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The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Simmons May Lead 8
Senate Democrats
Selection to Direct Fight
On Liberian Loan Is
An Indication.

a PROMINENT Of Senator
~ Furnifold N. eimmons. OF
North Carolina to b minor
ity leader Of the Senate was BE-
lieved to have been forecast by
the action Of the Democratic Sem
atoriai caucus yesterday In nam-
'ingshim to lead the nght against
the 5000. 900 Libsrian loan bin.
which now carries the McNary
~. .o0o, 900 reclamation scheme.
/; Simmons xfii be the Oldest
Democrat In. the Senate IN point
Of service in the next Congress
and was mentioned for minority
leader when Senator Underwood.
Of Alabama. was elected in this
Congress. Underwood recently
announced his intention to resign
because Of poor health. but his
resignation has not been formally
accepted.
The minority's opposition to the
Liberian loan, Senator Underwood
announced. was practically unani.
NOUS. The loan u the unfin-
ished business Of the Senate. The
party's position on the ship sub
sidy WIN be determined At q later
caucus.
Objection to the Liberian loan
measure was declared to be the
result Of q general feeling" that
the American people would not
regard with favor the sending OF
more Of their money overseas.
Senator Underwood said the
loan was first proposed as q war
measure. and as II no longer pos
sesses that status he sees no
reason why this country should
loan Liberia any more than any
other foreign nation q single
penny"
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
JAPANESE SOCIETY
AGOG OVER SCANDAL
Coal King and Student Claim
Parentage of Child Born
to Beauty.
By JAMES McCLAN.
International yews Service.

TOKYO. Nov. 23.-The japanese
capital is abuzz today with the re-
opening Of a great scandal involv-
ing three families. one of the no
bility. one OF the kingdom of finance
and one Of student Bohemia
Those involved are Count Yana-
giwara, prominent nobleman; Den
yemon Ito. japanese coal king, and
Ryosuke Miyazaki, poor student.
Ito and Miyazah are engaged in
legal battle for possession of a
child born to Akiko Yanagiwara
Ito. famed for her beauty and poeti-
cal ability and now a nun.
Akiko gave up a life OF wealth and
ease as Ito's wife to follow love.
running away with Miyazaki last
spring.
After the triangle was exposed.
Count Yanagiwara. her brother, pre-
vented her marrying Miyazaki, but
Akiko continued to live at Miyaza-
ki's home until the count kidnapped
her.
She was held prisoner for weeks
and finally gave up to the wishes
of her family and became a nun.
Recently the child was born and
both Ito and Miyazah claim It as
theirs.
The whole of japanese society Is
stirred over the case and interest
is running high as to the result
OF the decision which will deter.
mine the parentage Of the child.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
GRAHAM'S WEDDING
CALLED ''TR|CKERY''
Sister Says That Elsa Threw
Wedding Ring Away After
NuptiaI Ceremony.

