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The Washington times., 1923-02-11
ONE WAY
TO GET HAPPY
ENDING
"The Bells of st. Stephens"
Guaranteed to Uplift and
Inspire the Reader, If Moth
ing Else.

with excellent intentions but
Il - with misdirected energies,
is THE Bells of Stephens" by
Marian Keich Doran). In
desire to teach social uplift,
adhere to helter-skelter plot,
and write in an appealing
fashion, the author loses herself
in a maze of poorly drawn char
acters and obvious morals.
"The Bells of st. Stephens" il
a story Of Canadian clergyman
and his troubles with matri.
monially inclined housekeepers.
The poor man SO harrassed, be-
thinks him Of a family of nieces
and a nephew in need of home
and life in u larger city, and.
acting on this thought, invites
them to live with him for a year.
The vicissitudes of the nieces,
the roguish Mary, at least TIN
author assures one that Mary il
full of FRANKS; and Helen, the
society climber Of the story, form
the basis of the pen ramblings.
Oh, yes; we almost forgot Peter,
the precocious brother.
AS the town Is engaged in the
lumber industry, social uplift
among the poor living along the
railroad tracks why do the poor
always set up their Lares and
Penates where the CRIME and
smoke darkens their lives and
homes? becomes the work of
Mary. In this labor among the
poor she works in opposition to
the club of girls who are raising
money to buy bells for the tower
of st. Stephens Church. The
love-thy-neighbor-as-thyself Mary
is assisted by a girl friend not
included in the blue book of
the community and who has had
a love affair with the most ELI
gible bachelor in town. The at
tentions OF this Lothario, who is
likewise the owner Of the mills and
the subsequent poverty of the
mill hands. are repealed by the
virtuous heroine, engrossed in a
love affair of her own.
A fire ravages and cleans IN
the slum district. Mary falls
into the arms of her bashful lover.
The repentent bachelor returns to
a husband and the Canadian town
settles down for another unevent-
full existence.
"A SHORT HISTORY OF THE
NEAR EAST. $40 A. D.-1922,'
by William Stearns Davis. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
TN these days when the prob
lens Of the nearer Orient
are forcing themselves on the
Western world, the average
reader confesses to an aston
fishing ignorance Of the history
and traditions of this turbulent
slice of the worlds surface.
This brief history of the nearly
seventeen centuries that have
elapsed since the founding of the
Christian empire at CONSTANT
nople, as prepared by DR.. Davis,
admirably supplies that want.
The author, who is professor of
history in the University Of
Minnesota, has succeeded adinira-
bly, in covering that long stretch
of time in cogent manner, omit
ting the superfluous, while dwell
ling fully on the outstanding
and influencing points in
scholarly, yet thoroughly enter
tanning manner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
BARONESS AIDS
DRYFQRCES
IN RENO
Anderson Gives Credit for
Cleanup to Titled Eng
llstpBeauty.

Los ANGELES. March IAN
English baroness, beautiful and
wealthy. who enlivened drinking
parties by kicking the chandeliers
with the ease Of q Follies girl, un-
willingly aided Los Angeles pro-
hibition officers in cleaning up
Reno, New. 80 far as liquor was
concerned q week ago, II was dis
closed here today.
The name of the titled EngliSh
woman ia = deep secret, but the facts
were admitted here today by w. w.
Anderson, division chief of the
dry" forces.
Anderson, with his assistant off,
GERS, went to Reno several weeks
ago. There they posed "a men of
wealth and Joined the divorce col
ony. They threw out broad hints
that they were out for q good time.
Among the elite OF the divorce
colony whom they met was the
baroness She welcomed them to
the colony and with others escorted
them to the various cafes and road.
houses where liquor flowed freely,
pending settlement Of their marital
woes.
she was the life Of every party"
the prohibition agents said today.
Her pet trick was to kick the
chandeliers and, believe us, she
could kick"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
|RLA|VD, H D Use
REPORTER,
DIES
Official at Capitol for Thirty
three Years Succumbs to
Operation.

