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6istants and sitting out the trust
worthy among his native employees
in preparation for understanding
siege.
IIe built two small rcdoubts from
which all tho hillside was commend.
ed by two machine guns. on all the
roofs Of the low stables MI store
houses that bordered the walls were
parapets OF handbags.
These elaborate preparations were
meant as much to impress and intim-
idatc the natives Of the region as for
actual defense.
Intelligence runner kept NJ. Pour
mont Informed Of events in the PROV.
iucc. IL could O have been twelve
hours after Brnchey bore the news
Of Grirgsby Doane's Oeath 20 the
mission before NJ. Pourmout as well
knew Of 1t.
Then. late one afternoon. Danes
pretty little daughter came in. es-
corteI by the American journalist,
Jonathan Brachey.
Brachey at once volunteered TO
help and was put IN charge Of prepar-
ing two small lookout posts on he
upper hiu.
Little Miss Doano touched NJ Pour
mont heart. she was SC pretty. yet
30 white and sad. n transpired that
mt airs. HoatwritHt who was IN
charge ut the mission had refused TO
rlve herself and those in Ter charge,
go the Nadomoiaello had come ON in
dc@pondontly. This, thought NJ Pour
mont. showed "a courage and enter
wHTHE ErFnErraHfwa ~ ITr father
Tint night NJ. Pourmout telegraph
Cd Elmer Boatwright. urging an i'm
mediate ATTEMPT - get through to
Ping Yang
News ttsu stated that q large
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WHO'S WHO

ltb - Ht
Betty Doane, daughter OF an Am
orican missionary at T'ainan-fu, Pro
vince OF Hansi. China, becomes in
fatuated on the ship, while travel
ing To rcioin her father, with
Jonathan Brachey, a distinguished
writer. on his way to investigate
rumoIs Of Revolution In China,
Brnchey admits he is married, but
tolls Betty he and his wife have part
ed, He decides It is better not to
see her aga n. but being told that
T'ainan,fu Is the center of the bitter
feeling against The foreign 10 Shan
Company, he goes there. Chinese
officials take hlm 20 the Mission
Compound to have him Identity him
self property and there he sees
Betty. At first neither Of the two
speaks, but as he is about TO leave
lie dashes M stairs and whispers
C. Jew words to her. This astonishes
Elmer cartwright, IN charge at he
the Mission. In the absence Of
GriCgsby Doane, Betty's Father.
who is at So TunE where Chinese
OF The Great Eye Society, or Look
ers." have attacked employees Of the
Hon Shan Company.
Mrs. Boatwriglt, strict houHskeep-
or Of the Compound. II told OF tho
meeting between Brachsy and Betty
and gets from the girl the aGmis-
sion that sho knew Brachy was
married. Whom Mr., Doane returns
with news OF a massacre Of the Ho
Shan Comaany's employees at So
Tung Mr.. BoatwriEht tells him OF the
affair between Rrachey and Betty.
Doane goes Irst 10 sec his daughter
but lacks the courage to speak to
her about Brachey. Ho exacts from
Braohey. later. however, a promise
tina no will leave T'ain-an-fu without
seeing the girl. Doane then starts to
walk to Huna Gran. In the morning
Brachcy receives n note from
Mr.. Po. Interpreter at the Yamen Of
Judge Pao. telling him that the Great
Eye soldiers are planning to attack
the T'ainan-fu mission, and that Mr..
Dlana had been killed. Brachey
carr es the news to the Mission, u
IN the face of death. the whites re
fuse to leave their native converts
and girls. Mrs. Boatwright orders
him from the Mission, and Betty, to
the horror OF the rest, decides to go
with him.
Accompanied by B~rachey's Chinese
servants, and Mr.. Pc. the latter es-
Gaping disguised as n muleteer. Betty
and the writer travel s,,yurd Ping
Yang. spending three nights on the
road.
The Return of the Dead.
Meantime, N. Pourmont. at Ping
Yang. was calling in his white as.
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simple coward. He rose. shiverlng
with this strange sense Of coud;
struck a light; and candle in hand
advanced TO the door. Here. for a
moment he waited.
Again the tapping sounded
He opened the Coor. and behold.
dimly outlined in the shhdowy hail,
clad in RAGS. face scanned and bag
gard, eyes staring out OF deep hol-
lows. the gigantic frame OF Griggsby
.Doane. leaning on his old walking
81 en- He was hatless, and his hair
was matted. A stubblo OF beard COW
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his egotism. his liberty and his past.
Remember; the sins of wifehood are
more often OF commission than Of
omission.
a maj can stand being neglected.
but not subjected.
, 1923-03-23

cred the. lower half OF his face. His
left shoulder. under the torn coat,
was bandaged with the caked, blood
stained remnant OF his shirt.
Copyright, 1879. Bell Syndicate. Inc.
"a fierce encounter between Doane
and Brachey in tomorrow's install.
mentl
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LOVE NOTES


