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The Washington times., 1922-07-25
Chicago Riding Master
Tells of Passionate Love
Notes of Sonny to Evan

CHICAGO. July 25.-Financial and
moral support Of her friends in this
city may play a hig part in Evan
Burrows Fontaine's suit against
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
Frank p. Gregory, wealthy riding
master, said he and his sister, Mrs.
NJ. J. White, had been friends OF the
Fontaines for two years. He con-
tinued:
"One day my sister met Mrs. Fon.
taine and the latter said: My
daughter is having a lot of trouble
with young whitney
she said she needed money and
we loaned her $4,000. We were
bounded by private detectives.
I'VE finally negotiated with Attor.
ney Whipp, Of this city. The evil
dence was turned over to him-the
honeyed letters signed with the name
of Whitney. They were the most
ardent letters l have ever read.
Il understand that four of these
letters have been stolen. We have
affidavits and other evidence show,
ing that young Whitney told Evan
he was going to marry her."
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
Evan Declares She'll
Fight Whitney Millions
To q Finish if Necessary
BY Universal Service.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, July 26.-
Marriage or settlement.
That's the alternative which Miss
Evan Burrows Fontaine, classical
dancer. is offering to Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitney, whom she Is suing
because Of his alleged promise to
marry her. and because OF the pater'
nifty of her nineteen.month-old son,
whom she has named Cornelius Van
derbilt Whitney, jr.
A determination to fight to a finish
what she terms the whitney mil
lions" was voiced today by Miss Fon'
taine, who Is living at a fashionable
hotel here.
Replying to reports from the East
that former State Senator Edwart T
Bracket. OF New York, had with.
drawn from the case, she declared
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
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with me and slept that night on a
lounge in a room Of our apartment.
"The next day he went down to
his fathers office. Upon returning
to the hotel he had another long
talk with Evan. I'm glad I took
your advice he said. I'm glad I
waited
Aren't your she replied.
Was Sent Away.
About two weeks later Sonny
was sent to a camp up in Maine.
Two of his boy friends accompanied
him, a boy named Cowles and
nephew OF the late Theodore koose-
welt, Kenneth Reed, / believe his
name was. I am convinced Sonny
was sent up there to get him away
from my daughter.
However. he kept on correspond
ing with her and sent her pictures
Of his camp life"
Mrs Fontaine revealed that the
subject Of marriage between her
daughter and young Whitney had
come up again in an interview be-
tween the dancer and Harry Payne
Whitney, wealthy sportsman.father
OF the boy, about three months after
the birth Of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney. Jr.
During the course Of that talk,
the elder Whitney confided to Miss
Fontaine, according to the girl
mother. that he would rather have
"a practical girl" like her as q
daughter-in-law than one "of these
fol-de-rols from uptown"
But you know" he added. &c
cording to Mrs. Fontaine. II don't
run my household. Ny wife Is the
boss"
"I got the impression from what
my daughter told me OF this inter.
view that Whitney senior offered
no objections at all to marriage.
Mrs. Fontaine went on. "It was
the boys mother. She was the
only obstacle"
Mrs. Fontaine said her daughter
made II plain" to Mr.. whitney
on that occasion that his son was
the father Of her child.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
Administration Plan
For Relieving Big
Labor Crisis
copyT1Ehi. 1917. by star conDsns.
BY Universal Service.

