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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04

Eastern Railway has become more
complicated.
1.-The final settlement OF this ques.
ton lies In the hands Of the inter.
allied railroad commission, which
has TINA and again made recon-
mendatfon upon the repeated pro.
tests from China that Japan should
withdraw her troops from the Chi.
nese Eastern Railway. but all to no
avail" said Y. 8. Tsao. director OF
the bureau Of information in the Chi.
nese delegation.
Japan has no interest In the rail.
way beyond the arbitrary rights OF
maintaining peace in the Far East.
China and Russia. The Chinese
Eastern Railway is managed by q
board OF nine directors. presided over
by Chinese president appointed by
the Chinese government. China 4
primary claim to the railway Is that
the railway company undertook 10
pay to the Chinese government. with
accrued percentage, the 100000
taels mentioned in the last paragraph
Of the 1896 contract, when China
yielded the concession to Russia to
construct a railway establishing a
direct connection between northern
Manchuria and the port Of Vladi.
vostok. But so far Petrograd has
refraincd from making this payment.
Road Vital to Development.
THE railway is vital to both China
and Russia from this point of view:
First. it Is the means OF devel.
oping the rich resources Of northern
Manchuria 80 far as China is con.
cerned. To the Russian people It
II q vital medium OF supplying them
with certain necessaries of life. Sim.
ilarly the Chinese Eastern Railway.
with the Amur Railroad. has become
the only channel of direct communi.
cation between Russia and the outer
world in these days" according to
Mr.. Tsao
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
OFFERS BILL LIMITING
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES

A bill to throw additional restric-
tons about campaign expenditures
was introduced in the house today
by Congressman Cable (Rep) of Ohio.
Candidates for tho House Of Rep.
resentatives and for the Senate may
make expenditures. under the terms
OF the bill, at the rate CT 3 cents
for each registered voter in his DIS.
trict. In the least populated dis.
tricts House candidates are limited
to $4,000 and in the more populous
district to $4,000. and candidates for
the Senate can spend under like con-
ditions $4,000 and $4,000.
Conviction OF violation OF the pro-
posed limitations ana expenditure Of
larger amount than allowoi hy
law will vacate a seat I'm either
House or Senate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
MPERTS RING
WEDDING BELLS
|NSUCCESS|ON
Wisconsin Congressman Learns
Of Marriage Of Sailor Son
and Of Daughter.

When Congressman Florian L..
Lampert of Wisconsin awoke Christ.
mas morning he found two surprises
awaiting him. One was in the form
Of a cablegram and another a tele-
gram.
Married on the twenty second,
await congratulations" said a cable.
gram from Lambert's son, Ensign
Philip d. Lampert, U. S. N, in
Panama.
Lester and I were married on the
twenty-third," read telegram from
Miss Phoebe Lambert at Oshkosh, Wis
And thus two members Of Lam.
pert's family of seven entered the
matrimonial game.
The Congressman, however, has n
daughter and son, Jessie, seventeen
years old, and Florian, jr., twenty
six years old, who still remain single
Jessie 10 attending the Eastern High
School and his son Is at the Con-
CHEESEMAN'S home in Oshkosh.
Ensign Lambert married Miss Mar
garet Halligan, a resident of Panama.
Miss Phoebe Lambert married Lester
Morgan. a farmer near Oshkosh. The
Congressman was unaware that his
children were to be married.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
SOVIET TROOPS DEFEAT
KAREllANS At PORAJERvl

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 4.-Soviet
troops on the northern front have
captured PorajerW from the Kareliars
rfter a two days battle. according 20
information received here today from
1Ielsingfors.
The Karelians are retreating toward
Kutamolal.ti. Fighting continues.
Karelia Ia in the extreme north.
western corner OF Russia. The Kare-
lians, assisted by the Firms, rose
sgainst the Reds. It is reported that
the Firms are Withdrawing their sup
port.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
MAYOR STARTS NINTH TERM
By CUTTING OWN SALARY

MT. VERNON. n. v, Jan. ed.
win w. Fiske, whom the Democrats
elected mayor OF Mt. Vernon for
the ninth time last fall. started his
term with n New Years resolution
to reduce the mayors salary from
$1,000 to $4,000. Yesterday he car.
ried out his resolution.
His ninth term in office, he said,
would be characterized by economy,
efficiency and service. To that end
he has appointed seven women to
posts in his cabinet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
'FAM|LYFR|EAD'
NOTWITHSTANDING
MARR|EDC0UPLE
Ohio Man Ends Love Tan9'e by
Shooting Pair-confessss
His Crime.

