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The Washington times., 1922-07-29
Tailor Sighs With Relief When
Wife and Daughter Go
To Prison. g.

Meyer Miller is q meek little
man who plies his trade as
waistcoat maker at 702 Ninth
street northwest.
His wife, Gussie Miller, is a
large woman, and his twenty
one-year-old daughter, Sarah.
weighs about 200 pounds.
Meyer breathed a deep sigh
of relief today in Police Court
when he saw his wife and daugh-
ter led away by two burly police
men to spend thirty and sixty
days, respectively, in the Dis.
trict Jail. In the wife's arms
was little Meyer, the Millers'
youngest child, crying as il mis-
heart would break.
The Jail sentences were imposed
when the two women were arraigned
before Judge Hardison, in United
States branch Of Police Court, on q
charge OF beating up Meyer when
the vestmaker refused to give them
money yesterday.
Judge Hardison was going to place
the women on probation, but when
they began to sass him, he or,
dered them sent to Jail.
AccoI ding to testimony Of Miller
In court, his wife, from whom he
had been separated, and his daugh
ter came to his place Of business
last night.
'"I want some money" Mrs. Miles
10 alleged to have said.
II can't give you any" replied
Meyer. almost tearfully, because
already have given you all had"
Says He Was Pummeled.
Then, according to Miller. hi,
daughter began beating him. Police
men were summoned and the dauyh
| ter was arrested. On the way to the
patrol box, II Is alleged. Mrs. Miller
began slugging her husband.
During the night the women. who
were locked up in the House OF
Detention, kept singing I'VE Won,
Come Back Till It's Over ovei
| There"
my fadder, he just wants to make
monkey business" said Sarah Miller
when the Judge asked her why she
had struck such an inoffensive look
ing little man as her father.
Miller testified he reverently gave
his wife 81 200, with which she made
payment on a house.
Have you ever been in court be
fore?" Judge Hardison asked Mrs
Miller. She admitted she was out on
probation.
well, I'll give you thirty days
and your daughter thirty days, hut
I'll let you out on probation this
time"
Huh, I'll go to Jail for thirty
years II you want" snorted Mrs
Miller.
"All right" the Judge replied
Go to jail for thirty days"
Then the daughter said: "I'l hi,
him Cher father again"
You can serve sixty days in Jail,
Judge Hardison said.
When the couple were leaving the
courtroom Sarah shook her fist In
her fathers face and shouted; III
| get the best of you yet, don't worry
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
SNTY-YEAR-oLD SHELL
IS DUG UP IN CAPITAL

While excavating beneath the
foundation Of the house which Is
being razed at ia Maryland avenue
northeast, yesterday morning the
colored pick-wielder struck some.
thing unusually hard with his i'm.
plement. When he attempted to
lever It out Of it's position he re-
marked Dat am sho' the heabiest
piece Of wood. Use cher seem"
George r. .Taggart, attorney. rep.
resenting A. T. Schroth. owner of
the property. was standing near
and he investigated. The object
was none other than an artillery
shell, measuring about two feet
long. A plug Of wood had been
rammed into the nose Of the pro.
jecti;e. II must have been buried
there at least sixty years.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
By Internatioaai New, service.