Here Is Uhat President Harding
proposes to do IN the coal ana ratI
STRIFE emergency as announced bt
Secretdry Of Commerce Herbert
an opinion Of Attorney General H.
N. Dau0hertv duthortetn0 Utds
legal poIOers for the Government.
I. Appointment Of a "Presiden.
tial cOmpl.Itee" made up of Secre-
tary Hoover, Attorney General
Daugherty, Secretary OF the Inter
ior Fall and Chairman McCord Of
the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee. This committee will have
general charge of all plans for dis
tributiOn and regulation.
2. Representatives Of coal and
rail operatives to have delegations
on the Presidential committee.
8. Agents OF Presidents commit
tee in every coal field.
4. A committee Of coal operators
or owners in each district. I'm the
event Of mine owners not naming
men, the President will do so with
out their approval.)
5. Cooperation in every way in
carrying out orders for proferen-
tial movement Of freights.
6. Careful check on movements
Of freight cars.
I. Operators to be allowed wide
latitude at mines.
8. Cars to be allotted only to
those mine owners who agree to
fair price arrangements.
3. All operators agree to tenta-
tive maximum price fixed by Com
merce Department June 1, $3.50
per ton at nine).
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
Patrick Henry Is Her
Ancestor, Mother of
Miss FOntaine Claims
By Floyd MaCURIFF,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, July 25.-The bluest
OF blue blood may trickle in the veins
OF the Whitneys, but Evan Burrows
Fontaine, who alleges Cornelius Van.
derbilt Whitney to be the father of
her child, IL q direct descendant of
the American patriot, Patrick Henry.
The lineage of the beautiful
dancer whose love became inextrica.
bly, entangled with that of a youth
from a family Of Americas 400"
was revealed today by Mrs. Florence
K. Fontaine, mother Of Evan.
Mrs. Fontaine said Evan was the
great-great granddaughter Of Pat.
rick Henry. She produced docu.
ments and family photographs to
show that she Is descended from
Elizabeth Henry, daughter Of Pat.
rick Henry, Elizabeth marrying VIII.
lam Spottswood Fontaine, in 1882.
Evans father" said Mrs. Fon.
taine, lis Winston Spottswood Fon.
taine, one of the Spottswoods OF
Virginia, while her grandfather
Charles I. Evan, is a former Su
preme Court justice. named my
daughter Evan. because had
wanted a son, and had planned to
call him Evans. The Burrows part
of the name comes from DR.. Ian
sing Burrows. a Baptist clergyman
Of Louisville, on her fathers side.
Evan was born near Hearne
Tex, on a plantation. We were
divorced, and the decree did not
provide for Evans future, so 1 had
to work as an instructor in dra
matte art at Chicago, to provide
for her."
Blames Mrs. Whitney.
1t was only the opposition OF his
mother that kept Cornelius Wander
bilt Whitney from marrying Evar
long before the birth Of Cornelius
Mrs. Fontaine said.
MIS-. Fontaine asserted that moi
only had young Whitney proposed
immediate marriage to her daughter
but that his father had indicated
his Willingness to the match. Mrs
Whitney, however, refused to lister
to the proposals.
sonny came up to the Follie.
roof, where my daughter was play
ing, one night and tried to persuade
her to elope with him." Mrs. Fon
taine said. L have thousand dol
lars in my pocket now he told her
1 want you to elope with me-
Why, you're crazy, Sonny my
daughter replied. You can't do that
You had better go down and talk II
over with your father 1t was be
tween acts of a play there, wher
! Evan had come off stage Sonny
was waiting for her, having come vi
after going to our apartment at tht
Pennsylvania Hotel and learnins
! that we had gone to the roof.
We'll, after talking things over
Sonny decided to take Evans ad
vice. He went back to the hote
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that she would engage a new attor-
ncy Immediately.
While admitting that she would
welcome a settlement Of the case by
marriage to the son of Harry Payne
Whitney. the attractive danseuse
sought to communicate with Bracket
by telegraph in an effort to learn his
attitude
In the meantime, Sonny" Whit
ney. as the defendant in the sensa-
tional suit Is better known. remains
under cover somewhere in southern
California.
Miss Fontaine, smiling enigmatt
cally, declared she did not know
where he could be located. She reit.
Grated her belief. however. that he
would attempt to see her to discuss
settlement in defiance Of his par.
ents.
Miss Fontaine left yesterday after.
noon for a motor ride" which was
rumored to be a new move toward
reconciliation with young Whitney
She maintained the closest secrecy
as she departed.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
COUPLE BADLY BEATEN
NEAR HAGERSToWN, ND,

HAGERSTOWN, Md, July 25.-
Attacked by three men on the West
ern pike near Conococheague. Roy
Macdonald, OF Clesrspring, and his
companion, Miss Myrtle Rider, OF
Hagerstown, were brutally beaten.
The couple were walking along the
pike when the men. riding in a taxi.
cab, stopped and accosted. the girl.
She resented their advances and they
began to curse her. When MacDon.
aid took exception to Their actions
the men dismounteh and severely
beat the couple.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
COAL RESERVES
. To Be SAVED BY
RAT|ON|NC PLAN
CONTINUED from First Page

