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The Washington times., 1923-02-16
PLASTERERS DEMAND
INJUNCTION BE DENIED

Denying that they have ever
done any illegal or unlawful act
against the plaintiff. the Co-opera.
tive Plasterers and Cement Finish.
ers Association, No. SO, and certain
individual members of that organi-
zation today filed their answer in
the District Supreme Court to the
suit for injunction recently filed
AGAINST them by J. Franklin Watts
who conducts an "open shop"
The latter, claimed that the de.
PENDANTS were threatening to call
OH members working for contrac
tors who gave their plastering work
to plaintiff and were otherwise ha
RAISING him in the conduct of his
| business.
The defendants declare that
Watts has complete and adeouaft
remedy at law for any alleged
/ grievances he may have suffered
and ask that his suit be dismissed
Attorneys Hawken & Havell renre
sent the defendants,
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
Harding liz Expected
To Ask Other Nations
To Join Drug Crusade
By GEORGE FRANKLIN.

Depe's tragic, gruesome trail
through the underworld came near
being written-a lurid chapter-in
the record OF the Foreign Relations
Committees investigation of the
narcotic evil yesterday.
Today the country would have
experienced the thrill of startling
revelations had not Senator Porter,
chairman Of the committee, decided
that the committee restrict it's IN.
veetigation to the international
features Of the dope traffic, which
10 causing thousands OF men and
women in all sections Of America
70 become helpless victims Of the
narcotic habit.
Howard Prepared to Testify.
Sidney Howard, magazine writer,
whose deep probing Of the drug
evil is being told in Hearst's Mag
azine. and who has supplied much
Of the valuable information used
By the Washington Times and
other Hearst's newspapers in the
campaign to stamp out the drug
evil and rescue thousands Of help.
less victims Of INSCRIPTIONS dope
peddlers, visited Washington yes
terday. He attended the hearing
held by the committee, prepared
to reveal in all its vicious, ensnar.
Ing. tortuous twistings the story Of
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

Of one Of these walls would have
killed or seriously injured many
firemen.
Thousands Crowd Streets.
Despite the cold, thousands Of
persons crowded the streets near by.
Major Daniel Sullivan, superintend-
ent Of police; Inspectors Evans.
Harrison, Pratt, and number OF
captains, together with scores OF
privates, kept the crowds back.
The four police surgeons who re-
sponded on the third alarm re-
manned at the fire the greater part
of the night. They treated a num-
Der Of firemen for bruises, and one
man was treated for frozen hand.
The streams of water covered the
hats and coats Of the firemen and
the water Immediately froZe.
Water also fell on nearby trees and
this morning the trees were covered
with a solid coat Of ice.
DR.. M. G. Gibbs, head Of the Peo-
pies Drug Company, reached the
fire shortly after it started. He
declared that both the building and
the contents were fully insured.
DR.. Gibbs also declared that there
will be no interruption to business.
The Fire Marshal declared today
he believed the fire originated in
the cellar. He, however, said he
had been unable to determine it's
cause.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
ASKS COURT TO RESCIND
AGREEMENT WITH WIFE

Elmer L. Evans, of the firm of
o. r. Evans & Bro, today asked
the District Supreme Court to re-
scind an agreement made between
him and his wife, Edna Boyd
Evans, who he alleges violated the
agreement by renting their former
home at 1907 Fifteenth street north.
west to Congressman John c..
Ketchum for $3.50 a month.
Evans filed suit against his wife
last August and to avoid a public
trial, agreed to pay her 500 per
month and allow her the exclusive
use of their home property. She
rented the house a few weeks later
and took up residence with her
father at 4233 Grant circle. The
husband, represented by Attorney
George Curtis Shinn, wants the
agreement set aside and asks the
court to fix a reasonable amount
for alimony.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
WAL POLE GIVES
DIVINE URGE
BLACK EYE
English Novelist Says Writers
Have Subconscious Tend
ency to Successful Lying.

