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that the door OF the vanlt was OBJ
en-. She snept TO one side and look
ga into The vault. BY 4 candle
Light held Ia the hand of d man
she Wps that with his companion
Q woman, he was opening the
drawers at the back of the vault
where the firms money was kept.
She heard the two talking dis.
hnctly. The woman spoke first.
"It sure was lucky for you that
Hammond had to leave so sudden.
ly,"', said the woman.
Sure was" said the man. sit
was d great, chance chance Of a
lifetime. Trust me to grab it. I've
been afraid his old mother out
West would croak before this and
he'd come back befope / could get
enough money In this vault to
make It worth while to take t."
WELL" said the woman with q
short laugh, "the stuff you've al.
read ytaken and charged up to
Hammond isn't SO bad. you know
"Not so bad" said the man.
''That was q happy thought-forg-
ing that postal and sending 1t to
Hammond's slrl-that put the fin
al touch Of truth TO the thing"
A wild rage surged in Susie. She
leaped at the vault door, banged
It shut and whlrled the combina-
ton!
Some days later Susie was safe
In Johns arms.
"That was an outrageously clev-
YER forgery" John crled, looking at
the postal which had caused Susie
so much pain lotto intercepted
the letter sent to you telling
about my mothers sickness and
traced words from that letter on
to the postal. Later he linked them
in. It was Just his luck that there
were words in the letter which en-
abled him to make the message
the postal carried"
Eyes. and then he got all the
other letters you sent me and
held them out. ] found them In his
desk the night we arrested him
and that girl he was with.
"8ut what / can't understand"
said John. ''is how you got started
on finding out the truth"
easy enough" Susie smiled
"My woman's curiosity took me
to Brampton to see whom you'd
married. / looked at the marriage
licenses and l called up the minis
tiers. And I found YOU hadn't been
married at az.
"And, oh, dearest" che cried,
holding him tight In hou arms, 81
was SO glad!"
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make any noise and wake her up,
might help some"
"oh, I see, l see," answered
the Wizard wisely, shaking his
head and putting his fingsr-tips
together.
anxiously. +.
"1'll have to think" answered
the fairypan. "I'm not sure that I
can. Did you say you went out
alone o'nights?"
why, yes!" answered Sctard-
BILE. you see samantha's always
too tired after washing and Iron.
Ing and cooking and sewing all
day. she has to so to bed early"
And what do you do all day?"
"oh, why l have to gather nuts
and acorns for winter. And you
know how It Is. always meet
people and they want to stop and
chatter. I don't get much else
done" M
We'll. l guess I'm out OF magic
shoes Just now" answered the
Wizard soberiy. my advice Is TO
stay at home nights or else take
your wife along, Mr.. Squirrel. Ill
wish you good. day, 'sir..v
(To, Be Continued.
Copyright, 1922.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-13

MEN - LEARN BARBERrNG.
Clean, inR'de work that pays. ShoS,
Course. Write. MoLER BARBER
COLLEGE, BAL W. 9th, Cincinnati,
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WILL MEET.

The monthly meeting Of the
Over Seas Club will be held at the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. ].
Thamta, sos Sixth street, Thurs.
day evening, All officers and mem
bers are requested to be present
as some important business will
come up In this meeting for con.
sideration.
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cities Of ancient Java.
Singapore and It's colorful mar
kets. its Chinese andsitS dazzling
siswets came next with Z trip across
the Indian ocean 10 Colombo and
ports In India
Then q screening yoyago through
the Red Sea, touching at Alden.
Arabia and through the Snez to
E1pt.
At Athens the party landed the
day, King Constantine quit then
proceeded TO Naples for d motor
tour OF Italy. France was akirtod.
Gibraltar visited and then the
Speeiacks passed the piilars Of
Hercules for the HON :wafd trip
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As she came nearer she saw
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q South Sea husricanco 1000 miles
from ilnd.
HoHNoBBEp with former head
hunters IN the Solomon islands.
MADE friends with q black s.
land chief who turned out to be an
Oxford graduate.
Lest -Four 7fmes
The speetacks was four times
reported lost.
Following the tour OF the South
Seas with land excursions on the
Caroline. Marshall, Society, Fiji
and Solomon groups, the great
cities Of Australia were visited and
ptlgrimRges made TO the magic
a
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
TAFT ISORAWN
into ROW OVER
MORSE PARDON
Wickersham Also Mentioned in
Senate War Started on
Daugherty.