H
The burden Of checking coal
profiteers for the period Of the
national emergency will be largely
placed upon the individual States
under plans for coal rationing
announced today by Secretary Of
Commerce Hoover.
The Federal Government is GO
ing to see, he said, that the coal
is properly distributed to the
States that need 1t, but once it
has passed over State lines, then
the distribution and control Of it
passes into the hands of the State
commissions which most States
are setting up to cooperate with
the national coal administration.
Problem In Production.
The whole problem Of the national
administra ton, Hoover said, is one
Of production and interstate distribu-
ton. For distribution within the
States themselves will have to be
responsible.
Distribution of the available sup.
plies, Hoover said. will be governed
by the needs Of localities. and dis
tricts which lie farthest away from
the production centers. like the
Northwest and New England, will
be given priority consideration.
Determination Of who shall get
coal rests with the Presidential
committee, composed of three Cab.
met officers, Hoover, Fall. and
Daugherty, and Interstate Com.
merce Commissioner Aitchison. with
the new coal administrator, Henry
b. Spencer, acting as executive Of,
fcer for the committee, according
to plans ANNOUNCED today.
The Government will not under.
take to prohibit speculating and re
sales OF coal, concerning which
there has already been much com.
plant reaching Washington.
What the Government can and
will do. Hoover said, is 20 main.
tain stable prices at the mines. but
price regulation within the States
is matter for the States them.
selves to control.
THE coal administration will be
functioning shortly and we have
every reason to believe conditions
can be stabilized, both as to dis.
tribution and prices" Henry B.
Spencer, the Governments new fuel
administrator, said today to Inter.
national News Service.
Begins Today.
Spencer began his duties today.
He brings to the coal administra.
ton an experience gained during
the war as general purchasing
agent for the railroad admfnistra.
uon, during which he handled and
rationed out great quantities OF
coal to essential industries.
Details Of the organization planned
by Secretary OF Commerce Hoover
for the strict rationing Of the coun.
try's available coal supplies remain
to be completed, and Spencer was
In conference today with Hoover 10
complete the machinery.
The appointment of Spencer as
Federal coal administrator was the
last executive step necessary to
put the country. for all practi.
cal purposes, back on wartime
rationing of coal.
Most of the States, to which
appeals for cooperation were ad.
dressed, have responded favorably
and according to Hoover's reports
State machinery Is in process OF
completion in nearly all Of them.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
DECLARES
president
|GN0RAN I
OF CAUSES
Loree, of Eastern Roads Group,
Says IT'S, 900 Men at Work
Are Overlooked.
BY InternafionaI News Service.


NEW YORK, July 81. F.
Loree, chairman of the Eastern
Association of Railway Execu-
tives, today telegraphed Senators
Of New York, Pennsylvania and
Vermont a declaration that Presi-
dent Harding "has made no ef-
fort to inform himself as to the
position of more than 175,00U
shopmen now on the railway pay
roll whose interests are at stake"
Opposes sPresidenf's Efforts.
The statement. involving as it
does tacit opposition to the Presi-
dents peace move at time when
the deliberations are I'm delicate
state, created q sensation in rail-
way circles here.
Loree's telegram to Senator
Wadsworth of New York, said: "I
spend the morning in Washington
on business of the Delaware and
Hudson Company and am amazed
at Information floating about re-
garding the attitude of the Ad.
ministration in the railway strike"
given above, and Loree added:
More than 1900 are in New
York State, and will naturally look
to you to see that their interests
are safeguarded. II l can be OF
any service to you in this connec-
ton can be reached at my New
York office"
May Not Agree.
The kilograms were dispatched
from Washington.
Yesterday, in the absence Of Mr..
Loree, his offices in New York
IN information given International
News Service, stressed the fact that
on the eve Of Tuesdays meeting Of
the 14S railway executives here to
hear the Presidents peace propo.
sails, no declaration of railway policy
could be made.
Loree's declaration in his mes
sage to Eastern Senator's was made
public today simultaneously with
forecasts by certain Eastern railway
men that not more than one or two
of the great Eastern railway SYSTEMS
will agree to any alteration of their
ruling that strikers have lost their
seniority rights.
No single executive who could lie
reached today would make an official
avowal on this, the crucial point at
issue la all strike settlement efforts.
In railroad circles, however, rhere
was a rapidly growing belief that
peace was not In sight.
II was declared here that Eastern
executives in all probability will not
follow the example of whiteford X.
Cole, president of the Nashville, Chat.
tanooga and st. Louis railroad, who
openly and officially declared today
that he will not restore strikers sen
iority rights. - .
The position officially adopted 10
that declarations in advance OF the
preliminary meeting on Monday of
the Eastern Association of Railway
Executives, and In advance of learn.
ing the Harding formula, would con.
stitute discourtesy to the President.
Railway officials do not disguise
the importance Of the Cole announce.
ment nor attempt to hide the fact
that II expresses the Eastern execu.
tives' position. Cole, they point out,
Is chairman of the Southeastern Asso.
citation Of Executives. and. as such,
leader for vast territory.
It is possible" International News
Service is informed. that an official
statement of the position of the East.
ern roads will be issued at the con.
clusion Of Mondays meeting.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
Presidents Program
For Ending Rail Tie-Up
Goes to Chief Cuyler
By GEORGE r.. HOLMES
Internnt tlonal Newr serylce.

