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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
ASKS RESIGNATION
ENTIRE BOARD OF
CHILD GUARDIANS
M o t hers Investigator
Scores Members for
Secrecy Blanket.
CHI ARGES FAILURE
District Commissioner Tells
Official Resignation Will
Be Accepted.
CHI HARGES FAILURE

Immediate resignation Of the
Board OF Children's Guardians has
been asked by Mrs. Edmund Bren-
nan. chairman of the Congress of
Mothers special investigating COM
mittee. IT was announced yesterday.
Supporting the demands of thu
mothers, IL was learned that at least
one of the District Comm. ssioners
yesterday told an official Of the
Board of Children's guardians that
resignation of the entire member
ship would be acceptable.
We expect no further service
from the present board" Mrs. Bren-
nan said. Instead of assisting in
the investigation. the guardians
have thrown every impediment in
our way. We believe il is probable
that they did no. know such condi-
tions existed, although IL is for this
purpose that they are appointed.
However, when complaints be-
gan to come in, the board threw a
blanket Of secrecy about every ac-
tivity. Not only have they kept
secret the homes to which children
are sent, but the landladies in the
houses We have found have been in
structed TO give out no informa-
ton"
"Out Of Sympathy
That the present personnel of the
board is completely out of sym
pathy with public opinion is charged
by Mrs. Brennan. Moreover. she
declares, conditions in pseudo homes
| revealed by independent investiga-
tion indicate .wanton negligence in
the care of children in charge of the
| board.
1T would be a public service for
the Board OF Guardians to resign
Immediately" Mrs. Brennan assert
ed yesterday. Our committee has so
Informed william W. MILAN. presi-
dent of the board They have failed
utterly to account for the condi-
| tions found in homes in which they
| are placing their wards. The men,
| bers of the Board of Guardians owe
it to the public to quit"
Membership of the Board of
| Guardians follows: William w. Mil
| Ian. president: William A. Warfeld.
| Mrs. Emma West. Judge George c.
Aukam. Lee BaumCarten, Judge J.
| Wilmer Lattimer. Mrs. Walter Cf-
| ford, Mrs Thomas II. Carter and
Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor.
Claims Independence.
That the members of the Board of
Guardians have given no personal
attention to the care of farmed-out
| children. Mrs, Brennan declares
was admitted by President MILAN.
During a recent conference with
the head of the guardians, Mrs.
Brennan said. MILAN expressed sur
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
SAFE AND SANE, FOURTH
Is EDICT OF BLUECOATS
Young America, With Crackers and Other
High Explosives, Subject to Arrest.

Police intend to guarantee the
District a safe and sane" fire.
crackerless Fourth of July. those
in command of the city's bluecoats
declared yesterday.
Every policeman will receive
printed instructions to enforce the
department regulation which for
bids sale, delivery. discharge or set
ting or of fireworks or nofse-mak-
ing explosives within the District.
Capt. w. S. Selby, administrative
aid to Maj. Daniel Sullivan. absent
Superintendent of Police. said yes
terday.
Kids who, dissatisfied with
"sparklers," have thwarted the po-
lice aims by crossing the District
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
Dynamite Blast
Kills 9, Injuries 10
Bodies of Three Blown 500
Yards When Mass
Explodes.

KNOXVILLE Tenn. June 27.-
Nine men were killed and ten
injured this afternoon when 1880
pounds of dynamite exploded
among a crew of laborers at the
Holston Quarries near Strawberry
Plains, northeast of here. Two
of the injured may die.
Most of the bodies were hor-
ribly mangled. Three were torn
in bits and the pieces blown over
a space of 500 yards. Windows
a mile away were shattered by
the force of the explosion.
r. S. Campbell. official of the
quarry company, said the blast
might have been caused by defec-
tive dynamite or some mistake
made in loading a hole in the
rock.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
Trench Warfare
Looms in Dublin
Battle Expected at Dawn in
Answer to Free State
Demands.

