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The Washington times., 1922-05-05
WASHINGTON GAME is
CALLED OFF BY RAIN

BOSTON, May 6.-Rain again In.
terfered and for the second time the
Boston Red Sox and Washington
Griffmen are idle today.
The final game OF the series Ia
scheduled for tomorrow. and then
the Griffmen win chase back TO
Washington. They will play the
Yankees Sunday in the Capital, and
on Monday will meet the Browns IN
the first contest OF q long home
stay.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
JAMAICA ENTRIES

FIRST RACE-Two year olds;
maidens; five furlongs. Usage, 11s;
aStockmar, 115; bEvelyn Sawyer,
112; High Chief. 115; Bomomuan,
115; lockwood. 115; aAlnddin. 115;
Watchful Waiting, liz: Roseate II,
115.
aRancoas stable entry.
bNevada Stock Farm entry.
SECOND RACE-Three-yea -olds
and upward: selling; one mile and a
sixteenth. Title, 113; Picnic. 81;
Rankin, 112: Gem, 107.
THIRD RACE - Three.year olds
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
? ~ Si
GIVE n 70
YEAR TERM
'ON CHARGE
.0F SLAY|NC
Declares She Was Given Fair
and Impartial Trial by
Judge and Jury.
BY KIRK G. MILLER,
Staff Correspondent.


MONTROSS, Va, May s.
woman, always woman, bears
the burden" was the comment OF
Miss Sarah f." Knox, who was
found guilty of murder in the
first degree last night after
trial which occupied the greater
part of nine days.
She was sentenced to twenty
years in the penitentiary at Rich
mond.
Has Seen Much Suffering.
II have seen men and women
suffer, in my professional duties"
declared the middle-aged trained
nurse, but 1t has always seemed
to me that the greater agony
comes to the woman. not the man.
God seems to have given us
greater capacity for pain and
few of us live our days without
undergoing our full need OF ply
sical and mental torture.
II know well what the future
holds for me, but face II with
unfaltering faith and trust In the
knowledge that right shall pre-
vail.
Before I underwent the ordeal
from which l have Just emerged,
l never dreamed that rural Nir-
ginia Justice could be so equitable
toward a prisoner against whom
there was so much community
prejudice as there was against me.
Judge Chinn presided over the
destinies OF his court with rare
legal acumen. There was not an
occasion that he did not give my
counsel and myself every con-
sideration."
Still Strong for Eastlake.
Miss Knox. has your attitude
toward Roger d. Eastlake changed
since your conviction or since he
testified against your" she was
asked.
when q woman gets 10 he my age
her affections are pretty definitely
established. and are hardly. u ever,
altered. My love for Roger was no
greater than II was for his two chill
dren and his wife. My interest iu the
focused on any particular ono. I felt
tertsined the same relationship for
me-"
The county seat Of westmorels nd
county, Va. Is getting back 10 nor.
NAL today. Ordinarily Just n wide
place in the road, Montrose has been
veritsbly inflated with importance for
the past six months with two murder
trials on it's hands.
with that unsavory business can
celled. the two general nero iandis.
ing stores are the sole centers OF in
terest. and In few days the last
vestige OF two criminal prosecutions
will have been cleared pway, for
Sarah f.. Knox will have left or the
State penitentisry at Richmold.
Boys" Go Back to whiting.
Around here the boys" have
already taken up their whiting
again.
Westmoreland county has openly
expressed it's pity for Sarah Knox.
the silent woman who sat through
nine days OF tedious trial without
complaint and without n whimper.
Always she sat there with the back
OF her head resting against her
chair and with eyes gazing out OF
an open window Just above the
heads OF the jurors.
Judge Chinn's almost apoloretio
comment to the prisoner that she
had heard the verdict OF the Jury,
Expresses best how they feel around
Rll Harris and Joe Harvev's fancy
and staple grocery stores were all
matters, public and private, are dis
cuesed In open forum.
Even though she was con
dsmned woman. Judge Chinn lost
not on~ scintilla Of grandeur when
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
LETELL|ER.
W|NSSU|T
F0RPEGCY'
Much-Married Actress Said to
Have Accepted French
mans Proposal.
BY international News Service.