EXT MtNeSl
Lol The hand that rocks tho cradle
is also liable to jar the love-nest when
1t tries meddling with hubbie's-
neck.ties. cigars. stenographers. bust
ness, safety razor, bank account. golf
knickers-his correspondence, fishing
tackle. pet pipe. theories. the morning
newspaper, his mother. tho home
brew, his politics, his sense Of justice.
, 1923-03-23

Leave your tuning or repair or
ders with the Wells Music Co. Phone
1874 for guaranteed work. Ask about
our special ratio on contract tuning.
, 1923-03-23

a mar in n western town hanged
himself to a bedpost by his suspenders.
Inc %eoroner's Jury, which was com
posed of mothers, decided thai the de.
ceased came to his death by coming
home drunk n installing himself for
his panta.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
Los I
BUREAU
JOBS
But ousted Employees Will Get
Back Civil Service Rights
Director Hill Says.

Employees Of the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing who were
summarily dismissed March 81 by
an Executive order promulgated
without warning from the White
House, will not be put back IN their
old positions, although those who
were victims Of misrepresentation
will have tleinc akus
restored To them.
Statement 81 Director
This was the positive statement 0f
Louis A. Hill, director of the bureau.
who. conferred with President Hard
ing at the White House today in re-
gard to soon expected action by the
Executive. He said his discussion
with the President was necessarily
confidential"
Positively not" emphatically de-
clared Director Hill when he was:
asked il the dismissed employees
would be given back their former
jobs in the bureau.
'tAll crap" Hill replied to a query
about reports to the effect that he
intended to resign.
President Harding has indicated in
a positive manner that he intends to
announce shortly the status of the
twenty-seven dismissed employees.
There were .twenty-eight employees
removed by the Executive order, but
one has since died.
1t was intimated by Director Hill
that the Presidents decision will be
announced this week, possibly today
or tomorrow He said that such
action was "up to the President.
Calder at White House.
Senator Calder of New York, chair
man of the Senate Audit and Control
Committee, called early at the White
House to refute allegations of Sen
ator Caraway that his resolution
seeking a thorough investigation Of
the bureau scandal had been
''smothered.' He did not see Presi-
dent Harding, but presented his de-
NAL to Secretary Christian.
1t was indicated by Senator Calder
that his committee would defer ac-
ton pending the announcement by
President Harding as to each indi-
vidual case. He did not discuss the
merits of the bureau scandal.
It is known that Charles B.
Brewer, special investigator for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
RAIDER
ASHER SOLD
WHISKEY
Lawyer Declares ''Einstein Of
South" Was Convicted in
Mt. Rainier.

Attempts to prove that James
Leroy Asher, "the Izzy Einstein of
the South" who recently conducted
a series of wholesale raids in which
scores of persons were arrested in
this city, is himself a violator of
the prohibition laws is being made
today at Police Court
Substantiation of the charges, it
is said, may mean that all of the
cases brought by Asher may be dis.
missed.
The charges against Asher were
made by Judge John Pugh, attorney
for John Gaskins, colored, against
whom charges of sale and illegal
possession were dismissed.
Sold Whiskey, Is Charge.
Pugh charged that Asher, in July,
1917, ran the Chillum Club in Prince
Georges county, in which he sold
whiskey in violation of the Maryland
prohibition law. For this offense, it
is charged, he was convicted and
fined 800 by Judge Robert Joyce
at Mt. Rainier.
According to the District Attor.
ney's office, several cases already
brought by Asher against Washing.
tonians charged with violation of
the prohibition laws have been nolle
pressed for lack of proper evidence.
Asher denies absolutely that he is
the man connected with the Chillum
Club affair.
. Sheriff Will Testify.
Sheriff r. H. Gates of Prince
Georges county, who served during
1917, and Judge Joyce, will be called
to the stand this afternoon in an eff
fort to cIinch the charges against
Asher. Gates, 1t is understood, will
positively identify Asher as the man
he arrested and brought before Judge
Joyce. The Judge, who was brought
TO court on an attachment to testify
in the case. is expected to submit
court records Of the trial and con-
victiOn of Asher. He will be asked
to identify the suspect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
BY S. D. WEYER,
international News Service.

