davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1923-05-25

The military governor has gone to
Pao-Ting-Fu to try to persuade
Tsao Kun, inspector general of
Shantung, to launch an aggressive
campaign to clean out all the
bandits in the province.
The inspector general Is hesitating
to open an offensive for fear 1t will
result in all the foreign prisoners be-
Ing killed.
According to reports there is a
secret pathway from the mountain
stronghold to Tsing-Tao by which
the brigands could escape to join the
bandits of Tsing-Tao. The military
governor urges that airplanes be
employed to detect any attempt at
escape in such manner.
Captives Pessimlstic.
Pessimism as to whether they will
escape with their lives is growing
among the American captiVes, &C
cording to part of a diary kept by
L. S. Solomon. one Of the prisoners
. Continued on Page 2. Column -
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
WARD CASE
PR.OBE.|:: IS
ASKED
N. Y. Prosecutor Wants Jury
to Take Up Killing Of
Peters.

ALBANY, N. Y, May Is
Attorney General Carl Sherman
today made formal recommends
ton to Governor Smith for the
appoin 1nent of an extraordinary
term of the supreme court with
. grand jury to which will be
submitted the investigation of
the killing of Clarence Peters by
Walter S. Ward, New Rochelle
millionaire.
Governor Smith will name a sd.
preme court justice to direct the
deliberations Of this special grand
jury within few days.
May Be Held in New York.
In view of the dismissal of the
indictment against Ward for the
Staying of Peters, it was considered
unlikely that the extraordinary term
recommended will be convened in
Westchester county. Indications are
that the grand jury sessions will be
held in New York city.
Investigation of the murder has
been under way by the attorney gen.
eral for the last month.
Attempts Of the attorney general
to obtain certain cablegrams and
kilograms alleged to relate to black
mall in which Ward claimed he had
been involved by Peters shunted the
case into the supreme court where,
not only the right of the attorney
general to read these missives but
the very constitutionality of the act
he was operating under, was called
Into question.
In a review of the case Attorney
opinion there is ample evidence that
the shot which killed Peters was
fired by Ward"
Writes to Governor.
The attorney generals letter to the
governor follows, in part:
Clarence E. Peters came to his
death as result of a wound in
flicted by, a bullet discharged from a
pistol on the night of May Is, or on
the morning of May'16, 1922. In my
opinion there is ample evidence that
said shot was fired by one Walter
6. Ward. With respect to the de.
tails OF such shooting there is much
conflicting testimony. Subsequent
TO the homicide, said Walter S. Ward
was indicted by Westchester county
grand jury, which indictment was
thereafter dismissed for lack OF
prosecution. The findings of such
Indictment and it's dismissal does not
constitute a jeopardy within the
meaning Of the constitution and M
bar to subsequent prosecution.
Without i'm any way indicatine
my belief in the criminal guilt or in
nocence of said Walter S. Ward,
believe that sufficient grounds exis
for the submission of all available
facts to a grand jury with a view
toward procuring an indictmen
charging said Walter s. Ward with
such offense as the facts would war
rant. The. perpetrator of the homi
cidal act ought to have his conduc
= submitted to a court and jury unless
the facts so undisputably point to
3ustifiable homicide as to make sucI
act unnecessary. Conclusion of jus
tifiable homicide il entirely lackinl
here"
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
Determination

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You may want to buy, sell
or exchange a house, lot.
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of other things. When you do
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The Washington times., 1923-05-25
HOUSE OF DAVID GIRL
ARRESTED IN TOLEDO

TOLEDO, Ohio. May 25.-Ruth
Weibel, twenty-one, said to be an i'm
portant witness in the Michigan in
Vestigation of immortality charges
against House OF David members.
was arrested here today on a war
rant charging embezzlement.
Michigan authorities, who made
the arrest. said Miss Weibel was one
of those married in group marriage
ceremonies at Benton Harbor.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
PASSED Up
S25Q,00],
INDIAN
SAYS
Reveals Affidavit 70 Prove He
Rejected Fortune Offered
Him by Broker.
Copyright. 1873. by International
News Serxice.)
MONTREAL. 0uehec. Nav rs

