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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-04
s5ooOoo nlunc Wreck. sonp work,.

NEW ORLEANS, LA. April 3.--Fire
of undetermined origin completely
destroyed the j. S. Long Company
soap works at Marrero.. just across
the r!yer from this city, today. Of
hciais of the company estimate their
loss at 100000. large quantities o;
cocoanut oil and valuable soap-mak-
ing machinery being destroyed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-04
Giant Mydro-Airp,nn. nurn,

MILAN. April 3.-The giant hydro.
a'rpiane OF Ciianni Caproni. which 1;
had been hoped would be able to ac-
complish transatlantic flight. but
which FELL into Lake Maggiorc dur
ing recent trial tlight, has heen
burned.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-04

uconlinued on Page -, Col.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-04
snow Storm s,cc,. ,,,,,,

LEWISTON. IDAHO. April "A
snow storm. developing at midnight
last night. continued today in the
prairie section east of Lewiston. the
depth at Grangevillc having reached
ten inches.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-04
s4o,0On Theft Conres.ea - 49,.

TOPEKA, KAN, April s.--The po-
lice declared Sunday night that Wa,-
ter Curtis. %. confessed tI.at he had
stolen trunks and jeweiry valued az
more than $4,000 from the ". IL
kiger Jewelry Company. Kansas Cay.
on March II. The jewellery wss re-
covered.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-04

Young w. b Leeds, who left the
United states on March L. 10 visi,
MS mother. Princess Anastasia. al
Athens. where she had undergone an
operation, concluded rather scnsa.
tionai trip by covering the latter
part of the journey by airplane.
Very early in life he was in delicate
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-04
FUEL REDUCTION
| ORDER ISSUED IN
MINERS WALKOUT
London Board of Trade Takes
Action Sinilarsto to That in
Strike OF 1919.
ILLUMINATED STREET SIGNS
ARE PROHIBITED BY RULING
Domestic Consumption Is Linn
tied to 100 Pounds a Week
TO One Family.
TRAIN SCHEDULES LOWERED
Gas Workers Quit Without Warm
ing, Leaving Thousands With
out Heat or Light.
ILLUMINATED STREET SIGNS
ARE PROHIBITED BY RULING
TRAIN SCHEDULES LOWERED
Gas Workers Quit Without Warm
ing, Leaving Thousands With.
out Heat or Light.
lBy Associated Press !

LONDON. April 3.-The Hoard OF
rrnd- Issued Official orders today rn-
t'oninE nnd reducing coal for the
british Isles. Illuminated street nigns
arc prohibited, tho regulations beInE
virtually Identical with those issued
duriDE the strike I'm I0IH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-05
WOMAN Gagged IS
YEARS IS HE|RESS.
schenectady Officer Seeks
$4,000 Legacy Left to Jessie
Hall by Grandfather.

SCHENECTADY. May 5.-Further
Investigation by William A. Hennes-
Osy, Humane Society officer. into the
ease of Jessie Hall, thirty-one years
old, who has been held a prisoner at
the home of her mother. Mrs Cath
crime Hall, in Ballston, near here. for
sixteen years, shows that the daugh-
ter is heiress to about, $4,000.
The money was left to her under the
will OF her grandfather, Lee Hall. An
effort will be made to find out what
has been done with it A similar
amount was bequeathed to an elder
sister. Ida, thirty-five. who lives with
her mother and sister.
When Hennessey talked with Mrs.
Hall at their dingy farm home, about
q mile and a half west of Round Lake.
he noticed a small key attached to
her apron. This key, he believes. may
lead to the hiding place of small
fortune collected while the three
women have been living in solitude
and near poverty for many years
Mrs. Hall and Ida have given no
reason why the sunlight was shut out
from the cell-like Enclosure in which
Jessie was confined, or why nearly
every other window In the house was
similarly barricaded.
Jessie's cell is in one end of .
kitchen. and is about eight feet long
and less in width 1t is shut of from
the rest of the room by wire netting.
A door and a window open from the
cell, but these, 1t is said, were always
closed, except in the hottest weather,
when the door was opened and air ad-
mitted-
DR.. ]. K McElroy, of Jonesvtlle,
who examined Jessie before she was
FIRST sent away to Utica has been APP
pointed by Judge McKelvey to inves-
tigate the sanity of the entire family.
All will remain on the farm until the
examination is closed.
Hennessey later will ask that q
committee care for the Hall property
and conserve the legacy of the two
daughters, which is supposed to be
hidden
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-05
EVENTS OF INTEREST
IN UPPER MARLBORO

