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The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
Alien Indicted
After Fake Gift
To Irish Relief

An alleged worthless check for
$500, said to have been donated
by DR.. Emmerich wiski Ritter vou
Rittesh to the Fund for the Irish
Republic" yesterday formed part Of
the evidence which caused Rittegh's
Indictment by the Federal grand
jury ON a charge of false pretenses
in connection with the alleged feec-
ing of washington business men.
Worthless checks. totaling $500 and
allege to have been passed by Rit-
tegh. are said to be In the hands
Of the police.
Rittegh was arrested a few days
ago In El Paso, Tex, and Is now
awaiting Washington police escort
to this city.
DR.. Rittegh, alleged member OF
the Austrian nobility, who in 1915
was suspected Of being q dangerous
alien enemy following his arrest In
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons, q,
said to be an expert chemist. He
surprised the police department here
several years ago by his alleged in
vention Of q fool-proof invisible
ink, which he demonstrated on spe.
cial Invitation before Maj. Raymond
w. Pullman, then superintendent OF
police.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
HARDING ORDERS
COMPLETE STUDY
OF SOLDIER AID
Dawes Asked to Make
Diligent Inquiry of
Situation.

The special commission, headed
by Charles G. Dawes. of Chicago.
to draft comprehensive plans for
soldier relief was asked by Presi-
dent Harding yesterday to make
"diiigent inquiry" of government
department chiefs In Washington
with q view to discovering where
these departments have lapsed In
providing for disabled service men.
The President made his request
in a written statement. Dawes, in
announcing that the Presidents re.
quest would be carried out. made
. few comments on the situation.
Gives Opinien.
"A deplorable situation exists"
Mr.. Dawes said, land the President
and Congress are anxious to rem
edy 1t. The condition exists be-
cause of lack Of coordination
among the agencies authorized by
law to care for the soldiers. Some
thing must be accomplished. We
will fnd the remedy and stay IN
continuous session until we do. Let
US cut the dinners and get down
to definite work right now. Let's
get together. get somewhere and
get through"
In his message to the commission
President Harding said in part:
There have been numerous COM
plants that the government Is neg
lecting the becoming care Of these
veterans to whom II owes every
consideration and there is further
complaint that there Is tardiness In
dealing with them and their claims
which grew out Of their service"
.Search for Neglect"
"I should like you to make dill
gent inquiry of department heads
in an effort to find out just where
the government agencies are lack.
ing in authority or neglectful In
failing to carry out what is the un-
questioned intent Of Congress.
II think II would be well that
you also make inquiry into the
abuses which have developed. anc
look carefully into the regulations
adopted SO that you may know their
probable effect In the future. II IL
well to realize that the American
people want to prove the republics
gratitude to these men.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
Harris and Ewing

Harris and Ewing.
PROF. ALBERT L. HARRIS.
Approved yesterday by Comwir-
sioners rs Districts .unicipnI
architect. Harris, who sue
ceeds snowden Ashford, re-
signed. is q graduate Of George
Warrington University. and has
been lecturer at both George
Washington and Catholic uni-
ver~itfes- He lives at 1905 La
mont street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
Charles ID. Bayiy.
james Dewns'

Solemn requiem mass win be
celebrated today at . o'clock at the
church Of st. Vincent de Paul for
lanes Downs. 332 Mclean street
7e was rs years old A daughter,
Ira sarah Bsnnett, survives
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
Mrs. Jennie Payne.

Mrs Jennie N. B. Payne, a MEM
Der of one Of the old Virginia fam
lies. died at the homo of her
laughter, Mrs. Howell Peoples. 1881
Belmont road. Services will be held
:oday at the Presbyterian Church.
.Earranf0n Va
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
Once Ru ssian Prison
Inmates At Meeting
Mrs. M. 6. Harrison and Cap
tain Cooper Dine With
Senator France
Associated Press Dispatch.l

