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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
Hardware Department.
Paint and Oil Department.

Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil. Harness
Oil, Machine Oil, Black Strap. Tur.
pentine, N. c. and Gas Tar, Oasoiine.
varnish, Japan Dryer, Knot KiiIer'
White Lead, Red Lead, Spanisis
Brown, Calcined Plaster, PorfianS
Cement, Lard Oil, Plastering Hais
Coal OIL. Neat Foot OH, Fish on
Bath Brick Soap, Sulphur, CopperaS.
Borax.
Patent Plasteridg prepared for immedisae
use.
international Stock Food and dieasos,s
Horse and Cattle Powders.
Frank MIller's Harness Dressing, Whale
Oil Soap.
Black Lambs Foot Harness OH.
The Perfection Blue Flame Wickiess on
Stove-Safest.
The Four Leaf Clover Cream Separafor.
where the milk Is not mixed or Al.
luted with water, leaving II pure ana
sweet for family use.
Wall Paper furnished on short notice n
reduced prices.
Reduced Prices on Haying Tools an6
Barn Door, Hangers and Track.
Force Pumps, Deep Well Pumps. 0al.
yanized Bucket Pump and War;
Purifier, x L Chain Pumps.
A Large Stock OF Cooking and Heaf{uR
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
One View of 1t.

The game Of definitions" produced
the other evening this rather clever
example:
"Life-A workshop in which no one,
from the foreman down to the smallest
apprentice knows but that he will lose
his job before night"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

A TYPICAL day in camp is de-
"A picted in the scenes above,
taken during the recent camping tour
Of President Harding, H. 8. Fire
stone, the tire manufacturer; Henry
Ford, Detroit manufacturer, and
Thomas A. Edison, the inventive
genius.
Cares Of state, financial worries
and new inventions were dismissed
from mind. Three important daily
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

dividual tents, one Of which was as
signed the president.
After the president left the party,
being called back to Washington, the
others continued on through the
Maryland mountains, coming out In
West Virginia, making several one.
night stands before they abandoned
their "back to nature" outing. Mrs.
Edison, Mrs. Frestone and Mrs. Ford
accompanied their husbands.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25

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The Washington times., 1921-12-11
|s5OO,OOO|N |NRUM
TAKEN FROM Md.
PERMITS
Score Of D. c. Detectives Guard
ing Roads to Apprehend
Liquor Purveyors.
1000 CASES ON TRUCKS
Baltimore DistiIIsry Gives Up
Fortune to Gang With
Bogus Orders.
1000 CASES ON TRUCKS

A score Of Warrington detec-
tives are guarding all highways
leading into the Capital in an ef-
fort to apprehend the gang who
yesterday took 1000 cases Of
whiskey from the Canton Distilling
Company, Of Baltimore, on al
ledged "fake" permits.
The loot y valued at $500, 900
and Is said to be the biggest haul
Of the kind ever made In the East
Whole East On Guard
| Late yesterday afternoon DirectoE
lBuanits. NtsDa3timors learned thai
whiskey was being loaded at the dis
tillery. and he immediately went out
with detail Of men. When thsy ~
rived they found two trucks bsins
loaded. They forced the men to un'
load and arrested sixteen men, The
permit called for 5000 cases and about
1000 cases had been removed when
Director Budnit1 arrived.
Federal prohibition agents in Wash.
ington were notified of the affair
early last night and Immediately got
In touch with the mobile field force.
The report was flashed to all polics
and dry forces in Eastern cities.
The permits were issued In Newark.
N. J.
Col. L. @. Mutt, acting under the di.
rection of Assistant Prohibition Com
missioner Jones will direct the search
for the missing liquors from this city.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
BILL FOR z MORE
j. S. JUDGES PASSED
House Rejects Amendment to
Measure Aimed at
Lands.
BY Universal Service.

