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The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Gorilla Sobs Like
Child WhenOwner
Offers An AHront
Especial Gable to The washington
Herald.)

Especial Gable to The washington
Herald.)
Lcndon, April 10.-Master John the
gent nonhuman animal in the world
is to continue his education by
making a trip to America He is
to stay at the best hotels. and there
is every prospect that he will be
-Ionized" at smart receptions.
Il called on John last night"
writes q Daily Chronicle representa-
tive, "at his house in Sloane street.
and was received. IL not with cor
diality. at any rate with no small
measure Of good breeding. Occasion
ally he was overcome with childish
shyness-he Is but 5-and then he
hid his coalblack face on the shOul-
der of his owner, Nine. Alyse.
John ought to be in bed at this
time of night" said Mime. Alyse
that's why you might find him a bit
sleepy. Yes. he sleeps in an ordi-
nary bed and under warm blankets.
but here is the most intelligent
thing he ever did. pushed him off
my lap one day because ! had a
light -colored frock on and I thought
his feet might soil it He sat on the
hearth-rug and cried like a child.
Then his eye caught a sheet of
newspaper on the floor. He seized
the paper, spread it out over my lap
and climbed up-and was quite hap
n.y."
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
CATHOLIC UNION
AIMED AT REDS
New international in Eu-
rope Plans to Offset So
cialist Movement.
(Washington Herald-PubIic Ledger
Service. Special Cable Dispatch.)

Geneva April 10.-The constitution
of Catholic information" TO
counterbalance the Socialist inter-
national" is the latest development
in EurOpe's life and death struggle
against Red domination. II is due 10
the Italian Catholic peoples party"
which has distinguished itself
by its clear vision of the social
necessities of the times and whose
enlightened attitude toward labor.
and consequent influence over the
workers. has done more than any
thing else to save Italy from the
Bolshevist chaos up to the present.
Negotiations between the leaders
of the Italian Catholic party and
similar parties in other countries
have been going on for some time.
and it is hoped that the first con-
gress of the new Catholic interna-
tioBal, which will take place this
summer, will be attended by dele
gates from most European coun-
tries. including Germany and Aus
tria, and possibly also America. The
program of the Catholic information
al is to counteract the strike class
policy of Socialism in labor legisla-
tion by an impartial, broad-minded
policy of social justice and reform.
The movement shows that the
Catholic Church. which is the one
great organization in Europe still
equal in suggestive power to So
cialism and Bolshevism, is resolved
to throw this power into the balance
to defeat the anti-Christian move
ment in Russia.
Copyright. 1920. by Public Ledger co..
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Martin, Who Broke the Bank
At Monte Carlo, Says Game
Is Absolutely on the Square

bringing him in between 80 and 40
per cent.
Carefulness is the whole secret.
Only novices go at 1t haphazard.
1t is equally true, though, that no
infallible system of breaking the
bank has been found. and that to
my mind is the best possible proof
that roulette is absolutely a game
of chance.
1t is absurd to suggest that any
croupier can turn up given numbers
at will-just as absurd as to say, as
they do, that a man who has won
heavily once is doomed to be re-
lieved of all his superfluous wealth
the next time he visits the Casino.
.Cannot Govern Ball."
The men who operate the wheel
and ball are human beings, as eager
to become suddenly rich, IL they can,
as anyone. Don't you think, If they
are as skilful as is suggested, they
could be persuaded, for a handsome
sum of money, to turn up a series of
numbers arranged beforehand?
am prepared to agree that the
croupier is able to spin the ball into
a certain section of the wheel, but
as for spinning it into an exact
number, that is altogether out,of the
question.
The whole fact of the matter is
that the croupier knows fully the
feeling Of superstition that exists in
the Casino, and naturally he does
everything he can to encourage the
belief. just for the fun of the thing.
Turning the wheel and spinning the
ball hour after hour must be-
come dreadfully monotonous for
him at times.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
FIGHTS GERMS
BY FRUIT DIET
Briton Disease-Proof After
Eating Uncooked
Fruits.

