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The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
.SLAY MAN; STEAL
AUTO and $4,000
Chicago Bandits Stage Two
Spectacular Payroll
Robberies.

CHICAGO, March 2s.-In two
spectacular payroll robberies IN
busy neighborhoods today. the
thieves shot and killed one man,
threw two messengers from their
auto and escaped with more than
$4,000 and a taxi cab.
The murdered man was Hjalmar
Johnson. a messenger of Brikes Ex-
press Company, which specializes in
payroll deliveries. Robbers met him
in the vestibule of the Uniform
Printing and Supply Company and
shot him dead without warning. The
IS, 900 he was carrying in a bag
was snatched from his stiffening
fingers and the murderers ran to a
waiting automobile and escaped.
The murder was witnessed by many
of the office assistants in the print
ing establishment and several girls
tainted when they saw johnson
crumple to the floor. Dora Silver,
telephone operator, stuck to her post
and sent an alarm to the nearest
police station.
Four bandits intercepted two
messengers bearing a $4,000 pay
roll to men working on the Chicago
and Alton freight terminal, threw
them and the chauffeur to the street
and stole the money and the cab in
which the messengers were riding.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
DRASTIC PENALTY
SOUGHT TO MAKE
GERMANY PAY UP
a---azg- - l.-i-s----aa.s -. -.-.
French Cabinet to Antici.
pate Possible Default
On May 1.
Especial Cable to The Herald. }

PARIS. March 26.-The French
cabinet tonight was working on
new drastic penalties which will
be inflicted upon Germany imme-
diately should she default on May
I. when another reparations pay
ment of 1900. 100000 marks is due.
The reparations commission is
known to have made certain recon-
mendations regarding a course to
pursue in forcing Germany to make
payments but these are a closely
guarded secret.
Until recently officialdom has
held the opinion that additional
penalties would be of an economic
nature, including possibly occupa-
tion of German seaports and GUS
toms houses. The press has begun
to receive hints from apparently
inspired sources that. Ainasmuch as
the financial groups such as these
controlled by SHINES and Krupps
are the chief obstacles to payments,
the allies should seize financial con-
troll of their enterprises.
The newspapers are unanimous in
the opinion that recent events have
proved that Germany has no inten-
ton of paying, recognizing the diff
ficulties that would confront the
allies in forcing payment.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Asks Opinion on Libel
In Draft Dodger List

The question whether the publica-
ton of a mans name as a draft
dodger or deserter, and he proves
he Is not such, would make the gov
eminent liable for damages has been
referred to the Attorney General, IL
was announced by Secretary Of War
Weeks yesterday.
Mr.. Weeks said this was done in
order principally that no injustice
of any kind should be done to any
individual even aftef the great pains
taken by the army and navy to as
certain whether the men on the gov
ernment,s draft-dodger list are de-
serters without question.
1t is not thought that the Attorney
General will take up much time in
deciding the question. The war De-
partment has made its plans for
the distribution of the lists Of
$50. 900 draft dodgers for publication
throughout the country.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
PRIEST CONDEMNS
PAROLE STATUTE
Must Commit Is Murders to
Hang for One, Chicagoan
Asserts.

CHICAGO, March 26.-''The parole
law should be abolished. 1t is re-
sponsible for this mans DEATH" said
the Rev. Father Kelly, who preach
ed the funeral sermon over Detec-
tive Sergt. O'Neill, murdered by
Tommy" O'Connor.
1T is the duty Of the citizens of
Chicago to see that when men are
sent to Jail they are kept there"
continued the priest. TT is getting
50 that a man must commit fifteen
murders before he is hanged for
one. Septimentalists are being per-
mitted to put their theories into
practice with disastrous results to
everyone. The parole law should be
abolished"
O'Connor is still in hiding, await
ing an opportunity to surrender
himself to the sheriff. The police
are under orders to kill him on
sight. and they are drawn up
around the Jail and the sheriff s
office in such manner that 1t will
be difficult for the murderer to get
through. O'Connor. thorough his at
tcrney, has his alibi ready, and will
claim that one of O'Neilrs fellow
officers killed him by a wild shot
intended for O'Connor.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
WOOD COMMITTEE
I IS SUED BY HOTEL
Claims $4,000 Due for Rent,
Meals, Shoe Shines and
Other Items.

