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The Washington times., 1922-06-03

OF abolishinE any OF the actually
existing boards and bureaus for so
called paternalistic purposes IN the
State capital.
A declaration in favor OF laws for
the bettsrInent OF labor conditions
and no word OF criticism agninst
labor:
A declaration in favor OF develop.
ing improved systems OF rural credits
and in favor OF giving support 10
farmers societies for cooperative
marketing No criticism Of the farm
bloc:
A promise OF generous support 10
education. A promise OF increased
support to the educating Of the
naturalized r'-izen and 10 the teach,
ing Of citIz. ship in every grade OF
every school from Kindergarten 10
university. No prospect here OF re-
duced expenses.
A recommendation Of vigorous
prosecution OF tax dodgers in Wis.
consin. A recommendation OF Wig.
orous prosecution on war profiteers
at Washington. No dodging Of such
issues;
A declaration in favor Of ma.
tional adjusted compensation law
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
OSER ANCERED
At CHARGE He
SEEKSFORTUNE
"DamnabIs Lie." He Protests,
Saying He Wished Mocor-
mick Girl Was Penniless.
BY Universal Service.

ZURICH, Switzerland, June g.
IT'S a damnable lie. I'm the inno-
cent victim OF a family dispute"
With these words Max Oser. the
Swiss riding master. answered the
allega tons OF Mrs. Edith Rockefel-
Ter Mccormick that he ia q fortune
hunter and is making love to Ma.
thilde Mccormick with an eye on
the Rockefeller millions.
IT would have America know" )"
he continued, that my family 10
one of the Oldest in Europe. We
may not be as rich as the Rookie
fellers In money, but II IL upon our
traditions that our pride Is built.
I refute this sordid suggestion OF
Commercialism.
II wooed Mathilde because l love
her and she accepted me because
she loves me- Her fortune instead
of being an incentive has been a
drawback. and nobody would be
more glad than / II Miss McCor'
mick should suddenly be relieved
OF the weight Of gold which is
crushing her.
Whatever Mrs. Mccormick or
the American courts may do, my
heart and my conscience alone shall
dictate my course"
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
McCormick Resigns
AS Harvester Head;
Oser Suit Dropped
BY WILEY 8. SCRIBNER,
Universal Service.

