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The Washington times., 1923-02-14
WE'D 40 YEARS,
HE SUESFOR
DIVORCE
Nebraska Davis Charges Mis-
conduct-TWo Other Cou-
pies Ask Freedom.

Married forty years ago, Nebraska
Davis today filed suit in the District
Supreme Court against Sarah ".
Davis for absolute divorce, alleging
misconduct. Plaintiff, represented
by Attorney w. B. Thomas, declares
that he separated from defendant on
account Of alleged misconduct on
her part, and that he has not lived
with her. since. Tire couple were
married in this city in 1888.
Alleging cruelty and excessive
use of Intoxicating liquors, Ola Penn
berton today filed suit against An.
drew Pemberton for a limited di-
vorce and alimony. Plaintiff, repre-
sented by Attorney N. G. Turnage,
alleges also Inadequate support, and
asks the court to award her the GUS
tody of their four children and to
restrain her husband from interior
ing with them. The couple We're
married in this city.
Misconduct is alleged in a suit
brought by Leo Post against Loretta
Davis Post for absolute divorce. The
couple were married at Rockville,
Md, August 1G, 1905, and have one
child, whose custody is requested by
the plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14

Convent authorities are at a loss
to understand how Sister Cecilia
could have been sandbagg ed
drugged and dragged from the con-
vent in broad daylight without
knowledge of other nuns or resi-.
dents in the vicinity. The kidnap.
ing is believed to have taken place
about 2:3O p. M, Monday.
Inquiries in the neighborhood OF
Verona, Pa, last night, which Sis
ter Cecilia left to join the order OF
Notre Dame. AServed to reveal her
history.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
DAUGHERTY Ill,
MAY LEAVE
CABNlE I
Attorney General Said to Sc
Suffering Breakdown Due
. to OverWoFk.

Attorney General Harry M. Daugh.
erty is "a very sick man." accord
ing to word reaching some Of his
closest friends here today.
The Attorney General Is confined
to his apartment, seeing no one and
transacting no official business. DR..
c. e. Sawyer. the White House
physician. and a trained nurse are
attending him.
Mr.. Daugherty's condition was
described today as not being ''in.
mediately dangerous" but of such
a nature as to lead to grave doubts
as to whether he will be able for
months to resume full direction of
the Department of Justice.
In this situation, reports again
were current today that the At.
torney General would soon retire
from the Cabinet, but these reports
could not be confirmed in any Off
cial source.
The Attorney General is said to
be suffering from q general break
down, brought on by overwork and
abnormally high blood pressure, the
latter condition not unusual with
men of his age and activity. He
is sixty-three years OF age, and
since his advent into the Cabinet,
at least. has led an exceptionally
active life. Quiet and q long rest
are the main remedies for such a
condition, according to physicians.
The expectation prevails that the
Attorney General will go to Florida
with the President and Mrs. Hard
ing soon after March 4, If he is
able to travel at that time. DR..
Sawyer will, OF course, accompany
the Hardings.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
HACKED Up BODY
MYSTERY To
POLICE
Man With Charred Face and
Missing Hands Possibly
Rum Fight Victim.
b. Internatlonal News service.

CHICAGO, Feb. ,14.-Police today
followed three theories in an effort
to solve the mysterious murder Of a
man whose nude and mutiiated body
was found deep in a dense grove near
Geneva, ILL.,, last night. The victim
had been shot twice and hacked to
death.
The police clues were:
/. That the death plot may have
been the result of a clash between
booze runners. ..t,,
2. That the slayer might have been
an outraged husband.
8. That the dead man was a mem
Der of robber band and was killed
by his companions,
Victims Face Charred.
The body was found by Robert
Johnson, a farmland. It was nude.
The face had been charred beyond
recognition. Knife thrusts had rent
the torso. Two bullets had pierced
the body, one showing just above
the heart. Both hands were hacked
off at the wrists. Rags, soaked with
oil, had been piled upon the face and
ignited. The face was practically
burned away.
The thoroughness Of the mutila-
ton almost precludes Identification.
The body was found in a little hol-
low at the foot of a steep knoll off
a deserted road in the murder
grove" Footprints in the snow indi.
Gated that two men had carried the
victim from an automobile to the
hollow.
Feared Fingerprint Clue.
Residents near the grove told of
hearing the chugging of the automo-
bile engine. but heard no cries Of the
tortured man. The tracks of the au-
tomobile led down a lonely road to
within 100 feet of where the body
was found.
1t was the theory Of the police this
morning that the hands had been
mutilated and disposed of in order
to prevent Identification through
fingerprints.
The body was taken to Geneva,
where an inquest was to be held to-
day.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
CHURCH T | R { s
CONTINUE IN
MONTREAL
Latest Of Long Series Destroys
Edifice Recently Purchas-
ed by Catholics.
BY international News Service.

