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The Washington times., 1922-08-27
HUG, KISS AND $1,000
LAND MAN IN PRISON
Veteran, Accused of Ste aIing
Car, Says Reward" Was
Given by Girl He Rescued.

CHICAGO, Aug. ga hearty
kiss, a surreptious hug, $1,000 in
small bills-all from a beautiful lady
rivaling the dreams of poets.
And then the lady disappeared.
But II the lady doesn't appear
Nicholas J. Hoffman, an ex-service
man, may go to prison, possibly die,
for he has already been in five Gov.
ernment hospitals.
Hoffman was arrested charged
with having stolen an automobile.
He says he bought the car with
81 900 given to. him by the afore-
mentioned beautiful lady.
ION the night OF July 90" says he,
"I was at Ardmore Beach. Sudden.
ly heard a scream. II came from
a beautiful young lady dressed in a
one-piece bathing suit. AS she went
down for the third time l jumped in
and rescued her"
She did not reveal her name, con.
tinues Hoffman, but asked him to
meet her at the Edgewater Beach
Hotel, where she would reward him.
This she did, giving him 81 900, the
kiss and the hug.
Now as the French say: Find the
woman.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
PARIS FLOODED WITH
FAKE MASTERPIECES
Police Hunting for Factory
That Swindles Rich
American Tourists.

PARIS. Aug. ga mysterious
hidden studio which Is, in reality a
yeritable factory for turning out
counterfeit masterpieces, is the OBJ
ject OF search by prefecture detec-
tives.
This factory is somewhere in the
Latin quarter. There, starving art
lists, II is believed, are paid too tempt
ing wages for copying the works OF
great painters. the originals OF which
would command huge prices. These
copies are then sold at auctions
either deliberately in place of the
original, which may be in a private
collection, or as a newly discov.
cred" work of the master. All of
the counterfeits discovered so far
have been signed with the painter g
name, cleverly forged.
Thomas Knock, an American art
connoisseur, was the first to put the
police on the track Of the swindlers.
Knock recently paid 800 900 francs
for a collection of 107 pictures.
Out Of this group of pictures an
expert picked forty-three counter
feits. Among them were works by
Cezanne, Pissaro, Matisse, Renoir,
Sisley, Sautin and Signac. A cele.
brated art critic was another "ictim
of the factory"
Police plan. they say, to investi.
gate every art dealer and many of
the studios on the left side of the
Seine.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
INJURIES FATAL TO
JUDGE O'CONNELL
Former Solicitor Of Treasury
Department Dies Last
Night, Aged 81.

As the result of injuries sustain
ed when he was run down by a
street car at Vermont avenue and
II street northwest. April % last.
Judge Maurice d. O'Connell, former
solicitor for the Treasury Depart
ment, died last night at Emergency
Hospital.
Judge O'Connell. who was eighty.
two years old. was taken to Emer.
gency Hospital following the acci-
dent, where his skull was found
to have been fractured. Because
Of his advanced age II was impos-
sIble to move him from the hos
pital, though 1t was thought he
had a good chance for recovery.
His death followed a relapse which
began several days ngo. The cor.
oner will conduct an autopsy to
determine the cause Of death to.
morrow morning.
Judge O'Connell was born at
Constable. Franklin county, N. Y.
April 23, 1889, and came to Wash.
ington TO complete his education.
receiving his LIB. degree from
Columbian, now George Washing
ton University, in 1866.
His appointment as chief OF divi-
sion in the office of the comptroller
of the currency was made a year
later. After a year in the govern
ment service he went to San Antonio,
Tex, where he entered the banking
business.
Entering the practice OF law in
Fort Dodge, Iowa. in 1869. he won
the post OF district attorney of he
Eleventh judicial District in 1872,
serving in this capacity for seven
years. He served as United States
Attorney for the northern district Of
Iowa from 1883 to 1885 and from
1889 to 1898.
His appointment as solicitor OF
the Treasury was made in 1897 and
he served continuously at that post
until 1906, when he retired, making
his home here,
The body will be taken to Fort
Dodge, Ia, tomorrow. Judge O'Con-
nell is survived by his widow, who
was Ellen =. Cook, of Marshall,
Mich, and q daughter, Mrs. Henry
NJ. Morrow, wife of Colonel Morrow,
U. S. A., Of this city.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Rocky Mount Is Proud
of New Water System

