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The Washington times., 1923-02-11
MATE STORMS
WHENHEF|NDS
POEM To WIFE
Jersey City Man Discovers
Some Amazing Letters and
Quits Home in Fast Time
NOW SUING FOR DECREE
Woman Denies Any Act of
Hers Inspired Elderly AID.
mirer to His Poetic outburst|

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Feb. TO-
Out of prosaic and arid applica-
tion for alimony in the Vice Chan
cellor's Court here floated prose
and poetry perfervid and alluring
in phrase.
The court records had it that
Mrs. Sadie D. Pumyea, Of 90
Aston place, asked for alimony
pending the outcome of the di-
vorce suit brought by William
Punyea, an express company en-
ploye. Pumyea charged miscon-
duct.
HUSBAND FOUND LETTERS.
Letters that Mrs Pumyea had
careless1y left loose in a closet SO
she could digest them at her leisure
came into the vision of her hus.
band. When he read them Mrs.
Pumyea said he stormed all over
the house. Pumyea offered to get
the writer of the missives-59 per
cent of them a poem-to explain.
She said her husband threatened
to shoot the writer IL he put his
poetic foot over the Pumyea
threshold. A week later, she testi-
The prose production which riled
Pumyea, hailed his wife as "my
Sadie, the most superb woman in
all the universe" The writer, who
described himself as knight
Grant" to Mrs. Pumyea, dedicated
this proclamation of her charm:
ITO the precious and adorable
queen; my own love and wonderful
glory girl, my superb and gloriously
womanly woman: I give thanks for
your dear soul and body into God 8
wonderful creation of perfect full
bloom Exquisite Human Rose"
HE WROTE POETRY.
The knight Grant" telling Mrs.
Pumyea that both suffered through
the cruel crucible of disappoint-
ment," left the threadbare paths of
prose and struck the trail TO the
heights Of Pegasus. He broke into
song in an outburst of comparison
of Mrs. Punyea with "nymphs" and
"dryads" who wander in moon.
mad summer nights"
This is the other so per cent OF
what Pumyea read after he found
1t in the home closet: 5H
Snare the golden wines first
sparkle,
Ere it breaks against the glass;
Dip thimbleful of laughter
From the sunbeams as they pass.
Take the soul from out a rosebud,
Touch it with the rainbow's shade;
Spy upon a wood-nymph bathing
When the dews of morning cling
Surprise a dryad fleeing
After swallows on the wing,
On some moon-mad summer night;
Glimpse the fairies as they dance,
Catch them, hold them,
Shape and mold them,
For of such charms is Sadie made -
Mrs. Pumyea told Vice Chancellor
Backes that the man who wrote to
her was about fifty-eight years old
and that she was forty-fiVe. She said
that she could only understand the
extravagant utterances in the letters
las an emotional outburst absolutely
not caused by any act or action" on
her part. She insisted that nothing
occurred that could justify the Ian
guage in the missives
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Quart of 'Likker''
Cost Less Than
Pound of Bacon
But-and It's a Great Big
But-AII This Happened
Way Back in 1922.

Way back in 1922, William C.
Walker, Esq, of Washington, saun.
tered over to Elias Overalrs food
emporium-or maybe he dashed UP
in one-horse shay, frightening the
pigs along Pennsylvania avenue out
of a years growth-planked down
$4.12, and received in exchange:
Salt pork, twenty pounds.
Fresh pork, sixteen and one-half
pounds.
Bacon, Twenty-Five and one-half
pounds.
Whiskey, four gallons.
Salt, one gallon.
Later the honest Elias submitted
a bill for these and sundry other
high class commodities, but credited
Mr.. Walker with Twenty days
board of sundry hands, $3.50"
The business transactions be-
tween these two gentlemen of a
long-vanished era are recorded on
brittle, yellow slip brought irto
the office of The Washington Her.
aid recently. William Walker, ESQ,
provender-and liquor-at intervals
VI cCNCld4 anu
at one time was in the hole to Elias
as much as $7.16.
Then was the good old days"
signs the Washingtonion of A. d.
1923, ruefully regarding his gro
Gerry and meat records for a week
OF course. 81 was a very high
days wage in 1922.
Still and all, it's hard to realize
that there was time III Washing.
ton when a quart of pure rye
whiskey cost only seven cents-one
cent cheaper than a pound of
bacon.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
MISS ALICE
WOULD MAXI:
CAFETERIA Ply
Tells Representatives Saving
of Useless Talk in Chamber
Would Pay Annual Deficit
MEN DON'T UNDERSTAND"
.Likens Debate on Loss of
Napkins to FauIt-Finding
Common in Household Life

