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The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15

It is better to be bored than lonely.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15

Sometimes the biggest fish is on the
bank, @
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15

Wouldn't these foreign countries be
rich II they could spend all the money
they are making? ,.r .0
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15

Some people are down on prohibi
ton because it makes it SO hard to
get a drink.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15

British may pay us the interest on
their debt, but it's the principal of the
thing we are kicking about.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15

Spring weather revives the put-and.
take craze We put them on and take
them off every week.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-04-15

Any faprer knows that smiling for
a man is quicker than crying for one.
The National leader., 1922-09-01
OUR GUARANTEE

Gordon Bates merchandise is always just
as advertised Do not hesitate to quickly
return anything ordered from us if you are
not pleased. so we can refund every penny,
including postage.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
SALVATION ARMY IN
D. c. IS BUSY CORPS
Problem of JobIess During
Winter Provided Chance to
Prove Worth.

The Salvation Army's work for
Washington goes on day and night
and keeps busy a little band of work
ers who devote their lives to help
ing their fellow men. The army
maintains three corps headquarters
in various parts of the city, where
the needy are always sure of a SYM
pathetic ear.
No. / Corps, at sos e street north
west, Is in charge of Ensign and
Mrs. George Figures. The building
is a two-story brick structure with
an auditorium which seats 700. 1t
is owned by the army. and in 1t
services are conducted every night
except on Mondays. A gymnasium
is being installed and classes will
be held in 1t for the benefit of chill
dren.
Ensign Figures has just succeeded
in returning to a mother in Raleigh.
n. c.. her boy whom she had not
heard from in two years. He was
gassed in France and after his re-
turn to this country dropped from
sight. A notice in the Lost and Miss
ing column Of the Army War Cry
came to the attention of the ensign
and he located the boy in Washing
ton. The mother Immediately sent
n ticket and the boy Is now safe at
home. The Army annually locates
thousands of missing persons.
No. Corps is the colored hostel
at Seventh and = streets northwest,
in charge of Commandant and Mrs.
Roberts, and will accommodate
eighty men in rooms and dormltories.
IrK. af..Na III
throughout the winter. 1t is now
maintaining about fifty jobless men
week. Commandant Roberts finds
employment for as many as possible.
and gives them shelter and food dn-
til they are selfsuporting. An aver
age OF seventy five men a night are
given beds.
Corps No. is located at 7I9 7
street southeast, and is in charge Of
Capt. Irene Hopkins and Lieut.. Ida
MaSAuley.
Troops Of both Boy and Girl
Guards, similar to the Boy and Girl
Scouts. are maintained.
Captain Hopkins and Lieutenant
MacAuley do a great amount of
visitation and work among the sick
and needy OF snutheast Washington.
Captain and Mrs. Harold r. Smith
are in charge of the Evangeline
Hotel at 1880 L street northwest
Here a home for two hundred bust
ness and working women is provided
on a cost basis.
The Social Service Center and In
dustrial Home at l15-121 Pennsyl-
vania avenue is in charge of Adjutant
and Mrs. George Paxton Here the
salvage activities of the army are
carried on.
Adjutant Paxton is a Washington
boy who entered the Salvation Army
Training School fifteen years ago.
Before taking charge of this center
in Washington he worked in the
South and in Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
SAVAGE ATROCITIES
CHARGED To TURKS
Thousands Of Greeks, Many OF
Them Women and Children,
Are Victims.
By International New. Service.

LONDON. May 13.-The hand OF
the Turk is again falling with bloody
effect upon the Christian populn lion
OF Asia Minor. according To advises
received in London. the Central
News revealed tonight. Terrible
atrocities. especially against the
Greeks. are reported from Trebizond
and Samsun.
1t is reported that Greek residents
OF the district between Trebizond
and Samsun are being collected and
deported eastward. Also there is an
enforced exodus OF Greeks from Har.
put. Women and children form 10
per cent Of these hapless victims.
Large numbers fall by the wayside
to die OF starvation and exposure.
Aged women and men are subjected
to what the correspondents describe
as "heartless and grewsom4 treat.
ment."
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
BUSINESS LEADERS
HOLD MEET HERE
U. S. Chamber Convention,
Opening Tomorrow, Will Pro-
pose National Policy.

