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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-22
STOKES NOTE
REUSED WIFE
His Letter to Children Effort to
Hurt Mother, Says Attorney.
Read As Evidence.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Can 1t be
that w. e. d. Stokes had in mind
: his lively young wife when he wrote
their children. Mnriel and James.
about his wandering pussy" cat?
Martin w. Littleton, attorney for
Helen Elwood Stokes in the suit
for divorce brought by her elderly
millionaire husband, contends that
he had.
LETTER STARTED RUPTURE.
Her mother, Mrs. Emma Miller. said
ON the witness stand that the letter
marked the beginning of her disap-
prevail of Stokes as husband and
father.
The two typewriter pages with
red ink interlineations, which Is the
symbolic letter" figuring extensive
ly in the sensational case, was read
in court late yesterday afternoon by
Littleton. Addressed to Dear Rcd
top and Jimmie" who tnen were
visiting their grandmother In Denver,
and dated September II, 1920, il told
of a dog their father expected to buy
them This is the portion character
ICED as symbolic" by Mr.. Littleton:
= TEXT OF .TOMMY CAT- NOTE.
: "Our pussy is wandering pussy
and does not come near the house
Nxcept at meal time, when she comes
and insists on getting something TO
eat.
1.-The rest of the time she is CAD
: ding about. | cannot understand
7 where she goes. ! have seen her two
or three blocks away from home at
. night, prowling around with other
Z cats. 1t is awful. She has gotten
I into bad company and bad ways. She
not satisfied with the friendship
of one cat Ia nice, big black cat
tnext), but she wants to be running
around with hundred cats. Pretty,
soon | think she will be friendly
Z with a thousand
by the books before me it looks
: TO me as IL our pussy was friendly
I with a thousand Tommy cats and still
: keeps young and fools everybody
&. about her age"
The letter was signed Daddy"
. Littleton's redirect examination of
Mrs. Miller attempted to show that In
: his original bill OF complaint, Stokes
implied illegitimacy of the children.
Such implication. according to Her
ybert Smyth, Stokes attorney, existed
only in the Imagination of his oppo-
nent
- INFURIATED BY QUESTIONS.
Under Smyth's cross-examination
concerning Mrs. Stokes association
with Hal Billig, her cousin, and Ed
gar T. Wallace. both named co-respon-
dents, Mrs. Miller became Infatuated
and nearly hysterical. At one Joint
she declared that she would refuse to
, answer questions unless she could re-
ply In her own way. AS her answers
usually involved long, exhaustive re-
. citals, there was endless pickering
between attorneys, even overrulings
of the court.
I Mrs. Miller told OF Bllig's visit to
1.-THE Stokes home New Years eve.
{191S, and during the months follow
fling. She said he occupied room on
the second floor which formerly had
been her daughters while Mrs. Stokes,
l,she said, moved to the floor above.
She denied excitedly that any OF her
daughters wardrobe had been left in
the room turned over to Billig. She
also denied knowledge of Stokes OBJ
lection to having the young man in
the house. Smyth persisted:
Don't you know that Mr.. Stokes
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driver mt close rnnge.
SCRANTON. Pa. April 22.--One
hundred jagged pieces of metal,
similar to shattered window sash
weights, were found in the Acona
restaurant. a frequent haunt OF Tony
Ligf. held by Federal agents as a
suspect in the Wall street bomb
explosion, 1t was learned today. The
discovery was made by reporters
who turned their find over to Fed
eral authorities.
FOUND IN Tin BOX.
The metal fragments were found in
a tin box. They closely rcsembled
the broken bits of sash weights found
scattered over Wall street after the
explosion.
Ligi. Federal officials said, has not
yet established an abb for his where
abouts on the day of the explosion.
Ligi was employed at the restaur-
ant. Federal agents said. He worked
there up to the night before he was
arrested. He told his employer he
was quitting to engage in business
for himself.
The tin box holding the broken
where Ligi had been accustomed to
hang his coat, police said. The find
is considered exceedingly important
by Federal officials.
Search of Ligi's effects. 1t is said
revealed a complete secret code built
on the dot and dash system. Names
of several leading anarchists were
also found on papers in his posses
sion.
