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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-09
DIVORCE RING
DRAF TING BILL
WITH JOKER
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which provides that due process
shall be served in the State of Vir-
gina only by officers authorized by
law to serve same"
It is pointed out by opponents Of
the measure that in no instance is
any process servable except by
duly authorized officers" and the
case is cited merely TO show the
futile efforts being made by mem
bers of the ring to block the pas
sage of a real anti-divorce bill.
Proctor PrOvisO Is Joker.
The real joker in the measure
introduced by Smith, however, is
its proviso that the absent defend
ant in any divorce action Is to be
represented by a divorce proctor.
This divorce proctor would be ap-
pointed by the court, and in the
case Of the Alexandria divorce
mart, would mean that MOncure.
the divorce Judge, would be com
PEELED to appoint divorce proctor
to represent the absent defendant,
and that the defendant would have
to pay $50 10 the proctor for his
services.
THE divorce proctor feature OF
the Smith measure would be worth
thousands OF dollars every year to
members of the ring" declares
Frank Stuart, Alexandria lawyer,
leading the forces to clean up the
Little Reno.
Already the lawyers, in court
cost, fees, room rent. notaries'
charges and publication cost, are
securing an average of 1925 to $3.50
for each divorce filed.
"If they can pdt through this
feature of a divorce proctor, the
members of the ring can then be
assured OF another $50, which will
come to- them by virtue of their
appointment as a proctor to repre-.
sent the absent defendant, who
must pay the freight.
No Chance For Victim.
No one for a moment will be
fooled into the supposition that
the absent defendant will have a
ghost OF a show" Stuart charges.
False affiGavits, lying witnesses,
corrupt lawyers, and purged deposi-
lions cannot be remedied by a
divorce proctor, who today wears
the cloak of moral justice. repre-
senting the absent defendant, and
tomorrow is on the other side OF
the fence, pleading his case before
some other proctor. both Of them
members Of the ring.
"A fair trial OF Jesus, being tried
before Judas as Judge might have
been a possibility, after he had
marked the Saviour by a traitorous
kiss, but a fair trial for any absent
defendant before the present tribu'
nal in Alexandra, in a divorce
action. is a hundred times less
favorable.
1.-The records show that Moncure
while an attorney practicing before
the court, to which he later as
cended. did the same thing that the
lawyers are doing today"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-09
GRAND JURY TO LEARN
KNIcKERBocKER DETAILS

"As soon as the coroner's inquest
has been finished l will prepare
my side of the question for presenta'
ton tothe grand jury" said United
States District Attorney Maj. Peyton
Gordon today as he left the court
house for the municipal building to
attend the Knickerbocker inquest.
Major Gordon said he believed that
the inquest may carry over into next
week.
Notwithstanding Major Gordon
temporary absence from the court
house, the grand jury is continuing
its labors.
The presentation of the case
against Charles w. Morse, OF New
York, who Is under $4,000 bail,
charged with conspiracy in connec.
ton with transactions with United
States Shipping Board and Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation, which has
been before the grand jury for the
last two weeks, has practically been
finished and an indictment against
him may be returned next week.
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PEPPER FLAYED IN SENATE
FOR DEMOCRAT ATTACK

Denunciation of Democratic Sen
ators for voting to unseat Senator
Newberry Republican, of Michigan
made by Senator Pepper Republican,
Of Pennsylvania In a speech at
Albany, N. Y, last night, plunged the
Senate today into another bitter
wrangle over the Newberry case.
Senator Ashurst (Democrat) Of Ari
IONA attacked Pepper, who was alb
sent. for having applied "opprobrious
epithets to his own colleagues" in
declaring that every single Demo
crat voted slavishly to dishonor his
own colleague" and that not one
Democratic Senator was man enough
to vote to his own convictions"
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F0RDSAYS
FAULT WAS
IN WALLS
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If the tiles on which the beams were
set were filled with cement" the wit.
ness replied.
- did you ever discuss with ]. II.
Donaldson, another structural iron
worker, your fear that the walls were
not strong enough to hold the struc'
tural work."
IT don't remember that I did, al.
though Donaldson worked near me. "
Fritts said his memory was poor
on the sort Of terra Gotta tiles used
and character Of steel placed in the
building. To questions put to him
by Coroner hewitt and District At
torney Gordon. he claimed he could
not recall much about the materials
used in the construction Of the
theater.
Beams Seemed All Right.
Were any Of the beams shorter
than called for in the specified
tions?" insisted Coroner hewitt.
They all seemed to be all right,
as far as I was concerned"
Did the beams have proper bear
ings?" District Attorney Gordon
asked.
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WALLS PULLED AWAY FROM ROOF C0R0NERS JURY IC
81 think SO. as far as / was con-