The marriage Of Lieut.. Lorimer
C. Graham. U. S. N. to Miss Elsa
Portner. daughter of a rich Alex
andria brewer, was not the i'm
pulsive act Of lovers according to
the testimony of Mrs. Hnda Port.
ner Derby, sister of the present
Mrs. Elsa Portner Graham Humes,
introduced yesterday during the
trial of the $4,000 Graham. Humes
alienation suit in Circuit Court
No. 1.
MY sister told me-" said Mrs
Derby. that she had been tricked
into the marriage. She was mis-
cradle. asked her about the
wedding ring and she said she
had thrown 1t away.
What the word "tricked" meant
Mrs. Derby could not tell. She ex-
planned that her sister was crying
and begged her not to leave her as
she felt that she had been badly
treated.
Mrs. Henry D. Flood, widow Of
the late Representative from Vir-
ginia. who secured an alleged
"bomb-proof" Job for Lieut.. Gra-
ham in, the navy, sister Of the
now Mrs. Humes. who was charged
by Lieut.. Graham with helping to
engineer the Reno decree, testified,
among frequent. Interruptions by
Attorney Wright. that spectators
had difficulty in following her
story.
Miss Harriet Krolman, Of To.
ledo. Ohio, nurse, and witness
for the defense, testified about
Lieutenant Graham's actions about
the Graham home and his treat.
ment of his wife. She said he
constantly nagged his wife and
made sarcastic remarks about the
use Of soap to wash the clothes
Of the Graham children, Valerie
and Hildegarde.
The case was expected to go to
the jury yesterday but the attor,
neys on both sides split hairs un.
til 1t looks now as though Justice
William Hitz, the Jurors, and the
attorneys for both sides and their
clients will be in the legal trenches
at least until Thanksgiving. The
trial will be resumed Monday.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
BRIDE SHOT DEAD
BY OLD ADM|RER
Kills Woman When He Learns
That She Already Is Mar
ried and Spurns Him.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-Mrs.
Elsie Starace, %, a bride of four
months, was shot and killed today
by an admirer who learned for the
first time that she was married.
The police have sent out a general
alarm for James Corbett, whom
they accuse of the shooting.
The bride was on a visit to her
mother in an apartment on the
upper East Side. She met Corbett
in the hallway. He Is said to have
repeated offers of marriage which
he had made for the better part Of
the two years he had known her.
Mrs. Starace paid no attention to
him. Corbett persisted and then
Mrs. Starace said: You are too
late and even II I were not mar
ried I would not have you any
way"
Corbett, according to the police,
drew a pistol and shouted:
"If I can't have you I'll fix you
50 you won't be any good to any.
one else"
Then he fired two shots. One
went wild and the other struck the
bride through the left side. close
to the heart. She fell dead.
A crowd gathered, but Corbett
cowed them with his revolver, and
they backed while he fled.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Dane Princess
Weds for Love;
Gives Up Title
y IatssnStisaal NsWs Bsrvies,

~ AmeoRD00o0oA NoWo BSfv1oos
COPENHAGEN, Nov. -.
TSHE plain title Of 'Mrs." b
1 good enough for Princess
Dasmsr, sister Of King Chris
tian, who was married here
today to Lieut. Castensjead. .
commoner. Two kings wore
present at the ceremony, which
was private.
It was ut the request q
the princess herself that al
her royal rank. Tho couple
She said that her love for her
husband was 20 great that she
felt no sacrifice In giving up,
her royal rank. Thhe couple
win spend their honeymooa In.
an isolated castle on the Danish
Coast.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Displacement Of Several Pro-
hibitlon Directors In That
Region Forecast.
ASKS AID OF GOVERNORS
win Take Staff Of Best Men
In Effort to Check Endless
Flood of Liquor.
BY w. H. ATKINS.
InternationAl News gervios.


