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The Washington times., 1921-06-23

Let 'em scrap. Too hot to
worry over brokers and
busters. No Ash in pond.
which H. reason why 1sher-
men are lighting among en-
selves.
The Washington times., 1921-06-23
BALSAM WOOD.

Although II has been known for more
than 100 years, bslsam wood is just coming
into use as a substitute for cork In some of
a.. capacities 1t Is the nghtest commercial
wood known, and q parafnne treatment makes
II available for many purposes for which
cork heretofore has been exclusively used.
n must be disposed Of quickly after being
cut for II rots rapidly when exposed to the
Atmosphere in the tropics, where II grows.
The Washington times., 1921-06-23
HER FARE TO HEAVEN

In the Berlin Museum is a
group OF ancient Roman OBJ
jects discovered in the tomb
OF a little girl 1000 years
ago. There was a coin Of
Tiberius in the hand 10 give
the ferryman over the styx,
a box OF little dolls, a table
and q dolrs silver CANDLE
stick
The Washington times., 1921-06-23
OLD TENNIS.

Two tennis balls recently found In the
dusty rafters Of Westminster Hall London,
which is being rooted, are thought to date
back to Henry Wits time (isos TO IBsT)
Prem the description of the balls Oeather
covered and stuffed with human hair), their
size and material, experts believe them to be
the genuine article. 1t 10 understood that
the balls viii be handed over to the London
Mussum authorities.
The Washington times., 1921-06-23
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered Q. 8 Patsnt ofnos-
q. 8 Patsnt ofncs.
X. c. B.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Ju,

PTTTSBURGH, Pa, june II.
My Dear K. c. B.-I am glad that you
again remind your readers Of the Big
Brothers Camp.
Enclosed find check for 500 with which
to send ten boys to the camp. Wishing you
all possible success in your laudable efforts,
i am, JULIUS HERTZ.
The Washington times., 1921-06-23

Bears are taking bulls like
Grant took Richmond But
In four years less time.
Rumors are flying forth
thicker than mud in Flan-
ders. Rumors are bad apples
that spoil rest of barrel. No
body knows where runor
starts. But while truth is
looking for good jumping-off
place, old Mr.. Rurnor lights
out on Paul Revere through
surrounding money pockets.
Public should worry and
get sunstroke over what
brokers and busters do to
each other. Let 'e1n fght
After battle we can go in
and pick up grussome
souvenirs
Bear starts rumor that
there Is salt in ocean This
Immediately has bad effect
on oil stocks. In normal
times oil stock is splendid
risk like chinaware in earth
quake. But when rumor
starts buxzins. oil stocks are
safe like plate glass window
In stone hsht
Mexican Pete IN stock that
ia getting benevolent atten-
ton of financial gangsters.
IL dropped like Democrats
chin at last November's'
election. Then Panic-Ameri-
can Petroleum Company came
in for share of rumors. That
started 10 vobble like baby
FIRST walk
Rumor is verbal tunnel
that digs foundations from
under object of its Affection.
1t is easy to start, but
tougher to stop than bad
habits. However, this is
private panic down In Wall
street this time. Public
didn't get engraved invita-
tions to embark on usual
long, sail with margin
pirates. ..
Let 'em scrap. Too hot to
worry over brokers and
busters. No fsh in pond.
which is reason why Usher
men are lighting among en-
selves.
The Washington times., 1921-06-23
MIR. B. Baer
yTREET.
PRIVATE PANIC IN WALL