A bill providing for twenty-five addi-
tional Federal district judges passed
the House last night by q vote Of 1877
to 90.
The bill was urged by Attorney
General Daugherty and Chief Justice
Taft as necessary to speed up the
nations legal machinery.
The House rejected the amendment
to the bill that would have required
Judge X. M. Lands. OF Chicago. to
give up either his seat on the Federal
bench or his position as baseball ar.
bitter, without record vote today.
The judgeship bill was before the
House for five hours. during which
time Congressman Moore Dem) oi
Virginia and Congressman Larsen
Dem.) of Georgia sought to have the
House act against Judge Lands.
TT has been popular to attack
Judge Landis," said Congressman
Mann Rep) of Illinois. He is one
of the Understanding Judges in the
country. / know OF no other judge
who does more business in his court
than he does. He has been attacked
because he became the head Of or
ganixed baseball. Some of the old
togies here ought to go to baseball
game instead Of putting In their time
attacking Judge Landis."
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
TREATY WAS FRAMED
IN D. c. HOTEL ROOM
Diplomats Of Great Powers
Gather Secretly. and Reach
Agreement.


The .feur apowsr pact uhiah teeAy
takes its place among the most tn-
portant documents Of history. was not
framed In impressive diplomatic cere-
monies, but was done after the fashion
Of American businessmen engaging In
q contract.
The treaty. II was learned last
night. was finally drawn last Thurs
day night in . hotel room. It was
q secret session Of the big -Four. !"
but was without solemnity.
Baron Admiral .KAto and Prinos
Tokugawa Of tho japanese delegation
were the hosts. Secretary Of State
Hughes walked in . side-door. went
up in the elevator unnoticed. A. J.
Balfour Of Great Britain strolled In
. little later. wandered aimlessly to
the mt" and ascended to the upper
chambers. Finally came Reno viviani
hustling and busting. The doors were
closed. Secret Service men paced the
hall.
There was no oratory behind the
closed doors. There was some earnest
discussion. Suggested documents
were presented There was much edit
Ing. Little clubbing. but some earn
est argument.
It was not long before there came
sounds Of chuckling and laughter from
behind the bolted doors. The deed
had been done and the world states
men were in relaxation.
Magic had been performed. for q
step had been taken towards world
peace. and this may have caused
tho thoughts Of the statesmen to
turn to things magical. At any rate
they wanted entertainment and they
sent for a world known entertainer.
Malini. the magician who has ap-
peared in European courts and has
been q frequent performer for Presi-
dent Harding.
Malini did his stuff" The states
men laughed and cbuckled and frolick-
ed much after the fashion Of college
freshmen. A treaty Of world import
had been concluded and q. pleasant
time was had by ALL"
And when the milk wagons were
rafting in the streets below, a negro
porter was mumbling about men
what don't know what a ash tray H.
as he swept the room where the four
power pact was drawn. The negro
porter didn't know. The hotel man.
ager knows today and he Ia talking
of putting a silver plate on the door
Of that room which bids fair to be
the most popular guest room In the
house in the future
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Poor Grade of Holly
For Xmas Is Forecast

Holly and mistletoe appeared on the
outskirts Of the Center Market yester-
day for the first time this season.
Berryless holly Is the prospect this
year. dealers declaring that practical
ly all the greens gathered in Mary
land or the Virginias are barren Of
berries. The first displayed yester-
day, selling at so cents per bunch and
upward. was said to be Alabama holly,
which brings from IS to s12 per crate.
Christmas greens are noticeably
scarce in the markets and dealers are
struggling to dress up their stalls for
the season with gay-colored paper
flowers In bright baskets. priced at
from so cents to 50, and with the
huge red artificial wreaths-
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
N. D. ECKSTEN
FORFE|TS BAIL
After ARREST
AS D|STURBER
Ordered to vacate by Landlady,
enforcement Officer Created
Scene" 10 Charge.
ANOTHER COMPLAINT MADE
Warrant Issued In New Case
Accuses Him Of Assault
and Battery.

