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The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-06-16
BIGGEST WARSHIP
TO BE LAID DOWN

Quincy, Mass, June 14.-The keel
OF the worlds biggest warship will be
laid down here within six months.
The battlecruiser Lexington, combin-
ing in a degree unequalled by any shlp
Of war now built or building the
qualities of powerful armament and
high speed, has taken form in draw
ings and awaits the arrival of mater
ials to be advanced from the hands of
the architect to those of the builder.
By fall, it is estimated, the prospec-
tive queen Of the United States navy
will become a ship under construction
instead of an ambitious plan.
The Lexington is the nameship of
give Uncle Sam within four years q
fleet of six big gun fighting ships un-
matched by anything then afloat. Her
sister ships, the Constellation, Sara
toga, Ranger, Constitution and United
States, are also under contract They
bring names out of the old navy with
which to develop for the first new cap
ital vessels of the post war fleet q
traditional background for fresh ex-
ploits.
With the others of it's class, the
Lexington will be a whale of q ship.
It will displace 43,2OO tons and will
have the power Of 10000 horses, as
measured in mechanical terms. It's
length Of STA feet is within 46 feet
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-06-16

ial torpedoes will be obtained through
fore and aft torpedo defense e bulk
heads. oy which the stability of the
vessel will be preserved no matter
where she is pierced. Under any con-
dttions but an explosion, it Is claimed,
the Lexington class Of warship should
prove unsuitable
Al - cation of tie Lex;ngton's
greatness is afforded by comparison
with British warship Hood; which
The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1920-06-16

when it Is floated will be the biggest
ship in the British navy and afloat.
Lexington. Speed, s5 knots; dis.
placement. 4a.soo tons; length, s74
feet; horsepower. 10000; big guns,
8 1e-inch; main armor, inch.
Hood: Speed. 81 knots; disp,ace-
ment, 41,2oo tons; length, $50 feet;
horsepower. $4,000; big guns, s 15-
inch; main armor. IL inch.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
800 PIGEONS
IN TEST RACE
Signal Corps Birds Fly To-
morrow From Capital
To New Jersey Camp.

Twelve mobile lofts of the pigeon
service, part of the communication
system of the Army Signal Corps,
will release 800 birds from the
Ellipse tomorrow morning at 1890
o'clock.
The birds will take off" on a
2OO-mile test flight to their lofts
at Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey,
for the purpose of establishing rec
Ords for themselves and to deter
mine whether they are to be used
as future foundation stock for the
Signal Corps pigeon service.
From Washington to Camp Vail
is close to 200 miles by air line
and it is expected the birds will
average from 1900 to 1900 yards
per minute. weather conditions be-
ing favorable.
In the establishment of the Signal
Corps pigeon breeding base at
Camp Vail. Little Silver, n. j., Col
Osman. of the British army and
navy pigeon service. was commits
stoned by the chief signal officer of
the army to secure $50 pairs Of the
best racing homer stock in Europe.
1t is from these birds that the
young pigeons to race tomorrow are
descended.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23

ON PROBATION
War Workers Plead Guilty
To Shoplifting; Others
Sentenced.

Grace Lillard and Alice Minsker,
the two young war workers who
pleaded guilty to shoplifting last
spring, were placed on probation
yesterday by Justice Gould in Grim
inal Court and sent forth with a
two-year penitentiary sentence sus-
pended over their heads as a re-
minder to do better.
Policewoman Cecilia Clarke ar
rested the pair 'and is said to have
discovered that they had been keep
ing a diary of their operations.
Their loot, it is alleged. amounted
to $1,000. Justice Gould declared
that he thought it better for the
two women to place them on pro-
baton instead of sending them to
Jail.
Joseph C. Lucas, who pleaded
guilty to stealing an automobile be-
longing to Marshal Wheeler on May
13, was sent to the penitentiary for
fourteen months.
Frank V. Cash and George H.
Miller, convicted housebreakers, who
broke into the home of John s.
Hopkins and stole a small quantity
of personal belongings, were also
sentenced to fourteen months in the
penitentiary.
William league was sent to the
workhouse for ten months for steal
ing quantity of jewelry from
Harry Levy. Harrison NJ. Walker
was also given ten months for rob-
bing the store of Frank Boomis on
July %.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
BRAVE
MEETINGDEATH
Negro Walks Up Gallows
Steps Unfalteringly to
Pay Murder Penalty.