UPPER MARLBORO May 5.-Bessie
S. Mead. of Prince Georges county,
has filed suit in the circuit court here
for absolute divorce from Frank
Mead, alleging desertion. Mead, &C
cording to the bill. was last heard of
in New York State. The bill states
tho couple were married in Baltimore
November 10. 1906. and lived together
in Laurel for about three months
Ogle Marbury represents the wife.
There is considerable speculation as
to who Governor Richie will name to
succeed Brice Bowie, Democrat, Of
iverdale district, who recently re-
signed as a member Of the Prince
Georges county board OF education. A
list of several persons, including
number Of women, will be submitted
by Prince Georges folk for the gov
errors consideration. Present mem
bers Of the board are J. Chew, sheriff
Of Kent district, Democrat, and
Claude w. Mckee, Republican, Not
tfnghsm district.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-05
CAN'T Drink BLOOD,
BETRAY BLACK HAND
Five Informers Tip Off Police
Rather Than Obey Secret
RiteS-14 Arrested.

SCRANTON, Pa, May 5.-Rather
than slash their wrists and suck their
own blood as required by secret So
ciety rites, five members of an al
legged Black Hand band at Carbonate
tipped off the State police, county de-
tectives and city authorities, with the
result that fourteen Black Hand sus-
poets have been rounded up and held
under $4,000 bail each on the charges
Of extortion and conspiracy. 80
The raid which followed the secret
tip was q spectacular affair, revoiyers
popping apd knives flashing as the
State police descended upon the al.
legged conspirators Another man in
addition to the fourteen caught in
the roundup was arrested after he
had dropped an automatic pistol and
lad attempted to buy off one of the
policemen.
The five informers witnesses at the
hearing here before Magistrate Jones,
yesterday, gave dramatic versions OF
the operations of the society from
whose clutches they had fled.
They said they had been made TO
pay tribute at the rate OF from $50
to $50 month. Some were assessed
as high as $1,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-05
MIXED BABY CASE
WAITS BLOOD TEST
Abrams Method May Solve Dis
pute of Two Mothers Over
Girls Percentage.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. May 5.-Dr.
Albert Abrams, who has developed a
blood test for parentage. may be
called upon to play the role of King
Solomon In baby case that has been
perplexing the courts of Atlanta, Ga.
Judge Graham, who accepted DR..
Abrams test as fnal In determining
recently tho parentage of Virginia
Vittori, today received from Judge
William II, Arnaud, of Atlanta. a re-
quest for information regarding tho
Abrams elcotronio vibratory system,
stating that II might be used to solve
tho mixed baby" case, involving a
dispute between Mrs. Garner and
Mrs. Pittman as to the parentage
of q baby girl,
Judge Graham wrote the Atlanta
jurist he was entirely satisfied with
tho results of tho Abrams test in the
Vittori case, and forwarded to At
lanta the full report OF the case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-05
XII KLUX BLOTS OUT
OVERLAPPING BAND
Shoots Up Gangs Den at Day.
tona After Widow Reports
$4,000 SWindIe.

DAYTONA, Fla, May 5.-The blot
ting out Of a overlapping band here
by the Ku Klux Khan has caused
widespread comment Complaints of
victims did not seem to get anywhere
until Mrs. A G. Krebs, a widow of
ramaqua. Pa was swindled out Of
S12, 900.
Twenty-seven automobiles, each
loaded with armed men wearing white
masks. rolled out of Daytona at mid
night Immediately after the news Of
the fleeing of the widow had become
known. and set out across the long
bridge which leads to fashionable
Daytona Beach. They drove to a park
near the Oliver Mansion, which had
been leased to the swindlers, though
the owners did not know the chsrac-'
ter of the tenants
One hundred and nifty were there
when the last automobile had been
emptied. each holding a rife, each
wearing the white mask Of the Khan.
At a signal the Klansmen quickly and
silently surrounded the house. An
other signal Then a savage clatter
OF gunfire. Every window in the
house was shattered by the fusilade-
Doors were splintered by heavy bull
let's.
Another signal. Silence. Swiftly
lno thS houSc anu
battered down the doors, while their
followers stood in the darkness with
rifles ready.
In the spacious drawing room rae
ing charts and tickers and other para
phernalia of overlapping were found.
None Of the gang was in the house.
Hiding under a bed on the second
floor, however, was a terrified under
ling. believed to be the chauffeur for
one Of the swindlers. The man went
to a window and jumped Fifty rifles
were raised and fred.
Whether the man was ridd1ed with
bullets as he reached the ground is
one Of those secrets which the Ku
Klux Khan never reveals, He may
have been buried; he may have es-
capped.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-05
NAVAL GUNS GREET WOOD
AND FORBES AT MANILA

