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The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
Proposal in Paris Consid-
cred Due to Get Cold
Shoulder. =
SANCTIONS WANTED
BEFORE DISCUSSION
Germany Receives Final
Ultimatum on May1
Payments.
tSpeeihl Cable 10 The wsthinrtsn Hsr.iS
and Chicago Tribune.)
BY HENRY WALES.

BY HENRY WALES.
PARIS. April 25.-Germsny's new
reparations proposals are consider
ed unacceptable to the French gov
eminent.
BY confidential agents in Berlin
and Washington, ouai dorssy
early this morning was Informed
that Foreign Minister Simonds ofter
is below the 22s.oOo. 900 900 gold
marks (roughly $4,000. 600 .OOeD stip-
ulated in the Paris accord ana
which Premier BRAND has stated
was a minimum which could not be
reduced.
Ready TO Discuss.
II President Harding communi-
Gates the proposals the French win
consent 10 discuss the offer at Sat
urdsy's supreme council conferences.
Premier BRAND will reserve the
right to occupy the Ruhr basin i'm
medistely IL no solution appears
probable during the conference.
The French are willing to reopen
pour parlers, but they intend to ap-
ply new sanctions first in order 70
impress the Berlin government that
France is in earnest and will permit
no further triHinE.
Suspect Joker.
The French expect Upper Snesia
to be revealed as a joker in the new
proposals, the Germans explaining
sfterwsrd, II an agreement is
reached, that their figures we're
based on their keeping the entire
plebescite region.
Diplomatic circles here arescyni-
cal over the fact. that Germany
does not ofter TO assume the allies
war debts to the United States as
repsrstions. asserting that DR.. ST.
mons had been warned this would
be distastefUl to America
(copyriEht, ls2l.)
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
''Meanest" Thief
Steals Two Vases
From Mt. Olivet

The "meanest' thief has again
appeared on the scene, according to
J. NJ. Burns, superintendent of tine
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Supe erintendent Burns reported to
the police yesterday that sometime
during the night two large goblet
shaped vases were stolen from the
burial lot owned by Miss Winnie
Harrington, iii B street northeast.
Miss Harrington reported the loss
TO Superintendent Burns yesterday
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
LOBBYING CHARGED
BY SENATORS OVER
CIVIL SERVICE BILL
Propaganda Behind Sterl-
ing Measure, Alleges
SmOot.

Although the law forbids govern
ment employees lobbying. there has
been a great deal Of lobbying in
their behalf in connection with the
controversy over the reclassifca-
tion bills of Senators Sterling and
Smoot.
Charges to this effect were made
by Senators Underwood of Alabama
and Smoot. of Utah. during a
heated debate yesterday, which was
followed by a compromise on the
question of what committee should
get the bills.
Senator Sterling had asked that
his bill, under which all the Federal
and District clerks and other en-
pIoyes are graded and their salaries
provided for. be referred to the
Civil Service Committee, of which
he is chairman.
Opposed by Smoot.
Senator Smoot. who introduced a
similar measure last week, opposed
the reference of either. bill to the
Civil Service Committee, declaring
the matter of classifying employees
according to their salaries had been
in the hands of the Appropriations
Committee for many years and 1t
was a matter strictly for the ApH-
propriations Committee.
Under the compromise both
measures go to the Civil Service
Committee and. after it reports. TO
the Appropriations Committee.
Senator Underwood attacked the
compromise agreement as pre-
cedent giving rise to new compli-
cations, and charged that it was
done for convenience and to ap-
neass LOBBYISTS, who, he declared,
wanted the Civil Service Committee
to have the bill, beliving the APP
propriations Committee was
tightwad" and the Civil service
would be liberal. He favored II 60
ing to the Appropriations Commit
tee.
Norris Attacks Compromise.
Senator Norris. of Nebraska, first
attacked the compromise as a step
toward complications and said that
if two committees were given a bill
SuCH
be all kinds OF dealings OF the KIND
in the future.
1T is the camel sticking its nose
under the tent" he said. The whole
camel will get into the tent as
result" He favored it going to the
Civil Service Committee as a strictly
legislative measure without max
ing any appropriations.
Senator Smoot declared that he
had received kilograms and letters
from people who know nothing
about the contents of the Sterling
bill, asking that 1t be referred to
the Civil Service Committee. which
indicates to him. he said. that the
efforts to have it sent to that COM
mittee were Influenced by propa-
ganda.
Smoot Runs on Track.
While Senator Smoot was scoring
the Sterling bill as having 170t
definitions" and declaring that Il
would not relieve the present con-
CONTINUED on FACE THREE
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
The CARFARE QUESTION