Former President William Howard
Taft and former Attorney General
George w. Wickersham were drawn
today into the Senate row" over
the granting Of a pardon to Charles
w. Morse, New York banker, in 1912.
Senator Willis Rep) Of Ohio, said
Taft and Wickersham as absolving
Attorney General Daugherty OF
Charges made by Senator Caraway
Dem) of Arkansas. that he in.
fluenced" the Taft administration to
grant Morse's pardon. Letters from
both Taft and Wickersham were reod
into the record by Willis.
Caraway reopened the debate by
challenging Daugherty to tell all
the facts" as the. Attorney General
was quoted as saying he would do.
III the Attorney General d,dE I
tell the truth to the Senator from
Indiana CWatson) who denied his
connection with Morse's pardon,
then he ought TO say So" said Cara.
way. IF he didn't tell the truth to
the newspaper at Columbus. Ohio,
back in 1912, when he claimed credit
for Morse's pardon, then he ought
TO say so.
Mr.. Daugherty says he Will tell
the real facts and he will expose
somebody II we don't stop fooling
with him. Will he expose the Pres
ident who appointed him? Will he
expose Senator Watson who de-
Tended him? Will he expose T. B.
Fielder who wrote "A letter saying he
had employed Daugherty? VIII he
expose Morse for sending me a tele-
gram this morning? Whoever he is
going to expose, l want him to dc II
and do II now"
Willis. In reply, said he would sub
NIT letters from the two men in
America who know the most about
the Morse case"
The letter from Taft dated
November %, 1915. said in part
81 write TO say that in no way did
you influence me in respect to the
applics ton for the pardon Of Charles
Morse. My recollection is that YOU
told me you were counsel for Morse.
but that you had declined to present
the matter TO me"
Wickersham in his letter, dated
November Il, 1915, said in part:
You should have no anxiety
whatever about your connection
with the Morse case. All that YOU
did in that matter was TO bring the
subject in a perfectly straight fJr-
ward way. as an attorney should. he
fore the Attorney General. You
made no representations to me nor
TO the president in connection with
that case. which deceived US in any
respect"
The letters were written. Willis
said. while Daugherty was candl-
date for United States Senator from
Ohio.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
WAR PRISONERS CHILDREN
CALL ON HARDING AGAIN