The YmuchsvAunted creative i'm
pulse" declared BY psychologists to
be the answer TO why 10 q novel
ist?" suffered q fall at the hands
OF Hugh Walpole, English novelist,
and critic, who lectured under the.
auspices Of the Boys Club, In the
New National Theater, yesterday
afternoon.
The "urge," said Mr.. Waipo1e, -
really the subconscious tendency TO-
be q successful liar.
Mr.. Walpole told his audience
that the present age ID "a typical
81. G.. Wells world Of machinery"
and urged the perusal of worth
while literature whose value has
been enhanced by time. He de-
plored the current general affection
for mere book reviews and the ems
suing discussion Of best sellers
from secondhand information.
People are reading and writing
now more than ever before, he said.
The former slack times In the print
ing and publishing business are.
gone with the scent cigar and the
nnustache cup.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
FATE Of Z SHIPS
FIGHT GALE
IN DOUBT
No Word Received Since Res
cue Ships Were Sent to
Distressed Vessels.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE fate
Of the Italian freighter Moncenisio
and the five-masted schooner Friend
ship, both Of which were reported
sinking after being caught in the
terrific gale that Is sweeping the
Atlantic coast, has not been deter
mined, the naval communication Of
flee here reported today.
The Concenisio had q crew Of
thirty and sent distress calls from
$40 miles east Of Cape Henry. The
Friendship reported that she was
sinking off Oregon inlet.
Ships have been sent to their aid,
but no information either from the
distressed vessels or their rescuers
has been received.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
KIDNAPER rs Of
NUN FACING
ARREST
Authorities Predict Apprehen-
sion Of Guilty as Sister
Cecilia Gives Clues.
ny Internn4sOnAl News Service.

FREDERICK, Nd, Feb. 16.--
New disclosures in the mysterious
kidnapping OF Sister Cecilia, Of
Notre Dame Convent. win lead to
apprehension Of her abductors,
States Attorney Anders, OF F,reder-
ick county, predicted today.
Information given the authorities
by the nun, who. although close to
q nervous breakdown, has told q
connected story Of the affair, has
Opened some new avenues OF ap-
preach to solution Of the strange
kidnapping.
For the present. the new evidence
win be closely guarded by the au-
pressed by the States attorney,
however, that members OF dope
ring were responsible for the crime
kidnapers planned the abduction to
the finest detail and had made q
close study Of the situation at the
convent before they sandbagged
and drugged Sister Cecilia In the
music room and whisked her to
Baltimore undetected.
While improved, the nun has
periods OF reaction. Her entire re-.
covery will be q matter Of several
weeks. 1t was expected.
Probe Waits for Nun.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Feb. 16.--
Further investigation into the kid
naping Of Sister Cecilia from the
Notre Dame Convent. Monday, IL
being halted by local police until
the nun has recovered sufficiently
to come here and try to find the
house In which she was held prisoner
after being drugged and spirited
from Frederick.
Everything possible has been
done to find the house in which
the nun was kept prisoner and to
trace her abductors. but until she
is able to come here and assist we
are up against a stone wall" Cap
tain Cole, Western district, who
has been directing the investigation
into the kidnapping, said today.
Every street and alley within
q quarter mile radius Of Camden
Station has been thoroughly combed
by my men and they have been I'm.
Sister Cecilia was held. In her
report to Patrolman Osborne the
nun said that the house was about
three or five minutes walk from
Camden Station. There ID not .
dwelling In the neighborhood, III
GLIDING business. establishments
that my men have not visited; but
! their efforts to locate the place
have been Of no avail" continued
the captain.
dope Gang Story Doubted.
Asked about the report of the
Rev. William A. Kane, In charge OF
st. Johns Parish, Of which the
convent is a part, to the effect that
the sisters kidnapping was executed
by members Of local dope" gang.
Captain Cole said that such In.
formation had not been impaired
to him. eff the Frederick author.
tiles know this they are keeping il
to themselves" he added. Unless
we know Of their plans we are
powerless to act."
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
GOVERNMENT DROPS CASE
AGAINST MINISTER'S SON