TIVE READERS OF THE HERALD uiu find as the leading
editorial today the opening of discussion of the eoare
question The purpose Is gse the people of the District
facts they fo, their conclusions The Herald
beeges the people hesers should be the deciding influence in
any settlement merger
This rH be from the point of ~ of the patrons of
the street ca, systems injustice companies The problem
the many other cities in the and
believes and fairly bring ioer fa,es
rs a permanent basis.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
Smoot Runs on Track.

smoot Runs on Track.
While Senator Smoot was scoring
the Sterling bill as having 100
definitions" and declaring that 1t
would not relieve the present con-
CONTINUED on FACE THREE
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26

D Herald Want Ads and RE
sULTS-they're the best bud
dies In the world Use Herald Want
Ads and prove i'll
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
$25O,OOO LOOT
RECOVERED FROM
TEXAS BANDITS

of the recovery of nearly $25O,OO0 in
Liberty bonds and currency, and the
accidental death of one of the band
it's, marked the police inves-
tigation Of last nights sensational
robbery of a subpostoff1ce station
here. The amount of loot taken by
the six robbers had not been deter
mined, and four Of the band remain
at liberty.
w. S. scrivner. one Of the band
who was injured when the bandit
car" overturned on q road near Fort
Worth three hours after the rob-
berry was committed, led Dallas Off
GERS to a cache eight miles north of
Fort Worth late today. Here $780,
900 in Liberty bonds and $4,000 in
currency was found in two registered
mail sacks, according to local police.
Scrivner, who was pinned under
meath the wrecked automobile, was
brought here early today Suisse
quently he made a complete confess
arrested by Fort Worth police and
sion, police said, duplicating a mas
ter mind behind the robbery, whose
arrest, detectives said, will cause a
sensation.
Pat Murphy, alias Rufus Clemens,
alias w. w. Matthews, another mem
Der Of the outlaw band, was killed
when the bandit car" turned turtle
near Fort Worth. According to the
alleged confession of Scrivner, he
and Murphy were returning to Fort
Worth after having cached the loot
following a wild night ride from
Dallas. The four other members OF
the band had taken refuge in house
at Fort Worth.
Five Dallas detectives returned to
Fort Worth with Scrivner today on
the latter's promise to lead them to
his comrades hiding place. The
house was found unoccupted, but in
dications were that it had been hur-
riedly vacated. The detectives then
were directed by Scrivner to the
cache where the bonds and money
were recovered.
Search for the missing four, whose
identity. police say, is known, was
continued in Dallas and Fort Worth
tonight. Local authorities predicted
sensational developments.
In addition to the approximately
S246,00O recovered near Fort Worth,
more than $4,000 of the stolen cur
rency was found in a house in South
Dallas today. Police searched the
house on the strength of Scrivner's
alleged confession.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
GEO W v/LLfAh1C ID Nh MOONEY
Fake Landlord Rents
House Another Owned
Tenants Tell Police

It's bad enough when the harried
ome-hunter can't find suitable
apartment under twice the amount
he is able to afford, but the last
straw is reached when he pays his
rent in advance. only to discover he
has been buncoed into leasing a
place from man who isn't the
owner and hasn't any claim to it at
all.
That is exactly what happened to
Joe Brantley, of ITO Holderness
street and J. H. Whitaker, Of 269
Lucille avenue, according to their
complaint to the police
newspapers. five-room house for
J. II. Lewis, general delivery, for
more information. Each, according
to their story, unknown to the other,
rented" the house from Mr.. Lewis
"sight unseen" Mr. Brantley paid a
full month in advance: Mr.. Whit
taker paid for half a month in ad-
vance.
"If you want to see the nlace.' %
said Mr.. Lewis, after he had col
lected the rent. cts at 1T Yelling
ton street"
Mr. Brantley decided Sunday aft
ernoon to go oLt and look over his
new home. Mr. Whitaker likewise
decided Sunday afternoon to go out
and look over his new home. They
arrived at the front door at the same
time, and were both inf. Informed by
been living at 1T wellington street
for some time. that she didn't intend
to move and that she never heard of
any Mr.. Lewis.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
DAYLIGHT BANDITS
TAKE $3.50
AVID MAKE ESCAPE
Police Have No Clue of Two
E. Men Who Hold Up Office
in FIatiron Building on
Saturday

