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from a visit to Mrs. J. P. stainback at Chattanooga.
 Mrs. Conrad Boterweg and sister. Miss Hattie Chapman, left yesterday to attend house party and family reunion at the home of their parents. MY and Mrs. S. F. Chapman, at Perry. Georgia.
 Mrs. c. M. Stanley, with her sons, Cassius, Jr., and Louis, left yester- day for Belle Nina, where they will visit Mrs. George Duncan.
 During Mrs. Stanleys absence her mother. Mrs. L. B. Greet, will Nisit Mrs. W. K. Brown. on Highland ave- nue.
 MT. and Mrs. Alex Birch are in montgomery for the weekend
 MT. and Mrs. k. F. Stovall and fam fly left yesterday for Atlantic Beach. where they have taken a cottage for two months.
 Mrs. Stuart Mcdonald, who has been spending some time with. her parents, MT. and Mrs.ND. S. Anderson, will return in g week or 10 days to her home at West Point, N. Y. Mrs. Hubert scruggs and children will leave tomorrow for a stay of several weeks on the southern gulf coast.
 MT. and Mrs. J. M. Dill are spend ing their vacation at Battles Wharf. They are accompanied by their nieces, Miss Susie Minter and Miss Enid Car ter.
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1 Gulfport, visiting his aunt, Mrs. W M. Berney, and old academy friends
 Miss Theresa Cory is visiting Miss Lillia Mclean at Gastonia, N. c.
 Master Billie Gum has returned from two-months' stay in Columbia, Tenn, where he has been visiting his cousin. Stuart Swope Fleming.
 Mir and Mrs. Mason Martin and son, Floyd, have returned from a two- weeks stay at Camp Walton.
 Mrs William P. crunk and chill dren, William and Jane. are visiting friends and relatives In Nashville.
 Mrs Howard Shore and little daughter, Mary Trimble, of Fort Dodge, la, are the guests of Mrs. W. N Trimble.
 Miss Virginia Trimble will go to Rlount Springs to spend several weeks.
 Mrs. George wheelock Is at Chau- tauqua, N. Y, for the summer.
 Miss Estelle Rainey will leave Wednesday TOT an e&tendeu eaSteI II trip.
 MT. and Mrs. William F. Rice left last evening for North Carolina, where they will spend two weeks.
 
 MT. William Gift has returned from Jackson, Tenn, where ne is ited his aunt and uncle, Judge and Mrs. J. w. Ross.
 Mir. and Mrs. Griffith R. Harsh, Jr., have named their little daughter Jane LeSueur.
 Mrs. Anne Tomlinson Cabell and Mrs. George Stubbs, and son will spend this week at. Atlantic City at the Marlborough -Blenheim.
 Mrs. W. Henry Allen and little daughter, Jane Evelyn, have returned
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Hommond arrived last evening from Asheville, N. C., where they have spent the past month
 Mrs. Anna McCutcheon and daugh- ter, Margaret, will leave shortly for where they will spend the remainder of the summer.
 MT. Marshall B. Moses is spending five-weeks'. vacation on the coast at
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Society h Washington
By BETTY BAXTER