MONTREAL, Quebec, Feb. H.
The latest Of long series OF sils-
pected incendiary fires in Roman
Catholic Churches in eastern Canada
took place here today when flames
Quilted Trinity Church.
This church was formerly one
of the Oldest Anglican churches in
Montreal, but recently it was pur-
chased by the Roman Catholic
hierarchy as a place Of worship for
Syrian Catholics.
Smoke was discovered early to-
day pouring from the rear windows.
Despite the efforts Of firemen, the
blaze spread. An explosion took
place and soon flames were shooting
from the roof.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Separate Rhineland
: to Follow Seizure of
R uhr, Says Paris Paper
NV FRANK r. MASON.
~ FRANK e. MASON,
InternstliQn News Service.

IHfeKn2t143AAAA NCWB SeTNAces
PARIS, Feb. 4.-Despite Premier
Poincare's assurapces in the cham
Der of deputies to the contrary, the
Petit Parisien todaN declared that
the logical result # the whole
Franco-Belgian plan I ill be to de-
tach the Rhineland froIN Germany
and establish it as a separate state.
Philippe Millet. a well-inkormed
political writer said in the Petit
Parisien:
THE logic OF the whole SYSTEM
will comp.il US ultimately to create
Rhineland currency, Rhineland po-
lice and q Rhineland administration
composed 9of Rhinelanders. 1t is
not certain that the Rhinelanders
would refuse il encouraged to in
stitute a new state out of their
own territory. The Rhineland is as
big as Belgium, having ten million
population A Rhineland state
would be rhilitarfly neutral and in
dependent OF both France and Ger
many"
Arrest IThirty-Two Germans.
Thirty-fwo Germans have been
arrested at Gelsenxichen as the re-
suit of the shooting of two French
soldie.Sf by German policemen on
Monday. the foreign office was ad-
yised.l The prisoners include mu-
hicipal officials and many leading
citizens.
On account Of increasing violence
on the part of the<Germans, espe-
cially in the Essen district, it was
reported that Gen. Weygand, right
hand man to Marshal Foch, would
succeed General De Goutte in com.
mand, but this was emphatically
denied at the foreign office.
Foreign office officials said that
no change in administration was
contemplated.
POincare. to Tell Plans.
Premier Poincare is expected to
address the Chamber of Deputies in
q few days giving a circumstantial
account of conditions in the Rhine
land and Ruhr, and telling of the
achievements of occupation 1t is
possible that he may announce a
change of policy. but whether he
will suggest modification or a more
rigorous regime is not known. The
latter is more likely in view of
Belgian protests against French
leniency.
Dusseldorf reports that the Ger
man telephone operators in the local
exchange quit work.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
APPEALS
FOR SPEED ON
DEBT BILL
Senator Calls for "Non-Parti-
san Support" to Ensure
Peace of World.

Senator Lodge (R) of Massachu-
sets, in urging speedy passage Of
the British debt refunding bill, to-
day appealed for non-partisan sup.
port" to the measure.
Settlement of this debt is not
political ISSUE" declared Lodge.
He praised the terms Agreed upon
by the American commission, add
ing, I'VE cannot be TOO harsh upon
the British government, for most
of the burden of paying the debt
falls upon the middle classes in Eng
land"
There was no criticism of Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo when
he negotiated these loans" said
Lodge. "He was acting for the
United States and he made the ar
rangements without coming Off.
cially to the Senate for advice or
assistance. But no Earty lines
were shown.
at now falls on this Admin.stra
ton TO settle these debts. I don't
think party lines should be raised
now. The debts were incurred by
both parties and should be settled
by both parties for the best interest
of our Government.
Will Have Good Effect.
This settlement between the
only two solvent nations of the
world will have the greatest possible
effect for good on the business Of
the world. If we ratify this agree
ment, we will take a step toward
security of peace, establishment of
good will, and Of benefit to man.
kind as has not been taken since
the signing of the armistice.'
Lodge declared he personally IA
vored enlargement of the American
debt commission to seven members,
TO include one Democrat from the
Senate and one Democrat from the
House.
Look for Vote Tonight.
Successful in their efforts to re-
place the shipping bill with the
debt agreement, in contraVention to
plans laid by Republican leaders,
opponents were confident they also
could force consideration of other
legislation when the funding bill
is passed, thus sidetracking the
subsidy bill until the closing hours
of the session.
Immediately after disposing of
the debt agreement. farm bloc
leaders are planning TO demand i'm
mediate consideration of the truth
in-fabric bill. This will necessitate
a vote. and it is possible that suf-
ficient Democratic strength will
swing to the agriculture element to
thwart the Administration program
on the subsidy.
Night Session Likely.
The Republican program today
called for continuous discussion of
the debt bill until disposed of,
Senator Smoot Rep) of Utah, in
charge of the bill, announced he
would demand a night session to
expedite action. This will be the
first night meeting of the Senate
this session, and probably will pre-
vail almost continuously through
out the remaining seventeen days
lof the present Congress.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Hughes Continues III.