MANILA, II, l., May 5.--High hon
ors were paid Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood upon his arrival here yester-
day with w, Cameron Forbes, for
NOR governor general of the Islands.
on board tho transport Warren.
When tho big naval vessel steamed
into the harbor n seventeen gun sa-
late doomed forth from the fort and
naval vessels in the harbor.
After being rendered the courtesy
Of the port escorted by the Thirty
frst infantry, the party proceeded in
automobiles to MalacananE palace,
which will be their Headquarters.
Both General Wood and Forbes
viii rank as governor generals whils
hsrs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-05

RICHARD SHBU RN
CHILD, noted author and
lawyer, of New York, will be
nominated by President Har-
ding as ambassador to
Tokyo, according to reports
from Washington. Mr.. Child
had been frequently mentioned
as possible secretary to the
President following the cleo
ton last November.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25

Most OF them are young men. very
evidently recent arrivals In this
country and surely not citizens OF
IL Probably most OF them are
single men and surely a consider.
able part OF their earnings Is sent
10 Europe.
Some time ago. when I canvAssed
the railroad workers Of this com.
muniiy for money for the Near
East relief. Eot contribution
from nearly every resident worker
but not one cent from members Of
tho Greek extra gang. aitho they
were working regularly.
How many gangs Of this sort are
employed by the different railroads.
in the State OF Washington How
many young Americans would be
glad 10 do the work for tho pay
these foreigners are getting?
Yours. respectfully.
LYNN MARKEY.
Easton, Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
Montgomery Lynch at the Wheel

the selection Montgomery
the Of
but he viii rally all fac
ie to receive suchba
As
which
eord in Seattle production
mistakes yet admit that he did much valuable
His position
with
,ement in the community m
il
enterta event n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
Do You Want to Build?

extra money into a building. my In
vestment would be secure. II
would permit mo 10 sell my lot and
receive interest: while II would per
init someone with no money 10 stop
paying rent and start a home. The
only thing ! would require for my
own protection would be some Kind
OF guarantee that the fellow was
going ahead with the building OF q
home in a straightforward manner
There ought TO be many people In
Seattle who have been holding lots
many years and who could furnish
enough money for a purchaser 10
buy rough lumber for house that
he might desire 10 build or help
build himself only have six lots
but IL Is enough to try out the ex.
pertinent on. Sincerely yours.
RoBEY G. BANTA,
Address Robcy q. Banta, 1900 So.
Glendale Ave-. Glendale, Calf.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25

70 live on the patronage Of me.
But % Ia degree hardly lea.
women have set the standard IN,
the art galleries and for n. pub,,o
Libraries and the churches. Tn
majorify OF the patrons Of all thess
are women
Women are = problem and alwa-s
have been. Never have nen known
what 70 do with them or how 10 "a
without them II Il not certain
that The tastes OF women are notably
nobier than those Of men: II !.
practically certain that In America
the men have left TO the women
more than half Of the reaponsibllisy
of deciding what shall be the char.
acisr Of our snuscments. our con.
cerfs. our standards OF intellectual
life.
The remedy for the alleged fen,sn-
Inc nuisance is for men 70 PARTED.
pate with women In the ageneiss
that minister 10 LIES hours releaxed
from labor and not given over 70
sleep.
The literature and art that ars
good for women are Just az goa
for men. and nothing that ia bad
for tho one sex Is good for he
other.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25

drunk a short tine ago, ana n M,
trial there were six men VI for ~
same offenfe. and Judge Co,ao.
let all Of them go. But he anea
me ;25 because the officer sald I
was rough.
had TO do my time out ws,..
was eight dayr. ana 1 had : ehs.ss
10 find out how they treated a..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
An Obituary on the Living