DUBLIN, Wednesday. June 2s.-
Irish provisional government rep
resentatives in an armored car de-
livered an ultimatum to Rory
O'Conor, in command of the irregu-
lars holding the Four Courts build
ing at 2:20 a. m. this morning de-
manding the evacuation of the
building at once or the government
forces would attack.
Scores of Free State armored cars
are patrolling the streets this
morning while troops are occupy-
ing many buildings overlooking the
building. Sentries are challenging
all, and turning back all persons
from the danger zone.
The Free State forces are digging
emplacements in the cobblestones
on the quay across the river from
the Four Courts. giving them a
point blank range. At midnight the
irregulars began the construction
of two trenches on their side of
the river and they fired three shots
at a party in a-Free State car.
The battle is expected to begin
at dawn.
(Copyrieht 1922
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
SQUELCHES ROW
IN HOUSE OF LORDS

LONDON, June 27.-The House of
Lords attempt to kick up a row
with Prime Minister Lloyd George
over the Genoa conference was
squelched this evening when Lord
BalfOur. under the watchful eye of
the Prime Minister, told the noble
lords they did not know what they
were talking about
Copyright. ls22.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28

line and purcharing pocketfuls of
the prohibited goods in past years,
may beware of the city's protectors
this year. for they have a years
experience in battle rum runners
and bootleg caravans.
Policemen in the outskirts of the
city will beN on the lookout for
youngsters who are wont to sample
the blazers on the roads leading
into the city and the sputter of a
string of crackers in back yards is
almost sure to reach the attentive
ear of the man on the beat"
Storekeepers in Washington will
have nothing more harmful than
"sparklers' to sell, police predict,
and little trouble Is anticipated
from tNo-n nra~.c--
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
MAYFAIR EXPECTS
STORK IN OCTOBER

LONDON. June 27.-There is a
rumor in Mayfair and court cir
cles that Princess Mary is expect
ing a visit from the stork in Oc-
tober, thereby accounting for the
fact that Lord Lascelles and his
wife are living quietly at Ches-
terfield house, London, avoiding
big dances and functions and not
being present even at the second
court presentation last week.
If the child Is a son he will
be heir to his fathers title. Lord
Lascelles, and through his father,
heir to the title, the Duke of
Hardwood.
(CouyrfRht 1922
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28
GREY ASKS JOINT
PROPOSALS TO us

LONDON. June 27.-American CO.
operation in the rehabilitation of
EUROPE Is hopeless unless France
and England can first adjust their
dlnerences and present mutual
proposals. Viscount Grey. former
foreign minister and Ambassador
to the United States. declared in the
house OF lords today when the Ge-
noa conference was under discus
sion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-28

Ss.es to DEER PARK; $3.50 to Mt. LAKE
PARK; $3.50 to OAKLAND, Md. and re-
turn. Tickets on sale for ali trains FRIDAYS
ana SATURDAYS. good returning following
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Copyright. 1922 }
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
MOUNTAINEER TRIED
TO BRIBE ATTORNEY
Martin Moore Offered Common
wealth Official Thirty-Five Dol
lars to Go Easy With Son.
az rhe Assoeiated Pressl

BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., Feb. 10 -
Pleading guilty to having attempted
80 bribe Commonwealth's Attorney r.
y. Summers with $35, Martin Moore.
aged 81 years, mountaineer. was to-
day sentenced to term of two years
in the penitentiary when tried before
Judge Preston w. Campbell, in the
circuit court at Abingdon.
Several weeks ago Moore's son and
two other young men were indicted
on a charge Of having transported
liquor. A few days after the indict-
ment had been returned by a grand
jury, Moore entered Commonwealth
Attorney Summers office in the court
house and laid $35 on his desk.
What is that money for?" asked
Mr.. Summers.
Il want you to so easy on the boys"
said the aged man.
Mr.. Summers rose from his desk
and ran his visitor from the office. A
warrant was taken out and Moore
was placed under arrest.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
CLEAR BOXER OF
BRIBERY CHARGE
Nathan Podd Is Still Held How
ever on Charge of kidnapping
Girl in New York.
lay .rhe Assoerated Pres.l