Miss Alice Robertson, Repre-
sentative from Oklahoma, who be-
fore she came to Congress ran
the best cafeteria in Muskogee,
has discovered a way to make the
House restaurant in the Capitol
break even.
CENTER OF DEBATE.
Three weeks ago the House de-
hated this question good part Of
an afternoon without settling 1t,
and wound up by approving an
appropriation of $4,000 to pay off
the restaurants deficit for the past
year. At the time Miss Robertson
was granted permission, to put her
views on the subject into the Con-
gressional Record They have Just
been published. Here is her remedy:
Surely where speech costs 50
much, silence is golden. BY eIimi-
nation of useless talk we would
save enough expense in printing
the Record that would pay the en-
tire cost of the restaurant several
times over"
The House debate on the restaur-
ant centered around what had be-
come of the $50 dozen napkins that
had disappeared in the course of
| the year. Here is Miss Alice's an
swer to that question::
/ wonder If anyone knows the
life of restaurant napkin and
! the difference there is between a
napkin in your own home and
| one that is Numbered every day
| or every other day in restaur-
/ ant? They wear out amazingly.
A WOMAN'S PROBLEM.
When I thought was supplied
for a year have had to go out
and buy Is or even 100 dozen at
| time. It is like the everIast-
ing question to the wife that is
being asked today all over the
country:
What did you do with all that
stuff I bought for you?
Men do not understand how
household equipment wears out.
/ Miss Alice looks on the Capitol
restaurants as essential aids to in
telligent legislation. On this thought
j she says: 4 E
To me as a practical house
keeper, this annually recurring
attack upon the restaurant seems
as unreasonable as it is unwar-
ranted.
Men must work, and just so
surely men must eat wisely and,
well if they are to work effect
lively. Legislation for which at
tention is so peremptorily de
manded is often of vital import.
ance, requiring earnest, con-
tinuous attention. Then, when
members suddenly realize a need
| of food, it is now close at hand
and served under sanitary condi-
| lions.
| If for one moment I considered
| the restaurant a graft on the part
of the Congress, / not only would
not defend it, but should never
eat mouthful in it. AS it Is, I
am glad to avail myself of good
food served so satisfactorily that
only meticulous criticism can be
made %
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Jackie Coogan Sued
BY Former Manager

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.--A, summons
has been filed in a suit against John
Coogan, father of Jackie" brought
by John F. Connolly, at one time his
business manager.
Connolly bases his claim, which is
for $4,000, on verbal agreement en-.
tered into in April, 1921, by the
terms of which he was to receive 71a
per cent of Jackie's gross earnings
in return for his services as business
and publicity manager.
The defendants claim that the only
services for which Connolly is en-
titled to reimbursement are his &C.
tivities in endeavoring to interest
merchants in the advertising value
of supplying clothing, etc, to Jackie.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Plan Trained Forestry
Police i'm Timber Lands