-1s
"a News Serxice.)
MONTREAL, Quebec, May IS.
Fred Beauvais, a Canadian
guide, who was named correspond
ent in the divorce action brought
by James A. Stillman, New York
city multi-millionaire banker, re-
vealed today that he had spurned
sum of $250,000 to give testi-
n1ony damaging to Mrs. Stillman.
Shows Sworn Affidavit.
Beauvais showed to international
News Service correspondent an affi-
davit sworn to in Montreal by a
New York City stock broker, stat
ing that the signer of the docu-
ment had offered Beauvais $260,0o0
for information damaging to Mrs.
Stillman and favorable to her bank
er-husband.
THAT stock broker has been q
close friend of mine ever since on
account of my refusal to accept
that money" said Beauvais. "And
yet they say that / sold three let
ters for $4,000. Does any one
think 1 would be fool enough to
turn down $250,000 to accept
SIS ,o00?''
In showing the affidavit Beauvais
allowed only part of the contents
to be read and kept the name OF
the maker hidden.
Beauvais branded New York re-
ports that he was angry because
Mrs. Stillman refused ct see him
and was planning to give the real
story" to lawyers for James A.
Stillman as false.
Are you angry" asked the re-
porter. quoting from a New York
city press dispatch.
Wants to Help Lawyers.
"well. it must be admitted that I
am not feeling any too we'll pleased
with the way things are going"
replied Beauvais. 1.-The trouble is
that I want to help Mrs. Stillman's
lawyers and they do not seem dis
posed to take advantage Of my
offer"
''How could feel annoyed in not
seeing Mrs. StillnIAQ? The only
time I tried to see her since this
affair broke was last April when l
was up North. I called at Grand
Anse. hoping to see her. but she
had not arrived. I understood she
arrived there last Saturday.
Grand Anse is the Canadian lodge
owned by Mrs. Stillman.
In his exclusive interview with
International News Service. Beau
vais dismissed as "vile ISLANDERS" all
assertions that he had at any time
"sold OUT or expressed q desire to
"selI out" to Stillman. He was en-
phatic in saying he believed Mrs.
Stillman would have an "easy vic
tory in the courts"
When the rich banker brought
his suit, he charged Beauvais with
being the father of three-year-old
Guy Stillman. Both Mrs. Stillman
and the correspondent denied this
allegation. The letters mentioned
by Beauvais bore references to Guy.
Had Large Sum Of Money.
did you see how many of these
alleged letters were published be-
fore these three?" continued Beau
vais. There were quite a number:
why did they not accuse me OF
having sold them all instead OF only
three? The fact Is. they wanted
these three alleged letters admitted
as evidence, and the only way they
could get theE in was to nave,
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
BOMB WOUNDS AZ ON
DANISH WAR VESSEL

COPENHAGEN, May 25.-Forty-
seven persons were wounded today
by the explosion Of a bomb upon
the Danish cruiser Gejser.
The Gejser Is an old ship Of 300
tons displacement, carrying a crew
of 1856. She is sometimes used as
a training ship for boys.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25

that the twelve-hour day did not in
jure the workers either physically
or morally-in fact, he said, it APP
peared that the twelNe-hour work.
ers of the steel industry actually
Continued. on Page rs. Column e.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25

NdTy presented pfeIlminary.
statement of the result of the
committees investigation at a
meeting Of the American Iron and
Steel Institute.
Agitation for reduced hours, Gary
said, apparently did not come from
the men themselves. He asserted
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
Of ELLIS
IN CAROL|NES
MYST|F|ES
By international News Service.

Investigation into the death of
Lieut.. Col. Earl H. Ellis, of the
United States marine corps, while
in the Caroline Islands, of the South
Pacific, has not yet resulted In the
manner of his death being cleared
Continued on Pare 2, Column ~
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
A|RPLANES SOUGHT TO FREE
CAPT|VES IN CHINA
BY EDNA LEE BOOKER.
International News Service

SHANGHAI May 25.-Military Governor Tlen OF Shan
ung province attempting obtain four arplanes from
Picking against the bandits encamped mountain
top near Lncheng with number of foreign captves ncud
ing Americans according information from PaoTngFu
today. The military governor has about $4,000 troops sur
%bo 1pfoiv
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
THE WEATHER

Fair and slightly warmer
tonight; Saturday increasing
cloudiness, probably becom-
ing unsettled; gentle to
moderate variable winds,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04