NEW YORK, Feb. io.-A bribery
charge against Nathan Podd, former
pugiIst, who was arrested several
Gays ago at wippinger Rails, with
Nellie Gasko, a witness in the assault
case against Tex Rickard, was dis
missed today by Supreme Court JUS
tice Wasservogei.
The dismissal was made upon rec
ommsndations Of Assistant District
Attorney Pecora, who explained that
Podd had been indicted for kidnapping
the girl.
A supreme court grand jury heard
several more witnesses today In a new
case involving Rickard The original
assault case against the sport pro-
nnoter. in which Alice Ruck, Is, ap-
peared as the complaining witness, still
is pending in magistrates court.
Arraigned on the kidnapping charge.
Podd entered a plea OF not guilty and
was sent to the Tor1bs in default of
s25. 900 bail His counsel was given a
week In which 10 change or amend
the plea or make necessary motions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
WAS OFFERED BRIBE
in GAMBLERS TRIAL
Judge Conducting Case, of Con
fidence Men Says He Has Been
Approached Several Times.
(Ry The AssocIated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Feb. 10.
County Judge J. b. Shippey, who
conducted a preliminary hearing of
twelve alleged confidence men and or
dered them held In bonds ranging from
$500 TO $4,000, tonight stated that
I,he had been offered what he consid-
cred bribe in connection with the
Tease.
Judge Shippey declared that he had
first been approached" before the
hearing began and later during a re-
cess of his court. On this latter oc-
casion, the approach" was strong
enough to warrant his threatening a
Jail sentence if the advances were per-
sisted, he said.
Circuit Judge Z. c.. Davis today
heard an application of the men for
their release on a habeas corpus writ
end at the conclusion of the days pro-
ceedings, characterized by much legal
IJockeying it was considered likely he
would not report decision before to-
morrow il then.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
KIDNAPPED MEN
STILL MISSING
Griffith Has Been Assured That
Men Abducted i'm Ulster
Will Be Safe.
lax The AssocIated Prssal

LONDON, Feb 1o.-Late tonight
there was still no news of the liberia
tion of the men kidnapped in Ulster,
or any knowledge of their where
abouts. No further kidnappings had
been reported, however.
A Communication issued tonight
from the premier's office in Downing
street said that Arthur Griffith had
another interview today with Premier
Lloyd George and Rusten Chamber
lain, lord privy seal, who impressed
upon him the gravity OF the situation
that had been created by the continued
detention of the Kidnapped men. The
communication added that Mr.. Grif-
fifth informed the premier that he had
been assured the men would be safe :"
and that the provisional government
would be able TO release them gradual
".
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
OLDER BOYS CONFERENCE IS ONE OF LARGEST IN THE SOUTT
MAY BE A SERIOUS HITCH IN
DISPOSAL OF MUSCLE SHOALS
NITRATE PLANTS TO MR.. FORD
Will Be Six Months or a Year
Before Property Could Be
Turned Over If at All.
(Hy The Associates Press)

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.-Delays
estimated at from six months to a, year
or more probably will be encountered
by government officials before they are
in a position to turn over the nitrate
plants, power stations and water dams
at Muscle Shoals, Ala to Henry Ford,
should his proposed contract for their
purchase and lease for a period of 100
years be accepted. Despite the most
expeditions action by congress, in the
event it authorizes the war secretary
to accept the contract, it was estimat-
ed today by members of the house
military committee attending hearings
on the Ford offer that such delay
was apparently inescapable.
Questions were raised at the hear
ing today by committeeman, which, in
the opinion Of some with long expert
ence in legal matters, would neces-
sarily have to be solved by the court,
irrespective of congressional action
unless the Ford offer was rejected.
These involved the delivery of clear
titles to Mr.. Ford of government owned
properties connected with the MucIe
Shoals project but which are located
on lands privately owned and whose
owners claim they have legal options
for the purchase of the buildings which
they intend to exercise.
1t was the general opinion of some
committee members, after hearing the
testimony OF Col, John Hull, acting
judge advocate general of the army,
that the government would be COM
PEELED TO institute condemnation pro-
ceedings before 1t could obtain the
necessary titles to the lands for Mr.
Ford and in doing this meet the own
ers, who would perhaps test their re-
ports in the courts.
Colonel Hull said it was his opinion
that the contractural obligations were
mon enforceable" and null and void"
and could not be successfully present.
ed either by the Alabama Power COM
pany representative or official of the
air nitrate corporation, both of whom
claim optional privileges and have in
formed Secretary Weeks that they in
tend to exercise them before the Mus
Gle Shoals properties are disposed of
to private concerns.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
SPLENDID ADDRESS
BY DR.. SIMPSON Is
HEARD AT MEETING
Visiting Delegates Are We'll
coined to City by Various Civic
and Religious Organizations.
VARIOUS OFFICERS FOR
CONFERENCE SELECTED
DIR. ]. L. Kesler, of the Southern
"Y" College, Nashville, De-
livers Address Today.