Berlin, August 4.-Captain Merton
y. Cooper or Jacksonville, Fla, VINO
escaped from a prison in MOSCOW
alter having been shot down, during
ngnting between the Dolsheviki anu
The PCles, arrived here from Warsaw
yesterday to see Mrs. Marguerite +.
Harrison, the American newspaper
correspondent, who was recently
Ill Grated by the soviet authorities.
Captain Cooper declared Mrs. Har-
lison mad saved his life by supplying
him with food and clothes at the
Moscow prison before she was her
self incarerated.
An Affecting Greeting
When the two Americans, who had
such trying experiences in soviet
Russia, met in the lobby Of Berlin
hotel, there was an affecting greeting.
u would have gone around the
world to see you," exclaimed Cap
tain Cooper, land tell you l should
never have lived to escape, If it
haven't been for the supplies you
sent me- The news Of your release
gaze me the greatest thrill of my life. "
Mrs. Harrison, Captain Cooper and
Alfred Bonie Of New York, all of
whom were prisoners in soviet Rus
ia, for considerable periods, had
dinner last night with United States
Senator Joseph l. France of Mary
and. who is returning TO the United
States after visit to Moscow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
SLUMP IN LAKE TRAFFIC.
Report From American and
Canadian Canals At 500
For July
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, August A.
Freight passing through the American
and Canadian canals here during
july totalled approximately 100000
tons less than for the same month
last year, according to the monthly
tonnage report. The traffic east and
west bound, amounted to 8,13S,5S3
tons.
Passenger traffic showed little
change from a year ago, 10000 per-
sons being carried east and l., $40
westward.
The greatest decrease in freight
tonnage was in ore shipments. Less
than half the amount. carried east
ward in July 1920, being hauled last
month. The total was 4,356,760 tons
This, however, was an increase OF
1000, 900 tons over June Of this year
Coal, grain and lumber shipments
heavier than year ago. .N {.
The increase in lumber shipments
was 100000 feet, the total for last
month being 36,414,000 feet. The
statistics Tor tie year, however, in
dicate that 1921 will see still further
decrease in lumber traffic which has
been falling of since 1918, when 81,
$4,000 feet were carried down dur
ing the month Of July. Only 2,062
boats locked through, compared to
2,919 for the month last year 5000
in 1919 and 3.246 in 1918.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
SEIZE $4,000
Held Up Postoffice Messenger
In ST. Louis This
Morning
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatchl

st. Louis, Mo-, August 4.-Three
bandits today held up and slugged
Tommy Felaido, postoffice mes
senger at Wood River, ILL.,, near here,
and escaped with three mail pouches,
one of which is believed to have con-
tanned 100000 in currency consigned
to the Standard Oil Refinery at Wood
River. ... s."-N
The robbery occurred at 7:10 a. m
shortly after the pouches were thrown
from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago and st. Louis train = from ST.
Louis.
Felaido met the train, placed the
pouches in pushcart, and started for
the postoffice across the tracks, when
the armed trio stepped from an auto
mobile and commanded him to throw
up his hands. The other threw the
pouches in the automobile and
escaped.
An hour later an abandoned auto
mobile. was found in a cornfieId, five
miles south of Edwardsville, ILL.,, near
by was a rifled mail pouch contain
ing parcel post matter addressed to
Wood river residents. lE..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
BOOKED AS SW|NDLER
Fellow Who Is Making Tour OF
Northwest Buying Various
Articles

Crooks are becoming more ingen-
ious than ever. The Civic and Com
merce association has been advised
by the Minneapolis association that
a well dressed man, possibly five
feet six inches tall of about forty
or fortyfive years of age, wearing q
dark suit with salt" spots in it, car
rying a salesman's card for Bick
Corbitt Iron company, the name OF
which was forged, and a letter OF
Identification from such company
also believed to have been forged,
passed good sized bogus certified
checks on merchants at Grand Forks
North Dakota. and Little Falls, MINI
The checks were DRAWN on the
Boatsmen's Bank of st. Louis, Mo-,
and were returned marked "certif1-
cation forged"
The report states that he bought
goods at a bicycle, furniture, and a
trunk store, ordering the purchases
sent to local address, and when
delivered. were not claimed. He is
quite a businss like talker, and ex-
plains why he is buying the article.
telling of his boy in connection with
the bicycle purchase. and of his
wife in connection with the trunk
purchase, etc. He gave large sizsd
certified checks and obtained change.
Mankato business men should be
on the lookout for this swindler, and
if he tries to work his scheme of
thievery here. see that he Is placed
in custody where he belongs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
MACHINE GOT AWAY

Street Roller Tore Up CURLING On
Main Near Firth Street.
While driving the city street roller
weighing several tons down Main
street hill yesterday, Edward Ore,
who was operating the roller at the
time lost control of the ponderous
machine at fifth street and 1t
plunged over the curb at the H.
e. Hance residence. knocking out
some of the stones in the foundation
and splintering the corner of the
house, which has already been re-
paired. Upon Investigation it was
found that the clutch had broken.
This explains why the machine got
away from Mr.. Ore.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05

