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New Britain herald., 1923-07-30
MAY CUT FREIGHT RATES

Omaha, July 3o.-Executives of Western Railroad lines are to meet in Chicago today to consider proposal for a temporary emergency 25 per cent freight rate reduction on export wheat and flour advanced by a com mittee of Omaha business men recent ly organized to sponsor a buying cam- paign of these commodities, it was an- nounced today.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-30

By all means see this charming seven piece suite of walnut. You will be delight ed with the design and finish of this suite. Dresser, chifforette, vanity, bed, night stand, chair and bench. If you buy it you save S231-and possess yourself of some remarkable furniture.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-30

Here is mahogany bedroom suite that anyone would be glad to own. Four pieces, dresser. chiforette, semi-vanity case and bed. A saving of $195 to the person who buys it.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Hines Cuts Red Tape
In Veterans Bureau


- RIG. GEN FRANK T. HINES new director q the
Veterans Bureau, yesterday made sweeping
- changes in the administrative policy designed g
expedite relief for former service men,
He announced that all red tape would be out away ana
that any employing 'hard-boiled methods IN deal
ing with veterans would be summariy dismissed.
AL claims of veterans which have been delayed are g
be expedited and many possible viii receive mas
personal attention, he said it develops that claim
has been unduy delayed in the bureau the person re-
sponsible for it will be removed
Tor the moment the attention Of the new director VIII
be conferred the completion of the hospital 50
that all disabled may be cared for IN Government
owned institutions Where construction il underway it
is to be rushed and contracts for buildings are to be
let Immediately.
General Hines said be would set up special machinery
take Of the claims Of veterans under the Sweet
BILL passed in the closing days Of Congress This meas
ure lecalizes claim for disability that developed three
years after leaving the service Il win make it necessary
to reopen thousands Of claims
Mai Gen. John =. o'Ryan, New York. special counsel
the Senate committee investigating the Veterans
Bureau expected TO begin his inquiry tomorrow Gen
eral Hines offered him offices in the Bureau that
he may have ready access to all the records.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
GOES TO AID WOMAN;
IS MET BY BANDITS
Appeal to Help Save "Dying
Baby" Hides Robber Trap,
Victim Tells Police.

Answering an appeal to assist in
saving life, Charles Smith, 1909
Tenth street northwest, last night
walked into the hands Of four negro
bandits in an alley near Fifth and
L streets northwest. where ne was
robbed of $24 in cash. The negroes
threatened his life.
Smith was walking along Fifth
street northwest when approached
by q frail little colored women.
Please help me start my auto, :"
she said. my baby Is dying from
commissions and I want to get him
to hospital"
The appeal touched Smith, who
accompanied the woman to the ma
chine. After looking over the en-
CINE Smith was about to crank the
car when the four armed men
stepped from behind q fence.
Smith, covered by four revolvers,
was ordered to throw up his hands.
While the bandits ransacked his
pockets the woman smiled.
Backing Smith up against a build
ing. the bandits and the woman got
in the machine and sped away.
Smith appealed to the Second Pre-.
cinct police for assistance. He told
police the license tags of the bandit
car had been concealed.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
GEN. O'RYA|V IS DUE
IN CITY TOMORROW
General Counsel for Vet Blu
reau Probe to Outline
His Plans.

Major General John r. Organ,
general counsel for special Senate
committee appointed to investigate
the United States Veterans Bureau,
will arrive in Washington for q con-
ference with Director Frank r.
Hines tomorrow.
At that meeting Major General
Organ will outline the general
plans for the bureau probe. He
will return to New York later in
the day. Active work in the in.
vestigation. in so far as the counsel
is concerned, will start sometime
next week.
Senator David Walsh, the only
member of the committee in the
Capital at the present time, will
confer with Major General Organ
in New York this morning.
Director Hines yesterday an
nounced that he had appointed X.
@. Routsong. staff assistant at the
bureau. as contact, officer between
the bureau and the committee.
Routsong will supply all informa-
zion concerning the bureau activi-
ties demanded by the Investigating
I'd Et
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Children to Celebrate
Duke of YOrk's Wedding

