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The Washington times., 1923-03-29
HEIGHT co. MEMS CLUB . s
HOLDS MONTHLY DINNER

Members of the Mems Club of tira
Hecht Company made merry TuesR
day night at a dinner at HarveyB
to mark the occasion of their month.
ly 'get-together."
c. 3. Dulcan, merchandise man
ager of the Hecht Company. spoke
on "Jot 1t Down." He said there
would be no histories had events noe
been jotted down. Dave Tinker was
the winner in a contest on 1.-THE Best
Article on Craftsmanship / Have Ever
Read The judges, Mr.. Fahy, c.
B. Stokes and Mr.. Tallentire, were
unanimous in their opinion regardS
ing the result. q
The club is an organization of the
men of the Hecht Company to proS
mote good fellowship, mutual CO.
operation and self It's
policy is to mix a little pleasure and
a little business, and it has meme
bership pledged to give every cuso
toner ungrudging and intelligent
service. "a
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ARMY SCANDAL
To BE PUT Up
To Weeks
Captain and Wife Deny Pro-
fame Language Was Used
at Parties.
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following q number Of controversies
with the colonel.
According to the statement of
Randie which Harms Is taking to
Washington, the whole affair origi.
mated At two parties given at
Handles Quarters--one New Years
Eve and the other February 10, this
year.
Randle's quarters; the statement
says, are one.haif Of war time
hospital building, the only other
partition between his apartment and
that OF his neighbor being two
thicknesses OF wall board.
The guests on both of these oc-
casions," said Randle'S letter to
Harms, were officers OF my regi-
ment with their wives"
Randle said that an officer and
his wife who occupied the other end
of the same building are not friends
of his.
At the ipstigation of his wife. this
officer, according to Randle, made
an official report to the divisional
inspector that RandIe gave frequent
parties at his quarters lasting into
the night which disturbed him and
his family and at which profane
language was used.
The officer was questioned by the
division inspector. the captain said,
and he admitted his only knowledge
was what his wife had told him"
THE officers who were guests of
mine" Randle's statement said, ties.
titled that the parties were noisy,
with singing and dancing, but there
was absolutely no profane language
used"
The inspector in his report, the
captain said. stated that although
there was no evidence as to the
liquor IL must have been served
and that 1 showed lack of consid
Grafton for others by holding noisy
gatherings In my quarters"
On March 8. according to Randle
Colonel Congers spoke to him in
private and advised him to consid-
err Mrs. Randle to blame.
Colonel Conger told me that as
long as she was my wife my career
In the army would be miserable, "
Captain Randle said.
Suggested He Quit Wife.
The captains statement goes on
as follows:
Colonel Conger said that he
would not recommend me for any
duty away from the regiment on her
account: that although he would not
| advise me to get divorce uhat
was my personal problem), he would
advise an immediate and permanent
| separation.
Until this incident Colonel Con
| ger and Mrs. Conger had AWAY.
been friendly toward Mrs Randle
and at times Mrs. Conger had beer
more intimate with Mrs. RandIe thar
with any other woman at the post
II told Colonel Conger that / knew
of nothing to warrant such a state
ment concerning Mrs. Randle anG
that IL II contained anything aRains
Mrs. Randle's- character would Xix.
to see copy of the inspectors re
port.
4. 1.-TWO days later Colonel Congo,
gave me a copy to read. In It there
was absolutely nothing which would
tend to reflect in amy way on the
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character or conduct of Mrs. Randie
except the fact that in her house
two parties were given which were
reported as being noisy and at which
profane language was alleged to
have been used.
II assured the colonel. as had
the inspector. that THESE two parties
was absolutely innocent of any
harm, and all the guests gave the
same testimony. We were all officers
in high standing, but our words
corroborated statement Of a neigh
Dor.
Asked to Resign From Army.
After he had finished reading the
proceedings Colonel Conger said:
CAPTAIN Randle, ask you to sub
NIT your resignation from the army
asked him why, and he said had
brought disgrace on the regiment.
II refused to resign and likewise
refused to admit having brought
any disgrace either upon myself or
upon the regiment, save by being
the subject Of an unjust and un-
warranted investigation"
Randle related that that evening,
after. a parade, Colonel Conger as
sembled all the officers of the regi-
ment and publicly read a reprimand
from the division commander.
Then. according to Captain Randle,
Colonel Conger took a paper from
his pocket and read the most
scathing attack directed at my wife
and myself that / have ever read. I"
Among other things, according to
Randle, he was ordered by Conger
not to speak to any officer or en-
listed man in the regiment; not
to enter any building except his
own quarters for an indefinite pc.
Rod.
HE also ordered" Handles state
ment says, that Mrs. Randle not
enter any building on the post or
speak to or associate with any
officer or lady in the regiment.
He relieved me of command of
my company and ordered me to
march in the parade by myself in
the last company"
Then, the Captain said, there was
begun against him a period of
persecution. He said that, among
other things, an adverse report con.
corning him was submitted to the
War Department.
Summing up the controversy
Captain Randle said: ~
we have lived here almost three
years and MIs. Randle's character
and mine are known by all to be
the highest. If the public and the
President know, as I hope they
shall, the almost unlimited mower
exercised here by a few officers IN
the inner circle they would arise
and laugh and demand that such
men be eliminated from the army.
Plans Fight To Finish.
Mrs. Randle had written to Pres.
ident Harding and the Secretary of
War. ] am going to fight this
thing, cost what it may. There Is
no reason on earth why I should
separate from my wife 1t is an
impossible situation arising from a
combination of a few officers WELD.
ing more power than was ever in
tended"
Before leaving for Washington.
Harms said he expected to see Sec
rotary Of War Weeks and the sur.
geon general of the army.
# expect to demand a complete
investigation such as Captain Ran.
die wants" he said. "Since we
know how he has been prosecuted
We expect to stand by him and
force Colonel Conger to get ont
Of the army himself"
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Summons By Pecora
Spells Mitchell's Plan .
To Stay in SecIusioTt

