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The Washington times., 1923-08-15
TULSA GUARD IS
SWELTER|NG
|NHEAT
Thermometer Registers III in
Oklahoma City; Under
Martial Law.

TULSA, Okla, Aug. 15.-'Busi
ness as usual" and beat the heat
were the notices Of Tulsans today
entering the second day of "occ,l.
patton" by national guardsmen, fol
lowing proclamation of martial law
by Governor Walton.
The Ill degrees that the thermo
meter registered seemed to be both
ering citizens more than the sol
diers, who were hardly in evidence
except when they took up their pa
troll Of the streets at 1870 p. m. last
night. From that time until
a. m. all activity except that Of
the military was suspended.
Adult. Gen. B. H. Markham, who
is in command, has advised that no
troops will be removed today, and
new life is expected to be injected
into the military court investigation
by the arrival Of Attorney General
George F.. Short, from Oklahoma
City, who will take charge of the
inquiry into alleged mob violence
No violence has been reported by
the military chiefs.
One arrest was made for speeding
home to beat the martial law at II
d. m.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
MRS. R. R|DGLEY
SEEKS DEATH
BY POISON
Marital Troubles Alleged
Cause-condition Reported
Serious at Hospital.

Marital troubles are said to have
been the cause of Mrs. Richard A.
Ridgley, twenty-three years old, of
111S Twenty-fifth street northwest,
taking poison last night in an al
legged effort to end her life. Nolice
say that Mrs. Ridgley has been
separated from her husband for
some months.
Last night, when Mrs. Ridgley
returned to her home, she is alleged
to have gone to her room and there
swallowed a quantity of chloroform
liniment. Her mother found her
lying on the floor in an uncon-
scious condition. She called the
Emergency Hospital and had her
daughter taken to that institution.
En- route to the hospital Mrs.
Ridgley is said to have recovered
consciousness enough to ask for
some face powder. She has two
children one three years old and
the other nine months old. Her
condition is serious, it was said
today.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
LEN|NE To CONE
BACK, SAYS
RED N. P.
Newbold, Returning t oLondon
from Russia, Tells of
SoViet's Progress.
~ 2;:
By DAVID NJ. CHURCH.
International News Service.

LONDON. Aug. li.-"Lenin will
come back"
John Turner Walton Newhold,
sole Communist nlember Of the
British House of Commons. who
has recently returned to London
from Moscow, promises that Lenin
is not yet to be co:Sated out of
Russian affairs.
'Lenin is steadily improving,
said Newhold in an interview. He
will come back all right"
Aviation and agriculture are the
two centers of Russian development
at present, Newbold said. He de-
clared that the Soviet government
is making rapid strides in bringing
Russian agriculture back to normal
and that its air forces are con.
stantly growing and promise to be-
come a powerful weapon of defense
Medley in Moscow.
MOSCOW is curious medley
Newbold said. You will see pass
ing along the streets an old Russian
woman in peasant costume; next a
East, and then a woman in the
height of Paris fashions.
1.-The principal thing that I'M
pressed me was how well things are
going on in Moscow Two-thirds OF
the shops are now open. and the
authorities are doing their best to
transform Moscow into what it has
never been-an .up-tQ-date city.
"a good crop is expected this
year and preparations are being
made for a big exhibition. Ameri
cans, Germans, Swedes and Czecho.
Slovakians are all hurrying in to
get the first bite Of orders
Air Force q Wonder.
1.-THE Soviet air force is a won.
derful organization. They have a
wonderful collection Of planes of
different makes and from different
countries. The air and agriculture
are the two questions which are
receiving particular attention."
Newbold was quite enthusiastic
over the happiness of the Moscow
workmen and the great opportuui.
ties which the Soviet government is
extending to them. He pointed out
that during the vacation period
wQrkmen are given free transpor-
tation on government trains to vata.
ton resorts.
The Communist M. P. also was
impressed by the fact that vermin
have been placed under control in
Moscow now. II only met two in
sects during my visit" he said
almost with pride. IT was doubtful
about one of them, but l chased it
first and thought about it after.
ward"
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
THOMAS T. HIGH
SOUGHT BY
MOTHER
HyattsviIIe Boy Disappears.
Last Seen Starting for
Work at Bakery.

