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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10
FLETCHER is WINNER
in HENRICO COUNTY
OsmocratiC Candidate Defeats DIR.
MichHcls, Republican. By an
Overwhelming Majority.

Thomas q. Fletcher, former deputy
clerk OF tho Circuit Court. of Hem
rico County. successful candidate for
nomination for the House OF Dele
gates from Hcnrico County In the
august primary, defeated Or. l., T.
hichnels. Independent candidate. by
vote OF Gas to l74. for his opponent.
fhs vote by precincts was:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10

aid 10 bring in apples from the West
20 cover the shortage caused by the
're"ac last spring.
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Defeats Brother by fourteen Votes.
SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 9.-Miss
Stena Scorup. high school teacher. of
Salina. defeated her brother. T.. S.
Scorup, merchant. in the race for
Mayor of Salina, yesterday. by four
teen votes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10
YOUNG GIRLS Need CARE
Mothers! Watch Your Daughters Health
Health is Happiness

From the time a girl
reaches the age of twelve
until womanhood is estab-
lished she needs all the care
the thoughtful mother can
give.
The condition that the
girl Is then passing through
Is so critical and may have
such far-reachlng effects
upon her future happiness
and health that it is almost
criminal for a mother or
guardian to withhold coun-
sci or advice.
Many a woman has suf.
fered years of prolonged
pain and misery through
having been tho victim Of
thoughtlessness or igno-
rance on the part of those
who should have guided her
through the dangers and
difficulties that beset this
period.
Mothers should teach their
girls what danger comes
from standing around with
cold or wet feet, from lifting
heavy articles, and from
overworking. Do not let
her oyerstudy. IL she COM
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Richn,ond. q. II. neo,h. 1919 Yves, broad
Street.
Gioucestcr, nobiason & Lawson.
Charlottesville, IrvtnR-Way.IIill Com
Dany. Inc. 4iS East Main street.
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Wherever you see this sign
you Gun be confident OF sliifui
repair work on every make Of
battery; and, when you need
q new battery, the right sixo
kxide for your car.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-10

Lynchburs, Clifton w. whitmorc, GA
Mnfn street.
Saluda, Auto supply Company.
Warsaw, T.. q. Cash.
williamsburg, Person's Garage,
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
HARDING WORDS
DASH FIGHTERS
HOPE OF BONUS
Red Diamond Veterans So
Interpret Presidents
Speech.
EXECUTIVE PRAISES
MEMS WAR SERVICE
Says He Is Not Unmind-
full of Deeds Over
seas.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. IL.
President Warren G. Harding
notified world war veterans this
afternoon, speaking to 500 former
members of the Fifth Division
altered on the Boardwalk. that he
is mot much concerned" with the
desires for a bonus payment OF men
who suered neither wounds nor
other physical impairment
This Interpretation was placed on
that portion of his address to the
Red Diamond men. in which he said
The man who came back wound
ed and impaired in ability to carry
on the vocation of his life deserves
the fullest aid in our power to give
and ] propose the use of all the in
fiuence that l have to see that he
gets 1t. i am not so much concerned
with those who came out of the war
unimpaired. They have the. COM
pensation of supreme service and
experience"
Think BIZ Dead.
The Fifth Division had been in
reunion at Philadelphia and the
party came to Atlantic City On a
special train Learning that the
President was at the Hotel Ritz.
on the Boardwalk, the men asked
that he address them. He did so
briefly and at the conclusion Of his
remarks the veterans. from their
comments, seemed to regard the
bonus bill, recently pigeonholed. as
defunct.
You have done me a signal and
gratifying honor to come and greet
me this beautiful Sabhath.r said
President Harding to the veterans,
who were ranked in front of a huge
gathering before the hotel There
is nothing in America too good for
its veteran defenders All America
is proud of what you and your di-
vision did at the Meuse. All Amer
lea is proud OF what our soldiers did
in the critical days Of the war. ]
would be the last man to- say that
we of America won the war. But !
am glad to say that we of this re-
public saved the morale Of the al
lied armies. We saved for ourselves
and for the world the present-day
status OF civilization.
Not UnmindfuI.
81 am not unmindful of the job
you did over there. j am not un-
mindful of the service you rendered
the country under your former Com
chief, and ask that you
will render to me the same faithful
service during the years l am in
office There is still a greater serv-
ice to be rendered in establishing
national lines of peace. 1t is up to
you to help solve the problems that
have been thrust upon us by the
enemy from within. I want this to
continue as an America of oppor-
portunity and service, and as an
America of grateful appreciation"
Mayor Edward L. Bader in a brief
CnNTINUFn m PACE TUn
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
Margaret Bursts in Tears
As Neighbors Greet Her
Little Miss Washington Overcome With
Emotion at Home After Triumphal Entry
Into Capital as Nations Beauty.