The case Of the Government
against Julian A. Taylor. Of 75s
Gresham place northwest, son OF
the Rev. William A. Taylor, charg.
ing him with forgery in connection
with signing the name OF .:Berry
West" Of IT'S Harvard street north
west. to $25 check. was nolle
pressed by Justice Bailey ON mo-
ton Of Assistant District Attorney
Presmont, who Informed the court
that the money had been repaid by
the father OF the young man to Mr..
Berry and that the latter does not
intend to push the case.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
SENATE AWAITS HARDING,
ON M'NARY NOMINATION

No further action will be taken
by the Senate banking and cur
rency subcommittee investigating
the nomination of James G. Nc
Nary as Comptroller of the Cur.
rency until President Harding has
had opportunity to study the re-
ports submitted to him by the COM
mittee, Senator Couzens (Rep.) of
Michigan, announced today.
The committee holds to the view
the question of action on the nom
nation now Is up to the President,
who is expected within few days
to withdraw McNary's name, or
definite stand, opposing or approx
ing the nomination.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

dope in the underworld. He con-
ferred with Senator Porter. Fol.
lowing the conference Senator Por-
ter decided that the testimony he
was prepared to give before the
committee was not german, as
the committee was engaged solely
with the problem OF determining
how far other nations should be
requested to cooperate with the
United States in regulating the
production, manufacture and sale of
narcotics.
81 was ready to tell all I knew
about the drug evil, what ] person
ally knew, but I could not do more
than hazard guesses and repeat
hearsay stories Of conditions in
other countries, and told the Sena-
tor So" said Howard in discussing
the decision that his testimony was
irrevelant. II presume Senator
Porter is quite correct in his posi-
ton. What the committee wanted
to know was the situation as re-
vealed in the light OF international
relations with winch it can properly
deal"
Declines to Discuss Evidence.
When asked to indicate the ma
ture of the evidence he was pre-
pared to submit to the committee
had he been permitted to appear be-
fore 1t. Howard declined to discuss
II further than to say It would have
been confined strictly to the drug
story In the underworld.
Those expecting a series Of reveIa-
tions, which would awaken still
greater interest in the crusade to
end the scourge Of the drug habit
In America through the testimony
Of Carleton A. Simon, special deputy
police commissioner, of New York,
in charge of the narcotic squad,
were disappointed. Commissioner
Simon, at the eleventh hour, found
1t impossible to reach Washington
in time to appear before the COM
mittee.
Widespread interest has been
taken in the probable testimony of
DR.. Ernest 8. Bishop. formerly of
the Bellevue Hospital Staff and
physician at the New York work
house, when called before the COM
mfttee. It is generally understood
that he is prepared to tell of the
prevalence of the drug habit, the
rapidly increasing number of addicts
and the methods employed by dope
ptddlers in securing their supplies
of drugs. There has been more or
less surprise expressed that he has
not been called before the committee
t was learned yesterday that DIR.
Bishop, in all probability, will not be
called upon to testify until after dis.
posal of the indictment returned
against him on charges preferred by
narcotic agents some two years ago
has been effected. Those in position
to know decline to discuss the posi-.
ton said to have been taken by
the committee toward DIR. Bishop in
refraining from calling him.
The action of the Foreign Rela.
lions Committee will certainly be
an effective factor in suppressine
the drug evil" said Howard before
leaving the city. 1.-THE President will
probably be asked by the committee
to take up the narcotic situation
with the heads Of other governments
and will unquestionabiy do so. There
can be no doubt of the ultimate re-
suit of the crusade to free the world
from the greatest curse that ever
threatened society. It will take time,
but there can be but one inevitable
end"
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
WHEAT GROWERS REPORT
NO DAMAGE BY FREEZE

