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The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
Clara Barton's Spirit Faxed,
Late Red Cross Founders
Secretary Says, Suing Medium,
DR.. Julian B. Hubbell Asks Restoration of More
Than $4,000 in Property Alleged to Have
Been Obtained in 1914 by Woman'at
Glen Echo for Memorial.

Barton. has instituted proceedings in
the Circuit Court here for recovery
Of the property. charging fraud.
At the instance of DR.. Hubbell
Judge Edward C. Peter has signed
an order temporarily restraining
Mrs. Hirons from disposing of the
property.
Was Miss Barton's Secretary.
The bill. which was prepared by
Attorney Robert B. Peter, of Rock.
vile, sets forth that DR.. Hubbell
had for many years cherished q
hope to change the practice OF
medicine 50 that he could keep the
well in health as we'll as to hea,
the sick. and became the close per.
sonal friend and private secretary
of Miss Barton. He served as hel
secretary for thirty years. until hel
death in 1912. He desired to estab.
lish a memorial to her, 1t is recited
and Mrs. Hirons well knew thai
both Miss Barton and DR.. Hubbel
were believers in spiritualism. ant
that when Miss Barton died DR.
Hubbell, early in May. 1914, wa.
visited by Mrs. Hirons, who ex
pressed much interest in the me,
mortal project, representing tha'
John T. Clark, son OF Senator vii.
liam A. Clark. of Montana, was in,
terested in her and wanted her t
marry him and that he owned $40
100000 in his own right.
1t was set forth that she owned
very valuable timber land in Arkan'
sas; that on the occasion OF the
visit Mrs. Hirons simulated a trance
and directed her to tell DR.. Hubbel
that she (Mrs. Hirons) had come tC
help him carry out bis plans fol
the memorial and that she could
control great wealth and should moi
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
HYPHEN COX'S
new WEAPON
Nominee to Make Issue Of
Americanism VS. PRO
Cermanism.
CBy ROBERT T. BARRYo

Copyright, 1920, by Public Ledger Col
Cheyenne. wyo., Sept. 25.-Gov
Cox Is going to fight Senator Hard
ing on the issue of pro-Germanisn.
He is going to try to play upon the
emotions of the former soldiers and
sailors, upon the sorrows of the wo-
men who lost sons in battle, upon
those elements in ~ Americas war
life that were most vigorous in
their efforts to stamp out the hy-
phen-i He is going to undertake to
link the Republican nominee with
George Sylvester viereck, associate
Of German propagandists in this
country.
Senator Harding's proposal for a
separate peace with Germany will
be the bisis of Gov. Cox's chief
campaign issue in the East.
Niereck's announcement as quoted
in New York newspapers recently
that he would support Senator
Harding because of the proposed
separate peace which he regarded
as likely to be more favorable to
Germany than the treaty of Yer
sailles will be the issue through
which the Democratic nominee will
seek to arouse patriotic Americans
against his opponent.
Gov. Cox challenged Senator
Harding to answer whether he had
promised Senator johnson to scrap
the league of nations.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
TOBACCO MEN
FORM COMBINE
Request Warehouse Owners
To Suspend All Sales
Till October 4.
Especial to w..aInrton Her.Ia.n

Especial TO Washington Hersld.l
DanviHe, Va, Sept 25-The Vir-
ginia Tobacco Growers Association
was formed here today at a mass
meeting Of 5000 farmers. the
largest meeting Of its kind ever
held here. A constitution and by
laws were adopted and committees
were appointed. one Of these to
bring in nominations for State Of
fcers and an executive committee
to be voted on next Saturday.
The expressed purpose Of the or
ganization is TO maintain a market
for tobacco which will cover cost
Of production and allow a fair
profit, especially for small farmers
who cannot afford 20 hold their
tobacco for better prices. which is
the general policy OF the sssociz-
tion.
The most important action taken
today was the adoption q : res 5in-
ton calling on all wares gsero q ~
the old belt 70 continvr - @us-
pend their sales until -oosoher
Local warehousemen who ss,
closed their warehouses f5r Ces B,sst
week. tonight declined t0 seec6e t.
the request.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
Psychon,eter Tests for, all Cranks
Proposed by New York Specialist
ToPreuent "GetEuen" Bomb Blasts