which carried her to her home, 3ois
Cambridge place, for the FIRST time
since she was picked TO represent
the Nations Capital In the nationai
beauty event
Waves to Her Admirers-
Miss Washington" her handsome
face lightened with a smile which
carried her to victory in Atlantic
city, waved a CHEEKY greeting to
the crowd. She was accompanied
by her parents and Mrs. william
Atherton DuPuy, chaperon.
The party was ushered into the
car and with the aid Of mounted
police, the machine worked its way
through the scores of automobiles.
ALL seemingly, sounding their horns
in greeting and celebration
Miss Washington was taken TO
her home where she plans to enjoy
complete rest. Her trophies the
Arnold Watkins beauty urn and the
Alamac trophy. were taken to the
Harrington Hotel for the night. The
large golden mermaid, intercity
beauty prize. also captured by Miss
German. was left in Philadelphia
to be engraved.
The party arrived at 10 O'Clock,
twenty-five minutes ahead Of sched-
ule, due to confusion in changing
trains in Philadelphia. H
CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
YECCMEN CAUGHT
WORKING ON SAFE
Two, Taken by Surprise, Open
Fire on New York De-
tectives.

NEW YORK, Sept. lin a spec
tacular revolver fisM that attract
ed a thousand persons in the Herald
Square district today detectives
captured two men accused of hav-
ing 'jimmied' a safe containing
$4,000 in the store at 13S Broadway
and frustrated, so the detectives say,
well laid plans for a series of safe
cracktngs in adjoining stores to
clean up" 100000.
The officers arrested Patrick
Harmon, rs years old, salesman, and
Harry Brown, 81 years old. cleo
trician. The men were captured
with what the police say Is the
most complete set of yeggmen's
tools ever seized in New York City.
The police say the men were seen
entering the building by way of the
skylight, letting themselves and
tools down by a rope fastened to
chimney. At a signal the de-
tectives on watch rushed into the
building, surprising the alleged
"yeggmen." Shots were fired. The
police say the prisoners confessed
they planned to bore their way
through walks toy adjoining stores
where safes had been spotted.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
POLICEMAN FIRES
AT FLEEING CAR
Downtown Crowd Seeks Shell
ter as Bullets Fly
Through Air.

Several hundred washingtonians
who were walking in the vicinity
OF Fourteenth street and New York
avenue northwest shortly before
noon yesterday, sought shelter in
nearby doorways, behind trees and
other convenient places when Traf-
nc Policeman Cuttings fired FIVE
shots at an alleged fleeing bootleg
ear"
Owing to the suspicious actions
Of the occupants of the automobile
which emerged from an alley near
Fourteenth street and New York
avenue, Policeman Cuttings ordered
the driver to stop. Mounting to the
running board Cuttings raised a
cloth uncovering more than a dozen
quarts of liquor.
As Cuttings was conducting his
Investigation, one OF the occupants
Of the car struck him over the jaw.
knocking him from the machine.
The car started speeding east on
New York avenue. Having recov-
cred partially, Cuttings fired 1--WE
shots at the fleeing car.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
NAVY YARD SCALE
NOT LIVING WAGE,
WORKERS ASSERT
Mass Meeting Petitions
President to Revise
Order.