LONDON, March l0.-When the
Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth
Bowes Lyon are married, thousands
Of children in five large English
cities will hold marriage day
parties" The Duke has contributed
$4,000 to a fund for these celebra-
tons.
Economy will be the keynote Of
the wedding. Simplicity will mark
the gowns OF the bride and her at
tendants.
Lady Betty's trousseau is being
made In her London home, her
mother supervising the work. The
wedding gown will have an insert
OF Brussels lace that has been In
the family for centuries. It vas
worn by an ancestress OF the bride
at a ball given for Bonnie Prime
Charlie.
Tea gowns and negligees are
made of varying shades, but mostly
Of Betty Blue" the brides favor.
tie color. They are made OF crepe
de chine and A-epe marochian, with
white swansdown garnitures. There
as Lady Betty does not like them.
The dance frocks are mostly white
or light blue, but several are ivory
with gold filet.
One charming gown combines sill
yer tissue with turquoise net in
shepherdess design, with puffed
panniers over a straight silver
skirt. the girdle Of pink satin rose
buds, and the stockings and cloak
matching the color Of the gown.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Bill Signed by Governor
Recalled in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, March 10.
The last act of the Arkansas
senate has created a unique sItua.
ton. Incensed at what it's presi-
dent, Jake Wilson, termed double.
crossing" by Governor McRae, the
senate recalled" the agricultural
appropriation bill, which had be-
come law by the executives sigma.
ture, and expunged from the senate
record all reference to the action
by which it was passed.
Many insist that the new enact
ment was thereby nullified; others
laugh at the claim.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Police Follow Trail
Of Girls Kidnapers
BY International News Service.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, March TO-
Police, securing the city and sur
rounding country for three men
who kidnapped a young woman here
today, predicted arrests soon.
Officers armed with a description
of the kidnapers' car and the
license number was reported on the
trail of the owner, said to be an
italian.
The abduction, one of the boldest
ever perpetrated in the city. accord
ing to police, was witnessed by
Harold J. Conover, motorman.
Conover was slowing his car for a
stop when an automobile drew up
to the curb.
Three men Ieaped out Of the car
and surrounded a young woman
about twenty years OF age. She
screamed and fought fiercely, but
was overpowered and carried to the
machine. The men threw her into
the rear seat and drove off.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Chancellor Emeritus Day
Seriously III With Grin

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March
Emeritus James
Roscoe Day of Syracuse University
is seriously i'll with grip at Craig
Hall here. DR.. w. w. Fox an.
nounced late today that his condi.
ton was ''as satisfactory as could
be expected" -
With Mrs. Day and their daugh.
ter, Miss Mary Imogene Day, the
aged educator, who served as chan
cellor of Syracuse University for
Twenty-Five years before his re-
tirement last June, arrived in At
lantic City February 4. He caught
cold five days ago.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
HUSBAND
!, WHOSE MOTOR
! KILLED SISTER
Marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Waters, Which Began at
Deathbed, Goes on Rocks
WIFE CHARGES DEsERTIoN
Names "0ther Woman" and
Says Spouse Left Her and
Baby Girl and Won't Return

ROCKVILLE, Md, March 10.
~-Courted and we'd by man ar
eaigned on q manslaughter charge
in connection with the death of
her sister, Mrs. Agnes M. Waters,
Of Edgemore, yesterday-less than
two years. since the nuptials--
filed suit in the circuit court here
for an absolute divorce.
Naming another woman" and
claiming that her pleas to her hus-
band to return to her and their
child were answered with curses,
threats, vicious assaults and declas
rations OF hatred" Mrs. Waters
bases her suit on desertion.
LIVES IN BERWYN.
John e. Waters, the husband, is
q civil engineer in the employ Of
the Maryland State Roads Commits
sion, and at present resides in
Berwyn.
In her bill for divorce, Mrs.
Waters asks the court to award her
the custody OF the child born to
the union, Marie Cecilia Waters, one
Miss Alleine w. Mulligan. the
eighteen-year sister of Mrs.
waters, was struck by waters au'
tomobile on the night of January
~, 1921, dying two days later from
the injuries suffered.
MET AT BEDSIDE.
Waters met his future bride at
the bedside of the injured girl. He
was indicted by a grand jury on a
charge of rnanslaughter but was
acquitted after two-day trial, and
shortly thereafter, May 81. 1921, the
couple were married at Chevy Chace,
Nd, by the Rev. Thomas G. Snyih,
Catholic priest, according to- the
bill.
Mrs. Waters is a daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Mulligan. OF
New York, and is twenty eight
years old! She came to Washing
ton during the war to accept q
position with the government but
resigned after a years service, to
enter the employ of the Fulton r.
Gordon Company. real estate
brokers. In this position. she Is re-
puted to have made considerable
money by the purchase of real
estate.
? Waterssis thirty years old, and is
O Washingtonian by birth. During
the world war he served in France
for thirteen months.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Fifteen New York Police
Ku Klux Khan Members
Ty Tnterna tionoI Neyva ServIna

