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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
BLIND, HE SAYS WIFE
GOT HIM LAW DECREE

BOSTON, May 2s.--Neil Joseph Dew
lin, of Allston, who has been blind
for twenty years, has just won his
law degree, though he says that his
wife deserves all the honors.
She it was who nursed his ambition
to be lawyer, bought the law books
and read them to him hour after hour,
dey In and day out. She il was who
took him to the law lectures and
made notes for him. Devlin first met
his wife some three years ago in New
Jersey. 1t was a case Of love at first
sight for her. When he gets TO be
d great jurist and all the world does
him honor, I'll be the proudest woman
ever" she says. For the world will
have discovered my husband then, a
discovery / made three years ago"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
BARTENDER CAN'T SPOT
COPS, so HE RESIGNS

PHOENIxVILLE, Pa, May Is
There is no bartenders' union here.
but one has resigned because he
was overworked.
His sad story may be read be-
tween the lines of his demands. He
wants more than fifteen minutes for
meals and two days off a week.
He complains the lifting of so many
half-dollars is heavy work.
But sorrows crown of sorrows
is remembering happier days" His
real lament Is that 1.-The State po-
lice do not always wear uniforms
when on duty"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
WIFE FLASHES GROCERY
LIST TO HIM BY RADIO

NEW YORK, May 2s.-Every night
just before Paul Cooley calls 1t n day
at the plant OF Adams & Morgan,
manufacturers OF wireless apparatus
in Upper Montclair, N. J., he plucks a
message out Of the air, reading some
thing like this:
1.-TWO pounds butter. three pounds
sugar, leg roast, bunch asparagus
one pound coffee, two dozen eggs, be
home early, dear"
Cooley, of course. could bring home
most OF the things at evening. but
Mrs. Cooley did not always know
what she wanted when he was leav-
ing in the morning. Besides, 1t would
be months before their phone would
be installed. They hit on the wire
less. both being expert at sending and
receiving
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
WALSH, IRISH REPUBLIC
LAWYER, IN SANATORlUM

BALTIMORE, May 2s.-Frank p.
Walsh, who was chairman OF Presi-
dent Wilson's Commission on Indus
trial Relations. and who has been
prominent as counsel for labor organ
izations, has been a patient for the
last week at the private sanatorium
Of Miss e. A. wiedeEhold, at Roland
Park. Walsh 10 under the care of DR..
Julius Friedenwald.
He is suffering from . form Of indi-
Restion which is said to be not serious
and which, it is expected, q few moro
weeks Of treatment will cure.
Walsh has been active recently In
the movement for Irish Independence,
and is known as "the legal represen-
tative in the United States Of the
Irish republic"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
INDUSTRY" AND MILITARY
WON WAR, SAYS EDISON

Having set the nation to puzzling
with his many questions. Thomas A.
Edison now comes along and answers
that great question, who won the
war;"
Industry Joined hands with the
armed forces OF the nation and to-
gether they won the war" explains
Edison in a letter to Maj. Gen. II. l..
Rogers. quartermaster general of the
army, in which he accepted member
ship III the Society of Quartermaster
Officers.
Edison will be one OF the guests at
a long distance dinner June 16, to cele-
brate the 146th anniversary of the
quartermaster corps. Tables will be
set on three continents, from Coblenz
to China, wherever there are quarter
master officers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
MYSTERY IN DEATH
Of OKLA. JUR|ST IS
STILL UNSOLVED
Mrs. James and Daughter, Who
Nursed Aged Judge, Held
Pending Inquiry.

TULSA. Okla, May 2s.-Mrs. Jessie
James and Miss Goldie Gordon are
being held by the Tulsa authorities
pending an investigation into the
mysterious death of John Devereux
seventy years old, and former Judge
OF Oklahoma supreme court.
The Judge was found dying in q
Tulsa Hotel. according to the police,
suffering from a wound in the head
and an overdose OF veronal poisoning
The authorities say that Mrs. James
and Miss Gordon were acting as
nurses for the aged Jurist two weeks
previous and up to the time of his
death.
The police are also searching for a
$40, 900 note and other securities, said
to have been held by the Judge. which
have disappeared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
WIFE ALONE ON
FARM F|GHTS0FF
NEGRO WITH GUN