SUCCESS STORY NO. ].
VERA. COLINETTE fMee
Crench),
4GulIic aOit of "Frills and
F0ds,"
Girl reUue, learned all her French
From the Djer-Kiss Gds...
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BETWEEN THE LINES

too long, too disjointed, and too
late to haze any mems VGLue; also
1t aoouLd require too much e1-
pLGnGtOry space.
As recall the circumstances,
some man IN California had 1Urit-
ten goa q most umcGLied for and
unkindLy letter taking specific e1-
ceptiOn to yOMr' portrayal of "oLd
aOomam and kid stuff" wtich let
ter you gerry naturally printed.
Somehow 1T didn't seem quite
fair. This pal of mine 1Oho had
died for an ideal had found much
IN your little column, and on that
day, my birthday, on an alien
shore, unable to be in the game,
I resented this attack upon you.
All these contributing factors
resulted IN q state of mind aUhich
produced the rdvimg.
Since / am of the West,
usually nay impulses are born of
the open trails, hence then are
primitive. You OiH understand,
I'm sure.
Sincerely yours,
ARTHUR G. GARDNER.
Princess Patricia Red Cross
Hospital,
BerhiIl, Susser, England,
Sept. 12, 1918.
Mn Dear Pat:
/ am Just going to ackno1OL-
OIO1 the 9.eceinf of 1Ioa,,- fauo lat
ters. When Pm more IN the
mood PU attempt to ansaOer
them, Went before q cal
board today and am O. of
the ANSWER. don't E to
come back as I used to md I
don't like the wGy the doctors
looked at one another. PU knoW IN
a day or taOO 1Ohat the verdict Is.
Somehow everything north while
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
THE DUKE AND HIS WIFE.
1.-THE Great Novel Of English
High Life.
By Bartlett Paire. II
(12 Years Old!l

'stTHE cooks gone and left US wo.
are we going to doo?" sfflild
the dukess berying her siiaply
he'd in both of her hans.
'.Lemme think" the duke sed
in a strand voyce takeing his
wifes chare from underneath her
wareat she imedately found out
that she was sitting on the floFe.
do you think that wuz a Mise
thing to do?" the dukess argeWd.
For the cook to leeve" replide
the duke ''us. No it wuz I'M
petite to say the leest. Wot are
the lore classes cunning too ID
like to no. In the meantime ]
CESS wed better leeve the :. ole
cassie and find "a phase to etc.
Put on yure tammoshandy and
let us sawntur."
The dukess floo from the rm.
and SUDDENLY apeerd back agen
with her hat and cote on and
pairisal up.
Don't you no it's bad luck to
raze g. umbreller in the house"
the duke persisted.
"Oh. hoo cares" the dukess
arely sasses him, ''besidess this
amt a umbreller, it's pairisAl."
"Well, 1t amt wot it is, it's the
prinsipul Of the thing" sed--the
duke.
"Meening. perzoom, that I=Gin,t
got no prinsipuls." snapped ~the
dukess In a harsh tone of voyce.
II mean wot l." the duke sed.
"neen."
"Oh, is that So" his luving wife
went on nervusly putting her hand
in the COLE fish bole. -
Are you cunning" sed the duke.
81 amt got the time and..sthe
pashehts to stand here andc lee
ture you on the topic of merrels."
TITS always the wumman who"
the dukess said, ''pase."
Well" ugiily laffed the duke,
''if you insist on this pillantherapy
you are centinly welcum te-the
caffyterya check"
Suddenly a black and wife caff
run in to and throo and eut of
the rm., making low and morn
full sound. The dukess shattered
and griped her husbuns cotes~lap-
pei for support.
(To be continued9 g
MY message is not to the great,
gloomy hall -;
And the persons with pride of
place;
In fact, l haven't a message at all,
But ! hate to see bare White
space.
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OTHELLO.

As Bugs Baer would have written IL
HELLO. come in and sit down
in the big chair. It's Just
been painted. We've been ex-
pecting you. Pop just locked the
woodshed.
That's a picture Of my cousin
Othello-we used to call him
Thell. or sometimes what'ell, for
short. Yes, he wasa bit dark. He
looked like an eclipse. That's
when he was with Primrose's min
strels. He used to carry the bats.
That's his wife Pneumonia look
1ng over his shoulder. You
thought it was a canteloupe? Most
people do. i remember how
pleased Mony was one day when
Doctor Foster thought she was
@ squash.
Thell picked her out when he
was getting over the flu. Then
he had a relapse. But he was
frightfully jealous of her.
One day she hooked his watch.
and Jake the scene-shifter found
the pawn tickets and tried to re.
deem it. But he never did be-
cause she had raised four bits on
the watch and Jake never had
that much all at once
And If he had had 1t, he would
MT have wanted a watch. Not
with the Eighteenth amendment
still running.
So ThelI found out and knock
ed Mony for a row of sauerkraut.
He was in the hospital six weeks,
and then she sent him back for
more repairs. IL he hadn't sneak
ed out at night she'd have kept
him there yet.
We'll, must you go? Drop that
goldfish bowl before / wrap the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04

seems so far G1UGy TODAY. PIt
get rid of some of 1t answering
the K. c. B. you sent me.
ONCE BEFORE.
IN THE trenches near Arras.
I HAD a letter.
WITH X. c. B. clippings.
AND THEY helped a lot.
AND I took 'em down.
TO A pal Of mine.
A CANADIAN.
FROM THE U. s. A.
AND A raid was coming.
AND WE cuddled down.
IN THE comforting dark.
TO WATCH the barrage.
AND He was glad.
TO GET the clippings.
AND THEN he told me.
ABOUT HIS girl.
AND THE plans they'd made.
AGAINST THE day.
- y
WHEN HE'D come home.
AND AT that moment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
THE DEADLIER SEX,