PARIS. May 5.-Pesgy Hop.
kins Joyce. who is again In the
limelight as a result Of the sui
eide Of her friend, Billy" Erraxu-
riI, this afternoon said she will
sail for the United States on the
liner Mauretania on Sunday, ''un-
less she changes her mind"
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
Racing
Results
PimIico Results.
FIRST RACE.
JAMAICA RESULTS

FIRST RACE.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05

What Are We Worth?
New Russian Unit.
What's the Best Road?
A New Treaty.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
(Copyrisht. 1S3f.)

(Copyrisht. 1s3f)
Last year the people OF this
country took out nine thousand
million dollars more life insur-
ance than in any other year ex-
cept one. The total insurance
on the lives of Americans
amounts to nearly fifty thou
sand million dollars. =.
How much are the hundred
millions of Americans really
worth? Nobody can answer
that question, but it is sure that
they are worth many times
fifty thousand millions Of dol
lars.
They are worth all that the
United States is worth-farms,
factories, mines, and as much
more as intelligence, courage,
and skill can get out OF the
ground.
The wealth of the country Is
represented by its natural re-
sources, plus human intelli-
gence working through ma
chinery. How much was this
country worth when there were
only Indians to ride over it and
kill wild animals and each
other?
Russia has officially given up
the gold ruble as the basis Of
value. Some other unit is to
be established, perhaps goods,
perhaps day of Russian
labor. Years ago this down.
fall of gold would have de-
lighted Mr.. Bryan. But now
he is off on another track, hunt
ing Darwin over the mountains
and through the valleys. Be-
sides, nations that have man.
aged to hold on to gold and
stick to the gold basis seem to
be doing rather well, compar-
atively.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
Today

time Of valuable workers.
All the money spent on
navies, armies, and pensions
could be saved il the average
Of intelligence were q little
higher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
BOOST THE BARGE SERVICE

In his annual report of the operations OF
the Mississippi Warrior barge line the Sec
rotary of War declares that it is already
financial success so far as the Mississippi
section is concerned and that the Warrior
section can be made so by removal of dis
crimnatory joint rates now enjoyed by the
railroads. 1t is also pointed out that the
northbound traffic on the Warrior has not
kept pace with the southbound traffic and
this has initiated against net earnings. The
report shows an average saving of $1.35
ton to the shipper on products carried by
the barges, making a total saving for the
year of more than S1,0000 900. What Ala
bauians should realize and take action
is that the government cannot be expected
to continue maintenance of losing trans
portation system, especially when losses
might in large measure be attributed to in
difference of the shippers who would be
benefited by the barge lines if they used
them.
The Warrior very nearly earned net
profit this fall when the freight car con-
gestion served to divert business that way
and the river showed it could handle 1t.
The Joint rates with the railroads are still
discriminatory and thus, the Warrior being
an entirely new common carrier, there must
be secured for it the rates which have APP
piled to the Mississippi for generations. The
northbound traffic must. come nearer bal
ancing the southbound traffic if the Warrior
section is to earn a net profit. The Warrior
has shown that any class of goods can be
handled by barges with delivery at ware
houses the same as though the shipment
came all-rail, with the rate averaging
twenty per cent under tn all-rail rate.
Those who benefit from the barge service
should unite in a campaign to bring more
tonnage to the waterway
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
CARPENTER AND SKI