CHICAGO. March es.-Tansled a.
nancial affairs of Mai. Gen. Leon
ard Woods Presidential campaign
were further complicated today
when the Congress Hotel Company
fled suit against the Wood Gam
paiGn committee and its leading
members for $4,000. This suit fol-
lows one for $4,000 filed earlier in
the week by Col. William Cooper
Proctor. OF Cincinnati. against Mai
A. A. Sprague, treasurer of the
committee. for payment of a cam
paign note Jointly signed by Col.
Proctor and Maj. Sprague.
The suit filed today by the hotel
company covers the rent for the
rooms. broken chairs. shining shoes,
laundry items and meals during
April. May and June last. Men,
bers of the committee named as
defendants are Col Proctor. A. A.
Sprague, ]. J. McGrsw and Fred
Stanley.
The largest item on the bill is for
rental of the Elizabethan and Fran
els I rooms. figured at $1,000.
There is also an item of s32 for
three broken chairs.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Four DeLaware
CulpritsLashed
In Puritan Way
Men Shackled to Post in
Jail Yard; Warden
Strings Cat.

WILMINGTON, Del, March 70.
All records of the Delaware
whipping post for thirty-eight
years were broken today when
four eonvicts received 40
lashes from n cat-o'-nine-tnils.
Warden Plummer welded the
cat mt the New Castle County
workhouse.
The culprits were Leonard
Barratt, convicted of robbery,
forty Inshes; Horace Archy and
John Richardson, highway rob-
bers, forty lnshes ench, and
Warren Lewis, s,'convieted of lar
ceny. twenty Iashes-
The men must also serve for
ty-one years. Previous to today
the greatest number of lashes
given felons I'm one day was In
1873, when four bank robbers
received n total of 16O Iashes.
The whippinss took place in
the Jail yard. where n twelve
inch post stands TO which the
prisoners are attached with
shackles, In n standing position.
Warren Lewis, colored, was
shackled to the post, str4pped
to the whist line. Warden
Plummer applied the whip. At
the end of the twentieth blow,
Lewis looked around, smiled and
asked ''Is that alls, He was
unshackled, put on his coat and
was led back to his cell.
John Richardson, ginger
cake negro, stood the FIRST
eleven lashes, but mt the twelfth
blow he ninehed. From then to
the fortieth he squirmed and
stamped rs the whip struck.
Horace Archy, sentenced to
forty lashes and twenty years
imprisonment, was shaking ms
he was led to the post. Archy
ninched throughout the entire
ordeal. He was able, like the
others, TO walk to his cell un-
aided after the fortIeth blow.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
NJ MARK SULLIVAN.

The Republican leaders are mo-
biIizing to get things done at tho
coming session of Congress. They
need to. They know that the ex-
pectations which the country has
of them are enormous.
To some Of the more cautious Re-
publican leaders the country's ex-
pectations are almost terrifying.
The country almost expects the new
administration to perform miracles.
These expectations are largely in
herent in the situation. but TO q
degree they are based on the prom
ises and implications Of promises
which the Republicans made during
the campaign last summer. As one
of the Republican leaders expressed
il after he had spent several days
studying the governments hnan-
cial situation and the country's s
business situation. I'VE have prom
ised TO solve the insoluble."
Last Sessions Record Poor.
Not only are the Republican
leaders apprehersive about the
things the country expects them 10
do in the coming session. In addi-
tion. they are uncomfortably con-
scious Of having made a poor record
in the recent session. To be sure
so far as the recent session is con-
cerned. the Republicans have ar
aIibi which they rely on rather toe
much in the fact that they did moi
then control the Presidency. While
they controlled the House and the
Senate, the Democratic President
was able to veto anything they did
But the serious faults of the re-
cent session were not of character
that can be blamed on Preside nj
Wilson's vetoes. II Is true. some
of those vetoes were unjustifabie
After an immigration bill had beer
passed in the Senate by a majority
of thirty to one and had been passed
in the House by a vote OF seven q
one. 1t was discouraging to have al
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Effort to Free YaIak
In Soviet Jail Is Urged

officials of the American Red
Cross, it was learned last night,
have urged the State Department to
take steps for the early release of
Capt. Emmet Fitzpatrick, of Union
town. Ala. who is being held cap
tive by the Russian Soviet authori-
ties. Fitzpatrick recently was SEN
fenced to serve twenty years at hard
labor. according to the latest ad-
vices from Russia.
Fitzpatrick, according to reports
from Bolshevik sources. is being held
in retaliation for the alleged i'll
treatment of radical agents in the
United States. 1t. is believed here
that the Soviet government hopes
the United States will open direct
negotiations for Kilpatrick's release,
thus implying recognition.
The State Departments efforts to
obtain the freedom of fitzpatrick and
other American captives have been
conducted through Scandinavian
channels in the past. No indication
of a change in policy was offered
last night.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Annual Revival of Fierce
Fighting in Emerald
Isle Started.
VILLAGES WRECKED
BY BLACK AND TANS
Homes Burned When Peo-
pie Refuse to Give
Brides.