STREET.
Wall Street motto: In
hoe sig~o pt~ces. Soon be
shortened to plain: In hook.
Street opened up fine nest
Of financial hornets Pub
lie has been off II so long
there are no more ornaments
left on Christmas tree with
no patients In clinic sur
geons are operating on each
other.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
DIXIE MOB HANGS
MAN Who AWAITS
DEATH FROM LAW
Mississippi Citizens Storm Jail
to Lynch Slayer Already
Sentenced to GalIows.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. July 2s.--
Casey Jones, white man recently
convicted and sentenced to hang for
the murder of Mrs. J. s. Moseley.
was taken from the county Jail here
early this morning and hanged TO a
tree in the court house yard by a
mob.
The mob that lynched Jones he'd
become impatient at delays In the
mans case. He was TO have oeen
hanged July IS, but an appeal taken
to the supreme court in his behalf
stayed his execution.
II WAS not known how long II
would take the Supreme Court to de-
eide the case. and many of the peo-
pie here believed that Jones might
get a chance to live.
They battered down the door OF
the jail with a huge battering ram.
and although Deputy Mckenzie tried
to stop them, he was unsuccessful
Jones begged for his life.
Crying and cringing. he was led
forth. In some way he got hold Of
a razor and started slashing. He
was hit over the head with stick
and knocked unconscious.
According to the story told by Jailer
Mckenzie, the mob halted at the Jail
and demanded the keys. These the
taller refused to surrender. After
some parley the door was broken down
and five inside doors were broken
until the cell in which Jones was be-
ing held was reached.
The Jail was in a turmoil.
The mob quieted the prisoner with
q hard blow on the head. carrying
him down the stairs and out into the
open where he was hanged to a limb
OF one Of the large trees which stands
just outside the jail.
The jailor said part of the mob kept
him, Sheriff Edmondson and Deputy
Joe Ray surrounded while the re-
nainder did its work.
The darkness Of the night and the
masks worn prevented any possible
Identification.
The body was cut down early this
morning and taken to the office OF
Coroner J. E Hulett, where a jury
will investigate the lynching late
today.
Not \ shot was fired, said Mr. Nc
Kenzie, during the lynching, which
took place in a quiet and methodical
manner with the exception Of the
struggle In the Jail.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
BRITAIN WON'T PROTEST
ATTACK ON PREACHER

LONDON. July 18Th. Rr,,,~,
government does not intend tn n,aLn
representations to the United States
government concerning the tarrinp
ana feathering Of the Rev. Philip 8
irwin, a British subject. by masked
men In Miami. Fla. Sunday night
Cecil Harmsworth, under secretarv
Tor foreign affairs, in answer to a
question In the House Of Commons
yesterday. said:
am confident the United States
authorities will take such steps ;,s
may be necessary to see that Justice
rs done without representations from
his msjesty's government"
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
u. s. DENIES HELP
TO SOVIET RUSSIA
SWEPT BY PLAGUE
Official Aid Impossible While
lenin Insprisons Americans,
State Dept Indicates.


Though terrible epidemics of typhus
and cholera are reporting to be
sweeping through societ Russia. there
is slight chance Of official aid from
the United States for that stricken
nation, while soviet officials keep
American citizens in prison, 1t was in
dicated at the State Department last
night
No direct appeals for aid have been
received by this government. but the
attention Of officials has been called
to urgent appeal for relief from Europe
and AMERICA made by Maxim Gorky
Though officials pointed out that
the American public Is generous and
quick TO respond to stricken peoples
appeals, 1t was said that IL is not
likely that there can be any official
aid for soviet Russia while seven
Americans are kr Jwn to I've in Russia
jails aud at least one hundred more
are detained by the soviet authorities
The American Red Cross announced
that II has undertaken no steps for
relief q the Russians, who are report.
ed to be afflicted. 1t was pointed
out by Red Cross officials that the
Soviet authorities have regarded the
Red Cross workers as semi-officisl
representatives of the United States
Government and have been antagon.
istic toward the efforts Of the organ.
ization. In view of this, officials here
are loath to attempt any relief work
in Russia.
Reports to government agencies
here on Russian conditions are meagre
but indicate that conditions in RussAn
arc serious.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
YOUNG WIDOW ABDUCTED,
RESCUED In SAME DAY

