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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-22

an instant appeal. The author has well achieved the aim of the biogra- pher by giving us Boone's life with all It's intimate relations to the so- cial and economic conditions of his day.
 "The book is more like novel than history, but 1t is authentic and no libray of American history can be complete without it.
 "As study of America's western expansion, as a sketch of a sturdy and almost heroic personality. as a record of exciting adventure, MT Bruco'e book should prove accept able and instructive to young and old alike"
 THE HISTORY OF THE NEGRO
 CHURCH"
 By Carter Goodwin woodson. The As
 sociated Publishers, Inc, publish
 CTS. Washington, D. C.
 This Is popular treatise In a neg lected field compelling the attention of those interested in the negro and of those pursuing the study of his tory in all of it's phases. No effort has been made to document this work; but the narrative is told in such straightforward manner and shows sc much acquaintance of the author with the general history of tho country that the story carries conviction. In one panorama the reader sees the coming of the early missionaries. the appearance of the negro preacher as the result of the liberailzing influences, the rise of the African church, it's struggles with forces without and within, and fin- ally it's triumph as a specializing in- stitution around which develops the new life of a rising race. This book may be read with profit, therefore, by any seeker after the truth and must be read by all desiring to be informed as to the social forces at work in this country.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

of "V. w." and Mrs. Ream, in spite Of
all her money and influence.
after the church officials had agreed to
postpone any action they might take un-
til the facts could be obtained; and after
Mrs. Ream-V onsiatsky's high-priced law
yer had given her the benefit of his ad-
vice, the wealthy heiress made state
ment to the world, including the little
Russian girl who had so abruptly thrown
a monkey-wrench into the machinery of
her romance.
II was then that she said she was with
her young husband, whether he had mar
RED anyone or not, and that all the Rus
sian girls in the world could not take him
from her.
Backed by 0,O00, 900, that statement
is pretty final, and yet the young Russian
girl announces that she has just begun to
fight, money or no money; and that she
Ia coming to America to do 1t. She Is
going to get her husband back, she says,
IL il takes her last penny and fifty years
to convince the American courts that her
Claim is just.
In this way the spirited Russian girl Is
treating young "V. "" as her personal
property, and she calls upon all the laws
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

It was then that he told them that the
woman claiming to be his first wife was
a Jewess he had rescued in the Crimea
and upon whom he had magnanimously
bestowed his name SO that she might be
safe from a threatened pogrom. It is
said that he did not even. trouble to deny
that a marriage ceremony had been per-
formed. He knew that If he were able
to prove that Madame "Muromskaia-V -Von-
siatsky" was not of his own religious
faith, any marriage ceremony performed
by the Orthodox Russian Church would
be joke.
The young Russian girls high card was
the marriage certificate, which she had
photographed, certified, and sent to the
officiating clergymen in New York. 1t
appears elsewhere on this page.
"V. "" has never denied that the docu-
ment was genuine, and 1t certainly looks
legal enough to suit anybody. In the first
column is "V. VS." signature in full
Anastase Andrevitch Vonsiatskoy-Von
siatsly. He gave his age as twenty-five
and his profession as q soldier. In the
next column he continued his biography
by writing down the name Of the cavalry
school from which he was graduated, and
the names and religion Of his parents.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

groom had figured on, but worth it. Here
they began their married life, promising
themselves the fun of living in a work.
ingman's cottage later on.
"V. w." kept right on working. Every
morning his comrades in the locomotive
works experienced a new thrill as he was
piloted up to the employees gate with all
the splendor of visiting field marshal.
New and still stranger delicacies ap-
peared in his dinner pail-strawberries in
January, fried snails--celery stuffed with
Roquefort cheese. Every night his rich
bride appeared at the gate with the
limousine and iveried chauffeur and "V.
"" was -whisked away in state.
At intervals either "V. "" or his bride
rose to remark that they were getting
along splendidly and that their romance
was more rainbow-tinted every golden
minute of the time. Friends of the rich
heiress were beginning to revise their no
tions Of the match. 1t seemed so incred-
IDLY happy that they were willing to ad-
init that, despite their difference in age
skoy-Vonsiatsky were well matched,
when, all of a sudden
The little Russian girl over in Paris
picked up newspaper and saw picture
Of her beloved "V. "" prancing down
the street arm-in-arm with his new bride:
She looked again. There could be no
mistake. The story that accompanied the
picture gave>all Of the details of "V. VS."
romance. Clutching the paper in her
hand, she hurried to the little attic in
which she is living with her invalid
father.
""Lookp' she cried. $50 that is why he
hasn't written! So that is why he was
so willing to send me ten dollars week
If I would give him up. So that is why
he went to America and left us here"
The young girl sat down and wrote an
almighty hot letter to "V. "" and an
other to the officials of the New York
church in which the marriage had Sc
cretly been performed. A third letter
went to her brother, who Immediately
came to Paris and conferred with his
lawyers.
While all this was going on, the new
Mrs. "V. w." was happily applying her.
self to all the domestic arts and sciences
that she had so neglected in her first
marriage to Mr.. Stephens. "V. "" had
q delicious breakfast, prepared by her
own hands, before he went to work, and
all day long she was busy in her kitchen,
thinking up something that would tempt
the appetite Of her perfect lover in over
alls when he returned, tired and hungry,
from his work.
And what dinners they were!
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

