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The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Easter Bonnets Blown
Into New York Harbor

NEW YORK, April 15.-It was
reported today that the severe
northeast gale which reached a
velocity OF seventy-two miles an
hour yesterday had wrecked havoc
In women's headgear.
Dozens OF bonnets were found
floating in New York harber off
the Battery. They had blown from
bebhsd and unbebbsa hair.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Woman in Jail Must
Observe List of Don'ts

BEDFORD, N. Y, April 15.-A
list OF 'don'ts' for the prisoners in
the State reformatory for women
is being prepared by, Maj. Amos II.
Baker, superintendent of the insti-
tuition.
Those who Observe all the
"don'ts'' are eligibls for parole in
six mouths, but those who infringe
them may be kept for three years.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Joffre Digs First Dirt
For Nebraska Capitol

LINCOLN, Neb., April 15.-Lincoin
declared holiday today IN dt,al
celebration of the visit Of MarsIai
Joffre, French war hero, and the
breaking Of ground for the new
SIS, ,oo0, 900 State capitol.
After reviewing 1000 University OF
Nebraska cadets. Marshal Iofsre
turned the first shovel OF dirt for
the capitol foundation.
fhe Joffre party will leave for the
East this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
One Killed, Two Injured,
In Raleigh, N. c., Crash

RALEIGH, N. c.. April 15.-Mrs.
w. A. Brandegee was killed; Mrs.
Mary Williams probably fatally In
jured, and w. A. Brandegee seriously
hurt late this afternoon, near
Franltlinton, thirty miles from
Raleigh, when seaboard Air Line
passenger train struck their auto
mobile at a crossing.
Railroad officials say the mem.
bers of the party were New York
people returning from Florida where
they had spent the winter.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Long Skirt Candidate
lis Winner at Polls

Topeka, Kan, April 15.--Perry
Stevens was reelected a member
OF the school board on a long-sISirt
platform. winning victory over
Seth Fenton, advocate Of short
skirts.
Stevens held that the skirts OF
girl pupils should extend three
inches below the knee Stevens
victory was complete as the vote
stood lis 10 20.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
u. s. Recognizes New
Guatemala Government

The United States has officially
recognized the new government in
Guatemala, it was announced al the
State Department late yesterday.
The old government in Guatemala
was overthrown last December and
the new government was established
in February with the election of Cen.
]. M. Oreliano as President.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
PigeOnhOle Gets
Genoa Wire Sent
By Sen. France
GENOA, April is.

GENOAs April 10.
THE message that United
- States Senator France Of
Maryland sent regarding
Americas attitude toward the
conference has been received
by Premier Lloyd George and
win be referred to the sec
retary general.
This action is equivalent to
pigeon-holeing it---an action
taken because the communi-
cation did not come official
ly and directly from the
United States Government at
Washington.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
SUBPOENA ISSUED
FOR BAHKMETEFF
Borah Seeks to Compel Am
bassador to Testify About
Semenoff Mission.
TO "sMokE OUT" HARDING
Action EmbaUassss State De-
partment In View of Meet
Ing at Genoa.
Insern.sienai News Service.

