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The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
Resolution for Public
Confefences Withdrawn
After Debate.
LEADERS DEMAND
FULL PUBLICITY
U. S. Delegate Defends
"CIosed Door" Policy
Of Framing Bills.

Tho sessions Of the forthcoming
disarmament conference win be
conducted with the largest meas.
urs Of publicity that is compatible
with gettipg the business DONE"
according to Senator Lodge. chair
man Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations and one OF the delegates
to the conference. .
Lodge discussed the question Of
open or closed sessions in the Sem
ate today. In o1posinK the amend
ment Of Senator Harrison. acting
Democratic leader. which would
have instructed American delegates
to seek open deliberations.
The view of Lodge was taken a.
a reflection Of that held by Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary Of
state Hughes. -
some Sessions Open. ..~
Il was said. moreover, In . high
administration quarter. that It was
~ OSaeoSs hSbSNAe
dons before ''mass meetings" The
give fullest possible publicity was
emphasized. however. and Il was
stated that some Of the sessions
would likely be open. Others must
necessarily be secret, Il was said.
because Of the fear that publicity
would tie the tongues ana offend
the sensibilities Of some delegates
Of other powers.
The Senate was prevented from
expressing its opinion In . vote.
because Senator Harrison with
drew his amendment explaining
that he did SO because the major
ity had insisted that the govern
ment woud be embarrassed II II
were adopted. Al the same time.
he declared his intention of maxi
ing the same proposal In a.eeparate
resolution and expressed d6pe that
the majority would permit such .
resolution to pass. ..
would Hamper Administratisn.
Lodge declared that II the Senate
would express itself II would be an
incivility to the visiting delegates.
and would hamper the administSa-
tion.'
The Constitution. he said, with its
provision that the Senate must
ratify treaties. makes secret cove
nants impossible. SO far as the
United States 10 concerned.
"A secret that Is in possession
of ninety-six men Is everybody's
secret" said Lodge. But when 1t
comes to the proceedings by which
treaties are negotiated. you enter on
a different and more dificult ground.
Il Is extremely hard to draw the
line between what ought to be and
must be made public, and which
everybody admits never practically
can be made public"
Lodge said President Wilson had
led the public to believe that
everything in Paris was to be done
nny
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
SOCIETY MAIDS GO
ROLLER SKATING

Get out your old roller skates.
washington's blass pedestrians
blinked In Amusement last night as
the latest fad Of the Nations Capt.
tai made its entry.
Clad in the seasons best-knick-
erbockers-a party of skaters
swung down fashionable Connecti-
cut avenue last night from Colum-
bia road. With q whoop that would
do justice to a college yell prac-
tice, the party OF 'faddists," men
and women. hit the incline Of the
hill south Of Connecticut avenue
from Columbia road. And while the
dazed populace gazed. the skaters
caught hold Of passing automobiles
and wagons and were again carried
to the top Of the hill. The party was
soon augmented to approximately
eighteen.
And today. the young debutantes
Of the city may be seen pushing
through the cobwebs for the old
bail-bearing rollers"
Among those who were In the
party last night were: Miss Jackie
Grimsiey, Misses. Ellen and Mary
skinner, Harry and Chester wal
ford. Edward Leasure, and Alfred
Sterns.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
HEAD-ON COLLISION
kills. WORKERS
ON W.,B.&A.TRAN
District Man Gsnduetor,
Dies in Crash at
Revel, Md. ~.

Two men are dead-one OF them.
John "A. Pearson. 3s years old. of
31s Fourteenth street northeast
and several persons are suffering
from injuries as the result of
head-on collision beween a pas
senger train and a work train on
the Short Line branch of the wash
ington. Baltimore and ANNAPOLIS
Electric Railway at Revel sta
ton, Nd, shortly before noon yes
terday.r
Beside Pearson. who was con-
ductor of the work train. James
white, 35 years old. of Baltimore.
motorman Of the work train, was so
severely injured that he died a
short time after the crash.
Two Badly Injured.
Louis J. Israel, Of Annapolis, a
passenger, was severely injured.
having several teeth knocked out
and his back sprained. Harry Up
penheimer, of Baltimore, suffered
from severe lacerations and bruises.
A number Of other passengers suf-
fered minor injuries and from
shock.
The passenger train was manned
by Arthur II. MiIder, motorman, and
George C. Harris. conductor, both
of Baltimore. With the exception
of being shaken up, both were un-
injured.
Both White and Pearson, after be-
ing extricated from the wreckaKe,
badly ,mangled. were placed In a
motor bug and rushed to the Naval
Hospital, at Annapolis, six miles
distant. where surgical attention
was given them, but despite all 'ef-
forts they died within an hour.
Blanes Work Train Crew.
The accident occurred on the sim
gle track at the crossing of a coun-
try road directly at Reyel station,
Failure Of the work train, crew to
take a siding Is ascribed an the
cause Of the collision, according to
statement made by Thomas Ma
son, assistant to the president Of the
road.
The work car was pushing a flat
car at the time OF the collision, and
the fact tnat the fiat car greatly
reduced the force Of the impact is
believed to have saved many of the
passengers from more serious in.
juries. The flat car was pushed
nearly 1alf way through the work
car.
second Serious Accident.
This Is the second accident of the
kind on the Short Line in the three
months since the road was taken
over D. the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric ) lines
George Harris. conductor of the
passenger train. was a member of
the crew in the former, collision,
which resulted. in the death of one
man and the injury Of eighteen 9TH
ers. In that case the responsible
lty was also attributed to the work
ear crew. =, - 4
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
READY TO AVENGE
HATFIELDS DEATH
Kentuckian, Father of
"Sid," Says Murderer of
His Boy Must Pay.