by INTERNATIONAL news service.
NEW YORK, March 10.-At least
fifteen members of the New York
police department are members of
the Ku Klux Khan, 1t was learned
today following an investigation con-
Quoted by First Deputy Police Com
missioner John A. Leach. An Of
fetal report is being prepared for
Mayor Hylan, and action by the
city's executive is expected.
At the office Of the mayor it was
declared no report on khan activities
in the police department had been
received, although the mayors sec.
rotary added that the report might
be on it's way.
The investigation of the activities
of the hooded order in New York
city's finest was believed to result
from a magazine article accusing
five police captains Of membership
in the khan.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
3 Boys Held in Death
OF Radio Shop Owner

MINNEAPOLIS, NJ arch 10
Three boys, ranging in age from
fourteen to seventeen years, were
arrested in connection with a police
investigation of the death of viii.
liam c. Pellatt, who was shot when
he found burglars looting his radio
shop here.
According to the police, the boys
confessed. Pellatt was killed when
he returned to his store with his
two sisters to get a radio set.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Slandered, Dancer Says,
and She Asks $50 600

NEW YORK, March 1O.-Rita
Rose, dancer, has brought suit
for $4,000 damages against James
Montgomery, theatrical producer,
alleging that in the offices of the
Vanderbilt Producing Company he
stated that when she is in a show
the wives must hold on to their
husbands or she will take them
away"
The dancer asserts there was no
justification for the statements and
that they had injured her reputa-
legation.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
HEAR WITH FINGERS
AND TASTE MUSIC
Experiments Also Show CoIors
Can Be SmeIIed, Scientist
Announces.
BY ROLAND KREBS,
international News Service.

CHICAGO, March 10.-The first
day of an era in which future man
will taste his photograph music,
feel the sweet smell of flowers and
hear the rose of q sunset dawned
tonight with the completion Of
extensive experiments here by Prof.
Robert H. Gault, of Northwestern
University.
The scientist announced his tests
had proven it possible to hear with
the finger tips. 1t proved further,
he said, that substitution of one of
the five senses for another was ac-
coinplished easily.
Two normal young men have
mastered the feat of hearing with
their finger tips" said Prof. Gault,
by means of apparatus we have
set up in our laboratory. They
communicate with each from points
three rooms removed through a
speaking tube.
THE receiver has his hand in a
sound-proof box in the mouth of
the tube. To eliminate any chance
of his hearing the slightest sound
through the tube with his ears a
motor and metronome are made
to go throughout the tests. They
may piece together whole sentences,
using only the nerves of the hand
resting on a diaphram. 1t is the
same principle involved in hearing
by placing ones fingers on q
speakers throat.
I'VE have progressed, too, with
experiments in color perception by
the sense of smell. We blindfolded
a girl so no light reached her eye
balls. At first she 'smelled' only
solid colors. but in time could dis
tinguish the patterns of a plaid tie
without touching it. The theory is
that each coloring pigment gives off
a different odor,"
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Paternity Test Decides
Ownership of Canine

CHICAGO. March 3.-Chicago pro.
duced paternity case" with an un-
usual twist, when the expert testi-
mony of a veterinarian was taken
in municipal court to determine the
descent Of Daisy Pepper" an Aire-
dale terrier, owned by John Free.
man.
"Plain dog" was the verdict OF
DIR. George p. Frost. AS a result OF
his conclusions. the claims of Alfred
Hagelauer, who took her away from
Freeman in the belief that she was
his own dog, pedigreed Airedale.
were denied.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Wills Fund to Give
Eight Children Party

NORWALK, Conn, March TO-
Mrs. Minnie Wienstock, of Nor
walk, is made trustee under the
will of her mother, Mrs. Lettie Os.
man, of Brooklyn, N. Y, of a $500
fund, the interest on which is to be
used annually for the next eight
years to give a party to Mrs Os-
mans eight children.
The will further directs the
money Is to be divided among the
eight at the end Of the time. but
Philadelphia. is then unmarried, he
shall not share in the distribution.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Vanderbilt S BRIDE
i'll OF D|PHTHERIA
Sickness interrupts Honey
moon Of Couple Welded
Only Four Days.