4nfSruau0H@f news SSFr1c~s
Determined to Smoke out" the
Administrations Russian policy.
and to open up, II possible. the
whole secret chapter of this Gov
ernment's relations with that un-
happy country since the downfall
Of the czarist government. Sena-
tor William r.. Borah yesterday
made two bold moves.
Subpoenss Ambassador.
His first was TO issue a subpoens,
as chairman OF the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Lator. for
the appearance OF Boris Bakhmeteff,
the Russian "ambaxsador" 10 appear
before his COMMITTEES which for q
week has been deiving into the ques-
ton of General semenoff's desira-
biiity In this country.
HIS second move was 10 send q
telegram 10 Col, william Hayward,
United states District Attorney at
New York. asking II there 10 any
pennible way of holding General
Semenoff for the murder of ,Ameri-
can soldiers.
The General, "Ataman Of all the
Cossacks." Is langsiishing in Ludlow
street jail In New York on civil
charge Of sppropriating q lot of
goods In Siberia that belonged to
an American firm without the for
mality of paying for them.
Senator Borah wants him indicted
on the more serious charge of caus-
ing the cold-blooded murder of
American soldiers in Siberia
The Semenoff matter. however,
is merely the lever by which Sen.
ator Borah hopes to pry out of the
State Department a clear definition
Of Its Russian policy. and more
particularly the status of Boris
Bakhmeteff, who is still the ac-
credited Russian ambassador TO the
United States. although the Ke-
rensky government, which he is
supposed to represent. has been
non-existent for five years.
Knew Limitations.
Senator Borah. issued his sub
poena In the full knowledge that a
Senate committee has no power to
compel the attendance OF any for
eign envoy. They are protected by
dimplomatic immunity. and are
responsible only to the President
of the United States,
But Borah raises the question of
whether an Ambassador" from a
government that is admittedly non-
existent has any diplomatic i'm
munity.
The subpoena was delivered TO
the Russian embassy. Henry de
Bach. the counsellor, gravely in.
formed the messenger that the am
bassador was in Charlestown, 8.
c., on an eastern outing. The
Senate envoy obtained the am
bassador's address.
The impression prevailed that
Secretary Of State Hughes win
stick by his guns and advise M.
Bakhmeteff to pay no attention to
the Senate subpoena. And this will
surely result in Senator Borah's
opening up the whole subject on
the floor Of the Senate at q time
when the Administration is on the
fence in Russian matters anyway
because Of the possibility of other
powers recognising the soviets at
the Genoa conference.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
He Rings Up Fares
Though a Millionaire

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. April 10.
Conductor art" PEBBLES is still
collecting seven cents from pas
sengers on the Belmont avenue
line although he recently fell heir
to more than 100000
Art" has the work habit and
millions have made no change in
his sentiments.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
OVERTURNED BOAT
GIVES UP 4 DEAD
Diver Removes Mother and
Children Drowned In Po-
tomac River SqualI.
WOMAN PLAYED HEROINE
Tried to Save Youngest as
Schooner capsizsd When
Hit by Sudden Storm.

Four dead bodies-those of a
mother and three children-were
removed yesterday afternoon by an
expert diver from the schooner s. c.
Kendle, which capsized during a
storm early Friday morning in the
Potomac river a mile below Alex
andria.
The body of the fifth victim of
the tragedy, Meirie Lawrence, seven
years old, was not recovered.
Mother Was Heroine.
Capt. Julius Warmer, expert diver,
descended at o'clock. leaving his
tender, Frank Zollkner, in charge of
the lifeline
The body of Mrs. Gertrude Law
renee, who lost her life when she
sought to save her four children
from the sinking craft, was found
hanging from window Of the cabin.
II is believed that hsr.sss act wns
TO put her youngest child through
the window Id ths hope that he would
be rescued.
The body of a daughter, Lillian,
sixteen years old. was found pinned
to the floor of the cabin by the cook
stove, which fell when the schooner
overturned.
Huddled in a corner was the body
Of Archie, the fourteen-year-old son.
As each body was discovered by
the diver, rope was attached to
it, and It was drawn to the deck OF
the police boat by Policeman Karl
,Scherer.
Pets Are Found
The dead bodies of a cat and a
dog, pets of the Lawrence children.
were also recovered by the diver.
The diver spent thirty minutes be-
low the surface.
After recovery the bodies were
taken to the wheatley undertaking
parlors at Alexandria.
Capt. William Lawrence, head of
the Inflated family, and his nineteen
year-old son, Carol. were standing in
the cabin door Of the schooner when
1t was caught in the squaIl. They
clung to masts of the craft for half
an hour and were finally rescued
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
WOUNDED
BY c. NJ. WOOD
BECAUSE She
REJECTED HIM
Hr = - ~
Tragedy Takes Place on
Lonely Road Near Camp
Humphries, Va.
LETTERS EXPLAIN DEED
Victim Rushed to Emergency
Hospital in Critical Condition.
Is U. S. Worker.