Fred Irland. dean Of the official
reporters of the House of Repre-
sentatives and one of the most ex-
pert stenographers in the world,
died suddenly today at his home,
1929 Columbia road, following an
operation for intestinal trouble. He
was sixty-three years old.
Mr.. Irland was confined to his
home yesterday by hts Illness the
seriousness Of which was not at
first realized.
For thirty-three years. the entire
length of his residence in Washing
ton. Mr.. Irland was reporter in the
House. His proficiency put him at
the head of other employees of his
class. For more than three decades
he caught. word for word. addresses
that made history. and Transcribed
them for the Congressional Record.
Mr.. IrIand was born at Adrian,
Mich, on March 2. 1850. He was
raised and educated there. His long
service In the Capitol made him well
known to leading Congressional
figures.
Mr., Irland is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Louise Irland, and by
two children, Max and Dolly.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
BEAUTY STARTS
FIGHT FOR BIG
ESTATE
Mystery Of Widows Parentage
Believed to BE Key in Grau
Controversy,
~ Commopolltan News Service.

NEW YORK. March THE mys-
terry OF a beautiful widows parent
age is today linked up with the
disposition Of the extensive estate
0f George Grau. one of the most
proHinent real estate operators In
New York.
The pivotal figure in the legal
battle being waged over the estate,
including a costly collection of dia-
monds and other precious gems, is
"the hermit Of Anityville.''
She j. tall, gray haired, emat J.
ated. but sim the regal-loolSing. Mrs.
Minnie Gran. widow Of the builder,
For two years the woman ha been
considered q mystery ward" Of
Henry Regelmsnn. New York archi,
tect. at Anaityville, Long Island.
Under an unlimited power Of at
torney, Regelnann has been man.
aging the estate Of 0rau since
1870, on behalf Of Mrs. Grau. who
10 said to have become insane.
coSnpetence Of the aged woman Is
under way today. instituted by the
strikingly handsome Mrs. Minnie
Graud MundoRff, said to be the
adopted daughter of the Graus.
Mrs. Mundorff said today she had
been brought up in the belief she
was the real daughter of the Graus.
Some secret connected with her
birth, she refused to reveal, but
she asserted she did not believe
Grau when he told her she was
taken fron her real mother when
aix years cid ana adopted by Grau
and his wife.
Mrs. D1undOFff charges that Regel-
mann does not let her see her foster
mother, and that the latter h al
ways under surveillance of the
architect. In 1913, she alleges, q
will OF her foster mothers made
her sole legatee. Grau died in 1917
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
BERBERlCH'S LIMERICK
CONTEST STIRS INTEREST

Judging by the interest taken in
the limerick contest in which the
Berberich shoe stores are giving
away $3.50 in merchandise prizes,
the whole town is interested in the
origin of Eve. Mr.. BeFberich's con-
test was inaugurated in conjunction
with Adams Rib" which plays at
Loew's Columbia Theater the week
of March II.
Berberich stores have supplied
the first two lines OF an eight'hne
limerick; contestants have to supply
the other six There will be twenty
five prizes in all, each for $40 In
merchandise.
Mr.. Berberich said this morning
that he did not know a subject
could become so absorbing as the
question of Eve, or the creation or
the first woman. Mr.. Berberlch
expressed great interest in the pic
ture, Adams Rib" because IT
sketched primeval life as compared
with modern life, and it shows that
in the real old days of Adams time,
much thought was given in making
foot covering beautiful as well as
protective.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
OUTLINE NEEDS
Of MILITARY
SCHOOLS
Speakers at Session Of Assoc
citation Mould Use Ads to
Get Puhllc's Support,