Undaunted by the refusal of Pres
ident Harding TO see them upon their
arrival in Washington, the chil6ren
crusaders" plan 10 make another
attempt this afternoon to SECURE an
audience with the President.
Headed by Kate Richards O'Hare.
of St. Louis, and Mrs. w. B. HoLgh,
OF Rockford, H., the party OF thirty
seven will march to the White Huus"
and endeaNor TO enter plea for
amnesty for the 113 so-called politi-
cal prisoners who were jailed for
wartime offenses.
Wives and children of political
prisoners will he given an automo.
bile ride and picnic next Sunday by
the Farmer-Labor Party of Wash
ington.
More than fifteen automobiles will
assemble at 93S New York avenGe
northwest, at o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon TO take the prisoners fami.
lies and a party of friends and sym
pathizcrs for "A ride through the city
ending with a supper and ice cream
treat in Rock Creek Park.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
VERDICT IS
RECEIVED
WITH CALM
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he appended his sentence with his
kindly. fatherly admonistion.
Miss Knox, you have had a fair
and impartial trial. You have been
represented by the ablest OF coun.
sci and the jury which listened tn
the evidence is an honest one.
indeed.
at is always a matter a. bitter
regret TO me TO pass sentence, par.
ticularly when the accused is a
woman.
II have endeavored TO give you a
fair and impartial trial, and ] can
not see how the result could have
been any different considering the
evidence.
THE jury was as lenient with
you as it possible could be under
the law"
Mods Her Appreciation.
Miss Knox. as stole on the even
ing of her conviction as she was on
the day OF her arrest. nodded crate.
fully to Judge Chinn for his words
Nothing that developed in her trial
appeared to shake her, and she
was equally unaffected when Fore.
man Z. NJ. Pennington, in un-
shaken tones pronounced the ver-
dict arrived at by twelve men.
I'VE find the prisoner guilty Of
murder I'm the first degree" he
said, finding consolation i'm the near.
est cuspidOr. land recommend n
penalty Of twenty years imprisOn-
ment in the State penitentiary."
While the courtroom seethed with
activity on the part Of many spec
tators who waited to hear the YER
dict, Miss Knox looked unmoved
at Judge Chinn and her sister. Mrs.
Meta Saltar.
Contrary to expectations. Chief
Counsel Harry NJ. Smith, for the
defendant, did not move for an ap.
peal. While IL was generally known
that a second-degree murder find.
ing with light Imprisonment
would have been considered a vic
tory by Mr.. Smith. 1t was equally
well known he was not expecting
such severe penalty.
Foreman Pennington declared
that the ballots stood twelve for
conviction for irst.degree murder
on the first vote. but that one
Juror, A. Y. Sanford, was in favor
of but ten, years Imprisonment.
The latter did not hold out long.
however. when he was shown that
first-degree murder called for moth.
ing less than twenty years.
IF the defendant in this case
had been a man." said Mr.. Pen
nington, the penalty would have
been the chair"
The jury got the case at 6I0
o'clock last night, but Immediately
recessed for supper. Their actual
consideration consumed only one
hour and thirty-five minutes. Coun.
sci Smith asked the judge to in.
struct the clerk of court TO inform
the penitentiary authorities of the
sentence passed and to have the
proper State agencies transport
Miss Knox, together with all Of her
effects now in possession of the
commonwealth, to Richmond. where
she will be incarcerated.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05

1903; Firm Friend, los: aLittle Chief,
and upward: six furlongs. BeeswaN,
lii: ton Haistos. III: Letter Man,
101; aWilliam A, lis; Gallant Man.
los; Native Land, 1903: Doughnut,
Ill; akasang, ia; ST. Henry, lCS.
aRancoas stable entry.
FOURTH RACE-Thrce.ye -oidS
and upward: the King County Hand
cap; S3,500 added; mile and six.
teenth. Yellow Hand. 1923: ScnnIngs
Park. lis; Mad Halter, ll6; Oceanic
100; Audacious, l25. The weight Of
Oceanic includes a penalty os five
pounds.
FIFTH year old five
furlongs. Usage, ll5: hStoCkmar.
1l5; bE,velyn Sawyer. ll2: High
Chief, 115; 30 MILAN, ll5; bOakw God,
1l5; ALADDIN. lis; Watchful Wait
ing. 1l2; Roseate III. lis.
aROCOas stable entry. hNs tads.
stock farm entry.
SIXTH RACE - Three year olis
and upward claiming. five furlCngs
The Nephew. III; Liberty Girl. lu'.
Swift Grass, 100; wireless. l05: OH
Rosebud. ia: BoNwood, lO4: 'Darc
104: jug, 100: Commissioner. ia:
Margaret White, 100: ACE of Aces.
1l2.
'Five pounds apprentice allowance
claimed. Weather, cloudy; track
slow.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
PATRIOTISM OF COLOREO
MEN PRAISED AT MEETING