Attorneys for the suspect have de-
manded an immediate hearing, but
the Government has contended It's
examination of the facts is not yet
completed. The prisoner Is subjected
to constant drilling.
Ligi. arrested on a technical charg
OF draft evasion. has denied all con-
nection with the New York explosion
His arrest followed a secret service in.
vestigation OF that incident
II has been learned that Lig
quit a job here on September S, eight
days before the explosion. His move
ments between that time and early
October, when he was re-employec
on a Scranton construction job, hav,
vet to be traced.
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SASH CLUE IN
L|G|'S CLOSET
Window Weights Found In Bomb
Suspects Haunt Like Those
Wrecked in Wall Street.

SCRANTON, Pa, April IA
dennite sttempf will be made here
late today 70 Identify Tito LigI.
held ~ q bomb suspect, rs the man
who drove the "death wagon" into
Wall street last September 10.
Federal agents have summoned
from new FORK three witnesses
who viewed the "death wagon"
driver mt close rnnge.
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STEEL co. OF CANADA.

TORONTO, April 23.-Robert Hob
son, president of Steel Company, OF
Canada, addressing stockholders at
annual meeting, attributed present
unsettled conditions facing steel in
dustry to inordinately high freight
rates and equally high wages paid
employees.
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didn't know who paid the expenses,
| she said.
Mrs. Stokes was revealed as a pos
sible rival to the celebrated Charlotte
| (kid) Russo in letter she wrote to
her mother from White sulphur
Springs. An idea " the wallop the
young wife packs in a pinch may be
CLEANED from this signed story Of
what happened to the nl.rse tina.
blanketed the babies heads to stif!e
their crying:
She followed me into the room.
but, mother, dear, she followed the
wrong woman. / got out OF bed,
! grabbed her by the shoulders and
shook her till / was out Of breath.
! Then | took fresh hold and shook
her again. l repeated II a third time
, with final shove that sent her
across the room with bang. / was
afraid OF losing my mind. Ever since
she has been licking my boots. l told
her that only her gray hairs pre-
vented my carving my name in her
face. Then i went back TO bed and
read. HELEN"
And the cryptical postscript OF this
letter contained this fragment Of
feminine philosophy:
Husbands sometimes spoil perfect
ly good dreams"
Mrs. Stokes laughed as she heard
this line. which remained unexplain-
ed at recess. The question regarding
insanity, which suggested the query.
who's Looney Now?' made famous
in another case, came up when Mrs.
Miller was asked il she had ever dis
cussed with Stokes mental and mari
tai conditions together. She respond
ed curtly:
81 tried to patch up things the best
I could, but l thought Mr.. Stokes
was insane"
NO INSANITY STRAIN.
Smyth then read this extract from
a letter by Mrs. Miller to Stokes:
There is not any insanity on our
side of Helen's family for three gem
erations. i never heard of any case,
no matter how remote. There was
one person who might be called pc
culiar but l think you have been
wrongly informed"
Mrs. Miller volunteered to analyze
her present feelings toward Stokes in
single word IL the court would per-
NIT II, but Smyth, who has heard
much of Mrs. Miller's characterize
tions, persuaded her to refrain, say
ing that he could guess it, Mrs.
stokes was smiling now.
Mrs. Miller conceded that her daugh-
ter was anxious to have New York
ONE outside her husbands hotel, but
denied that she had selected one with
a $4,000 rental.
A mass of testimony was taken re-
garding Mrs. Stokes financial re-
sources before her marriage and the
manner in which the $4,000 in Jewels
was lost, but Mrs. Miller blocked
much Information by fatty refusing
TO answer.
1t was shown by letters that Stokes
ad complained that his wife would
not give him a list of the lost jewels,
their origin or purchase price. Mrs.
Miller denied that any were gifts
from other men, and added that
Stokes had given very few.
In probing into Mrs. Stokes pre-
nuptial wealth, Smyth tried TO show
that her father had left an estate in
GLIDING only zone milch COW. one calf,
one horse, one saddle. one bride and
household furnishings" Mrs. Miller
denied it but would not reveal what
was left.