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-No damage
to winter wheat crops due to the
extreme cold Of the past few days
has been reported, according to in
formation at the American Farm
Bureau Federation here today.
Shows over the winter wheat belt
have been a protective blanket dur
ing the zero wave.
A small amount of suffering Of
live stock was reported, mostly to
that in transit from points west.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
MELTING or SNOW SHOWS
MT. LASSEN IN ERUPTION

REDDING, Cal, Feb. 16.-That
there was a ''hot time" on Mt. Las
sen, the United States only live"
volcano, during the recent eruption,
is shown by the way the snow has
melted from the northern and west
ern slopes.
Before the eruption Lassen was
robed in white to the tip OF the
crater, not a rock being visible
anywhere. Today great patches OF
barren rock are revealed on the
north and western sides, extending
far down the volcanoes slope.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
BERGDOLL'S BROTHER SUED
IN $4,000 STOCK DEAL

NEW YORK, Feb. ia suit
brought against Louis J. Bergson,
brother Of Grover and Erwin Berg
doll to recover a balance of a stock
subscription said to amount to $780,
900, is being tried before Judge
Andenried in common pleas court
No. 4.
The defendant had his name
changed to Bergson. The suit against
him was instituted by Frank A.
Harrigan, trustee of the bankrupt
estate Of the Louis J. Bergdon Mo-
tor Company.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
CONVICT DIES IN CHAIR
FOR KILLING POL IcENIAN

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. H..
Charles Habig. thirty. Wheeling,
w. Va. convicted OF the murder Of
land year ago, died IN the electric
chair at the peniteHtiary At 12;16
this morning.
Habig walked to the chair i1n-
aided ana showed no emotion when
strapped IN the chair. Two shocks
were administered bekOre he was
pronounced dead by the prison
physician.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
SEES EVIL
GAINING
FAST
Every Town h Country IL At
feoted, Says World Fam
Gus Detective.
By WILLIAM j. BURNS,
Dlreotoe BURGESS Of Inve6taeAslon, United

DareCtoe BURGESS Of inve6tagAslon, United
esaSe6 Department Of Justice.
(WKitten Expressly for Cosmopo1itnn
News Ssrvice.)
The curse of the narcotic drug
habit 10 upon as, at our very fire
sides, and 10 increasing in It's in-
tensity, and 1t is one Of the para
mount duties Of every citizen to be
On the firing line to prevent its
further spread. ] am familiar with
the situation and no one need doubt
the importance to this country Of
resoHtinR TO any device that will
choke OF the purchase or sale Of
habit-fording drugs.
Young Become AddlctS.
Young men and young women are
daily becoming addicts In constantly
increasing numbers, while the older
addicts are streaming on to their
graves, pauperized, loathed by their
fellows and utterly helpless.
The Whislxey evil. In its de-
generaftnG effects upon society, 10
not 70 be compared with the deadly
menace Of the narcotic drug evil;
/. the one sometimes uncertain as to
finally getting" the victim; the
other never failing. first, to degrade,
then to completely degenerate, and
finally 10 absolutely destroy the
victim.
Hold Their Customers.
The human rats who traffic In
narcotic drugs have little difficulty
In holding their old customers and
are constantly and diligently work.
ing to make 1t easy for prospective
new customers to become addicts.
Thus, I know from my own OBJ.
servations and from the Reports
that come to me, that the damnable
traffic IL increasing alarmingiy.
Owing to the secretiveness Of the
traffickers In dope, and to the ease
with which the miserable stuff can
be concealed, and the protection
which the habituai addicts give TO
the tra&fickers when 0fficers Of the
law are close upon them. Il Ii
extremely difficult to proceed fast
enough to secure appreciable re-
suits.
Every Town I'm q. 8. Affected.
. ] am safe In saying that not o.
town In the United States Is EXEMPT
nfom the effors Of traffickSrs In
dope We find druggists every-
where willing to take the last shut,
ing OF the dope addict and to con-
tinue. looking for new customers.
Dope peddlers are spread over the
entire length and breadth Of the
country, and are plying their das-
tArdly trade with great profit to
themselves and with utter ruin to
their customers.
Now. with this difficulty Of APP
pretending the trafnckers linked
up with the deadliness Of the stuff
they traffic In admitted, It is the
duty Of every good. citizen to aid
IN choking Ell thisg curse.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
IRISH REBELS BLOW UP
PORT MARNOCK BRIDGE