CHICAGO, June 3.-Harold r. Nc
Cormick resigned today as head OF
the international Harvester Com
pany. The announcement was made
by Cyrus H. Mccormick. chairman
Of the board Of directors.
Close upon this announcement
came word that Mrs. Edith Rocko.
feller Mccormick had dropped litiga'
ton started with a view to haltIng &
the wedding Of Miss Mathilde Nc,
Cormick and Max Oser, Swiss club.
man and riding master.
The retirement Of Mr.. Mccormick
as head Of harvester company, and
the announcement that Mrs. Nc.
Cormick had dropped fight to pre-,
vent her daughters marriage. caused
A ripple in Chicago social circles.
Rumors flew thick and fast in
exclusive circles. Among these was
one that Mr.. Mccormick would &C.
company his daughter TO Switzerland
and formally present her In mar
riage to Oser.
II was also recalled that recent
dispatches from Europe had given
details OF large purchases OF jewels
made by Gamma Walska. grand opera
prima donna. These dispatches init,
mated that the Jewels had been pre-.
sented by Mr. Mccormick. Mr.. Nc
Cormick and the diva have been
good friends since she appeared with
the Chicago Grand Opera Company
which vas supported largely by the
Mccormick millions.
The announcement from the har'
vester company said MIR. Mccormick
would still be connected with the cor
poration as chairman OF the execu.
tive committee. But in some circles
the belief was expressed that ne had
resigned as president OF the company
that he might have more time TO
spend in Europe.
Mr.. Mccormick became the legal
guardian OF his daughter yesterday,
when final papers were filed in pro
bate court and approved by Probate
Judge Henry Horner.
This leaves Mr.. Mccormick free 70
give official consent for the wedding
OF Miss Mathilde to Mr.. Oser.
Mr.. Mccormick has never OPPOSED
the match, II was said. and has the
fun confidence OF his daugn,et. II
10 believed Mathilde will soon leave
for Switzerland.
America 10 delightful country
but not like my dear Switzerland,
Miss Mccormick Is quoted as havirG 6
said.
That Mrs. Mccormick will irur
the court fight was confirmed by Mr.
Cutting, her attorney. today.
There will be no more court pro
ceedings." he said He refused to
say II a family agreement had been
reached out of court.
Mr.. Cutting refused to affirm or
deny reports that John D. Rocke'
feller had stepped in 10 stop The mar
riage Of his granddaughter to tn,
Swiss riding master.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
N. Y. Plane To Bring
Million Hearst
Petitions
By Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, June 3.-An
acroplane will carry the second
100000 signatures obtained by
the Hearst newspapers to the
soldier bonus sales-tax petition
to Washington Wednesday.
Senator McCumber is sched
uled to receive the document on
b-half Of the Senate.
Charles S. Homburn. secre-
tary of the national bonus drive
committee. and a woman. to be
designated later. will make the
thrte.hour flight with the mon
ster petition.
Landing will be made at Boil
ing Field, where a fleet Of au-
tomohi'cs will carry the sigma
lures to the Capitol.
Mrs. Ida Cheever Goodwin,
State president. War Mothers,
will be On the committee Of
women presenting the petition.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
EVEN ROLL TOPS
ANNOY MAYORON
COLONIAL SANDS
Three Washington Women Ar
rested for SockIess, One
Piece Dip.

COLONIAL BEACH. Va, June B..
The naked legs cant show
Bathers must wear stockings and
two-piece bathing suits, and they
must meet"
This was the ukase given today to
three Washington women ha' hcr5
who shocked the beach, then police,
and last, but not least. and brought
a blush to the mayor. w. y. Billing
sey, a. he did his painful duty In
censorine the wet and embHrrassrd
ba'hers who sought 10 hide from his
judicial inspection behind extended
palms,
"ol, In one.piece suits the trio
was ordered from the water nv p x.
BouIware, chief Of police, who
marched them to the mayor. Tha,
official propounded the rules and
regulations and then warmed thCm
that another such appearance would
draw q fine.
The fact that the beach was not
properly posted with the regulations,
'tis said, was all that prevented "a
fine In the arrest OF the three Wash.
inston bathers.
'~uk :" n "vcr y ""''~
this morning that the names Of the
" u ~
police docket, and that no record was
made OF their names -" u
there TO bring 'he'r stockings with
'em when they CO.. to Colonial
Beach," Boulwars said.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
PASSENGER AERO FALLS,
BODIES OF TWO RECOVERED

FOLKSTONE. England, Jane g.
\ London. Paris passenger airpid ae
fell into English channel OFF this por:
today. Later II was reported that
a steamship bound for Boulogne had
picked up two bodies.
II was believed the machine was
one which left Croydon aerodrome at
1910 o'clock. This plane WAS piIoIcG
ny an aviator named NORM and cor.
ried two passengers, an Englishman n
namedLey and a Frenchman nAmed
Carroll.
Spectators of the accident said tina
the plane was about 1000 feet in the
air when It suddenly nose-dived and
dropped like a plummst. When II
struck the surface a mighty water
snout spurted upward. The machine
sank.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
La Toilette Enemies Adopt
Platform of Proqressiuisn1
oop,r.sAt. isaa. b. Star oonpsay.