Between four and five thousand
OF the country's foremost business
men will come to Washington this
week to participate in the national
business conference called by the
Chamber OF Commerce OF the United
States. The purpose Of the confer.
ence Is to discuss world economic
conditions and their effect upon
American business, with the idea OF
outlining national commercial
policy.
The discussion will center around
the main topic OF the meeting, which
will be European Conditions and
Their Effect Upon American Busi.
ness"
The work Of the conference will
be done in general and group ses.
sions. There will be seven general
sessions, at which problems common
TO American business as whole
will be taken up. The general ses-
SONS will be held in Convention
Hall. In the group sessions the
particular line OF business repre-
sented within the group will discuss
problems peculiar to that branch of
business. Among these groups are
included finance, foreign trade,
manufacturing, merchandising, raw
materials, insurance, transportation,
etc. These group sessions will be
held in the different hotels.
The conference will open tomor.
row morning at 10 o'clock at the
Washington Hotel with a meeting
Of the chambers national council.
The council is made up Of one rep.
resentative from each Of the four.
teen hundred business organizations
connected with the national cham.
her. 1t will nominate business men
to fill seventeen vacancies on the
chambers board OF directors.
Tomorrow evening the delegates
to the conference will be entertained
at a reception at the Washington
Hotel.
The conference proper will begin
Tuesday morning at IL o'clock, when
the first general meeting will bo
held at Convention Hall.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Influences of Leaders
In Both Parties Helps
Delay War Fraud Probe

Men high in the councils of both
political parties are so involved In
the gigantic war graft that the diff
ficulty of expediting the work of
ferreting out the guilty for punish
ment is daily becoming more ap.
parent.
Listed among the 81 year so,
called patriots who permitted the
most fragrant raids upon the Gov
ernment war chests during the ma
tional crisis, are men whose names
are found upon the contribution rolls
Of both the Republican and the Dem.
ocratic Nationel Committees. All the
power of their influence with the
mighty in Washington is being
quietly exerted to retard, il not sup
press, any inquiry that will turn the
spotlight ontheir war activities.
Felt In Congress.
This influence is indirectly felt in
Congress and the pressure has re-
suited in warnings Of caution from
party leaders on both sides. There
Is a well-grounded suspicion that II
delay in the exhaustive inquiry
which is demanded until after the
elections in the fall is desired in both
camps as a matter Of political eX-
pediency. go easy for you never
can tell who will pe hit" is the
slogan of those who counsel inertia
instead of progress in the graft re.
Search
The persistent demand OF Con-
gressmen Woodruff and Johnson for
action and not words and excuses is
found increasingly irritating and the
forced admission of fAttorney-Gen
nnI0harfNy a
sum which he expects the Govern
ment to recover by prosecution of
these fraud cases has added fuel to
the flames, so that regardless Of the
fact that the topic from a political
sta andpoint is loaded with dynamite.
II is certain to be further aired in
Congress and may crop up as q
burning Issue in the Congressional
elections.
II don't care whether II hits Re
publiCans or Democrats" said Con-
gressman Johnson yesterday. This
Is one issue that Is bigger than poll
tics. My purpose Is to reach those
sanctimonious grafters who took ad-
vantage of the nations great emer-
gency to fatten their poCketbooks. "
VIII Grant Funds.
Attorney-General Daughertys at.
tempt to throw blame on the pre-
vious Administration has reused
Democratic Senators and the Depart
ment Of Justice head will be the OBJ,
ject of fresh attacks on the floor of
the Senate this week.
The present plan of Congress is to
grant the Attorney General cVerV
cent that he asks for so as to prose.
cute the war fraud cases and with
early action on the measure in the
House, the funds are expected to be
available within a short time.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
|COLORED BOY FAILS
IN NAVAL ACADEMY
Official List indicates He Has
No Chance to Become
Midshipman.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 13.-
There will be no negro midshipman
at the Naval Academy for the time
being at least.
The official list issued today of
those who passed the mental ex-
aminations in April shows that
Emil T. Holly, the colored youth
appointed by Representative An
sorge, of New York city, failed.
From unofficial sources Il In
learned that Holly failed absolutely,
and that there is no chance of
further consideration OF his case.
The papers of ALL candidates are
marked by three Naval Academy in
structors who do not know the
name OF the candidate they are
marking.
or 679 candidates who took the
examination under Civil Service
regulations in April, 2O3 were sue
cessful. as were 27 of the II en-
listed men who were examined.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
FRANCE IS URGING
HOSPITAL FOR ND.
Senator Tells Forbes in Letter
Fort McHenry Plant Should
Be Retained.