After tucking . damask
napkin in his collar, the
hungry young laborer
would commence the meal
with a delicious soup, made
from a rare French recipe,
and covered with whipped
cream. After. a second and
third helping, young Mr..
Vonsiatsky proceeded to the
fish, served with a sauce of
his wife's own concoction.
The SQUAD was next, gar
nished with baby vege-
tables that melted in his
mouth. The young Rus
sian hoed into the alligator
pear salad, leaving just
enough room for the mer-
ingue glace, baked Alaska,
coffee and cheese that COM
pleted the menu. Each
course was accompanied by
a suitable beverage, and
after the meal was over
"V. "" had forgotten all
about his hard days work
at the locomotive works
and was in the mood for
the theatre or some similar
diversion.
Sometimes he would un-
loosen his belt a notch or
two and sit before the fire.
place, discussing their
dreams for the future, or
else reading poetry to his
naW hri1a
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

On such occasions he would tell her
what the foreman said to him that morn
ing and how he thought the superintendent
had it in for him. She was very under
standing and sympathetic, just as true
wife should be, and when she kissed him
or patted his hand he knew that every
thing was all right and that he would
never have to fear anything that the cold,
cruel world might do or say. They whis-
pered that as long as they had each other
nothing else mattered.
And so it was horrid shock when the
newspapers, which had been considerably
interested in the unusual match, came out
one bright morning with the first Mrs.
"V. VS." claims all over the first page.
The bride and groom locked and bolted
all the doors of their love nest and re-
fused to see anybody, especially the
friends Of "Mrs. Nv. w." who were only
to glad to motor up for the pleasure Of
saying 81 told you So" The former Mrs.
Ream sent q hurry call for her very
astute lawyer in New York. "V. ""
rushed to New York to interview the
clergymen who had performed the cere-
mony, and who were now expressing con-
siderable indignation at this turn Of
affairs.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

One remarkable feature of the young
laborer's second romance Ii disclosed by
the marriage certificate. That is con-
tanned in the date of the ceremony-Jan-
uary 81, 1920. After that date he and
the young Russian girl made a dramatic
escape from the Crimea, appearing in
Paris one year ago in May, when he met
Mrs. Ream.
Thus both romances were accomplished
in less than two years.. which is pretty
quick time-even for Europe.
The certificate also bears the history of
the young South Russian girl, who gave
her name Of Madame Lubov Manulovna
Guerewtch-M -Murumskaia, and her age as
nineteen. She swore that she was men,
Der of the Russian Church, and this in
formation is certified by the signatures
of Vonsiatsky, several of his fellow Off
GERS who witnessed the ceremony, men,
bers of the girls family who were there,
and the priests who married them. This
Is important, for, as has been told, it is
on the issue of religion that the validity
of the marriage hangs.
In addition to the marriage certificate
"Mrs. Vonsiatsky No. 1" has also for
warded to the Attorney General of the
United States and to the dignitaries of
the New York Russian Cathedral copies
of several letters which "V. "" is al
legged to have written.
One is a letter in which the present
husband of Mrs. Ream is said to have de-
manded his rights as husband.
In this and other letters the young Rus
sian girl is called by the most affectionate
nick-names- as affectionate and
tropical in their warmth as any addressed
to the elderly Mrs. Ream.
There are also documents intended to
show that after ". V."s" marriage to
the heiress he made overtures to the
brother of the girl he left behind him
asking him to negotiate settlement so
that his marriage to the rich heiress
l.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