I for the benefit OF all veterans OF
the great war.
Nothing In specific criticism OF
La Toilette except in the matter
Of his attitude toward the war, and
except indirectly in the matter OF
his attitude toward the four. power
treaty. No suggestion OF any re.
peal OF any La Toilette legislation
or any other legislation now on the
statute books OF Wisconsin except
that q demand 10 made for amend,
ing the primary law in such a man.
ner as will eliminate bossisn, with
out, however, removing the power
OF the people for free expression.
This II the cannon against La
Follettism shot Off, and when the
shell 10 examined II consists prin.
cipally Of progressive material and
contains almost nothing that. could
be regarded as being in any way
genuinely specific promise OF any
genuinely specific antI.progressive.
ism action.
So sood.by Wisconsin for a mo
ment. But before going must
offer a passing tribute to a lady
politician Of common sense.
/ asked Mrs. Wendt. the secretary y
Of the Wisconsin Republican State
Central Committee. what the WON
en- OF Wisconsin were thinking.
feared she would give me a set OF
opinions OF her own and then tel
me that the womanhood OF wiscOn
sin was standing az a unit for those
| opinions. Such is the habit Of many
women politicians. They assume tC
be able to deliver the woman vote
But Mrs. Wendt turned out to b.
different She told me that women
in Wisconsin entertained all sorts
OF opinions on controversial public
questions and differed among them
selves even as men do. Mrs. Wendt
belongs to the minority-the han
PLY increasing minority-of Sensible
women leaders who do not belle, =
that half OF the human race can he
Jumped into one lump OF thought.
/ hear lots OF complaints about
! the overloading OF the local Federal
courts. Excessive Federal legiSla
tion. transferring petty criminal
! offenses from State courts to Fed
eral courts. is beginning to clutte,
and also to injure the courts oi
the United States.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
MOORE CALLS
WITNESSES To
REFUTEPOL|CE
Assault Case Against Canadian
Student Expected to Be
Ended Today.

Witnesses for Louis w. Moore.
Canadian subject. who declares he
was brutally beaten by policemen
Sunday night. this morning were
called to testify in Police Court when
Judge Mattingly heard further avi-
dence of charges OF assault and dis
orderly conduct charged against
Moore.
Attorneys Tracey Jeffords and Ed.
win Dutton, representing Moore. OK
pect to prove that Policemen Ernst
c. Spalding and Ray Bremmerma n
assaulted Moore without provo IA
ton. He also expects to prove that
Spalding was the chief instigator Of
the trouble which resulted in Moore's
arrest.
The case is expected to be closed
this afternoon. About fifteen wit
nesses will appear for Moore.
inspectors Evans, Harrison and
Pratt were on hsr d during the trial
yesterday. They are investigating
the case for Maj. Daniel Sullivan,
chief of police.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
GIRL, IS, SAVED
=. FROM SUICIDE
BY V|RG|N|ANS
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fide in her intimate friend, Miss
Thelma ". Schaefer, who lives at
8424 Tenth street just a few steps
away from the King home.
"She asked me for q token" said
Miss Schaefer, "and tried TO find
out what she wanted It for. Harriet
said, oh, she just said she was
tired of life brought her up
TO my room and questioned her,
but she wouldn't tell me. SO I
eave her IS cents-I didn't have
any tokens-and Harriet said,
Well, good.by. Thelms,' 1 couldn't
stop her. I was crying all the
time."
Miss King today said she could
give no good reason for her actions.
No Man in Case, She Says.
I'm sensitive. suppose" she
smiled, "and l have a very nervous
temperament-high strung, you
know. 1t doesn't take anything i'm
portant to get me stirred up like
that"
"1s there a man in the case?"
she was asked.
"I'n tell you fatty that there is
no man in the case" she replied,
emphatically, her green.blue eyes
flashing. "I hate men like I hate
tho kaiser.
"why?"
"Oh. Just because"
Miss King attended Business High
School. but was not graduated. She
now keeps house for her father and
stepmother.
When any matters of policy arrive,
Miss King seeks out Miss Schaefer
10 talk things over.
We're funny that way" Miss
Schaefer said. We've both decided
over and over again that we were
tired OF life and we'd be better out
Of Il, But we never could really
make up our minds.
T don't suppose I'll ever die. Nv"
taken gas In my sleep. without
knowing IL, and some one has al
ways come along to turn II off. I've
been under water three times on
many instances, but some one al
ways pulled me out"
Didn't Think About Matter.
Miss King, now that the
trouble was all over, was inclined TO
treat the matter with a bit OF jocu.
hrity.
Didn't Il occur 10 you she was
asked. that the water might be
cold this time Of year,"
She laughed heartily.
"If ia thought about that, per.
hans I wouldn't have tried IT," she
said. y
Miss King is Of medium height
and has an abundance OF dark brown
Nair. Her face In attractive, and It's
-sntour denotes a strong and sensi
rive character. Miss Schaefer is
small and blonde.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS
ACCUSED OF IMMORTALITY