sIsTERsvILLE, w. Va. Aug.
za.--T'n . law-Rbidin' citisen.
religious, and don't aim to
make any fuss, but when one
Of our blood 10 murdered, the
murderer must pay"
George Washington HataeId,
late of Pike County, Kentucky,
took Q schaws from q twist OF
'1ong Ereenn tobacco and began
tuning his violin on the ''porehs
of his 'tshanty boat" I'm which
he has taken up his abode near
here.
He b said to be the father OF
Sid Hatfield. former Mingo mine
war chief, and . brother OF the
late sDevil Ansen Hatfield
Hatfield did not intimate why
he drove several hundred miles
across the State of West Vir-
ginia to spend his last days on
m Ohio River "shanty boat"
Nor would he disclose any
plans for avenging the death
OF sshis boy" sid. other than 60
say SIT would be done" And he
seemed quite confident Of this.
~The Sid Hatfield killed at
welch may be my boy"
drawled the old man. ~Me and
Anse both had boys Of thar
name. and ] aint seen my Sid
In . nunber OF years-aot since
he helped me out Of . tiEht M
In Carter County, Kentucky"
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
ACCUSED man dies
DENYING His GUILT
Executioners Hustle Him.
Gov. Edwards Refused
To Hear Wife.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2s.-George
Brandon was eieotrocuted tonign,
at the New Jersey State prison at
Trenton for the murder of Edith
Janney and Edward Kupfer. who
were slain in an automobile near
Railway three years ago. Brandon
died protesting his innocence. ~
r A few minutes later william J.
Fitzsimmons. wife slayer. followed
Brandon to the chair.
For the first time at an execution
in New Jersey q condemned man
read a statement to the witnesses.
As Brandon approached the chair
he held in his hand sheet of paper
on which the ink was not yet dry.
you are now about to witness
terrible tragedy in the killing of
an Innocent man." he said. "Jer-
sey justice is not" -
At this point attendants hustled
him on and prevented his contin-
uing the reading of the statement
Come on. come on" they cried.
He was strapped in and three
shocks of 1900 volts were adminis-
tered. r- .
Brandon's wife Isepnt month.
gathering evidence that her hus-
band had been framed" without
money. often going hungry, she
fought on after he had been: abah.
doned by his ounsel in such q
heartless manner that the attorney
was later disbarred for 6eserting
him In the shadow Of the chair.
This afternoon, for the nrst time.
Mrs. Brandon cornered Gov. Edward
L. Edwards as he emerged from his
office. She seized him by the arm
and with dry, fearless eyes. held the
governors gaze.
"Governor," she gasped, you are
executing an innocent man. All !
ask is q chance to prove II"
Edwards features became NOR,
stern. and he released his arm from
the distracted girls grasp.
II won't hear It." he said, 'T
won't hear anything about s."
After her. interview with Ed
wards Mrs. Brandon tainted.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
D. S RELIEF SHIPS
THOUSAND TONS OF
F0ODFORRU
Starving Children VIII
Be First to Receive
American Help.