The new maximum wage Of 70
cents an hour fixed for the Wash
ingtor Navy Yard was declared to
be beneath that fixed by the gov
ernment itself as the minimum on
which a man may now support a
family decently in Washington, by
a mass meeting OF 1900 navy yard
workers yesterday in resolutions of
protest to be presented to Presi-
dent Harding. asking him to alter
the order. The meeting. which was
held yesterday morning in a the
ater at 6i5 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast, 3ammed the place TO the
doors.
Herbert p. Leenlan. president Of
Lodge ia, Mack-nists' union, which
comprises machinists employed at
the navy yard, presided. Among
the speakers were william H. John
ston, president of the International
Machinists' Union; J. p. Anderson.
international vice president: E. c.
Dawson, secretary-treasurer OF the
international. and n. p. Alifas, local
president, district ~.
Say Standard Too Low.
Speaker after speaker denounced
the new wage order as "an attack
upon the fundamental right Of an
workman to a decent
standard of living"
At one time IL seemed that the
meeting would vote that every
navy yard employe take a half
holiday Tuesday and accompany the
resolutions to the white House. hut
this motion was sidetracked when
w. N. Huttle, former president OF
the navy yard machinists, took the
floor and bluntly advised his
friends, Don't make asses of your
selves"
The folks that have brought
this thing about" said he. ARE Just
looking for an excuse to close the
navy yard and let the work out to
private contract. An exhibition of
mob spirit is what they expect of
you. Don't send a crowd with
these resolutions"
The resolution. which will be sent
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOTR
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
ROUNDHOUSE FIRE
WRECKS Is ENGINES

JERSEY CITY, N. j.. Sept. IL
Fire this afternoon spread with
great rapidity through teh round
house in the Erie Railroad here,
destroying eighteen passenger en-
gines, Firemen. responding to
three alarms, prevented the flames
from spreading to adjoining struc-
lures. The loss was estimated at
$3.50. 900.
Fifteen men were at work on the
engines and the flames. eating their
way along the oil-soaked beams
and floors. caused the men to hustle
out without their street clothing.
Employees about the yards got out
two locomotives. Two firemen
were slightly injured during the
blaze when chimney toppled over
and bricks fell upon them.
Officials of the railroad stated
that the fire would not In anyway
interfere with service.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
COLLINS PREDICTS
FREEDOM FOR ERIN
WITHIN SHORT TIME
Dublin Hears Interned
Prisoners Will Be Re-
leased Soon.
Especial Gable to The Warrington Aeran
and United NevsO

Especial Gable to The Washington Herald
and United News.)
LONDON, Sept 11.-Dublin is un-
questionably growing more and
more inclined to the belief that the
Dali Eireann, in its session next
Wednesday, will appoint plenipoten-
tiaries to meet Lloyd George in the
interests of Irish peace, on the
basis of the premier's last offer to
Eamonn de Valera.
The Sim Fein cabinet. however.
has thus far arrived at no decision.
and is still concerned in review
ing the entire situation preliminary
to making a formal report to the
Irish parliament.
May Free Interned.
All predictions, therefore are more
or less conjectural. There are. how
ever, certain indications of the con-
tinued growth Of amity or rather
decrease of antagonism. between
the British and Sim Fein govern
ments. 1t is rumored. for example
that two weeks more will see the
entire body of interned members of
the Irish republican army released
from the prisons and camps.
Again, there is the speech of
Michael Collins. brains" of Sim
Fein's active war upon England. in
which the Irish commander-in-chief
predicts freedom for Ireland with
in a surprisingly short time.
zF
by our enemies" he qualities the
prediction, nor for any hope that
they hold out to US. But it is be-
cause of the strength of our posi-
tion. 1t is coming because of the
men who died for Ireland"
Asks Aid for Dependents.
Collins asked the country for sup
port for the dependents of Irish
men now held prisoner. He de-
clared that $500 men are still un-
dergoing imprisonment or intern
ment, and that because OF this 49,
600 members OF their families are
suffering.
Details of the sensational escape
of fifty prisoners from TIE Rath
interment camp are begfVhing to
come to light 1t is believed that
all the tedious work of excavsting
the tunnel through which they fled
was accomplished from within the
camp. Just adjacent to the Rath
camp is another unoccupied stock
ade. into which the men crawled
during the night.
Near Cork. a young man was
found chained to a church railing
today bearing a placard which
read: "Blackguards, Beware OF the
Irish Republican Army"
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
HUNDREDS VIEW
HIGHWAY ROBBERY
Four Auto Bandits Beat Up
Victim at Thirteenth and
E Streets N. w.