LOS ANGELES, June 3.--The Los
Angeles county civil service commits
sion yesterday recommended that .hc
grand jury investigate charges OF
immortality preferred against Thornas 8
Lee woolp.Ine. district attorney. by
Miss Ida Wright Jones'. formerly an
Investigator in his office.
Miss Jones was recently discharged
by Woolwine with the statement that
he had learned she had planned 20 re-
late a series of episodes in which she
sold they had both participated, Hc
cordins to her story, for the purI,cse
OF discredlting Woolwine politically
He has since announced his "audi
dscy for the Democratic nomination
for governor.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
PRIVATE YACHT
CAPTURED WITH
BIC RUM CARGO
Dry Agents in Revolver Battle
With Crew Of Million
aires Boat.
ny international New. s4rvic,

NEW YORK. June 3.-FollowIng
a revolver battle In which a score OF
shots we're exchanged, the t10c 900
private yacht Ripple. owned Ivy a
millionaire now In Florida, wat
seized bv prohibition enforcement
agents off the foot OF Clinton street,
Brooklyn, early today.
II 10 alleged that 200 caAes Of rye
whiskey were found on hoard
Recently u was reported hat the
Ripley had sailed from Cuba with
1000 cases Of rye whiskey.
The yacht was captured" BY
seven enforcement agents under
John 8. Parson. They rad secured
q tip several days ago that a vessel
loaded with whiskey was anchored
off this harbor awaiting a favorable
opportunity TO land.
The whiskey cargo was valued
at $3.50 900.
Members OF the crew told the en-
forcement agents that the yacht
came from the bahama Islands
They said that they had been held
up by "boose pirates" en- route north
uri robbed OF about one.half OF 'keir
original load Of intoxicants
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
Lloyd George Best
Gauged BY His Work,
Is Hearst's Opinion
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the prestige that comes from her
Independent position
Wants 10 Retain Prestige.
Ny I nIverrnI Service

The following interview with vii.
liam Randolph Hearst appeared in
the Daily Express today:
II had an interesting talk with
your prime minister yesterday. bu, I
met him first many years ago" said
Mr.. Hearst to the Daily Express rcb.
resentative. 1T have always eonsid
cred him one of the great mon OF the
world. He radiates power and per.
sonality. He impresses one first with
the strength OF his mentality and
then with the charm Of his manner.
History, however. judges q man
not merely by his personality and
appearance, but by his achievements.
Lloyd Georges chief claims IL tane
l!e I'm what ne has accomplished for
his country. He has brought his
country safely through the most
critical period In It's career In do.
mest!c affairs.
HE has advanced democracy with.
out disturbance. He has been pro.
gressive with wisdom and judgment
The men who damned him most O,
''' walse him most trdaN The
Success OF a man can bes, u. meas
ured by the success Of his CAUSE.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
ARMED SQUADS
SUbDUE THREAT.
Of FTEXASR|0TS
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against Sheriff Mayo and a large
posse Of deputies.
Officers have requested farmers,
clerks. and business men Who
rushed to the scene OF the trouble 10
20 back TO their homes quietly. They
are remaining on the ground. how.
ever. and the feeling against the
negroes Ia intense.
Today's trouble is a direct result
OF the brutal murder Of Miss Angie
Ausley. seventeen.year-old school
girl, on May 4, for which crime three
negroes already have been burned
and one hanged
Deputy Sheriff John 7. King and
City Marshal Otis King. uncics of
the Ausley girl, went TO the nome OF
Nose Gibson. grandfather OF the
two Gibson negroes, late yestsrda Y
for the purpose Of arresting Leroy
Gibson for his alleged connection
with the murder OF Miss Ausley.
They were told he was asIeep. but
when they entered the house, Leroy
sprang from behind a door and at.
tackled them.
Leroy was shot three tirfnes in the
abdomen by the officers but he broke
and ran from the house. After a
desperate chase he was captured.
When the officers were taking him
to a waiting automobile negroes in
the Gibson home opened fire With
high powered rifles.
Leroy Gibson was killed az he a..
'en" ID n throw his arms about one
Of the officers His brother. Allie,
drowned ~ the ground dead as q
result OF the encounter.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
GERMAN COTTON CLOTH
MADE OF RAGS AND WASTE