At the concert:
81 don't believe these are the
right seats.
.'oh. 1 guess they are the right
seats
"well, 1 don't believe it. I'm
going to ask the usher. Usher.
are these the right seats?"
did she say they're the right
0eats?"
Yes, she says they're the right
seats"
did you get a program"
"No, I didn't get a program.
thought you got program"
mo, didn't get a program. l
thought you got a program"
We'll, didn't get one. Til ask
the usher for one-no, what's that
on the floor there? That looks
Like program. You pick it up.
dear"
"All right'-picks up folder an.
nouncing next weeks show-"here
It is. 1t looks like program.
Careful examination by both.)
That's a program, isn't it? Don't
you think it looks like a pro-
gram?"
81 don't believe that's a pro-
gram"
oh, guess it's a program"
No, it isn't a program. See,
It's something else-it isn't pro-
gram"
II guess you're right-it isn't a
program"
Here's the usher. I'll get a
program
did she give you a program?
Oh, yes; you got one.''
Now, I guess we've got every
thing"
Yes, if we've gotta program"
Eyes; do you want to see the
program?"
No; the names don't mean any
thing to me-"
Il don't know anything about
them, either"
well. then, let's not bother
about the program"
All right. Now, about that sale
ut Binklesderf's-
THREE o'clock in the p. M,
And I am just back from
lunch;
III have to work if I stick around
III beat it. How's that for a
bunch.
TITLE THE TOILER.
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From Jerome, Arizona.

Dear K. C. B.-Just as the bad
penny completes its cycle, so has
the enclosed rGving, If only for
scropbOOE purposes, come home
to roost. Despite the fact that
a0ar stuff has lost ats kick, am
taking the liberty of sending this
along to you personally. 1t is
piano lamp around your collar.
And you might shake the spoons
out of your sleeves, too.
If you get arrested, let us know.
Better lay in some f1y-paper now.
Stationery's scarce in Jail. That's
the way they keep you there.
Goodbye. and write If you have
any hard luck. Well be glad to
hear from you.
THERE'S nothing like building a
fire under your motor car
these cold mornings II 1t starts a
bit slowly. We repeat-there's
nothing like 1t, but don't try 1t.
THROUGH MGhopoc and Shan
dGken,
Oriskany aud Niles,
Through NineVeh and Manuel
The train ate up the miles;
Through Scipio and Solo, too,
And Nunda and OLenn
The fast mail pierced the sUfnter
night,
If you got s0hat zoe mean.
-"The Fast Mall"
From the Postal Guide.
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BY k. c.. B.

AND YOUR letters come.
WITH SOME more clippings.
OF X. c. B.
AND I'M thinking now.
OF THAT other clipping.
AND THE great big stiff.
WHO WROTE the letter.
TO X. @. b.
AND I know my pal.
IF HE were here.
WOULD WANT me to ask.
THIS MISERABLE piller.
WHO WROTE k. G. B.
TO OUT out the kid.
AND OLD woman stuff.
IF WE'RE not fighting.
FOR LITTLE old women.
AND LITTLE kids.
THEN WHAT the hell.
ARE WE fighting for?
Sincerely yours,
Arthur G. Gardner.
land without apologies to anyone
run this here.-K. G. b.
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Call EN-
What You
Will
BY LEE SOMERS.

r TITLE 30 PEEP has lost her
sheep,
But a whole lot she don't care;
And over them she'll lose little
sleep,
For she's towing a millionaire.
Mother Goose, 1928 Model.
nR. JAMES wIzBINGER, the
motor wizard, announces the
perfection of his latest invention,
designed to reduce skidding to an
irreducible minimum. The idea is
to build a new type of tire equip
ped with baseball spikes. DIR. Wiz
, binger thinks the stunt will be
great for Washington, because rip
ping up the streets will tend to
improve them rather than other
wise.
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THE BARRAGE opened.
LIKE HE'LL broke loose.
ON A half holiday.
AND I left my pal.
AND ALL night long.
THEY KEPT 1t up.
AND IN the morning.
HUNTED him up.
AND AS 1 found him.
THERE GAME shell.
AND 1 Topped flat.
AND WHEN the dust.
AND THE gas had cleared.
FOUND him there.
HIT SQUARE in the belly.
AND ALONG with him.
FOUR OTHERS had gone.
OUT INTO the West.
AND FROM his tunic.
WE TOOK some papers.
AND HIS torn pay book.
AND AMONG the papers.
WAS THAT very last clipping.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04