Editor Tho STAR
A, Blanc's cafe las, week new
club was formed. sponsored by Fred
". Graham. assistant general agri
cultural development agen, OF the
Great Northern railway. II IL call.
ed Tho concentrio club and It's
slogan la:
I'VE. Not l.
Tho hundreds Of people who know
Mr.. Graham know that II his reiiE.
iou--he never thinks OF himself
Always Of others Those who DO
iirve tina, tho millennium win be
right on this earth when mankind
has reached a state of perfection.
should take him for an example OF
that period. lie IL always ready TO
help. with no thought Of self. He
viii say: Take tip from me.
and he outlines "thc TIP" He In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25

one man who DOES things for peo-
pie. not merely IN WORDS but In
DEEDS He II the biggest asset
the city has today--hc and men like
him. What We need now IL NOT
OPTIMISM BUT HuMANITARI.
ANisM-the ali.pervading spirit Of
humanity which crosses the street
and picks up the fellow who Il
down ana washes him and binds up
his wounds. II Ia the spirit OF AIR.
Graham-"we. Not J."
when Nr. Crahan reads this. n
he does. hope he VIII no, be like
the man who dreamed that he died
and came back TO his own funeral.
when be heard his praise. sung he
didn't recognize himself AZ all but
exclaimed; by goliy. must have
come out Of the wrong hole
Yours truly.
MAUDE swEETsfAS,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
A Mystery
in Sugar

For the first time since II was
organized 20 years ago. the Ancri-
can Sugar Refining company has
passed tho regular quarterly divi-
dcnd on Its common stock.
This may be . good ziibi 10 tho
charge Of profiteerinr and Il may
not The public. which was goug.
ed out Of IS cents q pound for
sugar not 80 long ago. win want
20 know how much Of this com
mon stock represents water and
what SURPRISES have been piled up
In the eompany's treasury.
The answer TO the last question
may soon be forthcoming. as some
Of the minority stockholders are
demanding that the financial
statement be made public.
Assuming that the company Is
Entitled 20 q clean bill OF health,
the question who got the millions
Of excess sugar profits win be
more Of \ mystery than ever.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25

Editor The Star.
Gilbert Norm. Of 1856 Ewing st..
In your issue OF Aug. 10. scems 20
have taken uron himself tho task Of
making some grave charges which !,
aa member OF Andy furseth's job
Trust" as he terms II. feel called
upon 20 answer.
lilo states that he IL n scnh. and
upon this point | fully agree with
him.
lie states that ION every ship l
have been there have been attempts
at sabotage on tho iifebonta."
would like % ask him N he II
acquainted with the fact that there
is a heavy penalty attached to the
commission OF these acts df they ever
exlstedDY II 50. why were the offend.
ers not prosecutedY
Also. does he imagine anyone 80
foolish as 20 cndanger his own life
as wen an the lives OF innocent paA.
aengcrn. by destroying their only
means Of escape in case OF Disaster
What would II benefit one who
committed such an act. or doea he
think II would benefit the Job
Trust" 20 murder passengers and
It's own memberh7
lie states that about half OF the
deck force were ex.nAvy men
(which I doubD and "that any boy.
who has served three months In the
navy Is n better iifcboat man than
two thirds OF the shell backs"
Granting for arguments sake that
they were en- navy men. he II again
wrong. for any 'sheiiback" that l
have ever seen who holds an A. n
certificate could tell at q glance
the moment the covers were removed
whether the ilfeboat's launching gear
was In order.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
Editor The Star.
SEATTLE. wash

Editor The Star.
SEATTLE. Waah-
Dear Sir:
II occurs 10 me that there might
be plenty OF men In Seattle who
would buy a lot and start a home.
but who have not the money TO be
gin. have for years had a few
lots there that arm paying taxes
on and that are useless TO me. l
haven't enough loose money 10
build houses. but / could advance
enough for a man 20 build the
framework OF a room or two II he
did the work himself and he could
finish building the house as he
went along. would sell tho lot
at the market value and by not
requiring any payment for a year
or two II would permit him to put
all his earnings that ordinarily go
for rent ~or payments. into lumber
and finishings for a house.
As the man put his labor and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
The Alleged Feminine Nuisance