GREENUP, KY, Jan. 4.-Husn
Nichols and his wife were shot ana
killed Monday night. in Scioto county,
Ohio, Just across the Ohio river from
this place, and Curtis Withrow. for
years a friend of the Nichols family.
il alleged to have admitted shooting
the pair.
Conjectures vary az to the reason
for the double killing, though II 10
said that Withrow's wife has charged
him with being in love with MRS
Nichols. These charges, 1t IS said
caused trouble between the Withrows
some time ago, although the breach
had been temporarily healed.
The Nichols were visiting at the
home Of Fred Burhoe when, accordine
to the Burhoes, a call came from the
darkness for Nichols to come into me
yard. He stepped out. No one at the
house saw who called. A few minutes
later there was a pistol shot. There
was no sound of high words or
scuffie.
Mrs. Nichols ran to the door, and
as she stood with the light OF lamp
behind her, was herself shot.
1t is believed she saw some one ap.
preaching and apparently had trie'i
10 screen her body with her hands:
The bullet went through her wrist and
entered her left breast.
Nichols was found some distance
from the house, dead. Mrs. Nichols
lived for several hours.
Withrow was suspected and finally
was discovered in a freight car several
miles away. william Cotton, Of Rus
sell, KY, conductor, saw Withrow
and held until officers could be noti.
fled.
Deputy Sheriffs Henry Swope and
Frank Crago say Withrow confessed
to them that he had shot Nichols and
and his wife, and then fled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
BOSTON TIPPLERS WILL
BE ARRESTED IN CAFES

BOSTON. Jan. 4.-Harold D. viii.
son, prohibition enforcement officer,
announced yesterday that he was
going to begin a campaign to arrest
and send to Jail men and women
who make a practice Of taking liquor
into hotel and cafe dining rooms and
drinking 1t there.
He said it would not be necessary
for him to procure warrants because
hotels and cafes were public places
and he and his agents were per-
mitted to frequent them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
! |[C)RQ|1Y9
Says Some Guys Take Their Own Sandwich and
Bottle Of Milk Into Dairy Lunch and Then
Kick Because the Table Isn't Cleared OFF
By John p Medbury
BY John p. Medbury.

Nerve Is something a man has to
have when he calls on q girl and
takes her q bunch of flowers he
picked out Of her own yard.
The same man will ask you for
q match to light a cigarette. Then
he'll ask you for q cigarette.
He ran over . traffic cop one day
and then sued him because the cops
star punctured his tire.
He found n burglar under his bed
one night and made him look for
his collar button while he was
there.
He IL the same guy who hung o
prescription on the mantlepiece and
asked Santa Claus TO fiji Il.
from using special delivery stamps
on the Sabbath. He said II wasn't
right to show a picture Of a messen-
ger boy riding a bicycle on Sunday.
But Will Hays, tho Postmaster
General. squared 1t by telling him
the messenger boy was riding to
church.
He's got so much gall that on his
birthday he sent his mother a tele-
gram congratulating her.
He takes his two sandwiches and q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04

bottle Of milk into . dairy lunch and
then kicks because the table isn't
cleared off.
This same bird gets O headache
while riding on a street car ana
then makes the railroad buy him q
box Of quinine.
He steals an apple off a fruit
wagon and then sues the driver be.
cause It gave him indigestion.
He ought to know that . police.
man II the only one who's got .
right to take an apple off . fruit
stand.
He got q room in hotel for So
and then only wanted to pay $3.50
because he stayed awake half the
night.
When he lost first prize In .
beauty contest he turned right
around and brought suit against his
parents.
He bought a calendar and then
kicked because there were two days
missing In February.
He's got so much crust that
when he was manager OF a grand
opera house he made a customer
who was deaf in one ear pay double
admission because II took him twice
as long to hear the opera.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04

Tomorrow should be q
better than ever "50c
Day"-for two reasons.
Our January Clearance
Sale prompts including
considerably higher-priced
merchandise-at SOC for
tomorrow.
Csc Hose, 3 Pairs
Juveniles Black Hn
Ribbed Hose; rein. s0vvc
forced; to sizes.
soc Day, 3 pairs, SOC.
Fiber Hose
Women's: with long Hn
silk boots; black. Quo
navy, tan. brown, Sh wv
to 10 sizes. SOC Day--5Oc.
Vests, 2 for
Ribbed; flesh and En-
white; lace trimmed: 0uc
80 to A sizes. SOC wv
Day. for SOC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-04
27 Below Zero in N. Y. State.