Scarcely Had Rich Mrs. Reams Very Happy Dream
of True Love With Her Workman Husband Begun
When the Accusing Finger of the Discarded First Wife
of Young Vonsatskoy Vonsiatsky Reached Across the
Ocean from Paris With Copy of the Marriage Ger
t6cate Showing That the Young Immigrant Was
Already Married Man.
The Washington times., 1922-07-02

WOulu COtlLiiiuC W VIC %
happy as it had been at
first.
This is the evidence
the judges and clergy
men in New York must
consider, and they
have already stated
that If the documents
are found to be gen.
uine and "V. VS."
claims that his first
wife is a Jewess Is ex-
ploded, it will be all
over with the romance
Evening star., 1922-02-17
WOULD KEEP OUT OF LEAGUE.
Irish Editor Opposes Entry by Free
State-Backs Collins.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 11.--John
Dewey, editor of several Irish publi-
cations, has made public cable mes
sage to Michael Collins, that he cam
not accept the view that England's 5
wish to have ireland in the league of
nations is worth anything as an ac-
acknowledgement OF 1re1ands independ-
ent statehood.
"Ireland's representatives would be
utterly powerless in a body ahso-
Iutely controlled by England for her
own purposes" the message says.
land would be only pawns in her i'm
perialistic game. The published sa-
blegram that MacWhite had applied
formally for admission justified the
assumption he acted under instruc-
tions, but l accept your word there
was no secret agreement with Lloyd
George"
MIR Dewey assures Mr.. Collins that
although uncompromising republi-
cans, our best men here. under ex-
listing conditions. favor giving the
Free State q chance to do what ii
can for Ireland" He says he is ut
terly opposed to De Valeras attempt
to upset the Free State agreement and
to Substitute therefor what is a re-
pudiation Of the Independent republic
leaving Ireland attached to the en-
pire and in effect giving to England
all the rights and privileges which
he condemns you for conceding."
The defeat of De Valera's selflsh
campaign is absolutely necessary in
Irkland's dearest interests" he de-
clares.
Evening star., 1922-02-17
DIRECTORS OPPOSE
SOLDIERS BONUS
Chamber of Commerce Men
Vote on Parent Body's
Referendum.

referendum No. 50 Of the Chamber
OF Commerce of the United States.
dealing with the soldier bonus oues-
tioh. and submitted to the local
Chamber Of Commerce for action. was
opposed last night at q meeting of
the board Of directors of the latter
organization. The meeting of tho
board. which was called for the ex-
press purpose of considering the ref
erendum. Neted unanimously against
Interpretations outlined bV the ma =.
tlonal body, with the exception of the
proposal favoring aid for the ex-
service men in obtaining vocational
training.
The provisions which the directors
opposed are: A national system of
reclamation to be initiated through
adequate FEDERAL appropriations and
carried out for the purpose of at
fording eX-service men an oppor-
tunity to cultivate the soil: national
legislation and appropriations to en-
able ex service men to build
homes. and national legislat tion for a
general bonuA paid In cash imne-
diately or with payment deferred
through use of certificates.
The meeting was addressed by Can't.
Watson Il. Miller, department COM
mander of the American Legion who
outlined the stand of the legion on
the soldiers adjusted compensation
legislation.
1t was announced that w. b. Gallo
way. passenger traffic manager of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, who ad-
dressed the meeting last night on
steps being taken by the railroad to
encourage visitors to the National
Capital. would be a speaker at the
next full chamber meeting. to be held
March IA. Isaac Cans, first vice presi-
dent OF the chamber. presided.
Evening star., 1922-02-17
S1(982 ISPOL|CE
I COURT TOTAL FUND
Current Non-Statutory Ex.
.penses Cut to Bone to Fin
ish Fiscal Year.