and public speeches Of the popular
fallacy that military schools Of the
country are mostly for "incorrigi
ble'' boys was one Of the recon
meTida tons made by Thomas IL
Russell In his address on Present
Trends I'm School Advertising be
fore the opening session of the an
nual meeting OF the Association OF
Military Colleges and Schools of the
United States held in the rose room
of the Hotel Washington.
as regards military schools. Colonel
Russell said. Zone in the uniformed
class and the other Is the misin-
formed class"
Colonel Russell told of meeting a
man not long ago who lamented
that the son of a friend of his was
going to military college.
Many People MiSinfOrImed.
He said that it was the opinion
Of this man. az II Is of many other
misinformed people, that sending a
boy to a military college attaches
odium to his name.
Greater encouragement on the
part of the War Department toward
the cadets in schools Of our type
was recommended by Col, Sandy
Beaver, secretary, in his annual re
port.
"This encouragement" Colonel
Beaver continued. can take one or
more obvious forms; and If existing
legislation does not permit of this
encouragement, then would recon-
mend that this committee collabor'
ate with War Department officials,
agree upon a program of the legis-
lation desired, and that the associa.
ton then press with vigor for its
enactment. We can accomplish
much by concerted action properly
directed"
1t was pointed out by Colonel
Beaver that the military schools
are doing much for the War De
partment, as was proven during the
world war, and that If the depart
ment set out to accomplish what
they are doing it would cost them
thousands of dollars. A point was
made of the fact that they get
practically no uniforms from the
War Department.
Senator Sterling, General Farms
worth. General Nichols. President
Plumley and others will be the
speakers tonight at the annual
banquet which will be presided
over by President Newhall.
Sessions tomorrow morning and
afternoon which will be featured
by committee reports and election
Of officers will conclude the an
nual gathering of the military
cohanl ovaonfixIoa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
RING
RULES DOPE
! OUTPUT
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(contiRued from First Page.)
chiefly in London and Edinburgh
and from Germany. America and
Japan, total of as much as mill
lion ounces of morphine twenty
eight tonSt, manufactured from
opium imported for the most part
from Turkey and Persia, has been
struggled in single year into
China. The Official figures0for 1920
give the following declared imports
of morphine to Japan itself:
England, sole Kilograms;
France, $3.50 Kilograms Germany,
300 Kilograms Belgium, 1.400 kilo-
grams Switzerland, 2,a60 kilograms;
Holland. 125 Kilograms; bUnited
States of America. 9.23O kilograms.
Exceed Requirements.
Mathews then points out that
these amounts are far in excess of
the medicinal or scientific require
Inents of the nations receiving
them He goes on to describe how
the morphine gets to China.
From the poppy fields. which
we saw flourishing i'm Turkey and
Persia says Matthew's, - glutin0us
brown substance-crude epium--is
taken and exported to Britain and
America while similarly the Japa-
nese take their own opium grown
in Formosa and Korea. In Britain,
Germany, Japan and America, il is
manufactured into crystalline pow,
der or crystals of mofphia for
hypodermic injections. Packed by
our Western merchants, It is ear
ried either from Britain across
America in bond or from America
direct through the Japanese harbor
into the hands of the snuggier
The Japanese are importing Turk
ish opium in large quantities from
Smyrna direct and are manufacture
ing morphine from II and re-
ducing purchases from Britain and
America. The unfortunate result
of this Is the morphine Is cheaper
than ever in the far East"
The gentry who indulge in the
lucrative business Of dope" snug
Cling, however abominable their
trade may be. are paid the follow
ing compliment by Mathews:
IAN the larry smugglers who
ever ran lace and rum from France
to secret caves and cozy cellars
along the British coast are put into
ignominious shade by the present
day opium and morphine smuggleFs
on the wide stretches and myriad
creeks of China's in-guarded coast
Our smugglers were mere hungling,
clumsy amateurs beside the subtle
Oriental craft that lends It's intel
lect to the talk not only of satisfy,
ing but of creating the craving for
dope
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
JANIToR IN COURTHOUSE
RAN BASEMENT SALOON

HAGERSTOWN, Md. March -
Passing sentence on prisoners con-
Victed of operating ''moonshlne"
stills and Bookkeeping, Judge Wag-
arnan announced the court was de-
termined to break UP the Illegal
sale Of liquor here He promised
leniency to bootleggers telling where
they secured liquor.
Henry Kennedy, courthouse jan
flor, was among those sentenced.
He is said to have been a bootlegger
conducting business in the court.
house cellar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
RUPTURE IS
URGED At
ONCE
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CONTINUED from First Page.)
State Department this morning
through diplomatic channels and
were studied by Secretary OF State
Hughes. together with the advices
from London relative to the move
In the House Of Commons toward
British Intervention in the Ruhr.
1t was stated, however, that Sec
rotary Hughes considered the situa-
ton unchanged" as far as the
United States was concerned and
that there was nothing in the &C
tivities of any of the powers In
volved to cause a change in the
decision of this Government not to
attempt to mediate the difficulties
between France and Germany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
Merely Custodian.

MEDINA, March Charles Son
nanstine, Of Wadsworth. escaped
with suspended 500 fine when
he told Justice Clark that he was
the mere custodian for residents of
the 100 quarts OF perfectly good
Scotch whiskey found when Sheriff
Roshon raided his home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
Show Educational Movie

"Along the Ola Missouri" an edu.
cational movie, viii be shown to.
night at o'clock In the Assembly
Hall Of the Central Y. M. C. A.,
1875 @ street northwest. The pro,
gram is under the direction OF the
Social Service Department. and ID
free to the puhlios
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
ERNEST STANDS
To Be HANGED
FRIDAY
Is First OF Seven scheduled for
Execution in D. c. In
Short Time.