81 think SO. as far as I was con-
cerned."
Were you present when Donald.
son SAID that When ] get my money,
I will never put a foot In this build
ing again. These walls don't look
good TO me-" Ringold Hart. as
sistant corporation counsel, asked:
"I don't remember hearing Don.
aidson make that remark" replied
the witness.
John H. Ford. president Of the
Union Iron Works. who was on the
witness stand when the inquest ad-
journed yesterday, was recalled this
morning to explain further the
change Of the original plans Of the
steel work in the Knickerbocker.
Mr.. Ford was closely questioned
by District Attorney Gordon, who In
laying a foundation for grand jury
action and prosecution should the
coroner's jury hold any one respon-
sible for the disaster. He went over
Ford's testimony Of yesterday.
Ford admitted he had added an
was done with the knowledge Of the
officials of the District. District
Attorney Gordon insisted on the
witness telling what effect this beam
would have on the other roof struc-
ture should II become dislodged.
Ford declared it would not be re-
sponsible for the roof collapsing,
intimating that even should 1t fall
or become dislodged 1t would not
materially affect the other structural
iron work Of the roof.
Tells Of Rambling Sound.
Bud Cooper. colored, of IA Jackson
place northeast. told the jury that at
4:3o o'clock Of the day of the col
lapse Of the Knickerbocker roof he
had been engaged to shovel snow
from the pavement.
IT heard a rumbling noise. and
told a white man about it," he said.
WHO Is this white mani"
II do not know his name, and
have not seen him since" Coroner
hewitt adjourned the inquest until
the afternoon.
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MONTREAL FIRE BURNS
INSURANCE BUILDING

MONTREAL, Feb. 9.-Fire TODAY
in the Standard Life Insurance buid-
ing threatened to spread to the Mon.
treal Standard and Star buildings ard
other surrounding properties.
Immense clouds of smoke prevent.
ed spectators accurately estimating
the spread of the conflagration,
which is the worst the downtown
district has known in years.
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floor, the detective said. He was
lying on his back. his legs straight
ened out. with his arms by his sides.
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Engine Overturns in Alabama

ATLANTA. Ga. Feb. 9.-The en-.
CINE OF train No. 3S. on the Atlanta
and West Point railway left the
track and turned over early today
at Lanett. Ala. according to a re-
port TO the offices Of the company
here. The mail car was derailed but
no one was injured, officials said.
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2 SURVIVORS
Of SUNKEN SHIP
|. LANDED SAFELY
Steamer Transportation Brings
Crew of Northern Pacific
to New York.
By International News Service.