DUBLIN. March ga series of
raids and reprisals in Southern and
Western Ireland today broke the
unofficial Easter armistice.
westport, in County Mayo, was
wrecked by crown forces in repri-
sal for the Carrow Kennidy am
bush. Residents were subject to
a four-hour reign of terror.
Cungarvan was wrecked in a
similar way.
In Dublin fears were entertained
for a repetition of the Easter re-
bellion of 1916. Extra guards were
mounted and strict regulations put
into effect.
Record of Week.
The week Just closing saw eighty
The death list was the greatest
since the 1916 rebellion.
Crown forces raided westport
early today Firing rifles and re-
volvers and tossing hand grenades
into the street. the soldiers rushed
into the town with their lorry muf-
fiers wide open.
Saloons. stores and dwelling
houses were bombed and burned.
Furniture and bedding were dragged
into the streets and fired.
Armed with Axes.
At Cungarvan the soldiers armed
ished private dwellings and their
contents.
Five househoIders were dragged
before one squad which demanded
the immediate payment of f100
from each. One man paid. The
others refused and were compelled
to look on while their homes were
burned.
Most Cungarvan residents were
at home when the raiders appeared.
At westport only a few remained.
Fearing the reprisals after the am
bush at Carrow Kennidy residents
fed to the outlying country.
The military today discovered ex-
tensive trenches along the roads
leading into Newry. The town was
without communication facilities
all wires having been cut. Sol.
| diers declared there was every evil
dence that a big ambuscade had
been planned.
Trouble in Dublin.
In Dublin today there were spor-
adic disorders. One death was re-
ported from a night clash in which
Sim Feiner. Augustine Murphy
was shot dead.
The Easter races today were well
attended but there were signs the
military did not propose to be
caught mapping as in 1915. While
soldiers were given liberty, prep
arations were made for quick mob
ilization.
The lack of Sim Fein activity in
the rural districts was regarded as
an ominous sign. British officials
admittedly were "jumpy." They de-
clared they expected trouble Sun.
day and Monday.
A motor lorry was destroyed by a
bomb in O'Connell street, in the
heart of the city, this afternoon.
Three soldiers and several civili-
ans, including three women. were
wounded. No arrests were made.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
FIRST LADY GREETS
TOURIST VISITORS

Mrs. Harding will not be out
done by the President in the ruth
less shattering of White House
presidents which have no place in
present-day democracy. Yesterday
she personally received a hundred
or more Of the tourist visitors who
were getting the customary glimpse
of the East Room under the surveil-
lance of uniformed guides.
On her way to the White House
automobile waiting in front she no.
ticed the throng being taken into
the East Room.
II would like to personally greet
some of these folks" she told the
head usher.
In an instant It was arranged and
many aeiighted and surprised men
and women found themselves In a
line shaking hands with the first
lady of the land, an innovation
which will probably make white
House visits even more popular
than ever -
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Daugherty Denies
Debs' Pardon Run,o,

COLUMBUS, Ohio. March &c
Eugene v. Debs has not been par.
doned; there is no truth in such a
report" Harry NJ Daugherty,
United States Attorney, General,
said here tonight.
The investigation is not COM
plete, and there is no chance of him
being pardoned until the investfga-
tion Is completed. the recommends
tons made by the Department of
Justice placed in the hands of the
President and considered by him.
Attorney General Daugherty's
statement disposes of a rumof that
Debs already had been pardoned
and freed from the Federal prison
at Atlanta, where he Is serving sem
tence forl violating the espionage
~ III
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
PRESIDENT BACKS
U.S.DRIVE TO help
IRISH SUFFERERS
Harding Stamps Approx.
al on Work of Ameri-
can Committee.