In view of hundreds Of per-
sons, four men leaped from an
automobile at Thirteenth and E
streets northwest shortly after 8
o'clock last night and after severely
beating Harry Schrifren, Is years
old, residing at the Soldiers and
Sailors Y. NJ. C. A., Tenth and E
streets northwest. robbed him of
a diamond ring valued at $500 and
sped away.
Schrifren, who suffered a frac-
ture of the nose and painful bruises
of the face and body as the result
of the attack, was rushed to the
Emergency Hospital for treatment.
Witnesses, who were unable to
render the victim assistance owing
to the speed which the bold rob-
berry was executed. declare that the
robbers in their automobile disap-
peared into the westbound traffic
on E street Immediately after the
assault.
From witnesses and the victim,
the police CT the First precinct
have secured an accurate descrip-
ito of the highwaymen, and ex-
pect to make an arrest within a
few hours.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
ARBUCKLE HELD
WITHOUT BAIL In
ACTRESS DEATH
Police Claim A SIS ul t s
Caused Her Fatal
Illness.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11.-Eos-
coe Fatty Arbuckle Is held with
out bail in connection with the
death of Miss Virginia Rape. film
actress.
Miss Rappe was removed from
Arbuckle's suite in the Saint Fran
els Hotel last Monday afternoon.
suffering agony. She died after
lingering for days under treatmen,
for alcoholism. Her death now
proves to have been due to an in
ternal rupture which caused peri
tonitis.
Arbuckle is not held on a war
rant which could not be made out
legally Sunday. The police said
they were holding Arbuckle for
taking a human life while in the
act of committing or attempting to
commit a felony"
Nurse Told of Injury.
Mrs. Jean Jameson. a nurse, who
was with Miss Rappe during her
last hours, in a statement swore
that Miss Rape, suffering great
pain, kept moaning that Arbuckle
had injured her.
TT wouldn't be right for me TO
pay for all this when IL was Ros-
GOES fault" Miss Rappe moaned to
the nurse, according to Mrs.
Jameson.
Mrs. Jameson said that Miss
Rappe in her dying moments re-
peatedly requested her to get
Roscoe. he is responsible for all
this" The nurse said Miss Rappe
meant her TO summon Arbuckle to
her bedside, not to get" him in the
sense of revenge.
This afternoon Arbuckle's coun-
sci permitted him only to deny the
charges altogether. -.
Party Held I'm Suite.
The police gave out the following
names as participants in the party
in Arbuckle's suite last Monday:
Roscoe Arbuckle, Miss Virginia
Rappe, Ira C. Fort Louis. a New
York wardrobe - salesman; Miss
Alice Blake, a, San Francisco cafe
entertainer; Mrs. B. NJ. Delmonte
OF Los Angeles, friend of Miss
Rape: Lowell Sherman, of Los
q OIL
Fred Fishbeck, OF Los Angeles, mo-
ton picture director; AL Semnacher.
manager Of Miss Rappe; Miss Zey
fyvron, San Francisco show girl.
All Of these people have now
made affidavits. Some disagree on
some incidents. q
Heard Girl Moaning.
Liquor was served, the affidavits
agree on this. Miss Pyvron and
Mrs. Delmonte, in aff1davits, swear
that they heard Miss Rappe moan
ing and rushed to get into Ar
buckles room to aid her. They
found the door bolted. Finally,
they declare, Arbuckle emerged, and
they rushed in past him to find Miss
Rappe almost without clothing, her
costume torn to shreds and strewn
about the room.
Il am dying! I am dying" the
young actress was moaning, they
assert. They plunged her into a
cold bath. This had no beneficial
effect. A doctor was called.
%. Death Due TO Rupture.
The autopsy surgeons reported
omclally that Miss Rappe died from
the enects of an internal rupture,
adding that the girls physical con-
dition might have contributed to
the tragedy. DR.. William Ophuls,
enc OF thu surgeons, declared the
injury to have been due to ma
tural causes.
ThereVwas absolutely no evidence
OF criminal assault" DR.. ophuls
stated.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
HOME BUILDING
PLANNED
TO THOUSANDS
Standard Basis Sought in
Campaign Backed by
Government.
WOULD GIVE JOBS
TO UNEMPLOYED
Commerce Department Is
Enlisting Help of In
dustrial Chiefs.
ny ROBERT }. BENDER.