EASTON, Pa, July 23.--Kidnaped
and rescued within the same day
was the experience Of Mrs. Hamamey
Samia, a pretty young widow of this
city. Yesterday two men in a motor
car seized Mrs. Samia as she was
walking along one of the principal
streets Of Philipsburg, N. j.. and
threatening bystanders with pistols.
forced her to accompany them.
AS the car sped off she attempted
to jump but one of her cAptors
caught. her by the hair and puIle1
her back. Late last night a neigh
Dor, who Joined in the search for the
missing woman, came upon her alb
ductors five miles from Easton aud
forced them, at the point of q pis-
toll to release her.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
TURKISH GIRLS ACCUSED
OF USING FAKE PASSPORTS

WORCESTER, Mass, July 23.-Im-
migration officials have begun an in
vestigation into the validity of the
passports of Anooshig Mammalian. sew
enteen years old. and her sister. Mrs.
Dickran Shooshan., aged twenty-five,
who arrived in Worcester from Con-
stantinople May %.
1t is alleged the girls entered the
country under assumed names and
forged passports. Anooshig was taken
into custody at an apartment fitted up
by Dickran Shooshan, a Worcester
merchant. who married the sister last
Tuesday. The sister, who was on =
honeymoon trip, was not apprehendsd.
but returned home Unexpectedly and
was grief-stricken when she learned
Anooshig had been taken away.
She will go to Boston, where the
girls will begin their fight for liberty
before Immigration Commissioners
Henry J. Skiffington.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
HARDING WILL Be
ASKED TOATTEND
VETERAN BENEFIT
Costello Post Hopes to Aid PEN
niless Disabled by Sponsor
ing Lew Dufour Shows.

Headed by William F. Franklin and
Col. John l.. Fehr, committee from
the VINCENT II. Costello Post of the
American Legion will go to the White
House tomorrow morning TO invite
President Harding to attend the Lew
Dufour Shows, which open on the East
flaza of the Union Station tomorrow
afternoon.
The post, through arrangements
with the Dufour Show management. is
raising a fund to care for penniless
veterans who come to Washington 10
push their claims. The committee viii
ask the President TO spend an hour or
two at the show grounds some day this
week.
Forty-four cars, carrying the shows
apparatus, will reach Washington to-
night The show opens at O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon and will hold aft
ernoop and evening performances daily
for two weeks. There are more than
1000 performers with the show.
The fund of the legion post now be-
ing used TO care for the soldiers is
practically exhausted.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
H. n. lOMLlT>
Senate Office Building.

While prohibition, to the pres
ent time, has apparently accom-
plished very little and has cost
the Government many millions Of
dollars in an attempt to enforce
the eighteenth amendment, it has
done one great and lasting good
for the nation. 1t has melted the
goal of higher and better civili-
zation, better home conditions,
more property owners and better
nation physically, which will in
crease in every future generation.
There has never been a law
against crime written which abso-
lutely prohibits, and, considering
the vastness of the task under
taken by the Volstead act, I think
it has accomplished much in the
course of less than two years.
One example Of it's accomplish
ments have noticed in my travels
over practically the entire nation
since this law went into effect is
that of schools being crowded and
clamoring for more room and
teachers. Such a condition was
rarely heard of prior to January
of last year, the result of poverty
caused by the squandering of all
of ones earnings over the bar.
Anything that starts the masses
on the road to education is in
itself a wonderful accomplish
ment.
A. SIDNEY JOHNSON, Jr.
1910 Pennsylvania avenue north
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
R. H. SMITH SEEKS
SHER|FF'S POST IN
PRINCE GEORGES
Bowie Man Announces Candi-
dacy As Democratic Nominee.
Three Others in Race.