DR.. A. NJ. Talley. OF Pennsyl-
vania. In an address before the
National Race Congress today, in
the Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church. said the American negro
would make a charge on the devil
and hell IL ordered to do so for
Old Glory. and in return he was
asking that his life and property
be protected by the flag at home
as well as abroad.
DIR. w. II. Jernagin. I'm calling
to order the third days session
OF the congress, said the world
was not asking the negro about
his parents or what they could
do. or whether or not they were
slaves, but this stern business
world Is demanding to know who
you are and what can you do, and
II you cannot measure up TO the
standard Of man, then you must
stand aside"
The closing session will be held
tonight, when DR.. c. s. Morris, OF
Norfolk, and Prof. Kelly Miller, of
Howard University. Washington,
will deliver addresses.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
FINDS BASEBALL is AID
TO PEACE WITH MEXICO

Baseball is doing it's part in bring
ing closer together the people living
on both sides OF the Mexican border
declares Consul Francis J. Dyer, in
report to the Department OF Com.
merce from Nogales.
International games Of the sandlOt
variety are OF almost daily occur
renee in the border towns. Among
the rabid Mexican fans are former
Gov. Francisco s. Elias, OF the state
OF Sonora, and former Mayor Ale
jandro Villasenor. OF Nogales.
The season at Nogales was opened
with a match game between the No.
gales Bearcats on the American side
and Governor Elias team from Her
masillo. Governor Elias pitched the
first bali. with Col. A. j. McNab,
commander OF Capt Stephen ID. Lit
tie. the receiving end of the batt~~
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
AMERICAN BEAUTY OF
FUTURE is ViSUAllZeO

LONDON, May 5.-"She will
have brown hair. warm brown with
glints OF bronze and copper In it
chestnut brown. Her eyes VIII
he hazel. merry eyes with tints OF
.'-. .r-r. warm brown Her com.
pleaion will be neither fair nor
y.,,. yet "A little Of both, and II
VIII carry its own crimson or scar
let high lights of health. Her fig
Ira will Ice almost boyish, 1.-the,
wilIowy. athletic by reason of exer-
else in the great outdoors she so
loves
THAT is how visualize the
American beauty of the future
SAYS +. O. Hoppe. the artist-pho-
tographer.
AT present there is not. in my
opinion. any ideal type OF American
girl. But the type is in process OF
evolution. II may take another two
years to establish II firmly. Then
the type will be AZ | have de
scribed.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
Daughter of Oil King
May Marry Poor Mar,
Rumor Links Mrs. Harold Nc
cormick's Name With I'M
poverished Architect Who
Acts In Capacity Of Her
Adviser.
by Universal Service.

NEW YORK, May 5.-As
a sequel to the disclosure that
Harold +. Mccormick and
Gamma Walska Cochran ex-
pect to marry as soon as the
latter obtains a divorce from
Alexander Smith Cochran
was the report today from
Chicago that McCormick's
divorced wife, Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick in
tends to wed again herself.
Edwin Krenn, an architect,
born in Austria and twenty years
the junior of Mrs. Mccormick, is
named as the husband -to-be in the
face of Mrs. McCormick's repeat
ed expressions that a person could
never marry outside Of her circle
and be happy.
Personal Adviser"
In a public address In March Mrs.
Mccormick said:
IF a woman marries outside her
own clan or tribe. she'll be a slave
History proves this
krenn. who is now acting as per.
sonal adviser" TO Mrs. Mccormick,
blushed and gigsled when asked con.
corning the engagement. He did not
deny II. Krenn first met Mrs McCor.
mick when he attached himself TO
her psycho.analytical cult in Switzer.
land four years ago. He came to
America as her secretary last fall.
Blond and full faced. Krenn played
a big part In the events leading up 10
the dramatic forty-minute" divorce
obtained by Mrs. Mccormick on De
cember 2S last.
Members OF Mrs. McCormick's fam.
lily have openly disapproved OF krenn.
this antipathy being shared by Mrs.
Mccormick brother. John ID. Roche.
feller. jr.
Persons conversant with the facts
hint that a pique over the prospec-
tive marriage OF her former husband
to the opera star might have some
thing 10 do with the new alliance she
is about to contract.
Involved Legal Points.
While there were no developments 10
reported today in the Mathilde Nc
Cormick. Max Oser romance, II was
learned from sources close TO the
young woman's family that Ma
thilde's hopes for an early marriage
have been blighted somewhat by
legal investigation OF the Swiss
equity and inheritance laws.
The points involve concern the
possibility of Oser. middle-aged rid.
ing academy proprietor. becoming Z
possessed OF Mathilde's estate, which.
II is expected. will eventually total
many millions OF dollars. Mathilde
will become a Swiss national II she
marries Oser.
Under the Swiss law. unless spe.
cial contracts are made. Oser. II he
outlives her, will inherit a large part
OF her property.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
FARMERS PAYING HUGE
EXCESS RENTALS, is CLAIM

