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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-12-15

is cut so close that It looks exactly
like plush. but when one comes to
touch II one recognizes the difference.
This is probably a passing fancy.
but 1t cannot be denied thst It IL a
great favOrite, In certain scnsSosr /
have seen cape-collars made ofNcolored
fur. for evening wraps, and tong. very
wide, scarves which are destined to
partly cover bare shoulders at opera
or restaurant.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-12-15

Handy Gifts for Ae,,

Every man, young or old, will an
preciate a good-lOoking rack to place
within easy reach OF his dressing
case. The tie rack requires an
obiong or oval board, smoothly COW
cred with cretonne and a small nickel
towel rack. which is screwed to the
front Of it. 1t Is suspended by a silk
cord fastened at the back with screw
eyes.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
WEEKS PROMISE 1
NOT kept, SAYS
FIRED" TROOPER
Cavalry Private Who Stirred
Up Camp Gets Discharge
Without Honor.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, July 49,
Private George p. Rhodes. whose dis
charge without honor from the cav
airy at Fort Ogiethorpe has caused n
mild sensation here, declared in a
statement today that he had been
promised an honorable discharge by
the Secretary of War and that his
discharge by officers at Fort Ogle-
thorpe had been speeded up TO pre-
vent action on his application to the
Secretary of War.
Rhodes declared he received spe-
cial delivery letter from his mother
July IL, in which she told him the
Secretary had told her to have her
son apply for an honorable discharge
at once and that 1t would be granted
him. This letter, he charges, was
mailed July s. He had originally ap-
piled for his discharge on January
li2, declaring his enlistment had been
procured by fraudulent statements Of
a recruiting officer.
Rhodes obtained recognition Of his
claims from the Secretary OF War
through Congressman Rosenbloom OF
West Virginia. His home is in
wheeling. w. Va. He said Rosen-
bloom ascertained that General Har-
rison, in command Of the fort, agreed
to an honorable discharge for him.
Rhodes recently filed charges that
caused the removal Of Colonel Foltz
from the camp.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
MAN LOSES LIFE
ON POTOMAC At I.
FALLING WATERS
Companions Believe Louis ].
Zimmerman Was Victim of
Heart Attack.

FALLING WATERS, w. Va, July
16.-Louis J. Zimmerman, aged forty
two. a mechanic. lost his life in the
Potomac river near Falling Waters
when he was stricken, II is believed. by
heart failure while debarking from q
boat In which he and two companies
had been riding.
Zimmerman, with Siler Engle and
John Englebright. Of Martinsburg had
gone to a camp owned and operated by
Oscar See, this city. on the Maryland
bank OF the Potomac. They started
for Falling Waters in q boat to which
q motor had been attached, but before
they reached shore the motor stopped
and the occupants were compelled to
get out and tilt the boat while the mo-
tor was disconnected and loaded in an
other boat, which had come in answer
to their call for help. They then start
ed TO walk to shore, but became sepa-
rated in the darkness and thinner
mans companions did not miss him
until they reached the shore. .f
Suspecting he had met with an ac-
cident they called for help, search
Of the river was instituted and twelve
hours later the body was found only
few feet from where he had last
been seen standing. His body was
brought to his home in this city for
burial. No inquest was deemed neces-
sary. His mother, one daughter. four
brothers and four sisters survive.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
Girl In One Piece Suit
OF Greenish Hue
Stirs Main St.

WINCHESTER, Va, July 49,
There's a girl wearing one
piece bathing suit on Main street |;
and it's green"
The word passed like wildfire
here q few days ago. Wherever it
was heard menfolk had some ex-
cuse to make in order to get to
the front door. Office clerks de-
serted their typewriters and ledg-
ers and made a bee-line for the
street.
There was a general craning of
necks up and down the street, and,
finally the "one-piece" was found
on an innocent little girl of per-
haps five years, who had come
from an Eastern city with her par
epts on vacation. She wore her
green tights to and from the swim
ming pool, and was wholly un-
conscious Of the stir" she created.
She had real Mary Pickford curls,
and 1t was generally agreed she
was q little beauty.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
WIFE SUES DRAYMAN
FOR LIMITED DIVORCE

Charging cruelty and desertion and
denying her husbands allegation Of
cruelty, Mrs. Clara Harting yesterday
filed a cross petition to the suit for a
limited divorce brought against her
Vast week by her husband, George F.
Harting. and asks for a limited di-
vorce and alimony, She also requests
an order restraining her husband
from molesting her.
The wife. represented by Attorney
d. Edward Clarke. alleges that her
husband was in the draying business
but that he had disposed Of his trucks
and other parapharnal!a to evade the
payment of alimony.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
AGED INMATES Of
! HOME ARE GUESTS
Of AUTO BUS LINE
Red Star Sightseeing Company
Donates Machines for
Hebrews Pleasure.