Continued from First Page.)
Deputy Sheriff George Wells, as well
as Constable Thomas II. Garrison, OF
Hyattsville, are running out every tip
which promises to effect the arrest
OF this white man.
"CAROLINA JOE- vANIsHES.
In investigating Carolina joe" the
negro suspect, States Attorney Ryon
stated today that the negro apparently
left the White Station neighborhood on
Tuesday. No trace can be found of his
presence in that section, either on
Wednesday or on Thursday, the day
Mrs. Weber was slain.
Miss Nellie Nally who lives on the
Sheriff road. and who. to reach her
home. has to pass through the woods
where Mrs. Weber was slain, stated
she saw a negro answering Carolina
Joe's" description enter the woods
Tuesday evening She feared going le-
hind the negro, and waited at the sta
ton until several men whom she
knew came along. She accompanied
them through the woods. She ad-
mitted the negro did not attempt to
modest her.
The Montgomery county authorities
today admitted they have made but
little progress I'm their investigation.
except to feel that suspicion may rest
on the white man seen by Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas +. Crowley in the
woods an hour after the Staying of
Mrs Weber. They are inclined to be-
lieve that either this white man or a
negro who lives near the scene of the
crime slew Mrs Weber.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
SHIP STRIKERS GET
NEW SETTLEMENT
PLAN TOCONS|DER
Satisfies Benson If Unions o. K,
It-Engineers Will Vote on
Terms Tomorrow.

A new basis for settlement Of the
marine strike. tentatively subscribed
to by Chairman Benosn, of the Ship
ping Board. and Secretary of Labor
Davis. is today before the strikers for
their approval,
The new agreement was drawn up
late last night after a conference be-
tween President Harding, Secretary
Davis and Admiral Benson. The lat
ter agreed to accept the proposal. pro-
videi the strikers approve 1t through
their local unions.
Secretary Davis is in New York to-
day. where he expects to confer with
private ship owners in an effort to
secure their Endorsement of the agree
ment.
The new agreement. IL Is understood,
provides for the Is per cent wage re-
duction, but eliminates certain OF the
working rules which were stipulated
in the tentative agreement made last
week. Provisions for pro-rata pay
for overtime work have been elimi-
mated, 1t is understood, and the de-
mand of the marine workers that they
be given a ten-day furlough with pay
every twelve months also has been
rejected.
II the local unions approve the
agreement, them the Shipping Board
will put IL into effect, whether the
private ship operators accept II or not.
The strike will he practically at an
end by Tuesday IL the striking en-
gineers accept the agreement, w. S.
Brown, head of the National Marine
Engineers Union, said here today.
The agreement will be submitted to
the strikers in all the ports tomor-
row, Brown announced. He said re-
urns of the vote will be had by Mon
day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
SENATE POSTAGE
BITTER FIGHT OVER
. GRAIN GAMBLE BILL
Capper Predicts Passage oil
Measure Hating Manipula-
ton, However.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.
INTERIM tionaI News Service.


The Senate is headed for a bitter
night on the Capper-Tincher anti
grain gambling bill, consideration of
which was resumed today by the Sem
ate Agriculture Committee, and oppo-
sition to which by Eastern Senators
Is growing.
The measure, which was approved
by Secretary OF Agriculture Wallace
before it's recent passage by the
House, is being fought by the Chi
cago and other boards of trade, on
GERS of which declare IL would put
them out of business.
The block OF twenty-five Republic
can and Democratic Senators from
Western and Southern agricultural
States has swung behind the bill.
passage of which by the Senate is
predicted by Senator Capper (Repub-
lican). of Kansas. one of its authors.
Senator Capper explains that the
bill makes use OF the taxing power
of Congress to eliminate gambling in
grain products on the Board of
trade by imposing a prohibitive tax
OF 20 cents a bushel on all future
contracts made for gambling pur-
poses"
"while the bill does not abolish"
he says. what Is known to the trade.
as the Legitimate hedge 1t will alb
solutely destroy manipulation. 1t
also eliminates the vicious practices
which have worked such great in
justice to the producers. All the farm
organizations throughout the coun-
try are for the bill"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
BOSTON STOPS CIRCUS
PARADE MEMORIAL DAY

BOSTON. May 2S.-The board Of
street commissioners announced to-
night that, at the. request of Mayor
Peters, they would revoke today a
permit previously granted for cir
Gus parade on Monday next The
mayor made the request after he
had received protests from officials
OF the American Legion and iFle
United Spanish War Veterans against
circus parade on Memorial Day
Governor Cox last night appealed
to the people of Massachusetts, to
eliminate sports during the hours of
Memorial Day services He said he
hoped that In every city and town
proper respect would be shown Me
veterans of all wars,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
SLAYER BEES FOR MERCY
As HE GOES TO CHAIR