BELFAST. Feb. 16.-Republican
irregulars blew up the Port Mar
mock bridge today, interrupting rail
communication between this city
and Dublin.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

Magazine writer, and expOser Of
the dope evil, who visited wash.
ington yesterday and attended the
hearings ON narcotic drugs before
the Foreign Relations COMMITTEES.
He intended to ten the committee
the story Of dope IN the under
world. The committee, however,
decided 70 confine its irvestiea-
ton to dope" IN an international
sense.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
|MEMEL IS GIVEN
TOuTHUAN|A
BY ALLIES
Ambassadors Council Takes
Action Following Seizure
of Place Last Month.

PARIS, Feb. 16.-The city and dis
trict of Memel formerly German
territory was awarded to Lithuania
today by the interallied council of
ambassadors. After the war the
Memel district was taken over by the
allied and associated powers and Gre
ated into a neutral zone.
A month ago Lithuanian irregu.
lars seized the city, establishing a
provisional government.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
Business Bureau Meets.

The regular bi-weekly meeting OF
the board Of directors Of the Wash
ington Better Business Bureau Is
being held this afternoon at the
City Club. The board is composed
Of thirty-one members. 1t Is said
that only routine matters are SEIZED
uled for consideration today.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

no Cfro Cold I'm one Day
Take Laxetfv1 BHOMO oUTNINE tablets. The
boz bears ne signature Of II w. GToye. (Ho
sure you st BRoMo.l s0c.--Adsk
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
Clash With Polish Troops.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 16.-Fight-
ing between Poles and Lithuanians
with many casualties on both sides
was reported from Warsaw today.
Hostilities began when the Poles
undertook to occupy the neutral
zone set aside by the League of
Nations.
Lithuanians destroyed railway
bridges on the Grodno-Vilne line
and are preparing further attacks.
There has been bitter feeling be-
tween the Lithuanians and Poles
ever since Polish troops captured
Wilma at the close of the Russian
Polish war.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
EAST MEDO BOY ILL
News Collected BY Correspondent
In That Section aa

News Collected BY Correspondent
In That Section
East Medos October. 2. - Yhe
youngest son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Jensen is seriously LII with pleuri-
pneumonia. DR.. McBeth OF st. Clair
Is attending the case. Mr.. Jensen
and his Oldest son, Joseph were re :
turning from a business trip Fri
day, when the boy was taken i'll.
Miss Airline Lindeland returned
to Minneapolis last Sunday after
spending the past month with her
SISTERS and Mira. Christ Bjornson.
Mrs. -. X. Guam and daughter
Mable were passengers to Roches
ter Tuesday, to consult the Mayos
regarding the formers health
English services at the Medo Lutn
eran church
Mr.. and Mrs. Alick Guddal and
daughter Thelma. accompanied by
Mrs. Walter PagenkOph, were Man
kato shoppers Friday afternoon.
Miss Lavina Guddal, who is at
tending the Normal, returned home
with them. -.as
Rugus Dittburner was a business
ransacter at Mankato Friday after
noon. r FL. -..
The Pemberton U. B. Ladies Aid
will have their anual sale Of fancy
work, and supper, Saturday night
October 20 at the M w. A. hall
Mrs. Tony Anton called at the
Ben Jensen home Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Arouson
and son Oliver OF Minneapolis. were
Sunday guests at the Ben Linde-
land farm.
Those who, attended the Luther.
an Y. P. s.. convention at Blue
Earth, Saturday and Sunday, were:
Rev. Rachie and daughter Stella,
Edna Offerlee. Albert Severson, Mr..
and Mrs. william Lentz. Mrs. John
Severson and sons Paul and Har-
+. Miss Edna Offerlee and Alber
Seyerson were nominated as dele
gates to represent the Medo Luth :
eran Young Peoples society.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John Anton and
PLY were Sunday visitors at the
George Jams home.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Jams and
three smallest children, Smotored To
Iowa Saturday, to spend a week
with relatives. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clausen. Sr.
held 9 family rehnion at their home
last Sunday; The following were
present, Their sons, John, Conrad
and, Henry and their families o.
Mankato; Mrs. George Schreib6
and son Louis. Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Clausen and son drove out Sat
urday evening.
! Pc. Oftedahl is seriously i'll from,
J he effects of the auto accident and
Is not improving.
The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
RIGHT OF WAYPRIC[
must BE SLASHfD
Unreasonable Figures Will Re-
tard Highway Improve
rnent, Is Claim

