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the shore. on the back Of a charger, as
some OF the Turkish naval officers did
Djimlah knew nothing Of all this. She
was watching in her adoring way the
effect Star Hanoum was making on
the ADMIRAL 1t was very graat. must
admit. He sank to his knees at her
feet; and before he had time to get up.
Star Hanoum fell into his arms. 1t
was plain that each loved the other
very dearly.
South Africa has put into force a law
for the governmental supervision OF
diaries to bring the industry to the high
est possible standard.
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Phosphorus was discovered accidentally
while Brand. Hamburg alchemist, was
experimenting with LIQUIDS to find SOM.
.element that would sheln transform silver
to gold, The d.sccve.y, made in 1919
vas not regarded then AZ important, bus
later deveIored an importance that was
very great
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NE FLANEIS
Venus is still visible, but low in the
west. On last January those who had
clear weather had the pleasure of see
ing three planets. Venus. Mars and
Uranus at the same time in the field Of
small telescope. Since then Venus and
Mars separated until they were about
II degrees from each other. Then they
began to approach each other again until
new on April they pass again, but on
this occasion they will not be close when
they pass. On April p Venus passes the
sun and thereafter is a morning star. 1t
has been an evening star since July 3.
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THE PLANETS

Such an eclipse has but little scientific
iY11nnrf anca
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Figure 8. The rings Of Saturn as
seen now and as seen when widely
opened.
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DRUG ADDICT
RUNSAMUCK.
. SHOOTSTHREE
"Twitty" Harris, dope" Ped
dIer, Sends Bullet Into Brain
of PatroIman Hayden.
TAKES COVER IN CUPBOARD
Falls Dead in FusiIIade Fired
Through Door by Reserves
From 9th Precinct.

Barricading himself in cupboard
man Samuel C. Hayden and in
jured two negroes, 7. L. Harris,
alias "Twitty," and known to the
police as a dope" peddler, was slain
at 10 o'clock this morning by Capt.
IT. r. Bean and Patrolman A. B.
Cole, who fired a fusillade of shots
through the door.
The double tragedy occurred at
the home of the negro, 948 West
minister street northwest, after Har-
ris had gone on a rampage, firing
at number of pedestrians lettering
in the neighborhood of his home.
WHIPS OUT REVOLVER.
Harris left his home a few min
utes before 10 o'clock. and reaching
Vermont avenue and T street, encoun~
tered Herbert Aiken, coIored, of. 2l14
Vermont avenue, wSkpm ne approach
ed, whipping the rdsolver from his
pocket.
1--we been looking for you" shout
| ed the negro. as he leveled the re-
volver at Aiken. A moment later he
had fired a half-dozen shots from q
.45-caliber automatic at the negro,
one of the bullets lodging in Aiken's
lung.
After Aiken had fallen to the pave
| ment, Harris ran into Westminster
street, where he found James Mills.
another negro standing in the door
way of No. $50. Without a word. Har-
ris opened fire on Mills and shot him
in the right ankle.
Pademonium reigned in the street.
which houses a colored community.
A riot call was sent to the Eighth
Precinct Police Station, and Captain
Bean and Patrolmen Hayden and Cole
were rushed to the street in the auto
| patrol.
SEEKS COVER IN CUPBOARD.
Harris. in the meantime had sought
! "cover" in the house. and running to
| the third floor, secreted himself in .
| cupboard.
When Captain Bean and the other
officers arrived they made search
Of the house. On reaching the cup-
board. Patrolman Hayden opened IL.
Harris Immediately opened fire on
him. a bullet from the high-powered
automatic plowing its way through
the officers brain. The negro then
closed the door, and Captain Bean and
Cole, seeing their fellow officer fall
| in in a heap to the floor opened fire on
Harris through the door.
Harris returned the fire, and after
| an exchange of a dozen shots a bullet
| from the revolver of one of the
officers struck Harris through the
door. piercing his heart
William A. Schlobohm. 1908 Crit
| tenden street northwest, one of the
| hundreds of spectators who hurried
into the street when the reports OF
| the revolver rang out. started to
| enter the house with Captain Bean
and Hayden But the officer urged
that he take Aiken, the first negro
shot. to the Freedman's Hospital.
Harris did not utter word after
Continued on Page 3, Column 2.)
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But while he is free to follow his
personal convictions he is not free
to ignore the known sentiment OF
the country, and he knows what the
sentiment is.
SENTIMENT FOR LEAGUE.
A large majority d the members
Of the Senate, inclading Senator
Harding, voted to acceot the League
with reservations majority Oh
eighteen on the fnl vote-and
twenty more favored the League,
but opposed the reservations. Only
nineteen Senators out o. total OF
ninety-six opposed the League idea
entirely, and that is probably
larger percentage Of opposition
than exists among the voters as a
whole.
An overwhelming majority Of the
American people demand some form
Of international cooperation; with
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us. FUNDS AID
RUSS EMBASSY
Defunct Kerensky Government
Envoy Here Using Money
Given for War Purposes.
HOUSTON ADMITS THE FACTS
Report to Senate Shows Mil
lions Utilized for Support OF
Fictitious Ambassador.

