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, 1921-12-27
INSANITY PLEA
is ENTERED IN
TRIAL
Aienists to FoHow Arms Expert on Stand
IN Bnrch Case; Kennedy Shot at Long
Range; Witness Believes

Los ANGELES. Dec. 27zThs trial of Arthur G. Burch.
charged with the murder of J. Bolton Kennedy, entered its
sixth week here today before a jury in superior court. The
first witness called for the defense today was Peter E. Peter
son an expert on firearms
The court has claimed that Kennedy WAS shot at a rauSe
, 1921-12-27

An expert ~restorer OF ancient docu-
ments IN Washington Is able to split
a thin sheet OF paper. separating the
writing on the two sides. insert 9
middle layer Of paper. and cover the
enfire sheet with = thin sink aug
THIS enables the document 70 stznf
considerable handling.
, 1921-12-27
Paintings Sold
by Russians for
Price of Shoes

MOSCOW. Dee. 1T-ns
to'iey permitting free trade within
I;rssia has brought from their hiding
I,Aees q large number Of paintings,
.eme attributed to fanous arusr..
-iest these are works OF William Ho-
sarth. e Baptlsts Greuz. Christian
Dietrich. Rosa al Tivoii, and othsr.
the italian and Dutch predomlnatinx.
Fhintags By veii-kno-n Russian
artists IN some cases sell for the prcs
Ct n pair % shoes
, 1921-12-27
TRIAL ENTERS
IT'S SIXTH WEEK.

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 27.-The trial
Of Arthur c. Burch. charged with the
murder of J.. Bolton Kennedy, went
Into its sixth week today when It wa
resumed after q Christmas recess.
Il was considered possible the de.
fenss today would call witnesses
whose testimony would tend to estab.
lish an abb for Burch. but no den
mite statement Of such a plan was
forthcoming.
Burch's counsel had previously an
nounced. however. fhey held such wit
nessea IN reserve and that except for
their testimony and that of alienists
who would give their opinions Is to
the DEFENDANTS mental condition. they
had practically completed theirs.
Mrs. Madsiynne obenchain. code
PENDANT with Burch. has bean sub
ponaed as a witness by his counsel,
but has not announced whether she
Will testify. II has been pointed out
she cannot be forced to do so. as hav-
Ing been indicted with him she could
refuse on the ground she might In
crfminats herself
, 1921-12-27

IL - said tia many former c<f-
GERS Of the German imperial uavy,
including q number WIG were active
u submarine warfare. are now en-
gagged In rum-running into Sweden
, 1921-12-27

Tho world uses up an averags Of
three million needles n day.
, 1921-12-27

PARIS. Dec. 27.-By The Associat-
ed Pressl3rhe chamber Of deputies
today voted confidence in the govern
ment OF Premier BRAND by q majority
, 1921-12-27
II BOUND OVER
FOR KILLINGS

ARpMoRE. Okla. Dec. s7.-By The
Associated PressErwo defendants
were dismissed and IL othsrs were
bound over today to the next term OF
criminal district SQUIRT under bends OF
10000 for trial on charges OF murder
in connection with the killing of three
men at Wilson the night OF December
Is.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Doing the Kilkenny Act.

II Mr. Palmer and Mr.. Untermver continue to
add to the gaycty OF the nation with their Kilkenny
exhibition there will be nothing left Of either but
claws and jowls There must be some good in
each OF them, though would guess it to
hear them tell about it.
Really it is not nationally wholesome when
public men who have control Of large public af-
fairs, devote their energies to discreditng each
other What is needed is confidence in such men
as Mr.. Palmer and Mr.. Untermyer Each Of them
needs this more than anything else.
1t is their most valuable capital without which
their power of public service is largely destroyed
1t is not impossible, save to certain men, to sepa-
rate mems acts from the men themselves to dis
tinguish between personally and his politics.
opinions and beliefs.
InhapPy, these two do not seem able to
do this as to each other and in Their zeal to dis
credit each other, they discred themselves, weaken
the effectiveness of their own public efforts and
form unnecessary obstacles in their own paths
The weakness of Theodore Roosevelt was his
seeming inability to combat mans policies meth
DDS or acts without attacking the man. He could
not fight political system policy or actions inn
personally. The result that he built up per-
sonal sntagonsms, and forced personal counter at
tacks which restricted his own effectiveness
That is loved for the enemies he makes
is not altogether true He is loved rather for the
principles he advocates. The enemies are not of
his making save through this advocacy No man
is more admired for using his abilities in personal
attacks those who oppose him; his best friends
always wish he would not
e. Mr.. Palmer and Mr.. Untermyer are neither of
them high enough in public favor to make their
hsnpulling OF much public importance 1t is but
rather inconspicuous feature in the passing~world-
show that is so full of greater thrills as to dwarf
what in duller times might be real sensation
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
BIRTH DEFORMTTIEs NEED
EARLY OPERATION.