Special Correspondent of The Age
 Herald.
 Copyright, 1921, by The Age-HeraId)
 Washington, July 30.-(Special. )- Washington's social ardor has not even been dampened by the unusual heat which is torturing the city just now. It is anything but dull here. Listen to this; Postmaster General Hays entertained at dinner Tuesday evening at the Wardman Park hotel; the Belgian ambassador, Baron Emil De Cartier De Marchien, was host at dinner Monday evening at the em- bassy; Mir. and Mrs. Ward Beale Me Lean were dinner hosts Friday even- ing; the minister of Nicaragua and Sonora De Chamorro were the guests of honor at dinner which Mr. and Mrs. F. l.. Lindberg of New York gave; the minister of Nicaragua ana Sonora Chamorro were themselves hosts tt dinner; Representative and Mrs. Frank Scott gave a dinner for Miss May Todd; Dr. P. Lessinoff, charge of affairs of Bulgaria, enter tained at luncheon; the overseas writers gave luncheon to Lord Northcliffe; the Georgia division, hoOSeVelJ MemOrlal aSSOclatlOn TOT the District of Columbia, held it's flower carnival which was viewed by several members of Congress and scores of resident society folk and Mrs. Tom Watson, wife of the sena- tor, gave a picnic for the sons of the Vice President, and the Arts club gave several of its charming weekly functions; and every day there were tea parties, card parties, luncheons and dinners at the various clubs and at the women's foundation, but the list is too long to enumerate. That Is enough to prove that Washington is far from dull.
 In Mir. Hays party there were sew eral members of the cabinet, the Sec retary of the Treasury. the Attorney General; several members of the Sen ate and House, and a number of out of-town men of importance who were in some way connected with the fed
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RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. John Stratton Leedy has named her little son John Stratton, Jr.
 Miss Bessie Morgan is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. T. Landin. on Cypress avenue.
 Miss Marjorie and Adelaide Fox are visiting their sister, Mrs. Roy White and MT. White in Georgia.
 Mrs. Joseph T. Little of Anniston is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. H. At kinson.
 Mrs. c. P. Lichty and family motored to Kentucky to be away several weeks.
 Mrs. M. McCaffrey returned dur ing the week from Biloxi after spending several pleasant weeks.
 Mrs. J. Gray Hanlin and son of Norwood, who have been at Ashe- vile, N. C., since the first of July will return today. Mir. and Mrs Joseph T. Collins, Jr., have motored to Gallon to Join the family reunion at the home or Mir. and Mrs. J. IT, Collins. ST. En route they spent the night with Dr. and Mrs. w. D. Partlow in Tusca- loosa.
 Mir. and Mrs. S. c. Beal are visiting friends in Macon. Ga. Miss Pearl Godfrey and Miss Paul inc Jones, of Fairview are visiting friends in Pensacola.
 MT. F. A. Crabtree has gone to At lanta where Mrs. Crabtrce is visiting relatives.
 Miss Carrie Belle Crenshaw is vis- iting ner sister at Greenwood springs, Miss.
 Miss sara Redwood is guest at house party at Louisville. Mir. and Mrs. Asa Rountree, Jr.. motored to Tuscaloosa yesterday aft ernoon to spend the week end With Mrs. Rountree's parents, Judge ana Mrs. A. $ Vandergraff. They were accompanied by Miss Selene Roun- tree, Robert Vandergraff and Stump ter smith.
 Miss Gertrude FrickAoeffer will leave Tuesday for Charlotte, N. C., to attend house party given by Miss Rachel summerrow. She will also spend some time with her brother. | Mir. J. Harry Frickhoeffer and Mrs | Fricknoeffer in Charlotte and her father in Gaffney. S. c.
 Mrs. Dunlevy of vicksburg. Miss, is the guest of Mrs. Fuller Manley 1 A cable message has been received from MT. Adolph Hirsch. from Paris, l that he will sail August l on the steamship Olympia. for America. |
 The many friends Of Dr. A. E.. Gresham, will regret to learn of his continued serious illness at his home, i sol Tuscaloosa avenue. Dr. and Mrs. F. M. May left Satur l day for an extended visit to their daughter. Mrs. Felix Best at Eliza beth, N. J.
 Mrs. F. NJ Stovall and family ac- companied by her sister. Miss Lamar 1 Camp leave today for Pablo Beach where they have taken a cottage un- I til October l.
 Miss Mary Miller Coulbourn has gone to Memphis to visit her aunt, Mrs. S. F. Middleton.
 Mir. and Mrs. R. E. McFerrin have named their young son Ralph Ed ward, Jr
 Mrs. J. A Myatt has returned from visit to her mother. Mrs Brown In | Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. Parker and her daughter Miss Elizabeth Parker and Miss Maybelle Parker, have gone to Blount Springs for a visit.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Pilley and their nephew, Clifford Lanier. Jr.. who
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department passed in review Wednesday night before the Presi- dent and Mrs. Harding at the Wom- ems Foundation Estate. The feature of the carnival was the beauty con test in which hundreds of girls com peted. There were more than 5000 people there, including many mem- bers of Congress. who, by the way, are considering forming a new club
 to be known as the Congressional
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have spent several days this week with Mrs. Chapel Cory, will leave tomorrow for their home in Mobile.
 Miss Margaret Kennedy has had as ton of Oxford, Miss.
 Mrs. G. E. McLin and little daugh- ter May Frances, Miss Katherine Wise, Miss Louise Gallagher, Miss Alberta Norwood and Mrs Berta
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The flower carnival was a great success, though it had been delayed twice because of a rain. It was a very elaborate affair. More than 1000 girls. representing every type of American beauty, the pick of the multitude from every state who are In Washington with the government
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VISITORS HONORED