The leading topic of conversation in Paris
is not, as some of us may suppose, the Lau-
same conference. Nor is it PREPARATIONS and
the threat of German aggression. What is
talked about along the boulevards, in the
cafes and at the clubs is the Carpenter
Sikh controversy. Ever since the black
fighter from Senegal beat the French idol
into state of helplessness and gave him
the surprise of his life, charges have been
flying thick and fast. An incident that re-
Elected little credit on the officials concerned
was the attempt to give the decision to Car
pentier after he had been clearly defeated
by Sikh. There was enough genuine sports
manship in the crowd around the ring, how
ever, to demand that Sikh be declared the
victor, although it was bitter dose to Car
pentier's admirers who expected him to make
short work of his adversary.
~Whether because of his own escapades
or of prejudice against him, Sikh has been at
odds with the French boxing federation and
when he declared that the whole affair was
a 'frame-up" in which he had agreed to be
worsted by Carpenter, but changed his
mind, the scandal was made worse. Nov
it is announced that Sikh and Carpenter
will meet again with the federation's APP
proval, if certain conditions are met, in
Guiding the donations of all receipts to some
national fund. Carpenter may prove his
contention that he is the better man. and
he may not, but the incident shows the UNI
savory tendencies of the sport unless rigor-
ously safeguarded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
PERMANENT FLOOD CONTROL

Army engineers have-~d drawn plans for
permanent flood control in the Mississippi
valley, but they have never been fully car
ried out because of the unwilingness of
Congress to make the needed appropria-
TONS As a result the expansion of COM
merce on the waterways has been seriously
retarded, lives are lost and millions of dol
lars worth Of property is destroyed annually
by overflows. This looks like short-sightei
economy on the part of the government.
Engineers say there is no question that
floods can be prevented by a continuous
system of levees extending from the delta
to Kansas City and the Illinois river. Here
tofore flood control has been to a certain
extent temporary and each emergency has
been met as it arose, but the government,
which recognizes its obligations to the Mis-
sissippi valley, and has already spent large
sums on levees and dredging, would save
money in the long run by appropriating
lump sum to carry out the complete program
of flood control. The entire nation would
benefit, and the returns in greatly in
creased river traffic would more than justify
the expense of completing the project.
Colonel T. @. Asburn, who has charge of the
Mississippi and Warrior river barge lines,
told the House ways and means committee
that the lines woifld carry ten times as much
freight If Congress granted the relief that
is being sought. Representative Newton of
Missouri and James B. Smith, Treasurer of
the Mississippi Valley association, made
similar statements in regard to traffic on
the Mississippi.
In matter of this kind, which affects
such large sections of the country. Congress
is justified in serving the widest purpose
in the most efficient, and therefore eco
nomical, manner. The Mississippi river
flood control bill should be passed on its
merits and for the general welfare of the
nation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
JUSTICE IN ENGLAND

While the United States continues to have
0 distressing homicide record every year. at
tributed in large measure to the failure Of
our courts to impose swift and certain pun
ishment on the guilty, England presents a
contrast that is well worth Studying. As an
illustration of the way murderers are pun
ished in England, Frederick Bywaters and
Mrs. Edith Thompson were convicted in
London and Immediately afterward both
were sentenced to death. Their execution
may be expected to follow as matter of
course and it will probably not be long de-
layed That is the precedent established
and maintained by British courts. Trials
are speedy, appeals are soon disposed If
and, in less time than is often required to
obtain a conviction in the United States,
persons charged with murder in England
are tried, convicted and hanged. Neither
does there seem to be much sentimentality
in regard to women offenders. There is
steady procession of women through our
courts who are tried for murder and set
free, an example Which cannot but encour-
age others to take Vengeance into their own
hands, since they feel reasonably sure that
they will be acquitted, or at least escape
severe penalty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
JOHN WANAMAKER

John Wanamaker was one of the bright
examples of men who have made themselves
rich and famous through their own efforts
and by Selling the advantages this country
offers so abundantly to those who can per-
ceive them. So long has he been one of the
nations foremost merchants that his name
is known to practically every American.
He was typically American in history, in
manner and in ideals He was one of those
who have proved that this is a land of equal
opportunity. Those who complain that it
is not are probably those who have not been
equal to their opportunities. There is many
a young man starting out in life today who
will rise by virtue of his own efforts to a
commanding position in his field of activity.
There is many another young man who will
fall not because he has had no chance,
but because he has failed to make use of his
chance. The country is all right, and our
government is the best. Let those who
fail and nurse grievance place the blame
where it belongs. 1t usually should be placed
very close to home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
A Timely Editorial
Cleaning Up Hollywood