ROCKY MOUNT, Va, Aug. 26.-
This town is taking justifiable pride
in it's new water plant. Just six
years ago, Rocky Mount constructed
a waterworks and sewerage system.
taking it's water from drilled wells,
Acting on the recommendation Of
the engineering division Of the State
Board Of Health, Rocky Mount en-
gagged an engineer to design filtra-
tion plant suitable for the require
ments of town of its size, the
water to be taken from the nearby
river and purified. The new plant
is modern in every respect.
There are two distinct advantages
in this system: the town may be
sure Of a constant supply Of water
sufficient for its needs, and the ex-
penses for operation are considcra-
bly, less than under the old plan. Tests
made by the State Board Of Health
show that the new plant is entirely
satisfactory.
Rocky Mount 10 probably the first
town of anything like It's size in Vir-
ginia to undertake this kind of de-
velopment. Fewer than 1000 people
live there.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
ARREST Of WAR
NURSE REVEALS
STRANGE STORY
Two Marriages, Drugs and
Elderly Protector Figure in
Life of Mrs. Rockwell.
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.--A tale OF war,
marriage, and forbidden love, shot
through with ravages of dope in the
career OF Maribella Howard Rock
we'll Schaeffer, arrested here by Fed
eral narcotic agents, was told today
by a woman who had been closely
related to Mrs. Rockwell.
II was called In to nurse Mrs.
Rockwell" said this woman. IT have
always known her. She had taken
an overdose of dope and had become
unmanageable. She was then living
at the Roseland Hotel. Little by
little she told me the story OF her
life.
"she was born somewhere in Vir.
ginia OF an aristocratic family, but
financially in poor circumstances.
"She received a high school educa-
ton and was a registered nurse.
When we entered the war she went
across. As to where she served, l
do not know. I do know this-that
while In England she met a wealthy
woolen manufacturer, and despite the
disparity in their ages. for he was
over sixty, she married him.
But her husband, as old nus
bands are prone to be, was extreme
~ jealous. ftls OWH ooh' s""N'
one.year old boy, adored the young
American wife Of his father and ca'l.
ed her little baby The husband
finally decided to make a settlement
on his bride and send her away from
temptation.
"She came to America. Here she
again come in contact with an elder
ly man she had known in her child
| hood.
"If remember rightly. she told
me that she returned to America IN
1919. From then on this wealthy
elderly man has given her every
thing In the world. For time they
lived together In New Orleans. and
then they came to Chicago.
MRS. Rockwell, as she was known
here, although in New Orleans she
was known by this mans name. had
a wonderful home at 4461 Drexel
boulevard. She had her own car. her
own maid, and an unlimited allow
ance.
Evidently during some strange
condition she married Nicholas h
Schaeffer, an army field clerk. They
were married January II, 1922.
But this elderly protector con.
tinued to call at her apartment and
her husband knew him as her uncle
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Ammonia Tank Leaks;
Sets Aquarium Wild

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-The am
monia tank in the famous aquarium
at the Battery sprung a leak a few
days ago. and a plot to kill. MAIN
or otherwise imperil the choice speci'
mems Of the finny tribe was
suspected. Firemen donned gas
masks in an effort to stop the
spread Of noxious fumes. Police
waved their clubs wildly, and looked
In vain for some one to arrest.
In the meantime the fish poked
noses from the water, and seemed
to enjoy the tear gas as they would
q nice wiggling worm. The sea
lions, turtles and alligators alone
suffered, and when the leak was
finally stopped they played dead.
They were revived by pulmotors.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Virginian Shot to Death
From Ambush in w. Va

FARMvILLE. Va, Aug. 26.-Tha
body Of Walter Smith. twenty.
three, who was mysterlously slain
on Friday near De Won. w. Va,
was buried here. Ele was the
son Of County Treasurer c. NJ
Smith, of Cumberland county.
He was employed as private Sec
retary to the president OF the Ritter
Lumber Company, Of DE Won,
Young Smith, with a friend. II. b,
Price, also of De Won. had gone to
a station some five miles away 10
transact some business, and, hav,
ing completed their mission. thev
proceeded up the track OF the Big
Sandy and Cumberland railroad
and, when within few yards OF DE
Won, two shots were fired from,
ambush, one shot taking effect IN
young Smiths back. His death
was instantaneous
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
JAP SAGHAL|EN MOVE
CALLED MERE RUSE
Withdrawal Of 900 Troops Is
Believed Only Part Of Plan
to Cut Expenses.
By JAMES McCLAIN,
International News Service.