A diligent search by city detec-
tives and police for the pair of dar-
ing daylight bandits who held up
l.. E. Kent, manager of the Southern
Heating and Plumbing company, in
the Flatiron building at II o'clock
Saturday morning and robbed him of
a pay roll of $3.50, had been I'M
availing up to late hour Saturday
night.
Although the hold-up was staged
in the very heart of the business dis
trlct, with hundreds of people in the
F1atiron building and thousands in
the streets below, it was executed
with such percision and GOODNESS
that the bandits escaped without
leaving behind any clues for the Of
ficers to work on.
Chief of Detectives Lamar Poole
declared his men were still hard at
work on the case, with hopes of ap-
pretending the robbers within 4S
hours
- The bandits, according to Mr.
Kent, reached his office, room 302,
while he was in the act of counting
the pay roll money he had drawn
from the bank ten minutes before.
One of them stopped at the door and
the other entered the office. inquir-
ing for Mr.. Charles Hurr,- who is
president of the company. Mr.. Kent
said.
81 replied that Mr.. Hurr was not
in. and he then drew a pistol and
told me to hand over the money
and keep quiet. I told him
] would not give UP the money. and
when he reached for it. 1 seized his
hand. He fired at me and the bull
let whizzed past my head. I felt
the heat of the powder"
Mr.. Kent said he and the bandit
then clashed for several seconds, and
that the bandit fired again, burning
Kent / in the back. The bandit then
rushed from the office with the mon
ey before Kent could recover him
self.
The corridors of the Flation build
Ing were lined with people as the two
bandits escaped.
The bandits did not wait for an
elevator. witnesses said, but dashed
down the three flights of stairs to
the ground floor and were lost in
the Peachtree street throng. On their
rush down the stairs, the bandits
pushed several persons rudely aside.
Mr.. Kent was on his job through
out Saturday. and personally dis
bursed the company's weekly payroll
after drawing more money from the
bank. He said the bandits left a
small amount of money in his Of
flee. There was $1,6O6.95 in the
payroll, and they only took $780,"
he said.
Descriptions of the bandits were
given city detectives Saturday after
noon by A. V. Mitchell, of Dun woody;
r. V. Sweat, of Smyrna, and 0. w.
Sparks, of 332 Barnett street, At
lanta, all eyewitness to their es-
cape from the Flatiron building.
They described the bandit who
stood in the doorway while his part
ner stuck up Mr.. Kent as being
about % years old, feet II inches
tall, and weighing about 175 pounds.
The other bandit, they said, was
hardly more than 10 years of age, D
feet s inches tail, and weighed ap-
proXimately 165 pounds. Both men
wore heavy overcoats, they said
Detectives Lowe and Holley said
late Saturday night that other is
forma ton given them by these wit
nesses led them to believe that more
than two persons were implicated in
the robbery
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
Alleged Gambling Ring
Suspect Fails to Get
Freedom From Court

John A. Alexander, one of three
men brought to Atlanta from Mem
phis, on the charge of being impli-
Gated in the gambling ring investi-
gated by Solicitor Boyl1in, failed Sat
urday in his attempt 20 get hiS lib
erty by habeas corpus.
A1exander's attorneys, Fred E
Harrison and J. Walter LeCraw
swore out habeas corpus proceed
ings on the ground that their client
never was indicted and was not
served with a warrant. Judge
HUMPHREYS dismissed the proceed
ings Saturday morning, after hear
ing, and Alexander is held at the
tower
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
Tennessee Woman
Running for Senate

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 10
Mrs. Anna Keys WorIey, of Bluff
City, Sullivan county, widow of the
late Senator J. Parks Worley, today
filed her candidacy for the senate in
the second senatorial district, which
ties. Mrs. Worley will be opposed
by S. M. Mcneil, Republican, Of Kins-
port. The special election will be
held on January Is.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
CRAZEDBY WORRY,
CAROLINIAN KILLS
FAMILY AND SELF