Money advanced to Russia for
war purposes was used to support
Boris Bakhmeteff, ambassador of the
defunct Kerensky Government, and
his pretentious embassy here.
This is admitted in a report trans
mitted to the Senate by Secretary Of
lthe Treasury Houston in response
to the Norris resolution of inquiry.
"The funds of the United States, F"
the report reads, 'were used solely
for the purchase of the obligations
of the Russian government in ac-
|cordance with the Liberty loan acts.
The funds paid by the United States
to the Russian Government to pur-
chase its obligations became the
funds of the Russian Government.
PAID TO EMBASSY.
Among the expenditures of the
Russian government from it's funds
as shown by it's reports to the Treas
ury Department are disbursements to
support or maintain the Russian en-
bassy in Washington"
The repsrt declares that the kere-
aslky govesnmewt's debt to the United
States - g&l7S,5s2,000. The Nonly se-
eurity the Treasury has for'tt. II de-
clares, are certificates of y'indeb
ness "siEned by the prOvfssonaI gov
erp1eWt ~ Russia through q repre-
sentative de~iRnated to the Treasury
Department by. the state. Depart
aent.~ The name OF this representa-
tive IL not menttOaed.
The interest already due aggregates
about $21. 100000 in round numbers.
The Morris resolution was intro
duced in the Senate month ago. 1t
inquired principally whether money
advanced by this Government had
been used for the upkeep of the
Kerensky embassy here, the amounts
of the Russian debt and the security
been made, IL any.
NO PAYMENTS MADE.
In answer to the last question. the
report declares that outside OF S13,-
OOO. 900 derived from the sale of sur
plus Russian supplies In this country,
which has been applied to the nc
count, no payments have been made
on either the principal or the inter
est.
country has really not lost anything
by her loans to the Russian provis-
ional government" because he esti-
mated that Russia, before her gov
ernment was taken over by the Soviet
forces, had spent some S2SS.641 900 in
this country for war supplies.
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out 1t it is impossible to hope for
permanent peace. The enormous in
crease in expenditures for armaments
proclaims only too clearly the fears
of the world. Without disarmament
we must expect returning wars, each
more expensive and more bloody
than the one before, until bankruptcy
Of the weaker nations makes them
subject to the stronger nations.
Europe IS poiDeriess TO save itself.
Land hunger, commercial greed, and
the spirit Of revenge are driving the
nations of the Old World totourd
wor. No one of them, or group, has
the moral strength and the unseifsh
spirit necessary for the solution of
the difficulty.
Our nation alone has the influence
and the disinterestedness to act as
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The story is the same as that al
ready exploited in the famous Perley
Spiker case-the husband who served
in France. the girl he met abroad. the
baby. the wife who forgave.
But this newest story begins back
in 1913, when Mrs. MacNichol, even
now little more than a girl, married
the young author, who was fast max
ing a name for himself in weekly
magazines and other publications.
and came from Arizona to live in
Connecticut. They established a
beautiful home in the midst of a
wide estate. Five servants cared for
the house, allowing the young wife
much time to assist her husband with
his writing.
GOES TO MEDICAL CORPS.
Then came the war and MacNichol
enlisted and was assigned to the med
ical corps
William II. Crosson, Mrs MacNich-
OILS attorney, unfolds the story as
follows:
"Mrs. MacNichoI found . place for
herself In Washington. She was
engcr to help, too. she directed re-
organization of the alina department
of the Bureau Of War Risk Insurance.
"But her husband didn't fare we'll
in France. He had trench fever and
Influenza and suffered from gun con-
cussion. He finally was transferred
to the staff OF the Stars and Stripes
the army newspaper.
"In 1919 he was discharged and
came home to Baltimore"
What happened then was told Judge
Caborne by the woman who was
forced into a corner of the Inevitable
triangle:
MEETS LEONE wINCKEL.
"He met girl named Leone Win
excl when he was stationed at Mehun
Sur Yevre in 1918 IL was like SO
many friendships of that time. He
was lonely and she was kind to him.
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S POLICEMEN SLAIN
HERE IN TWO YEARS

