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The Washington times., 1922-08-04
THL.RANSOM
ASKS 100000.
IN LOVE ACTION
Former Secretary to Geo. creeI
Brings Suit Against. Wealthy
Chicago Man.
ny International New. Service.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Letters
couched in ardent terms Of affection
will be introduced as exhibits in q
breach Of promise suit filed today
by--Miss Edith l.. Ransom, beautiful
former secretary to George Creel,
director Of the Government inforna,
ton bureau during the void war
against John B. Woodward, who is
a Chicago advertising man.
Miss Ransom, who IL only twenty.
three years of age, asked for
500, 900 damages.
Mr.. Woodward is sixty years OF
age and Is said to conduct an ad.
Vertising agency In this city for
Western newspapers. ".-
Miss Ransom declared that Mr..
Woodward first promimsed to
marry her on Sunday evening, June
20, 1920, while the two were dining
together at the Hotel Majestic In
Chicago. The following october,
she AYERS. Mr.. Woodward renewed
his promise and told her the mar.
riage would take place Christmas
Day. Time went on, and finally,
about two months ago. Woodward
was alleged to have told Miss Ran
som that he would never marry
her under any circumstances.
Mr.. Woodward, who In a widower
with grown children, was served
with papers In the case at his Of
fices,
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BIC FOUR
MAY JOIN
WAtK.0l)T'
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spectors operating throughout the en-
tire country under the direction Of the
Bureau Of Locomotive Inspection Of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion," Vice President Wills declared.
This force is utterly inadequate to
cope with the emergency that has
arisen. 1t is impossible for SO slen-
der a staff to successfully inspect
the seventy-odd thousand locomotives
on more than 100000 miles Of track
age. 1t has taken five weeks 'of the
strike for the engineers themselves to
file complaints. Their complaints
cannot be ignored II the manage
ments persist In the policy they are
now engaged in pursuing"
Officials Of the Bureau Of Loco
motive Inspection refused to COM
ment today upon the statement of
Wills that their forces were made
quate.
A marked feature IN the develop
ment Of the shopmen's strike
was declared by labor leaders
" bO bhS
walkout Of more than $500 Jap
anese boiler cleaners who are not
organized.
Leave Jobs In West.
Most Of the Japanese are said
to have left the ranks of the work.
ers still on the job in Western road
shops. The detection of the boiler
cleaners Is Of prime importance to
the roads. II was pointed out, be-
cause a locomotive boiler requires
expert washing out once q week to
guard against explosion.
Wills concluded his statements
by declaring that engineers were
instructed during the first stages
Of the shopmen's strike not to be
"finicky" about minor difficulties
met with In the operation Of the
locomotives and not to take ad-
vantage of technicalities for the
rendering of complaints.
This stage has been passed."
Wills said.
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WILLIAMS SENT
TO- PR|SONF FOR
BOOTLEGG|NC
Near-Beer Saloon Proprietor
Also Must Pay Fine
of $500.

J: w. c'Dutch'O Williams, keeper
OF a near-beer saloon at TIT Fourth
street northwest. was sentenced to
six months In Jail and fined $500
for. violations of the prohibition
law by Judge Hardison. in police
court, yesterday.
Williams has been arraigned
many times on such charges. and
Assistant District Attorney Hart is
going to bring him up on addi'
titonal counts later.
A sentence of nine months, i'm
posed for a previous violation, has
been put into effect. Williams noted
an appeal Of the case at the time,
hut the time for appealing has ex-
pired.
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YOUTH JABbED,
.LETFREEZE ON
TORTURE FARM
Minus Two Fingers and Both
Feet, Boy, 19, Has En-
pIoyer Arrested.
By Universal Service.

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug. A.
With both feet and two fingers Of
each hand amputsted as the re-
suit of alleged torture laid to his
former employer, John Heirchley,
nineteen years old, frail Of body
and with the mind Of a child,
declared today he was ready to
60 into court and tell a most
shocking story Of inhuman treats
ment.
The youth accuses Marcus Col.
well, a seventy year-old farmer, Of
being responsible for his condition.
Colwell has been indicted on
charges of aggravated assault. II
IL alleged that he frequently beat
Heirchley with clubs and jabbed his
body with a pitchfork; also that
the youth was smaciated and half.
Ill from lack Of nourishing food
and overwork.
In the bitter cold of last Febru-
ary, Heirchley asserts, Colwell
forced him to sleep in the barn.
How long he q was kept there,
Heirchley says, he does not know.
Neighbors. however. declare they
saw a human figure reel out Of the
barn and fall. They saw the form
arise TO it's frozen feet and with
wild flailings Of cold, stiffened arms
fall again into the snow.
Heirchley was taken to Barnes
Memorial Hospital, where 1t was
found the amputations were neces-
sary to save his life.
The indictment sets forth that the
boy was ''insufficientiy fed, i'm
properly clad, and maltreated in
every manner to which his tor
mentors ingenuity was equal"
The case has aroused great in.
dignation.
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Wide Search Is On
For Poison Pie PLotters
Death List Now at Seven and+
Police and Cafe Owner As
sert Arsenic Was Intention
ally Mixed In Dough With
Which Pastry Was Made.
BY JOSEPH s. ROGERS,
Universal Service.

