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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
WILL Of COULD
MAY CAUSE
F.: LAWSUIT
Children of New York Financier
Prepared to Contest Any
Unfair Division.
BY WILLIAM RANDORF,
Cosmopolitan News Service Staff
Correspondent.

Correspondent.
NEW YORK, May 17.-The fortune
of the late George Jay Gould, in
likely to become the object of a bit
ter legal contest unrivalled in fights
over estates of those high in society
or finance, it was learned today.
The seven children of Mr.. Gould
by his first wife, Edith Kingdom
Gould, who at one time was an &C
tress in the famous Augustine Daily
troupe Of players, and the thrc"
children of his second wife will be
the focal point of the expected will
conteset.
Mr.. Goulds second wife, it will De
remembered, was Mrs. GuineVere J.
Sinclair. Their secret marriage in
Lakewood, N. j., a year ago created
sensation.
That Mr.. Gould was aware of the
Sinclair was claimed today by Viii
linn Wallace, attorney for Mrs.
Gould.
Mr.. Gould for a number of years
has known that he had an incura-
BILE malady," he said Every one
who knows Mr.. Gould, therefore,
feels that he was prepared for
death and left his affairs in such
a way that all his family would be
protected"
1t would not come as a surprise
to those close to Mr.. Gould in his
latter years were the fortune to be
unevenly divided among the seven
children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
CALLED OFF
DAY AFT TER
BIC BARN
DANCE
Society s Stunned BY AM
nounceinent and Specuiates
on Reasons for Action.

What transpired at a unique
midnight barn dance at the Grass
lands Country Club Monday night
to shatter the carefully made we'd
ding plans of Miss Nancy Hoyt,
wealthy Washington debutante,
and Lieut.. F. Wiseman- Clarke, OF
the British navy?
Called Off Next Day.
It was the next day that the Rev.
DIR. Robert Johnston, pastor of st.
Johns p. E. Church, was peremp-
torily notified that the wedding,
designed to be the outstanding
event of the springsocial season,
was ''off'' on account Of the "seri-
Gus illness of pretty twenty-year-
old Miss Hoyt.
Agog with excitement, the 100
members of the, elite set who were
guests at the dance diven, by Sena-
tor and Mrs. James w. Wadsworth.
jr., in honor of the contemplated
Hoyt-Clarke alliance are today COM
manding to their memories every
detail which transpired involving
the principals in an effort to fix
the reason for the sudden and
startling cancellation of the nup-
tials
Did superstition grip pretty Miss
Hoyt as she abstractedly listened 20
the barn dances Of years ago on
Monday night?
Society Is Specializing.
Perhaps, society is thinking to-
day, Miss Hoyt saw the specter Of
her sisters jagged matrimonial ca
reer, Mrs. Horace Wylie, who was
twice divorced and whose first hus-
band, Philip Hichborn, committed
suicide. Or perhaps she suddenly
resolved not to marry following re-
Election over the tragic suicide OF
her brother, Henry Martyr Hoyt,
an artist, in 1920.
Close friends of Miss Hoyt said
today that the Vivacious debutante
has been going through the various
social functions in honor of her and
Mr.. Wisemman Clark 'in a trance"
and always with the subconscious
realization that she can never VIII
lingly go to the altar with the young
British naval officer.
It is said that efforts were MADE
to persuade Miss Hoyt to carry OUT
the marriage contract in view OF the
elaborate plans made and the pres
ence of guests who Travelled thou,
sands of miles to be on hand put
that The young daughter OF MRS
Henry M. Hoyt remained adamant
on the eve of the nuDtials.
Wedding Gifts Returned.
Today the spacious rarlors OF
the Hoyt residence at 17o1 Rhode
Island avenue. northwest, which
has had the appearance Of a flow
err bower is being quietly restored to
order and the thousands of wedding
gifts sent the couple are being
silently re-wrapped and sent back
to the host of Washington and out
of-town society leaders who sent
them.
Miss Hoyt Is a dark.haired beauty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
WIND CHECKING
CHEVY CHASE
GOLFERS
Only Three Pairs Finish First
Round by Noon-Dunphy
Leading Again.