CHARLESTON, s. c.. Jan. IT,
Temporary insanity from brooding
over financial difficulties and bitter
ness due to family troubles in which
an estate worth probably $4,000
was at stake, are believed by the au-
thorities to have prompted l.. S. Big
ham Saturday afternoon to shoot his
mother. his sister, the latter's two
adopted children. and then kill him
self, according to information re-
ceived here today from Florence
The dead are: Mrs. NJ. NJ. Bigham.
Mrs Marjorie A. Black. Leo McCracK-
en-, John McCracken and L. S. Big
ham.
All evidently were killed instantly
except Mrs. Bigham. the mans moth
err, who lived a. few moments. and
the oldest child. who died at 5 o'clock
Sunday morning. The tragedy took
place at the old Bigham home. five
miles from Pamlieo. Florence county.
and twenty-five miles from Florence.
After Staying all within the house
at the time. Bigham went into the
woods surrounding the place and
fired a bullet into his brain. When
his body was found at noon Sunday
his right hand still grasped the pis-
toll. It was stated by the physician
who examined the body that he had
been dead more than twelve hours.
The persons killed all were shot in
the head, the bullets entering just
beneath their temples. None was shot
more tab nonce, although two bullets
were found near the back door that
had missed their mark. The large
pistol used by Bigham still contained
an uneXploded cartridge.
The coroner's jury investigating
the tragedy had not reported ITS
findings at noon. At that hour 1t
was announced the jury's verdict
probab bly, would be delayed several
days pending further developments.
Officers at work on the case declare
al indications point to Bigham as
the firer Of the shots which blotted
out the lives Of four members of his
family before he fell, apparently a
suicide.
Edmond Bigham, brother Of the
dead man, who had left the house
with his family for a trip to Pamlico,
returned just in time to find his aged
mother staggering toward the road
with blood streaming from her face.
She died few minutes later in his
arms AS he approached the house.
his brother run towards nearby
wooded spot, holding his hands
against his breast. According to the
testimony of Edmond Bigham and his
wife and others given to the coro--
ner's jury, l.. S. Bigham had acted
strangely for several weeks. Finan-
cial worries and family trouble over
an estate worth approximately SIS,
moo was given by witnesses as rea-
sons for believing Bigham demented.
He had been charged by relatives
with altering the county courthouse
records in an effort to obtain posses
sion Of the Bigham estate. The at
torney general of South Carolina has
been investigating this charge for
some time.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
Corn Liquor Explodes,
Firing Omaha Garage;
900 Gallons Are Taken

OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 15.-Spontane-
Gus combustion of newly-made corn
whisky is said by f1remen to have
caused the fire in a two-story garage
in the residence section of Omaha
which destroyed a large quantity of
whisky and moonshining equipment
early today.
The partially destroyed still was
confiscated by police, who said it was
the largest ever taken in this Sec
ton. Over 1900 quart bottles of dis
titled liquor were confiscated and
100 five-gallon jugs were partially
destroyed by the fire and, the rest
confiScated
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
HARD FIGHT AHEAD.
W|THMUCH DEBATE,
ON TARIFF MEASURE
Ten Added Amendments
Broaden Fordney Act to
Include Virtually All Prod
uCts of the Farm

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Carrying
amendments which many proponents
believed spe1t it's doom in the sem
ate, the Fordney emergency tariff
bill was reported out today by
the senate finance committee. 1t
was supported by agricultural in
terests during the week of hear
tai protection to farm products. The
measure on the other hand was
strongly attacked by others as an
instrument for maintaining abnor-
NAL price levels.
Ten amendments, broadening the
measure to- include practically all
farm products instead of the limit
ed number approved by the house,
lad been added to the bill by the
committee and opponents had serV-
ed notice chat an attempt would be
made to load on more when the
measure reached the senate floor.
Several senator's who opposed the
bill IN committee were understood TO
be prepar % repeat their attempt,
unsuccessful IN committee, to add
such extrancous legislation as the
bill to re-codify the federal laws and
tie soldiers :. us bill. The deter
mined and an' ntly growing, oppo-
sit:on to -le n easure in the senate
promised g struggle with many
nours of debate before final action.
Senator Penrose gave notice that
"at an early date he would move to
make the bill the unfinished business
of the senate and would make every
effort to push it to an early passage"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
Court Denies Rehearing
OF Coca-Cola Injunction

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE SUI
preme court today refused to grant
a rehearing on it's recent decision
granting the Coca-Cola company an
injunction against the sale by otner
companies of substitutes under the
name Of "Koke" and Dope"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
Senator Phelan Blocks
$50, O00ArmyMeasure