President Harding yesterday
placed the stamp Of his approval
on the Irish relief movement in the
United states.
In a letter to Morgan J. o'Brien.
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the American committee for
the relief of ireland, President
Harding declared he wished the
movement the fullest measure of
success" and said the American
people would never be deaf to the
call for relief in behalf of suffer-
ing humanity"
Mr.. Harding's letter follows:
Wishes Success.
Il wish you the fullest measure
of success, not only at the great
benefit performance at the Metro
politan Opera House on April 3, but
in every worthy effort to make a
becoming contribution on the part
of our people to relieve distress
among the women and children in
Ireland. The people of America
never will be deaf to the call for
relief in behalf of suffering hu-
manity, and the knowledge of dis
tress in Ireland makes quick and
deep appeal to the more fortunate
of our own land where so many of
our citizens trace kinship to the
Emerald Isle"
The Presidents letter was in re-
ply to an appeal from the Irish Re-
lief Committee for an expression
of his approval of its work. The
committees letter to the President
was as follows:
Text Of Appeal.
ITO meet appalling conditions
among homeless women and chill
dren in Ireland We have arranged a
monster benefit performance at the
New York Metropolitan Opera House
Sunday afternoon, April 3. This
was the impressive Endorsement oi
Herbert Hoover and is part of our
nationwide plan for raising funds.
For six years American of Irish
blood have answered the call of hu.
manity and contributed their full
share in the name of charity; the
call now comes to US backed up by
impartial investigators showing the
pathetic condition of women ant
children in Ireland, We ourselve.
are subscribing thousands and en-.
deavoring to raise millions for thi.
relief and appeal to our President
to give word of cheer that might
be read from the stage on the day
of the benefit and allow US to plac,
his name on our, list of patrons.
Assure Impnrtiality.
Our positive assurance goes will
this appeal that we are nonpolitica
and nonsectarian and purely hu
manitarian in this movement OuI
deepest gratitude will always follow
a reply to 1863 Broadway"
The letter was signed by Morgan
7. O'Brien, chairman; John d. Ryan
]. Cardinal Gibbons. David /. Walsh
Thomas F. Ryan, Lawrence Godkin
Nicholas +. Brady. James D. PheIan
Thomas J. Walsh. Thomas J. Nal
oney. Edward l. Doheny. James ]
phelan,~ executive committee o
American Committee for Relief o
Ireland. . ~'a'''N
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Dad Weds Mother
OF His Sons Wives.
What Is He Now?

NEW YORK, March 26.-Fred
Crowley and John Crowley. brothers.
living in the Bronx, married Mae
and Molly Gefkin, sisters.
They met the young women after
Sidney Crowley, another brother,
had been killed in France. Sidney
was a friend of Mae Gefkin.
Today, Henry Crowley, SO, father
of the Crowley boys, was married to
Mrs. Anna Gefkin, mother of the
Gefkin girls.
The license revealed that the first
Mrs. Crowley died three years ago,
while Mrs. Gefkin's first husband
died two years ago.
TT must be spring." unused
Deputy Clerk McCabe. issuing the
license. adding: The father mar
ries the mother of his sons wives
what is he now?''
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Turks Close US. College: :
Battle lDith Greeks Likely

CoNSTANTINoPLE. March 2s.--
Turkish Nationalists have closed
the American College at Marsonvan
on account of suspicion that the
Greek, students contemplated mill
tary action, II was learned here to-
day. ,
/ DR.. white and all other Amerf-
cans, except three. have left Sam
soun. and are expected to arrivehere
soon
Seventy thousand Turks are re-
ported enfrenched near lneunu,
facing 10000 Greeks. ~
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
SIX MORE BODIES
FOUNDON MURDER
FARM In GEORGIA
Negro Guides Posse to
Burial Spots; Impli-
Gates Planter.

ATLANTA. Ca. March 26.-
Charges OF near-slavery, brutality
and murder mingled here tonight
in gruesome revelations on the
plantation OF John Williams,
wealthy Jasper County resident,
where ave bodies Of slain negroes
were found by a posse of twenty
Ave oficisls Of Jasper and Newton
counties this afternoon. Clyde
Manning. negrof ram hand. led the
posse to the spot where thu nve
were found buried. Almost at the
same time sherirrs deputies dragged
the Yellow River near Covington,
and brought to the surface another
negro.
This brings the total Of bodies
found in the murder farm" inyes-
tigaticn to nine. Three were pre-
CONTINUED on PAGE TWELVE.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
HOLD 200 SUSPECTS
IN MILAN BOMBING
Especial Cable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.) -.

