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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-17
WHIPPING POST FOR WIFE
BEATER URGED BY COURT

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE whip
ping post or branding irons for
wlte-beaters was advocated Friday
by Magistrate McAndrews in I'M
posing a sentence of sixty days in
the workhouse on Hyman Levine
for beating his wife.
If | had my way he said. 81
would have you tied to a whipping
post IN the middle of the street
while half a dozen strong men lash
ed your back, on else would have
you branded so that all decent men
VINO met you on the street would
shun you" "V''u
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-17
JAP MINERS ENTOMBED
AS COLLAPSE OCCURS

TOXIC, Dec. 17.-(By the As
sociated Press. Thirty miners
were entombed in a coal mine at
Kasuya in Fukuoka Prefecture in
Southwest Japan this morning and
are held prisoner, according to adj
vices received here. Collapse Of
portions of the mine caused the en-
tombment.
Rescue work is proceeding with
extreme difficulty and it feared that
attempts, at rescue may be unavail-
ing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-17

1t. is figured that 81 will haul
ton of freight 5000 miles by water
and 1876 miles by raj.
{ u. .
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-17
Personal

Miss Katherine Williams and Miss
Della Williams returned last night
from Jacksonville, Fla, where they
were guests for the past few weeks
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
j. Williams.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-17

Some of the tongues of fire dart
ing out from the suns surface
reach amazing heights. The obser-
vatory at Mt. Wilson, Claif, records
one instance where flame-soared
$4,000 miles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-17

Mrs. Jennie B. Gammage has ar
rived in Americas to assume her
duties as bookkeeper for the Times
Recorder, taking the place made va
cant by the resignation of r. NJ.
Harvey, who has been with the
Times-Recorder for the rast three
years and who leaves shortly to
accept position with another con-
Germ. Mrs. Gammage with her son,
Eugene, has been making her home
in Houston, Tex, for several years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-17

A small rock taken from the
highest point reached by the Nc
Everest expedition was sent tc
Pope Plus.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10

have been it was of a disturbing nature. She was nervous and i'll al case, looking around all the time as though she were afraid of being ob- served. Somehow, I gathered when we parted that she was obsessed by some new fear, some underlying dread Of circumstances of which, however, she gave me no inkling.
 At the end of the third day of my stay little conference was held in my salon between Guy Ennison-who had worked in the English secret service during the war. and whose headquarters had been in paris---my- self and Monsieur Destin, an ex-chief of the police, now d member of Lu- tarde's government. The latter was a short and corpulent little French man, with black eyes and most vi- vacious manner
 "Sir Norman Greyes," he said, grasping my hand, you are welcome. If you help us to save our chief, you are more than welcome. He is in danger-of that I am assured.'
 Much of the rest of his speech was irrelevant. The gist of the matter, however, was contained in his con- cluding sentences.
 .'They will seek to strike through Iis one weakness-his sentimentality, his excessive good-nature. Philippe l.utarde has always been lover of women kindly and generous lover. He can resist no appeal to his sym pathies; and our French public-you know, perhaps, how strange. they are. Whatever our own private lives may te, we tolerate not even indiscretions from our great men. We glorify and sanctify them; we place them on a pedestal and if they fall, we depose them from our hearts. All nations
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 1o 1923