Five members of the District
police force have been killed in
line of duty within less than two
years. They are:
Samuel G. Hayden, shot to
death this morning while search
ing a house at 94S Westminster
street for a negro who had run
amuck.
Preston r.. Bradley, died Feb
ruary 81, last. as the result of
injuries sustained when he was
crushed between street car and
an automobile, the driver OF
which he was attempting to
arrest.
Oscar A. McKimmie, shot to
death January II, 1920. at Tenth
and o streets northwest while
pursuing robber who had
broken into a house.
Detective Sergeant James
Armstrong, shot to death at
Union station In December, 1919,
while attempting TO arrest John
McHenry. boy robber and muir
derer.
Detective Sergeant Harry VIII
son. shot to death during the
race riots Of June, 1919. while
entering house from which
shotp had been fired into the
streSt.
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DENIED RAISE.
'DALTON'SPLEA
Boy Says He Stole $4,000 In
Bonds Because OF
$65 Salary.

CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Willie Dalton
sixteen, charged with absconding
with $772.000 worth OF bonds from
the Northern Trust Company, where
he was employed, was brought here
today
Dalton was caught at Heyworth
ILL.,, yesterday by Constable John
Draper. All but $500 of the bonds
we're recovered.
VETERAN GETS REWARD.
Wine probably will be arraigned
tomorrow. Although bank officials
said they would be glad to grant
Willie immunity. John +. Lord. the
banks insurance representative. OF
Lloyds, Ltd, stated Willie would be
prosecuted
Bank officials gave Paul Draper,
son OF the constable. the reward of
$4,000. Young Draper sighted Dali
ton FIRST in a poolroom. and then in
sisted thai his father place the lad
under arrest Draper was a corporal
in the A. u. r.
1t took less than forty-eight hours
for the $772.OOO in Liberty Bonds
which p-lton stole to turn TO ashes
in his hands.
stealing. doesn't pay" he told
Paul Draper.
Ever since I took that money
Thursday / seemed to see eyes look
ing at me. Everybody appeared 10
be looking into me and through me,
he continued.
GLAD ITS ALL OVER.
II was those eyes that took all the
value out OF the loot so far. as he
,was concerned.# Not only out Of tho
byst. but out Of his life as ~eii.- 81
least so long ~ no kept ths bonds
he felt. Fs'--s ,-.-s'
SO with a sigh of relief he told
his captor:
I am glad it's all over"
Draper. who got the reward OF
$4,000. was wounded in France. He
found the lad on a tip which was
telephoned to him by a man who
gave young Dalton an automobile
lift into Heyworth yesterday morn
ing.
II just picked up a boy on the
road" the voice told Draper over the
telephone. "He carried a satchel and
acted suspicious"
Draper bad read of the robbery. He
had a paper with the thiefs picture.
He put on his cap and hurried down
the street. He walked into Bud Mays
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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HARDING PACKS Up
FOR RETURN HOME

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, Feb. az
President-elect Warren @. Harding
pulled up his vacation tent today and
bade good-by to the summer breezes.
The announcements are over,
boys" he told newspaper men who
pleaded for some Cabinet announce
ment or revelation of some sort to
liven up the prospects of dull news
day here.
The senator who will be President
within the week made final prepara-
tions for his trip northward to Mar
ion. He will probably arrive there
tomorrow night and. after day or
two cleaning up the little odds and
ends OF business. will proceed to
Washington. arriving there probably
Thursday afternoon, the day before
inauguration
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PANAMA MOVES0N
COSTA RIGA FORCES
ESQ Troops Ordered to Take
. Field and Advance to GoIfo
OuIce,