Mrs. w. K. Trechsel and Miss To- raine Trechsel were hostesses at their home in West End Wednesday. entertaining in honor of Miss Mabel Dudley and Mrs. Emmett White of Atlanta, house guests of Mrs. J. W. Bryan, 912 St. Charles street.
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WILL ENTERTAIN
 BRIDGE CLUH

Mrs. Price Clayton of Fairfield will be hostess Tuesday morning at 10;30 o'clock to the members of her bridge club at her home in Fairfield.
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Carnival n Great Success

eral reserve board or the postal sa ings.
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MISS CAROLINE DAVIS

CAROLINE of Athens the lovely Wright Wright who receiving delightful during stay in Birmingham.
The Washington times., 1921-01-13
WAGE CUTS HAILED
AS WAR ON UNIONS
Textile Secretary Declares
Workers Will Fight
for Rights.

LAWRENCE. Mass. Jan. 13.-The
wage reduction ordered by textile
manufacturers here was declared to
be a redeclaration of war in a state
ment today by Joseph Salerno. secre-
tary of the local branch of the Anal
gamated Textile Workers of America.
Regarding the announcement by
President William L Wood, of the
American Wooden Company, and "the
other textile barons- that wages
would be cut 22h per cent. Secretary
said:
1--WE reply that we recognize the
OF war: that the fight is
on. and that the pitched battles of
1912 and 1919 will be resumed at our
earliest convenience: and that we will
fight on until we are recognized as
human beings whose rights to life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
cannot be denied as unnecessary or
by an arbitrary indus
trial overlord."
The Amalgamated Textile Workers
include only a small pert OF the $4,000
mill workers in this city. The or
ranks split recently by
tho secession of some OF its members
+, form a branch OF the "one big
union" under the leadership of Ben
Iegere. former secretary OF the A T. w.
w.
The Washington times., 1921-01-13
before the American commission in
vestigating conditions in Ireland.
WOULD WEAKEN MORALE.