Tenant farmers paid Ibout half a
billion dollars too much ground rent
for their farms last year accord.
ing 10 Benjamin G. Marsh, manaS.
ing director OF the Farmers National
Council. in n statement made Pub
lie this afternoon. The statement
continues:
The value OF farm llnd alone. ex-
elusive OF buildings,Operated by ten.
ant farmers on 2,454. 40 farms was
in 1920. 20.637 .000. 900. The cash
rent was about 4 per cent, making
the total ground rent paid for the
privilege OF producing food and raw
material for clothing Ss2s.+So. .oO1.
But the selling price Of land in ten.
ant operated farms incr eased iu the
ten years from 1910 10 1920 by tll.-
ls6. 900 900. or lis per cent, while
the acreage OF such land increased
only III per cent"
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
JUDGE SIDOONS NAMED IN
OAUGHERTY SENATE ROW

The name OF Justice Frederick l..
Siddons, OF the District Supreme
Court. was dragged into the discus
sion OF the Charles w. Morse rar.
don case OF 1911 by Senator Caraway
in the Senate today.
Senator Caraway recalled the fact
that the nomination OF Mr.. Siddons
TO be "A justice of the District Su-
preme Court was held up in the SCI
ate for "a considerable period beCau>"
he was charged with having offered
to accept IA fee To obtain pardon
800. a nan serving prison sentence.
Senator Caraway inquired II II
was wrong for Justice Siddons To ac-
cept such q fee because h" Was "A
Democrat and right for Attorney
General Daughcrtv TO accept such
a fee because he was a Repuhlicdn.
Thu discussion Of the Siddons Incl
dent was not pursued further.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
PEGGY AGREES
TOLETELL|ER'S
11THPR0P0SAL
Wealthy French Publisher to
Be Fifth Husband Of Ameri-
can Actress.
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TO my mother. I am sick tC d-aih
OF this town with it's scandal. Its
mea nness. and its cruelty:
Men. men. men-they'r- driving
me mad"
Nevertheless Henri Letellier re-
mained, comforting her.
Although the marriage of Peggy
to Letellier Is now a practical csr-
tainty-subject. OF course. To the
whims OF both eccentric parties-it
will not take place until the present
affair is entirely blown over.
What is certain is that Peggy has
a nerve crisis which II seriously en-
dangering her health. the doctors
telling her that she must have ALSO
lutte repose away from Paris II she
wishes to avoid a collapse.
Jack Dempsey In the meantime Is
treating the Kramer In which his
name has been "Jnnected with the
cas-. with RS usual sangfroid.
"she's . nice little girl. I'm sorry
for her," he said to me.
Dempsey, too. is homesick. Con
trast.d with his previous enthusi-
asm. he told me today when i ask
ed him what he thought about Eu'
rope:
Say. wouldn't give one State In
the Union for the whole OF Eu'
rope"
/ asked him what particular State
he had In mind. and he said:
ANY State-Ges. but Id like TO
bc home"
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
3 DEAD, 2 DYING AND 2
WOUNDED IN GUN BATTLE