all that will be changed--we shall
 nave have entered upon a new era
 and for these few months I choose to
 take my risk I will not submit to
 espionage"
 Nevertheless for the next threc
 days cast away my name and re-
 sorted to the meaner walks of my
 profession. shadowed the great
 Trench statesman, from the moment
 when he rose, until nightfali. There
 was young girl, very beautiful, with
 great dark eyes and an appealing
 face. who stopped him one night with some pitiful story. She was limping, and she pointed continually to her ffoot. Lutn'le rn'lcd the flacre which She indlc".cd. She leaned her fingers tpon his arm. l was c'crn though
 to sec the pressure of tirm 10 notn the subtlety of her urrm"d SIC" He handed her to the cab na { her pleading words. sfln wn 'one If monsieur would drive wI,A har q little way! But LutarJe shook hig head gravely He paid the taxicab man a fare which surprised him, lifted his hat courteously and walked away. saw the change in the girls face as he disappeared. That was just one of his escapes.
 We had more exciting few min utes one night when he insisted upon walking home from the Quai d'Orsay. I saw the four dark, silent figures gliding togethcr, two of then in front of him and two behind and saw the waiting motorcar at the corner Of the street. Prudence led me to an ticipate their action, whatever it might be. When they heard the spit of bullets against the wall, they took to their heels and ran. To the gen darme who came hurrying up, I had only to show my badge of authority, and he procured for us at once taxicab. Lutarde. convinced now that his enemies were in earnest yielded to my drst proposition. Il was installed in his house as major domo.
 We had three or four days of abso- lute Quietude. Then the moment which we had been expecting; arrived. It was about six o'clock in the even- ing. and I was seated in Monsieur Lutarde's study, copying some letters at desk and posing as his secretary. A servant brought in a note, which the Minister read hastily. passed to me. It was written on British OfEice notepaper and signed by very important parsonage. The
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10
GO ON WITH THE STORY Sir Norman TaJkS

Isaw her luggage through the cus- toms, for which, as she knew no French, she was grateful. I offered her seat in the car which had been sent for me, but she shook her head.
 I am going to the Care de l'Est," she said.
 Where you will take a fresh cab and drive to the address which you do not intend me to hear" I re- marked. You need not go out of your way. I will give you another parole. l will make no effort to dis cover your address, so you can take your taxi and drive straight there. I shall be at the Hotel Meurice. If you have an hour to spare, we will drive in the Bois tomorrow.
 For the next few days I was im- mersed in the complications of the business which had brought me to Paris To my surprise, Janet called to see me at the hotel and we took our drive in the Bois. It was easy to realize that, whatever the business which had brought her to Paris may
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10

have their peculiar form of hypocrisy That is ours. Lutardes daily life is being examined at the present mo, ment, hour by hour"
 By the police" I asked.
 "Nol By the agents of a very dan. gerous gang of criminalsa whose chiei we believe to be in league with the other Mde."
 "why not give warning to Mon. sieur Lutarde?"
 "That has been done. He is naughty and fmpetuous. He will brook no interference with his actions"
 Gan I meet him?" ! asked.
 "Today at the British Embassy" Guy Ennison replied. We have ar- ranged little luncheon. He does not know your errand, and he scarcely even realizes our anxiety.s
 Our conference broke up soon af- terward. At luncheon I found Philippe Lutarde gracious, charming and brilliant. He had the clear skin and bright eyes of . younger man; his snow-white hair was 8 veritable adornment. He was 2 delightful companion, and ! easily understood the enthusiastic adherence of his friends. Toward the close of luncheon Ennison spoke to him quite seriously of the existence of some conspiracy against either his life or his honor. only smiled.
 My friend" he said, T much ap- rreciate all your efforts on my be- half; but behold, am seventy years old! A few years more or less of life now are little. As to my honor, that no enemy can besmirch. If I were to surround myself by guards, as you suggest place myself in a glass house, I should live an artificial life. [ know that without me things might for time be difficult, and relations between our two countries might suffer. In a month or two-however,
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10