Owing to the high wind that
swept the course play, in the first
round of the Chevy Chase Club golf
tournament was progressing slowly
today. Up until noon only three
pairs in the first sixteen had fin
ished their matches.
Walter r. McCallum experienced
little difficulty in defeating A. H.
Haughey, and Z, while Roland
Mackenzie won from John Draw
ner, and 4.
Miller Stevenson eliminated Ash
mead Fuller, and 5. These Were
the only pairs to finish by noon.
Chris Dunphy, going to the elev-
enth, had George P. Lynde. four
down, while George Lyons and Don
aid Parsons were fighting it out all
square on the thirteenth.
In the second sixteen A. D. V.
Burr defeated H. G. Smithy, l up.
H. K. Cornwell defeated A. l.. Hawse,
and 4. J. H. Clapp defeated L. A.
Snead, 6 and 4. r. P. Davidson de-
feated G.. l.. Robinson, 3 and g.
Morven Thompson defeated c. T..
Courtney, 3 and 1.
Dwight Partridge defeated G. w.
LeMountain, and 6.
In the third sixteen Clark Griffith
won from Harold Doyle by default
as did Horace Green from Reeves
Lois Lewis. All of the matches were
completed in the fourth sixteen. E.
M. Talbot defeated S. H. Greene, 8
and 2.
w. w. Smith defeated j. H.
DeSibour by default A. F. Prescott
defeated B. V. Boyer, l up. w. B..
Vogel defeated o. J. DeMoll, and 4.
J. II. Davidson defeated s, L. Heap,
2 and 1. John McMenamin, l up.
]. H. Wright defeated Reynolds Hay
den, and 6. r. Stead, jr., defeated
]. w. Childress. / up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
GEDDES PRESENTS PLAN
OF WAR DEBT CHANGES

Sir Auckland Geddes, the British
ambassador, today presented to Sec
rotary of the Treasury draft of
changes desired by Great Britain in
the contract for the payment of the
$4. 900, 900. 900 British debt to the
United States.
The proposed notifications will
be transmitted to the American Debt
Funding Commission for approval.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
RHINE ARMY ENVOY
NOT ORDERED HOME

Assistant Secretary Eliot Wads-
worth, now in Paris conducting me-
gotiations for the payment of the
1856, 900, 600 bill of the United States
for the maintenance of the Ameri-
can army of occupation in Germany,
is expected to remain in Paris until
an agreement is reached, it was said
officially at the Treasury Depart
ment today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
INN0CE n I
VETS IN !
JAILS
20, 900 Service Men Victims
Found in Survey, Welfare
Conference Is Told.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

United States war veterans in
Jail by the thousands! Ex-service.
men put in cells and classified
as criminals when in fact a great
percentage are helpless victims of
physical and mental troubles
caused by the war in which they
fought for the country which now
jails them!
10000 Victims.
Such was the startling disclosure
made today to the National Confer
ence of Social Work when it met
with 5000 delegates in six differ
ent GROUP sessions" and in three
different general sessions" to lis
ten to forty-one different speeches
from distinguished authorities on
all phases Of national social health
progress.
The man who threw the bomb
shell on the ex-service men Of
America was DIR. w. +. LorenZ.
director of the Wisconsin Psychia-
trio Institute at Madison.
Twenty thousand ex-serVice
men," said DIR. Lorenz, to the con-
ference. were in penal institutions
in America during 1922, and large
numbers of them were there be-
cause of the-results of unemploy-
ment and because of the results Of
the physical injuries and mental
Affections which they incurred in
the service itself"
Evidence Convincing.
Members of the conference, shock
ed by this assertion and at first
%
soon making inquiries of their own
in Washington. and were soon in
possession of confirmatory informa-
ton.
1t was found that an investigation
into the subject of veterans in Jail
had already been undertaken and
accomplished by the United States
Veterans Bureau, in cooperation
with the American Legion. The find
1ngs reached by this investigation
had been kept back. They were
reveaIedT today by DR.. Lorenz for
the first time.
Speaking not only as director OF
the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute
but also as member of the board
of advisers to the rehabilitation
committee of the American Legion
DIR. Lorenz today said:
Facts Are Disclosed.
I'm Wisconsin the imprisoned ex
service men have been thoroughly
examined. and. studied by medica
exrerts from the State UniverSity
Medical School. These. experts found
and reported the following facts:
Twenty six per sent of the meI
examined were suffering from ply
steal disabilities of service origin.
-Four per cent of them wer'
suffering from mental disabilities
also OF service origin.
"FIfty-five per cent of them wer
mentally abnormal.
twenty-five per cent of then
were definitely feeble minded, Otter
with an intelligence lower than tina
OF five.Year-old child.
Thirty per cent of them ha'
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
The Mountain
Would Not
Come to MahOmet