QUEBEC, Feb. 10.-A trained
and uniformed body of permanent
forestry police, organized on semi
military lines and invested with
wide powers tnthe land of the tall
timber, is being considered by the
Quebec Forestry association.
The proposed force would be
under the jurisdiction Of the pro-
vincial government, but admins
tered by a commission, the mem
bers of which would be appointed
by joint action of the pulp, paper
and lumber interests and the gov
eminent
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Actor Held in $1,000
Bail on Girls CHARGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-Harry
Hall, who is billed in vaudeville as
Jack Joyce, the man with the
smile, in the West Side court on
la charge preferred by Doris Rey-
nolds, nineteen years old, dancer.
Hall was held in $4,000 bail for
examination tomorrow.
AT the battle of Mons Hall lost
a leg. He and Miss Reynolds have
known each other since childhood
days in England, the court was
told. The charge against the
actor is said to be based on the
girls story to her mother of her
relations with Hall.
Hall, in company with his at
torney, surrendered himself when
he learned that detectives were
looking for him.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
His RefOrmatOry Fiancee
Found Feeble-Minded

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-Meyer
Weinberg, of the Bronx, had his
hopes of marrying Miss Becky
Rosenstein, twenty-five, an inmate
of Bedford Reformatory, suddenly
shattered after he told Supreme
Court Justice Tompkins he desired
to wed the girl. An attendant from
the institution testified Becky was
feeble minded
This girl would say yes to any
man who asked to marry her" said
the attendant. She is under special
treatment at Bedford"
The offer of Weinberg to marry
the girl came after a lawyer he had
engaged argued she should be re-
leased on a writ of habeas corpus
because the continent was illegal.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Dewey's Cousin
Quits Husband

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1O.-Mrs.
Rosanna Baxter, cousin of the late
Admiral George Dewey. has left her
husband, Walter N. Norwood, for
the third time. This time she told
the court that she could stand him
no longer" and never would go
back to him again.
The couple caused a sensation in
San francisco society several years
ago by clipping. Two years later
they separated but were reconciled
shortly afterwards.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Holy Rosary Church
Plans Annual Dance

The annual entertainment and
dance for the benefit of the Holy
Rosary Church building fund will
be held tomorrow evening, at the
Catholic Community hall, Sixth and
e streets northwest, music will be
furnished by full orchestra.
The committee in charge is com
posed of G. Balducci, general chair
man; A. Giovannoni, vice chairman
G. D'Ambrosie. G. Vinci, V. Pope
+. Cavalieri, F. Vita, j. Ofano. M
Bello. M. Racioppi, M Farace. p
Norcia, G. De Saints, s. Norcia, p
Dintino, n. Colabucci, J. Abbate, n
Pardini, V. Colucci, C. Caffi, G
Petruzzelli, NJ. Plea, A. Baldaccini
T.. Turco, n. Astore and f.. Di
Francesca.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Medal for Engineers
HerOism on AdriatiC

LONDON, Feb. 10.-The King has
conferred the silver medal for gal.
lantry on j. G. Corrigan, second
engineer in the White Star liner
Adriatic.
Corrigan entered the gas-filled
hold Of the ship after an explosion
during the voyage to New York on
August IL, rescuing a man and put
ting out the flames. The explosion
killed five men.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Export from Vancouver
to i. s. Shows Big Gain

VANCOUVER, Feb. 10.-Accord-
ing to figures supplied by the
American consul general at this
port. there was a total export of
goods in 1922 from Vancouver to
the United States and possessions
valued at $42,519,883, against a
valuation Of $32, 192,S83 in 1921.
Some of the principal exports
were: Logs, $2,294,736; canned
salmon. $137,722; railroad ties. $685.
523: shingles, 100000; lumber,
IS ,492 ,458; bleached pulp, $1,572 ,199;
unbleached pulp, $805 900.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Girl Sent Note;
He Loses Wife

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.-It
was bad for Henry Groves when a
letter to him from 600 DID Cd DO
tercepted by his wife, Doris, ad-
Vised him: Write every day, if you
can, dear. Love and kisses and
everything. Mighty mighty" Mrs.
Groves lost no time in consulting
her lawyers. They said she had a
clear case for divorce. They were
right, for Mrs. Groves got a decree
promptly when the court heard
Boobies" note read.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
so Scientists to Sail
in Little Known Seas