With no visible sign of fear over
his fate, Frank Bowman, colored,
walked unfalteringly up the scat
fold steps in the District jail at s
o'clock yesterday morning, and a
few moments later paid with his
life for the murder four years ago
of Clarence ]. Keefer, a paralytic.
With him walked two guards and
Father Michael Gallagher, the pris-
on chaplain. The condemned man
made no audible statement as the
moose was fastened about his neck.
His lips moved in prayer. The
black mask adjusted, the signaling
handk erchief was dropped and the
trap sprung at sos o'clock. Sew
enteen minutes later Drs. J. A. Gan
non and ]. Z. Mackenzie pronounced
Bowman dead.
Keefer followed Bowman and a
woman companion into Lord S
woods, near Brookland, D. c., in
1916, and was killed there. Two
years later, following a quarrel, the
woman divulged the crime, which
had remained a mystery. Bowman
was first sentenced to hang August
90. 1919, and had been reprieved
three times.
Capt. W. L. Peake, acting super
intendent of the jail, in the alb
sence of Supt. Charles C. Foster,
had charge of the execution.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
NEWMAN WILL EDIT
G. W. u. YEARBOOK

George Washington University Of
ficials have announced the staff of
the Cherry Tree, student year book,
work on which will start in the near
future.
Harry Newman is editor with Her
bert Corn and Richard Goehring as
associate editors. Other members
of the staff follow: George r.
Sheriff, fraternity editor; Louis
Campbell, sorority editor; John D.
Glass. sporting editor; Miss Lillian
Smith, woman sporting editor; Rob-
ert W. Coffiesh. organizations editor;
Miss Grace Rickering. society and
club editor; Miss Olive Prescott, art
editor Robert Karl Peterson, as
istant art editor; Brook Hayes, car
toOn editor. and Miss Lois McDaris,
special feature editor.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
GIVEN SIX MONTHS
FOR SHOPLIFTINC

The ancient and time-worn shop
lifting trick-that of two people en-
tering a STORE together and while
one persuades the proprietor to haul
down everything in stock the other
person steals, resulted in George
Johnson, colored, going to jail for
six months.
Johnson, it was testified, entered
the store of Isaac Sacks, 3253 N
street northwest, Thursday after
noon. with another colored man.
While his partner looked at mer-
chandise. Johnson stole a piece of
wooden material. Policeman M. B.
Moore arrested him a few hours
later and recovered the goods. The
court also fined Johnson $40 for
alleged drunkenness.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
BOTHER MUST
GO INTO COURT
Company Is Charged With
Using Saccharine as
Sugar Substitute.

Detection of health department
chemists of saccharine in four prep
arations of a local bottling estab-
lishment will lead to a police court
trial next Tuesday, DR.. William c.
Fowler, District health officer, an
nounced yesterday.
Analysis showed the presence of
saccharine, instead of sugar, in gin
ger ale. strawberry, orange and
lemon soda bottled by the company.
The bottles were not labeled to
state that saccharine was in the
drinks.
The proprietor of the company
was given a hearing by DR.. Fowler
yesterday afternoon, to find wheth-
er he could explain the presence Of
saccharine in the preparations.
He stated he was unaware of the
regulation prohibiting the substi-
tute for sugar.
DR.. Fowler, however, said that
bottlinG concerns here had been re-
peatedly warned against using sac
charine, and decided that the case
could be better settled through the
courts.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
A.A. A. WILLARD
TRAFFIC BOARD
Appoints Committee te
Work on Revision of Dis
trict Automobile Laws.