All Of the inmates of the Hebrew
Home for the Aged, at 416 M street
northwest. who could walk or who
could be moved were the guests OF the
Red Star Sightseeing Company for q
tour throughout Washington and envi-
rons on Friday of the past week.
These old people were taken In the
large buses of thu Red Star line
through Rock Creek Park. Into the
animal houses of the Zoo Park, thence
via historic Georgetown to Arlington.
The return from Arlington was made
by way Of Highway bridge. and the
guests were taken over residential and
official Washington before their return
to the home. Some of the guests were
in excess of ninety years Of age. Some
had never seen a lion or q monkey In
their lives, and practically none OF
them had ever been shown the Capital
City.
During the progress Of the tour Ice
cream. cake and soft drinks were
served. Interpreters were In attend
ance to translate into Hebrew the de-
scriptive remarks with respect to the
points Of interest of the English
speaking lecturer. Mrs. 8. Kramer
was In immediate charge of the party
as chaperon. Mr.. S. 3herby Is presi-
dent and the Rev. A. Shefferman 10
secretary Of the Hebrew Home for the
Aged.
The Red Star line announces that
Il will gladly and gratuitously arrange
similar tours for youthful. aged or
INDECENT charges of Washington chart
table institutions.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
PRINCE GEORGES WOMEN
NAME EDUCATIONAL HEAD

HYATTSvILLE, Md, July 18.--
Mrs. n. B. MAYHEM. of Hyattsville.
has been named chairman Of the edu.
cational committee of the Prince
Georges County Federation OF WON
ems Clubs, succeeding Mrs. Edgar
Brown. Of Lanham. whose appoint
ment as chairman of the educational
committee OF the State federation was
recently announced.
Mrs. Mayhem has been chairman
Of library extension in the county the
past year and has established two free
libraries. She will name a sub-chsir
man 10 take care of library exten
sion
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
JUDGE LoPS $4,000 OFF
VERDICT FOR INJURIES

A Jury in Circuit Division No. I
yesterday rendered verdict for
$500 in favor of Mary e. Thornton
in her suit against the Washington
Railway & Electric Company for DAM
ages and Chief Justice Mccoy today
reduced that amount to $4,000 on the
ground that 1.-THE verdict was exces-
sive,"
The plaintiff was injured November
is, 1915, on Columbia road while
alighting from one Of the company's
cars. II the diminished verdict is ac-
cepted, the motion for new trial
which the defendant company had
filed, will be denied. otherwise the case
will have to be retired. Attorney Alvin
l.. Newmyer appeared for the plaintiff
and Attorney Roger j. Whiteford
represented the company.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
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Yale University and preparing for his
new duties. He will pass August at
his summer home In Murray Bay,
Canada, where Mrs Taft and their
daughter, Mrs. Frederick j. Manning
are now enjoying the cool climate
Justice Taft will have long vacation
for the United States Supreme Court,
which adjourned June 6, will not sit
again until October /. s
Taft Regime Was
Most Popular.
Washington will welcome the Taft
family with enthusiasm, for all tho
members have loyal friends who have
missed them greatly. The Taft regime
at the White House was most popu.
lar and memories of the many en-.
tertainments' that brought together
brilliant companies and provided thG
most generous hospitality are treas
ured by hundreds Of -ersons. Like
all who come to the national capital
TO live, Justice Taft and Mrs. Taft
are now confronting the difficult
problem of finding just the righs
house. s..a aal
Washington had another visit from
Mr.. Taft and his family when. dur
ing. the war, ne came back as Chair.
man OF the War Labor Board, ami
established himself and his family at
1929 Connecticut avenue. ei
We shall look forward to visits
from their daughter, Helen Taft. who
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
Mrs. Spencer Leaves
For Northwest Camp.