Reports that the Governments
special committee on disqualification,
appointed by President Harding for
the purpose OF recommending 10.
cations for the various hospitals
authorized by the Langley $1,000
900 bill. recently passed by Con-
gress, would not select a site in
Maryland or Virginia, yesterday
aroused Senator France Of Mary.
land.
While the measure which has
passed both the Senate and the
House appropriates the sum OF
$3.50 900 for a hospital for the use
of the U. S. Veterans Bureau in
the fourth district, which is com.
posed of Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District OF Co
lumbia, the report is persistent that
Col Charles X. Forbes, director
of the bureau, and the committee
on disqualification, have decided to
use the money for some other pur-
pose in another section OF the
country.
Senator France yesterday wrote
to Director Forbes, at the request
OF the Maryland division of the
American Legion, urging him to
give careful consideration to the
claims OF Maryland for a hospital
sufficiently large to care for the
former service men OF this district.
Senator France, in his letter. said
that n would seem ill.adyised 70
abandon the hospital at Fort Nc.
Henry without adequate means
being provided for those veterans
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Senator Reed Conducts
Campaign Like Circus

Senator Reed OF Missouri is having
a little circus OF his own in Missouri
according to reports brought here
by his friends. He has a large tent
which he pitches at Loading cross
political battle.
paigning is drawing big crowds from
the rural districts, enabling Senator
Reed to meet the onslaught of Wood
row Wilson. the dry" forces and
others arraigned against him. A
brass band is the only added attrac.
tion.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Seize Wines Belonging
To Harding Genoa Envoy

NEW YORK, May 13.-News of
the seizure of eighteen bottles OF
champagne and cognac belonging to
Max Rabinoff. said to have been
unofficial observer for President
Harding at the Genoa conference,
was revealed today when Rabinoff
called at the customs house to pro.
test.
The liquor was taken from Rab.
inofrs baggage when he arrived
here from Europe on the liner
olympic early In the week. Rab,
inoff, who was formerly director Al
the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
said he had brought the liquor into
the country for his wife, who Is
III. and that he would carry the
case clear to Washington"
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
UENCE IN BOTH PARTIES DELAYS WAR FRAUD INVESTIGATE

twenty or twenty-five attorneys he
intends to employ to conduct the
Governments cases, In order to OBJ.
tain their services as cheaply az
possible.
Congested condition of the courts,
Daugherty predicted, might delay
prosecution of the cases. He esfi-
mated that upward OF 10000 cases
will be on the dockets on June 30,
for alleged violation Of the prohibi-
tion law.
The Attorney General said that
while he intended to practice rigid
economy with the $500, 900 to be pro-
Vided, additional appropriations
might be necessary before the Gov.
ernment's suits are ended
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
This "Uncle Joe" at 79
Will Walk to Pacific

BALTIMORE. May 13.-Khaki-
clad, a knapsack over his shoulder,
and with little besides postal cards
and letters of introduction in his
pockets. Uncle Joe" Walling, sew.
enty-nine years old. set out this
morning for his little stroll" to
Frisco. 1t is the fourth he has made.
He left his home, 9O7 South Peca
street. about $3.50 a. M, going first
to the Red Mems Hall, North Raca
street. to receive the blessings and
bon voyages" OF his fellow lodge
members. He will strike Belair first,
his route being to New York. He
intends to make the trip by way Of
Canada.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Takes $4,000 for Tarring
Given During War

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. May 13.-,
John Meintz, who was tarred and
feathered during the war as pro.
German" accepted $4,000 cash in sat.
isfaction OF all damages and claims
against members of the party"
Meintz was taken from his home
by masked and armed night riders
on August 10, 1918. disrobcd, tarred
and featherCd, carried across the
Iowa line and unceremonipusly
dumped out OF q machine.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
INDEPENDENTS HIT
TEAPOT OIL LEASE
Protest Opening Of Govern
ment Reserves as Perpetual
ing MonopoIistic Control.