Prepared to offer it's services to
the recently appointed automobile
board of the District, the District
of Columbia division of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association has ap-
pointed a traffic committee to CO.
operate with the board in the i'm
portant work in which it is now en-
gagged.
This work comprises the revision
of the District" traffic regulations,
plans for the establishment of
traffic court, and mainly. finding a
substitute for the present haphaz-
ard and indiscriminate issuance of
automobile drivers licenses.
The A. A. A. committee is COM
posed of II. II. Johnston, chairman;
John oliver La Gorce, Jerry A.
Matthews. J. Harry Cunningham.
NJ. o. Eldridge. and Conrad II.
Syme. the A. A. A. counsel for the
District. When called into consul
tation, these men will so before
the automobile board fortified with
long residence in the Capital, years
of experience as motor car owners
and drivers. and practical knowf-
edge gained by the association in
twenty years of participation in
national motoring affairs.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
POLICE TOCURB
SPEEDERS NOW
Motor Corps Find 1t Too
Difficult Determining the
.Violators.
MEMBERS TOTAL l35
Several Organizations Con-
slider Forming Two Com
panies of 25 Each.
MEMBERS TOTAL l35

Ordinary cases OF speeding auto
mobiles hereafter will be disregard
ed by the District Motor Corps and
handled by the police department
exclusively. W. Pearce Rayner, COM
mandant Of the corps, announced at
a meeting of corps officers in the
board room of the District Build
ing yesterday.
Following a conference with Maj.
Harry l. GessfOrd. superintendent
Of police, Rayner decided that men,
bers of the corps had no means of
determining whether a speeding car
was on legitimate or official mis-
sion. and that n report of the case
would not be wise. Police depart
ment automobiles and similar We
htcles have permission to speed in
certain cases. Rayner explained. Lii
cense numbers furnish no identifi-
cation when on the street, he point
ed out
Members of the corps, however,
are at liberty to report speeding
motor trucks to the department,
since the legal maximum speed of a
truck is but twelve miles. Where
pleasure cars are concerned, it is
necessary for corps members to
Oyertake the speeding machine in
order to get its license number.
Another case in which corps
members may act. Rayner said, is
where an automobile speeds of aft
er a collision or other accident to
escape detection.
Twenty-three new members were
admitted to the corps during the
past week, bringing the total mem
bership to 135. 1t was announced
that several organizations were con-
sidering formation of two companies
of twenty-five automobiles each.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
KEEP
JUDGES ON GO
Supreme Court Views Many
Varieties of Matrimonial
Troubles in Day.

The District Supreme Court was
kept busy yesterday signing final
and interlocutory DEGREES of di-
vorce ordering husbands to pay ali
mony and requiring others to show
cause why they should not be ad-
judged in contempt of court for al
legged failure to pay alimony.
Mrs. Violet V. Warfield was award
ed an interlocutory decree of abso-
lutte divorce from Earl P. Warfield
by Justice Hitz in Equity Court.
The decree stipulates that Warfeld,
who. is an insurance agent, pay his
wife SIS weekly for her support
and that of their four children. Mrs.
Warfield, who works in the Patent
Office, was married in Baltimore,
Md, on June IL, 1900.
Charles j. Bussius was awarded
an interlocutory decree of absolute
divorce from Mrs. 'Hyrtle E. Bus
sius by Justice Stafford. The cou-
pie were married in Baltimore, Md,
in March, 1914. There are no chill
dren.
Mrs. Addie S. Keyes was awarded
a final decree of absolute divorce
from Joseph E. Keyes, U. S. NJ. c.
The couple were married in Alexan-
dria. Va. on June 29, 1916, and have
one child.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. LeSage was
awarded an interlocutory decree of
absolute divorce from James F. Le-
Sage. The decree also awards the
wife the custody of their four chill
dren and $50 a month alimony. The
couple were married at Towson,
Md, on November 26, 1902.
Frances J. Havelick, chief phar-
macist mate, U. S. N, was ordered
to pay Mrs. Irene L. Havelick 500
a month temporary alimony. Mrs.
Havelick sued for a limited divorce
on October Is and charged cruelty.
Joseph Grimaldo. a barber, was
ordered to pay Mrs. Cecilia Grimaldi,
sl2 weekly, pending the settlement
OF her suit for a limited divorce
which was filed August %.
Joseph E. Murdcck was awarded
a final decree of divorce from Mrs.
Irene V. Murdoch.
Frederick A. MUrdock was ordered
to come into court on October 2s
and show cause why he should not
be adjudged in contempt of court
for alleged failure to comply with
an order of the court of February
20 requiring him to pay Mrs. Al.
berta G. Murdock s25 a month tenn
porary alimony. Mrs. Murdock had
sued for a limited divorce.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
Held Under ST 900 Bond
On Grand Larceny CHARGE