years old, 302 Virginia avenue,
southeast. last night shot and killed
himself, after wounding with a bullet
pretty Elsie Powell, twenty-five, of
1918 X street, northwest, girl he
had sought vainly for five years 10
make his wife. and whom he had
taken. TO a lonely spot on the Fred
ericksburg pike last night TO make a
farewell romantic appeal.
His heart plea failing. Wood drew.
his revolver from his pocket and fired
as the girl fed. She screamed and
pleaded for her life, crying:
Please, Clarence. Please. oh
please don't shoot. For Gods sake
"
A second shot from Woods snok-
ing revolver stilied her cries as she
crumpied in the dust of the rosd,
and believing her dead. Wood ffrsd
the third shot from his .3s revoiver
through his heart resulting in h.s
death. two hours later. without re
gaining CONSEQUENCES.
Describes Tragedy.
The shooting occurred about thrrs
quarters of a mile from Accotinll,
Va, near Camp Humphries, on tts
Fredericksburg turnpike. about sac
o'clock.
The girls story. told by her %
best she could, during intervals OF
consciousness, as Emergency hoe
pital doctors worked over her TO keen
alive the spark of life. was one a.
pathos and pain, as she bravely
sought to tell of the tragedy that
resulted in her former sweetheart's
death and possibly her own.
The story came In piecemeals.
from lips that quivered from suffer
ing, and between means of pain as
the surgeons worked over her for
an hour on the operating table.
Where the shooting occurred lis a
lonely stretch OF heavy wooded road.
The girl had gotten out of the car.
a Ford sedan, after she ssid she
had repeatedly asked Wood to turn
the car around and traverse the
eighteen miles they had travelled,
since he met her at her office, the
Veterans Bureau at 4:30 o'clock.
Unable to get him to turn the ma
chine around, she threatened to jump
from the moving automobile. and
Wood stopped the car. Miss Powell
got out, and refused to re-enter tie
car. until Wood had turned around.
Rejected His Plea
Wood alighted from the car and
pleaded with the girl to marry him.
She says that she refused as she had
repeatedly and Wood told her that
unless she got back in the car. ''it
would be the end"
She started down the road, back
toward Washington. She had gone
hardly twenty feet when, Wood, she
says, drew his revolver and fired at
her. The first shot went wild.
Wood fired again, the bullet hit
ting her In the stomach and passing
through the intestines. She crumpled
and fell In the road as Wood placed
the revolver to his heart and fired
the third and fatal shot into his own
body.
The only eyewitness to the shoot.
ing was Sergeant William Brewer,
stationed at Camp Humphries, who
was walking toward the couple In
the road and heard the girl scream,
begging for her life. and then the
three shots.
Brewer rushed TO the pair, and
then called for assistance from Camp
Humphries. Wood was taken 70 ths
reservation hospital by William An
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
BANKS FOR ALL STATES.

Establishment Of a Federal Land
bank In each State capital was pro
yided in a bill introduced in the
House yesterday by Congressman
Upshaw Of Georgia,
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Republicans Hold Buildings.

LONDON, April 16.-Members Of
the Irish republican army seized a
number of public buildings and busi-
ness premises during the afternoon
as a precautionary measure against
possible developments during Easter
week." said Central News dispatch
from Dublin tonight.
The properties seized included the
Shelbourne Hotel, railway premises
In Amions street and the postoffice.
The buildings are guarded by armed
troops, and sentries patrol the streets
in front, acting upon orders direct
from great headquarters in Beggars
Bush barracks.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

A Mothers p. S.
Old Horse--oId Preacher.
One in One Million.
Strange Right and
Wrong.