WETHERSFIELD.C Conn, May Is
Praying for mercy. John Kacerrans.
kas. of Bridgeport, paid the death
penalty for the murder of Mrs. Joseph
Chernak. of Milford. at the States
prison yesterday. AS he entered the
death chamber the condemned mar
was uttering a prayer.
Mrs. Chernak was the wife Of the
slayer's friend and co-laborer. Dis
covering that the Chernaks had Q
small sum of money in the house, he
visited the house during the absence
Of the husband, and bludgeoned the
woman with q cobbler iron stand
and then hacked her to death with
an axe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
WIFE SEES HER HUSBAND
KILL ALLEGED SUITOR

CHICAGO. May ga wife looked
on in terror while her husband and
her alleged sutton fought to the
death.
The fight ended when Archie Bell
plugged TO his end from a third
floor window of the building on the
Southside. His skull was broken.
Hugh Smith. Bell's opponent. and
Mrs. Smith were held at the FIJI
tieth street police station. Smith
said that he found Bell and Mrs
Smith together In his home after
breaking down q door,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
AVIATION KISSES WON
HER. WIEE'S DIARY SAYS

CHICAGO, May 2s.-Aviation kisses,
the kind that carry girl up In the
clouds. spin her around and make her
dizzy, were called to the attention of
the courts today in the>plea of a for
mer soldier, Charles C. Caunard, for
divorce.
He charged that while he was
lighting in France for one year fol-
lowing their marriage, his wife was
enjoying clandestine relations with
r. J. Pitcher. of the aviation Corps.
An extract from her diary reads: "Ryi-
fus came in about 8 o'clock. He kiss
ed me and kissed me and kissed me.
He has those lovely aviation kisses.
God bless him." Cunard was given a
decree.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
JAPANESE SLABS FACE
OF YANK GIRL IN TONIC

TOKYO, May 2s.-Ann Delmas, OF
Oakland, Cal, a stenographer for the
American Trading Company. while
walking along Gina street, the main
thoroughfare OF Tokyo. was slapped
on the face by a Japanese, who threat.
ened to kill her.
A crowd of several hundred per-
sons gathered. but Miss Delmas broke
through the throng and ran to the of.
flces of Andrews and George, an
American firm. the man still threat
ening her.
The police were summoned and the
man was arrested. He was later re-
leased and is now under police sur
VIGILANCE. He Is claimed to be in
sane by the police. The incident oc-
Cured last Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
$500 FINE FOR THROWING
MILK BOTTLE IN AShCAN

NEW YORK, May 2S.-New Workers
v no have been discarding empty milk
bottles and other containers In the
ashcan better have . care. Health
Commissioner Copeland 10 after them.
He has had the sanitary code amend
ed to make such acts punishable BY
fine Of $500, a year in prison. or both.
THE wholesale loss Of milk bottles
has considerable bearing on the high
price of milk" said Copeland. He
wants all householders to return bot
ties and other milk receptacles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
To Address Tobacco Men.

UPPER MARLBORO. Md. May 20.
George /. Gardener. manager of the
Maryland Tobacco Growers Associa-
ton, will address the quarterly meet
ing OF the Prince Georges County
Community Council Tuesday at the
courthouse. Several hundred persons
from all parts of the county are ex-
pected to attend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
LAUGH WHEN COP DROPS
FLASK; ONLY TURPENTlNE

TRENTON, N j., May 2S.--T ne
Passengers in crowded trolley cor
were s'ar''"" when Patrolman jams
Turnanc, N uniform, dropped half
pint whiskey flask from his hip
pocket TO the floor.
A smil' went around at the thought
of policeman being openly detected
In violating the Van Ness state dry
law, but, as he stopped to recover tlr
nash. the cork fell out, and the fumes
Of turpentine permeated the car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
FRlCK ESTATE PLANS
FIGHT ON TAX IN N. Y.