President Harding's peace pro.
gram-designed to end the par.
slyzing strike OF railroad shopmen
L-went forward from the White
House today.
The plan OF reconciliation, which
the President believes will he ac.
cepted bv both the railroads and
their striking employees, was sent
to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
TO-DAY

will do, "just for this emer-
gency," and they are gone.
Chanteloupe, French air fighter,
has just performed this feat
Flying from Malang, in Java, he
landed on the brim Of the crater
of Bromo, a volcano In eruption,
then flew back to safety. He
wanted to help aviation "by i'm
pressing the Masses" Once a
famous philosopher jumped into
the mouth Of an active volcano,
also to impress the masses.
Chanteloupe's plan Is the better.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
Aged General Marries.

DANBuRY, Conn, July 2s.-Gen.
stillman r. Kineland, seventy.seven.
and Mrs. Eastman Johnson, seventy.
nine. an artist, both prominently
known In New York, were married
in the chapel Of st. James Episcopal
Church here today.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
LOST MICROBES ARE FOUND
WHEN DETECTIVES COUNT UP

deep, dark mystery at the hygenic laboratory Of the
United States Public Health Service Twentyffth and E.
streets northwest, has been unraveed.
For days Detective Sergeants A. Lynn and c. p Cox
of the Central office baffed They had been the
trail of tapeworms which had been reported having
mysteriously disappeared"
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
PUTS COAL JAILED FOR
ISSUES UP BE A 7 | n 6
To STATES UP FATHER
U. s. viii Attempt Only to
Maintain Stable Prices
..s. at the Mines.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July 20.
The executive hoard Of District
n Of the United Mine Workers Of
America, comprisEs- the Indiana
field. win meet Monday 10 con.
slider Gov. Warren T. McCray's
request for permission for sufi-
cient union miners to be put to
work 10 mine coal for State In
stitutions. District President John
Hessler wired the governor from
Philadelphia today. Z.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29

Cox. Had we been bloodhounds
maybe we would have cleared up the
mystery an hour after we arrived at
the laboratory"
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
PEENA NINE REPORTED AFrRE.

UNIoNTowN, Pa. July ga fire is raging in the Re-
mine Of the w j. Rainey Coal Company three miles
from here Calls for help have been sent out but there
difficulty In getting union workers being in strike
The blaze reported to be gaining headway. %r
The Washington times., 1922-07-29

Your best vacation companio
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The Washington times., 1922-07-29
DENIES SUBMARINES ARE LOST.

SAN DIEGO, oalf4 July 29.-"we in direct radio
communication with the tender Beaver today receiving only
routine reports from her There nothing whatsoever
indicate any units Of her fota had trouble
Commander Ashley naval aide for communication here
nounced dsposng Of the report that four submarines
twelve which ft San Pedro Tuesday for Hampton Roads
had been lost off the lower California coast.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
RAIL OFFICIAL CR|T|C|ZES HARDING
Racing,
EMPIRE CITY RESULTS

FIRST RACE-Two-year-o -olds; five and
half furlongs. Belle of Blue Ridge.
Monardella, dol (bThomas), Q to 1, even.
second; Dicks Daughter, 10s tButwelD.
Q to I, third. Time, 1907 as. Marion,
Cork Elm, Pompous. Recommendation,
also ran. ' ~
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
Russ EnV0yHere Named in Plot
LAST MINUTE NEWS
BANDITS GET $500 PAYROLL

DETROIT, July 2s.-Three hold-up men robbed Cecil
Hancock paymaster of the Bess Construction Company Of
800 payroll today and escaped The paymaster
turning to the company's office from the bank
The Washington times., 1922-07-29
MAY LIFT KILBANE SUSPENSION.

NEW YORK, July 29-The New York State Boxing Com
mission In letters sent to Johnny Wilson and Johnny Kill
bane today offered the suspension Of those fight
In this State they agree to meet the winners of the
Dave Rosenberg Phil Krug and Johnny Dundee Danny
Frush matches TO be fought in this city next month.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29

Fair tonight and Sunday;
little change In : tempera.
ture; moderate north end
northeast winds.
The Washington times., 1922-07-29

A doctor in a railroad station
swallowed twelve ounces of a
sleeping potion containing chloral
and died. The public would be
amazed to learn how many doc
ors are drug victims. They are
/, erworked, their sleep Is brok-
On. worry about patients wears
heir nerves. The drug Is at
Ind, and they know what IL
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10