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Further
progress of the resolution which the
senate passed yesterday ordering the
war department to cease recruiting
until the regular army had been cut
down to 10000 men, was blocked to-
day by Senator PEelan, Democrat,
California.
The senator gave formal notice OF
his intention to offer a motion for
reconsideration of the measure, and
Vice President Marshall, after ascer-
tanning that the resolution had not
been transmitted to the house, order
ed it held in the senate until the mo-
ton was voted on. Members of the
military affairs committee said there
was little prospect of change in the
senate amendment.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
Aenine Is Suffering
From Breakdown

PARIS, Jan. 15.-Nikolai Lenine,
Russian premier, has suffered a
complete nervous breakdown, &C.
cording to reports in anti-Bolshevik
circles here.
L.eninewas said to have suffered a
collapse following several attempts
at assassination.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
Pueblo Girl Wants
Honolulu Husband

HONOLULU T. H.-Mayor James
Wilson of Honolulu, has turned Gu
pid. He's looking for the handsomest
man in the islands. Recently the
mayor received letter signed
Edna D., Pueblo, Colo,' in which
she declares that only an islander
would please her taste. The letter
declared that she was wealthy.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
WIFE OF OFFICER
KILLED BY JAP
TAKES OWNLIFE

MANILA, Jan. 17.-The Russian
wife of Naval Lieutenant Warren H
Langdon, the American killed by a
Japanese sentry at Vladivostok re-
Gently, ended her life upon learning
of her husbands death, according to
a Reuter- dispatch from Vladivostok
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
King Of Sweden Gets
American Fruitcake

SEATTLE.-The king of Sweden
is to eat Seattle fruitcake for Christ
mas. A large cake, made especially
for that purpose, and bearing the
Swedish coat of arms, has been dis
patched to Stockholm by 100 business
men of Seattle who are natives of
Sweden or descendants of SWedes.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-18
AUTHORITIES Offer
$4,000 REWARD FOR
ALLEGED GAMBLERS
Floyd Woodward, W, Clyde
Smith, Ed 0, Ellis and
George Irwin Wanted by
Governor and Solicitor

Rewards totaling $4,000 have been
offered for the apprehension Of
Floyd Woodward, W. Clyde Smith,
Ed o. Ellis and George Irwin, who
are believed by the authorities to
have been the leaders in the so-called
overlapping and gambling syndicate
operated in Atlanta for several years
Saturday Governor Dorsey offered
reward of $500 for Floyd Wood
ward, who has been indicted by the
Fulton county grand jury on the
charge Of having murdered Ed Mills
| in local hotel on April 2, 1919. re-
wards of $3.50 each have been offered
| by the governor for Smith, Ellis and
Irwin, who are under Indictment for
| larceny after trust. Similar rewards
have been offered in each instance by
| Solicitor General John A. Boykin
| making the aggregate as follows:
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-17
TURN HAIR DARK
With SAGE TEA
If Mixed with Sulphur It Dark
ems So Naturally Nobody
Can Tell

The old dms mixture of Sage Tea ana
sulphur for darkeninG gray, streaksd and
foded hair is gERndmOther's recipe, and
folks are again using 1t to keep their
hair a good, even color. which Is quite
sensible, as we are living In an age
" hen a youthful appearance is OF the
greatest advantage.
Nowadays, though. We don't have the
troublesome task Of gathering the sage
end the mussy mixing at home All
drug stores sell the ready -to-use prod
uct, improved by the addition " other
Ingredients. called "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" 1t 10 very popular,
because nobody can discover u has been
applied. Simply moisten your Sonb OF
soft brush with 1t, and draw this
through your hair, taking ons small
strand at q time; by morning The gray
hair disappears. but what delights the
ladies with wyeths Sage and sulphuy
Compound Is that. besides beautifully
darkening the hair after a few appil-
caticns, it also produces that soft lustFe
and appearance Of abundance wAich IA
"a attractiya ssssssmanE.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-17
NINETY RECEIVE
RITE DEGREES
Ceremony Concludes Spring
Degree Work.

The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
Valley OF Indianapolis, conferred the
thirty-seeond degree on ninety candidates
last night, which concludes the degree
work for the spring class.
The work began at o'clock in the aft
ernoon and was resumed after a O'Clock
dinner Marshal Levy conducted the
ceremonies of the thirtieth degree, with
Logan Scholl In charge OF the thirty
first and james f. Lilly, commander-i In
chief. comforting the thirty-second.
Officers OF the class include:
Wilson W. Godfrey, president; Charles
Z. Temmerlin, first vice president and
orator; George E. Cox, second vice presi-
dent; Paul +. Fisher. secretary treasurer
md Harry p Gadbury, historian.