NEW YORK, Aug. at.-The first
shipments Of food for children In
the Russian famine districts have
left the warehouse In Riga. the New
York headquarters Of the American
Relief AdminIstration announced to-
day. One thousand tons Of balanced
rations were allocated to the Petro-
grad district and 2.50o tons for the
Moscow district and beyond There
VIII be little n any change In the
operation Of the administration. Il
was learned at headquarters and
the work Of relief vii go on as In
Belgium, France and Poland
Walter Lyman Brown. European
director OF the administration. has
ordered thirty Of his aides into Rus
sia- One contingent will leave
for Moscow. the Vclga VAL
ley and the Black Sea district. An
other group will 60 to Petrograd-
Poland Offers Aid.
Entrance into Russia Will prob
ably be made through Poland, where
relief administration centers are al
ready stationed. The Polish peo-
pie will have q crop Of their own
this year for the first time since
1914. and have voluntarily turned
over their share Of relief 70 Russia
Il ts expected. according 20 stnfor-
mation received from the Ameican
headquarters that entrance into
Russia Will be made by way OF the
Pripyat River. near Pinsk. in Po-
land. which is the border line be-
tween White Russia and Soviet Rus
STA
The Russian relief work is Just
beginning and officials at head
quarters ara unwilling to make any
as to the number OF
children to be fed or the territory TO
be covered. They insist that no
alarming statements about starving
Russia will be given out unless con-
ditions Justly warrant them.
Inland transportation and labor
are being furnished by the Russian
government and each chi'd In the
famine district Is to receive one
meal a day, consisting Of q balanced
ration Of rice. condensed milk and
fats
Poland's ability 60 feed itself this
winter releases American stores
held in Hamburg. Danzig, Riga and
Reval. In a similar position TO Po-
land are Esthonia. Latvia and
all Baltic States
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
LIQUOR SHIPS HIDE
FROM U.S.. CUTTERS
No Clue to the Fleet Of Five
Which Dashed Past
H. Gordon.

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 23.-out-
Unanswered, at least for the mo-
ment, by a feet of fve blockade
runners, said to be loaded with
whisky valued at more than q
quarter Of a million dollars, coast
guard cutters and revenue launches
are searching the upper Chesapeake
Bay and its tributaries for the dar-
ing motor -schooners which broke
throgh the naval Gordon at the
Virginia capes early this morning
and headed for Baltimore.
1t is believed by Federal prohi-
bition officials that this feet is the
carrying agent for the bulk of the
Illicit whisky which has been pour
ing into America from the Bahamas.
Detectives, having advance knowl-
edge of the fleets sailing, the
names Of the vessels, the skippers,
and the receiving agents" to whom
the liquor was consigned. made
elaborate preparations to capture
the entire booze squadron when 1t
appeared or the Virginia coast.
In the darkness. however, the
schooners plowed their way past
the revenue guards and disap-
peared.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
u. s. MARKS PLACE
WHERE YANKS WON

CHATEAU THIERRY. Aug. "a
The cornerstone Of proposed
magnincsnt stone bridge, to replaca
the historic one across which Amer
leans and Germans fought at the
turning Of the tide Of the world war
in July, 1913. was laid by American
Lesfonnaires here today.
Roosevelt Bridge" 10 the name
the French have chosen. In homo,
Of -T. R." and Quentin. who was
killed IN battle near here.
National conmander Emery. In .
speech at the laying Of the corner.
stone, eugiogized both the late
President and his aviator SON.
franklin D'Oiier. former com.
mander OF the American Legion. de-
clared:
Having fought and won We know
war does not pay
-As former service men We rep
resent the average citizen, who pays
the price of war" T.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
ss's'.i O:..; g s.: g g: ,.,s.s -
y, rso1D elssox2

MOSCOW, Aug. 1s.--After an one
reads In the papers In the non-BoI-
shevist world concerninG the back
wardness Of Russia. I was hardly
prepared for the SURPRISE that
greeted me shortly before 2 o'clock
this afternoon when our train
pulled into one Of the eighteen rail-
road stations In Moscow. We ar
rived Is minutes ahead Of time-
A blond-bearded porter. : feet
tall and as straight - - ran.
helped our party Of three 70 the
platform. where he deposited our
bags and food bundles IN : formid-
able pyramid and departed after
having pocketed . paltry tip Of
10000 rubles which he had de-
manded There we waited for one
hour. without tickets, passports or
bills Of lading for the Representa-
tives OF the Soviet foreign ONCE into
whose custody We were destined.
Peasants In Boz Cars.
The delay gave us time 70 rsfect
ON the strangeness Of the trip
which we had accomplished during
the preceding forty hours. We left
Riga AZ 10 o'clock Monday nigth on
combination Latvisn train. which
carried three cars belonging 20 the
Bolshevfsts. Oen carriage was an
elaborate private car with electric
lights and q finely decorated In
terror. II being In strong contrast
to the hot darkness Of the human
freighted box cars ahead, where
the Lettish peasants were sprawied
on wooden shelves amidst rags,
squaior and q stencil that would
stagger any wetsern nose.
Our compartment was In o sleep
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
BRIDE TESTIFIES
AGAINST FATHER