THE British government troops in
Cork and elsewhere in Ireland are in
tensifying the brutal system of in
discriminate raids, attacks upon pcr-
sons, burning Of houses and imprison-
ment Of the innocent without oppor-
tunity for trial." O'Callaghan said.
"In Cork. the forces of the crown
now seek TO weaken the morale OF
the people and shake their faith by
rious members of local official
boards" O'Callaghan testified. Some
of these officials have narrowly es-
capped sUefne shot down"
A crowd including many women
jammed the rooms in the Hotel La
fayette, where the hearing Is being
held, listening in tense expectancy as
the successor OF the martyred NC
Swiney gave his testimony. Dark
haired, dark-eyed, small of stature,
mild of manner, the man who stole
away from his home land to tell
America of Ireland's sufferings proved
rather a disappointment to those seek
ing a sensation
CHARGES PROFITEERING.
Plain. dignifed and concise. he was
There were no pyrotechnics. Just
a straight-away story Of wrongs, and
tyranny and murder.
England, he declared is profiteering
on Ireland.
He grew tense as he told of this
The suggestion that
Ireland was financially unable to
care for herself stirred him.
Absurd" he said. England pays
Ireland's bill. 'tis true. England boasts
OF that. But England does not tell that
she pays them with Irish money and
that last year. after paying those
bills. there was a surplus Of 10000, 900
pounds-in your money, 100000. .000
ENGLAND is making just two for
one in my country. The bills are
10000, 900 pounds. The receipts are
40 ,0Oo, 900"
Asked about the reign of terror
now sweeping the Green Island.
O'Callaghan answered succiently:
England is to blame"
ireland was peaceful" he said.
until Britain began a reign OF blood.
They began II with the murder OF
Lord Mayor MacCurtain. You know
what has happened since. The Irish
are the sufferers victims"
TELLS STORY OF LIFE.
But ireland cannot be stopped, or
even retarded. We are ahead. de-
spite the policy and propaganda OF
Great Britain. We shall win
Prompted by his attorney, Michael
Francis Doyle, OF Philadelphia. OCal-
laghan told in brief the story OF his
life. 1t was a typical story OF nchiVe-
ment with always the thought my
my home land" under the surface
and forever bubbling up.
He entered politics. he said, when
he was appointed deputy mayor by
Lord Mayor McSwiney. When the
latter died. OCallaghan served as
acting mayor for many weeks, and
then was formally elected.
He also is member of the board
OF governors Of Cork University. and
member OF the Cork board q edu-
cation.
He earns his living. he said. as
director OF big Cork
shipping agency.
The Washington times., 1921-01-13
FLIGHT PALS
FORGET ROW
BaIIoonists, Due in New York
Friday, Vie in Eagerness to
Recoup Old Friendship.

NORTH BAY, Ontario, Jan. 13.
The train carrying the three
American balloonists who have made
so much recent history-Lieuten-
ants Farrell, Kloor and Hinton
passed through here early today en-
route to Toronto. The balloonists
will stop over in Toronto a few
hours only, and will then leave for
New York, which they expect to
reach tomorrow morning.
filters "MAKE UP.-
were pals" again today. They had
made >up." Leutenan Farrell said
that he had become convinced that
Lieutenant Hinton did not mean that
the letter he sent his wife should be
made public. and that he was willing
to be friends again, as he believed
that Hinton did not mean, all OF tho
things he wrote.
Both Hinton and Farrell blamed the
nervous strain they were under. due
to loss Of sleep and fatigue, for the
outbreak at Mattice. in which Farrell
knocked Hinton across a room. Both
today declared they want to forget
the incident.
The three OHlceTS were given d
rousing. though brief. reception at
Cochrane Ontario. last night when
their train passed through that town.
President Stevens, of the board OF
trade. made a speech in the railroad
station, congratulating the balloon
lists on their miraculous escape.
A crowd of townspeople crowded
around the officers. shaking their
hands. lieutenant Farrell made
short speech. thanking the citizens
for their cordial reception and for the
many court estes shown them since
their balloons landed near Moose Fac
tory.
The train stopped at Cochrane only
twenty minutes.
GALL A MISTAKE"
While the train for Cochrane, and
Toronto was being made ready for
them at Mattice, Lieutenant Farrell
and his good old pal Hint" con-
sistently tried to outtalk each other
in an effort to impress newspaper
men with the idea that Farrells
blaze Of anger and his right hook
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The Washington times., 1921-01-13
IS Movie Seats
| Seen by Griffith
Noted Producer Predicts
Prosperous Future For
Picture Industry.