so MAHOMET WENT TO
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room renters, dodgers, prop
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resultful way - through The
Morning Herald and The
Evening Times Want AID Col
umns. Two papers for the
one price.
Telephone Your
Wants To
Main $3.50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
WORLD SUFFRAGE HONOR
PAID MRS. C.. C.. GAIT

ROME, May II. - Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. retiring head of the
international Woman Suffrage AL
lance, today was acclaimed honor
airy president of the Women's Con-
gress.
Reelection was in her grasp. but
she refused it. 1t is expected that
Mrs. Corbett Ashby, of England,
will be elected Mrs. Cats successor
tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
OBREGONS POLICY UPHELD
BY DEPUTIES, 1871 TO 9

MEXICO CITY May 71.-By 131
10 8 the Mexican chamber of
deputies today voted a message of
sympathy and adhesion for Presi.
dent Alvaro Obregon and his inter-
national policy, particularly in re-
gard TO his American attitude.
This is the equivalent of a vote
Of confidence in the Oregon gov
eminent and it's policies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
ADAMS IS NAMED
!. SENATORFRON
COLORADO
Governor Fails to Heed AdVices
of Former President Wilson
or McAdoo.
BY International News Service.

DENVER, Colo, May 17.-Alya B.
Adams DEM of Pueblo, weIl-known
lawyer. today was appointed United
States Senator from Colorado by
Governor w. e. Sweet.
Adams succeeds the late Samuel
D. Nicholson (Rep), and the appoint
ment is for the term ending March
3, 1927.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
CHINESE STUDENTS SHOT
BY JAPANESE, Is REPORT

MANILA, p. l., May 17.-An I'M
confirmed report. received here to-
day, said that hundreds of Chinese
student boycotters have been shot
by Japanese marines at lchang, in
the province of Hupeh.
Ichang is on the Yangtze kiang
river, 200 miles west Of Hankow..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
international News Service.
oIooCo Vc ne1avoO.

Release Is DeIaytu.
PEKING. May 17-By retiring
further inland from the Shanghai
Picking railway the Chinese brig
ands who seized many captives
from a train on the Shantung
border. have added fresh delays to
the negotiations for the release of
the foreign prisoners.
Negotiations were reported UNI
der way to merge the bandit force
holding the prisoners with a no.
torious band Of brigands which
has been operating in Honan prov
ince.
The continued detention of the
foreign prisoners has been severe
blow to the prestige both of the
government and the diplomatic
corps The Chinese press is al
ready commenting upon the help
leStness of the government and the
diplomats.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17
By DANIEL O'CONNELL,

DUBLIN, May 1.-THE Irish
deportees whose return to Eng
land was obtained through court
proceedings instituted by Art
O'Brien were sent back to, Eng
lish soil today by the Irish Free
State government.
Heavy Military Guard.
Amid the utmost secrecy and un-
Ter heavy military escort, 100 Irish
Isportees were marched from Mount
Joy prison at S o'clock to the
docks where they were hurried on
board a government steamship. 1t
sailed Immediately for Holyhead.
The Irish women. deportees were
removed from the Kilmainham pris-
on in motor lorries. They sang and
cheered as they were driven up to
join the men on steamship.
The men carried their belongings
with them. They sang and 'cheered
all the way from the prison to the
ship. This route was lined with
armored cars and Free state mill
tary automobiles to prevent dis
orders.
Supports De Valera.
Art O'Brien is an adherent of
of the Irish republican cause. He
was formerly known as the Sim
Fem ambassador in London" He
brought habeas corpus proceedings
winning in the highest court. The
government appealed to the House
of Lords, but that body decided it
had no jurisdiction.
O'Brien had been taken to Lon
don for the proceedings. He was
released but subsequently re-arrest-
ed. Formal announcement was
made in the House of Commons
that the Irish Free State would re-
lease the Irish prisoners who had
been deported from England, so to-
days action caused no surprise.
The deportations took place late
last year after a series of raids
by Scotland Yard operatives in a
number Of English and Scottish
Fcities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17

