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The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Woman Dead i'm Hotel,
Leaves ImpassiOned Note

PITTSBURGH. March 24.-With
two bottles half full Of chloroform
and an impassioned love note, adj
dressed to an unnamed man lying
nearby, the body Of Miss Lucille Mar
shall, Of New York, was found in q
room Of the Fort Pitt Hotel, where
she registered last Wednesday. It
was later announced at the morgue
that the woman, who is about thirty
years old, had suffered an internal
hemorrhage. No marks Of violence
were found. One paragraph in the
note read:
I'VE have Travelled the road that
springs from nowhere and winds its
way along the rocky height to happi.
ness, but In our case here is can only
be realized in the great beyond"
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Clubnnan Loses
Suit for Decree

NEW YORK, March 24.-A jury
In the Supreme Court rendered a
verdict in favor of Mrs. Thomas L.
Cunningham, sued for divorce. Cum
ningham is a wealthy building con-
tractor. polo player and clubman.
Cunningham named Howard F.
Borroto, O. wealthy leather mer-
chant, who was found in Mrs. Gun"
ningham's apartment when the hus-
band and SEVERAL friends raided it
one night last August. Borroto and
Mrs. Cunningham both swore on the
stand that ne had been taken i'll
after escorting her and her six.
year.old daughter home. and was
obliged to remain there. They con-
tended the raid was q "frame-up." y
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Saw Short Circuits Car;
Conductor Badly Rurnnd

PHILADELPHIA, March 3D.
When q passenger on an elevated
train dropped a saw between" two
cars. short-circuiting the current,
Clarence Kline, q conductor, was
thrown to the floor and was burned
severely on the hands.
AS the saw struck the feed cur.
rent Kline was shutting a door of
the car. The steel tool made a
connection with the steel frame.
work Of the car, and the conductor
was enveloped in flames. He was
taken to Misericordia Hospital,
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Priest Withdraws Claim
to BeOuest of 100000

KANE, Pa, March 24.-The John
Magner will case, involving ap.
proxlmately 100000, has been set
tIed out OF court, it became known
here yesterday.
Magner. a recluse farmer, died in
the Mexican county home. He left
his entire fortune to Rev. p. J.
Oonahue, pastor Of the Roman
Catholic church at Smethport, Pa.
The priest was his friend and spir.
ltual adviser, and helped care for
him in his declining days,
Mrs. Hannah Boyle, Mrs. Patricia
Boyle and William Driscoll, reIa.
tives, brought court action to
break the will, alleging that Mag.
ner was OF unsound mind when he
placed his signature on II.
Under the settlement reached out
of court Father Donohue win re.
ceive $12,250. He will withdraw
any claim as a beneficiary under
the will.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Gives Up $4,000
DOwry to Wed

BOSTON, March 24.-%I.ife isn't
worth living with only plenty of
money and no love, says Mrs. Edith
Gillespie. And she has suited action
to the word and cast to the winds a
$4,000 inheritance to marry the man
Of her choice.
She was the former Edythe Horne,
OF Maiden, Conn.,, and the fortunate
man is Charles A. Gillespie, of Bos.
ton. Soon after the wedding, how
ever, 1t was reported that her par
ents had relented and had received
her with open arms,
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
$4,000 in Newspaper
Near Hermit'S Body

TOLEDO, Ohio, March "a
Wrapped securely in several sheets
of old newspaper. $4,000 was found
near the body of Carl. Jensen. sixty
five. Jensen had lived alone on his
eighty-acre farm near Clay Center.
Jensen was dead in bed when
neighbors found him. He had been
i'll with pneumonia, but refused to
go to a hospital, saying cit costs
too much" He left no near rela-
tiVes.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Had Flask on One Hip
And Bible on. Other

KANSAS CITY, March 24.-Joe
Perry walked into Police Head.
quarters and declared: az am q
Christian gentleman. do not de.
sire to be on the streets OF a
wicked city"
The police searched him to make
certain Joe did not lose anything
while sleeping. In one hip pocket
was Bible. in the other flask Of
Whiskey.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
We'd II Years;
Never Quarrel