NEW YORK, August 4.-With
the death list in the mysterious
poison pie plot increased to seven,
q nationwide investigation was
started last night to find the per-
sons responsible for putting
enough arsenic in the dough at a
Broadway restaurant to kill q
hundred persons.
Outstanding developments in the
case are: ~
Scent Deliberate Plot.
dropping Of theory that rat
poison was accidentally placed in the
dough. as evidence is revealed show.
ing deliberate crime was committed.
2-owner of restaurant offers
$500 reward and hires detective
agency to conduct Investigation in
dependent of district attorney.
3-Admission by district attorney
that no clue or motive for the out.
rage has been found.
Harry II. Oshrin, attorney for
Samuel Drexler, proprietor Of the
restaurant. hinted that the plot
might have been Matched In a Pa.
cific coast city. and made II plain
that no expense would be spared to
catch what he described as arch.
criminals. He said:
I'VE are not satisfied with the
work Of the police and the district
attorney, so we have employed one
Of the biggest detective compan anies
In the East to conduct q separate
and nationwide investigation.
I'VE are absolutely con vinced that
the plot was deliberately planned.
The arsenic was maliciously placed
In the dough with the full knowledge
Of the possible results"
Coincident with the announcement
Of District Attorey Banton that no
definite progress had been made in
the solution Of the plot. It became
known that investigators are reach.
ing outside of New York as far
West as Los Angeles and as far
South as Atlanta.
Efforts are being made to link
the arsenic plot with that at the
famous dinner to Bishop Mundelein
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
REILLY To GET
GOV. HARD|NG'S
JOB, |S.REPORT
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halls at the instigation Of the
Porto Rican delegate, am told
by my informant, will succeed Gov.
ernor Harding.
/ am also told that the offer of
appointment has already been made
to Governor Reilly, but that Presi-
dent Harding has not yet received
notice of acceptance or rejection.
In political QUARTERS in Washing.
ton the offer to Governor Reilly
would be accepted az a wise move
calculated to put an end to a situa-
tioin which has been described
politically as tempest in a tea
pot"
Influence is being brought TO
bear on Governor Reilly to accept
the post. but learn that in the
event he declines II the President
will offer the position to either
Senator Harry New of Indiana or
Senator McCumber, Of North Dakota,
both tried and true Republicans.
Refusal to reappoint Governor
Harding may be taken as an indi.
cation that the long-looked. for
cleaning out Of Democratic In
cumbents in Government offices
has been given q good start.
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
NEGRO SHERLOCK HOLMES
TRACKS HIMSELF DOWN