VNOttk.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. Isaa)
Mrs. Maud Fancher yester-
day afternoon lay dying of
poison in a Newark hospital.
She is probably dead this morn
ing. She poisoned her child to
take it with her. In long
farewell letter to her husband
her use of English was imper-
feet. She wrote: 81 have saw
and don't never think" She
told her husband to marry
again and be happy, and this is
part Of her postscript:
"Just bury me rs cheap As
possible, and lay Cecil ON my
right arm in the csskst. And
he will rest in his mother's
arms. leaving all the hardships
here"
When Goethe wrote in
s'Faust'' Marguerite's request
that her baby be buried with
her, he wrote from his intellect
no more beautifully than this
ignorant mother, writing from
her heart.
You read. perhaps. in this
colnnin about the oldest horse
in the world past fifty-owned
by a clergyman retired on q
pension of 81 day. Much in
terest is shown In the HORSE.
The Jockey Club has arranged
20 pay all of its expenses as
long as it lives. Mrs. Enrich,
of the horses aid society, has
told the Rev. DIR. Meyers. who
owns the horse, that she will
pay all the horses living ex-
penses. including horse doctors
bills. Many have sent money
to care for the horse.
Thus far. nobody has seemed
much excited about the Rev.
DIR. Meyers, too old TO preach.
and. after life in the pulpit,
retired on trifle over 81 day.
A horse more than fifty years
old is unusual. therefore inter-
esting. A clergyman more than
seventy years old. retired with
not enough to live on. Is not
unusual. therefore. not interest
ing.
The Commerce Department
announces q perfecting Of ac-
curacy standards that makes II
possible to detect an error of
one in million, even one in a
hundred millions. With such
standards. the absence Of a sim
gle steel rivet from a gigantic
steamship displacing twenty
five thousand tons would be in
stantly detected.
Marvellous, wonderful, and
beautiful is science. If only
some department of govern
ment had a similar machine for
detecting things that are miss
ing in public officials-before
election day.
Primitive humanity, In its
lower layers, has its own ideas
of right and wrong. Miss Gus
sic Human must 60 to prison
for seven years for perjury.
One young man, she said, had
ruined her. She fell in love
with another young man, Joe
Libasci, and told him about her
sad experience. Mr.. Libasci
said that the first thing to do,
of course, was to kill the other,
and told her to bring him
around to a convenient spot.
She did SO, and Libasci killed
him. He has gone to prison for
twenty years. Miss Human,
not married, will become a
mother, in prison, soon. Mr..
Libasci, with his stern ideas of
morality that led to murder, is
\ the father.
AS soon as Miss Gussie
Human gives birth to her
baby in prison, the baby will be
taken away from her. A bill
Just signed by the governor
says children born in prison
"shall be taken from their
mothers and sent to relatives
or TO the county superintendent
of the poor" To be brought
up in prison would be bad for
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1920

Henry Ford, sitting in his house
at Dearborn, near Detroit, will
speak into a telephone receiver
tomorrow. His voice will travel
over a metallic circuit to a broad
casting station at Newark, N. J.
Thence 1t win travel on the wings
of the radio to a gathering in
Long Island City, where five
thousand statesmen will listen.
This Is not mentioned in Cen
csis. and William J. Bryan will
CONTINUED on pase .. Column u.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
GET IT ALL

This ssewspaper consists 81
Main News, IL pages; Society
and Drama, IL pages; Part III.
. pagcs; Editorial and City
Life, 8 pages; Magazine. is
pages; Comics. Z pages; Chill
drcn's Book Of Magic, 8 pages;
Sports. 4 pages.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