The Washington Times Bureau of
Missing Persons and the Washing
ton police have been asked to assist
in the search for Thomas E. High.
sixteen years old. who disappeared
Thursday night from his home. 5
Littlefield avenue. HyattsvilIe. Md.
Thomas. a former student at
Girard College, was employed by a
Washington bakery concern. He
left Thursday night to go to work
He has not been home since.
According to Mrs. Fisher. mother
Of the boy. her son has dark hair
eyes and complexion. He has we'll
defined scar on one Of his legs, aid
walks with an almost ifnperceptable
limp. He is five feet five inches
tall. and weighs in the neighbor-
hood OF $40 pounds.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
FINDS RELIGION
IS CURE FOR.
WORRY
"ON"
Pastor Says Animals Can't
Have it, So it Must Be a
Human Failing.
Bv International News Service.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. III
Worry is human characteristic, d
asserted Rev. A. w. Blackwood, To-
cal Presbyterian pastor, sermonizing
on Hearts Ease; Gods Cure for
Worry" The cure for worry, he
said. is divine"
God doesn't need to worry. Ami.
mails are not capable of it. There
fore. it's causes must be human
continued Rev. DIR. Blackwood. 1.-The
cure for worry is in religion. The
only thing to do with God is to
accept Him and not worry about
Him. Your usefulness, your good
ness, your happiness, depend on
your freedom from worry. Heart'S
ease is almost the best gift Of God
1t is to be had for the asking.
Worry is the most common dis
ease But, even If we worry, it's
much better to do something and
Nthen fret over it than to do nothing
and be at peace" saidA Rev. DR..
Blackwood. 1.-The five occasions for
worry are: Money. health, family,
the church and the nation.
Men worry about the money they
have, but the money really has them
They worry about the money they
had and lost: about the money they
should have and haven't.
One reason they didn't get it is
because they worried about it. As
for health, the best way to lose il
is to worry about it. A lot of us try
to do too much when our health
won't permit Church people worry
about religious affairs. The liberals
are worried over the conservatives
the conservatives over the liberals,
and the rest of us are worried lest
their chickering's destroy the church.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
RECOGNITION Of
MEXICO IS
ASSURED
Mission Of ENJOYS Successful.
Treaty Negotiated, Awaits
Official Signatures.
By H. X. REYNOLDS,
international News, Service.


A treaty of amity apd COM
merce has been concluded between
the United States and Mexico as
the final step in the international
negotiations leading to the polit-
ical recognition of the Obregon
government, it was learned here
today.
Official announcement Of recog-
milton will be made by the State
Department as soon as the treaty
has been approved by Secretary
Hughes. This may take place be-
fore the end Of the week.
Negotiations Entirely Successful.
The negotiations which were car.
ried on In Mexico City between
Charles Beecher Warren and John
Barton Payne, the American COM
missioners, and representatives of
the Mexico government were en-.
tirely successful, according to Ad.
ministration officials, and the treaty
which has been drafted has settled
all outstanding differences between
the two governments.
The. treaty is based chiefly on the
acceptance by Mexico of the pro-
gram laid down by Secretary of State
Hughes, providing for Mexico
guarantees for the protection of alien
property rights against confiscation.
To Guarantee Property Rights.
Twice before the United States had
agreed to sign a treaty of amity
and commerce with Mexico, but on
both occasionsA the refusal of the
Mexican government to accept the
terms prevented contamination.
In January Of this year, the State
Department momentarily expected to
settle the Mexican problem, as on
an earlier occasion, but President
Obregon informed this Government
that Mexico was not in a position to
guarantee the property right of for
eigners with large oil and mineral
holdings. The exact terms of the
new treaty Will not be known until
announced officially by the State De-
partment, but it is understood that
Obregon has finally accepted the
terms originally laid dowp by Secre-
tary Hughes.
Although the Mexican treaty will
have to be ratified by the United
States Senate, its acceptance by
President Coolidge alone is said to
be all that is necessary to win recog-
milton for the Obregon government.
The form of recognition probably
a proclamation signed by both Presi-
dent Coolidge and Secretary Hughes.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
BIGAMIST WITH FIVE
WIVES GIVEN JAILTERM

READING, Pa, Aug. 15.-George
S. Kline, also known as Rand
Kline, who was married five times
without the Formally Of divorce,
has been given eighteen months IN
Jail.
His fifth wife. Mary A. Kline,
prosecuted. All the women in the
case are of Berks county. except
one from Orwigsburg, Schuylkill
county.
In 1912 Kline got a fifteen month
sentence for bigamy on complaint
Of one Of his wives. He pleaded
guilty and a lawyer who made a
plea for suspension of sentence on
the grounds that Kline Is a hard
worker, was turned down, the court
looking on the defendant as too
fast worker. His fifth wife
tainted in court.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
GANG OF CHICAGO YOUTHS
KIDNAP SEVEN CHILDREN

CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-Seven chill
dren, ranging in age from two to
fifteen, were kidnapped at bathing
beach by a gang of youths. The
five smaller children were turned
loose about daylight, this morning
and they found their way home,
but two older girls, twelve ana fiji
teen, are still prisoners and police
are searching for them, assisted by
frantic parents.
The children who returned say
five men took them on an auto
mobile ride to "a big house" where
they were Kept all night. Some of
the men brought sandwiches and
the small children slept on the floor
in an upper room. Just before
daylight one of the men awakened
and took them to a point from
which they could find their homes.
Police, life guards and posses had
been hunting all night for the chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
MAN KILLED WHEN AUTO
GOES OVER EMBANKMENT

FROSTBURG. Md. August 10
John Krause. forty, was killed and
Elmer Steinley, thirty-six, seriously
injured yesterday when an auto
mobile in which they were returning
to their homes in Frostburg plunged
over an embankment at Boynton
about six miles north of the Ma
tional Highway. Krause was dead
when taken from under the ma
chine.
Steinley is in a critical condition
at Miners Hospital, here. 1t is
thought tire blew out, causing the
machine to tumble over the trolley
tracks into the creek.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
WANT
ALEXANDRIA
BUS LINE
Virginia Towns Petition State
Commissioners to License
Motor Service.

Representatives Of a score OF small
communities in nearby Virginia are
awaiting word from the State CAPT.
toll at Richmond so that they may
plead their case for a Washington
Alexandria bus line before the State
corporation commission.
Since the various bus companies
operating between these points COM
mitted commercial suicide through
~cut-throat competition, residents OF
towns formerly served by the buses
must walk from one-half mile to two
miles to the electric cars, which now
constitute the only means Of trans
portation for the majority.
Several indignation meetings have
been held since the State legislature,
supposedly favoring the railroad,
ruled last February that bus COM
panies must have a certificate of
necessity and convenience in order
to operate in, Virginia. Together
with the keen competition, which
brought about abnormally low rates
Of fare, this proviso had the effect
of leaving the electric line master
Of the transportation field.
The intention Of the Virginia com
munities in generals to petition the
corporation commission to issue
certificate to the REQ Bus Line Of
Alexandria, which is the only line
having a formal permit from the
District. Commissioners to carry pas
sengesr into the District of Column
bia
Robert T. Scott, attorney in the
Smith building, one of the'leaders in
the fight for bus service, pointed out
today that since 1910 the white
population of Arlington county has
doubled.
Letters have been sent to the cor
poration commission by the Airing
ton County Civic Federation and the
Jefferson District Chapter Of the
Arlington County Women's Associa-
ton. Among the communities which
have protested against the removal
of bus lines are Seminary Heights,
Aurora Heights, Ballston, Bancroft,
Bon Air, Veitch, Cherrydale, Clar-
endon, Fort Myer HeightsS Highland
Park, Hume, Leeway, Thrifton and
Virginia Highlands.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
THREE FORTUNE TELLERS
FACE SIX MONTHS TERM

ATLANTIC. CITY, n. J., Aug. Is
Chief of Police Robert c. Miller
continued his campaign against
boardwalk prophets with the rear
rest of three alleged fortune tell
ers. They are held in 5000 bail
each for examination.
With five others the three were
arrested Monday for v iolating a
city ordinance prohibiting fortune
telling and fined 5000. Recorder
Corio told them then that a second
offense would mean six months in
jail.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
To FOLLOW.
HARDING
LEAD
Views Well Defined in Urging
Mellon to Retain Treas
ury Portfolio.
By w. FL. ATKINS.
international News Service.