Peicy B. Jackson, colored, was
held for the grand jury yesterday
by Judge Mcmahon in Police Court
under $1,000 bond on a charge of
grand larceny.
Detective Livingston and Lieut..
Bremerman Of the Second precinct
testified that they caught Jackson
In Shepherds alley northwest on Oc-
tober 4 with S4OO worth Of coats
and dresses which it is said had
been stolen from "Herman's De-
partment Store" at 422 Four-and-
a-half street southwest, the night
before.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
Forfeits 500 on Charge
Of Transporting Liquor

Roy Thomas Graf, of 244 Twelfth
street southeast, who was arrested
October IS by Detective Connors at
Ninth and d streets northwest
with suitcase alleged to have con-
tanned five quarts of whisky, for
feited 500 yesterday morning in
Police Court on a charge of trans
porting liquor.
Charles A. Kaldenbach, who was
arrested on October 16 by Sergt.
Ogden T. Davis and charged with
selling whisky, also forfeited 800
collateral.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
CLAIMS LEAGUE
DEVISED OF OLD
Greeks and Egyptians De-
sired Peace Pact, Expert
Tells Students.
STARTS TALK SERIES
Russian Doctor Leads Hear
ers Into Paths of Old
History.
STARTS TALK SERIES

Ancient civilization is responsible
for the first league of nations idea,
according to Professor Michael 1.
Rostovtseff, of the University Of
Wisconsin, formerly of the Univer-
sity of Petrograd. who last night
lectured at the National Museum be-
fore the foreign service school of
Georgetown University.
Professor Rostovtseff has been in
the United States two months. He
is member of the Russian Academy
of Sciences. He said that the an
clients, especially the Greeks and
Egyptians. contrary to the accepted
notion, really were lovers of peace
and the first to conceive of a per-
manent peace idea.
Lecture Series Planned.
The two lectures by Professor
Rostovtseff mark the beginning of a
series of fifteen on the subject of
the history and nature of interna-
tional relations. The series was de-
signed by the regents of the foreign
service school to afford students an
opportunity to consider the princi-
pal phases in the history of rela-
tions between sovereign states.
Some of the most eminent inter
national law experts engaged in the
country are scheduled to deliver lee
lures, including Hon. John Bassett
Moore, member of the International
Commission of Jurists and profess
sor at Columbia University; Hon.
Roscoe Pound. dean OF Harvard Uni
versity law school, and Hon. James
Brown Scott, secretary of the Car
negie Endowment for International
Peace.
The next lecture will be delivered
by Professor Carlton H. j. Hayes, of
Columbia University, November 1s.
at $3.50 p. m. All the lectures will
be given in the auditorium of the
National Museum.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
JURY FAILS TO AGREE,
MISTRIAL IS DECLARED