This question made the total in
ventory of the animals figuring in the
testimony OF tn" day as follows: Cats
pussy, 900 tommies; goats. l, male I;
cows .. horses 1. dogS, |
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Mother of Mrs. Stokes, Who
Defends Her in Suit

Mrs. Miller
testified that
Mrs. Stokes
had been an
ideal mother
for her two
children.
She denied
that there
had ever been
anything in
Mrs. Stokes
friendship
with
Harold Billig,
an alleged
western
admirer, that
\ could be
justly
criticized.
Mrs. Stokes
had never
gone out alone
with
Mr.. Billig,
she declared.
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Prices realized on Swift q Co. sales Of
carcass beef in Washington for week
ending Saturday, April Is, 1871, IN ship
ments sold out, ranged from 10 cents per
round to Is cents per pound.-Advt.
Evening star., 1921-12-18

At no time during the entire year
are greater crimes committed against
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spect and correct living. and, in gen.
eral. prepare them to meet, unafraid.
the great human problems which they
must face during the night or early
dawn of the new day which must soon
come to the world-lest it perish.
An Ideal Christmas Menu.
Following is an ideal menu for the
Christmas dinner:
Oyster Soup or Vegetable Broth.
Bread Sticks.
Cranberry Sauce. Celery. Ripe Olives.
Whole Wheat Bread.
Roast Turkey or Chicken. Butter.
Spinach and Baked Potato and
Creamed Celery or Brussels Sprouts
Fruit Salad.
Ideal Plum Pudding
(See recipe below.)
Recipe for Plum Pudding.-For six
people: One cup grated large carrots,
one cup grated boiled white potatoes.
two eggs whipped light, one cup raj
sins and one-half cup currants rolled
in tablespoonful flour. one-half cup
brown sugar, one-fourth cup butter.
one-fourth cup molasses. one tea
spoonful cinnamon, one-haif teaspoon
full each of allspice and baking pow
der, one-fourth teaspoonful salt.
Steam for three hours in a mold.
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or organic mineral salts. together
with solar energy or the great life
force absorbed from the direct rays
of the sun. all of which are indis-
pensible to the life and strength Of
the body and efficiency of mind.
These foods neutralize and drain
from the body the uric acid and
other body poisons, as well as waste
products, created by the negative
foods. II there be a reasonable bal
ance between the positive and mega.
tive foods referred to. the needs OF
the body will be satisfied and sick
ness and disease avoided.
Protect the Children.
At any time of the year. it is ex-
eat indiscriminately. Especially is
this SO during the holidays. when
there is abundance of candies and
other sweets. cake, pie. etc, lying
around the house and open to them
at all times. They should not be per-
and essence of Christmastide and turn
the days into a "Beltzshazzar's feast"
II they do, watch the writing on the
wall"
They should be allowed to eat only
sparingly of sweets. meats. starches
and fats. On the other hand. give
them all the fruits they desire, and
substantial amounts of green and
leafy vegetables. milk, and whole
grain products, including whole wheat
bread. When you realize that official
statistics show that three out of every
four children have some physical de-
feet detrimental to their health; that
one out of four. rich and poor alike.
suffers from malnutrition, and that
more than ninety out of a hundred
have defective teeth, do You think
that your children are not numbered
among these human detectives? Is it
not your duty to them. and to the
nation, to see that their physical
health, mental efficiency and general
moral stamina are not undermined
through over-indulgence. and lack of
self-control, not only during the holi-
days. but throughout the entire year?
Tremendous changes are taking
place throughout the world, and a
radically new order of things is be-
ing established in nearly every phase
of life. Begin now, this Christmas
and the coming new year. and train
these children in life's fundamentals
of self-control. self-reliance. self-re-
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CHRISTMAS CRIMES
The Colossal Abuse and Misuse of Food During the
Christmas Holidays, Resulting Sickness and Disease,
and How Avoid It-Protect the Children.