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The good effect of Will Hays
upon the movies was early apparent
and now he is to cast his winning
smile on the men and women who
make the movies. He is on the
train for Hollywood to make that
much advertised community an
ideal industrial center. As basis
for such woork Mr.. Hays points out
that there are $4,000 persons on
the payrolls at Hollywood, of whom
not more than 500 were ever
heard of 20 miles from home.
Is is the 500, not the 5000, who
have brought i'll repute upon Holly
wood. If there is any occasion for
better working or living conditions
among the great bulk of the people
in the movie business we have no
doubt that Mr.. Hays will bring
them about without trouble. The
control of the 500 is a more diff
cult matter. Some of them earn
fabulous sums of money and have
insisted blatantly in the past upon
their right to spend it in any sort
of recreation which they pleased.
That determination is what has
brought Hollywood into disrepute.
The thing which has tended to check
excuses of its stars is the prospec-
tive loss of incomes The Arbuckle
pictures have not proved profitable
since the San Francisco scandal,
and that warning is strengthened by
the announcement that one OF the
big producers is to drop one of the
actresses much talked, about in con-
nection with the Taylor murder.
Her pictures are said to have proved
less popular since her sensational
advertising. and contract which
is said to have brought her $3.50, 900
year will not be renewed. With
this action this firm is said to have
cleared it's rolls of those
ally connected with the case.
The handwriting on the wall from
this action is plain enough. The
movie actors are not only expected
to make decent pictures, but to live
decent lives so far as the public
knows, and the public has been plen-
tifully informed Of everything that
went on in Hollywood, as well as
of "a great deal that never went on
at all. 1t is time that the scandals
stopped. The moving pictures are
not only a great money-making in
stitution, but great formative
force in the lives of the young.
THAR nowar for good ic nnornolIs
and they have demonstrated con-
siderable power for evil. Every
body wishes the movie actors and
producers well. SO long as they do
not make willful and unnecessary
mischief. Will H. Hays seems to
be determined that they shall de-
serve the good will of the people
they serve, and, what is more i'm
portant, he seems to know how to
bring about that result.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
"R. L, S."

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
PARKWAY Tahiti of the South Seas bathed
in its immemorial sunlight and redolent of
the fascinating life that charmed later years
of one of the rarest of men, was washed
ashore at New York Thursday when letter
of Robert Louis Stevenson's, written "a
years ago near Papeete to a friend of his
there, was given to the public eye by one of
three Tahitians on visit to these shores.
Like rose family odored, lone and faded,
found on some evening coat long ago tucked
away and brought forth unexpectedly in la
ter years to revive in its owner memories of
his youth, this letter of the immortal ar. L.
S." with its accompanying verses, unfolds
once more for lovers Of the cult of Steven
son" heart that revives ones faith in the
immortality of the SOUL Let the verses
be to lovers of Stevenson the benediction
that his heretofore known verses have been
to millions of men and women and little
children:
Therefore, my Donat, threefold dear, thy
gifts;
Dear, firstly, being welcome in themselves,
Next, for remembrance of enchanted isles,
And, last and most, my Donat, being thine.
Blank verse, know, in Gallo ears
A mighty senseless sound appears;
An, Donat, lack space and time
To put thy kindness into rhyme.
What age can wither or what custom stale
the unfailing charm of "R. l.. 81? Like
the sunlight of his enchanted isles" tina.
/ s,,1 Late
under the hill' when mortal life was no
more, the candle lighted by his gracious
spirit still throws far its beam, illumining
with its bening effulgence a world made
better by his presence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
A HERO ON THE JOB
Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
A veteran of the World war, now an en-
ploye in a western factory is reported to
have refused to leave his work to receive
foreign decoration for valor. This does
not necessarily imply that the hero was
unmindful of the significance of the decora-
ton or that he belittled the courtesy of the
government that offered the decoration.
But it implies that he rated his daily duty
above such formal honor. The same spirit
that fired him to deeds of~valor on the
western front prompted him to remain at his
task rather than to desert it for clarifying
formality. Evidently he is of the stuff
of which real heroes are made. What he
did foyer there was done in the line Of
duty. He acted heroically because he so
read his part in the drama of patriotic serv-
ice and recognized is cue when itscame. Now
that the war is over and his lot has been
cast along the workers lines, he shows the
same devotion to duty that raised him to
heroic level in battle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
MEANING OF BOND ISSUES