MAMARONECK. N. Y. Jan. 10
The entire movie industry 10 in the
process OF a thorough reorganiza-
tion which will place II on the
strongest basis II has ever known.
from the standpoint OF both tho
producers and the public, David
Wark Griffith declared in an inter
view today.
According to the famous producer.
the apparent slump in the mo-
tion pictuso business is due to COM
plete readJustment affecting every
one, from the high-salaried stars to
the unskilled laborers employed
about the "lot." manufacture OF
bigger pictures to run several
weeks. replacing the "one-night
stands" and creation OF surplus
OF pictures following the years OF
under-production that resulted from
the war.
Griffith emphasized that there
had been no appreciable falling on
in attendance at movie theaters and
that "one picture alone has had
gross income OF $3.500,000."
Il happen to know" he added,
mat DOuSlAs r FAlTDdHkS Wdoe more
money on his last film than any
other. and that Charley Chaplin,
who Is supposed to have lost on his
latest venture, really made $500, 600"
Griffith. asked II the "onecandle-
power movie star is on the wane,
said:
THE plays the thing.
"Of course, there are a few real
film stars whose personality never
could be dimmed. I refer to Chap
lin. Fairbanks. Mary Pickford,
Charles Ray. Lillian Gish, Norma
Talmadge, and Nazimova
THE matinee idol has never
wholly lost his popularity. Dis
eliminating people. however. are
demanding well written, produced.
and acted pictures. regardless OF
whether or not the cast Is as full
OF stars as the milky way. -.
81 predict that within ten years
--possibIy half that tin,e-peope
will be paying Is each tn see enc
motion picture, running two and =
hah or three hours. n they Dc
now for the hest stage plays. The
smaller pictures will occupy . POSI-
tiOn analogous to vaudevine.@
The Washington times., 1921-01-13
PROMISES TO
PROBE KILLING
Tragedy Is Subject Of 0fficaA
Statement From Govern
ment War Office. i
AMERICA PLANS PROTEST.
State Department Will Question
Right Of Nipponese to Cha-
Ienge U. S. Citizens. !