Secretary Of State Hughes was
still confined to his home today
with a cold.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
ARREST Of
| MAYOR IS
REPLY
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toll and placed them upon the
counter.
Which do you want, bullet or
watch" he demanded.
Neither one" replied the bar
maid, smiling.
The Frenchman then attempted
Argments, but the group finally left
without any drinks.
Germans Block Canal.
German workmen at Ruhrort
sank q barge in the Rhine Horne
canal blocking the passage-way.
This was one of the most important
canals in the West phalian.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Howling Blizzard Is
Sweeping Through
Middle West
BY international News Service.

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Driving
across the Bakotas, through
Minnesota and Wisconsin, a
bowling blizzard is sweeping
today" the worst blizzard in
twenty-five years" Train traf-
fic was badly hampered.
Minneapolis, Mimi, and Fond
Du Lac, Wis, reported a tenn
perature of Is below zero this
morning.
The entire Middle West was
in the grip Of the coolest spell
of the winter.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
!. NJ. c. A. WORK
ON BUILDING To
START SOON
Board at Alexandria Urges
Prompt Payment Of Pledge
InstalIments.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. IA
Work on the construction of the
Y. M. C. A. building, plans Of which
have been under way for several
months, will be begun within the
next sixty days, it was announced
today following a meeting last
night Of the board of directors
with the new secretary, c. C. Kent.
The board announced that ap-
proximately $4,000 of the $4,000
fund subscribed to erect the edifice
is now due, and that the collection
will be turned over to the new
secretary.
The pledges were to have been
paid in four installments, the first
of, which has already been received
in the majority of instances. The
board has asked the cooperation of
the donors in having the second
,installment paid promptly.
Immediate improvement OF that
portion of Cameron street, where
the building is to be located, has
been promised, by the city authori-
ties, the board announced.
George Suthard, arrested last
night by Officers Thompson and
Kline, and charged with being
drunk and transporting liquor, was
fined SO in Judge DuvalIs court
today on the intOXicatiOn charge
and given a continuance of one
week on the charge of transporting.
According to Suthard he had Sc
.cured-on a doctors prescription
a pint of liquor which subsequently
proved to be of such excellent quail
ity that he disregarded the instruc-
tons to drink two tablespoonsful
twice a day"
E. G.. Dunn, a member OF the pub
lie safety committee of the George
Washington Birthday Parade AS
ISOLATION, was today named by
City Manager Rich to supervise the
erection of the grand stand, to be
located on the east side of Wash
ington street between Oronoco and
Pendleton, for the parade, which is
to be held a week from tomorrow.
The Alexandria Kiwanis Club will
hold it's weekly luncheon tomorrow
REPORTS from the following chair
men of group committees, making
recommendations for the better
ment of Alexandria, will be made:
Carroll Pierce, Chester A. Gwinn,
Robert Jones, and LleWellyn Dyson.
The Crazy Cat orchestra will fur
nish music for the luncheon.
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Berlin Reports French
Warships to Blockade
Coasts to COerce Ruhr
~ International NaWa Serrice.

ny AMVefn1tFOhAI NeWS OeFVIce.
BERLIN, Feb. 14.-France may
blockade the German coast to en-
force obedience in the Rhineland
and Ruhr, according to persistent
reports current here today.
1t is understood that French war.
ships, in a few days, will appear
IN the North sea and Baltic ports
Of Bremen. Hamburg, Settin, Kiel
and Dantzig
The Washington times., 1923-02-14
Greetings Delayed.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. Feb. IA
birthday postcard greeting, post
marked in the local office March
10, 1915, recently was received in
Reynolds, Ind, twenty-five miles
north of here, by Rufus Beasey.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-23
Auto Plunges
From Viaduct:
Pilot May Die
Car Lands on Frank Graves
After Turning Flip-Flop
Off @ Street
Bridge.