LONDON, Feb. 1O.-An expedi-
ton Of scientists will leave London
early in the summer to navigate
tracts of the Pacific that have
hitherto been Stunned and explore
remote and little-known islands.
An attempt will also be made to
trace the track of the recent earth
quake that did much damage on
the Chilean coast.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
Divorce Suit Secrecy
Is Refused by Court

NORRISTOWN, Pa, Feb. TO-
The Montgomery County Bar Asso-
citation passed a resolution calling
on the courts to put the soft pedal
on divorce actions by ''impounding
the papers in the interest Of public
morality"
But the Montgomery county
court, In an opinion, fatty refused
the request on the ground that d.
vorce has become great public
evil which should be checked.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
GoITER IN SCHOOLS.

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. 10
There are 524 cases of goiter in
the local schools. This was re-
Vealed through a recent physical
examination of all students to de-
termine the extent of the disease
here. The 524 cases represent about
10 per cent of the total enroll
ment
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
GRIP HITS SCHOOLS,

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. 10
Grip has been taking a heavy toll
in the country schools. According
to announcement by County Supertn.
tendent Of Schools John II. Lazear
one-third of the county schools
pupils have been confined to their
homes suffering from heavy colds
within the past three weeks.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11
B. & O. TO BUY ENGINES

To enable it to finance the pur.
chase Of fifty-two locomotives and
several thousand freight cars cost.
ing approximately $18,7O4,625. the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad was
authorized by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to assume liabil-
ity for $l3,S75,00O of equipment
trust certificates.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

NEISS NORMAN CHANDLER, daughter
WI of Representative Thomas Chandler of
Oklahoma, IUhO, Nth her mother, has Joined
the ranks of diplomatic society entertainers.
The Washington times., 1923-02-11

CRAVING FOR DEATH influence
t BeIo from Romeo and JuL The found
life they DEATH BnrbiOn
y death that Marie BLOOn suicide attributed his Drngs
Marie Bashkfs diary
Evening star., 1923-04-30
S1,075,0DO GIFT
j TO SIMPLIFY LAWS
New American Institute Un-
! der Roots Leadership
| Gets Carnegie Aid.

NEW YORK, April 30.-The Amer
lean Law Institute. founded last Feb
Iuary at Washington unde rthe lead
ership of Elihu Root, has announced
the receipt of n $1.01j,o00 gift from
the Carnegie corporation to be used
in simplifying and reStating the thou
sands of common laws OF the nation.
The gift is the first large fund Great
ed to finance the program Of the insti-
tuts. s.4;
Giving voice to the growing com
plant of judges. lawyers and lay
men that the rapid multiplicity of
court decisions was creating an in
tolerable evil" which threatened to
break down the American system of
meeting Of noted jurists a year ago
10 devise plan for promoting the
administration Of justice by clari-
flying and simplifying the law"
A committee of iurists was formed.
which after months of research urged
that AN association be created to
undertake first Of all a restatcmcnt
of the law. \ national conference
att Washington followed. which WAS
attended by the Chief Justice and
members fthe Supreme Court, mem
hers of other federal courts, twenty
one state chief justices. representa-
tives of leading bar association fac
uities of law schools and 200 promi-
nent lawyers.
The American Law Institute. since
Incorporated, was the result. Its
officers include Mr.. Root, George w.
Wickersham, benjamin y. CardoZn.
George Wildwood Murray and William
Draper Lewis. and it will function
through Il committee of twenty-one.
This committee later will be in
creased to thirty-three and represent
every section of the nation.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
BAKERS IN twelve CITIES
TO STRIKE AT IL TONIGHT
Workers Protest Open Shop, Re-
Gently Declared by Ward Com
pany in New York.