BY international News Service.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March 20.
-summoning Of J. Kearsley Mitch
ell, son-in-law OF Edward T. Stotes.
bury, to New York for further ques.
tioning Friday regarding his con.
nection with Dorothy Keenan,, the
Broadway butterfly, who was MUIR
dered, has upset plans of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitchell to remain in secltI.
sion in their Rittenhouse square
residence here, it was learned from
servants today.
Late yesterday the house gave
every sign Of settling down for a
long siege against all those attempt
Ing to CLEAN information as to the
state OF mind OF those within IL.
Two men believed to be lawyers.
spent about fifteen minutes there
and then departed. Shortly after
ward Mrs. Sydney E. Hutchinson,
daughter of Stotesbury and sister
Of Mrs. Mitchell, emerged from the
house and walked to her residence
nearby. She was observed to apply
handkerchief to her eyes as
though brushing away tears.
The Mitchell children made their
IL,
and while the sun was out. romped
in and out of the house with a
gaiety that threw the apparent sad
ness of the place into strange con.
trast.
Stotesbury, after a customary
business day at his various offices.
spent the night at his estate at
White Marsh
The same precaution of guarded
gates. closed to all visitors thaH
marked the day of his arrival from
Florida. were maintained. and ques.
tions by telephone as to reports he
had offered a large reward for the
capture of the slayer or slayers of
Dorothy King were answered in an
Sivc manner
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Easter FIoyers Stolen.

A quantity of pink Enchantress
carnations and Premier roses, cut
and prepared for the Easter trade,
were stolen from the Good Hope
road greenhouse of F. II. Kraemer,
local florist, yesterday, the police
are notified. The flowers are valued
at $500.
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BARES HIS
STORY IN
SECRET
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trict Attorney that he first met
Dorothy King q worlds series
game in 1921. and that he had been
friendly with her since. He saw
months before her death.
Employed Girls Brother.
At Dorothy's request. Daugherty
employed the girls brother, Fran
els keenan,, last fall, at which time
Daugherty was in the insurance
business, with offices at 165 Broad
way.
Francis keenan, left Daugherty's
employ last january. Some time
later he requested Daugherty to
use his influence to secure for him
a job as an operative with the De-
partment of Justice.
OF just how much value the
revelation of the name of the per-
son who threatened Daugherty may
prove, Pecora found difficult, at this
time. to state.
sPecora suggested TO the police
that letters which are known to have
been placed in a safety deposit box
a the National City Bank, at Forty
by Dorothy King be subpoenaed, 50
that ii may be ascertained IL the
contents of the letters would yield
information of value In the investi-
CATION.
The existence of these letters
most of which are believed to have
been writtn by Mitchell to Miss
King-was not established until yes
ferf7ay The letters as mart of the
estate OF the dead girl. will fan
keenan,, Miss Kings mother, who
has applied for letters of admins.
tration to the estate.
On an order from Surrogate
OBrien, the safety deposit box was
for a will, but the contents were
left intact. At that time, however,
1t was noticed that, besides a few
pieces of jewelry and some Liberty
bonds. there was a packet of what
appeared to be letters" according
to Pecora.
Daugherty told Pecora that he
had never met Mitchell or Guimares
and that he knew nothing of their
relations with Dorothy King until
the publicity following the murder.
Actress Knew Daugherty.
Hilda Ferguson. who lived with
Miss King until two weeks before
the crime. said last night that she
met Daugherty on several oc.
casions.
He is a very nice chap" she de.
clared. He called on Dot to dis.
cuss business"
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to do something l have never been
accustomed to doing-keep a secret
from my mother. 1t always hurt me.
But she died happy in thought that
her daughter had not dtsgraced her.
] truthfully say now that | am glad
my dear mother is dead. This would
have killed her.
But ] can't get away from the
picture of that room and those
twelve young girls-those admirers.
/ wonder if they still are admirers
ii wonder"
ITO be continued tOmOHTOwO
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LOAN APPROVED
IN ALEXANDRIA
COUNCIL
City Managers Suggestion to
Clear Up Deficit Is
Acted Upon.