Ernest Stands. coloFed, convicted
Of killing his wife last August. is
due to hang in the District Jail
some time Friday.
Capt. william Peak, superinteHd-
emit Of the Jail, expects to receive
shauds'. death warrant this after
noon and will immediately begin
preparations for the execution.
'I am prepared to 50 to my
Maker Stands told jail officials
today.
Stands killed his wife with
Ratchet at their home in an alley
near Third and q streets northwest.
According to testimony in court.
Stands, when told by police his
wife did not die from the effects
OF his blows. expressed desire to
Finish the job" The wife died
several days after she was at
tackled.
The courts have granted several
respites, but it is said today no
EuEIHcE SA1GtaS1OM " HE sAAtS - "a
Sir to Follow.
Stands win be the first of seven
men. all in the Jail awaiting the
death penalty. to be hanged. Two
other hangings are scheduled for
next week. three for April, and one
for May.
The death penalty win be exc
cuted under the direction Of Cap
tain Peak, and not William HI.
Meyer, general superintendent Of
penal institutions, as was expected.
Meyer said today that he had dele
gated Captain Peak to perform the
task.
The actual hanging win not be
by Peak but by several suhordi-
mates. These men win each cut one
string. one of these strings to be
attached te the rope that hangs Che
condemned men. Neither OF the men
win ever know whether the string
they cut was attached TO the rope
which will be tied around the pFis-
oner's neck.
The next hanging In scheduled
for March Is. George s. Epps is
scheduled to pay the death penalty.
Try To Save PerFyg0.
On the following day Edward
Perrygo, nineteen years old ig due
to die. His relatives are working
feverishly to have the hays sem
tence commuted. PerFygo was
seventeen years old when ne killed
Mrs. e. Faithful IN Congress
Heights several years ago.
In April Rufus Gordon. George
canton and Charles Price are
scheduled to die, Gordon an the
18th, Banton on the seth. and Price
on the 9th.
Ziang Fung Wan, convicted Of
killing three members Of the Chi
nese Educational Mission, is seed
uled to hang en- May Is.
The last banging IN the District
was or March II Of last year. John
McHenay, who killed the owner of
an automobile accessories store ana
a headquarters detective. paid the
death penalty. In October OF the
previous wear Frank Bowmat1, col
ored, was hung. He was convicted
Of killing white man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
BOOTLEG IS ENcASED
IN SOLID CONCRETE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March z.
Local police were forced to re-
sort to the crowbar and pickax to
get to Joseph Ferasso's supply OF
white mule" whiskey. Ferasso
had the liquor In a barrel which
was cached in solid concrete.
A. force pump was used to draw
the liquor out. Six gallons of
mule" were confiscated and a sup
ply Of still parts and corn sugar
were taken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
FIREMEN CALLED TO FIX
LEAK IN CHURCH ROOF

An accumulation Of water on the
roof Of Trinity Episcopal Church,
Third and c streets northwest, last
night caused q call for No. / Truck
company. When the firemen arrived
they discovered that a rain spout had
been blocked and the water was
flowing all over the roof,
The pressure at one point caused
the rain to leak through into the
edifice, The church Is being re-
modelled. Damage was slight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07

Gave Woman Tries
AT Gun Point To
Seize Mate
NEW YORK, March En-

NEW YORK, March Eth
ter the cave woman.
In business. in professions, in
everything, fe1ninists have been
usuEping mems preFogatives,
until today Mrs. Mary Costa
demonstrated that they are fol-
lowing men even in the field of
love.
With a pistol pointed at his
head, and crying, II love you!
I want you! ! must have your
Mrs. Costa, forty-two, attempt
ed to carry off George Strahm,
twenty-five, = chauffeur.
= Strahm, who says he is hap
PLY married, called . police
man. Mrs. Costa is being held
under $500 bail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
HELD TO GRAND JURY
IN ICE-PICK ATTACK

Grier A. Moore, negro, 10 being
held under $1,000 bond for the
action of the grand jury on a
charge of assaulting Linwood Egg
glston. also colored. with an Ice
pick.
Egglston. who Is at Emergency
Hospital recuperating from six
holes in his head, Is said To have
aroused Moore's jealousy,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
CAT KILLS GIANT SNAKE
AND BRINGS BODY HOME

OLD WASHINGTON Ohio, March
killing q biacksnake five feet
long. "Bruiser Bill" James War.
fields cat. dragged the reptiles
carcass home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
| S
NEW BOOTLEG
CHARGE
Second Offenders Will Face
Grand Jury Instead of
''PadIock" Law.