The Older Boys Conference started
of with a rush at the First Methodist
church last night with over $50 boys
representing schools IN all sections OF
south Alabama and west Florida pres
ent. After several snappy songs led
by Boys Secretary Brieriey OF the
local ''Y' had been sung by the boys.
G. 2. Rigler, conference director OF
Birmingham, who presides as chair
man at the different meetings, intro
duced ]. B. Morrow, Industrial COM
missioner of the Chamber OF Com
merce, who welcomed the boys OF the
city in behalf of the Chamber OF Com
merce, Capt. Paul p. Stewart being out
Of the city and unable TO NIL his place
on the program.
William Fisher. president OF the local
Z. NJ. c. A, was next introduced and
spoke in behalf of the ''Y" and the va
rious churches Of the city, extending
a warm welcome to the visiting dele
gates, and expressed his wish that each
attendant would reap a benefit from
the conference and spread that good
in the schools and institutions which
they represent.
The next speaker on the program
was Prof. J. IL. Workman, who vel
coined the visitors In behalf OF the
Pensacola high school and other
schools OF the CITY, voicfng his wish
that the visiting delegates would avail
themselves of the opportunity to visit
the new high school building and use
II for whatever purpose they wished
during the conference.
Secretary Rigler called attention 20
the fact that this was the proper time
for an election OF officers for the con-
ference, and he accordingly called
Harry Leary, of Enterprise, Ala, who
had been elected as spokesman for the
executive committee. to submit the
names OF the officers that had been
appointed and recommend their cleo
tion.
William Wolfe, a local boy closely
identified and highly esteemed by the
boys here was nominated by the exec
utive committee as president of the
conference, and was unanimously
elected to III that position, while Rus
selle y. Burson OF Atmore, Ala, Hi-Y
club was nominated and unanimously
elected as vice president For secre-
tary the name OF Forrest Collins of
la ~~OA " SAtfN's was anu NH
was likewise elected without opposf-
ton.
Mr.. Rigler next gave a brief, but
explicit, talk upon The Message or
the Torch" the subject upon which
the different addresses OF the confer
ence win border the conference
theme. He concluded by introducing
DR.. Robert N. Simpson. pastor OF the
First Christian church, Birmingham,
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
AGREE UPON TAXES
FOR SOLDIER BONUS
House Ways and Means Commit
tee Have Program Outlined
to Raise Revenue.
fsy The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-This pro-
gram of soldiers bonus taxes was
agreed upon today by a house ways
and means subcommittee:
Two and one half per cent on the
undivided profits of corporations, esti-
mated to yield s22.000,oo0.
On parcel post packages on which
the postage amounts to twenty-five
each 25 cent or fraction thereof, $780,
900. 200.
One cent a gallon on gasoline, $780,
100000
Twenty five cents per horsepower
on automobiles, $5O.ooO,O00.
Double the present ten per cent tax
on admissions where the charge ex-
ceeds 25 cents, 100000, 900.
Double existing documentary stamp
taxes except in the case Of sales or
transfers of capital stock on which the
rate would be increased from one fif-
tieth of one per cent TO one tenth OF
one per cent, s64,o90,000.
An increase of so cents per 1000 in
the tax on cigarettes, s25,000.0O0.
An increase Of two cents a pound
on smoking and chewing tobacco, So
900, 600.
This program later was submitted
to the majority members Of the SEN
ate finance committee, who discussed
it with the house subcommittee mem
bers for nearly an hour without any
conclusions. The conference viii be
resumed tomorrow and after an agree
ment has been reached, the plan is 20
present the program TO President
Harding for his views.
Meantime. another subcommittee of
the house ways and means committee
will continue work on the bonus bill
itself and it was the hope of Chair
man Fordney and others to have the
completed measure with the appended
tax program ready for the house with
in a week or ten days.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
PART OF BODY OF
A MAN Is FOUND
in MIAMI RIVER
Small Boys Discover Gruesome
Object While Playing
Along River Bank.
HEAD, ARMS AND LEGS
OF THE BODY MISSING
Thorough Search Fail to Reveal
Any of These Part of Muir
dered Mans Body.
fex rhs AssoeIated Prss.l