Could anything better illustrate the
interest OF women in public matters
than this little incident Of the lunch.
con that ended thus prematurely?
President Harding certainly should be
pleased by this tribute, for even
though the subject Of the bonus and
the other issues that he presented
might be of real moment II meant
much TO hear his delivery OF the fine
address, so convincingly delivered.
Mrs. Selden Spencer, who Is one
OF the most faithful attendants Mt
the luncheons, will be missed on
these Tuesday gatherings as she left
on July 10 for home to join her two
sons and their families for a summer
on Lake Geneva. Wis, where they
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
parade. In which she was accompa MED
by Laddie Boy. President Hardings
famous Airedale.
-
Penwomen Close League
For Rest Of Summer.

HSHWOfUSu SIOSf bS1ku6
For Rest Of Summer.
The national headquarters Of the
League Of American Penwomen, which
had been closed for the summer. were
opened Wednesday evening for q real
ly memorable occasion The Countess
Constance Hillyer de Caen of Orleans,
France, came to Washington to brink
to American mothers a message from
the committee Of French women
pledged for perpetual care of the
graves OF American boys who fell in
the world war and who sleep beneath
French sod.
large company of writer's, war
mothers and guests assembled to meet
the distinguished visitor, who deliv.
cred her message eloquently. Mrs.
william Atherton du Puy. national
president Of the League Of American
Pen Women. and Mrs. Theodore TIL.
err. President OF the District of Co.
lumbia League, received the guests
and Mrs. Mary M. North presented
them to the Countess de Caen.
After the message from overseas
had been heard. refreshments were
served. and club members. who have
not had any social occasion since the
Book Fair and ball last April, had a
chance to talk over their summer
plans. Among the visitors from out of
town was Mrs. Edmond A. Hughes, OF
North Dakota, author of Motoring in
White" a delightfully."- intimate &C.
count Of a Journey from North Dakota
to Cape Cod. Miss Temple Bailey, OF
st. Louis, Mo, was another interest
Ing visitor. Miss Bailey Is the author
OF many popular novels. including
The Trumpeter Swan, The Tin Sol.
der" and Mistress Anne" Mrs.
Henry Wilder keyes, first vice presi.
dent Of the national league, had been
in New York and had returned in time
to assist In entertaining the midsum-
mer guests.
Mrs. Blanche Lucas, who In organiz-
ing the women writer's of Oklahoma,
also happened to reach Washington at
the suspicious time for conferences
concerning the new branch of the
league.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
Two ID. G. Women
Write Book.

In the summer time women well
known in Washington appear to be
turning to literature. Announcement
that Mrs. Champ Clark, who has been
in New York for several weeks consult
ing her publishers, is finishing her
Autobiography" in Bowling Green.
Mo-, her old home, has aroused much
interest in Washington. The book Is
to be published before the holidays. and
part of it is to appear as a serial. As
1t deals largely with the author s
recollections of official and social
events during the long service of the
late Speaker of the House Of Repre-
| sentatives, 1t will be widely read here
IN the National Capital. where Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark have had SO many warm
| friends.
Mrs. Clark is a keen observer. and
| Is gifted with a sense Of humor that
gives charm to whatever she writes.
| for she has often been a contributor TO
Washington newspapers and has
proved her gift for description and
! character Interpretation. No one
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
Mrs. Powell Seeks Divorce.

Misconduct is alleged ina suit filed
today in the. District Supreme Court
by Mrs. Anna Powell against Clarence
NJ. Powell, for an absolute divorce and
alimony. A correspondent Is also nam.
ed. The couple were married Septem-
Der 81. 1909, and have three children,
whose custody is requested by the
wife, who Is represented by Attorney
d. Edward Clarke.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
NEGRO LOOTS ROOMS
OF TWO POLICEWOMEN

While two policewomen were wash.
Ing their hair on the back porch OF
their apartment. L negro sneak thief
broke into the place and stole an opal
ring and 81 In money which was on
the dresser.
The policewomen are Miss Adelaide
Meeks and Miss Dorothy James, of
Apartment "a, 1925 Fifteenth street
northwest. Discovery of the negro
thief was made by Mrs. Mary Du
Meng. who has an adjoining apart.
ment, and who found the intrduer op.
Grating.
Mrs. Du Meng screamed and the
two policewomen ran from the porch
with their hair streaming down their
backs, but the thief had escaped. They
reported the theft to police headquar-
tiers and Detective Sergeants Walsh
and King were assigned to find the in
truder, as well a. the money and ring.
The Washington times., 1921-07-17
Washington Maid
In GarTick Cast.