sible. the physician holds, for the
crazed actions which led up to the
Wall Street catastrophe.
The detection of such menaces to
society, DR.. Schlapp writes. will be
greatly simplified when science has
improved upon the Psychometer
This apparatus is simply a galvanic
circuit with the human being sus-
pected of weak tendencies being
made a part of the circuit by plac-
ing two hands or feet in a mercury
bath. A fiuctuating needle shows
the responses of the nervous sys-
tenn to strong waves of feeling,
such as fear.
All police departments are called
upon to have suspected 'cranks and
writers of crank" letters turned
over to neurologists for nervous
analysis.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26

figure perspiringly on the sinking
fund and the appropriation for in
terest due.
The youth of Okochee-they
who were to carry into the rosy
future the burden of the debt
accepted failure with youths un-
calculating joy. For. here was
sport. aquatic and nautical added
to the meagre round of life's
pleasures. In yachting caps and
flowing neckties they pervaded
the lake to its limits. Girls
wore silk waists embroidered
with anchors in blue and pink.
The trousers of the young men
widened- at the bottom and their
hands were proudly calloused by
the oft-plied oar. Fishermen were
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
11START IN US.
BALLOON DERBY
Elimination Event for An
nual international Race
Starting Next Month.

Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 25.-
Eleven giant gas bags entered In
the national balloon race took the
air here this afternoon in an even
twenty five-mile wind, and tonigh,
were sailing in north-north-
westerly direction, which should
take them over Memphis about sun
rise Sunday morning.
The event, besides being the ma
tionsI race. constitutes the annual
army-navy race and the elimina-
tion event for the international
balloon race. which starts here next
month.
The three best bags will compete
with foreigners in October.
Special government weather eI-
perts declare the balloons should
reach the Great Lakes region Mon
day morning passing over the St
Louis vicinity Sunday and the
chances are favorable. they say. for
the aeroplanes to land in Canada
approximately north of Buffalo.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
Noted Philanthropist Sue
cumbs to Heart Trouble
In His 73d Year.
WAS BORN IN GERMANY
Came to This Country at
Civil Wars End-Fa-
nous for Charity.

New York. Sept. 25.- Jacob H.
Schiff, American financier and phi
lanthropist. died in this city this
evening at 500 O'Clock.
schiff died at his home. ss5 Fifth
avenue. Heart trouble was the cause
of his death, according to a state
ment made by the physicians at
tending the hnancier. He had suf-
fered somewhat through the sum-
mer but had kept up his work and
did not take to his bed until last
Thursday.
Family mt Bedside.
Schin's wife and his daughter,
Mrs. Felix NJ Wsrburg, and his son,
Morton L., were at the bedside. With
two brothers who live In Frankfort
on-the- Main, Germany. those were
his only immediate relatives.
The tnancier spent most of the
sun " at his home in Seabright,
n. J.. making bi-weekIy trips to
New York. August was spent in the
White Mountains and the family
returned only two weeks ago TO this
city.
Jacob Henry schih was in his
seventythird year at the time Of
his death. He was born at Frank
Main, Germany, in lS4I,
and came to the United States in
1885 and settled In New York. At the
time of his death he was a member
OF the firm of Kuhn, Loeb and Com
pany. noted New YORK banking nrm.
Started as Bank Clerk.
Schiff's initial venture in the
banking business in the United
States was as pank clerk and
within a few years ne Raj r.sen 20
the position of a Junior Isrrnership
in the firm OF Bulge. Sssh,a and
company. In 1875 he eaGc hssoon-
nection with that firm anI nesama
a junior member of Kuhn. Loeb and
company. In the same year he mar
ried Miss Theresa Lo -, daughter
of Solomon Loeb, senior partner q.
the ftm. -
When Loeb retired IN 1885, Schirf
was made head OF the firm, (which
position he occupied since tnst year
Kuhn, Loeb lad crmpanv had been
! identified with som,. OF the !LrEes,
financial opeI Gions American has
known.
Schiff was a director VI the Cen.
trail Trust company, Western Tn; IN
Telegraph company, ana many othS:
| corporations. He se-yeI with many
committees making tor ttvlc better
ment and was deeply Interested in
philanthropy.
Schiff was one of tho leading
Jews. He had always bseA nfrr-
ested in the movements 70. the bet
terment of the conditious Of Jews
everywhere. He did extensive
philanthropic work, mos ct which.
was accomplished so qI.st.v that
only he and the ben -flc' aries had
knowledge of the kindly acts.
Schifr was desply vcrsed iu serri-
tic literature. he vas founder Of
the Semitic Museum at Harvard
and the Jewish Theo p.: CAL Semi
nary in New York City
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
(speciaI to Wsshinxton Hrald.l