PITTSBURGH, May 2S.-Attorneys
for the estate of Henry G. Prick an.
nounced today they would fight, even
to the United States Supreme Court,
the motion filed yesterday in New
York seeking to tax in New York the
entire Frick estate, valued at more
than 02,000,00O.
They made 1t known that the point
in issue is whether Mr.. Frick was a
resident of Now York or of Pitts.
burgh and they will attempt to prove
that Mr.. Frick was a resident of this
city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
The National Daily
Preachers Fall Down
On Job Of Trailing
Rum Peddlers


Preachers are unable to make
the grade as good rum-hunters.
They are not adapted TO the task
of whiskey-hunting and the meth
DDS of law-breakers, officials said
today.
Several preachers were among
those recently dropped in the dis
missal of field agent. They will not
appear in the new lineup of rum
raiders when the force is recruited
again on July i.
Officials said that ministers who
forsook the pulpit to catch Vol
stead law violators don't usually
drink whiskey, or do things that a
detective does. to make him eff
cient as a hootch detector.
Records Of tho prohibition unit
TODAY revealed that the best dry"
agents are skilled samplers" who
make cases without the. aid of
testers or other liquor law aids.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
PREACHER WITH PISTOL
SAVES MAN FROM MOI

HATTIESBURG, Miss. May "a
Pistol in hand, the Rev. @. s. Harmon,
a Methodist preacher, Thursday night
held off masked mob intent upon
removing Casey Il. Jones from the
Methodist Hospital here
Jones was wounded by J. s. Mosely.
after he had shot and dangerously
wounded Mrs. Mosely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
FOUR FRENCH FLIERS DIE
IN MoNoRLANE CRASH

PARIS, May IS. - -Four aviation
officers OF the French army were XIII =
ed yesterday when the monopiane In
which they were flying over The avia-
tion field at Vaudeville, near Nancy,
crashed to the earth.
There were five officers in the plane
when it fell. One survives, though
severely injured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
ST|LLMAN TOPUSH
SUIT FOR DIVORCE,
|SLAWYERSSA
Settlement Proposals Initiated
BY Wife, He Declares In Of
fetal Statement.

NEW YORK. May 2s.--James A.
Stf1man, through counsel today de-
clared fatty that his divorce action
will be pressed without thought of
settlement.
In the first formal statement issued
by his attorneys since the divorce
drama attained wide publicity, Mr..
Stillman indicated that he at no time
planned to acknowledge fatherhood
of Baby Guy.
He added in the statement that he
does not intend to enter a. settlement
wherein he would preclude himself
from raising the question in another
proceeding"
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The statement was issued yesterday
afternoon at the offices of the law
firm OF Nicoll. Anabie. Fuller & Sui
livan. Cornelius J. Sullivan, in send
ing the statement. formally reiterated
the stand taken by him for several
days that the hearing at Poughkeepsie
before Referee Gleason would pro-
coed without fail. The text of the
dictum' follows:
THE attorneys for Mr.. StiIlman did
not participate in the recent negotia-
lions for a settlement That was at
tempted by counsel for Mrs. Stillman
OF members of his family.
1--WE are informed that they ended
in failure because no satisfactory
agreement could be reached on the
question Of the illegitimacy of the
child.
NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED GUY.
There never was a time, as has
been represented in the public press,
when Mr.. Stillman was willing to
acknowledge the parentage of the
child or preclude himself from rails
ing the question in another proceed
ing"
John Brennan. OF counsel for Mrs.
Anna Urquhart Stillman. visited the
offices of Stanchfeld g. Levy yester-
day. Owing to the fact that Mr..
Stanchncld was arguing q case and
other firm members wer6 engaged.
city for Yonkers without having had
conference
The day before yesterday ne held
an extended conference with Mrs.
Stillman. He refused to discuss II
other than to say 1t was one OF sew
eral he had had with Mrs. Stillman.
SETTLEMENT CHIEF TOPIC.
1t Is believed that the settlement
f'opoeois AoihSu tho NopiS Va
the parley.
1t was declared yesterday by an
authoritative source that Stillman
conferred with Mrs. Floreuce II.
Leeds. named by Mrs. Stillman in her
defense papers. The meeting was
represented to have occurred in a law
office in Jersey City within the last
few days. One of Mr.. Stillman's at
torneys was said to have participated
in the conference.
BABY MAY BE PLAINTIFF.
Though scarcely able to prattle
enough to express what
goes on in his embryonic mind. the
thirty-months-old baby boy OF James
A Stillman doomed today as possible
plaintiff against his multi-millionaire
father to clear his name from the
stain of illegitimacy inflicted by the
older Stillman and demand half
million dollars damages for Islander.
John T.. Mack, guardian ad litem
for young Guy Stillman, was said to
be seriously considering the urgent
advice OF prominent lawyers that he
would have an excellent case in going
to court to take up the cudgels for
his guardian in an action entirely
Independent from the ex-banker's suit
for divorce and his wife's counter
suit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
CHERRY PRICE TOO HIGH;
WOMEN PLAN BOYCOTT