Opposition to the leasing OF Teapot
Dome, the Navy Departments huge
oil reserve in Wyoming, to the Sin
clair oil interests, was under con-
demnation last night by the National
Association OF Independent Oil Pro
ducers, as outlined in a letter from
the association received by Senator
La Toilette.
A resolution carrying the assOcia-
tion's protest was read into the
Record by LaFollette.
Representing substantially all the
Independent oil producers of the
United States" the association pro-
tested against three major points in
the Governments sale. Briefly stat
ed they were:
First: Against the policy of the
Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary OF the Navy in opening the
naval reserves at this time for eX-
ploitation.
Second: Against the method OF
leasing public lands without COM
petitive bidding as exemplified in the
recent contract entered into between
Secretary Fall and Secretary DENLY
and the Standard Oil-SinClair-Do
interests.
Third: Against the policy Of any
department of the Government enter.
ing into contract of any character
whatsoever, whether competitive or
not, which would tend to continue or
perpetuate a monopolistic control of
the oil industry of the United States.
or create a monopoly on the sale of
fuel oil to the navy or any other de.
partment of the Government.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
MINERS WIN POINT
IN TREASON TRIAL
Major Testifies West Virginia
Strikers Fought Police and
Not State Troops.
BY WARREN w. WHEATON
International News Service.

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, May
13.-The warning miners OF West
Virginia. now facing trial for trea-
son, were not fighting State mill
tary during their armed invasion Of
Logan county, Major Thomas l..
Davis, commander OF the militia at
the time, testified today in the
Bill" Blizzard trial.
Davis said the miners were bat
tling State police and special deputy
sheriffs. This testimony was
elected under cross-examination.
The end OF Billiards. trial was
in sight tonight. The States evi-
dence to show that Blizzard was
the leader of the armed miners who
fought at Blair Mountain laot sum-
mer in military array will be closed
Wednesday or Thursday.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Beer Smeuer
Is Rebuked By
N. Y. Judge
NEW YORK, May IS.

NEW YORK, May Is.
SKEPTICAL of the ability
~ of a policeman to ascer-
tain the alcoholic content of
beer by smelling it, Magis-
trate Geismar in Adams
street court, Brooklyn, yes
terday, discharged Nathan
Grandstein, Brooklyn. Police
man William Mcdonald had
charged him with having
seventy-three bottles of
beer" the magistrate said:
Here we have a highly
expert policeman who can
save the city of New York
money by supplanting the
city chemist. This man
swears under oath that he
can tell the alcoholic per
cent Of beer by smelling it.
My experience has been that
one must drink considerable
of 1t and wait at least twen-
ty-four hours for it to take
effect before being in a posi-
tion to say if it was near or
real beer.
81 must take judicial notice
Of the fact that this COM
plant is impossible"
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Probst to Be Deported
On First Available Ship

NEW YORK, May IS. - August
Probst, former butler at the fash.
ionable Rolling Rock Club near
Pittsburgh, will be deported on the
first ship that can take him, &C.
cording to a decision of immigra-
ton authorities today.
Probst had charged he had been
kidnapped by officials of the club
because he had been paying court
to Miss Virginia Cra'gie Mckay,
who visited the club. The Swiss
butler further charged ar attempt
was being made to deport him.
The Mellon family were mentioned
in the case.
1t Is believed ProbSt will be sent
out Of the country next Tuesday on
the Mauretanla.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, May 10
Friends OF James and Joel Cheat.
wood, twins, who celebrated their
ninetieth birthday anniversary octo.
ber IL, dispute the claim OF the
Woodville. o.. twins, William H.,
sr., and Henry Burns, to the title
Of oldest living twins in the United
States" at the age OF eighty.eight.
The recipe for long life of the
Kansas twins is similar to that OF
the Ohioans-"work."
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
England Is Flooded BY
Patents from Germany