BALBOA Panama Canal Zone, Feb,
27.--Two hundred and sixty Panama
troops have taken the field and are
under orders to move upon the Costa
Ricans at Gallo Dulce today unless
the United States intervencs in the
territorial dispute between Panama
and Costa Rica.
Two hundred additional Panamans
will reach the Costa Riccan frontier,
on the Pacific Coast tomorrow.
The State Department has served
formal notice upon the Panamanian
the United States will not intervene
in their present controversy over the
ownership over Coto province unless
their suggested military operations
menace the Panama Canal. In such
event II will act with great speed.
Eight thousand American troops in
the Canal Zone, and a special squad
ron now at Panama City, IL was stated
today, will be able to take care of any
contingency that may arise.
Unofficial advices received here to-
day Indicate that Panama is not in
favor of mediation. President Porras
has stated that II the Panamanian
minister in Washington made any
such suggestion IL was entirely un-
authorized. He is apparently deter
mined to eject the Costa Rican forces
from Coto province. even IL he is COM
pelled to go to war.
The State Department is particu-
larly anxious to prevent intrusion by
Great Britain into the controversy.
which would. II II occurred. apparently
be on the side OF Panama. The Eng
lish have already served an ultimatum
upon Costa Rica demanding payment
of n small debt, and IL Is feared that
they will utilize this as an excuse to
obtain a foothold.
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CRAzED man KILLS POLICEMAN, Then SLAIN
Japanese Warships Making
Survey of Pacific

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.-Japanese warships
are continually visiting all islands in the Pacific on
mysterious missions, and it is believed that secret
veys of various harbors being made by the Japa
nese naval forces.
This information revealed here today with the
arrival of Gov. Jocelyn Robert the French governor
of Tahiti, who in the liner Tahiti from the
South seas. He is route to France having been
derea lone for consultation His successor M Guedes
had not arrived at Tahiti when he departed.
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"He told me about It, What could
do? Anyway, i understood"
That she did understand seems to
have occasioned the first furry OF
that interest which has whirled round
her ever since wherever her story
was known. 1t became so impenetra-
BILE at one time, Croson said. that she
was forced to hide away in the Los
Angeles home of her parents.
Tho understanding caused Mrs.
MacNichol to direct her husband to
send for Leone Winckel. She arrived
in Baltimore in August. 1919. Four
months later her baby was born.
bringing happiness to the father.
But to the fathers wife the infant
brought more of question and com
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SINN FEIN RESUME
| FIGHT in MACROOM

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Fierce
fighting has been renewed in
Ireland in the Macroom district,
according to reports reaching
here today.
No details were contained in
first dispatches, but il was be-
lieved the reported outbreak
was result of the clash at Bal
vourney Mountain yesterday in
which a detachment of British
soldiers was defeated by Sim
Fein forces after a heavy en-
gagement.
No confirmation Of the re-
ported fighting was forthcom-
ing from Dublin Castle.
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Aids Husbands Baby
Whose Mother Is His
French War Affinity

NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 27.-Mrs Louis MacNichol
former employe Of the War Risk Bureau at Washington
has been appointed guardian for her husband Kenneth
H. MacNchol, former short story writer and member of
the editorial staff of Stars and Stripes during the war
MacNchol is in a sanitarium, suffering from a
mental arrangement believed by Mrs. MacNchol to have
resulted from love affair in France
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extreme idea of the importance and
power of his money. He Is ignorant,
yet because he has been so success
full in motors, many, many persons.
hardly as ignorant as himself. think
him wise In all things, and allow
him to influence their views.
Henry, like Barnum, has been a
great advertiser. l do not say his
peace ship was an advertising dodge
Il will give him the credit for being
sincere there. but I won't say that he
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GETS RAISE BECAUSE
She POWDERS NOSE