No longer need people 60 through
life dishgured and humiliated with
congenital deformities such as hare
lip and cleft palate, for an operation
Immediately after birth will sue
cessfully cure these defects. This
subject was discussed in a paper
presented at the last Medical So
ciety meeting by DR.. Oliver. T. Cox.
From birth to the operating room"
was the slogan that was suggested
during the discussion in which DR..
G. NJ. Kober, DR.. Harry II. Kerr and
many other pediatrists took part:
In the past there has been a fear
of early operations and a tendency
to wait until later to remedy the
deformity. Doctors were urged to
insist nov on immediate operations,
as these are most successful. ana
spare the child years of dishsu-e
ment.
Sticking out his tongue for the
first time in five years was the most
delightful act in the life of one pa
tient who had ankylosis, or hxatioa
of the jaw. In telling of Ave cases
in which delicate operations had ef-
fected cures, DR.. W. P. Clark said
that these sufferers were the most
grateful patients he, had ever
known. When, due usually to some
injury, the jaw becomes fixed, the
sufferer has to take ali his food
through a straw. THIS trouble in
children causes receding OF the
chin. -, -
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Baltic States Are Recognized.

The supreme council Of the allied powers found
time, during the Paris conference, to recognize the
governments of Esthona and Latva. For obvious
Lithuania not included Its internal
conditions too unstable; its government is too
uncertain in its relations to Bolshevism Wilma is
still occupied by Polish troops, and it is hardly
possible for any one to say just what and where its
boundaries will be.
Latyia and Esthonia have maintained distinctive
governments They have been able to preserve
definite boundaries. Neither is homogeneous in its
population, each presenting radical mixtures, but
their people have that unity of interests and
historic distnctivcncss in "sclf-detcrmnation"
often stronger factors than race.
Their recognition is the first intimation to
allied to President Wilson's recent Ar
menian note. 1t discloseS attitude toward his
proposals that may be indifference, and may express
something of diplomatic disgust.
1t to indicate a WEAKNESS at being lee
tured by to whom his country has refused
to listen and disregard for leadership rcpudiatcd
by his people. Diplomacy is seldom direct
its objective is usually to be found by looking
somewhere else.
Mr. Wilson's policy has declared with COM
mcndablc consistency against dismemberment OF
Russia save for Finland and cthnic Poland both
sanctioned by the Russia of the Gar and
period. He has refused to recognize any further
separations Ills RUSSIAN poHCy mas ialSeiy Oeeh
based upon this
The allies now set up in the world Of nations
these two minor Baltic states, carved from Russia,
to be sustained and maintained by them,
or later to be reabsorbed into reconstructed Rus
sa. Just they very valuable to the allies
Russian veStibules.
Their future it they are to be permanent, will
rest in this same use. The allied countries di-
rect their trade and, to this extent, Russian trade
through them and for many years they may be
the dominating factor in this.
1t is this fact. also, which will be Of immense
value in preventing Germany from gaining economic
and commercial control Of the future Russia. So
this recognition may not be taken as rebuke to
President Wilson, much another example Of
the opportunsm Of European diplomacy.
The powers have hedged against possible fu-
turc need. They have secured an immediate advan-
tagc which will be retained or released as future
contingencies dictate. AS for Esthonia and Latvia,
they are but pawns the European chessboard.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
A Luxury of Poverty.

Ian man who is unmarried and having an in
come OF but $1,000 or less, own and operate a mo-
tor car? Can married man whose income is but
$4,000 or less year have car, as one Of his lares
and penates2
The Annalist has tabulated by States the num-
Der of owners of motor cars 1t has also listed in
the same way the income taxpayers. 1t publishes
these two enumerations in deadly parallel 1t finds
4'4oo,588 income taxpayers, including Alaska and
Hawaii, and 7,523,664 car owners in the States
alone
This being so, only 60 per cent of those who
have cars pay an income tax. Among those States
where ownership of automobiles and poverty seem
to be almost synonymous are North Carolina, where
there are five times as many owners as income
taxpayers; South Carolina where the ratio is
three and onehalf to one; Minnesota three to one:
Wisconsin two and one-half to one; North Dakota
just under three to one; Iowa over three to one:
Kansas nearly four to one, and Georgia three and
one-half to one.
This ratio would seem to run along with radical
sentiment in the States, with Socialism and near
Socialism. But it is notably higher in the agrcul-
tursl than in the industrial States.
There is the story of the man who refused to
go back to his prewar wage because he now had
car. But why not if it costs so little to maintain
one, that half of those who have them have in
comes below the tax limit? Why worry about
wage as related to having
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Scientific
Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings.;
Activities of Societies
In Washington.
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
AIDS GEOLOGIC MAPPING.