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, March 90
In accordance with the suggestio,
Of City Manager Rich, the Cit.
council yesterday decided to Dor.
row $4,000 to clear the deficit Il
the city's general fund. The coun.
ell received $40, 900 to make street
sewer and other improvements, but
it has paid back $4,000 OF the
money to the general fund.
City Manager Rich is making
plans for a bond issue at the end
of the year. 1t is because the
prospects of selling the bonds is so
bright that the loan will be asked.
Peyton Ballinger, proprietor OF
the Majestic Buffet Company. 907
King street, went on trial today on
charges of violating the liquor laws.
Conducted as a poOlroom and sort
drink place. it was raided about two
months ago by Federal and city Of
ficials and several half pints wers-
seized. The Black Cat. similar
store, was also raided, The grand
jury, which indicted Ballinger, rec
commended that his place Of bust
ness be closed by the Federal au-
thorities. The case is being heard
by Judge Howard w. Smith.
Today was observed as Father
and Daughter Day" by the local
EIiwanians at luncheon. Each
member was accompanied by a
daughter or some other mans
daughter.
Six-year.old Barbara Cation en-
tertained the members with crino-
line dances and songs. Four-year-
old Jacqueline Cochrane addressed
the men in hohatf of the ''daugh-
ters'' The Rev Diener was in
infant's garh. and was protected bv
Claude Fletcher as a colored
nanny. Following the luncheon
and entertainment East" baskets
were distributed to the irls.
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SHRINE LINKS
UP LOCAL.
GROUPS
Names Colonel conkIin Liaison
Officer to Represent Cow
eminent Branches.

Appointment of Col. Arthur 8:
Conklin, acting assistant chief or
staff of the army, as liaison officer
to represent every brand Of the
Government in preparing for the
coming Shrine session in June, was
announced today.
Colonel Conklin viii coordinate
the work OF all of the Government
departments and viii act as . clear
ing house for the Governmental CO.
operation. He win work in con-
nection with Arthur e. Cook, who
win represent the Almas Temple
1923 Shrine committee in a similar
capacity.
Colonel ConlSlin viii be in charge
Of providing tents, cots, and other
equipment from the army. navy. ana
marine corps, granting permits,
making postal arrangements, provid;
ing army and navy displays, furn-
lslling barges and naval vessels, and
all other Government supplies.
Appointment Of the following
navy and Marine Corps officers to
serve on the entertainment commit
zee was announced today: Comdrs
Neal Farwell, Comdr. j. o. Gawne,
Lieut.. Conndr. j. w. Rankin, Lieut..
Con1dr. M. Al. Mitscher, Lieut.
Comdr. N. A. Bloedorn, Capt. L. Ds
Hermle, Capt. j. III. Craig. Lieut.
T.. w. Carr, Lieut.. G. Autrobus.
Lieut.. r.. e. Bassl q, Lieut.. Tully
/ Shelly and Comdr Adolphus Ans
1rews, commander of the May
! flower. d
Through Brig. Gen. Harry Bands
! lo1tz, commander of the District Of
!. Washington, drills by the army EN-
sineers, cavalry, field artillery, iIts
| antry and aviation attachments
] will be given during the session
/ GENERAL Bandholtz invited the
! Shrine committee ito feel free to
make arrangements for these ese
hibitions at any time which would
not interfere with the remainder
of the program" 8
A recommendation made today BY
Arthur E. Seymour, secretary of the
/ Washington Chamber of Commences
for the reception committees work
during the session. is under cons1d
GRAFTON. He suggests, following the
decision to appoint all members OF
the local business and trade organi.
cations as members of a "glaa
hand committee to greet the yisfs
/ tors, that each of these men wear s
button bearing the slogan Ask
Me-" The visitors would then feet
| free to ask any question regarding
| the city or the session, he pointed
out, and would receive q DISTINCTLY
favorable impression of the hospi.
tally shown them. q
A big electric sign, bearing the
wording. 'Almas Temple 1923
Shrine Committee Headquarters, in
the Shrine colors, red, green, and
! yellow. was erected today on the
Thirteenth street front of the
Homer building.
A general meeting of the thirty:
| two committee chairmen, scheduled
for tomorrow night, at the Homeg
building. has been postponed one
week because of Good Friday. i
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Ice Saves Passengers