London, Apri, 1O.-Three lives at
Sompting, Sussex, a modest man
named William Aird. who. to prove
his belief in being able to cure him
self with natural foods. has allowed
himself to be inoculated with many
virulent germs, including even an
thrax.
Aird has suffered no harm as a
result of the inoculation. His only
medicine has been fresh uncooked
fruit and vegetables.
Disease. he says is not an accident
that cannot be avoided. 1t is cura-
tive process. The germ which was
thought to be our bitter enemy is
really a friend. 1t enters our bodies
to feed on vast products. If all the
food we ate were only what the
body really needed-uncooked fruit
and vegetables-there would be no
waste products and no germs.
Among the cures that are claimed
are cases of cancer. epilepsy and
other "incurable" diseases.
Even death will be delayed and
painless if this diet Is followed, says
Mr.. Aird. 1t solves the servant
problem. for there is no washing
up and no cooking.
The summer is the time TO make
beginning with this novel diet, he
adds.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Especial Cable Dispatch)

London, April 10.-Amusing pas
sages occurred during the hearing
Of the Medium In the Mask" case
just ended in the Kings Bench Di-
vision here.
Percy Thomas Selbit, a theatrical
agent and illusionist, brought an
action against George Grossmith
and Edward Laurillard to recover
damages for breach of an agree
ment to place a West End theater
at his disposal for the purposes of
public seance. Justice Darling
awarded Selbit $1,000 damages and
costs and granted a stay of execu-
ton.
Evidence for the defense was
given by Sydney A. Moseley. author
of the book. IAN Amazing Seance."
Justice Darling: was the result
that you believed her to be gifted
with supernatural powers or notr'
Witness Gives Views.
The witness replied he believed
that the medium had powers that
were fairly common in these days.
The Judge: What powers do
you mean?"
Witness: 81 think there is such,
power as clairvoysnce."
The Judge: You now know that
IL was a trick?"
Witness: Yes
Moseley stated that after the
seance attended by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle he went to see Selbit in con-
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
JAMAICA'S SALE
TO U. S. OPPOSED.
Former Governor Declares
West Indies Want Brit
ish Rule.
ny SIR SYDNEY OLIVIER.

Former British Governor Of Jamaica.
London. April 1o.-Looking only At
the map. II seems easy to make out
a case for the union of the West
Indies with the United States, as
has just been suggested in America
There are considerable trade rcla-
tionships which may seem to JUS
tify the proposal.
But this leaves entirely out of
account the psychology and sociol-
ogy Of the islands. 1t disregards
altogether the history of the West
Indies. and the facts of West In
dian life. And I cannot help think
ing that those are matters of pro-
found importance-matte which
must be taken very seriously into
consideration.
Take Jamaica, for instance. 1t is
a small island. but its population Is
only a little less than that of New
Zealand. 1t has a long history which
is we'll known to its people, and
is cherished by them. They have
to a very large degree the national
sense. They look Upon themselves
in no uncertain fashion both as
"Jamaicans" and as members of a
state of the British Empire. They
have a great loyalty to the British
throne.
Emphatically the West Indians dc
not wish to be united with any
other nation.
The different islands have their
own national sense. and / do not
see why. with wise craftsmanship
to guide the developer ent. 1t should
not pass into a West Indian ma
tional sense. so that all the islands
would become parts Of one nation
"a nation which might possibly in.
clude British Guiana as well.
Then there is another aspect-tht
color question. In the West Indie:
there was at one time a color prob
lem, just as there has been wher'
ever white and black have LIVED
side by side. But in the course oi
years that problem has been sub
stantiall eliminated. In Jamaica
white and black live under condi'
tions of practical equality. The Law
does rot discriminate between them
and they are on terms of amity
with one another.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Pubiic Ledger serviee.)

Paris. April 10.-In a column
article headed Hoover and the
Treaty of Peace" lie Figaro init
mates between the lines that the
foreign policy the candidate advo-
Gates is retirement from Euro
pean affairs" and declares Mr..
Hoovet is well designated as the
"inspirer" of the policy that has
marked the American attitude to-
ward the treaty during the last
year. Its conclusions are based on
the publication of the letter from
Mr.. Hoover to President Wilson
written in April, 1919. in which
Mr.. Hoover urged the United
States to leave European entangie-
ments lock. stock and barrel. I"
The letter was widely reprinted
here but only now is discussed
editorially in Paris.
The article was written by Claude
BePton, many years ago on the Fig
arc stan, which fact alone is not
significant. From the time of Amer
lean Intervention M. Berton was
laison officer with James kerney.
then representing the American
committee on public information in
FRANCE. M Berton knew the inside
facts not only concerning Mr.. Kerr
ney's additional political role of
watching the prospective candidates
for the Presidency. but also got
through that knowledge an ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Hoover and
Gen. Wood.
NJ. Berton says.
Mr.. Hoover's popularity increases
daily in America despite eulogies.
doubt and villifications. His name.
in the last two months. has upset
all combinations concerning the
election. Mr.. Hoover is a candidate
despite himself. He was a candidate
long before he announced himself.
He is a candidate. even though po-
litically. he has done nothing to be-
come one. He is candidate, even
though attached to neither party.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
LIKELY
TO TAX OILERS
Especial Cable Dispnteh.)