Chicago. August 4.-Sawed-off shot
guns, reyolvers and stilletas have claim
ed twelve lives and orphaned thirty one
children in the war that has been rag
ing in Chicago's nineteenth Ward for a
year. -r,.z.
AS result terror rules supreme in
the district, and residents are living be-
hind locked doors.
Number twelve of the behind the
back" slaying-the stabbing to death of
Mrs. Virginia Esposito-has led police
to believe that women are playing a
part of hitherto unsuspected Importance
IN The @arfafe.
The traditional seal Of silence aAxhich
has heretofore stuaped the police at all
turns has finally been broken down,
the police say, through a confession
they claim to have obtained from Mrs.
Amelia Panico, held in connection with
the opposite killing.
How II Started
The general feud broke loose when
Tony D'Andrea. Italian political leader
attempted to unseat Councilman Johnny
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05

in a. pre- fall of Eden costume, stroll
led blithely by.
Lftaler was preparing his noon
day meal.
The dollar a week menu consists,
he sexplained of pound of raw oats
"a tax flye cents or 4 pound OF
.eo az tl'kke I'D ! hall
Litfauer and his followers have 4
garden With they cultivate them
selves.
So if you don't care for raw oats
as steady diet, all you have to dc
is to go into the garden and pull a
nice raw parsnlp or onion and chew
It. ..-..
Littauer points not only to him
self but to his followers as a proc!
of the health giving properties
the humanitarian naturist life
Not even milk passes Littauer's
lips.
Dairy food comes from ANNA
life-I couldn't touch it," he said
Bare feet and no corsets charact-
erie the feminine naturists. Blu
bobbed hair is disapproved by Lit
tauer.
Long hair" he said, attracts
magnetic forces from nature
my motive in coming here-and
my ultimate plan?" he repeated.
why just to lead and to help 9TH
ers to lead a natural life"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05

Powers. The latter, had served for 81
years and was reelected.
The bitter political fight led to the
shooting down in rapid succession o.
followers Of both D'Andrea and Powers
T'RI came bombing of homes. destruc-
ton of property, terrorist firing from
speeding autos and deuge of black
hand lettesr.
D'Andrea himself shot. to death
The last victim, Mrs. Esposito. was d
widow of the first man slain. At the
time of her husbands death she swore
vengeance on his slayers-and she paid
for the oath with her life.
The Espositos were Powers adherents
The Panicos followed the D'Andrea eli
que.
Sc ~ Power To Retire
. So-bftter and bloody has the war be-
s,s = ewsTs Ras an
ward politics. Wherever he goes "a
posted $4,000 reward for the apprehen-
sion of the murderers.
Spectacular funerals have been held
after every Staying. The 10th Ward has
turned out in a body-both factions fol-
lowing the hearse to the grave. Mean
while truce is an unknown thing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
QUIZ THE UNDERWRITERS
Poison In Bodies Mr.. And Mrs. koIze
Being Probed.
IAssociated Press DispatchI

IAssociated Press Dispatch1
Chicago, August 4.-Tne under
takers who embalmed the bodies OF
Fred Kolze, who died two weeks age
and his wife, who died eight years
ago, are being questioned today to
learn If they can tell how large
quantities of poison came to be In
stomachs of the bodies Previously
the undertakers had stated that the
poison found by the coroner recently
when the bodies were exhumed, were
not in the embalming fluid.
Mrs. Mary Demmer, Kolze's house.
keeper, after Mrs. Kolze's death, is
being detained in connection with
the case and the body of her hus-
Rand, John Demmer, exhumed at
Colby, Wis, yesterday, is being ex-
amined for traces Of poison today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05

Highway Engineer Joe Hraska n
Is Putting Machine In Shape.
Highway Engineer Joe Hruska 10
now a happy man Today he 10 busiiy
engaged in setting up the drag. line
gravel loader recently purchased BY
county at the Joseph Luts gravel PIT
on the st. Clair road. The machine 81
mounted on a caterpillar tyne tractor
and can be moved from place to
place. 1t has a bucket with capacity
of one half yard, and by means of
this one man can load almost an m
limited amount Of gravel IN q day.
The six government trucks will Be
used in hauling and placing the
gravel on the st. Clair road from e
point two miles east of Mankato to
the village Of St. Clair. The road was
some time ago graded and drained
properly. With the gravel it win be
one of the best roads in the county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
WILL ARREST REEVES
Skyscraper Burglar Indicted For
Mail Robberies
Associated Press Dispatchl