Nowadays so many society folk.
young and old. appear in public on the
stage that one expects to find some
one well known in any play or picture
that one happens to see. They are
particularly numerous In Washington,
which. as every one knows. has more
amateur talent to the block than any
other city In the United States. The
recognition of this fact may be due
partly to the work of Mrs. Marie
Moore Forrest, who has done SO much
In the way Of searching out and de.
velopinE gifted players.
This train of thought was started
by the discovery that one of the
youngest of Washington actresses Is
to be in the cast at the Shubert Gar,
rick this week. LittleeIlsley, who not
only dances, but has a few lines in
the play, is the daughter Of Mrs
William A. Randall, of the Burlington
Hotel. She is barely In her teens, and
has unusual beauty and charm OF
personality. 1t Is said that she ex,
poets to adopt acting as her vocation
and that she has received recently
two offers OF New York engagements
The play presented by the stock com.
pany,, way Down East" has an
added attraction in this youthful
player.
Little Ilsley played the leading
part in the movie "Our Four-footeo
Friends" produced by the Humane
Society. and will be remembered as
the leader Of the Humane Society
The Washington times., 1921-07-17

$thus he has an opportunity to contri-
butte his experience and his ideals in
the most effective program Of activity.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-15
| 900 Mennonites
Reach Alabama

i YELLOW PINE, Ala, Dec. 49,
One thousand Mennonites occupy
ing eighteen cars, arrived here to-
day from Regina, Sask. The colo
nists brought with them cows,
horses, sheep, household effects, We
hicIes and farming implements, and
they are prepared to Immediately
start housekeeping and preparation
of The soil for next years crop. An
advance guard had purchased lands
and provided temporary shelter.
The Mennonite colony is situated in
the heart of the Alabama lumber
belt where timber is plentiful and
the soil productive. Vast stretches
OF unimproved acreage afford the
colonists ample opportunity to
crafty their expressed desire to en-.
gage in agricultural pursuits in
sequestered section.
Few of the number arriving had
ever been so far south, it was
stated, and the change from the
frozen north to mild and sunny
cline brought many expressions of
r1Ia2cIIra
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-15
EUROPE ,HEARTENED
BY PACIFIC TREATY
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER

Especial Dispatch to The Atlanta journal and
Chicago Daily News-Copyright. 1921
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.--The full
implications of the new four-power
pact between Britain, France, Japan
and the United States cannot be i'm
mediately grasped. Time is necessary.
The pact is like a stone thrown into
a pond, whose influence expands in
overwhelming ripples. Not least i'm.
portant, however, is it's probable
ameliorating effect upon the serious
situation in which both Europe and
Asia found themselves at the open
ing of the Washington conference.
Europe. during the last two years,
had fallen into international anar-
chy owing to tn withdrawal of the
United States from European affairs
and to the consequent dissolution of
the entire war entente. This led to
state Of affairs in which not only
was every nation for itself and itself
alone, but in which France and Bri-
tain, the two most powerful nations,
upon whose constant cooperation
European peace depends, had grad
ually arrived almost at the point OF
open distrust, owing to various in
evitable conflic of interest.
The only nations which had rea-
son to rejoice in this collapse of the
war alliance were the defeated ma
tions who have hoped that sooner or
later they would be able, through
the prolongation Of instability, eco
nomic and political to recover what
the lost in their defeat. This at
titude of revenge on their part had
only served to increase the general
unrest.
It would, of course, be foolish to
exaggerate the import of the new
four power pact The fact, neverthe-
less, remains that it does associate
for common purpose, for the first
time since the Paris conference.
France, Britain and the United
States. The pact, though in no sen g
an alliance, is ce. calmly an act Of CO.
operation. BY this act, the United
States energies from two years OF
troubled isolation. It indicates its
desire to work with the other nations
for the solution for world problems
and thereby RECEIVERS its lost pres
tige. .s
It aids Immediately Anglo-Ameri'
can relations which have been none
too good and it's gradual tendency
will doubtless be also to aid Franco
British relations by interposing a
friendly voice, on occasion, in Fran.
co-British quarrels. Germany, OF
course. will not be pleased to see
the old war group reforming OF the
other side Of the world, but in this,
most of Europe, which signs for sta
bility, will differ with Germany. Eu'
rope as whole will rejoi at the
abandonment by America Of Its m
mentary attitude Of peevish isolation
in favor of the new, strong, clear
seeing attitude of mutual helpful
ness now inaugurated by the Har'
ding administration.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-15
Senator Harris Asks
$4O,717 to Pay Claims
OF Georgia Farmers
The Atlanta Journal News bureau.
e23 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TIII,El.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
William j. Harris introduced a bill
in the senate today appropriating
$40,717 to pay claims to persons suf-
fering damages by reason Of con-
demnation of land for Camp Fen.
ming, Ga, in 1918. Secretary Of War
Weeks already has assured Senator
Harris that the bill would be ap.
proved by the department The
claims consist mainly of damages to
crops because of steps taken by the
government to condemn land which
later it was decided not to use. Dis
approval of payment of the claims
under the present law by accounting
officers of the government made the
special relief bill of Senator Harris
necessary,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-15
Census Committee
Considers Taking
Count in 1925