M. O. Ecksten, general pro-
hibition agent, temporarily sta
toned in Washington, was arrest
ed Friday night BY Policemen Ray
Bremmerman and James Frayne,
Of the Second precinct, on q charge
Of disorderly conduct.
The charge was preferred
against him by Mrs. T. s. Gerard,
from whom he, rents An apartment.
He forfeited collateral in Police
Court yesterday. sse4-------as7 .--.s.s 81,
When arrested he gave the
name Of John Charles Knabb, and
it was not until last night that
his true name became known.
Faces Another Charge.
A warrent charging Ecksten with
assault and battery was sworn out
yesterday in another case and he will
be called to answer 1t tomorrow in the
Police Court. Ecksten said last night
that he knew the warrent had been is
sued for him, and that he was await.
ing the serving Of 1t by the police. He
said that the charge grew out of an
arrest he made and that there was
nothing to 1t.
The trouble between Ecksten and
Mrs. Gerard is said to have started
when he was told to vacate his apart
ment. He raised such a disturbance.
1t is charged, that Mrs. Gerard be-
came alarmed and appealed to the po.
lice for protection. Policeman Brem-
norman and Frayne were sent to the
house and arrested Ecksten.
Sweeping Probe Looms.
Wholesale charges against other
members Of the general prohibition
force. It IL said. will be made this
week. District Attorney Peyton Cor.
don Is now considering several charges
that have been filed against the con.
duct Of prohibition agents by lawyers.
One of the biggest Investigations
Ia promised in the case of Patrick
Bligh, Seventh street near-beer
saloon keeper. who will be tried tomor-
row on charges Of selling liquor. Bligh
was arrested several weeks ago on q
charge Of an attempt at bribery of
prohibition agents. Bligh contends
that he was not trying to bribe the
agents, but that he acted on the ad-
vice Of his attorneys.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
Shaw Unmasks Conference;
Lady AstOr Sees Step Ahead
Strikers Refuse Bait
To Join in Bomb Plot

ST. PAUL. Minn.. Dec. 1o.-An al.
legged plot to entangle the meat cutters
and butchers workers now on strike
in st. Paul in an attempt to blow up
the Armour Company boiler plant
was uncovered here today when
Chief Of Police Crepeau arrested o.
F. Du Vail, alleged former convict
Du Vail. according to the chief OF
police. has signed a confession ad'
mitting that ne made offers to union
leaders.
The union officials. when ap.
preached by Du. Vail. went to County
Attorney r. d. O'Brien, and a trap
was then set by the chief of police
to catch Du Vail.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
&. Bernard Shaw
Says:
POlDers at Washington
Are Trying BY Alliances
to Make Then,selues
Safe in the Next Big
War.
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW,
tcopyright. 1891, BY Universal ssrvics.)
LONDON, Dec. 10.-There II
only one thing that can prevent
war, and that is conviction Of sin.
The conference will not prevent It,
because the delegates have no such
conviction.
They are swollen with the pride
Of victory and impenitent and
contumacious as to the wickedness
it involved. They have insisted on
the trial and punishment Of all the
German officers who ill-treated
their prisoners, but no allied off,
GERS have been called to account,
the implication being that all allied
sergeants were lambs, all the allied
colonels gentle-tongued teetotallers
and all allied internment camps
orphan asylums.
Seek Safety In Next War.
Everybody who is not an ignorant
gull in diplomatic matters knows
that what the Powers are coming
to the conference for Is to make
themselves safe In the next war By
alliances and counter alliances. The
opening is celebrated by warlike
ceremonies round the graves of those
pathetic unknown warriors. who
would 30 much rather have been
made much Of when they were
known and alive. all propagating
the belief that war is the most
Continued on Page 10, Column a.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

British Expect
Naval Holiday
Pact This Week

~ Univsrsal Service.
saTHE plenary session Of
\ Saturday marks the
beginning Of the end Of the
conference" said . British
spokesman last night. agree
ment on the Pacific treaty
facilitates IN early agreement
on the naval ratio and other
important matterh
within q week we prob
ably shall have another .plen-
ary session at which win be
announced Japan's acceptance
Of the naval ratio and q
general agreement - TO the
naval holiday. Profound opti-
mism prevails in all the dele
cations"
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Millionaire Sheriff
Sentenced to Ia Years