Continued from First Page
today by its chief sponsors. The
opinion was generally expressed IN
Administration circles. however.
that II will suffice TO keep the
country's essential Industries and
utilities going until peace can be
established in the twin rail and
coal strikes.
For the time being, peace efforts
appear to have broken down in
Washington, under the more press.
ing need for measures that will
stave off suffering.
In the rail strike, President Hard.
ing is looking to the Railway Labor
Board. and in the coal strike he
considers that the matter Of pro-
duction in the bituminous union
fields is for the present up to the
operators to whom he guaranteed
troop protection II they would re-
open their mines with volunteer
labor.
Considerable importance was at
tached by officials today to the effort
at peace on the Baltimore & Ohio,
being made by Daniel Willard. its
president, in Baltimore. Willard is
seeking a separate peace with his
own men, and II he is successful, the
belief prevailed that the settlement
might have a far-reaching effect on
the national situation.
Steel Near Shutdown.
Every report reaching Washington
today emphasized the increasing
gravity of the industrial situation.
Steel, considered one Of the basic
Industries by which the health OF all
industry is guaged, will have to shut
down within a few weeks unles a
solution OF the coal and rail strike
Is speedy found.
Public utilities, lighting plants,
water plants and municipal railways,
in cities far removed from coal dis.
tricts, are in a precarious condition
because of depletion of reserve
stocks and inability to replenish.
Senators, Congressman, and GOV
ernment officials are daily being
deluged with appeals for help.
While there is an acute shorta ge
of coal, due to the four months
strike in the unionized bituminous
fields and the exhaustion OF the tire
mendous reserve stocks with which
the country is confidently faced the
strike on April l, neNertheless' IL
was emphasized today by Admins
tration officials that the problem is
not so much one of coal production
as It is Of proper distribution.
This was made more apparent by
the plan which puts the Interstate
Commerce Commission in supreme
command Of the situation.
Production from the non.union
| fields in West Virginia, Kentucky
Tennessee. and Pennsylvania can be
pushed up to about 100000 oil
| 5000, 900 tons a week, according tC
Government experts, providing tht
cars can be provided to get the Goa
away from the mines. The weekly
national consumption, normally. il
about 1900. 900 tons.
With the non.union output supple
mented by whatever the union fields
are able to produce from volunteer
labor under troop protection. officials
asserted that the country can face
the coming months confidently, II
only the car question can be solved
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II was said, a number of imported
workmen.
In the course of the confusion the
shots are said to have BEEN fired
although no one wat injured.
II could not be learned whether
Governor Stephens would consider
ordering out troops. A plea of San
Joaquin valley fruit growers await
ed his arrival today in which the
claim was made that IL prompt steps
were not taken to end the strike, the
fruit growers Of that section face
loss of millions.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
California Governor to
Probe Firing on Train
of, Imported Workers
Ry International News service

SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 20
Gov. william ID. Stephens was cX.
pected upon his arrival today to ma Ike
a full investigation Of reports from
San Bernardino that Santa Fe
passenger train was fired upon by
striking shopmen and that Deputy
United States marshals had great
difficulty in handling the situation.
According to reports telephoned to
the governors office, crowd CT
more than 200 gathered at the depot
there after repeated efforts had been
made to stop the train and attempt
The Washington times., 1922-07-25

OPERATORS To
YRYREOPEN|Nt
Fly flag From Every Mine,
But Efforts Nearly
Fruitiess.
b. WARREN w. WHEATON,
Internal ational News Service.