NEW YORK, April 30.-Union bakers
employed in the plants OF the Ward
Baking Company in New York and
eleven other cities will strike at
midnight tonight in protest against
the company's action in instituting
the open shop, A. A. Myrup, treas
urer of the International Bakery and
Confectionery Workers Union Of
America, announced tonight.
Plants at Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
Boston. Baltimore. Providence, Chi
cago, Newark, Syracuse, Columbus.
Youngstown, Ohio. and South Bend,
Ind, will be affected by the strike,
Myrup said.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
PACKER MERGER HEARING.
Armour and Morris Companies to
Explain $55O,OOo, 900 Compact.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 30.-Rep-
resentatives of Armour Il Co. and
Morris d Co. are here today for a
hearing on the merger of the two
packing concerns. Henry &. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture. has issued
Il complaint against the purchase by
the Armour interests of Morris & Co,
charging il with effecting a mo
nopoly in interstate commerce."
Armour n Co. and Norris & Co
were consolidated March 20 into a
$3.50. .000.0t0 packing concern.
Hearings will be conducted also at
Omaha, Hcb; East 81 Louis, III.
Chicago and other places.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
FEARS FOR NAVY MORALE.
! Spirit Will Drop If Used to Fight
! Smugglers, Says Benson.

ALBANY. \. Y, April 3o-Use of
the United States Navy to fight rum
runners will result in a lowering of
the morale of the men, Rear Admiral
William S. Benson, member of the
United States Shipping Board and
former chief of naval operations, told
newspaper men here last night.
The Navy is not intended for this
purpose. never was intended for any
such purpose" he said.
'Preferable. to my way of think
ing. would be a combination of the
coast guard, lighthouse service and
similar quasi-naval services. under
the Navy
Evening star., 1923-04-30
THINK DEATH ACCIDENT.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. April So.-Po-
lice expire ss, d the opinion that John
&. Moran, Judge of the circuit court
at Decatur. Ind. whose body was
found in the ST. Marys river here. had
been acc ldcntally drowned. Judge
Moran disappeared in Fort Wayne on
the night of April I9, aud an extern
sive search had been made for him
The body was found by Paul Syarke,
fifteen wears old.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
Dachshund in Favor Again.

4 report comes from Berlin that
the dachShund, that long, low
rakish German dog. whose popu-
larity passed with the monarchy,
is coming into his own again.
Since the armistice police dogs
have been the rage, but now the re-
action is starting in favor Of this
type Of dog without which no cartoon
of Germany is complete. The recent
dachshund show in Berlin was most
successful, more than 200 of the finest
specimens being exhibited Some
were sold for as high as half a mil
lion marks, or $50 to $50.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
POLAND PLANS ECONOMIC
PRESSURE TO WIN RIGHTS
Feels Danzig, Free City, Has Not
Fulfilled Spirit and Letter of
Her Agreement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tho Associa ted Press.
WARSAW, Poland, April 30.-The
Polish government will institute an
economic fight to bring financial
pressure to bear upon Danzig. unless
the free city fultills the spirit and
letter of the treaty and allows Poland
all her rights under the treaty This
announcement was made by Presi-
dent Wojciechowski during his tour
through Pommern.
Poland" said the president. ''is
through with yielding and tempo
rizing. We must obtain our rights
under the treaty"
Evening star., 1923-04-30
La Politesse.

From the London Royal Magazine.
p An Englisman in Paris had to visit
the dentist.
And, m'sieur." asked the servant
in "a tender tone. whom shall ! have
the misery to announce"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-29
JEFFERSON

Mrs. William Olliff has been visit
ing her sister Mrs. Angie H. Skinner
and other relatives near bv, but has
returned to her home in Mansfield.
Mrs. Harold Levenseller has been
visiting Mrs. George Keene of Au-
gusta for few days.
The Harvest Home is at the
Grange hall Friday evening a nice
chicken supper will be served.
Quite a number around are getting
ready for winter as they are banking
their homes. :
Harold Levenseller and Gilmore
went to Augusta Friday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh Bond have
moved into. the Richardson place
and they have rented their home to
the newlyweds, Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Bond.
The new home of Clyde Jones is
progressing rapidly.
Repairs are being made on the
Richardson place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harland Hoffses and
Mrs. G. A. Hoffses also Mrs. Forrest
Bond were in Augusta a few days
ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-29
ANSON