The next vigorous step in liquor
law enforcement will take the form
Of q cleanup Of The South. Gov
ernment forces are to be concen-
trated to make war on smuggling,
rum running and Illicit distilling.
They viii be massed under personal
direction of Prohibition Commis.
sioner Haynes. Haynes yesterday
arranged for q sweeping readtust-
ment Of practically every Federal en-
forcement office in the South, and
1t will mean displacement Of sew
eral prohibition directors.
Haynes will leave next week for
swing through principal Southern
capitals. He win call together the
governors Of the various States and
endeavor to tighten enforcement
where loopholes are permitting an
apparently endless flood Of liquor
to seep through. His visit may
mean diminution In liquor supply,
II he can accept at face value the
assurance Of support from a score
Of Southern governors. He aims to
corral the support Of local and
county officials.
WILL WAR ON SMUGGLERS.
Haynes claims that a great per
centage Of the liquor manufactured
in the South gets through the en-
forcement barriers to northern con
sumers. He also wants to check
the flow Of smuggled whiskey that
is gaining in volume in eastern
cities, because OF the easy methods
rum runners adopt to rush liquor
imports into the hands Of waitine
bootleRgers Of Middle Atlantic and
Northern States.
Haynes attributes to lax local
supervision, the enormous quantity
of fine imported liquors getting
through the ports of Key West
New Orleans. Jacksonville, Savan
nah. Charleston. Norfolk and Balti
more. Hundreds of thousands OF
gallons of Scotch and English
whiskey. French and Spanish wines
Haynes believes. reach American
consumers through connivance be
tween smugglers. and those who
are able to give protection" tc
them. in landing their stocks in
safety.
WILL TAKE BEST MEN.
Haynes will 60 South with q
staff of the best men in his serv
ice. He will start his campaign in
conferences next week with the
governors OF Georgia, Florida, the
Carolinas, Louisiana, Alabama and
Virginia and then go through the
rest of the principal wet strong
holds of the South trying to ce
ment relations between Federal and
local officials.
Haynes admits his problem Ia
difficult. Local political influ
ences," he suspects as his CHIEF
handicaps. He relies upon the i'm
portance of a trained corps Of in
vestigators who have made records
in wet strongholds in other sec
tions. He also believes Southern
governors will aid him.
In his canvass for support he has
not distinguished between COVER
nors of wet" or dry" persuasion
assuming that they all are dry fol
purposes Of enforcement.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
APPEAL To SETTLE
FATE Of CH|LDERS
Death Warrant Read to Rebel
In Cell, But Execution Is
Delayed for Present.

DUBLIN, Nov. 23.-The fight to
save the life Of Ersl1ine Childers,
chief aide Of Eamonn de Valera
in the Irish Republican cause, was
carried into the higher courts to.
day after a ruling against Childers
in habeas corpus proceedings in
the court Of chancery.
Reports that Childers had been de.
ported along with eight other ir.
regular prisoners were dissipated
when Counsellor Wood. represent.
ing Childers, said the death warrant.
signed at the court martial last
week, had been read to Childere
in his cell. 1t has been held up,
however, pending the appeal.
Childers was tried on the charge
Of possessing weapons for the pur.
pose Of rebellion against the Irish
Free State. He had been arrested
near Wicklow while comforting with
de Valera and other irregular
leaders.
Tom Hales, an irregular leader,
who was said to have been q mem.
Der of the party which shot MI.
chael Collins to death from am
bush, was captured by Free State
troops. He probably will be court
martialed.
Free State troops are reported
to have established q siege at Dub
lin, where General Kilroy had
established a republic" of his own.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Pianists Play Selections
First Time in Washington

La Sale Spier. and Arthur Mayo
appeared last evening at the New
Masonic Auditorium in a two-piano
recital which offered an interesting
program, including several selec-
tions heard for the first time in
Washington.
The MacDowell Concerto in d
Minor, Op. %, was the only solo
work performed, and Mr.. Spier's
finger work was admirable. The
orchestral accompaniment, arranged
for the second piano. was played by
Mr.. Mayo. A Debussy suite was a
delightful feature of the evening.
The works heard here for the
first time included Kaun's Passa'
caglia in D Minor. Op. 81: Sinding.
Variations in E Flat Minor. Op. 2;
and Ropartz, Piece in B Minor.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Mills Compares Americas
Condition with European

This country has no reason for
discomfort regarding the present
economic situation as the humblest
American citizen is in a better po-
sition than any European subject Of
moderate means" said Representa-
tive Ogden L. Mills, before the
New York State Society last even
ing.
The society decided to dispense
with the December meeting and
adopted the Woman's City Club
quarters as the regular meeting
place.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Mercy Dispensed to Two
Veterans in Police Court