What is the apparent form OF the
vault of the sky? There is probably
no one TO whose eyes 1t seems a true
hemisphere, with its zenith appearing
as distant as the horizon. At sea,
or in a fiat country, the seeming
greater distance of the horizon is best
shown. One authority, in discussing
this question, reaches the conclusion
that the form of the vault, In vertical
section, is that of the segment of
circle. the arc of which subtends at
the center an angle of the order of
40 degrees. If the reader will draw
such segment. he may be surprised
by the amount of flattening. which is
thus ascribed to the sky. From this
optical illusion many curious effects
arise, such as the seeming increased
magnitude of the sun and moon when
near the horizon. and the apparently
oval form of halos and coronas seen
at low attitudes.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10
Dice Used by the Aneients.

Dice, in some form or other, have
existed in every period Of history and
in every nation. They are depicted
on the early Egyptian monuments, and
those excavated at Thebes are very
similar to the dice made today. Their
use is attested by laws regulating the
games played with them in ancient
Greece and Rome as well as In most
European countries.
The invention of dice is attributed
to Palamedes, about 1914 B. c. But
the use of cubes with numbered sides
for gambling purposes is probably
much earlier.
The Latin word for dice, tesserae.
is derived from the Greek tesseres.
Ionic for tessares, four, because il is
on every side square. Frequent pas
sages in the works of ancient writer's
and numerous representations In
marble and paintings show how pop
ular dice playing was among them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10
Favored by Nature.

Sacramento has the distinction of
being the worlds greatest distrib-
uting center for deciduous fruit, and
has the largest almond plant and the
greatest fruit and vegetable cannery
on the Pacific slope. The pear or
chards of the Sacrameto delta pro-
duce the greatest crops in the world,
the fruit being first TO reach the mar
kets each year. The delta district,
which often is compared with the
famed valley of the Nile, also yields
thousands of tons of asparagus each
year. as well as great quantities of
other vegetables, while it is known
throughout the nation for the variety
and quality of its vegetable seeds
Lands bordering the streams of the
valley produce most of the nations
hops. The eastern edge is prolific in
the production of grapes and straw
berries, while the recently developed
rice acreage has placed California sec
ond only to Louisiana as a producer
Of this cereal.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10
DEMAND is FOR SPECIALISTS
Versatile Man Has Little Chance Of
Rising to Really Commanding
Position in the World.

The versatile man has always been
a source both of envy and Of pity, SAYS
a writer in the London Daily Express.
We wish at times we had his talents
but then we recollect the ancient prov.
erb, Jack des," and we wisely
are content to be ourselves.
Versatility is an enviable luxury
but it remains luxury. 1t is of little
market value in this world. Each
generation becomes more and more
generation Of "specialists'-one man
picks the hops. the other brews the
beer.
So it is in every path of life, and
so must be. Progress does not come
Of discussing delicately "cabbages and
kings in my lady's drawing room.
Progress comes from gritting our teeth
and mastering one thing at a time.
Once we have struck our roots, then,
certainly, the wider our interests are.
the more we appre ciate life. But the
merely versatile man has never struck
his roots. His talents may be varied.
but he fails to SAVIOR life in its finest
sense because he has never learned
the meaning Of the finest sense.
Do one thing with all your might
and happiness is yours. Do two things
with half your might and your la
bors are vain. Make up your mind
what you want to do or be. Then re-
fuse to be led away by side issues.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10

A foreign investigator has made a
special study of the possibilities Of
lightning stroke in mid-air and as a
result of observation of nearly one
hundred flights. in which the airships
experienced some adventures with
storms, he has come TO the following
conclusions There is no danger to
be looked for if the machine is not in
the direct line of discharge. and If II
does so happen there is little danger
of fire resulting from the nature of
and distribution of the conducting
metal portion. In 80 cases where the
machines We're struck directly, the
writer maintains that there were no
evil effects and in all cases where ma
chimes fell during a storm there was
no evidence of scorching of parts or
melting of metal.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10
STOVE FIRST MADE IN 1855
But Or. Neil Arnott, an Englishman,
Had the Germ Of the Idea in the
Year 1921.