By PHILANDER d. POSTON

the human body than during the
Christmas holidays. 1t is meet and
proper that these days be filled with
all that will bring gladness to the
repoSe of spirit, but there is no good
reason, nor even excuse, for the
punishments inflicted upon the body,
and by reflex action passed on to the
mind and higher faculties, through
the unrestrained Indulgence in the
eating of foods. excessive in quantity
and destructive in their vicious COM
binations.
The palmiest days of the ancient
Roman empire, when emperor, citizen
and slave all gorged themselves to
the extreme limit with rich and heavy
viands. had very little on the average
wealthy and middle-class American
family of the present day. The pres
ent dietary habits of these two classes
of our people at other times through
out the year are bad enough, but
when Christmas approaches temper
ence. moderation and reason are
abandoned and self-indulgence runs
riot. AS the old saying goes, "The
big pot is put in the little one" and
the entire family, including cat and
dog. seem to have but one idea in
celebrating the wondrous birth of the
to stuff! stuff! stuff! Not the salts
flying of a legitimate appetite; not the
appeasing of an honest hunger earned
and justified through actual work or
some helpful service to another or to
mankind; not the rebuilding and re-
vitalizing of the temple Of the SOUL"
but the examining and jamming and
congesting of this complex and won
.derfully made body of ours with food
combinations, and quantities., SO
gross, SO excessive, SO out of reason
and balance in SO far as the needs of
the body are concerned, that nature,
at first, stands aghast; then rebels.
and finally sets to work to mete out
to the offender. measuring by the
degree of the offense. punishment in
the form of weakness. sickness and
disease of body; lethargy and depres-
sion of mind, and WEAKNESS and i'm
poverishment of spirit. These things
we do in glorification of the Christ,
whose birth we assume to celebrate!
Since self-control is the first law of
our being, and will power. moral
stamina and constructive intellectual
forces are the true measure of our
material progress. Intellectual ac-
complishments and our souls growth,
where are we headed for when we so
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utterly fail to exercise a moderate
self?
The Poor and Needy.
Not only during the glorious Christ
mastide. but throughout the year.
one-half Of the people are over
fed while the other half frequently
lack food enough to keep intact soul
and body. While many of us will be
forcing into the body, merely to tickle
the palate and cater to a perverted
sense of taste. large quantities Of
food many times in excess of the ac-
tual needs of the body. thousands of
human beings right here in Washing
ton, the capital of the richest nation
on earth, will be suffering the pangs
of hunger, possibly with just enough
food to keep the fame of life burning
at a low ebb.
AS a matter of fact. there is food
enough for all, but. as in many other
phases of our economic life, society
as it is at present organized does not
permit of equal distribution of the
earth's harvests and the fruits of
human labor. Would it not be a wise
thing, not to mention the Christlike
spirit. this Christmas to think little
less of self and self-gratification by
riety of foods We take into our bodies
and giving to the poor and needy.
through the Salvation Army or Asso-
ciated Charities. in either food or
cash, the actual saving in this way
accomplished? Thusly will we not only
prevent sickness and unhappiness to
ourselves. but will serve and make
happy some one else whose human
needs we share. Have you ever looked
into the face of a starving child, an
undrfed and sickly woman. or a hungry
old man? (And their number is legion.)
If so, surely your conscience will not al
low you to overfeed and overindulge
these Christmas days. when thousands
around you will be crying out for food.
Will you not limit your food to the actual
needs for bodily health and give through
charitable organizations. the excess
sive surplus. heretofore sacrificed on
the altar of self-indulgence and gastro-
nomic debauch, in order that empty
stomachs may be filled, heavy hearts
made glad and weary spirits sustained
little further on life's rough and rocky
road? II was hungry and ye gave Me
meat (food)." "Inasmuch as We have
done 1t unto one of the least of these.
my brethren, We have done it unto
Me-" Even as a practical proposition
limit your own needs and give to the
needy. 1t pays. For under the great
law of compensation which is eternal
ly operative, LAS ye give, so shall ye
receive"
Around Christmas we begin the day
with a heavy breakfast. after which
we sit around the house until noon.
Furnishing the poor stomach with
varied and rich candies, cakes and
the like. Next comes a lunch of gen.