Tt is my husband who should have come. He would have waited upon |sou and brought the letter and mes- sage to which this note refers, but he was attacked last night by an old complaint of his-sciatiea-and he is absolutely unable 10 move. He asked me to hasten to you, and to beg that under the circumstances you would do him the honor to come to the hotel. He is ashamed to have to ask you, but the doctor who Is with him now absolutely forbids him to stand up. l have here his certif- cate"
 "l will come without delay. ma damc," Iutarde promised, waving away the half-sheet of notepaper which she had rendered.
 T came in q taxicab-it is waiting" ahe continued. "You doubtless would
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10

secrot-service work during the wan He desired me to say that If you pre- ierred not 10 risk being seen in such a locality, he would endeayor to pros cure an ambulance car from the boss pital and come here"
 Such q thinG would bc unheard or" Lutarde protested. "I will go with you, of course"
 "Well?" my temporary cAlcf asked. looking across at ne,
 "The moment haI arrived" I ans swered.
 You suggest that the woman is an impostor." he exclaimed.
 "She is the wife of a well-known English criminal" I declared. Her story was plausible but very improb- able What about the letter that she brought?"
 Continued in Our Next Issue)
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10
prefer yonr own car2n

prefer your own car?"
 Tt Is no matter" he answered. At which hotel do you stay?".
 The Hotel Napoleon, in the Rue Tranchard," she replied.
 The minister started. I too re- ceived a shock, for the district was the most notorious in Paris
 My dear madame" he protested, "the neighborhood of the Rue Tran chard is certainly not q fit place for you and"
 That is what distressed my hus- band so much in having to ask you to go to him." she interrupted. Tt was the particular desire of the per- son on whose behalf he has come, that his presence in Paris should not be known, and my husband deliber- ately chose this hotel, where he sometimes stayed when engaged on
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10

eist of 1t was contained in these lines:
 The bearer can be altogether trusted. He brings you verbal message of great importance. You will further our mutual interests if you give 1t your most serious con- sideration.
 It was a mere chance which led me to retire to what futarde was pleased 10 call my spy-holc, Notwithstand- ing my disguise, it was perhaps as well that ] did so, for 10 my amaze ment 1t was Janet who was presently ushered In. Monsieur Lmtarde rose 10 his feet in some surprise,
 "yolc nrc the bearer of this letter, madp 'Na " nc n'oricd,
 "In anp1n t @.f " ahc replied, tai,iri lo H'1d, u v . hc aoIntcd sed ig's ftt" p'' r l,I desk.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10
BEGIN HERE TODAY

vonuetta begins between MICHAEL SAVERS. noted criminal.
 and
 SIR NORMAN GREYES, once of
 scotland Yard, when Savers beautI- :
 full housemaid,
 JANET, saves him from Sir Norman
 by shooting dead the officer sent to arrest him. Janet becomes Savers
 wife and accomplice. In the Leeds
 bank robbery. Michael (known to Greyes as "Stanfield") barely es- capes and has to flee the country. Savers plots with another we'll known criminal, Paul Cont to ruin the political leader, Philippe Lutarde, Cont sends for Janet to assist them, Sir Norman is hired by the govern rent to protect Lutarde and promises 10 do all in his power to keep the leader from harm. Greyes meets Janet on the street and takes her to lunch.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-10

Prices are much lower than our usual lowest-in-the-C City prices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-24


..The intimidators,'' he said,
number at least twenty-five. Some
of them," he declared. ARE hard
ened paroled convicts."
McBee said that regardless of
this disgraceful procedure he could
promise that within forty-eight
hours seVenty-eight members of the
lower house will be in Oklahoma
City to attempt a peaceful assem-
blage."
Reports of intimidation have
come to me over long distance tele-
phone from legislators who an.
swered his call for the meeting
of the house, McBee said. Legis-
lators, he said. have been told
they would lose business: that to
come to Oklahoma City would be
poor politics. and one of them,
he said was warned he would be
walking into death trap"
Houses Right to Impeach.
High legal talent has informed
him, McBee said, that the exclu-
sive right to convene as an inn
peaching power is vested in the
house.
Five attorneys who were asked
by McBee to pass on the legal
right of the house and senate to
convene Wednesday, reported to
him, McBee said, that no court,
governor or outside authority, has
any legal right to interfere with
such an assembly.
The opinion was signed by r. ].
Keaton, Oklahoma City; o. w.
Patched, Pauls Valley: Alger Mel
ton, Chicasha; John Shirk, Okla
homa City; Jep Knight, Wynne-
wood.
The committee of lawyers, at one
point in their brief, called attention
to section 1874, of the statutes,
which provides that 1.-The Senate,
when organized and sitting as a
court of impeachment, shall have
power to recess from time to
time and hold sessions after the
adjournment of the legislature.
Informed that Governor Walton,
in a statement last night, had as
serted he would welcome Federal
investigation mof the situation in
Oklahoma, including McBee's charge
that Walton has created a despotic
Continued on Page 2, Column -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-24