WASHINGTON. Pa, July 25.-
Faced by Federal control Of the
mines, the operators in the union dis
tricts of southwestern Pennsylvania
today redoubled efforts to open ur
the strike-bound mines under u
Harding plan Of military protectioA
and the shield Of the American flag
With the first day of attempted re-
opening fruitless, plans were speedcd,
following a conference Of operators
and State and county peace officials
to augment the armed forces sprin.
killed. over q wide area Of territory in
this section, as an added incentive for
men to 60 to work.
Heavy Importations.
Strikebreakers by the carload are
expected to be imported into the
fields today or tomorrow. Some al
ready have been brought in, but in
no appreciable numbers.
Troop movements from regimental
headquarters at Cokeburg to mining
property at which operators will pool
their efforts. in the hope of meeting
with the Harding demand that coal
be mined, were under way today.
Troop A, 104th Cavalry, left the
encampment at Cokeburg for Nor
ganza. Another troop Is scheduled to
leave during the day for Burgetts-
town. Machine gun detachments &C.
company each troop.
Brig. Gen. Frank ID. Berry, ad-
jutant general of Pennsylvania, and
Brig. Gen. K. c. Shannon. comman.
der of the Twenty-eighth division.
are. expected at military headquar-
ters at Cokeburg during the day.
Miles Of Empty Cars.
With union mine leaders declar-
ing that the striking union miners
ranks are holding firm and that no
defections can be looked for. 1t be-
came increasingly evident today that
IL coal production Is to come from
this field It must come from in
creased activities in the non-union
mines. Military sites near non-union
mines have been inspected and q
concentration Of troops in their vicin-
ity is looked for.
Miles OF empty gondolas line
tracks all through this section ready
for instant use II coal Is brought
out the pits and railroad motive
power can be supplied.
The Stars and Stripes are flying
from practically every mine tipple in
the Pittsburgh district. II is flung
t. the breeze over each Of the miners
tent colonies, too. One OF the biggest
colonies Is at Filbert, in Fayette
county. where close to 100 miners
families are housed in twenty tents.
Activities Of striking miners have
led to injunctions restraining them
from picketing the mines and inter.
fering with resumption of work.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
Dancer Urges Mother
To Get New Lawyer in
Fight for Her Sonny
by International News Service.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Mrs. Fon.
taine, mother Of the dancer, said at
her home in Kew Gardens today
that she had received a telegram
from her daughter in which she
was admonished not to worry over
the publicity the case was receiv.
ing. The mother quoted the mes.
sage sent from Los Angeles as
follows:
do not mind publicity. am
Don't worry even II Senator Brack.
EFT has dropped case. He has been
stalling. See Firestone and have
him push matters, Get new
lawyer II necessary"
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
BAVARIA MOVES TO CURB
SEcESSIONIST AGITATlo

BERLIN, July 25.-An impor
tant ministerial conference Of tn
Bavarian government, sitting until
last midnight at Munich. decid"d
to use the iron heel TO stamp out
any effort at secession.
There is no real danger OF a
secessionist war, no matter wha'
terrors Of that sort the Bavarian
junkers may attempt to hold be
fore the eyes of the people" 10
Clared a member Of the government
after the meeting broke up.
"Th Bavarian government is pre-
pared and determined to take every
step to stamp out any such move
ment"
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
DovER'S RESIGNATION
IS REPORTED ACCEPTED

The resignation Of Elmer Dover as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
has been acceptec by\ President
Harding, Il was understood at the
Treasury today.
A successor to Mr.. Dover has been
suggested by Secretary Mellon, but
the President has not definitely ap'
proved the selection as yet. The
name Of the man proposed has not
been divulged.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
LOCAL MAN PURCHASES
STEAMSHIP POCAHONTAS

The Shipping Board has an
nounced the sale OF the steamer
Pocahontas 10 Edwin II. Duff, Of
this city. The Pocahontas Is now
at Gibraltar,
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
TWOER|SH VETS
KILLED As TRAIN
IS FIRED UPON
Parliament Opening on Satur.
day Postponed Due to
HostiIities.

BY international News servies.
LONDON, July 25.-Irish rebels
have captured and burned Eyre.
court barracks In Galway, making
prisoners Of the regular garrison,
said n Central News dispatch from
dublin this afternoon.
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Bomb Shakes Belfast.

BELFAST. July 25.-A bomb was
exploded today near the ministry Of
labor giving rise TO reports that an
attempt had been made to blow up
the ministry because Free Stat"
troops had arrested o. F. Ridgway.
organizer of the irish Transports
ton Union. The transportation
workers are threatening a generH
strike. The bomb did no damage.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25

to the tunes Of tinkiing ukeleles at
his fathers country home before
the night was over.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
BY DANIEL O'CONNELL.
international News Service.

DUNLIN, July 25-A train carry.
ing rebel prisoners to Dublin was
attacked from ambush in county
Wexford today and two regular
soldiers were killed. AS the train
was drawing into Harcourt station,
snipers fired upon 1t from rooftopsI
two arrests were made.
A small detachment OF regulars|
vas landed from the Free State|
MOSQUITO fleet" near Cork. gtvingI
attic to the rebels on the out
skirts Of that city.
The advance OF the regulars
through Southern Ireland continues
In view of the hostilities, howl
ever, the meeting OF parliament
which was to have opened on Sat-
urday, has been postponed indefi1
nitely.
this city throughout the night. The
extent Of casualties. II any, is un-
known.
fore noon, causing much terror
among the population. Many per
sons feared a renewal Of lighting
between Regulars and Irregulars on
a big scale. Irregulars attempted
O seize a number of rebel prisoners
who were being brought here for I'M
prisonment Hand-to-hand fighting
ensued In which the Regulars were
| victorious.
The Free State troops operating
in the southwestern counties have
occupied Claremorris.
Ali OF county Mayo has now been
cleared of Irregulars. AS the rebels
| fell back they left a track OF de
struction and desolation.
Irregular headquarters have now
been established at Fermoy. The
rebels are still concentrating in the
region Of Cork and II is expecsed
that the final clash between the
Irregulars and Free Staters viii
be fought in that region.
The Washington times., 1922-07-25
De Valera Leads Retreat.