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chemical combinations. That being
disposed of we hit it off to the
theaters. movies or take a drive
tive, but physically stagnant During
the afternoon. more candy. or some
thing else equally as harmful. The
evening brings on to the schedule
dinner. And such a dinner! Already
we have eaten enough in quantity to
| sustain the bodys needs for several
days. but. notwithstanding this fact,
we are up and at it again-this old
est, most fixed and most violently
abused habit of the human race.
the food team are about as follows:
Soup. turkey. with lots of rich gravy
and heavy dressing: white bread in
abundance, large helpings Of such de-
hatured stuff as white rice. mashed po-
tatoes' candied sweet potatoes. mac
pie. fruit cake and ice cream, nuts.
candy and-don'ti forget the plumb
pudding. Maybe several items have
been omitted. If so. forget them.
Later In the evening, more candy or
other truck" So goes the day. and
into the defenseless stomach a con-
glomerate mass of food and drink,
the chemical composition and action
OF which are such as to make Rough
on Rats" and TINT" blush with due
dpOIOSleS LOT llelT mllQ and unOb-
trusive nature and healing, sooth-
ing qualities. Except for the nuts
and ice cream. practically the entire
list of foods just given are negative
in character and acid-forming in
their effects upon the body. That is
to say, the digestion and assimila-
ton of such foods result in the for
nation within the body of uric acid
and other body poisons and the re-
tention of certain waste material in
the blood and tissues. all of which
produce low vitality and stagnant
physical and mental states by reason
of piling up within the body morbid
soil upon which germs and parasites
live and multiply. Aside from mega
tive and disordered states of mind,
this condition of the body is the
underlying cause of all disease.
Corrective and Preventive Measures.
Practically all of the foods listed
above are proteids. pure starches,
fats and commercial sweets. While
a limited amount of these foods may
properly be eaten, all combined
should not form over a half of the
entire bulk of food during a day To
these negative foods should be added
large quantities of the positive, life
giving foods, such as fruits of all
kinds. green and leafy vegetables,
celery. lettuce. cranberries with
little sugar, sweetmilk, buttermilk,
mild cheese. honey and candies or
sirup made Of pure maple sugar.
These positive foods. last named.
contain large amounts of vitamines
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In pursuing the policy of the trade agreement
however, he encountered great difficulties All the
allies. except Italy, were chary Of entering into
any relations with Moscow. The United States took
the same view. The bosheviks themselves by
their internal terrorism and Intervention abroad,
made contact almost impossible But Lloyd George
was not to be turned back in policy which he
1eIt was an essential step toward world recovery.
He was utterly against weakness It was Lloyd
George who, when the bosheviks rejected his pro-
posai for general conference on condition that
they halted their armies outside Poland organized
ana dispatched the DAbernon- -Weygand expedition
to Warsaw, which did so much to bring about
the dramatic boshevik reverse. Other people were
Illuminating with their mouths; it was Lloyd
George who, when his practical proposals for a
conference to negotiate a real settlement had
failed, took the active steps which defeated the
bolshevik plans for bolshevzing Poland. And prac-
tically the whole world now sees that the policy
of breaking down the barriers and encouraging
trade between Russia and the outside world is the
only way Of bringing about improved conditions
both inside Russia itself and increased employ
ment outside.
y X X
The other external problem to bring about
a settlement in the near east. There. when the
idea Of obtaining American cooperation had failed
Lloyd George stood out strongly for putting an
end to Turkish imperialism and basing the solu-
tion on nationality. He was in favor Of confin-
ing the Turks to the territory in which they had
an undisputed majority. and basing the stability Of
the near east equipoise between the Greek and
Turkish national states He believed that in view
of the Turkish record there would never be peace
so long as compact Greek majorities, in Symrna,
were left under Turkish rule Civilization had al
ways wilted under Turkish rule and had revived
as in the Balkans. when 1t had been removed On
the other hand he had great belief in the capacity
of the Greeks to make a success Of the task in
trusted to them. He thought, therefore, that the
only course was to grapple with the nettle in spite
of the hostility and suspicion it in India
and the Moslem world. and make a national set
tlement which. once established. would last. Sub
stantialy. he got his way in the treaty of Sevres
but divergence between the great powers the over