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 27.-
And they say the women folks
are getting immodest-
Miss Catherine de Lamar,
stenographer, had received the
promise of a $40 raise today
because she was efficient"
She refused to talk with any
man over a telephone until she
powdered her nose.
P. ]. Mulligan, attorney and
her boss, declared the action of
Miss de Lamar showed the
highest peak Of efficiency and
modesty in personal appear
ance" and he felt she should be
rewarded.
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sP1IeIe. ne WUUIU IHSCTuCC COSHIOF
ut would not be so bad IL he knew
anything about the matters outside
of automobiles that he attempts to
manage and direct. He does not
such matters. He knows nothing OF
world politics, yet he sets himself
up, with the aid of an army of press
agents. as the man who must teach
everybody.
HE has no conception of what we
mean by Americanism and has an
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
CHAMP CLARK BETTER
AFTER QUIET NIGHT

Congressman Champ Clark. who II
seriously III from a complication Of
diseases, passed quiet night and
was reported to he feeling slightly
better this morning, according to n
statement issued from his apartment
In the Congress Hall Hotel
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All Europe Will Ditch Debts,
+, Says Sir George Paish

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Advocating capital levy
enable Great Britain to meet her Indebtedness, s
George Paish, addressing the National Liberal Feder
tion dclared
"The war created European debt amounting
to nearly 10000, 100000.
II have examined conditions in various con-
tinental countries and have reluctantly concluded
that practically the whole of Europe will repudiate
its debts"
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WHERE HARDING rs COMMITTED.

The President is committed to but two propositions in
connection with international peace. He is for cooperation
with other nations for the prevention of and he
against any that will impair the independence of this
nation.
He has shown himself open minded and anxious to
ceve information from all sources before proposing any
definite plan and happily entirely free to follow his
science in interpreting his obligation to the country. His
nomination came him in such way to make him
independent than nominees sometimes and his majority
was large that group, faction claim to
have exercised controlling influence
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
By HERMAN BERNSTEIN

Author and Journalist Of International reputation Authority
Judaism who spent months investigating Henry Ford antSe-
ic propaganda campaign.
NEW YORK, Feb 27.-The right measure of Henry
Ford taken by the late President Theodore Roosevelt
He compared Ford with Barnum, of circus fame and said
that he had no conception of Amercanism but instead had
extreme idea of the Importance and power of his
In volume entitled ''Talks With T. r. by John j.
Ieary r Roosevets estimate of Henry Ford is recorded
as follows: t
"Ford' 'fs pretty max
ing cheap automobiles He makes good for the and in
his sphere has good work But he won't stick to his
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
ARTICLE x WRECKED DEMOCRATS.

Article X, while kept country out of the League
of Nations and contributed largely to the wrecking of the
Democratic party the recent campaign never worthy
of the attention given to it, 1t could not override the Con-
sttutona provision giving to Congress the right to declare
war; the moral obligation which it purported to create
powerful disturber of the peace but quite impoen
protection to other nations Our allies understood this and
anxious to surrender Article and admit the United
States on any terms that country would name.
Whether President Harding will insist dropping the
League and substituting Association does not yet appear
but he is practical politician and is not likely to sacrifice
substance form 1t is quite probable that Great Britain
and France will give him lead pencil and sheet of paper
and ask him to suggest the change desired If he insists
changing the it be done very easily but he is
not likely to put other nations to any trouble
to require any phraseoogy that will be embarrassing
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
Ford Linked With
Black Russians

Fifth and Last Article of the Interesting Series Regarding
Henry the Forged Protocols the Wise Men of Zion
Cepyi By the Bost"s
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Bryan Wanrs Harding
To Keep Tax Burden
= On Rich Profiteers
F l WERE HARDING"
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Copyright. 1891. by william Jennings Bryan)I

MIAMI Fla. Feb. 27-Presdent Harding enters the
White House with the largest majority received by any
Chief Executive in years and with the largest popular
vote given to any history. This is great distinc-
on but he will find awaiting him difficult problems
than any previous President has encountered 1t may be
worth while to consider few of the Important
First the world awaits his word international rela-
TONS Cooperation between the nations for the prevention
of hangs his decision provided of the Senate
supports him in his plans He is pledged to Association
of Nations in which the United States will 'do its part
without "surenderng its right to decide for itself when
and what terms will employ force in aid of other
nation" This that Article will be eliminated from
the covenant but that will not impair the value of the docu
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WEATHER

RAis this alssSssss
saA pv~Ssbiy t~alShs,
1es mach change In
teoDerstar~, lowest ten
Deratare sestghG slight
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crate shifsfss wtsAs-
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Here is moro information on the
subject. Each nation owing money
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