Associated Press DlSpatch1
Chicago, August = Melville
Reeves, known as the "skyscraper
burglar" has been indicted by the
federal grand jury here in connection
with the arrest of John w. Worth
ington and the indictment of more
than score of others charged with
being implicated in a number of re-
cent mail robberies
, Two federal agents left today for
a western city bearing a warrant
for Reeves whose bond has been fix
ed at $4,000.
At least two of those indicted in the
case which inV>-ves the alleged re-
ceiving and tampering with secur-
tiles taken in various mail robberies,
will be used as states witnesses, it
is expected. These are Joseph Stout,
Chicago broker, who has revealed
considerable as TO Worthington's
"ctiyities in the past, and Alva
.IarschmarH of C'Icago, who is to
lie questioned today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
Delegates To Arms
Must Foot Bitsss ST.
HOTELS FOR VISITOR
Considerable Rivalry Anon
Washington Society; Liquid
Refreshments
RUSSELL BROWNING

Washington, August 4.-The Unit
ed States will be Dutch host to tn
delegations attending the disarna!
ment conference.
Some doubt as to the etiquette q
allowing each guest to settle with ~
hotel keeper ION his own" was
first expressed by officials here AZ
the advice of Helen Maria" Dave
Director of the Budget, was Sou
on this point.
A document from the files OF 'spai(
bills" at the Treasury Department
was put in evidence. This docuuen.
it is said, was little item for q mir
lion dollars or so for American us
of the Hotel Crillion during the Parl'
peace making.
Charles Lee Cook, Cerenonia
Chief of the State Department. Is q
busy as a cranberry merchant ar
ranging accommodations for the for
eign visitants.
According to present plans, eac<
delegation will be installed in a sen
arate establishment. Several hotel
will be taken over outright, and prf|
yate mansions offered for use b5
their owners will be accepted y
headquarters for the distinguishes
heads of the delegations.
Considerable rivalry has develope<
among Capitol society matrons as q
who's home Premier Lloyd George g
Great Britain will inhabit during hi
stay.
Question Liquid Refreshments
The question of liquid refreshInen'
for the visitors has come up: Thi'
is delicate question. On the on
hand, it is realized that If supef.
Diplomats are deprived of their ae.
customed drinks it may upset theil
dispositions and make round -tabIs
discussions more difficult Again i
never would do to let the visitors &
get the impression that our boaste<
legal desert is a sham
Some scheme whfchIiwill appear 4
wet mirage to the natives but g ra&
oasis to the Foreigners is being woIk
ed out =.
A partial solution to this pgoble !!
has been found In q decisi an ~ a
State Department. that all He De-
So gstss viii ne e hay (, aap Y 81
liquor permits used by permanently
accredited diplomats Also no Oh
lection will be raised by their bring
ing over as many sealed trunks OF
papers" as desired.
Flock of Special constabies
A flock of special .canstablesi will
be added to the Washington police
force during the conference.
This will be a precautionary step to
prevent the revival on American soil
Of old world feuds as all the tribes
of the earth are expected to send on
lockers at the parley and ancient
enemies are bound to meet in the
shadow of Washington's monument
strolling down Pennsylvania avenue
or rubbernecking at the White
House.
Hooked nosed men from the He'd :
JAZZ, fezzed Turks, turbaned Hindus,
princes, anarchists, statesmen pick
pockets, and newspaper reporters are
expected to bring class, color and
CA sh--newspaperme excepted on
the last named possession-to wha'
is confidently predicted will be one
of the mot spectacular and moment
Gus assemblages in history, rivalins
in brilliance the noted Versailles
treaty party.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
PIGEONS DRUG CARRIERS
Birds Pressed Into Service BY New
York Vendors. =

New York, August 4.-Carrier pi
geons are the latest aids pressed into
service by New York drug vendors,
to supply imprisoned customers, it
was revealed today.
Detective Quigley, who yesterday
arrested Anthony Adamo, an alleged
vendor, and confiscated $4,000 worth
of drugs and pigeon, said there
were at least two cases on record in
which pigeons had taken drugs to
addicts held at Blackwell's island.
Adamo will not admit that his pi-
geon was a drug carrier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
fuolA US OcS
sonL ssqSnH,,