LONDON. July 25.-Psle and wan'
Eamon de Valera, chief Of the re-
publican irregulars. is leading the
retreat Of the rebels into Tipperary.
said q dispatch TO the Star this after
noon.
According to the Stars Irish
correspondent, de Valera is estab'
fishing headquarters at Cashel.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-13
OIL BURNERS RECORD
Travels 45,0O0 Miles, and Spends $100
 For Repairs in Year

Washington, Sept. 13.-Rear Ad- miral Benson. who is the naval mem- Der of the United States Shipping Board, yesterday called attention to what he called the remarkable per formance of the oil burning Shipping Board steamer William Penn, which has completed two voyages around the world in the year that has elapsed since she sailed from New York on August ', 1921. She travelled 44,7S1 miles. In letter received by Admiral Benson from Captain R. H. Wright, master of the steamship, the skipper said:
 Hen total distance travelled in nautical miles for the year ended mid night, August ', 1922 is 44,7s1 knots. During the whole of this period she has never made an involuntary stop, she has suffered no breakdown of any sort and her repair bill for actual re- pairs of all sorts is less than $f00 United States currency
 Her average speed for the period Is l116 knots per hour, he approu- mate fuel consumption 13 tons per day, whilst her average consumption per diem in part has approNmated 64 gallons"
 The William Penn is a twin screw motorship of 17,ooo tons displacement, with Burmeister and Waine type Die sel engines installed by William Cramp and sons of Philadelphia.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-13
City Items
Latest Victor hits at Henry Morans

Latest Victor hits at Henry Morans' -advt.
 Carl Joel Johnson of 5e Prospect street and Miss Clara Victoria Peter son of Windsor, Vt, were granted a marriage license today at the town clerks office.
 son was born today at the New Britain General hospital to Ir. and Mrs. James E. Austin of 367 South Main street.
 A. G. Hammond Auxiliary, No. 6 will hold its regular meeting tomor- row night at the State Armory the meeting being called promptly at 7:30 o'clock. MT. Hillar of Meriden, Department Chaplain of the Spanish War Veterans will be the guest of the Auxiliary. All officers are requested to dress in white for the occasion.
 Judgment has been given in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Bertha Miller against Concettina Dorato, ct al. for foreclosure of mortgage and possession of premises on Oak street. The amount due the plaintiff was s2,sS9.74 and costs of sS6.02. The date of redemption is August 31.
 There will be a rehearsal of St. Mary's senior choir tomorrow evening at o'clock at the church. All mem bers are urged to attend
 Charles A. Racine, a builder, and Mrs. Lulu S. McEwen, a saleslady, were granted marriage license this noon at City Clerk A. l.. Thompson's office. It is the second marriage for both.
 The board of charities will petition the council at its next session for the right to purchase cattle to replace stock that failed to pass the tuberculin tests given at the Town farm some time ago.
 A meeting of the committee on new playground in the eastern sec- tion of the city will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock in City hall. At that time successor to Edward Peterson as councilman will be de- cided upon.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-13
NORWALK MYSTERY
 NOT YET SOLVED
Either Suicide Or Accident, is Find ing of Coronor in Death
 of Henry,

South Norwalk. Sept. 13.-Medical Examiner Samuel H. Huntington to- day stated that he would forward to Coroner John J. Phelan a report giv- ing accident or suicide" as the cause of death of Fidelio Sharp Henry, wealthy oil man, who was found dead on the grounds of his summer estate at Cannondale Monday night. A double barreled shotgun with one barrel discharged, was found in his lap and the right side of his head was torn to pieces by a charge of shot.
 There is some question as to wheth- CT Henry's death was accidental or suicidal, although the family issued a statement to the effect that he met his death while hunting woodchucks from an accidental discharge of his shotgun. Dr. Huntington declared that he was satisfied that there were no outside agencies connected with death.
 A further investigation into the death is to be conducted by the au- thorities although no inquest will be held at present.