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Frank Nc
Intyre, a negro. detected himself yes.
terday as an escaped prisoner and IL
now on his way back to Randall's 3
Island, New York.
Mcintyre told the Newark police
the other day he was an amateur
Sherlock Holmes. They didn't be.
lieve him until pictures of escaped
prisoners arrived.
Then they sent for him. showed
him one Of the photographs and
about the picture a bit and then ad.
mitted he was it's subject-under the
name Of John Newman,
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
'KELLAR WINS
FOR.SENATE BY
100000 MARGIN
Defeats Fitzhugh by About 2
to 1 in Tennessee Primary
Election.
by International New. Service.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. A.
Senator *. d. McKellar has re-
ceived the Democratic nomination
for United States Senator in the
primaries by a majority. estimated
today on incomplete returns, as
10000. G. T. Fitzhugh was second
Austin Peay. Of Clarksville, an
attorney. was nominated for gov
ernor by a plurality estimated at
$4,000. Denton McMillin, former
governor. ran second. L. E. Gwinn
and Harvey II. Hannah are fighting
1t out for third place.
The unofficial vote from fifty.
eight counties was:
For Senator: McKellar, 6l,1n;
Fitzhugh, 3O.so3; Cooper. <s41.
For governor: Peay, 46,s77; Nc.
Millin. S4.741; Gwinn. 1880; Han.
nah. 1881.
In the Seventh Congressional dis
trict a big majority was rolled up
for L. +. Padgett, member of Con.
gress who died the day preceding
the primary. His friends paid him
this last tribute. Doubt exists an
to whether w. c. Salmon. of Co
lumbia, whose name was the only
other to appear on the ballot, will
be declared the nominee or another
primary will be held.
Finis K. Garrett. minority leader
Of the. House, was nominated to
succeed himself in the Ninth Con-
gressional district by a handsome
ma jority, early returns show.
Cordell Hull, Democratic national
chairman, was nominated for Con.
gress In the Fourth district without
opposition.
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
GIRL.
MRS. MACNESS,
ASKS DIVORCE
Would Get Rid Of Ex-Church
Cornetist Who Deserted
Navy.
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marriage Of Ada German and J. c.
Hartlove at Louisville. KY. Mag
ness home town. That was enough
for the navy intelligence men. They
flocked down on the Seelbach Hotel,
where the couple was honeymoon
ing, and seized Magness as a de.
serter. But only after a scene in
which the wife violently denounced
the captors and threatened them all
sorts Of mischief.
Magness was confined on the
prison ship Lancaster at Philadel.
phia and Mrs. ,Magness set about get.
ting him out. She did 1t alone, how
ever. Her family frowned heavily
upon what they termed, in common
with all on the same high social
plane with the wife. an utter mes
alliance. Her bfother, Arthur Pue
German, jr., who had taken up In
some sense the vestments Of dis
tinction from his father, washed his
hands Of the matter.
Imprisoned for Year.
Mrs. Magness found shortly that
while money and distinction can gain
almost any advantage they are some
times of little use when employed as
weapons against military mandates.
The trial proceeded just as 1t would
had Magness been the most undis.
tinguished of gobs. though at the
time Of his arrest he had $4,000 In
cash and $4,000 in Government
bonds on his person gifts from the
infatuated Mrs. Magness.
The papers carried columns each
day about the Magness case. and at
one time the wife was considered in
grave danger of implication on the
grounds Of having harbored a de.
serter but nothing came Of 1t. She
camped in offices and halls Of the
judge advocate generals office at
Washington, and she had a fearful
scene with Magness on the Ian
caster, which the reporters detailed
with gusto especially the part where
the stern marine guard saluted and
declared: Times up, madame"
Magness was finally sentenced to
one years confinement. He was a
prisoner at Portsmouth, N. H., from
November 10. 1908, to July II, 1909.
Immediately upon his release he
Joined Mrs. Magness at the Port ner
Hotel, Fifteenth and u streets.
Washington. The rumbles of pub
licity died away, the spotlight turned
eagerly in other directions, the world
forgot, society almost forgot-but
not quite. Now society remembers
again, vividly.
II does not seem likely that the
suit will be contested, In view Of the
long separation of Mr.. and Mrs.
Magness. Meanwhile, the beau
monde OF Baltimore Is rubbing Its
hands and declaring fulfilled its
prophecy that such match
couldn't last"
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
LEST WE FORGET" IS
BRITISH WAR SLOGAN

LONDON, Aug. 4.-''Lest we for
get" was the keynote Of a brief
Marshal Haig, former commander
in-chief Of the British army, upon
war.
"I could wish that the three and
a half years since the conflict had
zone further than they have to bal.
ance the rsvages OF four and q half
years of war" said Field Marshal
Haig. "Once more I ask my coun.
trymen not to forget"
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
ARb|TER FOR
RESTAURANTS
IS NEW URGE

The society Of national arbiters.
now composed Of Will Hays, Of the
movies; Judge Lands, of baseball,
and Gus Thomas, OF theatricals, is
soon to be Joined by a fourth man,
representing the restaurant business
as q unity, II was declared today by
B. r. Rosenfeld, president of the
local restaurant association and
director Of the national association.
This man, who is to be paid $780,
900 q year and expenses, according
to reports from national headquar.
ters in New York, will be a man of
national prominence, and may be
selected from Washington. He will
be appointed at the national restau.
held in this city October 8 to 10.
"It is the desire OF restaurateurs in
all parts Of the country to raise the
class Of their business and to estab.
lish a standard Of quality which will
absolutely insure the well.being Of
the public" Mr.. Rosenfeld declared
today.
1T is for this reason the appoint.
ment Of a national Arbiter is being
planned. The aim Of the National
Restaurant Association is to give the
public absolute confidence in the res.
taurants which make up our regis.
tryN We do not admit to membership
any restaurant man whose place Of
business has not been thoroughly in.
spected and passed without qualifica-
ton as to cleanliness and wholesome.
ness by some disinterested body,
such as the Chamber OF Commerce
Of the city In which II II located"
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
BAND CONCERTS