Thousands of standardized homes,
to be built by people of moderate
means-this is a project the gov
ernment is now working on and may
be ready for, announcement at the
Forthcoming unemployment confer
ence.
Both to afford employment for
hundreds of thousands of workers
in many branches Of industry and
to offer an effective panscea for
industrial unrest generally. the pro-
posed n-your-own-home cam
paign is looked upon here as a
timely and practicable instrument.
Cooperation is Aim.
The Department of Commerce
through the voluntary cooperation
of committees representing all
phases of home work, has
been carrying on a study OF the
project on the following bases:
1. To permit Of people contemplat-
ing the building of homes costing
not more than $4,000, and from
that figure down, to do so easily,
cheaply and quickly through the
ussvof standardized plans and equip
ment.
2. To effect such a result through
the patriotic cooperation of indus
try, civic authorities, builders,
banking institutions and others in
terested in home construction: and
not as a government project, in
volving the expenditure or. even
loaning of funds by the Federal
Treasury.
Volunteer committees of promi-
nent Americans-contractors, real
estate men, architects, manufactur-
ers, brick and lumber men, as well
as other groups-have sought
through weeks of work to establish
such a basis of standardized equip
ment for homes as to make the
project nationally attractive.
To Meet Sectional Needs.
Distinguished architects have
prepared plans for a large number
Of standard-type houses, drawn to
sectional conditions. all calling for
standardized materials and fittings,
available in the respective sections
of the country for which the house
plans are drawn. For example. the
house has been
drafted in different styles fer the
Pacific coast country. calling for
certain standardized building mater
tals available in that section and
standardized heating facilities to
accommodate the climate there.
Other types have been drawn to ac-
commodate special architectural
fancies and equipment needs in
other sections.
For Standard Equipment. =
Manufacturers have co-operated
in the difficult work of creating
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
STARTS NEW MOVE
TO UNSEAT WIRTH

BERLIN, Sept. 1.-THE latest
move by the strong forces seeking
10 unseat Chancellor Wtrth Is
"triaI balloon" launched by the
Prussian Premier Stegerwald, who
Is desirous of winning the chan
cellorship.
In q statement today he de-
manded "a far-sighted cabinet"
and emphasized the necessity OF
strengthening exchange conditions
the dollar having passed the 100
mark, a new low record with one
exception
The slump makes Wirth's posi-
ton more precarious and increases
his difficulty in buying dollars to
meet the next reparations payment.
Furthermore. according to Steger-
wald, Chancellor Wirth has NOT
shows the Reichstag any positive
results with regard to Upper Silesia.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
Man Who SerUed
For Stacker Buried