PHILADELPHIA. March "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Shainalin, .
Pennsylvania couple, were married
April II, 1851, and this coming
April plan to celebrate their sew
enty.second wedding anniversary.
Shainalin IL ninety-three, Mrs.
Shainalin ninety-two.
I'VE never have had a quarrel in
all that time the wife declares.
1.-THE trouble with young people
now is that they want to do - the
RICH" :
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Driver Gets Three Years
Az Lesson tO Reckless

WILMINGTON, Del, March a.
Louis Di Salvo, eighteen years old.
charged with assault and battery
in connection with the death OF
Mrs.. Martha Van Dyke. who was
struck by an automobile driven by
the youth on the night Of March
Is, was sentenced by Chief Justice
Pennewill to three years In the
worlShouse.
Di Salvo was found guilty on
Tuesday and q motion for new
trial was made. His attorney today
withdrew the motion and asked
that his client be sentenced. In
pronouncing sentence, the justice
remarked that he hoped the penalty
would be a lesson to all reckless
drivers in Delaware.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
CONTINUED from FIRST Page.)

II
alleged Mr.. Mitchell were effica-
cious. Pecora was convinced of
the innocence OF the models friend
and 80 persuasive were the Iargu-
ments of Mr.. Mitchell and his coun.
sci, Nelson Olcott, that Pecora
then and there took every means
to shield the identity 81 the man
who, excepting only the murderer,
was the last person to see Dorothy
King alive.
SOCIAL LEADER.
81. K. Mitchell, as Mr.. MARSHALL
identified himself, is known to the
social and business world as J.
Kearsley Mitchell.
HE is the son-in-law Of e. r.
Stotesbury, one of the best-known
bankers in America, partner of j.
Pierpont Morgan, and social leader
OF Philadelphia and New York CITY.
Mr.. Mitchell, Dorothy Kings
virtually every one Of the best clubs
in the Quaker City, in addition to
number here and in Boston.
He is president Of the Phila-
delphia Rubber Works, Of Philadel-
phia and Akron, Ohio. He il q
nephew of the late DR.. s. Weir
Mitchell. Of Philadelphia, world
famous physciatrist and novelist,
author Of Hugh Wynne' and other
books"
PRINCETON GRADUATE.
"a graduate of Princeton Uni
versity, he was married in January,
1909, to Miss Frances B. Stotes-
bury, the bankers daughter. They
have two children. Their Philadel.
phia town house is at 227 East Rit-
tenhouse square, in the very heart
Of that city's social center. Their
country home, Red Rose Manor, at
Rosemont, Pa, is one Of the finest
in America.
"A reporter for the Evening
Journal found J. Kearsley Mitch ell
at his home In Rittenhouse square,
Philadelphia.
'Mr. Mitchell, handsome middle
aged man, refused absolutely to ad.
nit that he was the Mr.. MARSHALL
for whom every newspaper in the
East has been looking ever since
Dorothy Kings murder was dis
covered.
He had just come from his morn
Ing bath when the reporter was
ushered into a reception room just
OH his bedroom. Without undue
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
X. C. Will Give Man, 1O2,
FOur-FOOt Birthday Cake

One OF the largest birthday cakes
ever baked, will be built for the
oldest member OF the knights of
Columbus, Patrick Murphy, Of Mon
ument, Colo, who will celebrate
his 1929 birthday Easter week.
Knights of Colorado Springs and
other towns will hold a large gath.
ering in honor of the patriarch.
The birthday cake will be more
than four feet in diameter.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
French War Widow Saws
Costly Clothes Not Rest

MONTREAL, March 24.-Ameri.
can women wear better clothes
than the French because they have
more money, but the Frepch dress
better because they have individu-
atty. -
SO declares Countess de Vannes.
a Partisan war widow, who was
here on q visit.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Modern Tools Traced
Back to Age of Stone

LONDON, March 24.-"Every tool
used can be traced back to the
stone age. The knife, saw, ak,
ginlet and chisel were all used in
the olden times, and the principle
has not altered" said E. Lovett.
The work Of the ancient Egyp-
tians Is better than ours simply be-
cause we have not the skilled crafts
manship which existed in the far
off times, he said.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Special. Train on British
Railroad Comes Cheau

LONDON, March 17.-For so lit.
tie as $40 one can hire a special
train on any of the English rail-
ways. with engine and crew COM
plete, and travel by 1t in solitary
state for about twelve miles.
Forty dollars is the lowest figure
and twelve miles the least distance
for which the company will make
the necessary arrangements.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
WORLDS BIGGEST ORGAN.