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Because
of considerable dissatisfaction"
with the result of the count in the
census taken last January, the house
census committee is considering leg
islation providing for another .enumer-
alton Of the population Of the Unit
ed States in 1925 or some other year
prior to the, next decinnial census,
Secretary Hoover says today in that
portion Of his annual report dealing
with the activities Of the census bu-
reau.
"This proposed legislation has my
approval" Mr.. Hoover says, adding
that cit has frequently been con-
tended that the distribution of the
population as shown by the reports
Of the fourteenth census is abnor.
NAL, that prior to that enumeration
there was great movement from
rural to urban districts which, since
the enumeration, has been neutral
lied in large measure by a reverse
movement; and that this shifting Of
the population affected the totals
for certain states, thus influencing
the apportionment of representatives
in congress"
Census taking in January is disap-
proved on the ground that the
weather in that month is a serious
handicap to the enumeration, delay
ing the work and making it neces-
sary 'to take unusual precautions to
insure complete canvass. The re-
port says that time for taking the
next census should be in April, as
was the case before the last cen.
sus. The change for the last CEN
sus was made, it says, at the request
OF various interests making use OF
agricultural statistics. the idea be-
ing that more accurate statistics
could be obtained concerning the &C.
Invites Of the farms if the canvass
was MADE shortly after the end OF
- I'll. J,4o -.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-15
BRITISH OPPOSE
BIC FRENCH NAVY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13,--The
British delegation will oppose
strenuously any upward allotment
Of naval strength to France and
Italy. i
One of it's naval spokesman made
that Enthusiastically definite today. Any
attempt by France to get the right to
a fleet as great as Japan's will be
countered with the British argument
that such assignment would upset
the whole Hughes naval ratio plan.
The speaker indicated Britain
would only be content with pairing
of the French and Italianfleets.
Britain is bearing in mind her
policy of having fleet equal to the
next two continental navies. In
these circumstances, she is wary of
any upward trend for France and
Italy, For instance, if France were
given the right to a fleet as great
as Japan's--that is, sixty. per cent
as great rs Americas or Britain s.
and Italy forced through its claims
for equalling Frances, then the
time might come when France and
Italy would actually build up to the
sixty per cent basis. That would
mean that under a possible entente
they would have fleet 100 per cent
as great as Britain'S. Britain looks
for no linking of the two against her
her - but the British statesmen and
naval strategists are taking nd
chances on the future.
Hence, their intent now to force a
low ratio for the two Mediterranean
powers. The British will oppose, too,
Frances aim for more submarines.
The British drive for submarine
cut is on. The delegation, how
ever, is not united in it's views.
Arthur j. Balfour, while for abolition
Of this weapon, has indicated he
would content himself with trying
to cut down the Hughes allotment
of 10000 tons and limiting the size
Of individual vessels so that their
character would be ''defensize' rath.
er than offensive. On the other
hand, Lord Lee, of the admiralty
holds submarines aren't defensive
and wants to bring UP, in open con.
ference, the British appeal for do.
ing away with what the British pub
licists call an 'unsportsmanlike
weapon"