Stoves are a comparatively recent
were used by the ancients and even
by the savage tribes which preceded
their civilization, but the first real
modern Improvement in the produc-
ton and agency of heat" as he called
1t, was made by DR.. Neil Arnott and
announced TO marveling England
Nov. 4, 1921, the Detroit News states.
How much stoves were in need of
modernization in those days in proven
by the fact that when the German,
DIR. c. William Siemes, in 1850, des-
cribed his first "smokeless" stoves,
not only the scientific world but all
properly conducted households greeted
him as a great inventor.
The next steps forward were made
by T, Pridgin Teale in 1865 and from
that day dates the stove as we know 1t
now.
But prior TO Teale's inventions the
world was made acquainted by the
American, Hamilton, in 1874, with a
system of compressed grass, straw and
other materials in such a manner that
they could be burnt without produc-
ing masses Of suffccating smoke. Ham
ilton's invention was dedicated to
localities where wood was scarce. It
never had much vogue, but presumably
was deeply appreciated by the people
whom he had in mind in devising his
patent,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10
CRIMINALS Fatal slim

A curious error, due TO the crimi-
nails ignorance Of science, actually
kept the evidence of one murder in
tact for u months. The murderer
after killing his victim, a woman.
placed the body in dry cellar and
covered il with chloride of lime. He
thought the lime would destroy the
identity of the body, whereas ii did
exactly the opposite. The body was
in such a good state of preservation
a year after that the medical experts
had no difficulty in establishing
through il the vital clue TO the crime
and the criminal. II the man only had
mixed some water with the lime he
might have escaped detection.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10
DIVORCED L0NG.DEAp WIFE
Chinese Merchants Action Due 10
Belief That Her Spirit Caused
New helprste's illness.

How Chinese merchant divorced
his wife after she had been dead for
several years is the gist of a story
which appeared in the Chinese press
recently.
A Soochow tea merchant, the mar
rative says, by the name of Lyuh. had
taken second wife some time after
the death of his first AS a result
Of the second union a daughter was
born. Several days after giving birth.
the young mother was taken i'll and
grew worse and worse as time went
by.
All sorts of healing methods were
tried without avail and II was feared
that the young wife would die. At
last a woman was called in and gave
the opinion that the spirit of the
mans former wife was causing the
illness. Prayers were then offered TO
the dead wife, but still there were no
signs of the living wifes recovery
The woman then suggested that the
husband draw up deed divorcing
the dead wife just as If she were
alive. This the husband. for a time,
refused to do, but was later prevailed
upon to do so in order to save his
second wife's life. The deed was
then taken to temple and burned
on the altar.
Immediately afterward the living
wife showed signs of recovery and
was soon her normal self again.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-02-10
B1DDY FARMERS BEST BET.

Poultry on sc per cent of Washing
tor Farms; Eggs, Poultry, Milk and
Bread Most Important.
Poultry and poultry products are
produced on more farms, and touch
intimately the economy of more farm
homes than any other livestock indus
try in the state" said Dean E. c.
Johnson Of Washington State College
in his talk to members of the Poultry
Club on the occasion of their first
BANQUET.
while horses, one of the most
common domestic animals. are found
on 1872 per cent of the 66,2SS Wash
ington farms; dairy cattle on 76.4 per
cent; swine on $50 per cent; beef cat
tie or 14.5 per cent; and sheep on 81
per cent, we find poultry on 57,0s2
farms, or S6.1 per cent of all farms
of the state.
Eggs, poultry and milk constitute
perhaps the most important products
for the farmers table, outside of
breadstuffs. In times of great stress
en- the farm, as today, more people
give careful attention to the poultry.
the dairy cattle, and the hog, than at
anv other time. Often the income
from these sources will change the bal
ance of the ledger of the years bust
ness from loss to profit.
There is every good reason, there
fore, why poultry should be empha-
sized on every farm as part of the
general farm business, and every ar
gument why the College of Agricul-
tuie should stress and give attention
to its poultry work along with the
other livestock lines. This we hope to
do through the use Of the splendid
plant now erected"
The new plant, just dedicated, will
be one of the finest of its kind in any
agricultural college when all the units
are completed The long breeding
house has Is separate pens fitted with
trapnests and individual runs to the
yards, so that in case of any outbreak
of disease it may be confined to as
small number as possible, no1
spread through the flock. Each pei
has an isolation cage for "broody" or
sick fouls.
II the feed house, where roots and
grains are stored, oats sprouted, and
killing room provided, students
demonstrated the most approved meth
DDS Of killing and picking (the "dry
pick" method) and preparing for mar