Rome, April 10.-Prof. Giovanni
lombard, father Of the bill making
work compulsory for all male citi-
zens. and heavily taxing idlers and
gentlemen of leisure, has just in
troduced in the Italian Chamber of
Deputies another bill which has
been received with the greatest en-
thusiasm by many jurists of the
Parliament who have promised to
support 1t and see. that II is passed
with the shortest possible delay.
Prof ! Lombardi. who teaches
criminal law at the University of
Naples, and has attracted consider
able attention for his origienal
theories, believes that work les the
infallible cure for most of present
day social evils. The new bill in
fact proposes the abolition of life
imprisonment, and solitary confine-
ment, which. although limited to
six years, few convicts survive. the
majority losing their mind after
the second or third year. ,.s
Under the lombard bill. the man
deserving a life sentence for his
crime will be sent to one Of the
agricultural settlements to be es-
tablished by the State in the over
seas colonies, and there he will be
compelled to work for a number of
years to support himself and, Incl
dentally. indemnify the family Of
his victim with the products of his
labor.
The bill calls also for the es-
tablishment Of number of work
houses of a modern type, destined
to- replace the present penitentiaries.
1t also makes II compulsory on
judges to impose sentences to work,
but work under the bill will be
something radically different from
what Is known as. hard labor"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Wife Gets Dioorce;
Treat EN- Rough "
Husband is Scored

London. April 10.-Justice Nc
-ardle, in the divorce court. gave a
iisquisition on how not to treat a
wife.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Robey,
daughter of a clergyman, petitioned
FOR a divorce from her husband, DR..
W. c. T. Robey. She accused him of
cruelty and misconduct. DR.. Robey
denied the allegations and sought
restitution of conjugal rights.
The question arose whether the
husband had been guilty of a course
q conduct which. although not
amounting to cruelty, was yet just
cause for the wife to refuse to live
with her husband.
Mrs. Robey, however, said he was
habitually cruel and neglected her.
She was corroborated by her two
sisters, whose evidence the court ac-
cepted.
On one occasion, it was said, DR..
Robey never spoke to his wife for
about a fortnight, and when she
spoke to him he merely stared at
her.
II think" the court summed up, in
granting the decree to Mrs. Robey.
sweetness of his wife's temper. her
patience, and her willingness to help
him
HE forgot the courtesies of mar
ried life. and wholly ignored the du-
lies of sympathy and kindness. He
:reated her as a mere servant, rath-
IT than as a wife.
He applied the methods of the
barracks to the conduct of his do
nestle life.
He roughly demanded what he
should have courteously requested
He thought his wife was a proper
subject for gross abuse. He sapped
her affection-even destroyed it
and created repugnance where there
mad once been love.
This was what in 1917 apparently
ed Mrs. Robey to seek relief in the
courtesy and attention of other men.
Then the husbands jealousy and un-
kindness. consequent upon that.
ieepened his gross discourtssy and
:ruelty Of conduct"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
FRENCH WOMEN
SHINEIN'TRADE
Northclife Says They Excel
American Sisters in
Business.
GOOD AT ORGANIZING
Pass Unnoticed in Paris,
While Pictures Would Be
In Papers Here.
GOOD AT ORGANIZING
By CATHARINR GRorH.