Especial Cable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.) =.
MILAN, March 26.-The police
have arrested more than 200 sus-
poets in connection with the bomb
ing of a theater here "Wednesday
night when thirty-ene were killed
and 100 hurt. SO far the bodies OF
twenty OF the victims have been
Identified.
Enrico Malatesta, the anarchist
leader who Is in Jail. discontinued
the hunger strike which he was un-
dergoing when he was informed OF
the disaster.
All shops and factories were
closed yesterday out OF respect to
the victims OF the tragedy.
fns.~v1eS< 1ao1.A
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Boys, Playing Doctor,
Poison Girl PLAYMATE

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Playing
doctor" two boys are accused of
poisoning a 4-year-old girl play
mate.
The girl, Josephine Olsen, will
survive. The boys, Roy Strom and
Laffey Jorgensen, z years old. will
be arraigned in Children's Court,
Brooklyn. The boys said they
found the "medicine"-a discarded
bottie--in the back yard Of their
home n Brcoklyn. s.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
SEARCH CONTINUES
FOR NAVY BALLOON
MISSING FOR 3DAYS
Hope of Rescuing Ma
rines Grows DINNER as
No Trace Is Found.

PENSACOLA. Fla. March 20. -
Hope of rescuing the five balloon
lists aboard the navy free balloon
which was blown out to sea Tues
day. was practically abandoned to-
night.
No word has been received from
the aeronauts since Friday. when
carrier pigeons brough messages
indicating that the balloon was
many miles of the coast Thursday
drifting at low altitude in
southerly direction.
Seen Last Wednesday.
The balloon was last seen about
3 O'Clock Wednesday morning when
it was observed passing over Phillips
Inlet, an inland waterway between
the mouth of the Apalachicola
River and Cedar Key. The balloon
was under the command of Marine
Quartermaster + w. Wilkinson
The other Marines aboard were
Machinist's Mate II. V. Elend, Belle
willie, Ill: +. l.. Kershaw. of Payne,
La; ]. G. Elder. of Lebanon, \. Y.
and william Treasrey, of Salem
Mass. Wilkinson is from Houston
Tex
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
OmcinI Word Of Department.


Acting Secretary Roosevelt yes
terday made public the following
dispatch from Pensacola. Fla:
mo trace of free balloon A-5ss1
to date. Thorough search Of Gulf
shore and swamps covering b,6Oe
square miles of water and 1900
square miles Of land has been con-
Quoted by seaplanes, dirigioles'
eagle boats. and subchaser. Follow
ing pigeon messages were received:
At $3.50 March "a, I believe myself
and crew of four men to be drifting
out to sea. Estimated position,
near Phillips inlet. Drifting south
and west At 11:25 March "a,
Drifting north. Supplies gone. AL
titude 100 feet; drag rope out
Weather March % was favorable
for free balloon flights. Search is
being continued"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27

CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Old Bandit Leader.
Songs OF Love.

Above all songs rises a familiai
German war song:
Twas in a little Polish village
Where first ! met her.
The preftiest girl in all the world
4 don't kiss. I can't kiss you-- -
The Washington herald., 1921-03-27

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWELVE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-09

with such skill and Interest
that nalf the space now
given will tell all the new;
to the tired! housewife.
Mach Of the sickelling
funny stuff that now serves
to vitiate and lower the
taste of the reading public
will be eliminated. Much Of
the other reading matter.
known in the newspaper Of
flee as canned stuff, or stock
copy, serving only to fill UP
space, will be thrown out.
and every inch Of the paper
alive with human interest.
While the day of the per-
feet newspaper may still be
distant, however, there are
signs that it is on the way.
When the first one appears
and the millions of tired and
dyspeptic readers behold its
tabloid news columns, its
pointed editorials, and its
distilled .rasiduum Of all
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In the Clerk: Office of the Corpo-
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Anna Petrillcc Moran, complainant
vs.. Charles Moran, defendant. In
Chanccry No. 1410.
MEMO.
The object of this suit is to ooaain
for the complainant an absolute di-
vorce from the defendant on til:
grounds Of wilful and voluntary de-
sertion and abandonment for more
than three years prior to the institu-
ton Of this suit, and for general re-
lief.
1t appearing by an affidavit filed in
this cause that the defendant Charles
Moran is nonresident of this State:
1t IS Ordered, That said defendant ap-
pear here within ten days after due
publication of this order, and do what
is necessary to protect his interest in
this suit.