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The Washington times., 1923-02-16

FORBES Is now In Europe. Ills
resignation, effective February %,
was placed in President Harding's
hands before he left the United
States, and was accepted today In
the face Of cable received from
Forbes yesterday requesting that &C
ton be held in allegiance until he re-
turned to Washington on February
"a. Ill health was given by Forbes
as his reason for retiring. Forbes
letter to the President said:
Text Of His Letter.
81 hereby tender my resignation
as Director Of the United States
Veterans Bureau to become effec-
tive at the close OF business on
February %, 1928.
After nearly two years Of siren
uous service, / find my own health
so endangered that retrenchment is
necessary to safeguard it; and as
realize that only a partial service is
impossible, / therefore respectfully
request that my resignation be &C.
cepted as Of the date above men,
toned"
President Harding has not yet
decided who he win name as Forbes
successor.
The Bureau is now in charge of
Col. George e. Ijams, who was
Col. Forbes assistant.
Mentioned For Post.
Col. Thomas w. Miller, the Alien
Property custodean;, Arthur Woods,
former New York police commits.
sioner, Colonel Ijams, and others
have been mentioned for the post.
In the meantime, an investigation
Of charges of waste. extravaganza
and Encouragement" in the Vet
Grams Bureau was under way to-
day before a special Senate Com
mittee headed by Senator Suther-
land CR) of West Virginia and
similar probes have been demand
ed in resolutions introduced in the
Senate and House.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
DR.. Il. s. BERNToN WILL
LECTURE ON HAY FEVER

DR.. Harry s. Benton; associate
professor of hygiene. Georgetown
University, and specialist with the
Public Health Service. win speak
on "The Biological Aspects of Hay
Fever" at a meeting of the Biolog-
ical Society or Washington at 8
o'clock tomorrow. Saturday night,
Ii the Cosmos Club.
Dr. Benton il in charge Of the
hay fever and asthma. clinics con-
Quoted by the Woman d Welfare As.
soc ti6f 1022 Eleventh street
northwest. rated as one Of the ma
tipnse foremost clinics of this type.
It Is pointed out that the first
OF the many hay fever and asthma
seasons besins IN washington about
the middle OF February, when SUIT
ferers from the various tree pollina-
ton types become afflicted.
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EXPORTS ARE INCREASING;
GOLD IS GOING ABROAD

American exports amounted to
$2,S50. 100000 in the seven months
ending with January, an increase
Of $120,OOo,OOO over the same period
last year, the Commerce Depart.
ment announced today.
January exports were valued at
$Ss9, 100000. This figure was slight
ly below the average for the three
preceding months, but higher than
the corresponding month a year
ago by $61, 000, 900.
Gold exports are steadily increas-
ing, and gold imports are rapidly
decreasing. In January, $S,472 900
in gold were exported, as compared
with 1862. 900 in January, 1922. Gold
imported amounted to $32, 817, 900,
as compared with $26,571 900.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
MISS sLATTERY LECTURES
ON 1.-THE NEW FREEDOM"

Miss Margaret Slattery at the
First Congregational Church yes
terday, on "the New Freedom de-
clared that too often freedom il
confused with license to have ones
way without thought of the pos
sible effect on the individual and
the community.
She warned mothers against sup.
pressing the joy of youth in the
young people, and advised them to
provide suitable pleasures in place
Of those of which they might Dis
approve. She said the best way to
do this is by organization.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
ahEDNG
0VERPH0l
RETRACTS
Prisoner, Trapped IN Booth,
Says He Tried 70 Save
Buddy in Girls Death.

NEW YORK, Feb. 49, Robert
McGrath, alias Robert Downey,
probably will be taken to Jersey
City police headquarters today,
charged with the murder Of seven-
teen-year-old Christina Harvish
last November, according to Dep
uty Inspector Dominick Henry
here. And all because Of q tele-
phone call he made last night.
Trapped in a phone booth on
the Bowery by detectives while he
was talking to Police Captain
Michael Kelly at Jersey City,
Downey first confessed that ne
strangled the WalIingford, N. j.,
girl, but later repudiated his con-
fession.
Tried to Protect Buddy.
A desire to protect q former
buddy" of navy days, Christian
Ellers, who was held for a. time ia
Boston as a suspect in the murder
mystery, led Downey to- get IN
touch with the police, he declared.
1t was when he learned that ElIers
had been released that he repudiated
his confession.
II want to tell you that the
wrong man has been arrested for
killing Christian Hervish," were
the startling words which Captain
Kelly heard over the phone last
night.
"Trace this call while I hold him
In conversation. kelly whispered
to subordinate.
While the subordinate was tracing
the call, the unknown Continued
talking.
THAT fellow Ellers that they're
holding in Boston-he's the wrons
man." he said.
How do you know he's the
wrong mann" the captain asked.
II know who strangled Christina
HerVish-I ought to know" the I'M.
known replied. He emphasized the
word fought"
Speaker Accuses ''Downey."
"It wasn't Ellers who killed Cbria.
tina. 1t vast was-a man named
Downey strangIed her?
By this time the call had been
traced to Manhattan. While Kelly
still held Downey in Conversation
Inspector Henry was notified and
ordered detectives to handle the
case.
Five minutes later three detectIves
with drawn revolvers approached
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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BIG BLAZE THREATENING
ERIE BUSINESS SECTION

