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The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
DISTRICT WOMAN
PRINCIPAL HEIR
TO BIG FORTUNE
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Dycer, Daugh.
ter of Claimant for
Peruvian Riches

Mrs. Marie NJ. Dycer. a washin=,-
ton woman. and daughter Of the lao
John Ce'estin Landrcau. is the pri7-
cipal heir af the enormous fortune
claimed by her father from the p,-
ruvian government as result II
the discovery Of deposits OF gu7no
and nitrate. The claim is between
$50. 900. 600 and 500. OOO. 600. together
with an award Of 500. 600. made IN
1865 TO Jean Theophile Landrea 4.
brother Of John. but never paid.
BACKED by Brother John.
The brother Jean. a French scient-
ist. who began exploring in Peru N
lS44. received financial backing
from his brother John. a naturai-
lied American citizen residing IA
New York City. and continued MS
explorations even after the PERU
vian government failed 10 pay him
the original 100000.
The claim is now In the hands ot
an arbitra' commission in the Lon
don law courts. in pursuance of a
protocol sisnei in LIMA In May.
1921. between Peru and the United
States.
Died In Mnrch. 1919.
John is the NATURAL heir Of h.s
brother Jean. and since the death
OF the former on March 4, 1919, lis
grandson. Norman b. Bandreau. and
Martin ]. Mcnamara. wshiugy N
attorney. as executors OF the estate.
have been attempting to get action.
from the State Department.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
KU KLUX KHAN HEAD
GU T S IN A n G. E r

ATLANTA. Ga. Oct. Edward L.
Clark. acting Imperial Wizard of the
Ku Klux Klan, has resigned, 1t was
announced today at the Imperial Pal
ace here. The resignation is effective
November l, at which time william
J. Simmons, who was forced to give
up the active direction of the Klan on
account of i'll health, will again as
sumo active charge.
Clark announced he would sever
connections with the order. He an
nounced later, however. that he would
retain his membership in the Klan.
He declared II do not intend to rock
the boat" and implied that the per-
secution, public scorn, ridicule and
personal hatred of those who have
sought to wreck the organization are
responsible for the decision to resign.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
PLAN OF CHORISTER
and HALL To ELOPE
.DOUBLY CONFIRMED
Miami Astrologist Tells
OF Mrs. Mills Letter
Seeking Advice.

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J., Oct. 4.
The plan of the Rev. Edward w.
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills to
abandon their home and the Church
of St. John the Evangelist, and
elope to the Orient, where they
could live free of the sense of pub
lie censure. which would always
trouble them here. was confirmed
from two sources today.
Inquiry made at Miami. Fla, OF
W. c. Himihia. an East Indian as
troloG st, discloses that last Feb
ruarry when he had an office in
Savannah and was advertising
widely. he received a letter from
Mrs. Mills. of New Brunswick. fur
nishing the material for horo-
scope and asking for predictions
as to the future OF her romance.
Will Procure Letters.
member the first name of the writer
of the letter. but added ne would
procure the letter from his former
office in Savannah and make 1t all
public. For the present, he said
he could only say he remembered
three questions put by Mrs Mills;
will the woman get divorce"
will be go to a foreign coun-
try?"
IF he leaves the other woman
and goes to the Orient, shall I go
with him?"
The letter of Information on
which the horoscope was based had
much information regarding
minister with whom the writer
was involved as well as regarding
herself.
1t has also been disclosed that
one of the letters from Mrs. Mills
found scattered about the bodies
when they were found made a ref
erence to the elopement plan, Civ
ing additional confirmation of &
report published on the day of the
funeral of the Rev. Hall and which
the authorities have consistently
sought to discredit.
Prosecutor withhoIds Missive.
The letter in question Prosecutor
Stricken has ben Withholding fromn
publication as mot material to the
crime"
The Letter here was written on the
third morning before the rector and
the chorister disappeared from theil
homes.
In the latter, according to thos,
who have seen 1t. Mrs. Mills wrote
''Oh, for the day when l will dC
your mendIng for you!"
The New York Supreme Court ha.
granted permission for the autops,
and the authorities must now OBJ
tain the consent of the Kings Coun
ty Board o. Health for the body L
be moved from Greenwood Gene
terry to the county morgue.
1t was learned today that thu
wiodw of the Slain rector. is op
posed to holding the autopsy on thu
body of her husband. Her efforts u
have the family represented at thu
autopsy have thus, far proved futile
nor is it expected that Prosecuto
Beekman will recede from the stanC
that he has taken that no one cal
but officials will be present whel
the autopsy is performed.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
VIII Sail October Is.
SUBPOENA EVADED
BY BAKHMETEFF