Ichinese Now Demand Settle.
ment Of Shantung Questions
Before Freeing captives.

International News Service. ~ n
PEKING, MaN~1zs=The .Suchcw
bandit kidnapping situation today
assumed an even graver aspect
than before when it became
known that the foreign hostages
are now regarded as pawns in
China's internal political situation.
. Brigands Widen Demands.
The brigands have ,widened the
scope Of their demands to include
a settlement of all the grievances Of
South Shantung against the central
government and have turned over
negotiations to the chiefs of the
secret societies of the whole of South
Shantung.
The effect of this development is
to involve the whole population of
one of China's greatest provinces in
the affair.
The bandits have seleceed new
delegates to impress their demands
upon Picking officials. This infor-
nation came from young Chinese
student from the Marking college,
named Ku, who had been captured
by the bandits but later escaped.
Ku said the brigands were in
earnest in their threat to kill the
foreign captives unless their de-
mands are met. He believes the
release Of the prisoners will be de.
layed owing to the mistrust of the
bandit chiefs.
May Seize Others.
There is NO confirmation of re-
port that three of the Chinese
prisoners were put to death by be-
ing hurled from a precipice by their
captors.
A correspondent who has just re-
turned from Shantung said that
bandits are threatening to seize the
relief workers. journalists and gov
eminent officials at Tsao-Chang
who have been working for the re-
lease of foreign prisoners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-17

Many Women in Party Sing
and Cheer on Way to Board
Steamship.

I HOLsYHEAD, Wales, May l1s---
3A gOvernlnetlt stea1IisIlip si'rigcd
here at 10 O'Clock this morning
from Dublin bearing more than.
100 Irish men and women who
had previously been depOrted from
England to the Irish Free state.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30
STATE POLICE IN FIRST YEAR
Proved Worth of Organization

Total arrest by the State constabu-
larly and convictions during the first
year of its existence bears out the
fact that the organizations slogan,
Get Your Man. has been carried out
to the letter, according to the first an
nual report submitted H. Norman
Schwarzkopf, superintendent.
State police arrested 1887 persons,
of whom 2617 We're convicted. Fines
aggregating S~37,876.40 were imposed
and collected.
Of the arrests 1890 We're for motor
vehicle violations, of which 1919
brought convictions. Eight persons
were arrested on murder charges, six
being convicted, and two are still
pending.
The State police force, composed of
more than 100 men, is modelled after
the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
of Canadian and Curwood fame. Go
operate and Get Your Man are its
bvlvords. Letters of commentator
unsolicited have been sent by many
New jersey residents, including Cam
den and South Jersey, as also from
many residents of other States. Let
ters of criticism also have been re-
ceived, the report continued, express
ing it gratitude for individual aid in
trying to perfect the organization.
Three hundred and sixty thousand
dollars were appropriated last year,
and S413, 742 is asked for 1924.
The force is divided into two
troops: Troop a is stationed at Ham
monitor. and Trop B at Netcong.
Each troop is composed of A men,
commanded by one captain and one
lieutenant. There also are Y petty
officers.
The department Is equipped with
81 saddle horses, IS motorcycles, II
automobiles and one army truck.
All members must have served two
years in the I. S. Army as a lieu
tenant. Rigid examinations and strict
general orders are part of the work
included.
Free of outside influences, the re-
port shows that the State police force
has been of great value to New Jer-
Sey.
'Make sure you are right, then &c
ahead regardless has been the policy
advocated in performing duties.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30
UNGRATEFUL