Sales OF state, county and city bonds made
new high mark in the eleven months of
1922, reaching a total of more than bill
lion dollars, which compares with $50 mil
lions of dollars in 1913 and TOO millions IN
1920. New municipal bond issues will
shortly assume large proportions as result
Of the November elections when many large
bond proposals We're approved at the polls.
The primary reason for the great increase
tn municipal bond issues is the general pros
perity Of the country, coupled with the need
Of improvements which were deferred on
account Of the war and then postponed on
account Of high money rates. Cost of public
Improvement installation is also less than
It was during the inflated period. Munich
pal bonds are now sought by the investor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
STATE PASSENGER RATES

The railroads have taken an appeal from
the Public Service Commission order re-
ducing passenger rates in Alabama from 30
to three cents MILE A temporary injunc-
ton restraining the commission from put
ting the rates into effect is issued pending
a hearing of the case by three federal judges
sitting next Saturday at New Orleans. The
railroads challenge the comm .ssioh's Juris-
diction on the ground that the order is in
discrimination against interstate commerce
in that it would make the rates of this state
disproportionately low as compared with
interstate rates. 1t is recalled that the in
terstate commerce commission would not
intervene in the case. Now the court will
decide whether the order yiol.tes the inter-
state commerce law.
1t is well for the issue to be judicially
settled If the federal commission desired
to cancel the state order it has the authority
t. do so, as already established by court de-
cision. Whether the state may assume jul
risdiction where the federal commission
advances no demurrer is open to some ques-
ton. If the rate commission of every state
should order a three-cent fare the federal
OfueI WOuiu DC IohipiCNciy hOii4AiSN S1NSSfS
where tickets were sold covering two or
more states. This would be an easy way
for the federal commission to test out the
working of the lower fare in various sec
tions.
However the case may be decided, there
is public demand for lower passenger
rate, and an order from the federal commits
sion would be received with pleasure. There
is reason to believe that lower rate would
stimulate travel to degree sufficient TO
offset the reduction. 1t used to be the GUS
tom for railroads to offer special low rates
as inducements to travel. Good results
were obtained from this practice and patron
age was built up in this way. There is no
indication that human nature has so changed
in the past few years no longer to re-.
spond to appeal of this sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-13
SMUGGLING IN ALIENS

Reports that large numbers of Orientals
are being Struggled into the United States
were confirmed by Assistant Secretary
Henning OF the department of labor, who
told House appropriations committee that
between $4,000 and 10000 Chinese coolies
are in Cuba waiting for an opportunity to
make their way into this country. For
time the smugglers were reported active
along the Mexican border, but Mr.. Henning
stated that their operations had been re-
duced because Of the vigilance of govern
ment agents and the fact that Cuba and
the West Indian islands are more convenient
for transporting aliens into the United
States. Like rum-runners. smuggers who
defy the immigration law seem to have
well-organized system, making use of such
modern devices as high-powered motor
boats and airplanes vhich~land Orientais
along unfrequented parts of the Florida
coast Steamship companies are under sus-
picion of being implicated in this form of
smuggling. If certain lines do not have
guilty knowledge of what is going OF, they
at least make it possible for aliens ITO slip
into the United States by bringing them to
Mexico and the West Indies. Smuggling
aliens is a lucrative business and unscrupu-
lous persons will not be deferred from en-
gaging in it unless they are dealt with Sc
verely. Long prison sentences might help
materially to discourage this practice.