Grand jury action against boot
leggers who have been previously
convicted, In lieu of pursuing pad
lock" injunction proceedings in
Equity Court. win be sought by
United States District Attorney
Peyton Gordon, he announced to.
day.
The charge of conspiracy, which
provides a penitentiary sentence and
a heavy fine, Is to be- applied wher.
ever possible,
First Case Soon.
The Federal grand jury soon is
to receive such a case, involving
eight persons. This is the latest
and PRINCIPAL Ieacure OF an in
quiry into the bootleg traffic In
Washington.
The legal division of the prohi-
bition unit assisted the District
officers materially In getting the
data on Illicit liQuoEa deals here, It
was stated today. VThe work 81
the dry bureau is now practically
completed, but experts viii stand
by" to watch the procedure In the
conspiracy case.
Two additional charges against
old prohibition. law offenders are
TO be placed before the grand jury
next week.
May Reach Capitol.
The probe is expected to take
into consideration the alleged
leaks from foFeign embassies and
the alc0h0lic farewell parties which
signalized the elosing 0e the hte
Congress last SUNDAY.
Federal pfohibitiOn Qfficiala sala
they were unaware Of tia tnvestf
gation, although Commissioners RA
A. Haynes recently has been ufg.
iHg the more general uae Of the
cnn&piracy indictment,
II was Indicated today that Gem
missioner Haynes and clasa aides
have heen active IN the preliipin-
aries 10 the Investigation. His
office and his most Confidential as
Aistants were unusually secretiye
yesterday as to his whereabouts,
although It was said he was IN
WashtnGten.
Because % the important person
ages. who. Il h expected. will be
involved In the inquiry, Commits.
siOner Haynes possibly did not wish
II Ia become known that he person
ally was active In the matter. The
dry chiefs relations on Capitol HIN
and throughout official Washington
are % 0Omplex. and have 80 much
to De- with politics and politicians,
that discovery az his part IL the In
Feattgation might result ia undue
Catoctin clarion., 1923-03-01
THIS WEEK
AT
RIFLES
RESTAURANT
z MINICK'S =
Z ice CREAM =
PUBLIC SALE

Pursuant to the provisions of Deed
of Trust, dated the 10th day of May
A. D. 1922, recorded in Liber No. 1888
folio SIT, one of the Land Records OF
Frederick County, from Charles H
Krise to the undersigned Trustees, and
pursuant to an order of the Circuit
Court for Frederick County, in No
10535 Equity, the undersigned Leslie
N. Coblentz, Charles c. Waters and
William I. Renner, Trustees, will sell
at Public Sale on
TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928
At 10 o'clock, A. M,
on the farm now occupied by the said
Charles H. Krise, near Rocky Ridge
Maryland, all the following described
personal property:
One gray mare 9 years old, W.T.. 1900
pounds, works wherever hitched; !
bay mare, 8 years old, works wherever
hitched; 1 black horse, years old,
works anywhere except single line; l
bay mare, 6 years old, splendid strap
mare; 1 iron gray horse, a years old,
weight about 1400 pounds, splendid
strap horse;
IL MILK COWS
all good mixers Il will be fresh by
day of sale, in July, and the rest
from latter part of August to Decem-
ber), 1 heifer, will be fresh in spring
Catoctin clarion., 1923-03-01
DIED.
Ramsburg

Henry Thomas Ramsburg died last
Thursday, at his home on w. Main
street, from an attack of paralysis.
aged n years, months and 8 days.
About 40 years ago Mr.. Ramsburg
suffered stroke Of paralysis which
affected his entire left side, his arm
becoming practically permanently USE
less.
He is survived by his widow, and
three sisters, Mrs. Anne Domer, of
Baltimore; Mrs. Mary Grimes, Fred
erick, and Mrs. Alice Warner, Wash
ington. Funeral services were held
on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
Trinity Reformed Church, Rev. P. E.
Helmet officiating. Interment was
made in the United Brethren ceme-
terry. Willhide & Creeger, funeral di-
rectors.