District Police Court funds total ex-
actly $10s.S2 for current non-statu-
tory expenses for the rest Of the fiscal
year. -
A survey or the amount Of coal and
supplies on hand Is being made to
determine how much economy is
needed for the court to continue
operation for the remainder of the
Salaries Arc Safe.
Salaries are safe. They ara statu-
tory and provided for by'check. I:ut
electric light Is under the lump sum,
for current expenditures, and II I'd
been cut off except in cases of aeso.
lutte necessity for the conduct OF
court business. by Chief Clerk FRANK
Every: facility which comes under
lump sum appropriation has been cut
to the bone. And this is made neces-
sary because Of lack OF appropriA
tions despite tho fact thot- Sne Dis-
trict Police Courts turned $534.0oo IN
fines and other items over to the :ed,
eral Treasury during the last Sscal
year, an increase in revenue OF more
than $4,000 over the year preceding
May Hold Up Jury Trsais.
Jury trials also may oe hfpa up
until after July l on account OF the
virtual exhaustion Of the Sl0,ooe ap-
propriated for this purpose. The con-
Iingent EXPENSE fund for current eN-
penditures was s4.5OU. of which s4:-
3sl.IS has been used, leaving the bal
ance of $109.S2.
In case the coal runs out before the
advent OF warm weather, omcials al
the court expressed doubt today that
the building even could be opened on
account Of the peril to the health or
those having business there:
Chief Clerk Sebrtng wouldn't talk
about the situation today. except to
refer inouirers to Judge Mcmahon.
Judre McMahon as soon as the morn
ing period Of court was over at 1880
rushed out to lunch in order to be
back in time to start afternoon ses-
sions at / o'clock, and he could not be
located.
Evening star., 1922-02-17
PATIENT FLEES HOSPITAL,

Sigurd johnson. twentr-six years
old. veteran of the world war. last
night took French" leave of st.
Elizabeth Hospital where he was a
patient, escaping while an entertain
ment was being held for the benefit
Of the patients.
young man. temporarily residing at
lis end street, recently came here
from England to take her son to that
country, where he was born. The
young man had been a student at
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy.
The police were asked by the young
mans mother to make an effort to
locate him. The fugitive patient has
light hair and eyes and wore a light
gray suit, green sweater. black-and-
white striped shirt, gray cap and
black boots
Evening star., 1922-02-17
Music Week Concert

Johnson Powell Community,
Center. tonight at Sis o'clock.
"Amelica'-Salute to the flag,
oath Of allegiance to the flag.
Everybody.
CaD ITO the Sea and Song"
From McDowells Sea Pieces
OBJ Ballad c minor. Chopin
Josephine Leonard. pianist,
artist Pupil Of Louis Potter.
Recreational singing.
Everybody.
(a) The Star. Rogers
-Chl The Blackbird"". Weatheriy
Hattie Hersurtb. soloist,
pupil of Paul Bleyden.,
Helen Burkart. accompanist. +.
Recreational singing.
Everybody.
Piane1ogue-
a. The Lost Chord" Sullivan
Walter Beck, dramatic artist,
accompanied by Mrs. Beck.
Recreational singing.
Everybody.
ta) Coed Morning. Brother
sunshine. Liza Leyman
tb) Wind Song. Rogers
II. Marie Koontz. soprano,
pupil of Herndon Morsell.
ID. q. Pfeiffer, accompanist.
Announcements.
ta) 20 God of Earth and Altar"
OBJ Goo d Night. Ladies'"
(c) Star Spangled Banner
Everybody.
Recreational singing directed
by Robert Lawrence, assisted
at the piano by Helen Burkart.
Admission free.
Music week headquarters, 1910
@ street northwest. Telephone
Main 4287. ..
Evening star., 1922-02-17
By the Associated pre.s.


CHICAGO. February 17.-wil-
diam Bayard Haie's famous inter.
view with the German kaiser. Will
helm ii, sold to the Century maga-
zine in 1908 for $1,000 and partly
printed before it was suppressed,
was almest made known to the
world last night by William Web
ster Ellsworth, former president
of the Century Publishing Com
pany and descendant of Noah
Webster.
Portions of the famous inter-
view were told to the students Of
the Medill School OF journalism
after reporters had promised not
to make them public. p
What was It." ask ed Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick. daughter
of John n. Rock efeller. at the con-
clusion Of the address. that the
kaiser said about my father? Do
tell me. even though it was unfa.
vUrable."
"My dear lady" replied Noah
Webster's great-grandsen, u can
Evening star., 1922-02-17
START FREE STATE PAPER.
BY the Associated Press,

by the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, February 1.-THE Brit
ish military evacuation Of Ireland is
expected to be resumed today Or to-
morrow. it was declared by Michael
Collins. head Of the provisional Irish
government, on his return from Lon
don. where he interviewed Winston
Spencer Churchill. secretary for col
onies.
Gen. Sir C. +. Nevil MacReady,
British military commander in Ire
land, visited Mr.. Collins in the after
noon and their conversation, it was
assumed, was in connection with the
withdrawal Of the troops. Up to last
night the troop movement had not
been resumed. but preparations were
under way for the immediate ship
ment Of hundreds of tons of army
stores.
Mr.. Collins last night sent a tele-
gram to the British colonial secre-
tary declaring that the best help the
provisional government could have in
its present difficulties was for Eng
land to carry out the Anglo-Irish
treaty in all its particulars.
Prospects of the Irish parlia-
mentary elections being held in April
are now much discussed, and It is
said that daily newspaper devoted
to the, interests Of the Free State. to
counteract the influence Of the Re
public of ireland. the organ of the
De Valera party. will be established
in preparation Tor the campaign.
Evening star., 1922-02-17