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IL
The man who served In the
place of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll. draft eedeer, and who fell
I'm the battle OF the ArEonne In
1918. was buried with full mil
ftsry honers here today. Rms
sell Gross, uuderweiEht. hut
anxious to enter the fght when
a vacancy I'm the quota was left
BY Bergdoll's desertien. went to
France I'm May, 1918. In Octo-
Der he was killed.
Members Of the Americas Le-
Eien and c. A n. together with
soldiers from Camp DIX. marched
I'm the funeral processien-
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
Railroads Help
Alien SeaLines,
Report Asserts
Senator Jones Gets Copy
OF Charges Against
interests.

Secret agreements Between
American railroads and foreign
shipping companies have oper-
ated to the detriment of the
shipping Board feet, according
to q lengthy report prepared for
Senator Jones, Of Washington,
chairman of the Commerce COM
mittee.
Jones has sent q copy of the
report to the shipping Board for
confederation. He describes II
ms having been prepared by nm
experienced railroad man tre-
mendously Interested in the up
building of the merchant ma
rfne.o
II is charged. that trunk lines
have established connections
with the foreign nag lines
which enable them to control.
mt the expense OF the Shipping
Board heet, the Transportation
of large number Of enrgoes
aggregatiGg many millions of
tons, and which revenue has to-
tailed hundreds Of millions of
dollars.
"The discovery of these secret
contracts and their enforced H.
Ing with the Interstate Com
meree Commission would enable
the shipping Board TO definite
ly determine the principal
causes for the success Of foreign
flag vessels In transporting mp
proximately two-thirds OF our
export and import sea-borne
commerce., said the report.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
FIREBOATS SAVE
THREE BIG SHIPS

NEW YORK. Sept ll.-Strenuous
work by firemen on piers and hre-
boats today saved from destruction
the El Cid and her two sister ships
OF the Morgan line, tied up at piers
50 and So. North River. The blaze
destroyed 500 tons of coal
Because OF the lull in shipping.
the FL Cid. the El Mundo and FL
Sligo have been moored alongside
piers between Gansevoort and Hor-
alto streets for the past year. Early
today flames were detected by
watchman in the bunkers Of the Fl
Cid
Three fireboats and q dozen or
more fire-trucks extinguished the
Ere in a short time. Last spring
the e Mundo was almost destroyed
by f-s
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
4 DROWN AS AUTO So
BACKS OFF BRIDGE

BUFFALO, Sept. 11.-Four of a
party of six were drowned tonight
when an enclosed automobile backed
OF a canal bridge leading to the
Grand Central Island ferry across
the Niagara River, a short dis
tance north of Buffalo.
The dead, all Buffalonians, are:
Mrs. Ferdinand Humm, Frank
Humm, her brother-in-law; Mary
Humm, daughter of Mrs. Humm
and Frank Hoen.
Ferdinand and Magdalene Humm,
brother and sitter. were rescued.
Mrs. Ferdinand Humm was at the
wheel and apparently became con-
fused when another car, coming
from the opposite direction, ap-
preached the bridge simultaneously
with the Inflated machine.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-12
SHELL CELEBRATES
I33D BIRTHDAY

HYDEN. KY, Sept 11.-"Uncle
John" Shell, who claims to be the
oldest living human being. has just
passed his one hundred and thirty
third birthday at his home on
Greasy Creek, Leslie County. Shell
gays he was born in 1855, when
Kentucky was part of Virginia.
He and his father, Samuel Shell,
gained fame more than zoe years
ago as gunmakers. The Oldest man
says his people came from Holland
to Pennsylvania 200 years ago. ano
that he is connected with the great
Shell oil family Shefl's memory is
excellent ana his sight eairly good.
lis isearins b slightis impaired