German cotton cloth products are
made up Of 10 to IS per cent Of cot
ton waste.
German mills, In q race to put
out cheap products, are strsinine
their ingenuity by using cotton
sweepinEs. rags. and clippings, in
making Saudy products.
The manufactured product, &C,
cordlrs to American Attaehe Reed
at Berlin looks like an expensive
blanket. or some similar article, sold
at q low wholesale price, and 70.
tailed abroad at . big profit.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
Negress Dies at 1871.

LOUISVILLE. KY, June 3-Millie
Mulligan. negro, died Tuesday at the
reputed are OF lal years. Il was learn.
ed here. Records in the ha nds Of the
family that owned the woman As !
slave are said to establish her are
At l3l. Her survivors include six
Great. great at-grandchildren.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
WI 7 NESS
HIN IS At
NEW ANGLE
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knowing anything concerning the
Ward mystery.
Police and detectives, however
shifted their search and indicated
that before many hours the real
Rogers, Pug" and jackson" would
be seized.
: What h considered one Of the most
important developments In the case
thus far was the statement by Gun.
ningham that Ward was getting
money out of his father, George :.
Ward, millionaire baker, by telling
his father that blackmailers were
threatening to make public certain
stories about Ward, ar.
% Although Cunninghom admits he
cannot prove this story about the
elder Ward. officials are inclined to
rut considerable credence In his
story.
Ref,ecting the hostile attitude Of
White Plains and New Rochelle resi-.
dents against what they claim is slow
progress In clearing up the mystery,
District Attorney Weeks was asked
how II was that Ward, the principal
in the case, was out on $60.000 uail
while Cunningham. merely held as q
material witness, Is left in jail. The
district attorney said he could not
answer that question at this tlme'
Search for Jackson.
Authorities are particularly anx'
ious to find Joe Jackson, VINO
Cunningham says was shot IN
Wards home At the same time
Peters was slain. II Jackson can be
fovnd, II Is pointed out. Wards
story Of how ne slew Peters in a
roadside duel may be disprovcd.
One important point in CunninS'
hams story was denied by MS
mother. who insisted that no wound
ed man had been brought to her
home on the night of the Staying as
her son had said.
A detective agency. WORKING Tor
the prosecution. announces that
1ss about TO take into custody a
man known rs Pug" who. Il Is
claimed, had q fist fight with Ward
AT the Bowie race track about two
months ago.
Ward, detectives say. was bitten
on the nose, punched In the eyes,
and struck over the had with
bottle. Pug" is believed to have
been indirectly connected with the
blackmailers. who Ward says threat.
ened him.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03

out the IOTeCast
made in these
columns yester.
day. are the fol
lowing items In
tn e platform
adopted by anti,
La Toilette for,
ces in conven
ton in Milwau'
kee:
An earn est
cellar alto n
a q al st boss
rule;
A d declaration
against q patcrnal.
ism in govern.
ment, but no
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
BY WILLIAM HARD.