UTICA, N. Y, Jan. 4.-Tempera.
lures ranging from 10 to "a degrees
below zero are reported from central
and northern sections OF the state. In
this city Il was Is below,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
What Does France Mean to the World To-day?

is FRANCE a country stricken, mutilated,
lying helpless and in ruins?
OR is she strong, self-relant, and valorous,
once again the foremost and most power
full State on the European Continent?
is FRANCE nation ''risng from the ashes
of humiliation, defiant" and bent upon
the punishment Of her foe?
OR nation girding her strength only for
reconstruction and self-defense, saying of
the march of theiinvader upon her soil,
'H must not be again?
is FRANCE a somewhat effete country, which
has outlived its vivid youth" -able, perhaps,
ito produce novelists,' dramatists, artists,
and adorable millinery an agreeable
resort for the pleasure seeking tourist?
OR leader "n the vanward of Western civil
lization," strong in 1.-THE illuminating intel
lgence, the undaunted courage, the tireless
industry of her people, nation with
high ideals and unselfish purposes for
the New .Eralofithe World?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10

How does the present French military powr Gem
pare with her losses in the World Wm'f
In the event Of crisis how soon could the French army
AXE the field,
What comparative sizes Of the French army srd
navy with those Of other natonsP ~
What Is the general direction Of French naval aims"
Why does France want more Aubmsruesf
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
Men Who Are Making
Modern France

Who the great men produced by recent ersss',
What was the controlling War policy OF The Tigersf
How has Millefand's ambition been satisfied
What French statesman II "a composite Likeness ot
Theodore Roosevelt and Eilhu Root
OF what French leader IS said that no could Be
rs wicked looksr1
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
Explaining the Complexities
9f French Politics

What back Of the sudden changes in Government q
How does the French Constitution differ from oufs'
How much Is the French Parliament like ConTessf
What can the prelidcnt Of France do
Whs, the powers Of Senators and Deputies and how
arc the members Of both houses chosen
What the duties Of Ministers OF the Cabinet
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
The SPECIAL FRANCE NUMBER"
Of THE LITERARY DIGEST

Penefrafss the n,ystey" and gues orAmencnns
pete and comprehensive picture of France il Is TO
day. All the questions this page and many more are
answered this special number The Literary Digest has
gathered wealth Of facts from French British. and
American sources. without paruality.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
The France Of History
Through Two Thousand Years

wha, did julius Caesar have to do with the founding Of
France -
How many forms Of government has France survived
When ,yas Fr%noe the peak OF w power ~ Europe
When did English King rule nearly half ol France
What did Joan OF Arc accomplish ior France
Was Napoleon the greatest Emperor OF France, IN the
OF his realm,
Wha, struggle Is taking place in the body pohe Of
France
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
The French Instinct for
Art and Music

Who the great French masters OF art and what has
been the fundamental principle IF their work
What docs the world owe to France az q leader u
musical aogress'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10

Is idea OF gay French life in keeping with the fscts'
How does French life compare with American life,
What is the French home like,
This article contains wonderfully intimate pictures OF
family life: Of the plays. the esbsreis etc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
Ties That Bind
France and the United States

United States,
What the story Of Frances help in the American
Revolution,
How was nearly onehird Of the territory Of the u
ACQUIRED from France,
What great monument has the French Government,
erected America the coast OF France,
Whs, has TIE United States done fof France .~~-x
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
Frances Devastated Areas
Yesterday and To-day

How many provinces OF France laid by the
Germans; How many fhonssnds OF towns and
villages desroyed2
What DO stupendous statistics Of ruin France
What progress has been made in seconsructon,A How
are Americans helping,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10

ride Slowing
Feh viii sstonsh all previously
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
The France That Is