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-while two
process servers searched for him on
the pier Boris BaknmeteT. erstwhile
Amba ssador to the United States from
the provisional Russian government.
yesterday disappeared from the liner
Majestic and today had not been
located.
Bakhmeteff must answer a summons
to appear before the New York Su-
preme Court and explain what has
been done with the hundreds Of mil
lions Of dollars put in his hands by
the United States to aid Russia dur.
ing the war.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
STILLMAN APPEAL
DENIED BY COURT

WHITE PLAINS. n. Y, Oct. A.
Justice Morschauser today denied n
motion of counsel for James A. Still
man. former president of the National
City Bank. objecting to immediate
action upon the report of Referee Dan
iel j. Gleasons finding for Mrs. Anne
u. Stillman, in Stillman's action for
divorce and contesting the legitimacy
Of The infant Guy Stillman.
Just ice Morschauser intimated
strongly that his approval of the ref
eree's report might be taken as a
matter of course.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
URGE SAFETY WEEK
TO CUT ACCIDENTS

The Bureau of Public Roads of the
Department of Agriculture has issued
call for Seven Days of Safety" to
run from October to a.
with the constantly growing vol
ume of traffic on our highways and
the corresponding increase in acci-
dents, the question of highway safety.
although considered important in the
past by highway officials. is worthy
now of even greater consideration"
declared Thomas II. Macdonald, chief
of the bureau. in requesting an OBJ
servance of Safety Week
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
COAL BOARD NAMED
TO CHECK STRIKES

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct 4.-Bi-
luminous coal operators and miners
brought their conference here to a
close today by selecting 80 operators
and 80 miners at a committee to reor-
ganize the coal industry and prevent
future strikes.
The committee will meet for the
first time in Chicago. November IA.
Operators and miners. it was de-
cided. will each send ten names to
Washington as suggested appoint
ed to President Harding's fact-find-
ing commission.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
'BLUEBIRD' LOSES
FIGHT FOR FORTUNE

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-"Chinatown
May" wife of the late Bart Conroy.
once king of the Chinese underworld.
is not to get his fortune. a jury of the
Surrogate Court in Brooklyn decided
today.
Relatives who contested the will of
Conroy on the ground he was unduly
influenced to leave all his 800. 900 to
his common law wife. known also as
THE Bluebird," had their contention
upheld by the talesmen.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
HARBORD FLAYS
CONGRESS FOR
STAND ON ARMY
Chief of Staff Raps Scant
Appropriations Made
For Land Defense.

With the War Department already
seriously curbed by scant appropria-
tions in its effort to hold together an
adequate land defense for the nation.
and with the prospect of further re-
ductions n defense appropriations
planned by Congress. Maj. Gen. ]. G.
Harbord. deputy chief of staff. made
a stirring appeal before the reserve
officers convention here yesterday for
rising market on the army
Gen. Harbord likened the army
to a great insurance corporation in
which the people and the reserve off,
GERS were stockholders and members
of Congress the board of directors
out of touch with the stockholders" >"
He urged that the directors be brought
to realization of the stockholders
wishes rs to the conduct of the ma
tiOnal insurance firm.
Promises Dividends.
Give us a rising market on the
army. and we promise you heavy
dividends in the next emergency" he
said.
Gen. Harbord described himself as
an executive officer in the firm of
Uncle Sam. Ltd" assistant to
General Manager Pershing," who
works under the chairman of the
local board, John w Weeks.
The operations of our firm are
controlled" he said. through the
great holding company. whose board
OF directors meets under the dome
of the Capitol. in which all of you
are stockholders, and no small num-
Der OF you are preferred creditors" }"
Raps "Directors."
Your directors are much out of
touch with your stockholders. and
we believe are not carrying out
your wishes he continued. 1T
is a fact that heavy assessments
on the shareholders have been nee
essary to carry out even a dimin-
ished program for the firm. The
management, however, cannot
bring itself to believe that you
stockholders wish to perpetuate
the vicious circle of false economy
bringing unpreparedness with its
train of untold cost in blood and
gold, compelling further parsimony
to bring about a repetition of the
same CHASTITY history in time yet
! to come.
I'VE claim that your board of di-
rectors does not know your wishes,
or IL IT does. it does not act upon
them and substitutes its Judgment
| for yours.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
Association Condemns the
Plan of Branch Houses
For City Banks.
LARGE MAJORITY
FOR RESOLUTION
Sentiment in Favor of
Cutting Allied Debts
Has Strong Backing.