OF X. C. B.
WARM WITH the blood.
OF THIS pal Of mine.
AND WHETHER he'd read It.
I'LL NEVER know.
BUT hope he did,
FOR HE loved kids.
AND USED to talk.
OF HIS Little Mother"
AND HE hated war.
AND HE could fight.
AND WHEREVER he's buried.
l DON'T even know.
AND 50 today.
IN MY uniform.
OF HOSPITAL blue.
I'M SITTING here.
WHERE THE Channel glitters.
IN THE morning sun.
AND THE warm soft green.
OF THE Sussex Down.
STRETCHES AWAY.
ON THE other side.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
MORE THINGS WE
SHOULD LIKE TO SEE

DEN TURPIN in Eyes of
YOUTH
The Marx brothers in "Liliom."
Ben Turpin in Eyes of the
World"
Fannie Brice as "Elektra."
Ben Turpin in '>Eyvind of the
Hills"
Arthur Leslie Smith as 'Abie."
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Col. 5
BY JIM RING
THE STRANGER. !!
A Thoughtful Comedy.


the scene. The time Ii
Il 1854. An Elderly Man and
a Middle,aged Man approach SEom
right and left, and when they are
about two feet from each other
the younger man pauses. smiles
as IL in recognition, and walks
quickly to the other with right
hand outstretched. The Elderly
Man. having stopped, offers his
hand, uncertainty. almost ne
chemically.
The Middle-aged Man-Why.
hellol didn't expect to see you
here.
The Elderly Man tsuiling doubt.
fuily)-And / didn't expect you To-.
M. A. M.-But I didn't know
you were in the city. When did
you arrive? Where are you stay
Ing?
=. Nat the same old place.
I'VE been here some time.
M. A. NJ. (shrewdlyl Listen!
I'll bet you don't know who
am. I'll just bet you nickel.
Now, who am I?
e. M.-Don't you really kr W
M. Al. M.-Oh, cut that you.
Tell me-who do you. think I
am?
y. M. rubbing his clean.shaysdt
chin, refIectively)-Well, you might
be- the head Of a delegation Of
Korn-fed Kids from Keolkuk that
came here about ten years ESQ;
or, again, You might be the very
past president Of that Peoria Prime
Picker's crowd I saw back in-
M. A. NJ. interrupting with-ex-
asperation) Say. what's the mat
ter? You're talking nonsense.
Come on up to the house.
e. M.-Why? I had enough
trouble there in my time. 50
M. A. M.-For the love Ell
what's the matter? Did the-heat
get you. Cousin George?
e. M.-Cousin George? =
M. A. M. ldubiouslyl- Is it.5pos-
sfble that I've made q mistakel
You're not George Coop?
e. M. tsadly turning awayl-No.
M. A. M-Don't so. ! beg your
pardon, sir. / have made mis-
take-but your facets familiar.
/ think i've seen it in the papers.
Would you mind telling me what
your name IL?
e. M.-Not at all. Ny name -
Harding.
M. A. M.-Harding?
E. M used to be President.
nj. Al. M.--President nresi-
dent of WHAT =
Quick curtain) -
SUCCESS STORY NO. !.
VERA. COLINETTE fssee
Crencb),
.GGllic 4Oit of "Frills .acnd
FGds,"
Girl reUue, learned all her French
From the Djer-Kiss ads.
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seems so far G1UGy today. PN
get rid of some of 1t answering
the K. G. B. you sent me.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-05

CURED to pay yearly dues in two in
stallments, the first payment being
made upon joining and the second
six months later. Dues vary con-
siderably under various conditions.
In Illinois Association the prescrib-
ed amount is $4,000 per year, how
ever, dues are somewhat lower at
present in the Bismarck Association
and in fact have never reached that
amount since it was organized
Taken as a whole, l believe that
there has been on single factor para
mount to the Cow Test Association
in developing dairy production to
it's present standard in the older
dairy states and certainly it has
been in the New Salem country IN
North Dakota and is destined to be
in other sections of the state, the
important factor in the Improvement
and enlargement of the present day
herds, and the foundation upon
which further will be built.
G. A. GREGORY,
Supt. B. H. F. A.