Plainfield, NJ j., August 4.-You
stn leave all the complexities be-
90 ", have - ~ 8 d promise 10
love y d OBEY Il 81 81 IN
Naturist Colony, humanithfianisf1
and vegtarianism.
Moses Littauer, who fled New
York four years ago and built HIM
self dug out on Freedom Hill, above
1Plainfield, has been followed by
naturists from New York and other
places, until today a colony of sixty
are leading the back to nature exist
ence in the wooded New Jersey
tract.
You'll find the naturistic existence
not only simple, but cheap. A dol
lar a week is all it will cost you for
board and keep!
CIothes-oh, clothes don't worry
he followers of the Naturist Col
ony.
[ found Moses Littauer naturisti-
cally clothed in a heavy suit of tan
a biblical beard, long, flowing locks
and B. V. DIS.
AS we talked a male child, CARRIED
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
Back From Meetinn.

Mankato delegates to the state con
vention OF the American Legion meet
ing at Winona returned last evening
The delegation consisted of DR.. J. A
Eielscher, chairman; Al Kircher,
Engle j. Nielsen. Albert GTiienfelder,
Warehouse commissioner, who was also
delegate from LorentZ Post No. IL,
and who returned to st. Paul. r. w.
4 Wakefield and B. D. Grogan. members
6,ot the executive committee OF the
Second congressional district, were
also with the Mankato delegation.
Dr.. J. A. Hielscher was made chair
man of the convention committee OF
the woman's auxiliary, and his report
was received with great applause. t
same was adopted without a dissent
ing voice. DR.. Hielscner placed in
nomination DR.. J. A. Gates OF Kenyon
for the position Of first vice com
mander, and that gentleman was un-
animously elected. Dr.. HielScher was
elected delegate to the national con
vention to be held at Kansas City
October 81 to November 2, 1921.
Dr.. Helen Hughes Hielscher, the
retiring president of the Minnesota
Woman's auxiliary, declined TO serve
as president another year, and she
was elected as national committee
woman for Minnesota. She will have
the unanimous support of the Lee
gion and auxiliary delegates from
Minnesota to the national convention
for the first national president of the
Woman's auxiliary of the United
States. The Woman'S auxiliary ma
tional convention will be held al
Kansas City at the same time that the
legion national convention is held.
A. Fl. Vernon. of Little Falls, the
retiring state commander, B. D. Gro
gan of Mankato and R. f. Wakefield
of Wayzata were elected as state
delegates to the national convention
Ovation For Mrs. Hielscher.
DR.. Helen Hughes Hielscher ad
dressed the state convention of the
the sessions were held aboard a
steamer on the Mississippi river
When she started to speak the entire
assemblage rose to its feet and ap-
plauded several minutes. She was in
troduced as the first national presi =
dent of the auxiliary OF the United
States. The speaker said that the
aiding the disabled soldiers, but
pledges it's aid in securing adjusted
compensation for the eX- service men
The convention went squarely on
record in favor of adjusted compen
sation for the eX- service men and
women and also urged the passage OF
the Sweet Bill in congress, which
provides for the elimination of red
tape and round about ways in the
bureau of war risk insurance.
Mankato delegates say that Winona
certainly did herself proud in the
way of entertainment The trip down
the river Tuesday was greatly en-
ioyed. The next state convention will
be held at Virginia, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
Fined For SPEEDING

DR.. J.. j. McDevitt Of Good Thun-
der and William Stopped of this city,
who tipped over on the corner Of
Vine and North Broad streets on
Sunday July "a, and were more or
less injured, both entered pleas OF
Guilty yesterday afternoon in the
court to speeding. Judge
Golf sentenced the defendants to pay
fines of $8.65 each.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-08-05
SAVED TWENTY LIVES
University Illinois Gridiron Sta
Passes Away

lASSOcIdteu PTeSs DlspatchT :
Chicago, August 4.-Harold o.
Lifvendahl, University of Illinois stu
dent and football star who was
had obtained job for the summer as
a life guard at a bathing beach here,
died in a local hospital last night of
a broken neck. Lifvendahl, who had
record of having saved twenty per-
sons from drowning this summer, was
injured a few days ago when he Owed
into shallow water