Paris, April 10.-"when I was in
America" Lord Northcliffe remarked
reminiscently over, cup of tea, IT
was always asked what I thought of
American business women. And my
answer was, L don't see such very
remarkable ones. Where are they?"
There is SO much talk about the
American woman's activities, but as
a matter of fact, doubt IL she holds
as many positions at the top as In
France. French women are admir-
able-the most wonderful organiz-
ers in the world. Take q concern
like the Callot sisters. employing
thousands OF working people, whose
proceeds every year figure into the
millions.
Founded the Bon Marche.
in America they would have
their pictures in the papers and give
interviews by the score. In Paris
they pass unnoticed. But they are
there.
"And take that other wonderful
woman, Nine. Boucicault, who
founded the Bon Marche, the mother
of department stores. Her system
of paying her employees was SO re-
markable that she set a new pace
for employers. And most of her
money went to charity. after her
death.
And take the elder Mime. Duval.
the real founder Of the Duval Res
taurants, how often have I seen her,
in the evening. going over the books
of all the different restaurants as
they were brought In to her. And
Nine. Pommery, who gave the cham
pagne house its greatest start.
Cornered Grape Market.
AT the time when the Germans
invaded France in 1870 she had the
courage and the foresight to stake
her fortune in buying up all the
champagne grapes SO that when the
war was over she held the market
in her own hand. I could cite scores
of examples, but these few will suf-
fee, 1 believe. to dispel the illusion
so often referred to of the French
woman's frivolity rs compared with
the American woman's business
ability. The French woman and
American, both, are active. But
while there may be more women In
intermediate positions in America I
believe there are proportionately
more women at the head of their
own businesses and who have made
fortunes in France than in the Unit
ed States"
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
BERLIN OPERA STAR
LURED BY u. S. GOLD
(wnshington Herald-Public. Ledger
Service, Special Cable Dispatch-)


Service, Special Cable DspatehD
Berlin. April 10.-Fraulein Claire
Dux, one of the stars of the former
Royal Opera in Berlin. has listened
to the music of foreign gold, and
her voice will be heard no more on
the stage of the new republican
State Opera. Upon representations
of the director of the State Opera
the German Stage Society has pro-
nounced a ban against Fraulein
Dux for breaking her contract with
the opera, and steps will be taken
to collect the penalty provided in
the contract.
Though she Is one of the highly
paid soloists of the opera, the de-
probation of German currency
made any foreign engagement at
tractive, and Fraulein Dux. ii is
charged, took French leave and
went upon a concert tour in Scan
dinavia- Despite the prejudice
against singers from Germany. she
has now. il is said, secured an en-
gagement in the United States, the
emoluments OF which will reconcile
her to the closed doors of the Ger
man musical world.
Copyright, 1890, by Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Jap BUSINESSMEN
PLAN EXPO. IN 1922
Especial Cable Dispatch,

Tokyo. April 19.-Business men or
Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka are plann-
ing to hold an exposition in 1922
to celebrate world peace. The main
fair will take place in Kyoto and
there will be branch exhibits in
Kobe and Osaka, both very impor-
tant industrial cities.
It is expected that exhibits will
be contributed from all parts of the
world. and that the affair will be
a great, international one. 1t is es-
timated that the show will involve
an expenditure of 10000. 900 yen. the
greater part of which will be con-
tributed by the central and soma
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

who has Just returned to London
after breaking the bank at Monte
Carlo.
London, April 10 have visited
Monte Carlo for the last 25 years.
This year 1 did extraordinarily we'll.
BY sheer good luck broke the bank
at one table at roulette three times
within an hour-which means that
1 won in that time 10000 francs.
At another sitting, as the banker,
and giving banque ouverte at bac-
carat, 1 lost 100000 francs of my
winnings; but taking the visit
throughout 1 won enough to keep
myself and my friends and come
home with a handsome surplus.
Did 1 hypnotize the chefs or the
croupiers? Not bit of 1t! And 1
disagree completely with what
Cousins Lawrence has said in his
new book-that the croupiers can
turn up any given number at will
by skilful manipulation of the
wheel. Such suspicious have exist
ed in the minds of many other Wis
itors hut they are merely supersti-
tious.
Capital, Courage, Luck,
Systems, Mr.. Lawrence says, can
not win. But / believe that, given
three things-courage, capital and
reasonable luck. with a sensible
plan of progressive staking-money
can be made at Monte Carlo. One
must be content to win very little
at time. Heaps of people today
are making a living at the game.
and they never play high.
I know, for instance, of an Amer
lean who went to the Riviera for his
health and Is doing very nicely at
the tables. He has actually kept
himself there for the last eight
years, winter and summer.
He is not what one might call a
gambler at all. When he went there
do not think he had seen a roulette
table. But watching the tables he
came to the conclusion that he had
discovered a i'ery fine investment.
So he withdrew from America a
small amount of capital that was
bringing in kitween 6 and per
cent. Now eaf-.- day he goes to the
Casino with . 20. He plays with
five-franc piece on a plan which he
has devised, with so much success
that the capital he withdrew 10 now
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
FLOWER GIRLS STILL
FEATURE OF LONDON