TOKYO, Aug. 26.-Although the
decision OF the Kato Cabinet to
withdraw all japanese troops from
Saghalien province, the district in
which Is situated Nikolaievsk,
which has been held, It was said,
until Russia atoned for the massa-
ere OF 100 Japanese there during
the revolution, marks a reversal In
the policy Of japan. in reality this
reversal is slight and amounts to
little. II is little more than a
tactful change in the position of
Japanese expeditionary forces in
Saghalien. II falls far short OF the
anticipations of the world, which
is looking to japan for a new
and enlightened regime.
The territory to be returned to
Russia by this decision OF the Japa-
nese Government gives back the
fertile valley abounding in unde-
veloped resources at the mouth of
the Amur River and the river 1t.
self, which Is the outlet for North.
eastern Siberia. But regardless OF
this, Japanese domination OF this
district will continue for the present
at least, for the evacuation order
does not affect the northern half
OF Saghalien Island, territory
seized at the same time the
Nikolaievsk district was seized and
which is the real prize coveted by
Japan. 1t IL coveted not only be.
cause the island itself offers coal
and oil, which are much needed by
Japan, but also because II is so
situated that II controls the Amur
River as Gibraltar controls the en-.
trance to the Mediterranean.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Colored Woman Hit BY
Fast B. & o. Train

Bessie Lomax, colored, fifty-five
years old, was probably fatally in
jured late yesterday afternoon when
she was struck by a train while
walking along the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks, about 500 feet
north Of Michigan avenue north
east.
The woman was given first aid
by DIR. Gray, Of SAG Newton street
northeast, and was removed In the
Tenth precinct motor patrol to
Freedman's Hospital. Examination
showed she had a fractured left leg
and cuts about the head and body.
She Is not expected to survive.
Engineer G. NJ. Ricketts, and Con-
ductor r. c. Chittenden, of Balti-
more, Md, were in charge of the
train. They were not held.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
WASHINGTON JEWS
PLAN CELEBRATION
Palestine Mandate Granted by
League Of Nations to Be
ExtoIIed.

Washington Jews are making
elaborate preparations for the cele-
bration Tuesday at Central High
School Of the granting by the league
Of nations Of the Palestine mandate
in which is set forth the guarantees
asked on behalf Of the Jewish peo'
pie by the Zionist organization at
the peace conference. The historical
country will be restored as the Jew
jsh national homeland after a strug-
gle Of 1000 years. During that time
ment or a flag.
An automobile parade will be one
of the principal features Of the pro-
gram. Each car will be decked with
the American and Zionist flags. The
parade will form at Peace monument
at $50 D. m. and will proceed to the
school, where the mass meeting will
begin at o'clock. Judge Bernard
A. Rosenblat and Baruch Zuckerman
will be the principal speakers. Con-
gresham Albert B. Rossdale will pre-
side. Judge Rosenblatt, recently re-
turned from a special mission to Pal.
estine. will tell of his experiences
while abroad with the Zionists. Zuck-
erman Is one of the most noted Jew.
ish journalists and speakers in the
country.
Violin solos will be given by Daniel
Breeskin and Leon Brusiloff. Piano
accomplishments will be by Conductor
Heitmuller, Of the Powhatan Hotel
orchestra. Special vocal selections
will be given by Cantor ]. Glushak,
forrneriv of this city
At the head Of the automobile
parade will be an army band Of TWEEN.
ty pieces. It has been specially de.
tailed by the War Department.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
RADIO PROGRAM
Schedule of Tonighrs
Wireless Nstps and
Entertainment.
NAA-Nayal Radio Station.
2.6Hl Meters.