Frank Graves. %. living at Forty.
ninth and Y streets. was injured,
probably mortally. when his automo
bile crashed through the wooden rail.
ing OF the viaduct at Forty-second
and Q streets at 10 Monday morning
and plunged so feet TO the tracks be-
low
The car was badly damaged, but
was not demolished
Graves was taken TO st. Joseph hos.
pital, where doctors entertained but
slight hope for his life. Cause Of the
accident is undetermined.
Suddenly Veers About.
According to w. L. Dickerson. an
employe OF the Sample-Hart Motor
company, who was riding behind
Graves car in another machine.
driven by V. 7. Briley, Graves ma.
chine suddenly yeered at about the
middle OF the viaduct. mounted the
sidewalk. crashed through the rail.
ing and disappeared.
Dickerson declared the wheels must
have become caught in rut, or that
possibly the steering gear buckled.
The car turned over In the air and
fell on Graves
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-23

and Beer to
Get Blows
Treasury Plan Calls for Dou.
bling Coast Guard and Plac.
ing Agent in Each
Brewery.
Pinchot Hint Is Denied

Washington. Oct. .22.-Expansion
of the federal goyernfnent's prohibf-
ton enforcement machinery in an
effort to stop liquor smuggling ano
to check what is described by Off
cials as rapidly increasing supplies Of
high-power beer, is under considera
ton at the treasury. The program
contemplates practically doubling the.
strength of the coast guard and ths
placing OF a prohibition agent il
every brewery.
While the changes under considera
ton for the coast guard have not ye'
been placed before Secretary Mellon
those in charge Of the service have
calculated approximately s20.ooo.o0
would have to be appropriated b.
congress to carry them out.
Tentative plans call for the addition
of more than a score Of cutters and
about so speedy powerboats to bs
used in tracking down rum runner
off the coasts. Additional personne
Is also proposed.
Secretary Mellon IS said to recog
nize that high powet beer is becom
ing all too common" in many sections
Of the country and, it IS reported
is inclined to favor A return to thf
old arrangement of putting an agen
of the Treasury department on guar
in all breweries SO that daily tess
may be made of products.
Treasury officials denied that ths
new program was due to recent crit
cism that has come from severa'
quarters regarding prohibition en-.
forcement. On the other hand. II wa
declared the changes have been un
der consideration for some month";
and the internal revenue bureau has
been engaged constantly in an effoT;
TO iron out difficulties IN the enforce
nent situation.
The internal revenue bureau IS Civ
ing thought to means of alleviatins
difficulties IN the handling Of in
dustrial alcohol and alcohol for scien-
tific uses. Many complaints havs
reached the treasury. officials said.
regarding the mixture OF the police
side of enforcement with the en-
couragement which. It Is declared.
the yolstead act states specifically
the government desires to give to de-
velopment OF uses Of industrial aico.
hoi.
The suggestion has been made to
Commissioner Blair by ne bureaus
advisory committee that sperarate
division be created for control of the
industrial side OF enforcement. and
Secretary Mellon WIS represented as
favo-ing some move toward making
the administration of this phase oi
the law more satisfactory
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-23
Iowa Prosperous,
Ad Men Shown
Thirty Eastern Agency Repre-
sentatives Taken on Tour of
Farms and Colleges.

Des Moines,s Ia. Oct 22.-Repre-
sentatives OF nearly 80 eastern ad-
vertising agencies learned for them
selves yesterday that Iowa is highly
prosperous.
The agency representatives came
here at the request OF members OF
the daily newspaper section OF the
Iowa Press association. who felt that
a false impression had been created
in the east and in other parts OF
the country by the utterances Of poll
ticisns and others who have said
that the people OF this section verge
on bankruptcy.
Yesterdays meetings included a
tour OF central Iowa by automobile.
during which the visitors were given
an opportunity TO visit model farms.
prosperous towns and villages and
to inspect the Iowa State college at
Ames,
The advertising men were vel
coined to Ames by President r.. A.
Pearson Of the college, who, in an
swer TO a question as to the re-
sources OF the state. declared that
the plant food in the upper seven
inches of Iowa soil alone Is worth
$4,000. 900 900 on the basis OF cur
rent prices for fertilixing materials.
This fertility. he said. combined with
the intelligent methods Of the Iowa
farmer. makes it possible for him
10 farm profitably. as most of'Iowa's
farmers now are doing in spite. OF
the handicaps in many directions.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-23
'Leggers Fire Into
Home of Dry Agent