BOSTON, March 24.-Recent in.
vestigation has revealed that the
largest organ in existence is in
Sydney, New South Wales. The
erection of the great organ in
Music hall, Boston, by q German
builder, Walcker of Wurttemberg
gave the fiRsE impetus to- public
interest in ta1e matter.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Candle at Bier Causes
Fire: 3 Children Dead

QUEBEC, March ga candle at
the bier OF a dead child Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Tremblay ignited
a curtain and the house was de-
stroyed by flames.
Three other children of the Trem-
blays were killed, two by fire and
one when the mother leaped from
q window with a baby in her arms.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
PUPILS GET DRUNK.

NEWARK, N. J., March "a
Complaints from teachers in some
public schools that children were
reaching school drunk led to
raid on the flat of Stanisiaw
Zawa1ek where a five-gallon still
and nine quarts OF liquor were
found.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
QUICKSILVER OUTPUT.

Production Of quicksilver in the
United States in 1922 aggregated at
6,497 seventy-five-pound TASKS, an In
crease of about 100 TASKS over 1921,
when the output established a low
record for seventy-two years.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25

ELLEN SOMEWHAT, beautiful t1centy-
IL yedr-OLd pianist, UIO IN a fit Of nseIGn-
cltOLy OUer thIUGrted ambitions plunged to death
from a ninth floor IDindOIO in the Hotel AstOr,
Metz York. To earn a livelihood she had to
UOrk as an elevator runnir.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
FOR AMERICAN LANGUAGE.

That the language in use in the
United States shall be known as
American" and no longer as tho
English" language, is the purpose
of a resolution being .Eostered by
the American Legion.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25
PENGUIN GALLANT LOVER.

LONDON, March 24.-The pen.
gums are very gallant and courtly
Iovemakers, according to- Surgeon
Commander Levick, who was a
member Of Captain SCOTS Antarc-
tic expedition.
The Washington times., 1923-03-25

]. r ADV LILLIA N--JlAXWELLW WILTSHIRE,
- titled actress, sued for diDOrce By her
husband, Sir Gerald, In the NelU York Supreme
Court. He charged naiscOnduct.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
Publicity for School Needs.

The public school situation in the
District has been so much discussed,
and the discussion has covered such a
long period, that it would seem there
cannot be any one in the Capital and
it's environs who is not apprised of the
grave fact that the public school plant,
through insufficiency of appropria-
tions, has fallen far behind the de-
mands upon 1t, and that each year it
lags farther behind the increase in the
school population. The matter is sure
ly understood by all parents who send
children to the public schools, and by
every other citizen who has active
interest in the school system. But It
is desirable to undertake g. campaign
which must bring forcibly to the at
tention of all citizens and the public
authorities that our school facilities
are far below our needs, that our tax
payers are anxious TO bring the school
system in line with public require
menus. and that the District treasury
has the money to pay It's share of the
cost.
There is in the District an organixa-
tioAp which carries the name OF the
District OF Columbia Public School
Association. and tnis organizations
Evening star., 1923-09-25
Shrieking Rails.

Why is II that the street railway
companies are so negligent Of the
rails at the curves on their lines that
more often than otherwise they are
in state of screaming protest? These
curve rails are supposed to be creased
frequently to prevent the friction of
the f1anges from making hid ,ous
sounds as the cars round the turns
In point OF fact, however, the grease
gang is either used on other work or
is slack on its Job, for at most curves
at most times the passing cars send
forth siren sounds that rasp the
nerves of all within radius. This is
totally unnecessary noise. Its elm
ination costs but little and the Public
Utilities Commissioners the police de-
partment IL the matter is not directly
within the commissions purview--
should insist upon regular attention
to prevent the nuisance. If a fine
were applied for every shrek that is
emitted from one of these curves bet
ter order might be maintained. Any
private citizen who commits a nui.
sance as grave as these bowling car
tracks would be promptly hailed to
court and punished. There should be
no discrimination through inattention
or Indifference.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
The Presidents First Speech