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 10.-The police
tonight were trying to find some tan
gible clue on which to base their in
yestigation in probably the most mys-
terious murder ever uncovered here
following the finding this afternoon OF
butchered body of a man floating in
the Miami river.
Small boys playing on the river bank
discovered half of the torso, sawed
completely in two, from the neck to
the end of the spine, which physicians
said had not been in the water more
than 4S hours. The head. arms, legs
and the rest of the trunk were missing
There was no mark Of identification
whatever.
Searchers up to late in the afternoon
secured the banks of the rvier in an
effort to find the other parts of the
body to unearth clue. Others ir
motor boats combed the upper reaches
of the river. The police described tbs
cutting up of the body as the work OF
an expert, not 8 Jagge5 fragment OF
flesh or bone being found upon exam
ination. The left ann lad been taker
off at the joint and lths feft leg sswed
close to the hip.
Chief OF Police Quigg declared that
in his opinion the crime was another
bathroom murder" He believes that
the body was taken to the river after
being sawed up and thrown in with
the expectation that the current would
carry it out to sea.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
FRENCH ATTITUDE
CAUSE OF DELAY
America Postpones Decision on
Invitation to Participate in
Economic Conference.
fRx rhe AssoeIated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.-The atti-
tude OF France towards the proposed
economic and financial conference at
Genoa next month has resulted in fur
their postponing the decision of this
government on the invitation to par
ticipate it was learned today in Off
lcial circles. According to an an
lnouncement at the White House last
Tuesday, Americas reply to the in
lvitation which was received some
weeks ago from the premier OF Italy,
was to have been mace public today.
The request OF Premier Poncaire OF
France that the conference be post
poned at least thres months so that
more careful advance prepare tions
could be made, 1t vas understood, was
received here duhng the day. This
caused a furry "a diplomatic circles.
Later the state department denied
that the propose had been received
Secretary Hu.hes had a lengthy
lconference wita President Harding
latter the reguLr cabinet meeting and
at was understood the question of the
Eeconomic conference was discussed,
la1though no dficial statement was is
lsued regardig their conversations.
lSecretary Huhes declined to meet the
lcorrespondens after his conference
with Presidet Harding.
Belief presiled in official quarters
to-day that he action of the French
premier hs forestalled any reply
from this oIntry to Italy's invitation.
In some ccles the belief was ex-
. Ipressed tn; there would be no action
! taken on to invitation of Italy at this
time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
NOMINATIONS OF THREE
CONFIRMED IN SENATE
tRy The Associated Prsss)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The NOM
nations of Alanson B. Houghton to be
ambassador to Germany, Theodore
Bretano to be minister Hungary and
AIber n. Washburn to be minister to
Austria were confirmed late today by
the senate.
The senate also confirmed the nom
ination of Fred Morris Dearing of Mis-
souri, to be minister to Portugal and
that Of Roy T. Davis of Missouri to
be minister to Costa Rica.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
SENATOR UNDERWOOD IS
CONFINED TO HIS HOME
(ey The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Senator
Underwood OF Alabama, democratic
floor leader in tha senate and an Amer
lean delegate to the recent arms con-
ference, was confined to his home to-
day with what was described as Sc
we're bronchial cold. He suffered a
chill last night, accompanied by some
fever. His condition tonight was said
not to be serious but it occasioned
some concern on the part of his fam
lily and friends.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
MACON WILL HAVE
FRUIT EXCHANGE
(ay The Associated Press)

MACON, Ga, Feb. 1o.-The board
of directors OF the Chamber OF Com
merce this afternoon authorized spe-
cial committee TO proceed at once and
organize a fruit exchange for the han
ding Of the Georgia fruit crop.
This announcement followed a re-
fusal OF officers ot the Georgia Frui;
exchange 70 move IT'S headauarters
from Atlanta 70 Macon. the latter city
being in the center Of the peach belt
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-11
OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING
FOR IRE TAPPING GANG
(E Ths Assoelater Rressl

MIAM Fls-, Feb. 10.-Police and
deputy eriffs sought in vain today to
find tn headquarters of a gang of
wire tpers who L. Deschenes of
Quebealleges forced him to sign a
check T S5o,0oo several days ago and
who Ne been threatening him con-
tinual' since il he did not make pay
ment He described the interior of a
paiati private" club with all the
necssry paraphernalia by which
memrs bet on horse races said to
be irIexico. He was unable today to
tell . exact location of the place,
and US that he was drugged before
beinmade to sign the check.