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. S.-The
steamer transportation, of the.
North America Line, put into New.
port News early today with twenty
two members of the crew OF the
former army transport Northern
Pacific, which sank off New York
yesterday after catching fire while
enroute to Chester, Pa, for repairs.
Among the men picked up BY
the Transportation east of North
east End Light last night was the
captain of the Northern Pacific,
the first officer, the chief engineer
and the first assistant engineer.
The captain was unable to &C
count for the four engineers of thu
Sun Shipbuiiding Company of Ches.
ter, who were reported missing
after the sinking Of the Northern
Pacific.
Under instructions from the ship.
ping board, he said, the captain OF
the ill-fated former army transport
declined to make any statement to-
day relative to the cause of the fire
aboard his vessel. and his men were
under similar orders.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Feb. g
The tank steamer Herbert G. Wylie.
which yesterday rescued five mem
hers OF the crew of the burning
steamship Northern Pacific trans.
ferred the survivors to a pilot boat
at Old Point Comfort today. The
survivors went to Norfolk, while
the Wylie turned back to sea.
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sources, been in love with a film
actress. They are also trying to
learn whether Taylor was an init
mate friend Of the woman.
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Since the tragedy 1t has been
learned that Taylor had numerous
devoted admirers among prominent
stars in the motion picture world.
Working upon the theory of a love
angle, officers hold that the crime
may have been committed by jeal-
GUS sutton of some film star, or that
jealousy among Taylor's admirers
may have led to the hiring Of a paid
assassin.
Everything. officers directing the
investigation say, points to the belief
that the shooting was premeditated
and that Taylor probably was shot
down by a man in hiding or at least
before he had been given an oppor.
tunity to argue with his assassin.
Another interesting angle came to
light today when Detective Zigler,
the first officer to reach the scene
Of the shooting, told Of finding the
body lying In such a position as ia
Indicate that he had been laid out
after the fatal shot was fired.
He was not sprawled across the
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Secretary of Labor Returns.

Secretary of Labor Davis returned
to Washington today much improved
in health after spending two weeks
at a sanitarium in Battle Creek,
Mich.
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Enjoy all the splendid physic.ac-
ton on the bowels of a dose of ep-
som salts without the awful taste
and nausea. A few cents buys a
handy package of "Epsonade Salts"
the wonderful discovery of the
American EPSON Association. Even
children gladly take it. Drug stores.
advertisement.
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Highways and By-Ways
Of Liz or New York
B N D C r o L !.
(Copyright, 1874 By Public Ledger Company :
O N D C A r r o L 7.

Europe-at Genoa, at Rome. at Moscow,
at Berlin, at Paris. and at London.
And the comments were made from a
distinctly American standpoint. Imagine
a Russian Jew reading aloud what Len
In had said with regard to the breaking
down Of sovietism. He gladly trans
lated from Russian what purported to
be Lenin's verbal Iashing Of his sub
ordinates, calling them inefficient and
worse.
You see, the deefh knell has been
sounded for Bolshevism," said my bus
neighbor. 1T must break up from with
ing Russia. and IL would have done SO
long ago but for the armies the allies sent
against the Reds"
l was indeed surprised to hear At
torney General Daugherty discussed, not
for what he had done. but for what he
had not done In getting after the war
profiteers. A slender lad, who said he
was student at New York University,
called attention to Mr.. Daugherty's re-
ported sending of Department of Justice
agents to shadow members of Congress
who were demanding of Daugherty action
against the men who had enriched them
selves out Of the National Treasury while
these same Congressman were In the
Army.
1t was a solid. sensible talk one heard
upon all sides Of the bus, favored now
and then by expressions of delight at
some object in the park. A 2-year old
boy came within an ace of falling out
OF the window In his eagerness to
arouse appreciation from his tired faced
mother at a flock of her sheen gambol-
Ing on the green grass. Everybody
seemed to be friendly and optimistic.
many having brought with them their
favorite morning newspaper. Here and
there a bus rider would espy a big
tree with spreading branches over an
inviting empty bench. and. signaling thu
driver conductor, take departure for &
realization of the promised enjoyment.
Instead of boasting of what they had
seen at the theater or cabaret or relat.
ing the possession of an ideal bootlegger
of dilating upon my new car" the
women observed in the municipal buses
were whispering to each other of some
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-10