Especial to washington H1ald)
Rockville. Md, Sept. 25.--Repre-
senting that Mrs. Maybelle Rawson
Hirons. friend of the late Clara Bar
ton, founder of the American Red
Cross. and for many years occupant
of the Clara Barton home at Glen
Echo. this county. posed as a spirit
ualistic medium" and as such COM
municated to him messages purport-
ing to come from Miss Barton di-
recting him to convey and turn over
to her real estate at Glen Echo
valued at $4,000 and $500 in cash.
$4,000 in bonds, valuable household
furniture and other property, which,
he claims, he, as believer in
spiritualism, did, DR.. Julian b. Hub
bell, for many years an intimate
friend and private secretary of Miss
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
CRASH
KILLS4,HURTS1
Passenger Plane Falls 900
Feet-Noted Aviatrix
Among Victims.
(By United Press.)

London, Sept. 25.-Four passeng-
ers-three of them women-and the
pilot were killed near Heyes, Mid
dlesex. today in the crashing of a
ten-passenger aerobus. A little girl
passenger escaped death. but both
her legs were broken.
The craft, property of the Cen
trail Aircraft Company. fell 1000
feet when engine trouble developed
The distance and the great weight
of the machine gave it a terrific
impact. The body of the car was
practically buried in the earth.
Horrified spectators, Fastening to
the machine, found il necessary to
dig the five victims out.
Among the dead was Miss Isolda
Trafold, Great Britain's most skill
full woman pilot. She was a pas
senger.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
u. CLOSESSHfP
0ILCONTRACTS
California Company to Sup
ply Boards Vessels on
Pacific Coast.
(By Universal Service)

The Shipping Board yesterday an
nounced the Standard Oil Company
of California had been awarded a
one-year contract for supplying oil
to all the boards vessels at Pacific
Coast ports and Honolulu, begin
ming October "a. The total esti-
mated requirements are Stills Cd.
Ions at a cost of s195,S0S30.
Prices of the different oils vary
from 81 cents gallon for ice ma
chine cylinder oil. delivered al San
Francisco or Oakland, to 81 cents
for marine engine oil for ali wick
and sight feed systems. The cost
at other ports shows slight in
creases.
The board also announced the
awarding of contracts for packings
for one year dating from October
Is to the Anchor Packing Company
and the United States Rubber Com
pany.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
WARDEN BALKS
JAILDELIVERY
Prisoners Had Sawed AL
most Through Window
Bars When Caught.
Especial to Washington Herald.)

Especial to Washington Herald.)
Dsnville, Sept. 25.-Warning by
another prisoner whose term is soon
to expire thwarted a Jail delivery
here Thursday night, it was re-
vealed today. when city tailer John
R. Tucket preferred charges against
the two ring leaders in the plot.
The leaders are William McKin-
ney, an automobile thief from Della
ware. serving a one-year sentence
and George Painter, a trusty. Painter
procured a hack saw, and when the
jailer found them they had nearly
cut through the bars of window
leading to freedom.
Had the discovery been delayed
half an hour five men would have
escaped.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
TOAD
U. S. BUSINESS
G. O.. P. Nominee Gives
Pledge to Remain Friendly
With Industry.
By SAMUEL w. BELL.

Copyright, 1870. by Public Ledger Col
Marion. Ohio. Sept. 25.-A govern
ment friendly to business, unwill-
ing to indulge in Irritating sus-
pieion and interference will be the
chief concern of Senator Harding II
he becomes President of the United
States. The Republican nominse to-
day squarely obligated himself 70
those principles of administration
in the constructive part of an ad-
dress delivered to more than 5000
commercial travellers representing
the Harding and Coolidge Travel
ing Mems League OF a score oi
cities.
Senator Harding said he contem-
plated a government which will in
vite business to give it's confidence
and as the result he looked forward
to a government which will get in
more Information and haze mors
influence in AnFerfcan Business be.
cs1se of the friendly attitude.
i look forward to ouch a cessa.
ton OF wastes and eNtrhVaganceS IN
Washington as will allow us to cut
down taxation, as for instance, tht
excess profits tax. without requir'
ing any other tax demand on tht
people of the country" said Sena'
tor Harding.
As immediate steps for obtaining
relief from governmental misman.
agement. Senator Harding restated
his recommendations as follows:
A working budget system to dis
close leaks and inefficiency.
The reorganization of governme NJ
departments to stop overlapping :
functions and the expenditure oi
useless energies and funds.
Restoration of the postal service
to a business basis.
The proper rewarding of efficient
and necessary government EN-
ployes and the removal from gov
ernment paYrolls of workers more
needed in productive occupations.
The delegation was by far the
largest composed wholly of men in
terested in the strictly business
phase of government which has
come to Marion.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
MEXICANSFtEE
YELLOW FEVER
Twenty Dead, ITO Affected
AT Tuxpam as Epi-
demic Spreads.
(By Universal Servicc.)