AT WALTER REED HOSPITAL
BY 4 sEcTIoN or THE
U. &. MARINE BAND.
LEE SANFORD, Acting I'd Leader.
March. Loyal comrades,"
Overture. Hungarian ipss,' cGa:Sy.'
Entr' Aet.. I'm Poppyl.nd.a we
Except: g,a..,.t from The M.ry.,
v.l.s De Concert "b:p.ss., .'".
Suite. "A Day in venice S..as:Sts1 ,SsSin
(al Dawn. (b) The Gondoiiers.
tc) Venetian Love Song. td)
Good Night.
Characteristic "Marche des
Mouths" ..............Re Renelie
The Star-spanEisd Banner"
BY the U. 8. Soldiers Home Band,
at bandstand this evening. begin
ming at $3.50 o'clock. John s. N.
Zimmerman, bahdmAster.
March. My NANNY. Donaldson
Overture, Merry Wives Of
windsor ................ .Nicolai
Duet for flute and clarinet,
"A Night in Venice"
Luoantoni-Lampe
(Msssfs. BerEh and Voith.)
Selection from grand opera
Fox trot. "Jsberwocky'. Broesmsn
waltz song. "Drowsy Head" Berlin
Finale. Boots and Saddles. Lusk
The star-spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
SEN. REED SMILES, BUT
IS SILENT ON ELECTION

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. a.
His face all smiles, Senator James A.
Reed left here early today for st.
Louis to confer with his campaign
manager prior to returning 10
Washington.
Not a word until it's official"
said Fighting jim" when asked to
comment on his apparent victory
over Breckenridge Long for the
Democratic Senatorial nomination.
It was said in political circles here
today that Long will demand an Of.
ficial count Of the returns.
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
Wins Altitude Record.

VALENCIA, Spain, Aug. 4.-The
Spanish altitude championship for
airplanes was won yesterday by
Lieutenant Las Morenas, who at.
tained a height of $500 meters.
Lieutenant Spencer. reaching an alti.
tude Of 5000 meters, was second, and
Lieutenant SANDING, with 5000 met.
ers, was third
The Washington times., 1922-08-04

under the impression that the strik-
ers were to have their seniority
rights fully restored.
The Presidents message to both
camps stated the strikers were to re-
turn to work with their seniority
rights unimpaired."
Therein lay the misunderstanding,
according to the story current today
and with only this point of differ
ence between the two camps, Gov.
ernment officials were hopeful that
renewed peace efforts would be moro
successful.
The Washington times., 1922-08-04
FASC|ST|T TAKES
CITY Of MILAN;
MANY WOUNDED
Italian MiIitants Reported Ad-
ministering Towns Affairs.
200 Under Arrest.
8x International News Serxic

ROME, Aug. 4.-Fascisti, the mill.
tant organization Of the Italian Ma.
tionalists. seized the city OF Milan
today after a battle In which sixty.
two persons were wounded. Two
hundred arrests were made. At last
reports the Fascist were admins
tsring executive affairs of Milan.
The Washington times., 1922-08-04

You win enjoy your vacation all
the more n you receive The Daily
and Sunday Washington Times nd
your mountain OF seashore haunt
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Christ, the
Firstfruits
By REV. JOHN C. PAGE
Teacher Of Bible Doctrine. Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago.

TEXT-Now is Christ risen from the dead
md become the hrst:ruits of them that
ilept.-i Cor. 1920.
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Mary sIoeumb Buried There.

II Is believed that the old veteran
was So devoted Ia his farm and the
trees he planted that his spirit has at
last come Ia earth Ia protect one Of
his fa,orite trees from the raVages Of
the train crews.
In the same graveyard that has been
in use since Revolutionary days lies
buried Mary Slocumb. made famous In
American history as the young woman
who dreamed that she SAW Il man
under Il tree near Monre'S creek
where her husband was lighting with
the Americans against the British. Be
lieving that the man she saw in her
dream was her husband. Mrs. Slo-
cumb. leaving her six -months-old hoy az
home. mounted her pony and rode
away Ia Moore's Greek fifty miles
away. Arriving in the neighborhood.
she found man badly wounded as
she had seen in her dream. She bound
IN his wounds. thereby saving his
life. Her husband arrived on the
scene and was surprised at her being
there until she told him Of her dream.
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So. "a ssAs@Fs-- -sS'a
WIFE Is ALSO HIS SISTER
Family Misup Takes Place When Fa-
Their WEEDS Dsuehter-in-law's
Mother.