LONDON. May 13-Thc British
patent office is inundated with Ger.
man patents. or every hundred ap.
plication for patents. approximately
twenty are made by Germans.
The latest applications include:
Wireless apparatus, liquid fuel, ships;
rudders, vapor condensers, patent
cigarette cases, paper carpets, dye
stuffs, optical lenses, meat cutters,
patent peat cutters, suspenders.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14

WITH the men of the
w house bathed, shaved
and off on time; children
clean and neatly dressed;
housework finished early.
You cannot possibly do it
without abundant hot
water-and the comfort
ably, cleanly way to pro-
vide it is with a Pittsburg.
No dirty coal fire to fuss
with-burns gas and little
of it. No running to light
the Pittsburg, or turn it
off-the action of the flow
ing water does that for
you. Nothing to do when
you want hot water but
turn the faucet.
Think of the comfort
you're missing until you
get one!
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
French Actress to Get
$4,000 Francs Monthly

PARIS, May 13.-The highest fec
ever paid to a music hall artist in
France Is to be Mistinguett's.
In a new revue to he put On In
Paris she will receive $1,000 francs :.
month, approximately $4,000. Shr
will star in apache roles, in which
she excela
The Washington times., 1922-05-14

tell what it sees after Boil
shevism. If Washington imag-
ines that Bolshevism is worse
than the anarchy, famine and
plague that would follow an
end of all Russian government,
it is badly mistaken. And even
Washington" ought to know
that what happens in Russia
must affect the United States.
The same washington"
thinks that Bolshevism is los
ing ground because our char
ity work over there, touching
their hearts, makes them real
ize what a beautiful govern
ment ours is. Somebody in
Washington lacks a sense of
humor.
You do not change the opin-
ion of a people or solve their
problems by sending them bar
rels of flour, sides of bacon,
and kind words from Mr..
Hoover.
Washington" ought to read
the history of the French and
other revolutions, and learn how
such things work. They last as
long as the revolutionary fever
and power of the people last.
Then they subside into some
form of tyranny, the people
glad to lie down for a change.
After awhile they work out
into something worth while.
The difficulty with Russia is
her vastness, the character of
life in her tens Of thousands of
villages, the many languages
spoken by her people. and the
many hatreds among them.
She is not like homogeneous
France, that an able Napoleon
could hold under his sceptre.
Russia is Like a gigantic jelly
fish as big as a ten-acre lot.
You can break off pieces, but
you can't lift and control it all.
The marvel is that Lenin and
TrotZky have held on so long.
They have done it, Of course, by
feeding their army, no matter
who else went hungry.
The Washington times., 1922-05-14
Today

ger anu DlBBST. IL 10 Tile DuSl-
ness of the public to develop
strength to control big business.
If it can't do that, it will have
to continue paying the price of
incompetencl, as it has done, for
years past.
Gradually animals lose their
usefulness. The cheap runabout
made horses mere gambling
tools. The trotting horse and
running shotgun and rifle did
away with Che hawks that
brought down game birds. The
railroad through the desert
makes camels unnecessary.
Tractors eliminate the dull OK
that ploughed the sod.
Advertisements with photo
graphs of the criminal eliminate
the bloodhound largely. And now
the carrier pigeon goes; the
RADIO ends his usefulness.
A good carrier pigeon goes
rapidly for a short distance.
Electricity goes around the world
seven times in one second.
We still eat our dear little,
helpless animal brothers. We
kill them, skin them, put them on
ice, and chew them in the even
ing. We must, for we have no
time to digest vegetables.
We are still cannibals, but we
are freeing the animals from
physical slavery. That is prog
ress. We shall cease being eat
ers of meat after awhile. Just
now we need meat. Children
especially need it, in moderation.
Don't try experiments on them.
Are you a speculator, bound
to enjoy the excitement of
watching a foolish tape, as
other gamblers watch foolish
cards, or the roulette wheel,
or the little horses" that
gallop.
If you must gamble, gamble
wisely. In oil, buy the Stand
ard oils. There are assorted
kinds to suit you. II you buy
steels, buy the big steel. Then
you buy the Iron business of
the United States for a CEN
tury to come, unLoss-
Beware how you gamble in lit
tie steels. You are investing
your money in dangerous com
petition. Remember this warn
ing.
Washington "sees bolshevism
losing ground and>the end of
holshevism.
Perhaps Washington" would