NEWPORT, r. l., March to-
Diphtheria has interrupted the
honeymoon OF Mrs. Gloria Morgan
Vanderbilt, bride OF four days of
Reginald C. Vanderbilt.
That Mrs. Vanderbilt, who is
eighteen. has been Ill practically
since her arrival at the Sandy Point
farm estate of her husband Tues
day, and is at present under the
care of two physicians and trained
nurses, became known today.
The case was diagnosed as diph-
liberia, but was said not to be a
severe one.
The Vanderbilts were scheduled to
sail for Europe on the Majestic to.
day for a visit to Belgium.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
u. S. General Studying
Military in Honolulu

HONOLULU, March 10.-Prior to
going to China to take command
Of the reorganized American forces
at Tien Tsin, Brig. Gen. William D.
Connor, U. S. A., is spending two
months in Hawaii. studying the
military situation here.
General Conner arrived here re.
Gently on the army transport Chau.
mont, coming direct from New
York. While here he will study
every phase OF army activity in
Hawaii. He will leave for the
Orient to assume command of his
post some time in March.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Jury Awards $4,000
LiOuOr Stock to Kelly

BALTIMORE, March 10.--Joseph
Kelly, one of Baltimore's leading
politicians, today was acquitted by q
jury OF illegally possessing $4,000
worth OF liquor.
Attorneys for Kelly announced
that they would attempt. by court
procedure, to have the liquor re-
turned to the politician.
1t is contended that all OF the
liquor was confiscated before the
Volstead act became law. It con-
tains choice WHISTLES, wines, COR
dials and gins. During the trial
Kelly said he had given the liq-
0ors to his wife.
The liquor was taken in a raid
May II last, resulting in q riot
with more than 1000 persons at.
lacking the dry agents.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Bombing of Residence
Is: Laid to Black Hand

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, March
10.-A mysterious attempt to wipe
out the entire family of five in the
home of Frank Imessa, by a bomb
early today, blew in the front door
of the house, shattered the win
dows and demolished a part of the
front of the building.
Police say that had the bomb
homemade with red clay and a
dynamite stick-been a little more
carefully made. the entire Imessa
family might have been killed. A
Black Hand plot is suspected.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Arthur NJ. Huntington
WEEDS Miss Anna HYATT

NEW YORK, March 10.-Arthur
Milton Huntington, fifty three, mil
lionaire society man, authority on
Spanish history and patron Of the
arts, today married Miss Anna
Vaughn Hyatt, a sculptress. Every
effort was made to keep the wed
ding a secret. The bridegroom in
herited a large part of the $4,000.
600 estate left by his father, the
late Coils p. Huntington.
Huntington was married in 1895
to Miss Helen Manchester Gates,
who divorced him in Paris in 1913.
She Is now the wife of Granville
Barker, the English dramatist. Miss
Hyatt is forty-seven years old.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Juarez Wreckage Strews
Street Following Quake

Ell PASO, Tex, March 10
Wreckage was strewn all over one
of the business squares at JuareZ
today following the collapse of prac.
tically every building in a city
block there Friday, according to
dispatches.
This is said to be an aftermath
OF the earth tremors felt in this
vicinity Wednesday night, the slight
quake causing various supports to
weaken. No casualties were re.
ported.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Chief Digs Out Rum
Truck. Then Seizes II

LYNN, Mass, March 1O-Police
Chief Lawrence Classon INDUCED a
good Samaritan impulse today, in.
sisting on aiding five truckmen
who were stalled in a snow drift.
The truck carried a large cargo
Of leather" Sweat cleaned on the
chiefs forehead as he shoveled
snow. Suspicion shone in his eve
when a case of leather" clicked as
the truck moved off.
He placed the truck and men in
custody. The cargo was $4,000
worth of liquor.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Insists On Paying Live
Hero Death Insurance

APPLETON, Wis, March TO-
Despite the fact that Joseph p. A.
Blob, of Appleton, former service
man in the American army during
the world war, is still alive, the
Government still has him listed as
officially dead" and has several
times attempted to pay his parents
the $4,000 war insurance.
Blob was wounded in action in
the Argonne shortly before the
armistice.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11

on May 4, D ana
The society will
m Q ct Tuesday
evening at Ma
sonic Hall. Four
teenth and Ken.
yon 9 t + Q e t g
n ort h west, to
perfect plans for
entertaining the
distinguished Wis.
itors.
The t e a t u r e
event during the
three days will
be a reception,
e n t e r t ainment
and ball in honor
of the visitors.
This will be held
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Says u. S. Obstructs
British Oil Concern

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 10
j. Chadbourne, representative of the
Barnsdall Corporation in the Baku
oil fields, made the accusation today
that the United States is obstruct-
ing operations of his company in
that zone. He alleged that the de-
livery Of oil field machinery was
being held up.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Irish Republican Leader
Escanes in Arignan Hills

