
the next Ave sugar crops. he might
easily have said that at the end of that
time they would be in perfectly Sc.
cure and easy financial position. II
he didn't know history or understand
human nature he might have predict
ed that at the end OF that time every
body in Cuba would be out of debt
ard Independent. But that is not the
way the situation worked out The
price OF sugar was carried too high
and collapsed. with the result that the
government Of Cuba has thought II ad-
visable to declare a moratorium. for
the protection OF debtors and to avoid
general business disaster. Now the
mere decline in the price OF sugar
would not have made a moratorium
necessary: 1t was the fact that the
people Of Cuba instead Of using their
pronts 70 pay their debts. had gone
Sseo-0ebt more deeply than ever be.
fore: that made the trouble.
And that is the common experience.
People never do use the incomes OF
boom times to pay their debts. they
use them as the basis for more indebt.
elness. II is an old story that people
so into debt in good times and pay
their debts under pressure In bad
times.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
WOMAN is FUGITIVE FROM
JUSTICE AFTER SHOOTING
cspeeIal by unltea rrerr,

Ardmore, Okla. Nov. pa search
extending to California has been In
stituted for Mrs. Clara Harmon. who
is charged with shooting Jake l.. Har-
mon, millionaire and republican ma
tional committeeman.
The fugitixe Is relative OF the
committeeman. The main charges
against Mrs. Harmon is the alleging
OF an intent to kill. but information
charging the couple with n statutory
ofiense has been filed. Mrs. Harmon
is said to be fleeing to California.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
DISAPPEARANCE OF SECURITIES
TO BE EXPLAINED AT TORONTO
Especial by United Press,

~ '",c" f'ehsJ
Portland. Ore. Nov. 24-John
Dougherty hns started back to Toron.
to. Canada. where he will be asked b
explain the disappearance OF hun
dred thousand dollars in bonds be-
longing to Ambrose Small. for whom
he acted as private secretary until
the mysterious disappearance Of
Small and Dougherty a year ago.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
FRANCE AND BRITAIN CONFER
ON GREEK RECOGNITION
Especial ty united Preas)

Paris. Nov. 25-Premier Leyguss
started for London. where he will coa-
fer with Lloyd George regarding the
France-Britain policy toward recognis.
ing the Greek government headed By
Constantine. II is considered likely
that Leygues will insist that constan-
tine be not recognized. while Lloyd
George will point out the impossible
ity Of keeping him of the throne with.
out actual warfare, whether he is rec
ognized or not.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
SIX POLICE sERGeANTs CAUGHT
IN NET FOR ILLICIT SELLING
Especial by United press,

VHD"HlHI UY LhlINd Tf"asl
Chicago. Nov. 2i-Mlke Heitler and
thirty other alleged members of the
largest booze ring In the country,
were indicted by the federal grand
Jury en- charges OF conspiracy to vio-
late the prohibition laws.
Among the indicted are six Chicago
police sergeants.
o. II. Walther. an official OF Ken.
tucky distillery: W. d. Kuclbclkamp.
owner Of the Louisville American As.
sociation baseball club. and William
German. nephew OF the president OF
tho Rock Island railway. are among
those indicted.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO ACCEPT
NEW NATIONS AS MEMBERS
Especial by United Prcss)

Geneva, Nov. 2i-Immediate admis.
sion Of Austria and Bulgaria to the
League of Nations Assembly is rec
commended by the membership com
mittee. They reached u favorable
decision on these former enemies of
the world, but they withheld recon-.
mendations for Number Of small Eu-
ropean states until conditions are es,
tablished, and recognition been ac-
The state herald., 1920-11-26
NINE PERSONS KILLED IN
TENEMENT HOUSE Fire
Especial by United Press,

New York. Nov. 22--Ninc persons
were killed In frc which swept
tenement house In Harlem this morn.
Ing. Most Of the dead are unidepti
Ned. Three childrcns bodies were ro.
covered. A search Of the ruins is be-
Ing made for more bodies.
A great crowd watchor the victims
try vainly 10 escape from the flames
that swept the building.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
Especial by United Pr-ss)

Especial by United Pr-ss)
Stoughton, Wis. Nov. 24-Three
persons were killed and two others
probably fatally injured In an explo.
sion OF boiler here this morning In
the plant OF the Stoushton Marketing
company.
The blast occurred while the boiler
was being tested. The boiler was
blown through the wall OF creamery
plant a hundred yards away.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
MRS. McsWiNNY ON WAY
TO UNITED STATES
Especial by United Press,

Queenstown. Ireland. Nov. 25-Mrs.
Muriel McSwinny. widow of Terrence
McSwinny- sailed for the America to-
day. aboard the Celtic, accompanied
by two of her sisters. She will testi-
fy before the commission which Il
investigating Irish affairs.
The state herald., 1920-11-26

corded by nearby powers.
Finland. Albania and LuxemborE
also are favored for membership.
The Baltic states petition was held
up because of the unsettled conditions
there.
Leon Bourgeois declared that
France could not disarm until Ger
many has been compelled to fulfill ALI
obligations Of the Versailles treaty.
The state herald., 1920-11-26
THREE KILLED WHEN TRAIN
STRIKES AUTO AT CROSSING
tspecInl by unItcd prcnsl

Van Meter Iowa. Nov. 2i-Peter
Lineman. wealthy farmer his son r.
mer. and daughter Esther. were In
stantly killed and his wife was aeri-
ousiy injured when Rock Island
train struck their automobile at n
grade crossing.