NEW YORK, Oct. avail
Street interests were overwhelm.
ingly licked by the horde of small
country bankers attending the
American Bankers Association or
the question of the Chain bank
plan here today.
By an overwhelming majority
the convention fatty condemned
the practice OF big city banks
opening up small branch houses
The resolution could hardly have
been in stronger language. II de.
nounced the system Of branch
banks as contrary to public pol.
icy, a violation of the basic prin.
ciples of the American system oi
government and tending to con.
centrate the money OF the natior
into the hands Of a few powerful
financial interests.
interests Abandon Fight.
The small bankers came TO tn,
convention prepared for a bittel
hight against the chain bank sys,
tenn. But the big banking inter,
ests. which always have been sum
cient to block action on the issu'
before, mysteriously abandoned tn,
fight and let the small bankers
who comprise the vast majority o.
the 1900 delegates attending
rush through sharp condemna
tory resolution without any ma
terial opposition. The big bank
ers even abandoned their origina
plan to attempt to soften the ton,
OF the resolution and not a wore
was changed in the draft made b,
the independents.
This sudden abdication by the
large bankers was the puzzling tea-
azure of the days proceedings. Why
they permitted the body to place
itself on record against this new
phase OF the banking business, whict
admittedly offers vast opportunitie.
for the big banks. without raising a
minority voice IL the question the
delegates are trying to answer now
Aim TO Cut Allied Debt.
1t is known that the big financial
interests are extremely anxious 10
put the convention on record in
favor of reducing the allied debt
1t is also realized that whatever np-
position there is to such action Siil
come largely from the small com
try bankers.
Some believed that this situation
may have had something to do wi:f
the fact that no fight was made
against the branch bank resolu.
ton. but this is matter of con-
lecture only.
Sentiment in favor of reduction
Of the allied debts was increased b!
the speech of Reginald Mckenna
former chancellor of the British eX
chequer. He did not argue for can
collation.. in fact he insisted tha
this was a subject he could no
properly discuss. But he did an
alyze the European financial situa
other conclusion.
Says Only England Can Pay.
England, he said. is the only ma
tion in a position to meet her deb
Il can unhesitatingly assert he
determination to honor her bond /
full" McKenna added.
The inevitable conclusion is tha
these international debts are far to-
great for the capacity of any o
the debtor countries except Eng
land. She alone in her accumulate
foreign investments has adequat
resources with which to discharg
her liability to the United State:
OF the Others, France has the great
est resources, but they are. 1 be
lieve, quite insufficient to meet he
obligations"
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
METHODISTS PLAN
WAR ON ZION CITY

PRINCETON. ILL.,. Oct. 4-The
Rock R'ver conference of the Metho-
dist Church took action today to de-
fend the rights of the church in Zion
City. Ill. Wilbur Glenn Voliva has
declared war on the Methodists and
all other denominations which estab-
lish. or attempt to establish. churches
within his domain.
The conference orders the appoint
ment of a commission of three with
power to employ legal talent to main
tain the rights of the church to con-
tinue its work in Zion City.
Voliva has served notice on the
Methodists to quit Zion City. Recently
he caused the arrest of the Methodist
minister there on a charge of disturb
ing the peace. 1t was charged that
the Methodist minister had prayed
aloud after 9 p. m.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
Stantons Meet Tonight.