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, July %
Robert II. Smith, Of Bowie, yester'
day announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for sheriff OF
Prince Georges county. Other candi
dates for this nomination formally in
the field are Robert l.. Wells. OF
Marlboro. chief deputy sheriff. and
Hervey G. Machen. of Hyattsville,
who was the Democratic nominee In
1919. J. /. Parker. of Mellwood dis
trict, In also in the fight
The annual picnic and outing OF
the Sunday school of Trinity Pro.
testant Church OF Upper Marlboro, is
to be held at Chesapeake Beach
Thursday. The party will leave
Marlboro at 1l:30 a. m.
Announcement has been made OF
the marriage of Miss Edna Mae
Gates, OF Seat Pleasant, and Jack p
Warren. of Binghamton, ". Y. The
wedding took place July 2 in Nor.
folk. Va. After September Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren will live in Washington
Hundreds OF colored farmers
school officials and others through
out Southern Maryland are expected
ment and picnic to be held July rs
on the grounds of the Southern Mary.
land Agricultural Fair Association
here, from 10 a. M to IL y. m.
Forest Lodge, No. IL. I. o. .. r.,
of Forestville. will hold an outing
and excursion at Chesapeake Beach
August T.
The annual Springfield carnival
will De held Saturday NEXT in the
hall at Springfield beginning AT, .
p. m. A p!av NV Washington talent
at p. m. and dancing will be fea.
lures.
A tournament. Is to be held Sep.
TENDER on Ascension Church
rounds, Bowie. for the benefit OF
the Bowie town hall building fund
The commissioners OF Bowie have
bought property for the hall AMI OK
pect TO break ground at an early
date.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
JEALOUS HUSBAND STAYS
WIFE WITH ACID DOSE

BUFFALO. N. Y. July 23.-En-
ragged because his wife refused TO
live with him, John Verosl<y, twenty
seven, late yesterday entered the
beauty shop where she was employed
and threw more than a pint of acid
in her face and down her throat
She died in the hospital tonight
Verosky was caught after a sensa-
tional chase through the downtown
streets and was locked up on a charge
Of murder.
Verosl<y told the police that he had
been writer of motion picture
scenarios under the name OF Harvey
Reynolds He gave his home adj
dress as East Pittsburgh, Pa. He
was married in January and his wife
left him in April, he said, and re-
fused 10 return to him.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
WIN. J. DOOLEY,
"a X street N. w.

Prohibition has proven an abor-
tive, expensive and dangerous
substitute for the lesser evil it
illogically seeks to >supplant, and
by unwisely overreaching its OBJ
ject has defeated it's purpose
and been brought into open pub
lie contempt.
1t has signslly failed to pre-
vent the immoderate consumer
of strong drink-who first in
spired prohibition, and at whom
it was primarily aimed-from
continuing to satiate his appetite
with similar potent, and often
poisonous, concoctions. And
while failing to achieve its prime
object, prohibition has criminally
profiteered the price of medicinal
liquors to outrageous limits; has
fostered tenfold increase in the
use Of noxious drugs and, in ex-
cess of zeal, has arbitrarily de-
MED the great mass of temper
ate citizens the beneficent and
refreshing consumption of nom
Intoxicating light wines and beer.
BY instilling among all classes
an ominous evasion and defiance
Of the law, prohibition has de-
based the sterling perceptions of
the people.
F. H. MITCHELL,
726 20fh Attract NJ w
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
ARMY PLANE WASHED
ASHORE AT VA. BEACH

I NORFOLK. Va, July ga Hand.
ley-Page airplane washed ashore at
Virginia Beach this morning. 1t was
badly damaged and the engine was
missing. Reports that two bodies were
dashed to the machine when II was
sighted in the surf lack confirmation.
The plane Is believed to have been used
by army aviators at Langley Field dur
ing the bombing experiments off the
coast
The Washington times., 1921-07-24

Friends and Enemies
OF Prohibition Voice
NelUs in Times Forum

Responses to William Randolph Hearsts question, What
Has Prohibition Accomplished Date indicated that Wash
ngton was evenly divided to its merits and dement's
washington Times for the best to Mr. Hearst
on was awarded to the Rev. Small famous Southern
evangelist, who lives at Lyonhurst Va :,
The great bulk of replies showed that proponents of proh
biton are lust in their support OF it, while
the opponents to have cudged their brains TO daw tne
strongest possible indictment against 1t. = ,
Here are letters from the pros and set in parallel
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
MRS. SARGENT in RENO,
WANTS SEPARATE SUPPORT