MARRIAGE
GIIRs G
SOCIETY
Miss Catherine Radcliffe
EIopes to Baltimore With
George Wise.

Society circles in Washington
were given another sensation to-
day when it became known that
Miss Catherine Radcliffe, daughter
of Daniel Radcliffe, of Cardiff,
Wales, had eloped to Baltimore last
Friday and married George Wise,
son of n prominent dairyman here.
The marriage came as complete
surprise TO social Washington, for
Miss Radcliffe, it was said today,
was to be married in October to
Lieut.. Julian p. Brown, II. s.
marine corps. an aide to Brig. Gen.
Smedley Butler.
Said To. Have Broken Engagement.
1t was said today that the en-
gagenlent to Lieutenant Brown was
broken off two weeks ago by Miss
Radcliffe, the young girl Eaving
gwen UP the lieutenant to marry
Mr.. Wise.
The marriage of the couple, fol-
lowed, it is said. whirlwind court
slip. Friday, in company with
friends, they motored TO Baltimore.
The same afternoon cable was
sent TO Mr.. Radcliffe in Wales, an
nouncing the marriage.
Father is Hurrying Here.
The father was naturally sur
prised. He cabled to the couple
that he was coming to America
In the next boat and would reach
Washington the first week in
October He is said to have evinced
q desire to make public himself
the announcement of the marriage.
The couple returned to- Washing
ton, it is said, the same afternoon
Mr.. Wise is diving now with his
parents at BAIT Lowell street
northwest. Mrs. Wise is said to
be staying in Warrenton. Va, with
Mrs. .Tphn Ripley Buchanan, a
friend.
Mr.. Wise was very prominent
In high school athletics some years
ago, starring on the Business High
School football team
although an English girl. Miss
radcliffe is well known in Washing
ton' having spent last winter here
continued on Page 2. Column A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-24
Text Of Talk
.ByPresident|
Coolidqe

n his add1pss today before the
national Convention 81 the Amerti-
can Red Cross, President Coolidge
spoke as folLo1Us:
The American Red Cross is o
modern application Of an ancient
principle. The idea OF charity Is
very old. 1t is included in the
teachings Of the earliest philoso-
pliers. 1t is one OF the funda-
mental doctrines of our Bible. 1t,
is a spiritual conception of hui
man relationship. It is life in
obedience to the things that are
unseen.
Throughout history men have
been prone to put their trust in
other things and have failed.
They have sought for power
through material resources alone.
They have thought it might he
gained by the accumulation of
great riches. They have attempt
ed TO rely upon the naked force
Of armies and navies, conuuering
by the might of the sword.
But these forces are nat the
ultimate rulers Of mankind. They
are necessary for security, as po-
lice and criminal courts, and bolts
and bars are necessary. They
are adjuncts of peace. But they
are negative forces. They do not
create, they resist. They :lra not
the ultimate force in the world.
-
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-24
ARRESTED BY BROTHER
WHO GETS SIS REWARD

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. a.
IWlce paroled, twice escaped, and
as many times returned to the State
penitentiary-the last time by his
brother-is the story of Bert
Haynes, convicted in 1914 on a
manslaughter charge and given
three to twenty-one years.
Bert was enroute to "Rrushy
Mountain" today, following arrest
by his brother. Sam Haynes. Sam
surrendered the younger man and
insisted on collecting $25 reward.
Told that payment of the reward
would add to the years his brother
must serve behind the bars, Sam re.
plled; Pay me that twenty-five, .
ana went on his way back to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-24
NURSE 'S.ARRE:ST
EXPECTED IN
ROBB CASE
Cancelled Insurance Policy on
Suitcase Victims Car Is
Discovered.
~ 3