Two veterans, both Of whom have
been gassed, were in Police Court
yesterday-one charged with vag.
rancy, the other with petit larceny.
James L. Finn, thirty-nine years
old, a chauffer. 910 Seventh street
southwest, pleaded guilty to stealing
a motometer from an automobile at
Sixth and B streets northwest, be-
longing to Mary j. Lyons.
His excuse was that his wife was
Ill and he hoped to sell 1t and buy
medicine. His case was referred to
the probation officer.
Walter E. Bisbee, Of New York,
was charged with vagrancy. He was
dismissed.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Tired of Life,
Woman Sets
Self on Fire
Knoxville Matron Ends Drudg-
cry by Applying Torch to
Her Own Body.
By Intern.sional Nsws Service.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Nov. "a
Mrs. Gideon Ford, fifty-nine. was
tired Of life Of ofudgery.
Last Monday, when her eldest
daughter. Grace, fifteen, left home
for school, the mother said: "I'l not
be alive when you get back"
Returning to the little cabin home
from his work at noon, Gideon Ford
found his wife. wrapped in shoulder
ing charred quilts, lying on the floor
where she had fallen from a chair
the victim of a selfapplied torch.
For twenty-five years Mrs. Ford
had not visited the city. For more
than ten years she had not visited
her nearest neighbor.
Her three children had never gone
to school until last year when truant
officers found them.
The Fords lived in q home built
entirely Of handmade slabs and stone
picked up around the place.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Jersey Authorities Assured
That Suspects win Be In
dicted on Murder Charge
WEDDING TALE RELATED
Bridal Party Found Hall Angry
Because the Engagement
Kept Him from Keeping Date
Internatienai News Service.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Nov.
23.-With three days Of grand
jury sessions and testimony OF
forty witnesses completed, su-
thorities investigating the mur-
ders Of the Rev. Edward W. Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills said to
night that they were satisfied the
indictments they predicted O week
ago will be returned.
known in spite of the fact that
Gibson, has not been called.
There has been no attempt 20
conceal the plan OF the authori-
Mrs. Hall, a vestrymsn Of the
and another man.
VIII Read Diary.
When the grand jury proceed-
ings are resumed Monday at Som
erville the Jurors will hear Louise
Geist and Barbara Tough Of the
Hall household. Il is planned TO
swear in Mrs. Gibson that day and
to read the Hall letters and diary
loaned to the State by Universal
Service.
Authorities IRE Interested in q
story that on the evening Of Sep
tember 12, forty-eight hours before
Hall left his home on the tryst
that led to his death, he was Sc
verely rebuked by his wife.
While Hall was assisting IN q
marriage ceremony at which Mrs
Hall was present something came
up which gave Mrs. Hall an oppor-
tunity to know OF an incident per-
tanning to the relations Of her hus-
band To- Mrs. Mills, according to
other aeeendants at the wedding
Following the ceremony Mrs. Hall
refused to speak to her husband
BRIDE IN TEARS.
After the ceremony the bride,
Mrs. George Stryker, rushed 20 her
mother and complained in tears:
"Mr. Hall is the crankiest man
I ever saw"
Hall is said to have been wrought
up when the bride-to-be arrived
half an hour late and to have has
tened nervously through the cere-
mony, exclaiming Immediately aft.
erward: You have been married,
but have kept me from a very i'm.
portant and very pleasant engage.
ment."
He did not sign the marriage
papers. Several days later they
were isigned with Halls name by
his widow. she subscribing her ini-
tials. The bride said: when we
came into his house, Mr.. Hall had
his hat and coat on as IL about 20
leave. He seemed disappointed that
we had come"
She said that when he was
changing into his vestments Mrs.
Hall asked gently:
Can / do anything TO help you.
dear?"
GIRL FANTS.
Hall was described as curtly de-
clining aid. The girl tainted at
the incident. When she came 20
she heard Mrs. Hall say:
Shall I put a cloth on her
head?"
The clergyman snapped: NO.
don't bother"
Another story under investiga.
ton is that for three months prior
to the crime a woman in the EN-.
ploy of Mrs. Hall watched the
clergyman and reported his move.
ments
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Famous Physician Admits He
Nearly Had to Decide This
Question Himself as Father
NOT SAVE THEM
Let Nature XIII Such Children
: and Do Not Interfere, Is
Advice of Learned Savant
By MARGERY REX.
International News Service


NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Should
/ eak babies be allowed to live !:
The question, brought up by the
ease Of the armless and legless
girl baby born to the Lebrasca
family In Chicago, received a de-
cidedly negative reply when we
put It to DR.. Adofph Lorenz,
world-famous surgeon, now prac-
dcing In New York.
A remarkable coincidence was.
DIR. Lorenz admitted, that he nearly
had to decide that terrible ques-
ton once himself, not only as a
physician, but as a father.
Let Nature Decide.
It once expected to be the father
Of such child" was the reply
Of DIR. Lorenz. Sometimes there
b such q condition present that
q child Is apt to be born too soon.
undeveloped. with crampy muscles.
and that child Is. as a rule, not
quite right mentally" He con-
tinued:
!, The question you ask me is
an awful one to decide. / would
rather not kill such an infant,
but rather follow the policy Of a
passive resistance. ! would do
nothing but let nature take her
course without opposing her.
We must always consider the
fact that human life Is the most
precious thing on earth. And we
should not destroy 1t voluntarily,
at any rate.
But II we adopt passive resist
ance nature herself will kill such
children. and that should be done.
Let them die instead Of trying
to rescue them.
NOT COLD DECISION.
This is not the cold decision OF
an inhuman scientist. DIR. Lorenz
has spent his life in making little
twisted bodies straight, in helping
the lame to walk and the helpless
to be self-reliant. / have seen .
great pity in his kindly face when
brought before him. Further, he
said:
A child born without arms or
limbs is not fit to fight the bat
ties of life. 1t is a burden to its
r. parents, later on to the COM
munity and to itself. II such a
person could manage to shoot him
self, somehow, without the use
of arms, I am sure he would do
II; that Is, II he had the use OF
his senses.
These poor children creferring to
the freak babies) are usually de-
fective in other ways.
Many children. born too soon
and deformed, are rightly put in
incubators to save their lives, but
we can't improve such a child as
the one born without arms and
legs, so let nature do what she
will, and don't help her.
Fortunately. my fears of twenty
years ago were not realized. My
son was born at the right time.
after all. and today he is as tall
as ] am.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Sen. Ball Seeks $4,000
To Police Shriner Week

Anticipating the unusual con-
ditions which will exist during the
visit of thousands of Masons to the
city from May 20 to June 10, an
appropriation of $4,000 was re-
quested in a joint resolution intro
duced In the Senate yesterday by
Chairman Ball, of the Senate Dis
trict Committee.
The sum, 1t was explained. would
be used to enable the District Com
missioners to maintain order and
protect property during the Shrine
convention.
An additional $4,000 was asked
for the construction, rent and main
tenance of convenience and first
aid stations.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
AUTO DEALER SUES BOARD.

The District Commissioners were
ordered yesterday by Justice Koch.
ling in Circuit Court No. 2 to an.
pear on December and show cause
why they should not reissue an
automobile operators permit to Sid.
ney J. Monk. automobile dealer,
426 Eighth street northwest. Monk,
through Attorneys Peyser, Edelin,
and Peyser. claims the Commits.
sioners. without reason, revoked
his permit on July 25 and have
since refused to issue him q new
one.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Alleged Assailants
OF Girl Put on Trial

CAMBRIDGE, Nd, Nov. Elm
the Circuit Court this morning the
case of James Lewis, Frank
Thomas, Medford Thomas and
Wesley Hill, young men Of the
Neck district indicted on q charge
of attacking and attempted attack
on Elizabeth Seward. came up for
trial.
The defendants brought In a
large array Of witnesses. BY some
they sought to attack the charac-
ter of the girl.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Pat Kelley for Senate
Urged by House Members