RENO. New, July 23.--A Nevada
angle has developed in the divorce
proceedings OF Mrs Frances Lowe
Sargent VS.. Donald Sargent, million
sire tueboat and lighter operator OF
New York.
The New Jersey courts denied a
decree when Sargent sued his wife
for divorce. Mrs. Sargent is now in
Reno and Is pressing suit for sen.
arate maintenance. The papers were
mailed to New York today for filinr
In the Eastern Jurisdiction.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
BOY "PONZI" GETS PRISON;
GOT BROKERS' 100000

CHICAGO, July 23.-Stephen Cap
sack. seventeen-year-old youth,
whose financial operations are said
to have cost owners of valuable
stocks and bonds $4,000. was sen
fenced to six months in the Boone
vile, Mo, prison yesterday by Judge
lands when he pleaded guilty to
using the mails to defraud.
After advertising himself as a stock
and bond broker. stocks sent him to
sell We're converted to his own use,
the Government charged.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
Heat Stroke Kills Girl.

CUMBERLAND. Md, July "a
Heat was responsible for the death
Of Nellie. aged thirteen years, daugh.
ter of A. c. Lambert, who resides
on farm one mile from Western.
port, this county, according to re
port made to the county coroner to.
day. The girl was Ill only a few
hours.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
Ice Cream Sickens Two

FUNKSTOWN, Nd, July 2s.-John
II. Lowery, special officer At Willow
Grove Park at this place. was made
I'll from eating ice cream. the attend.
ing physician stating that the officer
suffered from ptomaine poisoning.
Mrs. Lowery. who ate some OF the
Ice cream. also was made sick. Both
are recovering.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
AMERICAN SHIP SINKS;
MEXICAN SAVES CREW

MEXICO CITY, July 23.-The
Ueora NJ. Thurlow, a small American
owned sailing vessel. loaded with
fruit, is reported to have sunk off
the coast OF Yucatan on July II,
when she struck a reef near the
Island of Cozumel. Dispatches re-
ceived here say that the crew of
seven were saved through the efforts
Of Mexican sailor, who took the
men off in a launch.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
Steals Fire Trucks Gas.

HALESITE, N. j.. July pa
800 reward was offered today for
Identification of a petty thief who
has endangered this Long Island
town. Twice recently he stole gaso.
line from the tank of the Halesite
fire truck. Once the department
was stalled while answering an
alarm.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
726 goth street N. w,

er, was leading COW by a haltsr
strap. A bolt Of lightning struck and
kiied the COW at one end VI the strap.
out did not even as much SIS shock the
preacher at the other,
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
RaisuIi Flees From Planes.

MADRID, July pa dispatch
from Ell Araish. Spanish Morocco, re-
ports that the rebel chief Raisui has
fled % Tazarut. He is taking refuge
in a subterranean shelter, fearing his
whereabouts will be learned by
means of airplanes.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
MYSTERY SHIPS"
SECRET SIGNALS
FOUND ON SAILOR
Smuggling Of Cinnamon, Liquor
and Drugs Believed Comet
ed With pirate" Vessel.