Out from two thousand years Of tempestuous his
tory from the tumult Of countless -invasions.
conquests. revolutions; from the confusion and
weakness Of Feudal System. with its thousands
Of petty domains and contentious mobiles; from the
splendors Of Charlernasne. the slories Of Joan OF
Arc. Louis XIV. and Napoeon from the deluSe Of
Revolution. when The Marseillase' burst from the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10

throats of m.n who had been yoked with oxen in
the fields; from the disaster of 1870 which cradled
the new Republic; and. now, out Of the ashes Of
the Greatest War in which two millions Of her sons
anointed her soil with their ardent blood. FRANCE
the France Of To-day With soul unquenched.
stands forth erect for all the world to know There
fore ask
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10

studied the
v
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10
Paris AS the Worlds
Arbitef OF Fashion

Why does everybody follow French fashons'
How snd.psyonclogy employed in making and
selling beautiful gowns,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10

Wha, has happened since the disaster OF Sedan'
How did the Third French Republic rise from chaos
How sAe huge indemnity 10 the Germans paid,
What marvellous transformations have been wrought
Fifty years.
ha, does England think of tho position OF France
Europe
How many invssons has France suffered from Germany
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-10

BY what romantic incident did the American Cornno
dore Decatur. lay the foundations for the French
Colonial dcrrain,
How does Frances African empire compare with that
OF Britain,
How does France share the problems OF the Pacific
What French possessions there the coast OF
British India,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01
Read our locals and Foreign News =
1T may Be 4 Csstsr from 6eme"

among the common people and
the ex-soldiers. They were CIV
en- warning before the recent
election which brought conster-
nation and defeat to the G. o.
P, but they did not heed the
warning. They are being warn
ed now. Will they pay a deaf
ear to the friendly warning now
and proceed to move along the
path of least resistance as they
have been doing. be condemned
before the bar of public opinion
or will they correct their mis-
treatment and oversight to the
loyalty of Negroes and retain
their support? 1t is up to the
leaders of the so-called Party of
Lincoln. y "You can't fool all
of the Negroes all time
The white Republicans of Mas
sac county and Illinois voted the
Democratic ticket in the recent
election, so the Negroes will do
nothing amiss to follow in their
wake. They claimed they were
acting within their constitutional
rights and exercising their fran
chise in voting for men and
measures and not for party"
We are thoroughly satisfied
that the Negro would have had
his rights better protected in
many instances if he had acted
along that line of reasoning.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01
Four Colored Children
Burn to Death

Atlanta Ga. Nov. I5.-Four
Negro children all under six years
OF age. were burned to death Sun.
day night when house on Smith
Row. East Point. occupied their
mother. Cora Doyle. burned to
the ground.
The Doyle woman had put the
children to bed. and according to
the police and fire officials had
gone to church. leaving the little
ones in charge Of Earl Stroud. age
I2.
The fire was discovered by John
Adams. a Negro neighbor. who
broke the front door open with an
Ak and saved, the stroud boy, who
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01

No doubt but there will be
many changes politically in 1924
as there will be many thousand
Negroes who have decided not
to support the Republican ticket
in the various states, as well as
National. failing to care of the
Negrose in safeguardingAth liv-
es of the members of their race
group and in taking care of them
in the way of appointments. The
leaders of the Race and Race pa
pers viii use their influence in
having the Negroes support an
Independent ticket If there is
one, or in many instances the
Democratic ticket. as they feel
that they Jared just as well, and
in many instances better under
the Democratic administration
than under the Republican thus
far. The Republican party 1.-THE
Negroes choice) heretofore has
not played clean hand with the
Negro but has trifed with his
affections so much SO until they
have lost confidence and faith in
what they say. They will have
to redeem their pledges or they
will witness a great defeat in
1924. Not olny have the colored
voters lost confidence but thous-
ands Of the white Republicans
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01
Mrs. Malone Sister Dies

Great shock was experienced al
the Poro College Wednesday
morning OF this week when the an
nounccment came that Mrs
Moody OF Spears. II had sudden
~ died. Mrs. Moody was the
sister OF Mrs. Annie Malone, and
it was by this sister that Mrs. Ma
lone was educated. A number oil
friends left St. Louis, to attend
the funeral which is to be held at
Spears. H., Friday at , o clock.
st. Louis, Argus. Mrs. Moody
was reared in Metropolis. and we
are sorry TO learn OF her sudden
demise. The Gazette and its
many readers join in extending
sympathy to Mrs. Malone aud rel
a:ives.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01