Because one juror held out for
a verdict of $1,000 damages in IA
vOr Of H. Emma Lore, against the
City and Suburban Railway Com
pany. while the other eleven were
in favor of a verdict for $4,000,
Justice SiddOns dismissed the Jury
and declared a rnistrial
At first the jury were all thought
to favor the $4,000 verdict, but At
torney James B. Archer, on behalf
Of the railway company, demanded
that a poll be taken, which re-
vealed that one juror was opposed
The plaintiff claimed $4,000 for
personal injuries.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
PLAN MINIMUM WAGE
IN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS

inspectors of the District mimi
mum wage board have completed a
survey of local manufacturing plants
where women are employed, with
the view of fixing a minimum wage
for these workers. Fifty-five pay
rolls were examined by the in
spectors in their investigation and
a report will be made to the board
shortly.
Conferees for the office buildings
wage conference will be chosen fol-
lowing the close of the laundry con-
ference, which will be resumed No
vember l. The conferees for the
manufacturing hearing will be Sc
lected after the office building con-
ference
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
Goes to Secretaries Farley.

Arthur E. Seymour, secretary OF
the local Chamber of Commerce. left
Washington yesterday to attend the
annual convention of the National
Association of Commercial Organ
ization Secretaries at Chicago. Sey-
mour. who is an active member of
the organization. will return here
next Friday. The convention will
meet for three days, starting Mon
day.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-23
Zimmerman TO Talk.

Who Is the Liar?" will be the
subject of an address tomorrow
morning by DR.. Albert H. thinner
man, at Crandalrs Metropolitan
Theater. An open forum will be
held from 1890 to IL o'clock, which
will be followed by the lecture by
DR.. Zimmerman.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07

the home is not an economy either.
1t injuries the instrument in the first
place to let II stay out of tune, and
it injuries The ear Of every one who
listens to anything played upon it.
A badly out-of-tune piano is about
as inucn good in home as a clock
which doesn't run.
----S.,-----
DR. Silby, organist and choirmas-
ter Of St. Cecilias cathedral, has re-
Gently formed the Philharmonic
society, which is rehearsing at the
Elks' hall on Fifteenth street every
Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock. This
society has been formed with the OBJ
ject OF bringing together the men,
bers of all the choirs in the city. 1t
therefore invites members of all
crcc.ls and organizations who are
able to give their time to rehearsing.
Applicants may call Tyler 4200 or
write to the secretary, Mr.. Spnlman,
the Elks' hall, Fifteenth street. The
first work will be the Messiah which
is now being rehearsed. Among the
sponsors are Mrs. E. w. Nash, Mr..
and Mrs. L. c. Nash and Mr..
Joseph Hayden.
Many members of the former we'll
known Mendelssohn choir are be-
ing enrolled The intention is to have
a choir of 200 and an orchestra
OF 20..
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07

and fine feeling on ensemble, aud
are SO well known TO Omahasaudi-
cnces that no further mention is
necessary.
Z This concert will be given under
the auspices OF the Norden Singing
Society of Omaha, which is affiliated
with the American Union OF Swed-
ish Singers, and which expects to
attend the convention next June in
body. The officers are as iol-
lows; President, Emil Peterson;
vice president, Victor Nelson; secre-
tary, Albin Anderson, and treasurer,
Vitus Erickson. John Helgren is
director OF the Norden Singing So
ciety. l@t
A concert was given Thursday
evening. March 4. at the Immanlel
Baptist church, Twentyrfourth and
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07
Heard at the Symphony Concert.