WHEATON. H., Dec. 1o.-Jacob
Klein. millionaire deputy sheriff of
Lupage county, was found guilty of
murder and sentenced to fourteen
years in the penitentiary by q Jury
here today.
Klein was found guilty Of killing
Leo Neuman near Hindale when
Neuman failed to obey his order to
halt his automobile. witnesses said
Klein shot before giving Neuman an
opportunity to stop his car.
Attorneys for Klein announced
they would ask a new trial.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Heroic Ireland Has Won a
Great Victory; NOU Peace
Editor of The Washington Times:

ditOr OF the Washington Times:
The heroism and devotion of the Irish people, soldier and civilian
alike have complete victory British brutality For the
Irish leaders not to accept the beneficial fruits of that victory but
to insist substituting therefor the horrors of pr0raced
civil war, would be madness.
No State in the American Union has today the freedom and in
dua independence which the glorious of Ireland have
wresed from the mailed fist Of the English New
York. with ten times the wealth and five times the population of
Ireand-not Texas with five times the State
matter how large how rch how populou how powerful
What remains be fought for? Nothing but absolute
araton and England will to that than in America
the North would agree to the secession of the South
Such question: vital to the British Empire would be
fought to the bitter end with mles boodshed and suffering
That would be disaster England to be but disaster
Ireland too and a sorrow to all the world.
Moreover there always the possibility that Ireland would fail
in this extreme effort and that ah people weakened by
long and devastating would then be unable to the
tremendous concessions which they have forced England to
offer them ~
Every American therefore who sincerely loves Ireland will
oce the great victory that this heroic little island has and
will earnestly hope and revereny pray that the Irish people will
under the freedom they have secured to enjoy the
and prosperity and position the world which richly due their
genius and their valOr.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Hughes Tells japanese
People u. s. Wants Peace

America wants kind and cordial
relations with Japan"
This message, from the lips of Sec.
retary Of State Hughes, was given to
the people of japan last night. 1t
will be carried by Kotaro Michizuki,
representative of the japanese parlia.
ment in the conference. Mochizuki
conferred with Secretary Hughes last
evening.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Penn. Injunction Case
Continued at Chicago

CHICAGO. Dec. 10.-'rhe petition
Of the Pennsylvania railroad for an
Injunction to prevent the United States
Railway Labor Board from issuing n
formal statement that the road has
violated the boards orders was con-
tinued in Judge Lands court today
until December 81. On that date the
solicitor general Of the United States
will BE- present I,
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Unidentified Found Dead;
2 Bullets in His Body

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 10.-The body
of an unidentified man was found to-
day secreted in yard in Watervliet,
near here. The skull was fractured.
There were two bullet wounds in the
back.
Police believe the man was killed
elsewhere and afterward moved. No
shots were heard by residents in the
vicinity where the body was found.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Lady Astor
Says:
Material Progress Has
Been Made BY ParLey,
But Broader Scheme of
international C0-0pera-
ti0n Is Needed.
By vIsCOUNT AsTOR, M. p.

BY NISCOUNT AoIOfS, M. =.
LONDON, Dec. 10.-Although
it is too soon to generalize fin
ally about the achievements or
failure Of Washington yet the
conference has reached q half
way stage where 1t may be ase-
full to examine the credit and
debit sides Of the account and
find out whether we are likely
to show q balance or a deficit
by the end Of it all. Personally,
have never had any doubt
about the issue of the confer
ence. There can be no question
to my mind that it marks a step
forward.
New Ideal Of Diplomacy.
For one thing. America has been
able to lead the way In q new ideal
Of diplomacy. Open diplomacy may
be interpreted in different ways by
different people, but 1t Is certain that
Mr.. Hughes way has commended
itself to the whole world. The d.
rect plunge to the heart OF tho main
problem has been recognized ~ the
highest of statesmanship. 1t is this
method on which we must rely in
creasingly in the future and
America has shown that n works.
That is one item on the credit side.
Then there is the fact that the
Pacific problem, perhaps the biggest
Continued on Para 10. Column ~
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
u. S. Bankers Offer to
Float New Irish Loan

NEW YORK, Dec. 1o.-An offer to
float a loan for the new Irish Free
State was contained In cablegram
sent today to Bamonn de Valera by
Farson g Co., prominent local bank.
crs. The cable read;
Are you ready to negotiate q loan
for refunding present obligations and
issuing bonds for Ireland?"
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
COMMERCE TREATY SIGNED.