President Coolidge struck the key
note of American character in his ad-
dress at the opening of the American
Red Cross convention, an organization
of which he is the titular head as
President of the United States "Prac-
tical idealism," OF which the Red
| Cross is a great exponent, he pointed
out, has been dominating factor in
the history Of this country, an IDEAL
ism which seeks to translate and apply
| the golden rule of peace on earth and
| good will to men.
1T is necessary. on the one hand,'
| said the President, ITO avoid the IL
lusions of the visionaries and, on the
other hand, the indifference of the self
| ish. ~
The President truly said that the
constant need of civilization is for a
practical idealism Of this kind" The
record of the American Red Cross,
| which came into being in the days of
| Abraham Lincoln, he pointed out, has
been one of unselfshness. The or
ganization is representative Of the
| dominant influence which one day will
rule the world. as civilization comes
more and more TO rely upon moral
| force.
The President pictured the strug-
giles through which America has
| emerged triumphant, attributing that
success largely to a deep faith in
[ t1tr l1,r Ia,
| common sense. Speaking of the latest
| great conflict in which the nation took
| part, the world war; the President
said of the American people that they
went to the rescue of Europe with
| their treasure and their men when
the world was in peril, but when the
victory was secure. retired from the
! field unincumbered by spoils, inde-
pendent, unattached and unbought,
still continuing to contribute lavishly
, to the relief of the stricken and desti-
tute of the old world. sf Such
has been the moral purpose that has
marked the conduct Of our country up
| to the present hour. The American
| people have never adopted, and are
| not likely to adopt, any other course"
In his comparatively brief address
| to the Red Cross the President showed
himself a master of compact, concise
and eloquent expression. His addresses
delivered while Governor Of Massa-
chusetts and Vice President have been
| regarded as masterpieces Of American
diction. His first address as President
| of the United States, dealing not with
politics, national or international, but
| with the moral forces which rule in
this country, is worthy of a lasting
| place.
Evening star., 1923-09-25

to S1.16. This Is range OF 80 cents
ton. The difference in prices has
not been explained. Perhaps It is due
to difference in the volume OF produc-
ton. Naturally, whatever range there
may be at the mines will be reflected
in the local market. Retailers who get
coal that costs $1.15 ton more than
pteted to sell 1t for the same price as
before the strike, or for less than $1.15
more.
The. dollar increase Is, it would
seem. the average advance. There is
no Indication that the local retailers
are profteering. If the advance at
the mines averages 81 a ton, and the
advance in Washington averages the
same. certainly there will be no goug-
ing of the public by the distributors
here. This is some comfort. When
the new scale was adopted it was said
that cumulative profit would be col
lected all along the line. Certainly on
the figures given, assuming that they
are correct, the retailers will get, IL
any, only negligible increase in their
net revenues.
This whole matter OF the increased
cost to the consumer turns on the
question of whether the increase of
the mine price only covers the differ
entail in the scales, the actual addi-
tional cost of production. The public
has at present no means of knowing
the facts. The Federal Coal Commits
sion has gone out of existence. Some
other branch of the government should
be able to determine this question and
to make known the facts. The Gov
ernor Of Pennsylvania Immediately af-
ter the settlement Of the strike an
, nounced that he would endeavor to
prevent extortion by the capitalizing
of the wage increase of the miners. 1t
remains now to be seen whether in
the fixing OF the new prices there has
been any such advance as to consti-
tute the mulcting of the consumer,
which Gov. Pinchot feared.
Evening star., 1923-09-25

plans to initiate a thirty-day cam
paign to spread a knowledge OF school
needs among the people. The execu-
tive committee approved the plan,
and IL will be taken under cofisidera-
tion by the full membership Of the
association, at its next meeting. All
the signs are that the body Of mem
bers will indorse the plan agreed to
by the executive committee. Mass
meetings for the purpose OF arousing
sentiment and recording public opin-
ion will be held in all parts Of the Dis
trict. Already the appropriations COM
mittee Of the school association has
held conferences with. the board of
education, the District Commissioners
and officials of the budget, and an
other conference is planned with the
director of the budget. who wants to
be put in touch with parents and to
get at first hand their views as to
school needs.
In the regular schedule of estimates
for the next fiscal year the items for
acquisition of school sites and erection
Of school buildings were cut out to
bring the estimates within the sum
set by the director of the budget, and
the result is that the estimates carry
sum below the current appropria-
ton, which is known to be far below
the amount required for the necessary
enlargement Of the school plant. In
the supplemental schedule of esti-
mates sent by the Commissioners to
the bureau Of the budget, and sup
ported by strong arguments for IA
vorable consideration, there is said to
be the item of about $1,oOo.9OO for the
public schools.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
The New Coal Prices.