ESSEN, Feb. 14.-Acting Mayor
Schaefer, of Essen, was arrested
today upon orders from General
Fournier, the French commandment.
Strong squads Of French soldiers
have occupied the municipal power
plant, but so far have been lin-
able to master the intricate mech
anism.
Machine guns have been planted
about the building.
Turned Off Lights.
The trouble began when German
electricians turned off the lights in
the Kaiserhof, French military head
quarters. General Fourier sent SRI
ultimatum to the German municipal
authorities demanding that power
be restored on penalty OF seizure CT
the plant by the French TIE ult1>
matum was ignored and occupation
of the plant followed.
French officials were compelled to
dress and eat breakfast this morning
by candlelight
A tense situation exists here. Ger
mans are growing more truculent in
their resistance to the French, and
the French troops are adopting more
vigorous measures to deal with un-
ruly crowds.
People Are Sullen.
The atmosphere of the whole Ruhr
district is surcharged with suIlen
animosity, which indicates some ter
rible happening in the near future.
Long suppressed hatred on both
sides seems about to come to the
surface in an explosion. If this
comes to pass, terrific bloodshed un-
doubleday would ensue.
Weaponless German civilians would
be pitted against rifles, bayonets and
guns. Cool heads are counseling
moderation, pointing out that Ger
mans cannot fight bullets with their
bare hands. The French military
forces have a perfect organization
and their movements are carried out
with machine-like precision. They
would have little difficulty In over
coming German mobs If it came to
an actual clash.
Food Shortage Acute.
The railroad tie-up is causing the
food shortage to grow more acute
day by day. Forty+five thousand
CLiluTeH nave DSOH W1IHOuC IIIIlh IOI
q week
German storekeepers are refusing
to sell to the French, but French
officers declare that they will break
the blockade"
Occupational troops are display
ing not only increased nervousness,
but antagonism. There have been
instances where pedestrians were
forcibly showed from the sidewalks
or where Germans were struck
with riding whips when they
offended the French.
Refused to Serve Drink.
A typical incident of the rela-
tons between French troops and
the Germans took place in cafe
when a group of Frenchmen en-
tered. The barmaid refused to
serve any drinks. "a French Co.
geant drew a gold watch ara PTS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
joins COAL men
INF|GHT FOR
LIBERTY
Capt. Gartz, Rich, and Nephew
of Ex-Ambassador, Enters
w. Va. Union Struggle.
By JOHN l.. SPIVAK.
International NaHa Service.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-The in
tensive effort to drive a wedge into
Logan county, West Virginia, to
Establish freedom of speech and
assemblage'' for the American civil
liberties union and district No. II
of the United Mine Workers of
America, will be led by Captain
Crane CARTE, multi-millionaire of
Chicago and Pasadena, Calf, it
was learned today.
With young Carte will be public
officials, ministers and attorneys.
1t was intimated a meeting would
be held within ten days.
A counter injunction to the one
the miners officials have applied
for to stop. the Logan county coal
operators from interfering with
their meeting. and subsequently at.
tempting TO organize the Miners,
was issued on behalf of the coal
operators by Circuit Court Judge
Robert Blaud.
This injunction, which virtually
prohibits the announced intention
of holding a meeting in Logan, will
be ignored, IL 1t is made to apply
TO the men who propose to speak
there, GartZ said today in an ex.
elusive interview with international
News Service.
GartZ is the nephew of Charles
r. Crane, former American ambas-
sador to China, and is one of the
large stockholders of the Crane
Company of Chicago.
This injunction is null and void
II II is made to apply to us, who
are attempting only to exercise our
constitutional rights said .Gartz.
land we shall ignore it. The
character of the men who are 20.
ing info Logan, despite the gun
men dlwn there. is not such AZ can
be init pidated."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
a CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE;
MOTHER AND FIFTH HURT