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 3D.
Evidence in the nature of a
$4,000 automobile insurance pol
icy issued by the Employees Liabil-
ity Assurance Corporation, Ltd,
on July %, 1923, to Alice M. VOL
schendorf, alleged victim of the
Merrimac river suitcase murder,
unearthed by The Washington
Times correspondent during his
Investigations, may play an i'm
portant part in the defense of DIR.
William M. Robb, who is accused
of the crime.
Policy Cancelled September /.
This policy, according to the
brokers' Endorsements theI con,
Cancelled September j, 1928, re.
fund of $2721 being returned to
Mrs. Wolschendorf on that date,
the very day the first suitcase
containing the arms and legs of
the victim was found in the
Merrimac river.
Certain facts connected with the
finding of this Cancelled policy, the
nresent whereabouts of the
sedan which it covered, and the
identity of the party receiving the
refund September l are being in
vestigated by Attorney John P.
Feeney, DR.. Robbs senior counsel,
The fact that this Cancelled policy
was not secured from the com
pany's files, where it should have
been, is one of the important fea-
lures of the investigation.
The interesting document, dis
covered by the writer yesterday
was turned over to Attorney
Feeney, who made a hurried re
turn from a weekend trip TO the
South Shore shortly before last
midnight.
Further evidence tending to con
meet DIR. Robb with the murder of
the woman, alleged by the Com
monwealth to be Mrs. WOlschen'
dorf. unearthed by District Attor'
new Arthur K. Reading over the
weekend. was disclosed to The
Times correspondent.
First - The district attorneys
score OF investigators have estab-
CONTINUED on Page 3, Column %
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-24
MRS. WARD AIDS
PROSECUTOR
IN TRIAL
Forced to Testify Accused Was
Out Till S O'Clock Morn
ing of Staying.
By JACK CARBERRY,
International Newa Seruiee-

COURT USE, HITE
PLAINS. N. Y, Sept. 24.-Mrs.
Beryl Curtis Ward today unwilling1y
took the witness stand against her
husband Walter S. Ward, charged
with the murder of Clarence NJ.
Peters, and for fourteen minutes
played the part the State demanded
of her in it's effort to send the
accused man to the electric chair.
The States point scored through
Mrs. Ward, was that her husband
did not reach his home until be-
tween 4:30 o'clock and 5 o'clock
on the morning Peters body was
found.
The witness, frail, and showing
the effects of the, strain through
which she has gone since the night
Peters was killed answered the
courteous questions of Attorney
General Carl Sherman in whispers
Much of her testimony had to be
re-read to the jury by the court
stenographer.
The State limited broadly in it's
questions that the Ward family
had made an effort to hide out
Lula Barrow and Amy Mild, SER
wants in Mrs. Wards employ.
Locates One Servant.
Where are Lula Barrow and
Amy Mild now?" the prosecutor
asked.
Lula Barrow is in New Jersey
Continued on Page 2, Column S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-24
AVOIDS PEDESTRIAN
BUT INJURIES OTHERS

When William J. Reid, of 1915
fonfteenth street northwest, turn
ed his machine sharply at Four
teenth and Buchanan streets north
west to avoid striking pedestrian n.
ne crashed into a parked machine
and injured three people.
The parked machine was forced
against Clarence Watts, Gil Prince.
ton place northwest, breaking his
leg. He was taken to Emergency
Hospital
L. w. Williams, of 1910 Bucn-
anan street northwest. and William
Irowbr1dge, or 4503 Fourteenth
street ncGc%est. occupants of the
parked car We're bruised and
shaken up. Both machines were