President Coolidge will make no
material change in the policy OF
his predecessor on the soldiers
bonus in his recommendations to
Cnogress next December, it was
authoritatively learned today. The
President is confidently expected
to adhere to the program of en-
dorsing a bonus proposal, but will
insist, just as Harding did, that
Congress must provide a means of
financing the extraordinary ex-
penditures that such legislation
contemplates.
Will Let Congress Do It.
The President now is fairly
swamped by demands from all
quarters to make an issue with
Congress on the bonus question.
To all of these demands the Presi-
dent has replied that he heartily
favors a bonus for the former serv-
ice men. He was the first gov
ernor to sign a soldiers bonus
bill when it passed the legislature
of Massachusetts,.
The President. however, now
finds himself virtually committed
to the plan Of letting Congress find
q way of paying a bonus through
revenues yet to be determined.
Administration leaders today were
firmly convinced that the bonus
cannot be paid. out Of current reve-
nues. The Treasury stands OPP
posed to any method of paying a
bonus out of current receipts and
questions the wisdom of financ-
ing it through bond flotations or
other means which would saddle
additional taxation upon the peo-
pie.
Backs Up Mellon.
President Coolidge's views on the
bonus question are fairly well de-
fined in connection with advices
reaching Washington that Secretary
of the Treasury Andrew w. Mellon,
now en- route from Europe, has
been urged to retain the Treasury
portfolio. Secretary Melons con-
tinuance in the Cabinet Of itself
means stubborn opposition to a
soldiers bonus except upon specific
authorization by Congress provid-
ing special means for its payment.
The Administration will turn a
deaf ear to all pleas to sanction the
payment of a bonus out of pay
ments made by foreign govern
ments on their war debts. These
payments. under the law, must be
applied to retirement of the coun-
try's public debt, now represented
by Liberty bonds and other forms
Of public indebtedness. The Treas
ury contends that a bond issue,
even If authorized by Congress
would entail extra burdens on tax
payers.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
HUSBAND PAYS PENALTY
FOR WIFE'S BOOTLEGClNC

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l6.-Mrs'
Fannie Shracker did the bootlegging,
but her husband is suffering the
legal consequences.
When she appeared in court, Miss
Title Thompson, her attorney, in
voked an ancient law, which says the
wife who violates the law with the
knowledge and consent of her hus-
band is considered to have acted
under his coercion and is not respon-
sible. Judge Crane granted Miss
Thompson's motion to direct the jury
to render a verdict Of not guilty.
The next thing that happened was
the arrest of Mrs. Shracker's nus
band, who was held in $500 bail.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
LEADERS
LAUD ACT Of
COOLIDGE
Appointment of Secretary
SIemp Hailed as Good Poll
tics" by G. o. P. Chiefs.
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.

An undercurrent of political
activity was noted today in the
ranks of the Republican party fol
lowing the appointment of C. Bas-
com Slemp, former Virginia Con
gresham, as Secretary to Presi
dent Coolidge.
Republican leaders have decided
the President ultimately will be ar
open candidate for a second tern
and look upon Slemp's appointment
as a sagacious political move tc
consolidate Coolidge support along
the Atlantic seaboard. With Sena-
tor George H. Moses Of New Hamp
shire leading an unofficial Coolidge
boom in New England, the Slemr
appointment is expected to wir
strong support for the President
among Southern factions of the
party,
Party leaders. meanwhile. are
waiting anxiously for the return
California, and Senator James e.
Watson, of Indiana, both mentioned
as Presidential possibilities, from
visers in New York. Both are ex-
pected to make significant state
ments on their return to the Capl-
tai later in the week.
Congressional Favor.
In Slemp's appointment, party
leaders also see a move by Presi-
dent Coolidge in Difference to Con-
gressional advice. 1t was learned
Slemp had been favored for the ap-
pointment by Speaker of the House
Gillett Rep) of Massachusetts, and
other Congressional leaders.
The present salary of the Secre-
tary-$7, 500 a year, with use Of a
White House automobile and chauf-
feur-was fixed during the rarI
administration on the understand
ing that the post would always be
given to a defeated member Of the
House or Senate. Coolidge's action
therefore has won him many friends
in Congress.
Takes Definite Stand.
The Presidents announcement Of
policies also won warm appreciation
from party leaders. 1t was pointed
out the President had taken a very
definite stand on the two bigges.
problems now facing his administra-
tion-the threatened coal strike and
immigration. In each instance, he
proposed a remedy and announced
his determination to put it into
effect
Throughout the ranks Of the men
who make Presidents" there was a
sentiment today toward giving
Coolidge a chance" The announce
ment of Senator Borah of Idaho,
that Coolidge would be entitled to a
second term If a successful Presi-
dent between now and the conven-
ton, has been seconded by mary
other leaders.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
CABOT FAMILY FIGHTS
USE OF NAME BY ALIENS

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IS
When Harry H. and Myrtle
Kabotchnick presented a petition in
the court of Common Pleas to have
their name changed to Cabot, OBJ
jections were made by counsel for
the Pennsylvania Society of the
Order of Founders and Patriots of
America and in the interest of DR..
Hugh Cabot, dean of the medical
school of the University of Michi-
gan; Philip Cabot, head Of the St.
George School, Newport, r. l.;
Judge Cabot, of Boston, and George
f. and Frederick P. CABOT, MEM
bers of the Massachusetts bar.
The name of Cabot, it was ex-
planned. had been associated with
English and American history from
the time Of the discovery of the
American continent. The court held
the petition under Amusement.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
ALLEGED K. K. K. MEMBER
IS JAILED BY ENGLISH

NEW CASTL E, Stratfordshire,
England, Aug. 15.-1f there 1s a
Ku Klux Khan in England theI
courts are going to be hard OH it.,
f the case of George Bosom Is any
criterion.
Bosom was hailed into court
charged with blackmail. 1t was
alleged that he was connected wlth
the dispatch of a letter to Mrs.
Emily Margaret Harrison demanding
$500 and purporting to be from Il
member of the Ku klux Khan.
The Judge committed Bosom for
trial and refused him bail.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
Of
ARLINGTON To
CONVENE
Newly Elected Committee Will
Select Chairman at To-
nights Meeting.