TOKYO, Jan. 13.-"Regret" was
expressed in a statement issued by
the war office today admitting that
Lieut.. w. H. Langdon, chief engineer
Of the American cruiser Albany, had
been shot and killed by q japanese
sentry at Vladivostok.
The war Office statement declared
that an investigation Of the Langdon
killing is under way. The announce
ment from the war Office was tho
first official admission here Of the
shooting,
The United States will make formal
protest to Japan concerning the
shooting of Lieut.. w. II. Langdon.
U. S. N. by japanese sentry in
Vladivostok, the State Department
Announced today.
The diplomatic question involved
Is whether the Japanese troops have
the right to challenge an American
citizen in Vladivostok.
The protest will be made through
the American diplomatic representa-
tive in Japan.
The latest reports from japan indi-
cate that the shooting was done by
an excitable. sentry, and was the act
OF an Individual. aAate Department Of
icia1s said. e
Japanese stroops are the only mill
tary force in Vladivostok, but there
is local Russian government there,
and this government Is of the opinion
that during the existence OF the local
Russian government. Japanese SEN
tries have no authority to challenge
citizens Of the United States in the
streets of Vladivostok. There is sorne
question among officials of this conn-
try as to whether japanese patrols
in the streets Of Vladivostok are
necessary or expedientz
While officials Of the State Depart
ment refused to make any comment,
it was learned that the rights Of the
Japanese in Vladivostok are largely
those rights which have been taken
by the japanese military authorities.
State Department officials refused
to make any predictions as to tho
result OF the protest to be made to
Japan, but it was evident that unless
Japan takes a conciliatory attitude in
the matter the entire question OF the
right of Japanese troops to occupy
Siberia may be opened UP again, and
the occupation of Saghalin Island may
again become a subject for diplomatic
negotiations.
No additional reports on the shoot
ing OF Lieut.. Langdon had been re-
ceived here today.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels An
nounced TINT he had turned over to
the State Department all of the re-
ports he Ind on the shooting. and lad
asked the State Department to pursue
the matter diligently.
.This is n aost serious AFFAIR." tho
Secretary said.
He In awaiting anxiousfy n report
from Admiral Gleayer, who has left
to Investigate the shooting.
The Washington times., 1921-01-13
WADEDO0M|ED
TO'D|E MAY 70
Judge Hinman Pronounces Sen
tence on Slayer Of George
B. Mott.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, Jan. ID
Elwood B. Wade. young milk dealer
who was convicted or the brutal
murder OF George B. Mott. WAS today
sentenced to "be hanged by the neck
until dead" on May 20, In the state
prison at Wethersfield, Conn, by
Judge Hinman.
MRS. MOTT ABSENT.
Wade had been intimate with Notts
wife, the evidence showed. anf con
spired with her, according to indict
ments, to get rid " Mott who, after
being shot. beatea and hacked to
death, was jammed into trunk with
his wife's picture End other house,
hold effects on top as screen. and
dumped into swamp.
Mrs. Mott. whose testimony aided
in the conviction OF her youthful
lover, was not in court today. Her
trial In connection with the crime
probably will be held next month.
Mrs. Mary Wade. wife OF the con-
demned man. WAS in state OF col
lapse in hospital.
WIFE IS HISTORICAL.
News that her husband had been
COnNlCteu ~hb Iupoi tVo W 49, " e~S
this morning. She buried her head
in a pillow, screamed, and became
hysterical.
You don't have to tell me-l
know" Mrs. Wade cried when Miss
Julia Moran. welfare worker, ap-
preached her bed.
something tells me he has been
What will become OF my
poor children" she sobbed.
WADE IS HANDCUFFED.
Wade was handcufYed today when
he reached the court house. s"hlch ne
entered shortly before 10 a. m.
How do you feel?" a>friend asked
"Oh. pretty good. considering, ne
replied, smiling wanly. THE man IN
the cell next to mine snored like n
every five minutes all night: MY
old man took 1t hard, all right
The plea of hereditary insanity in
Wade's behalf--it being proved that
two OF his grandparents died in an
ASYLUM and a third was irrational
did not impress the jury. but William
II. Comley, former judge and attorney
for the condemned man. believed
there was sufficient material at hand
to press an appeal against the Ner-
dict.
Wade was found guilty of first-de-
gree murder last night. After delib-
Grating for six hours. the jury re-
turned it's verdict. Wade took the
news Of the verdict calmly and with
out emotion.
Wade was tried for the murder last
August % of George B. Mott, broker
and gambler, who was dubbed. shot
and stabbed to death in his home here.
His body later was crammed into
trunk and sunk in a marsh.
Wade will be sentenced to De
hanged. Hanging is the form or capt.
tai punishment used in this state.
During the anxious hours after the
Jury had retired at 4:I6 o'clock yester-
day Wade was reported to be in a
happy mood in his cell below the
courtroom. His father sat with him,
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The Washington times., 1921-01-13
Deportation May End
Joy Riding Career of
Orphan AdoptedHere

Mr.. Houlehan stated that Georges,
who Is now held at the House of De
tention, last Sunday accompanied him
to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Before going into the edifice Georges
declares that he was cold and sug-
gested running around the block.
"He went down the street One OF
the. parishioners got out OF his auto
mobile, leaving his keys in the car.
Georges jumped into the machine and
drove off with the car. He was ar
rested for joyriding. OF course, while
Georges is a good boy. he will steal
automobiles, and we cannot tolerate
the embarrassment he has caused
and probably will continue to cause
us, IL we keep him in our home"
After Georges parents had been
killed. he wandered into France
where he met Lieutenant French.
whose father lives in Washington.
Lieutenant French became attached
to the boy, and after giving him
money, told him that he was going
to the front and that II he came
through all right" he would adopt
him.
After the war, Lieutenant French
returned to New York, losing track
OF the orphan. But rev months
later. Lieutenant French noticed an
advertisement in a New York news
paper. inserted by Georges. appealing
to him for aid
Lieut.. French went to Ellis Island,
adopted the orphan. and put him in
school The lieutenant is in the auto
mobile business in New York. and
when the boy was not in school, he
was lettering about the automobile
shop. He was arrested in New York
for stealing an automobile and Lieut..
French, tired OF the boys penchant
for toyrtding had him deported.