How aerial photography is aid
ing the geologist to map unex-
plored and Inaccessible areas, both
on land and under the sea, and hoy
detailed geologic features are shown
in the pictures, was told at the
meeting of the Pick and Hammcr
Club held Saturday night
An airplane observer can see and
photograph the shoals, channels,
and terraces of underwater forma-
tions. and thus the geologist will be
able to explore the little known
marine region" DR.. Willis T. Lee,
geologist, of. the Geological Survey.
said. Because Of color and the kind
of vegetation on them the kinds OF
rocks can be distinguished in aerial
photographs, and when in sedimen-
tary rocks, domes, ridges, dikes and
veins, can be easily seen, he said.
In prospecting for oil in foreign
countries which are unmapped and
difficult of access. the airplsne can
be used successfully" said Fred H
Mofit. He pointed out the fact that
airplane pictures were not com
pleted maps but that the aerial
camera should be considered sur
veying instrument.
Some of the difficulties which the
pilot of an observation plane en-
counters while doing geologic map
ping were explained by H. B. Sui
livan. Extended experiments to,
perfect aerial mapping methods
were urged, and the costs of such
work were estimated
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to
virtue.-La Rochefaucald
Old Tricks.

= ENERALLY speaking the United States is
I L today, as it was few years ago, field Of
- operations for German propagandists. A
vast amont of poisoned gas comes directed against
Poland and France. We hear from the Germans
that the Bolsheviks are massng on the Polish from
tier, that Poland will be ravaged, that Poland can
not stand against such pressure and thus Pofand's
credit in the United States is undermined
At the same time the Poles in Upper Silesia are
frightened into the notion they must remain under
the strong wing Of Germany if they would be pro-
teeted from Russian invasion. Yet, the Polish au-
thorites who ought to know, say there is no evil
dence Of Bolshevik aggression
We are told by the Germans that France is de-
mSnding form Of indemnity that will give her the
entire control OF German trade and thus prejudice
the United States. We arc warned that the insist
of France that she shall be paid all that is due
to her will destroy the ability OF Germany to buy
american commodities
:, We are, in fact treated by the German press
and German press dispatches as if we had been
the Germans ally against France England, and
Italy. One reason for this renewal of propaganda
'Si because Germany expects the new Republican
administration to cater to the German-Amercan
vote, and to abandon the support of the allies be-
cause such support the prominent feature of
the Wilson administration.
Thus there still great many evidences Of
We same ciuO-toot IN herman diplomacy and prop
Uganda that forced Great Britain into the war
against her and subsequently in both Italy and
the United States.
II Germany would express some raj conrition
ior the calamity she has brought upon the world
Ertd would devote her propaganda to proof of an
earnest cndCavor 10 right the wrong she has done
France and Belgium and to the other nations Of the
globG, she would be doing great deal to Syn the
rQnhdcncc Of thc world in the German revolution
"hich j. necessary for her successful rehabila-
lion
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

olned against this country. In few underlined
paragraphs, he succincty outlined the condition in
each country and its attitude of mind
As a resonant conclusion. he proclaimed: Even
geance is the motive and revenge the incentive of
European present-day people" In this Japan JOINS
and as it would be most profitable to make this
country the objective sef-interest aims its opinion
this way.
All Europe and Asia, therefore, "becbme
common enemy of the United States They will
soon be after us, hammer and tongs. They will
rob us gently or by force the occasion Dictates
but we arc to be stripped to the bone and the
bones cast to the dogs.
What is the remedy? 1t is here that James
Hamilton stretched his hvc-oot-two at least foot
and shook his leoninc whiskers ITO save this
public" in its pristine power and postwar wealth
the situation must be grabbed by the throat and its
spleen choked out of it.
There must be a great army and big navy
write a new international law code and
sec to it that the world adopts this American in
ternational "kultur Not to be dictated to, must
dictate and stand on the order of the dctstion
This is all what rhe boys call fine billiards"
As only James Hamilton has seen the light in its
full brilliancy only he must be chosen TO turn it
As only he has had the courage to proclaim,
his must be the leadership. All Americans ask
is that he consent and consenting, get some phys
ical culturst to lengthen his legs.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
REPLIES TO STATENENT> oP
MIR. PINCH