Captain and Mrs. John Pearee, Ports
mouth, y. H.; Mr. and Mrs. c. ". Nor.
ley. Saginaw. Mich: Mr. and Mrs. r. p.
Resor, Of Whitestone. L. l.: Mr. and
Mrs. William ". Clarke, OF New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beardsley and
family, Of New York, and Mr. z. G.
ludin. OF Brooklyn.
The cast for the comedy drama
Grumpy the final performance OF
the season produced and staged BY the
Fairf.lo Players. included nine men
snd three women prominent in society
Those VINO took part were the Rev. n
Baxter Liebler. who appeared IN the
leading role o. Andrew Bullivant, OF
Grumpy; Mr H. Herbert Jessup, M
William Z. Major. Mr.. Reginald Rey-
nol5s, Mi. Arthur r. Loyeridge, Mr.
Walter stubbs. Mr. Jfres Graham jr.
Mr. Charles G. Berlf. Miss Lucy Ne
Nicol, Mrs. Alma J.. Hodgman and Mrs
Eugenia p. Jssslp Mr. Lee Wallace
Gordon coached the play. assisted by
Mrs. Gordon Grand and Mrs. Z. c. An
drews. II VSs given a. Havemeyel
Auditorium here 1hursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings before large society
audiences
Mr.. +. c. Potter. the sculptor, who
has rented his home on North stree
FOR the summer months, will leave with
his family cn June for his old home
in Enfield. Mass. 20 spend the re-
mAindcr OF the season.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
Manhattan Matinee Club
Holds Annual Election
Mrs. Frank II. Scardcheld Is
Chosen for President
by Members

The annual meeting o. the Manhai-
tan Matinee Club was held on Monday
in the Waldorf.Astoria. when the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Mrs.
Frank H. Scardeaeld. president. to sue
eeed Mrs. Jessie Emerson Mofa, who
has gone 10 Japan. Mrs. Robert S.
Mafitt. first y.ee-presldenti Mrs.
George Kupfrian. second vice presi.
dent: Mrs. 2. Warren Hinshaw. third
vice president: Mrs. Howard Clinton
Russ, fourth viet-president; Mrs. Ed
ward Pickering Fay treasurer; Mrs.
p. G.. Sawyer. spending secretary;
Mrs. c. {. Vail, recording secretary.
and Mrs. Francis ". Aymar, Chairman
Of printing.
Mrs. Jessi. Emerson NoFst, Mrs.
F.. r. Emerson. Mrs D. Wadsworth
IT,, Mrs. Carl Forsberg. Mrs. c. Hen
derSon clark, Mrs. c. r. Le Fevre,
Mrs. Oscar A. Gemunder and Mrs
George Bonifaee were appointed 20
serve with the elected officers on the
board of directors.
on Monday. June 26, tea snd reeep-
tion will be given In the Waldorf-As-
toria for the newly installed officers
and the members % the club.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04

spend TIE summer months az their
bungalow az Croton Falls.
Ar. and Mrs. Roderick Huddleston,
of Pelham Manor, have been enter
tain.ng Mr. ard Ars Walter B. Wood
ruff. of Flushing. l.. |.
Owing 20 the resignation % Assist
ant Secretary OF War j. Msyhev Var
wright as menb ber o. the Westeacstef
County Government Commission, SJr-
rogste George A. slater, q Port Ctes-
ter. has heen appointed in his place.
one 81 the big coming SOC ely events
i1 Westchester County viii be Q June
breakfast III honor of Mrs. DAME.
Opay. OF Rye. On the Sound, and Miss
Harriet May Mills. % be given by the
Womens Democratic Club ~ Wet
chester County AZ tne new West
chester Bi.;more Country CLUB on
June 90.
4 reception % Mrs. ODay and Mss
Nils will 10 held So 1880 q. m. and
breakfast will be served at noon. The
committee which will assist in receiv-
INK viii be made up Of Miss ". l..
Gross. Mrs. II. Truman Mrs. Simeon
Brady. Mrs. John H Watkins, Mrs,
Walter Taussig. Mrs. Edwin W. Fis1c,
Mrs Benjamin I. Taylor. Mrs. William
Schrenkheisen. Mrs. william Popham
Platt. Mrs. Susy :. Wood. Mrs Vernon
y. Bovine. Mrs. Robert Osborne. Mrs.
Arthur Sutherland. Mrs. John b. Coyle,
Mrs. Henry Sutherland, Mrs. William
Gottlieb. Mrs. c. Donovan. Mrs. Will
lam Warren. Mrs. R. E. Howe, Mrs.
?. Rosch, Mrs. J. F. Mccarthy. Niss
". Quinn. Mrs. J. J. Kennedy and Mrs.
Harry Schoonmaker.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
Asheville Hailed
AS Haven of Ease
BY Modern Camper
Thousands Will Spend Vaca-
tions in Land of the Sky:
Generals Spence and Metis
Honor Guests at Dinner
sr,aa' p,,pe,eh 70 r.. Tribyr.