NAA-Nayal Radio Station.
2,650 Meters.
$40 to 9 D. m.-Radlophone news.
10 p. m.-Time signals, weather
reports, ship orders.
1890 p. m.-Naval press news.
wwX-Postoffice Department.
1880 to s p. m.-Radio market
grams.
3YN-Radio Institute.
500 to p. m.-Spark transmits
sion for amateurs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Pittsburgh.
$50 Meters.
Daylight saving, deduct one hour)
10 a. m.-Services of the Point
Breeze Presbyterian Church.
145 p. m.--Children's Bible story
stumbling Blocks"
2 p. m.-Radio chapel at West.
inghouse Station KDKA, conducted
by the Rev. e. @. Forester.
$50 p. m.-Community open air
services.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Chicago.
$50 Meters.
Central daylight saving. deduct
two hours)
Sd. m.-Radio chapel services.
$40 p. m.--Readings and records
from THE Bubble Books That
Sing"
7p. m.-Specisl reading for older
boys and girls.
1880 p. m.-"Decorate With
Light" Louise G. Reed, Society of
Electric Development.
7A5 p. m.-"old Wine in New
Bottles"
s:2o p. m.--opera recital.
WGI-Medford Hillside, Mass.
$50 Meters.
Daylight saving, deduct one hour.)
7a5 p. m.-Police reports.
Sp. m.--Radio church service.
$50 p. m.--Song recital: 1.-TWO
Roses" Evening Song" The Years
at the Spring" Dawn in the Desert" /"
May, the Maiden, Phyllis Has
Such Charming Graces," "Homing." !"
Values" Concert by the brass
quartet from Ives band Of Boston.
observation-disclosures, Chicago.
$50 Meters.
Central daylight saving, deduct two
hcurs)
$40 .. m.-Radio chapel services
conducted by the Rev. r. Keene
Ryan, pastor OF the Garfield Pres
byterisn Church
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
INDIAN REBEL DIES
AFTER 9O-DAYS FAST
Prisoner Refuses Food When
Sacred Thread 10 Taken
from Him. d.

Hunger strikes by Nationalist
prisoners in India have become
common as q method of protest
against jail conditions, but the
most unusual case, according to
information received here by the
American Commission to Promote
Self-government in India, was hat
Of a Brahman who recently died
after q hunger strike Of ninety
days. That exceeds by eighteen
days the celebrated fast of the
late Lord Mayor MacSwiney, Of
Cork, which attracted worldwide
interest.
The Indian, whose hunger strike
has aroused indignation among the
Nationalists OF India, was Pandit
Ramaraksha, who was convicted OF
participation in the Burma con-
spiracy case and sentenced to the
penal colony on the Andaman
Islands.
when Pandit Ramarakshs ar.
rived at Port Blair" says a state
ment issued by the American COM
mission, British officials ordered
him to remove his yagnopavit (the
sacred thread worn by Brahmans,
much as the scapuia Ii worn by
Roman Catholics). The pandit re-
fused, for without losing caste the
wearing Of the yagnopavit Is q re-
iigious necessity: in fact. II 10 neces-
sary for lfe itself, as II is required in
performance Of the rites that precede
eating or drinking. Upon his refusal
to remove the thread, the British
officials, II 10 alleged, forcibly took
Il from him.
. "Ramaraksha explained that he
could not eat or drink Or perform Ills
religious duties as an orthodox Brah.
man unless the thread was restored
and he performed certain purifica.
ton rites to wipe out the stigma loss
Of the thread had placed upon him.
The officers. It Is said, laughed at
him and thrust him into the prison
stockade.
"Ramaraksha refused food or
drink for ninety days. His suffer.
ings in that lIell-hole-one Of the
hottest places in the world-must
have been terrible. but he steadfastly
refused to be a party to an act that
would outcaste him, and passed his
conscious moments in prayer until
death, on the ninety-first day, re-
lieved his agony.
There have been scores of in
stances In the last year Of Indian
patriots who have tasted for many
weeks because Of inhumane prison
treatment, but the Ramaraksha case,
Il Is believed. established a record
that Is no credit to the British gov
eminent Of India"
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Urges $4,000
Memorial For
VIM. Mckinley

THE first steps toward the
i erection Of a suitable ma
tional monument to perpetu-
ate the life and public scrv-
ice and achievements Of Nc
Kinley, the martyred Presi-
dent. were taken in the
House yesterday by Con-
gressman Hines, Republican,
Of Ohio.
A bill introduced by him
provides for appointment Of
q commission to secure plans
and designs for a national
memorial, and appropria.es
$25, 900.
Hines represents the Can
ton district, the home Of Nc
Kinley.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
ALLIED BREACH ON
GERMANY W|DENS
France Opposes Moratorium
Plan More Than Ever-Worse
Rupture Threatens.
BY Universal serSice.