the truth. and that this viii be borne
out when the facts and records have
been Investigated.
The local divorce evil is attributed
by Rev. P. F. Hall. pastor of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, chiefly to what he
terms the low standard of public
opinion should be better organized
il it is to be effective. and that no
time should be lost in bringing the
full weight of organized public opin-
ion down hard on this evil" If it is
soon to be obliterated.
Mr. Hall, in an address yesterday
afternoon before the Kiwanis Club
OF this city. condemned the local
divorce situation. His subject was
The Power of Public Opinion" In
discussing this so-called evil he
stated that he did not consider the
being especially at fault, but that he
believed its enforcement and OBJ
servance have not been what they
should be and. therefore, had resulted
in an undesirable and shameful con-
dftion.
Expects Good Results.
The court has been too easy in
the matter Of divorces" Mr.. Hall said
in explanation of this statement
NE tliuc HAS dIGtScu "Iiet Tie SltQ-
alton has become such as to cause the
court fully to realize that it has been
hoodwinked by some members prac-
ticing before it. However. I believe
the present rule adopted by the court
governing the hearing of divorce
cases in the future will have a splen-
did effect. Also l believe that the
committee Of lawyers probing into
the divorce practice is composed of
honorable men, who are working
honestly and thoroughly in the in
terest of this city, and that the Deo-
pie Of this community will make no
mistake in placing their fullest con-
fidence in the integrity of these men,"
J. r. Y.
Evening star., 1922-02-17

recent raids across the border from the
south. have been released. Michael Col
Inns. head Of the provisional government,
today telesraphed Colonial Secretary
Churchill that he had succeeded In OBJ
timing the liberation of tAis number Of
prisoners
Last night was the auitest Belfast
has experienced since the outbreak Sun-
day night Of disorders that have taken
more than thirty lives. The only Incl
ing OF shot at q watchnan in the Mills
Falls district. He escaped injury
May step Car Service.
The local president OF the Transport
and General Workers Union, in a let
ter to the Belfast Telegraph, SAYS:
IF there is no change in the situa-
ton on or before Saturday we will
consider the withdrawal of all tram
way men. motor drivers and carriers
from the streets for their protection"
There was further incendiarlsm last
night in County Tyrone, where early
yesterday an unsuccessful effort was
made to destroy the Strabane work.
house, which the military had COM
Wandered for barracks purposes. A
large mansion near Ballygawley,
owned by Belfast firm, was destroy
ed by fire during the night Guam
titles OF hay saturated with petrol mad
been placed in the rooms.
From these incidents the inference
Is drawn in police quarters here that
the Tyrone Sim Feiners are att.mpt-
ing to see to 1t that the crown forces
shall not have temporary barracks in
that county.
Evening star., 1922-02-17
293-ARREsTS. IN MONTH.

Members of the detective corps
made 293 arrests last month, accord
ing to report of Inspector Grant,
chief of detectives. submitted to Maj.
sullivan, superintendent OF police,
yesterday.
Detectives Fitzgerald and F1ei-
schauer Of the bicycle squad record
ed twenty-six arrests and twenty
three convictions. Detectives Bradley
and Keck led the force with q total
of thirty-four arrests and thirty one
con fictions. Property valued at
S60,T13 was recovered.
Evening star., 1922-02-17
on TRIAL FOR SHOOTING.
Henry Abramovitz Alleged to Have
Killed George Moore.

Henry Abramovitz was placed on
trial yesterday before Justice Siddons
and jury in Criminal Division to
answer an Indictment for manslaugh-
ter. He is alleged to have shot and
killed George Moore in front of 35 II
street southwest June is last. The
assault followed a dispute over a
whisky transaction.
Attorneys NJ. +. Mangan and S. Nc
Comas Hawkens are representing the
accused. while Assistant United
States Attorney Bilbrey is conducting
the prosecution. Counsel for the ac-
cused asked the prospective jurors if
the fact that whisky transaction
figured in the homicide would pre-
vent them giving Abramovitz fair
and impartial trial, and one of the
talesmen declared that 1t would. At
torney Mangan challenged for cause
and the juror was not accepted.