In the opinion of the New Bruins
wick Home News, at is unfortunate
that the Legislature again neglected
the aeronautical engineering appro-
priation which was authorized in
1920" when it was dealing with the
requests of Rutgers College for State
money; and that eff the State can
afford $4,000 for training in clay
working. most of the benefit from
which goes to manufacturers, and
5000 for cranberry investigation, 1t
ought to be in a position to spend
$4,000 on so important a field of work
as aerial Development
This is a base ingratitude, after the
exceedingly generous treatment given
by the Legislature to Rutgers. Out
Of the $751; 600, 900 carried in the new
appropriation law, more than $1,000
600 goes to New Brunswick. In adj
dition to the clay-working and cram
berry items there are thousands OF
dollars for mosquito determinations
poultry and cattle protection, to pro
mote farming interests in various
ways. provide free scholarships, and
for many other purposes. Rutgers
College is in no position to put out its
hands and demand 'more'-Irenton
Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30

I. $. Senator Walter f. Edge has
consented to debate with former As
semblyman George S. Hobart, father
of the present prohibition enforce
law, on the present issue Of restoring
beer and Wine. The debate is expected
to take place in Camden somtlme IN
April and will be of much political In
tereSt. II Senator Edge wants ammu-
milton he may read the fifteen pages
Of the plea with which Attorney Gen
eral McCran charged the I. 5. Su-
preme Court to prove the unconstitu-
tionality of the 18th amendment
McCran's charge was a. wild and
effective as Don QuiXote against the
wind mill ip Ceramics Spanish novel.
In Don QuiNote's case he got knocked
flat by the wind mill. In the constitu-
tional issue the wind mill was knocked
fiat by the [. s. Supreme Court.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30
County Judges Now Have Auto Juris-
dicti0n

Common pleas judges, better known
as county judges, from now on will
have authority to impose the penalty
for violation of the State motor We
hicle laws under appeal, as the result
of Governor Silzer's signature just af-
fixed to a bill sponsored by Assembly
man Blair. of Atlantic County.
While the measure was before the
House of Assembly for consideration,
the sponsor declared that as the laws
now stand there is some doubt as to
whether a county judge is authorized
to impose a penalty in such cases. The
bill by Assemblyman Blair is now a
law. and will be known as Chapter ST.,
Laws of 1928. thus curing all doubt in
such a situation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30
A LEGISLATIVE CURIO

Senator Edges man, Friday, James
4. Corio, Republican lead-r in the last
session of the Legislature, was the
biggest disgrace to the Legislature
since Billy Thompson's race track
started when Tom Flynn presided in
1891. Corio should take lessons in
American Christian civilization before
endeayoring to be a legislator to make
rules to live by to make good citizens.
When a lawyer is an attorney for
~bootleggers and bawdry persons he
should be the last mar to be elected
to make laws for a State. Corio
should cease to be a law maker, when
he is a specialist in being attorney
for law breakers. He refused to give
a hearing on the bills to repeal the
prohibition law.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30
Executive Opposes Divorce For Cruelty

Senator Blackwells bill to permit
a decree of absolute divorce for X
IRENE cruelty vas vetoed by Governor
Silzer.
1T has never been the policy of the
State of New Jersey to extend un-
necessarily the grounds for the grant
ing of an absolute divorce" said the
Governor. It has always been our
thought and purpose to keep the fam
lily together whenever it is possible to
DO So
The Governor pointed out that legal
separationfor extreme cruelty is per
Missile now and absolute divorce may
follow within two years on grounds
of desertion.
The Republicans made the bill a
caucuss measure and made it a law.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30

Cotton is now selling at the highest
price in two years. Yet the South will
not give the Republican party one whit
of credit for improved conditions
West Jersey Press. All house wives
are paying more for sugar and clothes
than for two years, yet they do not
blame the Republican party.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-03-30

Gov. Piuchot had the Pennsylvania
Legislature to repeal the license
granting law and an enforcement law
for prohibition on Tuesday. The liquor
interest stated that they would rather
have been beaten in legislative battles
in ten other States than have lost in
PENNSYLVANIA. PinchOt now stands the
foremost leader i'm the Nation.