PARIS Aug. 26.-After the first un.
official meeting Of the reparations
commission following the return Of
some of it's members from Berlin,
the Anglo-French conflict has become
wider.
The English. supported by the
Italians, are still insisting that Ger
many can pay no more at the present
time, making it plain that q mora
torium must be granted.
The French seem more opposed TO
q moratorium than ever.
Belgian diplomats, arbiters Of the
situation. are striving to effect a
compromise and are still hopeful that
they will be able to prevent a rup.
ture.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Tobacco Kings Son Is
Hurt in Auto Crash

SOUTHAMPTON, L. l., Aug. 2s.
--Angier Duke, said to be the son
OF the tobacco man, sustained cuts
about the face and spine when his
olls-Royce automobile. which he
was driving, skidded into . tele.
graph pole In Gin lane at this
place. The telegraph pole was
broken off by the impact.
The accident occurred opposite
the Southampton coast guard sta
ton. DR.. Joseph s. Wheelwright
treated Mr.. Duke, who was taken
to the Southampton Hospital. 1t
is expected he will be able to leave
the hospital in three days.
Mr.. Duke had just left the cot.
tage on the dunes which he leased
for the summer.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Federal Agent Grading
West Virginia Wool

CLARKSBURG, W. Va, Aug. 20.
Raw wool is grading better this
year than last, George T. willing
myre, of the Federal Department
of Agriculture, declared here.
The Federal wool expert is here
grading the product in the State
pool being operated from this CITY,
a project being tried out under the
direction of the State farm bureau
and which is a part of natio1L
wide experiment. With the wool 0
all sheep growers pooled 1t will
be sold when 1t can be marketed to
the best advantage.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Dry Agents in Drive on
Bethlehem BOOtleggers

Prohibition Director Davis, Of
Pennsylvania, continuing his drive
on Illicit booze, reported a successful
attack yesterday upon bootlesgers
and Illicit distilleries of Bethlehem,
Pa.
Davis said a roundup was made of
suspects conducting taverns and res.
taurants for Volstead law violations.
other Pennsylvania cities will he in.
vaded by Davis and his dry squad
next week, II was announced.
General prohibition agents. from
several States are assisting Director
Davis. He is also aided by twenty
special agents detailed from the staff
OF John Exnicious. division chief at
Pittsburgh- ,.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Burning Gasoline Tank
Blocks Lincoln Highway

HUNTINGTON, Pa. Aug. 26.--
Seven hundred and twenty gallons
of gasoline. property Of the Allan
tic Refining Company. being con-
= yeyed by motortruck to rural cen
ters. took fire today, II Is believed,
from spark from a backfire and
Joommunicated to a leak In the gas
tank. The truck and contents were
ISonsumed with loss Of $4,000. The
dent occurred on the Lincoln High.
way south of Huntington and
blocked traffic for q considerable
time
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Runaway Leaves Wife
So and Lots of Kisses

BOYERTOWN, Pa, Aug. 26.-
Three dollars and an automobile com.
prise the assets left to the wife and
two children of Charles l.. Miller,
who left his home near here last
week. A letter from Miller sent from
Lebanon told Mrs. Miller that II she
would pay what debts we're outrtand-
ing she could have what was left.
The letter closed with lots of
kisses."
Coincidentally with Miller's disap.
pearsnce, parents Of q sixteen.year-
old schoolgirl reported that she was
missing.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
Wild Western
Films Barred
By Java Censor

WILD and woody "West-
!" ern" films are barred
from the theaters CT Java
because the Netherlands gov
ernment fears that they may
communicate the spirit Of
unrestfulness to the Javanese.
Consul Parker, at Soara-
yaba, reported yesterday that
American films, such as the
natives are permitted to
view, are much more popular
than the European brand. In
the $50 theaters the natives
sit on one side of a dividing
curtain and foreigners on the
other. About IS per cent Of
the pictures imported into
the Netherlands East Indies
are either refused or cut by
the censors. o.
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
History of Cleopatra
Is DEPICTED on Gown

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-The life
OF Cleopatra. Egyptians in character
dances and scenes Of wild nights on
the streets Of Bagdad, are depicted
on a gown belonging to Mrs. q. b.
williamson, who returned few
days ago.
Mrs. williamson, who lives in
Forest Hills, l.. l., said she in
vented, or created, the latest thing
In womsn's gowns and predicted
that In time history will be written
on the skirts Of fashionably
dressed women
The Washington times., 1922-08-27
MurderOus Bath Swan
Is Terror to Animals

swan Of bath recently added a dog
to the list of it's victims.
The swan attacked the dog at the
verge of the River Avon. 1t seized
the neck in Its bill and held the dogs
head under the water until he was
drowned. The bird, which is a ter.
ror to all animals, gave a duck the
same sort Of treatment a few days