Players of the Stanton basketball
team are planning to get away to an
early start this season. They will
hold a meeting tonight at 517, Second
street northeast. The team has been
strengthened by the addition of
Mitchell, Of Gonzaga and Homan, of
Trinity.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
HEIRESS ELOPES
WITH LAUNDRYMAN

GENEVA, N. Y, Oct. 4.-Miss vir-
ginia Fabrizi. pretty Italian girl of
this city, heiress to the $780, estate
of her father, also to her grandfath-
er's estate. the late Peter Fabrizi, has
disappeared simultaneously with the
vanishing from the city of Antonio
Marino, employed in a local laundry
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
700 COAL MINERS
CALL NEW STRIKE

BROWNSVILLE. Pa. Oct. a.
Seven hundred union miners were or
strike today following their refusal
TO load cars owned by the Mathcrs
CoIlieries Company. a nonunion con-
Germ. The strikes We're called al the
Lilly Mine and the Diamond Mine II
the Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Operators at these mines declared
the strikes illegal.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05

Great Britain of her share in the
reparations which totals % per
cent. This plan. in the opinion Of
these experts. has fortunate pos
sibilities. The reparat,o ons phase.
IL successfully carried out. would
partially fulfll one of the prereq-
uisites OF American participation.
that the German indemnity be re-
duced by so per cent
The other two prerequisites are:
i. Virtual demilitarization.
2. Abandonment OF grasping i'm
perialistic aspirations which make
for unsettlenent and lead to war.
The concilistory spirit of France
as revealed in the Poincare tenta-
tive proposal is particularly well
come. 1t was said. because France
holds the key to the reparations
tangle. Experts agree that France
must give up hope of collecting the
10000. 100000 gold marks repre-
sented by the &C" reparations bonds.
and it is held doubtful whether Ger
many can pay all of the $4,000, ,OOO.- =
900 goid marks represented by the
A and B bonds. Until this repara-
tions tangle can be adjusted salts
factorily. there can be no peace or
economic stability in Europe, IT
was said
Believes France Won't Pay.
Should the Brussels conference
succeed. there is still the problem
of whether France is going TO pay
the $4,000, 900. 600 debt she owes this
country. The French government
has made no officlal communication
to the American debt commission as
to when or whether Jean V. Par
mentler will return to Washington
this fall to resume the negotiations
which were broken on suddenly in
early summer. one leading financial
expert has declared IL his belief
that France has no intention OF pay
ing her debt to America Great
Brita n. on the other hand, he said.
will pay the $4,000, ,OOO. 600 she owes
this country.
The arrival Of Sir Robert Horne.
chancellor Of the British Exchequer.
is expected in Washington within
the next few weeks. and upon the
outcome OF his discussions with the
American debt commissioners may
be said to depend in a large de-
gree. the tenor Of the forthcoming
Brussels conference.
VIII Sail October Is.
LONDON. Oct. 4.-The British
debt funding commission will sail
October IS for the United States to
begin negotiations with the Ameri-
can Commission at Washington re-
garding payment Of the British por-
tion OF the allied war debt con-
tracted with kaerica.
The commission headed by Sir
Robert Horne. chancellor OF the
exchequer will also include Montagu
Norman. governor ef tine Bank of
England and two treasury officials.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05

PARIS. Oct. 4.-The Greek delegates
at Mudania have declined to agree to
the evacuation Of Thrace as provided
in the protocol signed by the allied
generals and the Turks. according 70
official dispatches from Constanti-
nople.
TIE Greeks arrived at MudRnia
after the protocol had been signed.
and on being advised as to its con-
tents promptly registered their obtec-
tion to the proposed disposition %
Thrace. Their protests. however. are
likely TO be overruled by the other
powers.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
Protests May Be Over
ruled by Allies and
Turks at Mudania.
ARMISTICE, PARLEY
NEARS AGREEMENT
Kemalists Said to Have
Accepted Peace Note
"In Principle"

LONDON, Oct. 4. Turk
forces bombarded an Amerf-
can destroyer which was enc
barking refugees st Afvalyk
on the coast of Asia Minor.
according 10 nm unconfrmed
dispatch from Athens.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
VIII Protect straits

LONDON. Oct. 4-Great Britain
will protect the Dardanelies aga inst
the Turks at all costs. but will first
make every effort TO preserve pea1e
in the Near East Sir A Grifi'h-
Boscawin, minister FOR Agriculture.
declared in a speech.
This was the first public decla--
alton by any British minister sia~e
the pre- sent Franco-Greek trouble
became acute.
The country is face 70 face wi'h
a serious crisis in the Near East.
hut the governments sole object is
peace" the speaker said.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
Turk. Are ConeiIiatory.