One project conditioned upoI
right rof-way procured at fair ,pri
ces, Charles NJ, Bsbcock, state high
way commissioner, this week an
nounced awards Of contracts fol
twelve improvements on different
parts of the trunk highway sgs.
tenn, totaling seventy miles Of grad
ing, thirteen miles of graveling and
nine bridges in all. .. . ...
Where there Is about equal need
for highway betterments IN one To-
cality as in another, the commis-
sioner ruled, that in which right
of way is offered at most reason
able prices will be made first
Where exhorbitant prices are de-
manded, the work will be infinitely
postponed and theE money used
elsewhere. The Hallock Donaldson
projection held up, as noted, tenta
tive awards follow: -
T. II. No. AT Beaver Bay, 800
foot bridge to Illinois Steel Bridge
Co, st. Paul, at $S6,8S0; eighty loot
bridge at Split Rock, bids rejected
new call later. -.
T. II. No. 2-Moorhead- -Glyndon,
thirteen miles Of graveling from 10:
cal pits, TO Stevens Bros, 81. Paul
T. II. No. 3-Newport st. Paul
Park, Ave miles of grading; Chris
Johnson, st. Paul, grading at $lS,-
ATS, Illinois Steel Bridge CO., cdl-
verts at S2,504.
T. II. No. 4.-Windom Jackson,
twenty seven miles Of grading and
two bridges, awards later. st
Cloud, Division A. grading at $S2,-
7ls; Sig. Enebak, Warren, Division
B. grading at 32s,7sS; Minneapolis
Bridge CO., culverts at 81, ,4So and
forty foot bridge at S4,472: Con-
tracts, conditional upon satisfactory
right of way acquisitions.
T. II. No. 6--North OF CANDY
monolithic cuIyert to Mitchell &
Sons, Lake Benton, at $3.50. ., ,
T. H. No. s-In Jackson, one half
mile grading; Stevens Bros, grad
inr at $4,000; Marshall Concrete
Tile Co., culverts at s4,236.
T. H. No. 12--East OF Dawson
monolithic culvert TO Mitchell &
Sons, at $2,46s.
T. H. No. 20--North Of Cannon
Falls, eighteen foot bridge TO Iowa
Bridge Co, at 81. 100.
T. H. No. 2s-Foley Milaca, tif
teen and one half miles OF grading
TO Charles Boyer, Willmar, at $21,-
T90.
T. H. No. 2S-West Of Richmond
eighteen foot bridge to Illinois Steel
Bridge Co.. at sl,225. -,
IT. H. No. 5o-Farmington Lake
Vile, five and one half miles grad
ing and special drainage; Roach 4
Roach. Viola. grading at $13.334, st
Paul, eulverts at S6,911.
Bidding was close in most in
stances in comparatively large
field of contractors. Work Is tc
start as soon as possible on all jobs
and to be pushed that the new i'm
provements may be opened to the
public without delay. Most OF the
projects are being financed largely
with county reimbursement bonds.