Vera Cruz. Sept. 25.-The inhabi-
tants of Tuxpam were fleeing the
city tonight to escape the plague of
yellow fever which has stricken that
oil port.
The epidemic in the Mexican East
coast region is assuming alarming
proportions. Twenty died yesterday y
and the total of established cases
has reached 10 and is steadily
growing. Sixty-five per cent of the
soldiers stationed at Tuxpam are
showing symptoms of the disease.
The local authorities of Tuxpam
are declared to have no adequate
means of fighting the plague.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
POLES AND REDS NEAR
AGREEMENT, US. TOLD

Peace negotiations between Po-
land and Soviet Russia, now in pro-
gress at Riga, are expected 70 ter
inmate soon with a satisfactory
treaty, the State Department was
advised yesterday by the American
commissioner at Riga.
The Bolshevik peace delegates
have receded from their demand for
a sovietized Poland, and have with
drawn other Objectionable demands
which caused the conference at
Minsk to suspend negotiations.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
Pomerene and Edge Go to
Dayton-Committee to
Meet IN St. Louis.
BARUCH AGAIN NAMED
Financier Advanced 900
To Vets Paper-$47,50
To Peace" League.
public Ledger service.)

Sessions Of the Senate Commit
tee investigating campaign eI-
penditures closed here yesterday
after the committee had appointed
two OF its members, Senators Pom
creme and Edge. to go to Dayton Oc-
tober I. for the purpose of examining
H. E. Talbot. president of the Day
ton Metal Products Company, and
other witnesses as to the $1,000
note Of Gov. Cox, which was paid
by the Dayton corporation during
the 1918 gubernatorial campaign.
The full committee will meet in St.
Louis October IS for the purpose OF
continuing its investigation into
the state OF affairs in Missouri.
Many Calls on Baruch.
Additional evidence of the many
calls that are made upon Bernard
NJ. Baruch for contributions for
public causes was placed before the
committee by Richard H. Waldo,
of New York, who testified that he
had learned that Baruch had ad-
vaneed $1,000 to help finance the
Stars and Stripes, a publication
circulating among war veterans.
Another contributor to the extent
of S2,5oO revealed by Waldo was
Secretary E. T. Meredith.
Mrs. E. NJ. Parks, in whose name
81 per cent of the issued stock of
the Stars and Stripes Publishing
Company rests, had previously
testified that she had borrowed
$4,000 from W. D. Jameson,
director of finance of the Dem
ocratic National Committee. to
put into the paper, but she had
refused to furnish the committee
otherwise than in a confidential
manner the names of three other
Democrats who had helped her in
financing the project.
Aided "Stars and Stripes
As an example of the calls made
upon Baruch, testimony before. the
Senate Committee within the past
few weeks has shown that he con-
tributed more than $4,000 to vari-
Gus activities carried on by the
Democratic party.
His interest in the production OF
Uncle sam Of Freedom Ridge as a
motion picture Harold Levey. of New
York, testified was approximately
CONTINUED on PAGE FIFTEEN.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
By 0. HENRY

came out Of that flushed aue usr
pable region known - -
North He called hllrtslf Z
promoter" his enemtE hat
spoken Of him as a ''riafte5r
okochee took a middle coIffss F1c
held him TO be not better ner no
worse than a ''Yank-
Far up the lal1e-eiehteer ~ ises
above the town-the eye Of this
cheerful csmp-fOIlower OF booms
had spied out a graft He pur-
chased there a precipitous tract
of 500 acres at f5 cents per acre,
and this he laid out and sub
divided as the city OF skylsnd-
the Queen City Of the Switzer-
land Of the South Streets and
Continued On psss 2, socisv sscssa&
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
3 KILLED, E INJURED .-
IN IRON PLANT BLAST

Jackson. Ohio. Sept. 25.-An ex-
plosion at the plant of the Jack
son Iron and Steel Company today
cost the lives of three men and Sc
riously injured six others.
The cause of the explosion is un-
known.
One of the furnaces gave way and
hot iron rushed down on the
workers ..- .--
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26