NEW YORK, May 1o.-Central Park,
the most beautiful and the most famous
o. New York's many parks. at last has
been opened to all the public, those of
slender purses as well as those with fat
bank accounts. 1t has taken sixty three
years 81 New York TO rise to the impor-
lance OF giving persons who cannot
afford their own motorcars or private
eqrjp2g es full opportunity to see the
park by riding through ii for a fve-cent
fare.
Week end, ''tarough-the park" NUM-
cipal bus service was duly installed with
fsrty buses operating between Fifty
Ninth street and 10th street, after
a preliminary trial. The service will op-
operate Saturdays. Sundays and holidays.
The starting Of these five cent fare
husses suggest the releasing of a ruthless
finger that has been pressing at New
Works throat. II Is quite unnecessary
10 indicate directing the forces the press
ing finger all these years. After the
finger is lifted one cannot escape seeing
the blessings resulting. one simply has to
marvel at the tolerance of a public which
patiently waited so long for its rights
upon its own property.
recall when Mayor Gaynor opened
Riverside Drive To the ten-cent buses !:
should now like To see any interest at
tempt their removal. And what a boon
they have been. not only to strangers
sightseeing, but 70 fat jewellers, who
found their only moderate priced relief
from the heat on summer nights atop
these same buses, The opening of Cen
trail Park TO five cent buses by Mayor
Hylan is quite as notable an event to
the people who haven't on the East
Side as was the opening of Riverside
Drive by the earlier mayor, who also
came from Brooklyn.
Along with the great unwashed'-a
fayorite name for the people of the East
Side among the dinner dance set Of Park
avenue-I took two nickel rides in
Central Park this morning, up and back,
respectively. It was absorbingly in
teresting for instead Of silly chatter
about the latest divorces or what boat
somebody was sailing on for Europe, |
heard real informative conversation upon
what was actually taking place in
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the Scholars gate at Fifth avenue and
Fifty Ninth street, following the East
drive, returning from 10th street down
the West drive to the Artisans gate and
Seventh avenue and Fifty Ninth street.
Through the foliage Of the trees border
ing Fifth avenue one was able to point
out the marble palaces in millionaires
row. At the entrance and inside the
park are statues of General Sherman, Sir
Walter Scott and Robert Burns, Colum
bus, Beethoven, Shakespeare, General
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The rhododendrons in the park were q
gift from Mrs. Russell Sage. The mem
agerie, a miniature zoo, Is replete just
now with new generation Of Hons, goats
and deer. The upper reservoir has
path around it, frequented early morn
ings by pugilists in training and actors
and others taking their exercises.
Enough! All this and more is now
made quickly get-at-able for nickel
and I am sure you will agree it was
about time,
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Three are nine miles of drives, six miles
Of bride paths and thirty miles Of walks !;
there are thirty six bridges or archways
and twelve tunnels and seats on the
benches for more than $4,000 persons.
There are twenty-three gates to the park,
and the parks chief charm lies in the
suddenness with which one comes upon
the silver surface Of a lake, the entrance
of sylvan dell or a vista Of shaded lawn.
The northbound bus trip started from
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Bolivar, Schiller, Daniel Webster, Alex
ander Hamilton, Mazzini and others.
Cleopatra's Needle, which originally
was in Cairo in front of the Temple Of
the Sun, was present from the khedive
Of Egypt, and it has stood where it is
for forty two years. In the center of the
esplanade is the beautiful Bethesda foun-
tain, representing St. Johns story ofsthe
Pool Of Bethesda. The mall is spacious
avenue for pedestrians, bordered with
arching elmS.
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two nickels was Joy that thrilled one to
observe.
In reality Central Park is treasure
land and well filed with suggestions that
direct the mind to all that is great in
art, music and history.
The park was completed in 1858 and
represents an initial cost of S415, 00O, 900.
Its dimensions are two and one-half
miles in length and one half mile in
width, containing S43 acres. Of which
2S6 are occupied by lakes and reservoirs.
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Fortunate IN the POSSESSION OF an IN
innate knowledge of the park through
previous taIicab and hanson cab trips
along the West drive and the East drive,
which are the main arteries of the pub
lie playground, l was enabled to answer
most Of the questions asked as TO the
identity of buildings and statues. 1t was
pathetic the hungry eagerness with which
the information was received. Inquiry
developed what most of the bus passen-
gers did know of the park was confined
to small areas, portions they had walked
in at some time or other. For them to
get the whole park for the small sum of
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little Johnny's success at the public
school, or the name Of some shopkeepel
in whose store the prices were right, or
the plans of some father for a family
outing at Coney Island, or what good
wages some Adelaide, clever daughter,
was getting in 4 waist factory. Their
talk pivoted entirely upon work, the
satisfying progress Of an offspring Or
some better way to squeeze the most
value out Of dollar. 1t was really re,
freshing-the reflection of a brave strug-
gle to make the best Of what little they
had.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-10