A treaty of commerce has been
signed between Soviet Russia and
Austria, according to unofficial advices
received here last night.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Today
What John D., yr., Saw.
Women Beasts Of Burden.
coal'ng the Ship,
Brains Alec Count.


John d. Rockefeller. r., Is
back from China. Representing
MS fathers scientific work, he
found no difficulty about the
open door," 20 much discussed
by statesmen.
Mr.. Rockefeller went to
China to establish, endow, and
formally inaugurats . great
hospitsl and scientific laboratory
q fight disease. That 10 differ
ent from going to China in
search Of odds and ends Of terri
tory, mining, railroad conces-
sions, etc.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

The son Of the richest man in
the world saw things interesting
as he crossed the Pacific ocean,
now scene Of world struggle,
probable field Of future war.
He saw other interesting things
- he walked up and down in
China and Japan. This writer
asked Mr.. Rockefeller to write
three articles on "Things Seen
In the East" Mr.. Rockefeller
will make up his mind about
writing; he weighs everything
carefully.
Il write slowly" said he. "The
question Is whether time used In
writing such articles could be
more usefully spent in some other
direction"
Nothing is more important than
seeing a thing clearly and de-
scribing 1t simply. The three
articles may be forthcoming.
Meanwhile Mr.. Rockefeller's talk
Il enlightenipg.
He mentioned the cog wheel
street car line. climbing up the
steep hill in Chinese Hong Kong.
England rules Hong Kong. Chi
nese inhabit Hong Kong and form
its public opinion.
The city is built on the side Of
. hill, almost a precipice. No
ordinary trolley could climb 1t.
An English syndicate decided to
build a cog-wheel line to climb it.
Loud uproar from Chinese inhab-
itants; riots were threatened.
People going up to their homes
had always been carried bodily BY
Chinese men. two men carrying
one passenger for q few cents.
They didn't want street cars to
ruin their business.
"When we arrived at Hong
Kong" said Mr.. Rockefeller. my
wife was surprised to see cog
wheel street cars on the hillside
carrying passengers. while heavy
freight was carried up-bricks.
stone. stc.-by Chinese men and
women, on foot, painfully climb
ing the dreadful hill. Each work.
or carried q load in two baskets.
one at each end Of q pole carried
on the shoulder. They would 20
up the hill q little way. drop the
baskets on the hillside. 20 back.
get two more. bring them up to
the first. and repeat that half
dozen times. Then they would
start the process over again. TAX
ing the six loads up q little far
ther. until the whole load was at
the top. They rested heart and
muscles as they walked down each
time. and thus made such work
possible"
Investigating the phenomenon
Of machinery hauling passengers
and human beings carrying freight
on their backs, real beasts Of bur-
den, Mr.. Rockefeller learned that
the English were allowed to build
the railway only on condition that
they carry passengers only, never
any freight. Had they carried
freight, depriving Chinese men
and women Of their work as beasts
- h,,rdov, <hnr> u,o,,Id hsvo hnnu
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

Mr.. Rockefeller's work In the
East is not merely work for
China. His hope Is to protect
TINS country and Europe from
diseases that start in Asia, on
the shores Of the Ganges for
instance, and spread throughout
the world.
Spanish influenza, incorrectly
named, that killed more Of us
than tho Great War itself, was
. gift from the East. Asia, q
gigantic Typhoid Mary" in
fects her neighbors. The Rookie
fellers have made q start to-
ward curing that Asiatic Mary.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11

That is one picture of life in a
land where four hundred millions
live, labor. struggling and fighting
for the right to retain its fright"
to carry freight on its back, and
Continued on Page ., Column ~
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
GET IT AL

This newsplper consists q q
and Drama, 10 pages; Part II,
3 pages; Edicbrial and City
Life, 8 pages; Magazine. 20
pages; Comics, I pages; Sports,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-28
NOTICE.

TO WHOM 1T MAY GoNGERN-T win
not be responsible for any bills run by
my wife in my name.
NOTICE TO REAL ESTATE DEALERS:
My property in Garfield Place is off the
market, H. L. Brewer.