BERLIN, May 2s.-The housewives
of Berlin are threatening to boycott
the fruit growers union Of werder.
Prussia, which has fxed the price of
cherries at eight marks per pound.
The Schleberod community of Thur
ingia, which annually auctions off it's
fruit crop, has sold the current yield
to a wholesale dealer in Leipsic, who
bid 10000 marks for IL. The pre-war
offer never exceeded 1900 marks for
the crop.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
100000 Warehouse Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 28.--Fhe
swept the lower floors of a warehouse
owned by A. Greenberg at III North
Second street yesterday and destroyed
groceries worth 100000.
Residents of the neighborhood were
terrified by the flames, which shot
high into the air from the four.story
brick structure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
CUMM|NS INQUIRY
IGNORES REAL R. R.
SAYS HAPG00D
Problem Not InsoIuble, But
Hearings Do Not Touch Fun
damentaIs of Situation.
By NORMAN HAPGOoD.

This mornings mail brings a letter
from a railroad president commenting
On a recent article of mine and sug-
costing that we meet and talk things
over. Nothing could satisfy me bet
ter The subject is too large and too
difficult for bigotry.
This letter says:
IF your conception OF the situation
Is right, then mine is almost wholly
wrong. and / am anxious to be right.
The railroad problem Is too great a
problem. and Is too closely related to
the general success and prosperity OF
the country as a whole, to be dealt
With In any other way than the wisest
possible way.
II do not look upon the railroad
question as defying solution. as you
suggest, nor do think there Is any
thing at all mysterious about the sit
uation."
PROBLEM NOT INsOLUBLE.
The railroad president proceeds to
say that the roads do not wish rates
unduly high, nor wages unduly low;
and that railroad rates have advanced
less rapidly since 1915 than other
costs.
The official perhaps misunderstands
me a little. l do not assert that the
railroad problem is insoluble. 1t IL
not insoluble for the simple reason
that 1T must be solved.
What l have said. and what look
forward with pleasure to discussing
with their serious railroad president
Is that there Is no solution along the
lines thus far outlined by the railroad
managers before the Cummins Com
mittee.
A few fundamentals stand out clear
ly and they are being completely
ignored at the hearings. This need
not be because the railroad managers
do not see them. 1t may we'll be that
IL is because the bankers. who are
the bosses of the railroad managers.
do not wish to have these fund.-
mentals discussed.
LESS MILEAGE NEEDED.
Before the Cummins COMMITTEES
there has been talk OF the impossible
ity OF raising money for new mileage
Every railroad man knows. or ought
to know. that there is needed less
mileage, not more. Many useless anc
Improbable roads must be scrapped.
Steinmetz, SO l am informed, has re-
Gently made q statement about an
enormous saving that could be made
in the cost OF electric lighting II
proper advantage were taken of the
fact that the electric peaks in differ
ent parts of the country come at
different hours. Let Steinmetz be call
ed by the Cummins Committee ard
let the relation of that idea to the
possibility OF making railroads pay
be worked out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
RAISES BABY FOXES ON
MILK IN CHICKEN COOP

DANVILLE, Pa, May 2S.-William
Stevens, farmer, is raising a family
of six young red foxes, and the little
animals are thriving on n diet OF
bread and milk.
The foxes weigh about two pounds
each and were caught on the stevens
farm several days ago by stevens
and several friends. They are
housed In chicken coop, covered
with wire netting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
Dissertation Charged.

ST. LOUIS. May 27.-Sabbath desc
Grafton was described as "most dis
tressing" in a report adopted by the
Southern Presbyterian General As
sembly. Commercialized smusements,
the report declared, are "robbing our
cities OF their quiet and holy Sabbath"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
BIG BILL WRITES ON U. S.
IN NEW MOSCOW PAPER

RIGA, May 2S.-In the first issue Of
the new newspaper of the third in
ternationale, printed at Moscow, will
liam ID. Haywood, secretary and
treasurer OF the Industrial Workers
Of the World. who while under n sem
tence Of Imprisonment in the United
states recently fled to Russia, con-
tributes an article on the situation in
the United States. Moscow" is the
name Of the new newspaper.