BELFAST, March 10. - General
Roffin, commander of the Repub.
lican irregulars in the Arignan
hills. has escaped with a handful
OF his followers and is now report.
ed in Leitrim. according to word
received here today.
Republican irregulars in West
meath mined and blew UP the
work hOUse.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Insurance Limit on Mail
To Be Increased to 500
BY International News Service

AOJ AHlOOA AhaSS'OHls'1 WV A'SA EAN1S'
Beginning April 1, the insurance
limitation payable for lost registered
mail will be increased from $50 to
$500, Postmaster General New an
nounced last night. The fee for
the 500 indemnity will be twenty
cents, although insurance up to
$50 still may be obtained for ten
cents.
The increase, according to New,
was made following a widespread
demand from jewelry houses and
mail order concerns. Under the law
the insurance cannot be increased
beyond 500.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
4 Bodies Washed Ashore
Sunnosed Wreck in Gulf

PENSACOLA, Fla, March To-
Four bodies were washed upon the
beach in Wakulla county today,
according to information received
here from Crawfordsville, the
county seat.
There were no marks of identi-
fication, its was said. The impress
sion prevails that a small fishing
boat was swamped by the heavy
seas running in the gulf on Fri
daV
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Hears Requiem Hymn
For Huband bv Radio

CHICAGO, March lOs--From a
high bed at st. Luke's Hospital,
Mrs. Joseph Bousquct listened to
the radio strains OF ave Marie"
sung at her husbands funeral by
Miss Olga Mem. Chicago society
girl.
When her physician forbade her
to leave her bed she became so
nervous that finally a special radio
set was installed in her room at
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
July 20 Set as Date
for Peru-Chile Farley
BY Universal Servico.

The governments of Peru and
Chile have agreed to begin to ar.
bitrate their respective claims to
the provinces of Tacna and africa
on July 90, it was announced veg.
terday. They Will submit written
documents to President Harding.
who is to act as arbitrator. six
months is allowed for the compile.
ton Of the evidence.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
BOlshevik Asks That
Music Suggest Work

BERLIN, March 10.--"The only
music that should be offered the
masses is that which suggests fac.
tories, coal, electricity and loco.
motives" is the opinion OF the
musical critic OF the Moscow
Isvesaia.
Beethoven and Mozart find favor
in the eyes of the revolutionary
critic.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Daugherty's Condition
Is Greatly Improved

MIAMI, Fla, March 10.-The
condition of Attorney General Daugh.
erty, here on q vacation, Is so
much improved he may possibly
leave his room late this afternoon
or tomorrow for short time, 1t
was stated by his physicians to.
day.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
$72 FOR MILEAGE BOOK.

The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission yesterday issued regula.
tons for the issuance of inter
changeable mileage books. The
books will contain 1900 five-cent
coupons, effective May l. They will
sell for $72 at all principal railroad
stations in the country.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
BURR ESTATE TO WIDOW.

Brig. Gen. George W. Burr as
sistant to the chief OF ordnance,
u. S. A, who died March 4, leaves
his entire estate to his widow, Mrs.
Lydia K. Burr, the will filed yester.
day in probate court shows. The
amount of the estate is not stated
The Washington times., 1923-03-11

IN the ballroom GOV CHAhNlN6 COX
of the Willard Hotel, on the night of
May 4.
On the afternoon of May the
governor and each of the mayors
will plant a tree at the Lincoln Me-
mortal. On May the visitors will
be received at the White House by
President Harding. In the afternoon
they will witness a drill by Cavalry
Troop F, of Fort Myer.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11

NNUL W IF|I-FNlblN cast over The
United States by Frank J. Hof.
mann, 3716 Twelfth street north
east, in the hope that his son, Paul,
who disappeared from his home on
September 8, last year, will be To-
Gated. and the life of his wife, who
has been failing in health since the
incident, will be saved.
A description of the missing sew.
enteen-year-old youth Is as follows:
Five feet ten inches in height, slen-
der build, smooth face, grayish
blue eyes. fair complexion, chestnut
brown hair, long and wavy. When
he left home he wore light gray
pants a lavender striped shirt. ten.
mis- shoes and no coat.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
HONOR CARICATURIST.

PARIS, March 1o.-Jean Louis
roran. the caricaturist. has been
elected a member of the Academy
OF Fine Arts to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Leon Bon
nat.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Communists of Moscow
FeIicitate the I. w. w.

MOSCOW, March 10-The Com.
munist labor unions today sent u
message to the American I. w. w.
felicitating them upon their oppo-
sition to the American Federation
of Labor.