The first deer brought in by local
hunters were those shot in the VI
cinity of MooeA Siding by Charles
Sterry and Frank Smell.
The Garfield school closed Tuesday
for the remainder of the week that
the teachers might attend the con-
yention held in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pomerleau have
returned from hunting trip to
B"ownville junction.
I. j. Smith of Skowhegan was in
town on business Thursday.
Miss Erma Goddard went to Dead
river Wednesday to pass few days
at her home.
Mrs Rose Horton has moved her
household goods from the Dixon
house on Main street to her farm in
Starks.
Clyde Waddell has gone to Lowell,
Me-. for a few weeks visit with rcla-
tives.
Mrs. Jennie Spear is suffering with
an attack Of laryngitis at her home
OH Spear hill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-29
Oak Grove Measures
HallOWell for 1870 Win

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Waterville, Oct. 27-The Oak
Grove eleven carried the pigskin over
the Hallowell goal line three times
in a good battle between the two
teams at Vassalboro Saturday morn
ing, while the visiting team was I'M
able to score. The HalloWell foot
ballers played good game but
proved too light to hold the Vas
salborites. The first touchdown came
when Gregorie caught a pretty for
ward and carried it across. Donnelly
made the second by straight line
bucking and the third came when
McKinna broke through for 30
yard run. The nearest the Hallowell
team got to the Oak Grove goal posts
was 25 yards in the third quarter.
line bucking. o. Boothby. the Hal
lowell left end played a stellar game
all the way through.
OAK ROGVE Qs) COZ HALLOWELL
Lynch lie ............... lie Bootnpv
Muir 1t IN. 1t G. Hinckley
Tanner lg ...........lg Vickory
MOnteith ............. Greeley
Hammond re- ...........rg Kellogg
Allen rt ................f t western
Hersey, Rice re ..........fe Ballaro
McCausland oh ........qb Mosciador
McKinna rh .........rh X. Johnson
Donnelly, Hersey In .lh w. Johnson
Gregoire fb
Score by periods:
Oak Grove .......12 O-1S
Touchdowns made by Gregoire,
Donnelly, McKinna; referee, Noble,
Colby: umpire, Smith; linesman,
Suite; time, 10 and IL minute per-
jedS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-29
FIVE HURT IN
CRASH OF AUTOS
IN SACO STREET

Saco, Oct. 27-E'ive persons were
slightly injured this morning when
two automobiles. one driven by NJ. +.
Ham of Augusta. the other by Ed
mund Haskins of the Ferry road
Saco. came in collision at the corner
of Beach and Main streets. Saeo.
Mr.. Hams right arm was badly
sprained and a man who was riding
with him, whose name was not
learned by the police suffered cuts
and bruises on the right knee.
Mr.. Haskins, Miss Blake and Le-
from the Saco machine and badly
shaken up but no bones were broken.
According to the story told City
Marshall Joseph Lonsdale. Haskins
was coming down North street. and
when crossing Main to Beach saw
the car approaching. He stopped
his car on the Portland car tracks
and the Augusta machine ran into
the left side of the Franklin, demol-
ishing the light on the left, and
breaking the spring on the frame.
The Augusta car was complete
wreck. according to the police.
Ham and his friends left in taxi
for Portland early this morning.
During the forenoon a warrant was
sworn out against Ham charging
him with reckless driving. He will
probably be arraigned in Saco police
court Monday.
Deputy Marshall Joseph SWEET
who was called to the scene says
that Ham claimed Haskin's was
coming down the left hand side of
North street. Ham said that he was
driving his car about 20 miles an
hour.