AsHEvILLE. Y. C.. June with
ne vacation period not iar distant
Thousands Of people throughout the
country are planning 70 spend the
summer in the Land Of The Sky. either
a. camps or In the more formal hotels.
Others will take the middle course and
enjoy cottage NE. The typical camp
has undergone a remarkable change IN
late years. Log cabins or tents are
USED a. living quarters. while there "a
generally large building for the
dining room and lounge. Food is pre-
pared IN a real kitchen and served By
waitresses Many Of the quarters are
electrically Lighted and have all other
modern eonvtnienees A trained nurse
is usually resident in the more pre-
tentious camps, while a doctor can be
summoned by telephone. Frequently
there Is farm run in connection With
the camp. furnishing milk. butter. eggs
and vegetables. This arrangement is
IN decided contrast 10 camping in years
gone by. when hardships we're generally
considered as inseparable from life In
the woods.
Last Friday evening dinner was AZ
ranged a. the Battery Park Hotel IN
honor o. General Kerry F. Spence and
General J. Van B. Metts. who are at
tending a gathering OF the Reserve or
hcers' Association. The dinner was
followed by dancing.
DR.. Hamilton Holt spoke on America
and the international Outlook" at the
Davenport College commencement eS-
ercises at Lenoir early in the week. Dr..
Holt was q guest Of the Allied hirh
command in France when he visited the
American lines just after the dough
boys had made their first great thrust
on the German lines.
Major David Grant, pho recently
landed IN New York after four years in
France and Germany. - the guest Of
Dr.. and Mrs. William Pinkncy herbent.
Mrs. Andrew X. Orr, IT,. entertained
az bridge al the Country Club Wednes-
dsy afternoon in honor Of Ms. Harry
Christensen. o. East Orange
Mr.. Donald Farnsworth has returned
20 New York after visiting friends here.
Nr. Henry S. Chapman. Of Glen
Ridge. y. J.. has presented the Ashe-
Vile Y. ". c. A. with $4,000 20 be used
for an athletic field A. memorial 20
his ate son, c. Brewster Chapman.
Mrs Julian A. Turner has left FOR
neT nome IN New York after passing
several week p Asneville with friends.
NJ George J. Baldwin. Of New York.
has opened h.s summer home AZ Blue
Ridge Lodge. near Flat Rock.
Mrs r. Z. Digrey. national war
mother. hss returned 20 White Plains
y. y, after attending the annual con-
vention o. American War Mothers OF
North Carolina The feature OF the
convention vas banquet a. .hs Bat
tery Park, ard inspection trips we're
made % the Otees aad Ken.lvorth hos
pitals for disabled soldiers.
Mrs. William sarter and her sister
Miss Dorothy Jackson. Of Lake George,
y. Y, are visiting Mrs. Frank Morrow
az Hendersonville.
Miss Ruth Child. Of NeE Canaan,
Conn, arrived early in the week 20
visi. her aunt, Mrs. VI. z Child.
Mrs. Joseph 7. Gotten. Of New York
Is the guest OF her brother. M Her.
bert D. Child, in Hsywood Street