BIRMINGHAM Ala. Aug. ss.-
Reports that Ruth Stephenson Guss-
man. daughter Of the Rev. Edwin
father 10 tried on charges Of mur-
dering the Rev. James e Coyie,
Catholic priest. were apparently
confirmed today. when she Appeared
as the. frst witness before The
r. Stephenson. would be one Of the
chief STATE witnesses when her
grand jury.
The girl whose marriage to q
Catholic Porto Rician precipitated
the tragedy appeared before the
Iuy when it opened its inv6tiEa-
uon Of the Coyle killing.
speculation regarding the girls
itestimony has csntered on the ques-
ton Of whether she would be able
70 teii OF threats made against Fr.
coyis s4 her father.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
Mrs. W.A.DuPuy
viii Chaperon
Herald Winner
President of Pen.Donaen
Selected to Eseort @Miss
Washington"

Mrs. william Atherton DuPuy,
Of 1909 wyoming ayenue north
west, national president OF the
League Of American Penwomen.
has been selected to chaperon
SsMiss Washington" the Dis
trict's most eharminE daughter.
on her visit N guest Of honor
At Atlantic ~Cfty's great fan
pageant.
With just two days remain
ing In which photographs may
be submitted 20 The Herald BY
candidates for the honor of
being named .sMiss washing
ton,' the once literally Il
swamped with pictures. TIE
photograph may be turned In
until Daidnight Of Thursday.
They ire to be submitted to the
Judges Friday morning. and the
latter viii Immediately begin
making the preliminary selee-
tions Of the more promising
candidates, from which . Anal
decision will be made OF tfsIiss
wnshington."
c0NTTvTIED ON PAGE NINE
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
YANK AIR SOLDIER
WINS TONNES BY
SKILL WITH FISTS
Whips Hard Boiled Ser
geant Before ZR-2
Starts First Flight.

special catls 10 The washinsten Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)
PULHAM, Aug. ga midnight
message received by wireless from
the zR-3 says: -All IL well. every
thing Is all right" Another mess
age to the aeroarome states that
she expects to land At s o'clock to-
morrow morning.
The cheer with which the British
soldiers sped the airship from How
den this morning was q tribute from
the heart. The rear rank privates
Of the British royal air force at
Hewden have long been terrorized
by Q big husky sergeant major
whom the men accused Of bully
ing. The British said, what they
would like to do to him but none
dared night him
Last night the sergeant major
butted into q mess at which
Yankees were present and ordered
everyone to clear out. A United
States navy chief petty oflcer
stripped of his coat saying every
British soldier would like to do this
but I reckon I've got to do It for
them ..--J
This morning a pale sergeant
major with a bandaged eye and a
swollen nose, watched the ZR-2 de-
part from the hospital window.
while the grinning royal air force
men cheered the American battler.
Copyright, ls2l.)
LONDON, Aug. 22.-The great
British-built American navy dirgi-
BILE ZR-2, touring the skies on a
trial flight will keep aloft
for the rest Of he night and land
tomorrow. -.-
The ZR-2 Is still under British
control and. will not be delivered
to the American naval crew sent
over to take her to Lakewood, N. J.,
until the Air Ministry Is quite sat-
isfied that she is up. to the speci-
fcations, It was officially stated~in
London.
warships to Guard Route.
Even then. the Air Ministry
added. the American crew will
make thorough trial flights before
assuming command of the giant
ship for the perilous trans-Atlantic
flight ,- -
Five American warships will take
stations in the Atlantic next Sun-
day, dividing the width of the At
lantic into six beats ready to pick
up the crew in the event of dis
aster or to give advice by wireless
during the fight. This does not
necessarily mean. however, that the
flight is to begin Sunday.
Heads for North Sea.
The twenty-one Americans aboard
the IRA as she hovered over Eng.
land tonight included Capt. Louis
H. Maxfield, y. 9. N. commander of
the crew. and Lieuts. Berg, Little,
Esterby and Hoyt. Brig. Gen.
Maitland Of the British Air Min
istry, and Majors Pritchards and
Thomas were the British ofiicers
Lieut.. Little. in command of sew
eral hundred English and American
enlisted men. dragged the huge ship
from the hangar at How.den this
morning and let go. permitting her
to rise straight up 1000 feet by her
buoyancy alone. Then. alta rocket
signal. discharged from an auto
mobile. the IRA circled the vast
areodromet crossed the Humber and
lowered oyer the Lincolnshire coast
headinE stralght. for the North Sea.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
For the Charming
MISS Washingto,1" !"