He says that Women have set
the standard. determined the tone.
Of the Characteristic America n
novel"
When he comes 10 consider that
tone and measure that standard. he
finds very little good 10 say Of H.
Literature In the United States. he
says. Is being strangisd with a petit
coat.
Now that he has said IL we may
as well talk about II little.
Women have set the standards
rot only for the novel. but for the
movies. and for the theatre. and
for the other forms OF popular en-
tertainment. These could not begin
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25

stand heavenly?"
Certainly Mr.. Ford possesses a
knowledge OF earthly things that
would almost induce one to believe
that his spirit Is in direct communi.
cation with one of those strange
genii OF the Arabian tale.
II Henry Ford could be induced
to come 10 Seattle and take charge
OF our municipal street railway we
might reasonably expect 10 see
within comparatively short per.
iod OF time) a Cancelled Indebtedness
with five-cent fare.
Aluminium cars. made by some
new process which would render the
aluminium MS cheap as wood or
iron. mounted on rubbertirod wheels.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
BANKRUPT
BY BERTON BRALEY :

oh. once owned Castle In
Spain.
Where. some time. dreamed
would reign,
And laugh. love. and play
In "A glorious way,
Affair from llfe's stresses and strain.
But now II il wholly In vain
That think Of II. over the main;
My vision Is lost.
For ] find. 10 my cogt.
i have mortgaged my Castle 10
spalni
For a matter Of profit and gain.
for triumphs that burned in
my brain.
For workaday schemes. .
Copyright, 1891
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
Time to Stop Hospital Abuses

asylum is too rotten and they are
all afraid TO do anything.
III few people knew what the
smith'Towner bill meant. the doctor
would be looked after just as much
as any criminal, and he would be
limited instead of given more power.
what Is the use OF tho press taking
this up II we are not going to act?
IL Is about time 10 start something.
Yours respectfully,
PAUL GoERNER
6o7S Montelius Music Bldg.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25

have barfered the dreams
That builded my Castle In Spain.
And now that my youths on the
v'ane.
7 learn. 10 my bittercst pain.
AZ indebtedness grows
That the Fates must foreciose
on my beautiful Castle In Spain.
SO te lesson. too late. is made plain.
That my vision of wonder il slain:
can nevermore fare
To my haven out there
Since I've mortgagcd my Castle In
SPAIN
By Seattle stsr)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
Editor The STIR:

A<tAhpt hf 9'hts
A number OF years ago gentle.
man OF the ecclesiastical persuasion
wrote book entitled III Christ
Camo to Chicago"
To the average individual n book
entitled IF Henry Ford Came to
Seattle" IL written with trcnchant
and practical establishment would
be far more comprehensive. while
he would vote II more useful.
II may be our disease. but men
are wont TO think that the language
OF the hands and arms has a war
rant not found In the importunings
OF the Idcallst-
Even the great Master Is quoted
MS saying III ye understand not
earthly things how shall ye under.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-25
LETTERS TO EDITOR


Tho ciallam foundered before my
time. hut one who remembers her
surely knows that the Valencia was
lost through a mistake by her skip
per. and that three union sailors iont
their lives in an attempt 10 hwlm
ashore with a lifeline.
Also that fourth attemp, was
made by a Greek foreman. Nicholas
segnlo. who war saved and awarded
gold medal for his act Of hcroism
by especial act OF congress.
Contrast this with the Bos'n OF the
Alaska. who argued. why not send
the young feilowaf They're getting
the same pay We are" when asked
10 make UP a rescue crew blythe
mate Of the Anyox. II n simply a
ease OF "a poor workman blaming
his tools" only In this case the poor
workman blnnea the good workman
whsm he Displaced as well as the
tools he does not know how 10 use.
As 20 the brilliant idea OF carrying
Cinnamon. would say that he In a
little late, as the shipping board In
already making us. Of n on the new
liners running between Seattle and
the Orient.
Alb. a ginnoe at the list Of the
crew rescued from the Alaska viii
show several names which smack
strongly OF Japan II not OF China
Hoping that you will give this re
ply the same consideration and
prominence accorded the accuse tons
In your estirnabie columns. I am
Respectfully yours.
JOHN w. PHILLIPS.
Care Marine Ftremen. Oilers and
watertendern' Union Of the Pa
rifle Seattle Wash