This story came in about a
passenger train which rolled
down an embankment to the
ice of Miller's River-ice
saves yearly thousands of
passengers on trains and
boats from sickness-saves
them from many discomforts
in travel. And ice makes
possible the fresh cream and
ice cream in midocean-the
delicious fresh fish the din
ing cars bring up from New
Orleans. American Ice sup
plies many steamship lines
and many railroads.
And daily. if yOu come into the
city, it's American Ice hat cooLs
che refreshing glass of mater you
net at the station.
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'SHoE-LECGERS" NEWEST
BOOZE PEDDLER SPECIES

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, March
booze peddlers are up to
date. They are Ncalled shoe.leggers.
instead Of bootleggers. A police
raiding party found bottles OF in.
toxicants concealed in old shoes o,,
q shelf Thomas Murnizan was fined
E400.
Washington telegraph., 1923-04-06
THE COST AND
PROFIT IN COTTON

When the price of cotton was
high three years ago the South,
as usual, increased acreage and
plunged. Dazzled by 40 cents
per pound, many planters ap-
parantly forgot the years of
cheap cotton. They decided
that the price would stay a.
round 40 cents hereafter. If
they could get 40 cents per lb.
they could afford to spend free
ly in making the crop. So the
1920 crop broke records as to
cost production. And it broke
the South temporarily. The
prce dropped to about 10 cents.
Arkansas growers made mon
ey last year because they held
production costs to minimum
and had a big crop and a good
price. Will they do so we'll
this year or will they forget
as they did in 1920?
The grower knows what to
expect. He will have to con-
tend with the weather and the
weevil. To prosper he must
keep constantly before him two
important principles-low pro-
duction costs and high yields
per acre. Here are some fig
ures that show how low pro-
duction costs and high per acre
yields go hand in hand. 1t
costs in Arkansas to raise 100
pounds of lint per acre27.9 cts
to raise 200 pounds of lint per
acre 1853; 400 pounds, 1915;
500 pounds, 9.4 cents. The man
who cuts corners in production
costs will have more money to
put in the bank next fall if we
have a good crop and a good
price. If both production and
price are off he will lose less.
Of course, economy can be
carried too far. The cotton
grower must have a properly
prepared seed bed. He must
plant good seeds that germi-
nate early. He must give his
Washington telegraph., 1923-04-06
R'y Time Table
MISSOURI-PACIFIC BRANCH
R'Y SCHEDULE
DAILY
LAWLESS AMERICA

Those complacent citizens
who have a hazy idea that we
do not enforce the law in this
country quite so rigidly as we
should but who are willing to
believe that things are all right
as they are, might get an un-
pleasant reaction If they stud
led some of the figures on crime
in America. For instance it
night Jar them TO irarTf- that
during the last ten years 5,UUv-
people had been murdered in
the land of the free and the
home of the gun-man. To put
it another way, more people
Washington telegraph., 1923-04-06
LOCAL MINISTER is
HONORED AT GURDOA

Rev. w. T. Sullivan, pastor
of the Washington and Fulton
Presbyterian churches, by invi-
tation, preached the Easter
Sunday sermon for the Knights
Templars at Gurdon. The lodge
of Prescott went to Gurdon for
the occasion and several other
lodges were represented. Spec
ial music and other features at
tracted a congregation which
overflowed the largest church
auditorium in the town. The
Rev. Mr.. Sullivan preached a
beautifully rhetorical as well as
spiritual sermon.
Washington telegraph., 1923-04-06
NEW GASOLINE TAX
is NOW IN EFFECT