CLARENDON, Va, Aug. 15.-The
newly elected Democratic committee
of Arlington county will meet at
the courthouse Tonight at 7:30 to
perfect an organization and elect a
chairman.
The committee is composed of
Walter u. Varney,f of Del Ray,
George w. Zachary, Of Del Ray;
George w. Lee, of Fort Myer
Heights; John T. Lyon, of Ballston,
and William L. Bragg, of Claren-
don.
A. Frank Snyder. general chair
man of the Clarendon carnival COM
lmittee announces a very import
ant meeting will be held at his Of
flee in the Capital Refining Com
pany, at Arlington Junction, at 8
o'clock tomorrow night.
At this meeting it Is expected
final plans will be perfected for the
carnival, which will held at Lyon
Village on Wilson Boulevard, Car
endon from August % to Septem-
Der TO-
The Daughters of America will
hold a card party and lawn fete to-
morrow night at the home OF Mrs.
F. E. Mann on Mackey street, Cher
rydale.
The Ladies' Guild Of Grace Epts-
copal Church at Thrifton are hold
ing a lawn fete tomorrow night, at
the corner Of Mason and Grant
streets.
Mrs. Ida r. Thayer leaves today
To spend a week with relatives in
Minneapolis, before leaving for the
Philippine Islands, where she has
an appointment as teacher of Eng
lish in the. Government high schools.
The candidates for county offices
are beginning to increase. The lat
est to announce themselves are e.
c.. Turnburke, as supervisor for
washington district, and Thomas e:
Hendricks, also for supervisor for
Washington district. 49,. .--
The sixty-eighth session of the
Potomac Baptist Association VIII
convene at the Baptist Church at
Remington, Va, today and tomor-
row.
The following delegates will rep
resent the Clarendon Baptist Church.:
The Rev. C. P. Ryland, r. P. Hough,
A. c. Priest and Edward Newman.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
SWALLOWS FALSE Teeth
WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO

BALTIMORE, Aug. 15.-Mrs.
Willie Mildred Reynolds swallowed
her false teeth when struck by
an automobile near Rosewood State
Training School, wheVe she Is en-
ployed.
At University Hospital, where an
X-ray located the teeth in her
esophagus, surgeons said they
would determine shortly whether
an operation will be necessary, IL
the teeth do not pass down into
her stomach.
Mrs. Reynolds has been on liquid
diet. She Is forty five years old
ana mother of Patrolman Francis
Reynolds of the county notice.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
GEORGE LUCK'S LUCK
TURNS AGAINST HIM

PITTSBURGH. Aug. 15.-GeorGe
Luck, of this city, belied his name
yesterday, according to testimony
given by his wife IN morals court,
broke down a door in a Fayetre
here today. Mrs. Luck said she
street rooming house and found her
husband with Mrs. Mabel Kast, n
widow
The two women began to battle
and Luck made his escape The
women were arrested, and later
Luck also was taken. The women
were fined $40 each, while Luck,
good fortune coming his way at
last. was dismissed.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
ANDERSON'S ATTEMPT
TO AVOID TRIAL FAIL s

NEW YORK, Aug. ~15-GeneraI
Sessions Judge Mcintyre has denied
an application of William H. Ander.
son, State superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, for permission
to inspect the minutes of the grand
Jury which indicted him for grand
larceny, forgery and extortion. In-
spection was sought as the first
step in a move to obtain dismissal
of the Indictment.
Denial OF the motion to inspect
means that Anderson must stand
trial, which opens September 4.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
U. s. BY ANITA BALDWIN

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. Is
Thirty-six thoroughbred horses, the
remainder of the stables of Anita
M. Baldwin, on the Santa Anita
ranch, near Pasadena. have been
given by her to the United States
Government.
The Washington times., 1923-08-15
Parrot Mimics Singer.

LONDON, Aug. 15.-Dame Nellie
Melba has a new pet-a gray parrot
that initiates her every song.