The program promised Grieg and Brahms,
Debussy, Elgar. Schumann, Scott;
The music-lover rubbed his palms
And leaned back to enjoy the lot
piano. voice and violin.'
Said he. delight my soul within
And by anticipation stirred
He listened: this is what Ee heard:
He heard the shuffling tramp of feet
As late arrivals sought their rows:
The slam OF many tp-up seat;
The groaus evoked by wounded toes.
The heard the kissing. whispered Joke,
The rustling clothes Of restless folk;
The needless cough. the luckless
The stick that slips from slantinr
knees.
He heard why someone broke 1t Oft
with James and made It UP with John
HS heard his next row neighbor scoff
At what TIE vocalist had on
He also heard for who could fsiI?)
The mimic stern Of rafting hall
As all In unison tire throng
Their programs turned half through
song.
He heard somewhere astern, ahaft.
A far too otter opened door:
He heard from those wko felt the draught
A murmuring like the oceans roar.
All this and moro he heard quite
plain;
As there he sat distraught with pain.
L But hardly one whole phrase he got
or Brahms. Debussy. Grieg o. Scottt
New York TELEGRAPH.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07

baritone singer from Chicago, H.,
will appear in concert i'll Omaha at
the Swedish Auditorium on Friday
evening, March II, Mr., Mossbcrg
is also director-in-chief ior the
American Union Of Swedish Sing
ers, which will hold convention
this coming June in Boston, Mass.
The West Sisters String quartctte,
Omaha's popular chamber music or
ganization, will also appear on the
program Friday evening. Mrs,
Madge West Sut2hen, first violin;
Nivienne West, second violin;
Eloise West, viola. and Belle West,
violoncello. Mr.. Mossbere has
been heard in Omaha before with
the Swedish singers and he is well
remembered by those who heard
him. The West Sisters String
quartet play with musicianly skill
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07
Marne Memorial Win Mark
Apex of German Advance

At the fork OF the national high-l
way built by Caesar and repaired by
Napoleon, on the hills above. Meaix1
on the Marne, the sit for "America's
Gift to France" will be Selected by
Marshal Ioffre and Marshal Foch.
Meaux marks the high water mark
of the German advance of 1914.
americas Gift to France" will !br
colossal statue by Frederick Mkc-
Monnies to commemorate the hrst
Battle Of the Marne, September q.
1ol4s 1t will cost $250O00 to erect
the memorial. and late in March q
collection will be made throughout
the United States to obtain the
: ',,nds
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07

dean OF the Nebraska Chapter
American Guild of Organists.
Luella Aliens Violin school gave
a recital Saturday afternoon. The
following took part; Miss Lillian
Over, Miss Ruth Ball, Miss Mary
Jennings, Miss Albach, Miss Opal
Smith, Miss Pearl Haas. Miss Mar
garet Minnick, Miss Josephine Rob
inson, Miss Marie Hamilton, Miss
Lillian Nusbaum, Miss Irene Stew
art, Miss Lconore Wilson; Howard
Lundgren, Frank Falkner, Maurice
Vest. Albert Harding, Ellen Heise,
Edith Hamilton. Evelyn Frances,
Dorothy Clark, Grace Wells, Doro-
thy Kohausky Bess Sturrock,
Sarah Hausen, Olive Wilson.
Mr.. Joel MoSsburg, we'll known
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07

PLAYING of Virginia Richardson. aged
S1-2 years, who will playSany OF the
several compositions she knows In
any key requested, These have been
studied In the original key in which
they were written and she will trans
pose them, Others taking part in the
program will be Frances Nicholas.
Ann Alexander. Edith Victoria
Robins. Zida and Margaret Bromley,
~pete" Hamilton. Marian Cooley,
Betty zabriskie, Meredith Oakford
Louise and Wayne Elwood. Ruth
Hartrick.s Louis Fink. Marian Sites,
Betty Davis. Frances Cooksie and
Travis Nashit.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07

Pinkney streets, under the auspicies
OF the Woman's society No ad-
mission was charged. but a silver
offering was taken the offer
ing applying upon the fund tor
the proposed new addition TO the
church. Those appearing on the
program we're Misses less McDon-
aid, CharGeue Johnston, Hazel
beaverton and Lulu Maxwell; Mes
danes c. Z. Melton, Rita Thomas
True and Grace Thoom Oglesby;
Messrs. Harold Graham. Edgar
beaverton and Harold Thom. The
program included literary as we'll,
musical numbers.