PINE CITY, Mimi, Feb. A.
-Four small children were burned
to death here early today when
fire destroyed the farm house of
Mrs. George Gibbs.
The mother saved herself and a
four year old child by leaping from
second story window. Both
were burned and their death is
feared.
Medical attention was cut off by
the blizzard sweeping over Mime.
sofa. An oVerheated stove caused
the blaze.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14

w. j. Sinek, exalted ruler of the
Chicago Elks Lodge. and president
of the Big Brothers organization of
that order, today testified before the
committee as to the increasing num-
Der of drugs addicts coming under
the observation of the B. z. o. E.,
which, for four months, has been
carrying on a campaign to restrict
all importation OF narcotic drugs
into this country to the bare needs
of the medical profession.
Cites Specific Cases.
He recited many specific, cases
handled by the Elks, inviting the
committees attention to the loath-
some habit which is eating it's way
into the. very Vitals of our society
not merely the uDderworld-but eat
ing it's way into the better classes
at an alarming rate.
He emphasized the needs of hos
pitfalls and shelter homes in all the
large cities for the exclusive treat
ment of dope addicts, pointing out
that young men and women are
daily becoming hopeless addicts in
amazing numbers.
1t was brought out that Detroit
is the smuggling headquarters of
dope peddlers for the West, as it
was also stated by Chairman Porter
Of the committee that of the Illicit
dope picked up in the United States
SIS per cent to so per cent is from
foreign countries.
Families Left Destitute.
Witnesses before the committee
gave concrete instances of destitute
families, children without food,
furniture and silverware sold to
obtain money with which to buy
dope-aIl because the breadwinners
of the families had become utterly
hopeless to turn back from the
habit. and that if the general pub
lie had the faintest idea of the
tremendous increase of the par
cotic habit during the past few
years, 1t would arouse itself as
seldom aroused before, and take
steps to blot out the source of the
supply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
TORNADO MOVES HOUSES
AND TEARS OFF ROOFS

WILKESBARRE. Pa, Feb. IA
A tornado sweeping over the heights
and Newtown sections of this city
resulted in considerable property
damage. The district has been
visited by tornadoes on two former
occasions.
Shingles were torn from houses,
while roofs were lifted entirely clear
of sheds and Outbuildings. Fences
were blown to the ground. electric
light and telephone wires put out of
commission and houses were moved
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
NOT
FOUND IN
GRAVE:
Sailor Jones Disinterred in
Vain Search for Russian
Crown Jewels.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE
grave of James Jones, sailor,
reported to contain the Russian
crown Jewels, worth 100000
was opened today. No jewels
were found.
Guard Is Withdrawn.
D No one was allowed to witness The
disbursement except government Of
ficials, sS tn $50
An official report made to the
newspapermen waiting outside the
National Cemetery III Brooklyn,
where the body was buried, said
that only the body Of Jones was
found when the coffin was opened.
The guard OF soldiers which had
watched the grave ever since the
report was first circulated, was i'm
mediateiy ordered withdrawn.
An official announcement OF the
results of the investigation was
made by Col Hugh Gallagher, In
command Of the army base, Brook
Ign.
Grave Thoroughly Explored.
He said:
"A thorough examination of the
grave, casket, body and clothes Of
James Jones has been made. No
jewels were found.
1.-THE lining of the casket the pill
lows and Jones clothes were thor
oughly examined"
The casket was copper lined and
enclosed in the regulation wooden
box. The body was we'll preserved.
The body was badly decomposed.
Following the minute examination of
the casket, the body was placed in
the coffin and again lowered into the
grave.
The opening of Jones' grave finally
sets to rest the rumors that have
been current for more than a year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
LOST BATTALION MEN ASK
FAIR PLAY FOR IMMIGRANT

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Harry H.
Schlacht, president of the down.
town chamber of commerce, in adj.
dressing a gathering of Lost Bat
talon" heroes who were his guests
at a Lincoln celebration, pleaded
for a liberal immigration policy.
His soldier guests passed resolu-
tons urging fair treatment for the
immigrant. Copies will be for
warded to President Harding and
members of Congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14