Prof S. A. Singleton Miss
Blanche Hayes. Mrs. Princess
Bell. Rev. and Mrs. ]. B. McLra-
~. and Master Preston Levon
went to Jopps. Thursday Digit in
an Anti-Lynching crusade. They
met large Crowd a, the Ottoway
Howard hall. where the Knights
and Daughters we're having a sup
per. Rev. ]. II. Stamps. called
the meeting to order. Miss Hay
es made strong appeal on behalf
OF the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill
then Rev. McLrary. and Prof.
Singleton made few remarks rf-
terwhich number OF women Join
ed the club Mrs. Henrietta Rho
des was appointed president and
Mrs. Caldwell. was made secretary
and Mrs. Katie Howard. Treas
These people are in hearty accord
with the move and theie knowl-
edge OF the lynching evil and their
sympathy for members OF their
people who were burned at the
stake alive will bestir them to ac-
ton. Any man or woman who is
not opposed and is not in sympa-
thy with this move is either dense
ly ignorant or desperately wicked
and in either case is unfit for a
leader OF our people and incaplple
OF giving advice and be back in
bondage or have to share the
same dreadful tate instead OF their
black brothe,.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01
800 ATTEND TYRE LODGE RE-
CEPTioN-cRAND MASTER IS
GIVEN SILVER FRUIT BOWL.

Fully three hundred persons at
tended the reception given by Tyre
Lodge No. 70, +. & A. NJ, last We'd
nesday evening. The principle
speaker Of the evening was Congress
man Rathbone, who said he was glad
TO be present not only before the
election but also after. He was ex-
tremely enthusiastic in his apprecia-
ton of our Racial activities in all
matters of Importance to the com.
mnnity and country.
Rev. s. II. Gibson, pastor of the
Second Baptist church OF Rock Is
land Ill, electrified the audience
with forceful remarks. Grand Mas
ter and Mrs. T. II. Samuels, Sister
Rosa Fouche. Grand Most Ancient
Matron, Heroines of Jericho: Sister
Lena y. Lewis, Past Worthy Matron
Princess Bernice Chapter o. Z. S.
Brother w. G.. Anderson, and Sister
Marie Jaskson, Most Ancient Matron
of Tyre Court No. 81 and Joseph G..
Walker, were among the many dis
iinguished guest present.
The guests were agreeably sur
prised when Brother VIM. |. Thomas
Worshipful Master of Tyre Lodge
presented Brother T. II. Samuels, NJ.
w. G. NJ, with large sterling sill
yer engraved fruit or punch bowl.
Brother J. II. Williams, also pre-
sented the Grand Lecturer, Brother
c. J. Sims, Past Master of Tyre
Lodge with specially embroidered
lamskin apron in appreciation for
serves rendered the lodge.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01
MRS. REUBEN OF MILWAUKEE,
IN CHICAGO SUNDAY.

Mrs. Hulda James Reuben, Mil
waukee, Wis, mother of Miss Gene
We've II. Reuben, 1874 South State
street Chicago, was in the windy
city, Sunday. Mrs. Reuben also Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Mary Lewis.
and nieces, Mrs. VI. and Genevieye
Washington, 1853 Cottage Grove.
her nieces Mrs. Molly Session, 37th
street and Calumet avenue; Berean
Baptist church and institutional A. M.
f. church. She was only n the city
ten hours, and returned home. Mrs.
Session spent Tuesday and WcdneS-
day in Milwaukee.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-12-01
k~You must mail copy on
Mondays to secure publication.
MRS. ELIZABETH c. ASTON
Notary Public
When you have business Of this
kind call to see me, will take care
Of il for you.
Office 3l7 W. 9th ST.,
Metropolis, III.

We met DR.. Thos. II. Harris.
OF Princeton, who is the manuiact.
urer OF the best medicines for In
digestion, kidney. liver and bad
der trouble, also rheumatism and
the blood. This medicine has on
ly one year but is eclipsing every
other medicine now on the market
Contains no poisons nor slcahol.
as it is compounded from herbs
Retails at 81. and 81 IS per bot
tie. Use it and be cured. Mrs.
M. ]. McCrary, Agent, 9o3 Pearl
ST., Metropolis. Ill.