Governor Groesbeck Of Michigan
was urged by the House Appropri-
ations Committee yesterday in a
telegram sent by Chairman Madden,
to select Representative Pat Kelley
to fill the unexpired term Of Sem
ator Newberry. who has resigned.
The telegram stated there was no
attempt on the part of the com.
mittee to interfere in the selection
by Governor Groesbeck, but the
committee was actuated by a de-
sire to use its influence in the
public good. Complimentary refer
ence was made to Congressman
Kelley's service in the House.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
New Trials Denied Three
MingO March Defendants

CHARLESTOWN, W. Va, Nov.
23.-New trials were denied by
Judge Woods today in the cases of
Walter Allen, convicted of treason,
and the Rev. ]. E. Wilburn and his
son John, convicted Of second de-
gree murder, in connection with the
miners armed march on Mingo
county.
Defense counsel said all three
cases will be appealed.
The jury in the Allen case recon-
mended a ten-year sentence which
the court approved. The Wilburns
were sentenced to eleven years
each in the penientiary. The court
agreed to grant bail for all three.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24

getting 20 per cent Of the price of
farm products. Capper demanded
the Republican party enact legisla-
ton reducing freight rates.
THE Republican party cannot
fail to reduce rates." said Capper,
because the failure of farmers
means ruin to the railroads" Cap
per said IS great railroad systems
were increasing dividends while
farmers suffered from want
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
SCIENTISTS NEEDED.

American industry needs scientific
methods and men like the graduates
of the Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology must put sciene into
industry. DR.. 8. w. Stratton told
seventy-five members Of the local
alumni Of the institute at banquet
held at the Racquet Club wednes-
day night. DR.. Stratton leaves the
Bureau Of Standards to become
president Of the Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology the first Of
the wear,
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Clara Phillips Wins
Another Postponement

Los ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 23.-
Clara Phillips. convicted Of the
hammer murder" of Mrs. Alberta
Meadows. won another postpone.
ment today Of the passing of SEN
tence Of from 10 years to life in
the penitentiary when her case was
put over until Monday because Of
illness Of Judge Houser.
The continuance was granted by
Judge Willis.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Discharged Clerk Calls
Sec. Fall into Court

Secretary of the Interior Albert
B. Fall was ordered yesterday by
Justice Adolph A. Hoehling in Cir
cult Court No. to appear on De-
cember and show cause why Mrs.
Vivian s. Armstrong. 1901 X
street northwest, former file clerk
in the General Land Office, should
not be reinstated.
In a petition for a writ Of man.
damus against the Secretary. filed
by Attorney Lorenzo A. Bailey,
Mrs. Armstrong, who was appoint
ed through civil service in 1920,
claims that she was dropped unlaw-
fully on June 20. 1921-ten days
after she met with an accident in
her office. She claims that her dis.
charge was due to the personal ami
mostly of the chief clerk.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
Gun Instead of Fag Gets
Joker Jail Sentence

The joke was on William johnson
when James H. Gross poked the
business end of an automatic pistol
into Johnson's ribs "just for fun"
The tables were turned yesterday
in Police Court when Judge Hardi-
son sent Gross to Jail for six months
on a charge of having a pistol.
johnson asked Gross for cigar.
ette.
This Is the best coffin nail on the
market" said Gross as he yanked
the weapon out of his pocket.
Policeman E. l.. Shelton of the
Second precinct was summoned and
took charge of both Gross and the
pistol.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
HELD ON THEFT CHARGE.

Charles Wolf. twenty years old,
of Kenilworth, D. c., employed as
a helper on a delivery truck owned
by the American Railway Express
Company, was held for the grand
jury yesterday by Judge Hardison
in Police Court under $1,000 bond
on q charge of grand larceny. The
warrant against Wolf alleges that
on November IL last he stole a
package containing s516 worth Of
jewelry. He pleaded not guilty.