Turkish Forts
Sink French
Warship

LONDON, Feb. IA
French destroyer is reported
to have been sunk by gun
fire from Turkish forts at
Smyrna, said a CONSTANT
nople dispatch to the Daily
News this afternoon.
The dispatch did not give
any details. Earlier in the
day a dispatch from Con-
stantinople said that the
Turkish government refused
to revoke its order that all
foreign. warships must de-
part from Smyrna and Isnid
harbOrs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
POPE'S DELEGATE TO U. s.
is GIVEN FINAL ADVICE

ROME. Feb. 14.-Pope Plus yes.
terday received Archbishop Fuma-
soni-BiOndi and impaired to him the
last instructions concerning his new
duties as apostolic delegate in
Washington.
The archbishop plans to leave
Rome Thursday, sailing Saturday
ON the steamship TaorHgna.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
KILLED AND S HURT
IN MINING ACCIDENT

BENTON, ILL.,, Feb. 14.-One man
was killed and five others were
seriously injured early today when
group of miners in the Franklin
County Coal Company mine here
were caught beneath fall of coal.
The men were placing new props
in the mine when the accident oc-
CURED.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
FOUR MEN ASSESSED 500
ON TRAFFIC LAW CHARGES

Four men, arraigned in Traffic
Court for breaking the traffic laws,
were fined 500 each by Judge
Hardison yesterday. They were:
Walter Vollen. Earnest B. Gil
more, John l.. Jones, and Harry
Giddings.
George B. Sheldon paid $S5.
Others fined heavily were Hasker
Burrell, $50, and Charles Rambling.
Oscar Mayo, and Bernard Ransom.
$40 each.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
BLIZZARD BRINGS DEATH
TO ONE MAN IN OHIO

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 14-North-
western Ohio is i'm the grip of a
sixty.mile blizzard and zero tenn
perature today One death has al
ready resulted.
Andrew Dlotolcak, truckers help
er, was thrown from his truck.
when il sleidded on the icy streets
in front OF street car He fell to
the pavement and was Instantly
killed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14

The message quoted the Angora
government as announcing that the
decision was "irrevocable."
The entry of Greek ships into
Turkish ports has been forbidden.
Seventy Reported Killed.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 14.-Sev-
enty Greeks are reported to have
been killed and 1000 wounded in
fighting with bands of Turkish and
Bulgarian revolutionaries in western
Thrace, according to word received
here today.
The Bulgarians and Turks are
making common cause in their de-
mand for an autonomous state in
western Thrace, which was allotted
to Greece by the Lausanne peace
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
EDDIE RICKENBACKER
HURT. IN AUTO CRASH

SALEM, Ore, Feb. 14.-Eddie
Rickenbacker, former world war
aviator and former automobile race
driver, was slightly bruised when an
automobile which he was driving
from Portland To Salem overturned
near Candy. Rickenbacker and
companions succeeded In rightinR
the car and arrived here without
further mishap.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
ENVOY n
B[RL IN
SENDS
LEA
Lord D'Abernon Advises Ills
Government Recall of
Troops Is Neceasa

BERLIN. Feb. or
I7s6f}T lay 70 IN .
II N&n8[ HSaE GN@NTfNnAelat thu nDx
cal 81 the British army Of OCfssEa
ton from the Rhine Is Ileeesss
The version 81 Premier III. BUgsaf
Laws speecIl III the British Hous
81 Commons, printed BY the morn
ing papers here, was interpreted
as meaning that the British are
preparing to leave Cologne.
FTAATM, Germany, Feb. 14-Rep-
resentatives Of all the Ruin work
ers' organizations met their en-
pIOYers In confer ence here today.
nIedgfng themselves to fight
French invasion to the finish"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
STEAMER Is ASHORE
OFF FLORIDA COAST

KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 14.-The
steamship Carolina, bound from
New York to gulf ports, today was
reported ashore three miles off the
Florida coast near Jupiter light
house, by wireless messages re-
ceived here.
The tug Relief has gone to her
assistance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
Armour Fire Loss $500, 900.

OMAHA, Neb. Feb. 14-Fire early
today caused a loss of $4,000 to
the plant of Armour and Company.
South Omaha.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
TURKS AGAIN TELL ALLIED
SHIPS TO LEAVE SMYRNA

LONDON Feb lathe Turkish government at Angora has
reamed the decision to close the ports of Smyrna and
renewed the demand that all foreign warshps
leave according dispatch from Constantnople this
afternoon quoting received there from Angora