London, April 10.-The flower
girls of London. celebrated in song
and story for centuries, still flour
ish here. The other day one of these
girls" died after having sold flow
ers at one corner for fifty years.
And her mother had the same post
before her.
Any morning in January, Febru-
airy or March they may be seen COM
ing from Covent Garden Market
with their fairy freight of violets,
jonquils and primroses done up in
willow baskets.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
LONDON MEN POLITE
EVEN IN BUS JAMS

London, April 10.-What strikes
one about London crowds is their
eminent sense of fair-play. Take
this matter of busses for instance.
A man will be waiting at one of the
regular stops for his bus. Another
man will come along wanting that
same bus. He will Just naturally,
as a matter Of course, fall in line
behind the first conner. First thing
you know there is what London
calls a queue" Can you imagine a
New York crowd doing that?
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
PARCELS TO GERMANY
RIFLED BY THIEVES
(Special Cable Dispatch.) }

Berlin. April 10.-'Liebesgaben"
packages. that is, gift packages,
out of America for relatives and
friends in Germany are being prey
ed on en- route.
For instance, one package recent
ly arriving had been pried open
at Hamburg-five pounds of choco-
late had been removed, and in it's
place a package of bolts and nuts
done up in a Hamburg workman's
newspaper had been inserted.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
WARWICK.


The Countess of warwick, who
Is now running on the Labor party
ticket in walthamstow for election
as the second woman member of the
British House of Commons, If elect
ed. will carry to the lower house
a strong antipathy against the title
system. according to a dispatch from
London. Although the countess is
a beneficiary of the system she de-
plores the fact that it exists. The
Countess has very advanced ideas
and will undoubtedly Introduce very
progressive legislation II she is
elected. She is very much opposed
to the holding OF vast estates by
the titled few. 1t Is such a novel
idea for one Of the nobility to hold
that 1t will be interesting to see
just what action the countess will
take IL she il elected.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
SOCIALIST PAPER
WANTS LARGE LOAN

(Washington Herald-Public Ledger
Service, Special Cable Dispatch3
Paris. April 10.-The Socialist
newspaper Humanite has opened a
subscription to obtain 100000 francs,
which amount is declared neces-
sary II the newspaper is to continue
publication. The deficit is caused
by the increased price of paper.
the total paper bill. according to
Humanite. being nearly half mill
lion francs monthly.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
By WALTER MARTIN.

who has just returned to London
after breaking the bank at Monte
Carlo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-15

workers will be alarmed over the small
number that have contributed.
IAN example of the attitude of citi-
zens in the roll call is the true story
of a prosperous merchant who, in
stead of subscribing when the down
town workers called upon him, brought
from home a Red Cross flag given his
wife when she gave her membership
to a residence worker. The Red Cross
flag hangs in his shop window on
Kansas avenue" Mitchell said.
In a drive about the city Sunday, an
observer noted very few Red Cross
flags in Topeka homes. In many
blocks in succession not a Red Cross
flag was in evidence.
City and county roll call workers
will meet at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon at the Chamber of Commerce
to make reports of the number that
has already answered present" to the
roll call.
Twenty-six thousand soldiers wound
ed in the war are still being given Red
Cross service in hospitals, and yet the
Red Cross roll call workers are dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-15
Combing Won't Rid
Hair Of Dandruff

/ The only sure way to get rid of dan
druff Is to dissolve it, then you destroy
4 entirely. To do this, get about four
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply
it at night when retiring; use enough
TO moisten the scalp and rub it in
gently with the finger tips.
Do this tonight. and by morning.
most II not all. of your dandruff will
be. gone and three or four more appli-
cations will completely dissolve and
entirely destroy every single sign and
trace of it. no matter how much dan
druff you may have.
You will find. too. that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop at
once, and your hair will be fluffy, lus-
trous glossy. silky and soft. and look
ana feel a hundred times better.
Xou can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. It is inexpensive and never fails
to dosthe work ADV.