CHE has had more marital troubles confded to
- her than any one else. Letters, personal and
CONFIDENTIAL come to her from the Philippines,
from Manchuria-from the world over. Girls
between seventeen and twenty-five write most
frequently. Again at thirty-fve women seek her
help. Men Of thirty ask her advice more often
than cocksure youths Of twenty.
Thousands upon thousands, married and single,
young and old, have followed her safely past the
shoals upon which love and marriage are SO often
wrecked. Because, while otherstheorize, and NOR
aize, and preach about ought to be, she knous
how to reconcile romance and matrimony.
If you are married, and fear some day to find
happiness glimmering illusion-if you are going
to marry but dread to follow married people you
know, do not by any chance miss reading
Beatrice Fairfax's-"Whats the Matter with
Matrimony," in June Cosmopolitan.
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Chanter XVIII

This was on Friday, and HarWOod
took the afternoon train for Waupe-
gan. He had found that when ne was
tired or lonely or troubled he craved
tie sight of Sylvia Sylvia alone could
restore his eqUanimity; Sylvia who
worked hard but never complained Of
WEAKNESS; Sylvia who saw life steadily
and saw it whole. where he caught
only fiftful, distorted glimpses. Yes:
he must see Sylvia. Not only must
he see her but there were things he
meant to say to her
Dan reached Waupegan at o'clock
and went TO one of the little inns at
the lakeside near the village. He got
into his fiannels. ate supper. and set
off for Mrs. Owens with his offerings
on the : o'clock boat.
Jumping aboard the steamer just
as It was pulling out, he at once saw
Bassett sitting alone in the bow.
There We're only a few other pas
sengers, and hearing Dams step on
the deck behind him, Bassett turned
Slightly. nodded. and then resumed
his inspection of the farther shore
lines. A light overcoat lay across his
knees, and the protruding newspapers
exp lined his visit TO the village. Dan
found a seat on the opposite side of
the deck, resolved to accept Bassett's
Cwn definition of their relations
markedly expressed in Bassett's back
and shoulders that We're stOlidly pre-
scented to him. Dan, searching out
the lights that were just beginning
to blink on the darl1ling shores,
found the glimmering lanterns of Mrs.
Ovens landing. Sylvia was there! It
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ing when he was trying to enlist me in
his cause with Marian. It's hideous-
q perfectly rotten mess. Thatcher is
preparing a poisoned arrow for Bias
sett. He's raked up an old scandal, an
affair with a woman. 1t makes my
blood run cold to think of it's posi-
bilities."
But Mr.. Thatcher wouldn't do such
thing; he might ethreaten, but he
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lot of hard common sense. But that
doesn't relieve the situation of it's i'm
mediate dangers. She's promised me
not to speak to her father yet-not
until she has my consent. When 1
see that it can't be helped, am go
ing to speak to Mr.. Bassett about it
mysef"
You seem to be the good angel of
the Bassett Household" he remarked
sullenly. A lovers jealousy stirred in
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his heart; he did not like to think Of
Sylvia as preOccupied with the affairs
of others, and he saw no peace or hap
piness ahead for Marion and Allen.
IT'S all more wretched than you i'm
agine. This war between Thatcher and
BaSsett has passed the bounds of mere
political rivalry, There's an implacable
hatred there that's got to take its
course. Allen told me of it this morn
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wouldn't really use that sort of wea-
pon!"
You don't know the man, Sylvia.
He will risk anything to break
Bassett down. There's nothing re-
spectacle about Thatcher. but his love
for Allen, and that doesn't redeem
everything"
But you won't let it come to that
You have influence enough yourself