To the Editor. The wsshinFtou Hsrsrs
II is very clear to me from road
ing T. n. Finch's article in yoyr
issue Of January Is. that no Nom
ber Of the Finch family took nsrr
in the recent world war for tho
cause Of democracy.
At this time when America and
Americans should BE- the forpmorr.
thought OF all American citizens. %
seems to me that the tactics nj
England and all countries Of like
breed should be brought 10 light
There is a place for everything and
the place for cnliEhteninE Amor
cans Of all ages is in the pubIrr
schools as well a. on the street
corners and in public halls
The Friends OF Irish Freedom
are not the only ones who are try
ing TO disclose the intrigue ana
cut throat methods Of England as
our own Congress is now taking d
hand and is disclosing the schemes
Of England in regard 20 our mor-
chant marine.
! am not q member Of the Friends
OF Irish Freedom. but ! am a full
blooded American and ] am against
any country which buys UP some
200 American newspapers during
the world war. in order to use them
for English propaganda
JAMES J. SWEENEY.
Washington. January p.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
SAYS SENATOR BoRAH ~ WRONG
ABOUT CAPITAL SHIPS"


To the Editor, TIE wsshinGtou Herald.
A news article on the front psr,
Of The Herald this morning quote,
Senator Borah as stating that naval
e1perIs OPPOSE the building Of can't.
tai ships at present
! doubt very much " this Is fact
The modern capital ship is an svoIu-
tlon from the trirems Of snrfsr,
days, and the capital ship OF the IN.
ture whether Of the air or OF II.
sea in the shape OF a supcrsubns-
rine must be a matter Of evolution
and not the creation OF the rno,er,
From time 10 time we have be.,
told that capital ships were doomed
We we're told during the Russian
Japanese war that the DESTROYER bss
ended the battleship. This did NO,
prove 20 be true. In the rv0IutLo,
Of the capital ship the battle cruise-
is the most conspicuous dsvelo,-
ment and at this time while q NAV
be entirely proper 10 suspend tn.
construction OF battleships. tho
completion OF the battle cruiser.
should be hastened; this in view Of
the building program Of certain
Asistic friends Of ours
"EX- NAVY"
Washington, January IS
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
BULLET IN BRAIN;
LIVES SIX YEARS

LONDON, jan. 3o.-A bullet which
entered a woman's brain six years
ago was stated at a Battersea in
quest to have been the cause of her
death in st. James Infrmary,
Wandsworth. -
The woman - Emily Smith, 35;
en1broideress, of Cunningham road,
Shepherds Bush-was am assistant
in October, 1914, at a shooting gal
lery at Pentre. South Wales, when
she was shot yaccident. After an
operation she became blind and par
alyzed. - ID .
The bullet was found in her neck
at the post mortem. The wound in
the brain had produced epileptic
convulsions and coma.
Accidental DEATH" was the ver-
diet.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Turns Crape-Hanger.

LANES Hamilton Lewis, who usually is just "an
anusin little cuss" has turned Grape hanger In his
speech before the South Carolina State Bar As
soeiation5 he covered the earth with deep, crink-
leyyr funereal hue.
''"With wave of his womanly hand, he wiped off
the.rlast vestige of international law He obliter-
ates" treaties and international obligations of all
kinds as to the United States. The slate is clean
on both sides
..lhen with intoned, measured periods Of almost
sohaing sSemnity, he told how all Europe is com
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
LARGER HEAD Is. FIRST
SYMPTOM OF BONE DISEASE

A swelling of the head requiring
a larger sized hat is often the first
symptom of Paset's disease of bones
about which. DR.. B. NJ. Randolph
presented a. paper. In this disease
the bones gradually thicken and
often BECOME deformed, and while
1t is rather rare, 1t g, is. believed to
be more common than usually. sup-
posed as it is often undiagnosed.
DR.. Truman Able presented a case
Of this disease. -. l-'-s 3,
A case of plastic surgery upon
the cut tendons of the knee which
were successfully joined aftert two
operations was presented BY DR.. J.
A Cannon. .--s w. d. :.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Keeping Up
With Editors
of Virginia
Ancient Store Ledger
ShoDs Prices in Vir-
giHid in War Days.
Lursy Correspondence ,