Delavan. Wis.-If your dad weds
your wife's mamma. is wife still wifei
The marriage at Beloit recently of
Lewis Geisi. seventy-eight. AMI Angus
Ia Rottika. sixty.eight. has made Mrs
william Geist a sister of her husband
and has made her father-in'law her
father and Mrs. Lewis G.ist who was
formerly her mother. has become her
mother-in-law.
The family relations are all twisted
up among this quartet because the
father of William Geist married the
mother If his wife. Mr.. and Mrs
Lewis Gelst will live in Beloit. They
are spending their honeymoon here
with son-son-in-law and daughter
daughter-in-law.
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The Bible is n book of facts out
Of which issue great spiritual truths
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SUMMER SCHEDULE
Effective May 10, 1922
Between Bay Shore & ROckHall
via
EASTERN SHORE FERRY
(Sfandord Tip,cl

EASTERN SHORE FERRY e.
STANDARD Time)
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Leave Bay Shore (Baltimore)-9.OO
a. M, 200 p. M, 800 p. m.
Leave Rock Hall Eastern Shore)-
700 a. m, 1900 m, 400 p. m.
SUNDAY
Leave Bay Shore (Baltimore)-7.00
a. m, 900 a. m, 400 p. M, 600
p. M, 500 y. m
Leave Rock Hall eastern Shore)-
ZOO a. M, 200 p. m, 400 p. m,
600 p. M, and 500 p. m.
ADDITIONAL TRIPS
Saturday-Leave Bay Shore 400 pm.
Leave Rock Hall 200 p. M, and
500 p. m.
Monday-Leave Bay Shore 700 a. m.
Extra trips when necessary
Subject to weather and tide condi-
tions, but it takes some weather to
stop these boats. The shortest,
cheap st, most convenient and most
picturesque route between Baltimore
and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
You run right on and you run right
off.
Adults 30c. Children 15c.
Communication rates to regular truck
routes. Automobiles and trucks at
very low rates.
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Worldly Philosophy Inadequate.

Such truth as this concerning our
Lords resurrection as the iirstfruiis OF
a, great harvest. To follow imparts
clear mental vision and understand
ing concerning the future. II re-
claims the future from that dreary in
defniicness and unthinkableness into
which false philosophy and false spir-
itualism have put IL. The New Tesla
ment teaching Of the resurrection Is
plain. and when believed ii saves us
from the delusive teaching against
which the Holy Spirit through the in
spired writer's always puts Christians
on their guard. Beware. lest am
man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit. after the tradition of men.
after the rudiments Of the world, and
not after Christ" This philosophy
may be very attractive; it IS 10 the
natural mind Il has in II a specious,
ness and an appearance which prom
Use much. but which In the end give
no rest. no power for holy life and
no solid hope for the future. II be
longs To the Tudiments of he world
and Is not after Christ.
The religion Of the New Testament
is plain and hol.ely. II begins With a
babe In a cradle. II follows that
babe all the way through death and
resurrection To the place 4 power
where the crucihed and risen Man is
seated on the right hand II sod. II
bids US live IN the risen Lord and look
TO become like Him. risen in lis very
image in n glorified body when He
shall comes From the heavens He
speaks We in Me. live in Me. and
you $ In Me when return
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i Sc truths
have been forrnu.
lated into doc
trines. To the
natural M q n"
hes doctrines
are like the dry
bones If Ezekiel 3
vision very
many and very
dry. To the re.
generated III n u
they are like the
other part of that
vision-when the
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dry bones had been gathered together.
breathed upon from heaven, vitalized
and made to stand upon their feet, an
exceeding great army ready for battle.
If you are Christian believer. be-
ware Of that which minimizes the i'm
portance of Christian doctrine.
The value of Christian truth and
doctrine lies in its ability to supply
spiritual power, to furnish moral in
centive and TO iInpart mental vision
or understanding. This very truth of
Christ risen from the dead. the first
fruits OF them that slept, is an ex-
ample of this. When believed and re-
ceived il operates in "A saving way !:
If thou shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus Christ, and shalt be-
lieve In thine heart that God hath
raised Him from the dead. thou shalt
be saved"