Ever since the settlement of the
{ hard coal strike by the writing of a
new contract between the operators
and the miners, giving the latter an
advance of 10 per cent in wages, con-
suf4iers have been wondering how
much this addition to the cost of pro-
duetion would add to their coal bills.
washington has just now received its
notice that it's part in the payment of
the larger labor bill will be 81 a ton
increase. 1t remains for the statis-
ticiAns who know how much coal
washington buys between September
and the end of the coal season to fig-
ure oat the total contribution of the
Capital to the settlement in Pennsyl-
vania.
! According to statement made by
one Of the local dealers, some of the
larger mines have increased the price
IS cente q ton at the mine, while
others have advanced the rate from 81
Evening star., 1923-09-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

publican ticket, Anderson's friends
regard him uncommonly available
material. He would be satisfactory
to former service men. too. because
ne Is a veteran of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. Anderson ranks as one of
the soundest men in Congress on ag-
ricultural topics and has Just ceIe-
brated his forty-first birthday He
was Minnesota's representative at the
recent midsummer wheat conference
In Chicago.
From diplomacy to banking Is, the
jump about to be executed by Col.
Thomas H. Birch of New Jersey. After
serving for nearly, ten years as Amer
lean minister to Portugal, Col. Birch
has organized the Trust Company OF
North America, which will fling open
its doors in New York in October. Birch
has associated with him in the direction
OF the company two well known politi-
clans, Senator Edward I. Edwards OF
New Jersey-hinsef banker-and
former Gov. William c. Sproul of Penn
sylvania. The company will specialize
in exploiting opportunities for American
capital abroad.
y y %* II
News from California relates that AL
bert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior
in President Harding's cabinet, has
Joined the powerful Doheny oil combi-
nation. Mr.. FAN has recently been in
consultation with the Dohenys at Los
Angeles, headquarters of the Mexican
Petroleum Company, which they con-
troll. Fall is to devote himself espe-
cially to the development of oil, mining
and railway properties in Mexico. where
the Doheny group has extensive hold
ings. The former senator from New
Mexico was the Mexican expert" OF
the Harding cabinet. He spent the
summer in Europe, including Russia,
looking into the oil situation.
X X X X
There was some breezy repartee the
other day between Huston Thompson OF
the Federal Trade Commission and Lew
Cooke, Washington corporation lawyer
Some time ago, at the behest of the in
dependent steel interests, which Cooke
represented. District OF Columbia
court hailed the Federal Trade Commits
sion before it's bar, to show cause why
the commission should not be adjudged
In contempt. Thompson told Cooke II
was salutary thing he (Thompson)
happened to be out of town when q
great branch OF the government was
subjected to that ignominious ordeal
declaring he'd have told the court a
thing or two, "even IL 1t had landed me
IN jail for life" Cooke rejoined that
| the presiding judges language had ef-
fectually cooled the aroor of the COM
missfoners who did appear, but none OF
them ever played foot ball at Princeton
as Shy" Thompson once did.
copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-25
Indigestion Kills
When BullerFaiIs

After living twenty-four years with
a bullet imbedded in his brain, vet
eran of the Spanish-American war
dies in New York. The bullet pierced
his skull in the Philippines campaign
and lodged where surgeons were
afraid to remove It, The victim seem
ed none the worse. He worked reEu-
larly and was active in social and
civic AFFAIRS.
The bullet, of course, was the thing
he feared most. Yet he died of acute
indigestion. Usually the things we
fear most are not the ones that inflict
the greatest harm.--Muskegon Chron-
icle.
Evening star., 1923-09-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Smoke Writer.
Distant above his fellow men
His message bids him fly.
A fragile airplane is his pen.
His paper is the sky.
Journeying far line to trace
And make his meaning clear,
The peril that he has to face
Inspires no thought of fear.
He who a simple truth would tell
For all the world to read,
Up, near the clouds, must learn to
dwell
And oft be brave, indeed.