tcopyfifht. 1921, BY Cosmopolitan News
ssrvicsD
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. June D.
Significant for the country at large
as indicating the state OF mind OF the
so-called anti-radical forces in the
Republican Northwest. and bearing
The Washington times., 1922-06-03

These courts are now obliged Ia
give questions OF bootlegging and
TO questions OF petty thefts from
railroad cars a lot Of time which
ought to be given and. which uses
to be given to much higher ques
tons Of general permanent consti
tutionar importance. Our Federal
courts are now becoming mere po
lice courts for a large part oi
their time.
This will continue and 1t will in
crease as long as the voters press
their Congressman to seek a remedy
for every local ill-such as drunk
enness-by passing a Federal statute
about II and by cursing every 'ocai
community thereupon with FcJel VI
inspectors and agents and prosecu
tors and juries in addition 10 all
the already existing local insptc'
tors and agents and prosecutors and
juries. II Is almost time for reverb
ing this top heavy method and foi
getting back TO local self-reliance.
The fact Is that che people Of tn,
country are altogether capahls oi
handling all these local problems
Wy lHCl O"h NANJ
just simply made up their minds
that they would. Nobody 'an sC
through this country now without
being enormously impr ssSed by the
extraordinary diffusion Of ,ntelli
gence, information, capacity. Vigcr
and up-to.the minute will and skil
among all elements Of the popula
ton no matter how distant from
what we call the great centers.
In fact, lhr people at a distance
from the great ctnters seem rather
capable and knowing. In political
meetings I should say that the small
town people are often several notclIe.
quicker and smarter and more in
terested and determined than the
big town people whether rich OF
poor. Trolleys and telephones and
motor cars have lone their work
and radio 10 now completing II. The
small town people will presently
have quite enough contact with the
rush OF things and yet not too much
This ought to b" the great locsl
Government decentralized country
of the world and all this CentralIZ
ing into Washington 10 as unnec> =
sary as It is expensive and injurious
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
Free State Cabinet Meets.

DUBLIN, June 3.-Followinh a
meeting Of the cabinet OF the Irlsn
provisional government, II was
learned this afternoon that the Irish
leaders have not yet come to an
agreement over proposed constitu.
tional legislation TO meet the de.
mands OF the British government
Arthur Griffith, president OF the
Dali Eireann. presided at the meet.
ing. The British objections co the
constitution were discussed in detail.
Michael Collins, minister OF finance
in the Dublin cabinet. did not appear
TO he worried over the threat Of var
and reoccupation OF Ireland by the
British.
II Ia understood that new conn.
munications have been exchanged
between Collins and canon de Val.
era.
The Washington times., 1922-06-03
BRITISH SHIPS
LAND BIC GUNS
IN NORTH ERIN
Firing Still in Progress in BEL
fast-Free State Cabinet
Is in Session.
BY International New. Service.

BELFAST. June 3.-Four add
tional British warships arrived here
today to reinforce the war craft
already in Ulster waters.
Firing has been in progress in the
streets intermittently since Friday
sundown. One man was killed when
the police fired upon a mob which
was trying to rescue a man WHO had
been arrested for looting. Two others
were wounded.
Heavy firing was reported from
the region of Strabane and from the
Lough-Armagh border.
British troops are reported on pa,
troll duty on the northern boundary
Of LOugh county.
More artillery has arrived mere, be.
ing unloaded from warships. 1t III
cludes heavy siege guns with ammu.
milton. There are number OF Bit,
ish aviators here, but their airpianvs
have not arrived yet.
Ulster Constables have captured Il
Sim Fein arsenal at Mil Field.
1t Is reported from Sligo that
members Of the Irish republican
army have taken over the town hall
TO insure a quiet election"