New York. Sept. 25.-Society
was given shock yesterday
when word was given that
Cyril w. Hatch and his wife,
who was Barbara Cairncrosse
Rutherford, daughter of Mrs
William X. Vanderbilt by her
second husband. Lewis NJ
Rutherford. had been divorced
in Paris some months ago.
They were married in June,
1916.
Mrs. Hatch is living in New
York. and Hatch is believed to
be in New York. 1t was learned
their relations remain most
amicable" despite the divorce.
There is one child and Mrs.
Hatch will have possession six
months in a year and Hatch the
other half year.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
laps TO MAKE FIGHT
FOR UNLIMITED ARMS
BY GLENN BABB.
CPublic Ledger Co. Far East Ser
viccD

viceD
Tokyo, Sept. 25.-Nichi Nichi. one
of Tokyo's leading newspapers, says
that as long as America remains
outside the league of nations, Japan
will oppose any move by the league
for the limitation of armaments, ac-
cording to a decision by the cabinet.
Any limitations adopted coming
from the Geneva meeting of the
league with America outside will be
considered by Japan as Ineffective
and detrimental to her interests.
Copyright 1920. by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
NR. MOTORIST

-Ars yes numbsrs< sncns ts< tbsuxa.ls
vhs read the Automesais re~s In sundsys
Hsraki II not get in th~ "yvin" II n
vsshaagtss's most popular sstensb.is rage.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
THE WEATHER

Today and tomorrow. warm and probably
fair: Highest temperatars yesterday. %;
lowest, IS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-31

TINE SIXTH THIS YEAR WILL BE THE BIGGEST
EXISTENCE OF THE PRESENT MANAGEMENT
PUT ON SALE ONLY oEAoOAbLF OOOo
SHOES, LEGGINS, RUBBERS ETC
SALES WILL TAKE IN EVERY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDISE IN THE STORE
PENCIL WONDERS HERE WHEN WHOLE
SALE PRICES WE LOWERED OUR SELLING
PRICES TOO STILL FURTHER REDUCTIONS
LOWEST PRICES THE GREATEST VALUES THAI WE
HAVE SEEN ANYWHERE SINCE PRE-WAR DAYS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-31

Big Reductions on All House Slippers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-29
PRESIDENT MAY SPEND
ENTIRE SUMNER HERE
Believed to Be Opposed to Extend
ed Cruise or Summer
Resort Stay.

With midsummer at hand President
Wilson seems more fixed than ever
to stay in Washington and avoid
summer resorts or extended cruises.
Capt. Long of the Presidents yacht
Mayf1ower called at the White House
yesterday and is understood to have told
Admiral Cary Grayson. the Presidents
physician, that the vessel could be
made ready for "a voyage on very
short notice, but if the President has
such a venture in mind he has not
told any one outside of the family
circle about it.
DR.. Grayson would be in hearty &C
cord with any wish his patient might
have for a trip, by land or water, but
the President takes the view that
there is no place where he could be
more comfortable than in this city,
and insists that he can see no adyan-
tage in the confusion that would at
tend an extended summer trip. The
Mayflower has receptly been over
hauled and made thoroughly modern
which has given rise to stories that
the President was contemplating an
extended sea trip to Panama or else
where.
The President and Mrs. Wilson were
cheered by hundreds of bathers at the
tidal basin yesterday. when he stop
ped his car, in which they were riding,
to watch the throngs on the beach
and in the water. He raised his hat
several times in response to the greet
ings and appeared to be in a. happy
mood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-29
Thirteen CITY STREETS
ARE UNDERGOING REPAIRS
Engineer Department Force at
Work in Three Sections
of the District. /.

Thirteen minor repair jobs were start
ed yesterday by the street gangs of the
engineer department in the northwest,
northeast and southeast sections Of the
city.
In the northwest the streets to be
patched are: Georgia avenue, west from
Florida avenue Prospect street, 36th
to 37th streets P street, 35th to 36th
streets; Bath street Prospect to P
streets; NJ street 18th to 18th streets
14th street, N street to Rhode Island
avenue; H street, North Capitol to 1st
streets. and G street, 4th to 5th streets
Northeast-Tennessee avenue, East
Capitol to B streets; F street, from
14th street west. and 18th street from
F street to Maryland avenue.
Southeast: Pennsylvania avenue
from Bowen to Branch roads, and
South Carolina avenue from 18th to Sfh
streets.
On Thursday of this week the large
appropriations carried in the new Dis.
trict bill for street and road work will
become available. The engineer de-
partment already has advertised for
bids for new construction work and
for that portion of the repair work
which is to be let out on contract
Bids will be opened July IL.
For construction of new streets the
District bill carries $614,000: for re-
pairs to streets, $575.o eco, and for re-
pairs to suburban roads. $250,000.