Searchers of ancient records Of
this county have just been reward
ed by finding the accounts kept in
an old ledger by James Almond. who
for years conducted a store At Stony
Man. this County-in those days
known as Blosserville. two miles
southeast OF Luray.
The record deals with the prices
that were charged in the days OF
the civil war and are mildly suC-
Eestive Of what Page County citi-
zens nave been paying for the same
things for the past two or three
years. Many Of the articles that are
found in the local stores Of the
present time are known by different
names and the names Of the citizens
who dealt with the BlosserviIle
store are spelled differently from
the way they are known today.
LInsey. a popular product in those
days. made by the women Of the
rounty. brought $125 for five yards
ono pound Of tea was $40; one half
a pound OF pepper was IS; one pound
Of alum was SO; a yard, Of bIeached
otton was SIC, and a spool OF boss,
$500
In the old record a pair Of kid
gloves was exchanged for a gallon
uf brandy. One pint of the article"
in this day would pay for a pair Of
the same on the Lursy market In
the record kept by Almond 800 was
{ hsrEed for one dozen eggs; SIS for
calf skin; 81 fer a pound Of tai
low; $50 for a sheep: &l1 for a calf
and SIS for 4 yard OF nankeen. Jacob
p. Printz was charged $3.50 for a
yard OF brilliant; $3.50 for a pound
Of sugar and Sl2 for a linen coat.
Daniel MuEselman is charged with
paying Sc for six fishing hooks.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Italy viii Treble OLiUe
Oil Exports to u. S.

Italy will lubricate her machinery
of export TO the United States with
olive oil, according to her sons who
dwell in Washington.
1t was predicted at a meeting Of
the Italian American Civic Associa-
tion, at Is n street SSrtheast, yes
terday afternoon that importaticns
of olive oil from Italy will treble
IN the year 1921 by reason OF plans
to be furthered by Baron Rice, re-
Gently appointed Ambassador to
America from Rome.
The oil barrage was among the
topics touched on by =. A Bald,
vice president Of the European Ex-
port association. principal speaker.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
THINKS FRANCE SHOULD IN
FORCE TREATY TO THE LETTER

To the Editor. Ths vEshinEtOb HerIh y
A letter just received from Esden
Dour. Finistere Country, BRITTANY.
South Of Rennes, France, gives
prices in American money as fol-
lows: Pork and mutton. &l..o. per
pound. beef. 81 per pound; sugar.
soc per pound; eggs. 16c- each. soft
coal. $40 per ton and scarce at that
price.
Is il any wonder the French ma
ton wants full reparstion from the
sanity Hun for the crimes Of de-
vaststinE their country. numbering
and destroying. And our Inter
myer thinks they have been badly
treated One American thinks thev
are getting Of altogether too easy.
Almas Temple, L W T
I'll Thirteenth street y W.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

When Mr.. Harding announced that he
would have only Republicans in his Cabinet,
did he mean to assure the country that what
ever happened it could not be as bad as the
present Postmaster General affliction
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

The organized effort to make the world
~aio from cigarettes went out OF business after
hearing something from Mr. Harding. about
"lypotrites"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
lreterhurE M Prorr.,..l

Japanese rice wine is said to be
the oldest intoxicating beverage
known to man. No, we do not re-
member how the recipe reads.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Winchester st1r.)

The desdest village of the plain
is Durmid. in Campbell County. Two
ten gallon barrels Of Corn liquor
stood undistUrbed on the railway
platform at Durmid for thirty-three
hours.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
CGoIdsboro n. CT Nev,l

The dOughboys and the Gobs will
note with interest the proofs from
Mattice that at least two members
Of the aviation branch did finally
go into action.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
iRichmond Times-DispstchD

Clemenceau is having great sue
cess in the Far East shooting tigers
There appears to be less risk in the
sport than in the business OF stalk
ing moonshiners in our own coun-
try. II he wants real dangerous
excitement, let him come to Amer
ica and join Krsmer's man hunters.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

When the nickel cigar stages its particular
comeback, you will get three for what you now
pay for one Of them Only the price will
change.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

Water, water everywhere, but not drop
to drink, has no terrors to the ocean voyager
except under the American flag
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

,o,, Several States propose to make stealing au-
tsn1obes capital offense. There should Be in
all such laws a provision to first catch the
thieves
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

The American Forestry Association is carry
ing on a popular vote to national tree
No man who remembers his boyhood will vote
for either the hickory or birch.