CONSTANTINoPLE. Oct. Peace
appears TO be on the way in the Near
East as a result Of the start that has
been made IN the armistice conference
at Mudania-
The Turks have already agreed to
a majority Of the articles In the pro-
tocol drafted by the allied generals
yesterday. The protocol was later
shown to Ismet Pastaa. the Kemalist
representative at the conference
Each party appeared to be in a con-
ciliatory mood and approved the
major portion OF the allied draft, ac-
cordinG to the official communioue
issued by French representatives here
today.
Gives Thrace 10 Turkey.
The protocol. IL is said. assigns
Eastern Thrace 10 Turkey and
makes provision for the joint con
troll OF Constsntinople by Ksmal
and the allies This agreement.
however, was reached before the
Greek delegates arrived at Muda-
MIA.
Remallsts are reported 70 have
accepted the allied peace terms lai1
down in the recent note from Paris
in principle" and Ismet Pasha has
reissued orders to the kemslist
troops TO avoid encounters with a.
lied troops. The Kcmslists had been
expected an along to accept he
allied terms in a general way. r.
serving objection TO certain te1-
lures.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-05

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The Washington herald., 1922-10-05

Meusel and Ward were on base.
with only one man out. when Deacon
Scott lashed a line drive between
right and center that for a brief
moment looked to be on its way 10
the highly decorated fence. 1t was
here that Pep Young put his rwo
feet into high, stepped on the gas
and. by a gallant sprint. not only
Tailed off a three-base hit. but
doubled Bob Meusel OF second base
Meusel. at the crack of the nat.
had left for home, leaving a mcs-
sage that he was not to be dis
Continued on Page Sir.
The Seward gateway., 1922-08-23
WELCOMING GEN. RICHARDSON

General Richardson is receiving genuine welcome back to Alasks where he devoted so many years o his life to constructive work. He is be ing received as an Alaskan. The peo pie of the Territory regard him as al Alaskan, and he is so in the trues sense of the word.
 No man has done more for Alaska and none is thought more of by the people of the Territory. The loss of his actual residence was one of the re- suits of the war. If it had not been for war General Richardson would probably still have his home here.
 There has been general rejoicin9 throughout the North since General Richardson was made member of the Interdepartmental Alaskan committed and thus placed where his thorough knowledge of the country and its peo- pie, his large influence at Washington and big personality are again working effectively for the country to which tue greater part of his active life ha: been devoted.
The Seward gateway., 1922-08-23
NOT A SEATTLE MOVE AT ALL

The Poindexter Alaska fish amend ment to the tariff bill is not designae- ed to force the shipment of Alaskan halibut through Seattle at all and, II
 it becomes the law it probably will not do so. Alaska fish may continue to go east over the Grand Trunk railway but it must be put in cold storage anG bonded at an American port if it is to avoid the two cents pound duty. It would bring the buyers from Prince Rupert to American towns, affordine similar competition among buyers as
 now prevails. In fact it would improve the situation because all buyers wouie
 be brought into direct competition 1n the bidding, whereas now, when the fish is staken to Prince Rupert, buy
The Seward gateway., 1922-08-23

winters are neither so long TOT so cole as they used to be and that the sno" fall is lighter than of yore, are abso lutely wrong.
 Dependable records show that the weather in the United States has un. dergone no appreciable change in the last century If this is true of this part of the world it must be true of all the other parts. In accounting for some ol the allegations sincerely put forth by the other side of weather bureau Of , ficial says:
 "Those who believe that the weath- CT is milder nowadays forget in thei1 youth they lived in houses which were poorly heated, making the cold more noticeable When they tell you that the snow was deeper, they forget that their legs were shorter"
 It might be added that the measur- ing instruments, too, were not so ac- curate as those of today, and that the observations were not so scientifically made. However these hay memories will continue during every mild winter to revive doubtful minus temperatures and supply arguments to prove that the world is gradually approaching its predicted end in fire and flame.
 Against these minds the mute ther- mometer's column of mercury moves vertically in vain.
The Seward gateway., 1922-08-23

Ren Poindexter registered in at the Van Glider last evening while visiting in town