PENSACOlAA, Fla, July ZS.--Tnr0o
powerful Government agencies com
bined here today in an effort to sup
press smuggling OF Cinnamon. run
ming Of whiskey. and the supposed
smuggling OF drugs into this country.
The Customs Service. the Depart.
ment OF Justice a<i the Immigration
Department are trying to work out
the maze of recent events on the
West Florida coast. with Pensacola
as sort of headquarters.
Captain in Custody.
United States Marshal Peter Nil
Ter has taken into custody Captain
Mental OF the yacht Viola at De-
Funiak Springs, who was accompanied
by Cinnamon. Immigration Officer
robert j. Leary, at Pensacola, mas
been instructed to take charge of a
group of Cinnamon and to furnish
all data possible to his department
concerning their entry into this
country.
Collector Of Customs Curry is look
ing after liquor confiscated. and Dis
trict Attorney Medley is acting with
the United States marshal In the
prosecutions.
Two more Cinnamon from the
cargo" of the yacht Viola walked
to Chipley today and were iminc-
diately arrested They were almost
starved. There are now six China
men unaccounted for.
Secret Code Found.
Alfred Ullman. the seaman in the
Escambia county Jail here, has
among his effects a code of blinking
signals to friendly ships. This code
is regarded as one of the most yalu-
able discoveries yet made to the Gov
eminent agents.
Reports that the pirate or "mys-
terry" ship being seen at night on
the Atlantic. state that rather un-
usual lights were burned or shown
for a time.
1t is believed from the secret code
taken from Ullman that the ships
had a way of Identifying one another
and that when certain signals were
displayed and not acknowledged, II
would explain the reason why the
mystery" ships suddenly stood off
and disappeared with shaded lights.
1t is likely that the code will be
sent broadcast to vessels by tbs
Bureau of Navigation and the navy.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
Cow Killed; Owner Safe.

LYNCHBURG, Va. July as
Lightning did an unusual stunt last
week in Buckingham county, when
the Rev. Joe Jones' a colored preach
The Washington times., 1921-07-24

Prohibition with free and en-
lightened citizens has not been a
success. II has abolished the
saloon at the expense of degrad-
ing the average Americans re-
spect for the law; it has helped to
drive some men from haunts to
homes, but has weakened the
allegiance of many good citizens
to recognized authority; while
jails hold less, it has created a
schism in the regular order Of
society that cannot be healed by
present conditions; while reduc-
ing the number of dispensers of
hard liquor, it has foisted upon
the country an Unsuitable army
of bootleggers that rule or law
cannot suppress; it has reduced
manufacture, but has increased
illicit moonshine; it serves as a
kindergarten for the juveniles
of America to become proficient
in the making and consumption
of homemade connections that
serve no good purpose. It is the
handiwork of the weak and sell
fish.
WIN. J. DOOLEY,
"a X street N, w.
The Washington times., 1921-07-24
MRS. JUANITA BLACK,
GIT Twelfth street northwest

Touching your question, "what
Prohibition Has Done to Date"
permit me, not as a wild-eyed
fanatical reformer seeking to re
make the civilization of the world,
but as a plain, observant Ameri-
can, to invite attention to a few of
the accomplishments of prohibi-
ton to date.
1t has served to remove from
the body polite its hitherto most
baneful influence and has thus
contributed intellectually to the
cause of political purity and civic
righteousness.
1t has to an appreciate degree
taken from the heart of the moth
erhood of our land that former
ever-present haunting dread that
the man-child Of her bosom might
become, as millions before it have
become, the victim of the awful
curse of rum. ..---
While it has worked a hardship
on the already habituated topper,
prohibition has made possible and
probable sober generations for
the future of our land.
r. r. TOMLIN.
Sanafa 0ffsc> RusIl;--
The Washington times., 1921-07-24


Prohibitions greatest achieve
ment lies in the fact that vt has
removed from the pathway Of the
youth of the nation the tempta-
ton Of the open saloon. AS an
immediate remedy for the evils
which have arisen through the
ages from the use of alcohol in
any form for beverage purpose,
prohibition has, to a large extent,
failed.
Yet this great reform. which
first was a dream, but now is a
reality, holds forth the offer of
the future. Those Of the present
generation, or even, pehaps, the
generation yet to come. will enjoy
few benefits from its operation.
Prohibition, at best, can only
be viewed as an experiment. Still,
as an experiment in the right
direction. at least it is worth
fair trial.
MRS. JUANITA BLACK,
GIT Twelfth street northwest.