Minneapolis. e1inn., Oct. 22.-Slow-
ing up their high powered carfto lesson
it's hum and get Il better chance to
kill alleged underworld bootleggers
fired shot through Prohibition Agent
H. A. Paris sitting room window
early this morning. the bullet crash
ing through screen and window and
barely missing the head of his son,
William Paris.
1t was the second attempt at
murder by enemies OF prohibition
agents within week 1ijackers
slugged and fractured A. E. Whitney's
skull during a raid on a brewery last
week.
There Is no doubt in the minds
of Paris or his chief, NJ. L. Harvey.
that some one was seeking to get"
the agent or his son or both. as the
younger man often has helped his
father run down bootleggers.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-23
"NAME IT" COLUMN

Charley Spangler in midst OF crowd
at stadium gate. Next door neigh
Dor in Lincoln for number of years.
No time for conversation, but meet
ing called up lot Of pleasant mem
ories. Charley high official In big
insurance company now. and earned
the position. But couldn't help rea-
lizing that tempus continues to fugit
with ever-increasing speed.
A trip by train through the Ne
braska sandhills used to be a severe
penalty: now a delight to the observ-
ant traveller. Little sand seen now.
but plenty OF grass. thousands of
fat cattle. and an ever.increasing
number OF pine trees. Time not far
distant when sandhils will be yer.
liable forest.
Past the ruins OF n once prosper
Gus city. Antioch. Half.dozen once
busy and prosperous potash factories
now deserted, falling to ruins or their
fire-blackened walls tottering. Never
can think OF Antioch's rise and fall
without admiring Frank Broome. He
stuck to IL till the last dog was hung,
but when that happened he moved
10 Alliance. Franks paper kept
hope alive In the breasts OF Antioch
ans long after there was nothing
left TO hope for.
Alliance looks better every time
enc lands there. Prosperous, clean.
always busy and always pushing for
better things. A glimpse OF Ben
Sallows as he looks through door OF
Burlington station. Ben IN n corner
stone in the biitiness structure OF
Alliance When he don't know
something good TO say about his town
end its people. he seeks seclusion for
time and then emerges with some
thing mighty good,
| Back into the North Platte val
| ley Golden sunshine painting the
far.fung hills with a glory. no artist
can reproduce. Beet fields on every
side, with huge piles OF heets waiting
ne hsuler. -Four big sugar factories
bolching smoke and steam. No pret-
tier sight In the west than that ~
a sugar factory In full blpst every
night Hope 10 see dozen more
in the valley before Gabriel sounds
tho blast that IL meant especially for
my ears W. NJ. NJ.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-10-23

II the offer OF the three books last
named Is no indncement to you to
suggest a title for this kolm, here's
another one. 1t is a description of
the game Of Nah Jongg, With full dI.
rections for playing. Having tried to
fathom its mysteries, am prepared
to say that anybody who can under
stand it ought to dig up a bully
name for this department. Now this
makes four books from which you
may make your choice IL you submit
a cognomen that Is accepted by the
genius who wieds the blue pencil.
II ever / approach the ticket gate
at the Burlington station and miss
seeing Joe Mix. I'll know the Bur-
1ington Is about to collapse. joe
Is much more than a station or train
conductor; he is an institution. For
more than 30 years now he has d.
rected me to trains with one hand
and helped women and their babies
with the other. lie Is physically and
mentally ambidextrous. A reward OF
several million dollars could safely
be offered TO anyone who could prove
he had ever seen Joe MIX mad or
evidencing signs OF impatience.
Some of these days. maybe. there
will arise a generation OF railroad
builders who will refuse to build
their railroads through back yards
and rubbish heaps and dilapidated
shacks, and insist on having some
thing at least half way pleasant for
their passengers to look at through
the car windows.
Man in high-powered car racing
with football special. Woman In seat
beside him waving her hands and
patting driver on the back. evident
ly urging him to step on the gas a
bit heavier. Driver looking toward
train instead OF keeping eyes on
road. Autos going In opposite d.
rections forced to take extreme side
OF road. II only driving fools met
with accidents there wouldn't be
such an insistent demand for some
thing to regulate automobile driving
Trouble is the crop Of driving fools
seems never to decrease; rather In
creases And as usual. the INNOCENT
bystander--or passenger IL the one
who rides IN the front carriage te
the cemetery and doesn't come back