Friends, meet the gasoline
bootlegger.
His territory is the state Of
Arkansas, and his headquarters
just over the border line in any
of the states bordering on this
commonwealth.
With a tax of but one cent
per gallon on gasoline in Okla
homa and Texas, dealers locat-
ed just over the line in Arkan-
sas are raising big how land
declare they will be forced out
of business by the three-cent
tax on motor fuel which went
into effect Sunday.
In Oklahoma and Texas the
present price is 23 cents per
gallon at the filling stations. In
Texarkana, Ark, and Fort
Smith, the cost is 26 cents.
In Texarkana, the motorist
merely has to drive across the
street into Texas to purchase
their "gas" three cents cheaper,
and at Frot Smith they may
run over the new bridge into
Moffett, Okla, and buy for 23c.
rhe'eause Of 1t ali is the new
severance tax law passed by
the recent Arkansas Genera
Assembly. The only apparant
recourse for the dealers is an
agreement between the oil COM
panies in the state-line towns.
Whether this can be effected,
however, is speculative. Some
oil companies operate filling
stations on both sides the line.
Washington telegraph., 1923-04-06
NICOTINE DUST FOR
TRUCK CROP INSECTS

An important application of
a comparatively new method of
insect control is discussed in a
recent Farmers Bulletin, 1882
Nicotine Dust for Truck Crop
Insects by Roy E. Campbell,
assistant entomologist, Truck
Crop Insect Investigations, Bu-
reau of Entomology. This meth
cd thus far has surpassed any
other known methods of con-
trolling such important pests as
the onion thrips, cucumber beet
les, the melon aphis, and the
pea aphis.
Nicotine dust has several ad-
vantages over a liquid spray of
nicotine sulphate. busting re-
quires much less weight of ma
terial per acre than spraying,
and may be done in a much
shorter time with a lighter and
less expensive machine in most
cases at less cost for labor. The
tiny particles of dust reach
many insects inaccessible to
sprays. Dust may be applied
with hand duster, horse-drawn
outfits, or power-operated out
fits, according to the size of the
acreage.
Nicotine dust is a nicotine
sulphated solution mixed in.
correct proportions with a dust
carrier. Lime alone is ord,inar-
lily used for the carrier. but the
addition of sulphur to the lime
makes the material more effect
i've against most insects. Sew
eral thorough applications NAV
be necessary. These should be
made when the insects first ap-
pear, before any damage is
done. The dust is most effect
I've at temperatures above 65 de-
Washington telegraph., 1923-04-06

judged by feeling the breast.
When there is no point of the
breast bone proecjting below
the flesh the chicken is in good
marketing condition At this
time a Ten weeks ola -cockere-
often brings a dollar, whereas
in September the same cocker
ell weighing perhaps six pounds
might bring half.
Washington telegraph., 1923-04-06
G h u r C he S
PRESBYTERIAN
w. Il. Sullivan

PRESBYTERIAN
w. I. Sullivan. an.................-.... Pastor
Washington, Ark.
Preaching Services Second and Fourth
Sundays, 11:00 a. m. and 500 D. m
Sunday School each Sunday mornino
at 1000 o'clock, ]. w. Butler. Supf
Mrs. Luther Smith, President of tbe
Ladies Aid.
Prayermeeting each Wednesday evan
ing, 500 o'clock.
METHODIST
l.. J. Riding, Pastor
Washington, Ark.
Preaching Services First and Third
Sundays, 11:00 a. m. and 8:15 ?. m,
Sunday School each Sunday MOI 1ing
at 10 o'clock, E. r. Timberlake. Sunf
Womans' Missionary Auxiliary Tues
day afternoon at 800 O'Clock, Mrs
X. w. Patterson, Pres.
Senior Epworth League meeting each
Sunday evening at TOO o'clock
Miss EXa Olive, President.
Junior League meets each Sunday az.
ternoon at 300 o'clock, Autrey
Lewis, Pres.
Prayermeeting each Wednesday even
ing, 500 o'clock.
BAPTIST
Geo. B. Hardy dy......................... Pastor
Pike City, Ark.
Preaching Services First Sunday at
11:00 a. m. and 500 p. m.
Sunday School each Sunday morning
at 1000 o'clock, w. P. Mason. Supt.
Ladies Aid Tuesday afternoons. Mrs.
T. G. Haynes, Pres.
Prayermeeting each Thursday even
ing, 800 o'clock.