CANTON. Ohio. May 5-Three men
are dead. two others cannot live. and
two more are badly injured, while
John II. Stevenson, known all over
the country as Oklahoma Slim, :"
and wanted in half dozen cities for
bank and postal robberies. is under
double guard in the Stark county
workhouse today as the result Of the
most sensationonal gun battle ever
staged in Stark county.
"Slim's" gang was entirely wiped
out by the Canton police, deputy
sheriffs. and a posse of citizens who
Joined the battle.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
TRIO HELD FOR BRUTAL
DEATH OF SCHOOL GIRL

WACO. Tex, May 5.-Two white
mnr and negro were arrested
today in connection with the brutal
staying of Zuls Ousley. seventeen.
whose body was found with the
throat cut. skull crushed and
mutilated by thirty stab wounds.
eight miles west OF Mexia late yes
terday.
The girl had been criminally as
saulted while returning from school
and then killed. authorities stated.
The arrests followed an all-night
search by hundreds OF men.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
BY International New. Service.

PEKING. May 5.-China's civil
war is believed today to be at an end
General WI Pei-Fu, commander OF
the military forces Of the central
provinces. controls Peking. His ad-
versary. General Chang Tso Lin.
military governor Of Manchuria, is in
flight toward Mukden and his army
is shattered.
General WI Is head Of the Chihli
party.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
Engineers in Conference.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May
5.-A delegation of the American
Society Of Mechanical Engineers be-
gan two-days conference at the
University of Virginia today as a
preliminary TO the national conven-
tion OF the society in Atlanta, Ga,
on May Sill. President Dexter S.
Kimball. of Cornell University pre-
sided. Today's program consisted OF
n symposium on how Industries can
help engineering education.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
EX-P0L|CEMAN
b|CAM|ST,F|RST
WIFE DECLARES
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the army during the world war.
When told about the incident of his
first SAYING he was a "bootlegger, ="
Mrs. Lohman declared: Il wouldn' [
be bit surprised If 1t was the
truth"
After assuring herself that the
Iohman who secured the license in
this city was her husband, Mrs.
Lohman and her attorney, accom-
panied by Sergt. J. c. Chichester,
motored to Stafford county to see
a family OF Chinns in an effort to
obtain additional information. The
late Geroge Chinn, of Stafford, was
on the same beat with Lohman
when on the Washington police
force.
Julius J. Lohman was appointed 10
the Washington police force on May
rs, 1917. When war was declared he
tesgned to enter the military service.
He returned and was reinstated Feb
ruary s, 1919.
According TO police officials. Lob.
man took French leave" of the
police department. and was dropped
trom the rolls March last for de.
sertion. While in the service he was
attached to the Ninth precinct. He
lived at ll3 Thirteenth street south
east.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
Hayes Heads Eagles.

Luther Il. Hayes was elected pres.
ident OF Aerie 1875. Fraternal order
OF Eagles, at meeting held last
night. other officers elected are: Vice
president, A. A. Riemer; chaplain,
r. V. Frankhausen; inner guard,
Harry Rieuling; outer guard, Yer
nard Frankhausen; treasurer,
George p. Haskr: secretary. j.
Donald Britt; aerie physician, DIR.
Charles l.. Waters. and trustee,
Harry G. Given.
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
Bar Examination June 1917.

Attorney John Paul Earnest,
chairman OF the District bar exami.
nation board, today said the next
examination for admission to the
District Supreme Court viii be held
June is. Is, and II, an GeorGetown
University Law School. About 400
candidates have made application to
be admitted
The Washington times., 1922-05-05
POISON KILLED.
EX-:CHO|R GIRL,
AUTOPSY SHOWS
Latest Development in Parson-
age Case Spurs Search
For Her Slayer.
By Intevna tIonaI News Service.

HOOPESTON. Ill. May Sex.
animation OF the vital organs OF Miss
Gertrude Hanna. mysteriously slain.
former choir girl. revealed poison. IL
became known today.
The authorities regarded this fact
as the most important disclosure
since the finding OF the girls body
eight days ago in the United Presby-
terian parsonage.
New and vigorous action in the
search for Miss Hanna's slayer is
expected to follow the discovery that
poison was given to her.