one OF the greatest distinctions il is possible for
aty to confer IS waiting She Is to be known as the
Districts most beautiful and attractive daughter She
to be the honor guest of Atlantic City at its great
tall pageant and receive many handsome gifts from
generous Washington merchants &
Only two days remain in which photographs may
De submitted to The Herald this unique competition
They must be in The Herald office bymdnght Thursday
For particulars, see page 9. ass.ss..,.s.s3.ss
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
Moscow Loyal to Soviets
But Gives Up Communism
Floyd Gibbons Surprised " Cordial Recep-
tion in Capital Sees Many Besgars, but
No Signs Of Starvation.

ing car foIlowing ths private car.
In n ! brou<hf my eQuipment .
IN lieu ~ An American passport
c4rrie1 : receipt Cor Il signed By
the American ~ consul Al Riea.
q whom ~ kmsricans must give
rs>p,.rts sslx 4. soviet
The consular once a. Riga en-
plafns that this procedure IL neces-
sary. bcc@use a fs feared that ehe
Bolshey1s<s might counferfeit Amer
lean pas<ports from photographs OF
the ORIGINALS At the same time Il
= not b<yond the knowledge Of the
STATE poDartnent that many Amer
ooszzsup Oh rAor sryrn
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24

PROHIBITION ENDS
SALOONS FOREVER
But He Finds No Lack
Of Liquor at High
Prices.
ny vIscoUNT NoRTHCLHFE.


NEW YORK. Aug as.-The United
states begins long before you get
to t.
Half way out on the Atlantic
comes wireless messages Of every
possible description. some OF them
OF a volubility greatly expressive Of
American carelessness of money.
Many are from newspapers which
wish for wireless interviews: film
corporations state thar their opera
tors win meet you on board at ar
rival; bankers offer their services;
chambers Of commerce.. Rotary
clubs. hundred per cent American
clubs send invitations from all over
the American world to greet you.
As q matter Of fact my vist to
the United States was very LARGELY
for golf and novel-feading. I had
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24
Oflp l1eral6s Aalnaex

WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST a, 1871
Here, a. glance. may be seen some of Wash:
inrton's progressive merchants who offer special
buying opportunities in todays Herald.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-24

"One would think the bill was
drawn by q disgruntled tenant who
wanted TO get even with his land
lord" declared former Senator
Burton, Of Ohio, who opposed the
measure. Repre- atative Millspaugh
of Missouri. one OF the i've mem
bers OF the House District Commit
tee who voted against reportinE
the measure. declared IL is about
time that the business men OF Cen
gress should draw the puckerfng
strings on this kind OF lsgisls-
tion," which, he said. had the SUP
port of every socialist and every
advocate Of paternalism In govern
ment. g
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-20
1T PAYS TO TAKE
THE HOME PAPER

NJ A. Graves was n pleasant WISH
tor In the Gazette office Tuesday
afternoon and incidentally renewed
his subscription TO the Gazette for
the thirty-ninth time.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Graves were
married In 1883, and, as all young
couples should DO, they subscribed
for the home paper--the Gazette---
and have never let their subscription
expire. In the meantime they have
raised large family and have be-
come prosperous and leading clsi-
zens Of the couniy.-iacksboro Ga
rctte
N always pays 20 subs rlhe for the
home paper, and u h n mlThty good
start Tor the newly weds when they
begin housekeeping BY becoming
readers ~ the local PAPER Mr.. and
Mrs. Grayes no doubt have proflied
many tlmea during their married life
~ he information contained IN Their
home paper,
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-20
LOCAL ITEMS FROM
THE SLATON SLATONITE

Mrs. +. Graves received a message
Tuesday afternoon stating that her
brother, c. r. Suits, had died at ms
home in Dyersburg at ! 80 the same
afternoon. The cause Of his death
was not stated. Deceased was 80
years old, having been born Dec. IL,
1852. Besides his sister here he b
survived by his wife and five chill
dren.
Lonnie L. Lively and Miss Allene
Henry were united in marriage at
o'clock last Monday evening at the
Baptist parsonage, Rev. Jno. Hardes-
ty officiating in his usual impressive
way. The affair was a quiet one and
came as a surprise to many friends
on this popular young couple. They
left Immediately for a brief honey
moon trip TO other sections OF the
State. and are now at home to their
friends in Slaton. The bride in this
happy event is a daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Henry, among the best
known, most highly respected and
most substantial citizens of the Sla-
ton section. She is young lady OF
charming personality, many accom-
u,,shments and numbers her friends
/ By her acquaintance. The groom IS
valued employee of the Santa Fe
here, coming TO Slaton about year
ago from Weatherford. During his
residence in Slaton he has surround
ed himself with a. host Of warm
| friends.