ERIE, Pa, Feb. I6.-The plant
of the Keystone Fish Company at
the foot of French street is being
swept by fire. Famed by a. strong
wind off the lake, the flames are
sweeping through the building
rapidly. A torch used to thaw 1ut
the refrigerating plant exploded
shortly before IA o'clock, starting
the blaze.
The fire is blazing against the
transformers Of the Erie Lighting
CompanN, located next to the fish
company's building. The power to
Cory. Pa, furnished by this com.
pany. has been cut off and it is
expected the city CIR service power
viii be stopped shortly
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MRS. ROSE K. HUTcHINS
ALLOWED SECOND LOAN

William j. Dante, trustee of the
estate of Stilson Hutchins, today
filed his consent to- the application
Of Mrs. Rose Keeling Hutchins for
an additional loan for $4,000 from
the estate.
Dante points out that Mrs.
Hutchins has already borrowed
$3.50, 425 from the estate, but he con-
sidefs her interest in 1t ample Sc
curity for the loan she asks for.
Attorney George e.. Sullivan ap-
pears for Dante.
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BABIES ARE
V|D TINS
Of DOPE
Expert Tells Of Pre-N Natal In
fIuence Of Drugs It
House Hearing
nv TOM EVERRIT4
Cosnaopalltan News ssEsi<e.

web of direct testimony 81
experts a medicine, aclenee ana -.
clologx rom ~ barts 81 the cos,n.
t9 hslu % fia1l ,srigI
around ne narcotic drng curse dIirs
m the heArines nov bsiIIe ri IS.
tore ne House Eorelsn AkkAlrA
Committee that Il i Impossible tC1
sscape the convictiOn Tint the srp.
ply Cf hahitforsning drugs aoon
must b clicked of q its source.
The Porter resolution. now before
the committee. declares that it il
the imperative duty 81 the United
States Government to safeguard its
people from the persistent rayages
Of habit-forming narcotic drugs. =
ana requests the President to cali
upon the governnaents OF Great
Britain, Persia, Turkey, Peru. Boz
ldyta and the Netherlands ''to re-
strict the production OF these drugs
to the amount actually required for
strictly medicinal and scientific
Agree On Remedy.
There has been no bearsay
evidences presented by the msny any
witnesses. All who have testified
have had actual contact with
numberless dope addicts, and they
are In complete accord as to the
remedy for the condition which
they have said Is becoming more
Chairman Porter today said he
VIII propose, as one result of these
bearings and at their conclusion, a
bill authorizing the United States
to construct and main
tain gigantic central hospital in
some remote place for the care and
cure of drug addicts, It is his plan
to have 1t under. guard Of the mil
itary forces.
A new angle was disclosed today
in the testimony Of DR.. Lodenstine,
who described himself as the Rev.
Edmond Carlisle Lodenstine, of
Shanghai, China, secretary Of the
National Christian Council Of China,
q missionary In China since 1898,
who said: "The opium habit mas
been one Of the main hindrances in
christian work in China, but the
white race is mainly responsible for
%AAC AhtL OA OpAuAA
spread of the opium habit in China
There 81 no question as to it's
weakening effect upon the moral
fibre Of the people there.
Praised to Pay Taxes.
THE principal menace now is the
renewed cultivation Of peoples in
China. This is caused by the neces-
city of military commanders requir-
ing money with which to pay their
armies, and the internal tax upon
opium provides the principal rev.
enue, the peasant, or coolie, classes
being required to raise peoples for
this purpose. The military is in
authority in most parts of China"
he said.
ut is a common opinion in China
that the white race Is responsible
for the spread Of the morphine habit.
also, and the United States is. being
severely criticised for the manu-
facture of morphine" he continued.
This morphine Is usually struggled
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
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ACCUSED AS DESERTER,
ADMITS THREE MARRIAGES

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Feb. TO-
Arrested on request Of the MiIwau-
kee police on a warrant charging
wife and child abandonment, Jean
A. Revolt, thirty-three, was today
jailed here.
Officers say he confessed he had
married twice since leaving his
Milwaukee wife. The second wife
was said to be Miss Elizabeth Va
den, of Dallas, Tex, and the third
local girl with whom he was
living when arrested.
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Minister
HURRIE
BACK 70
PARIS
British Sad q ~ sFs,s
Conc siCnS Asked tor
Troops d Rlillt

ESSEN. HEB sofd Mayor
Hayenstefn, 81 OberIisnseli today
was sentenced ID three years Inn
pris0n1llent by i FrerI1'I military
court after being fOuln guilty Of
sabotage through refusing 70 fur
ntsl1 the French with electric
power and light.
This was the most severe .pun-
islanaent yet imposed BY 3 French
military court since the French
occupied the RuIlr and West
plnlian industrial z0Fis
Director Bllssulan, Of the Hhen-
ish electrical works, which sup
plies many Of the RQllr factories
with power, was fined 5000 900
marks for disObedience and
''sabOtagea''
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POINT MARION BLAZE
CAUSES 100000 LOSS

POINT MARION, Pa, Feb. 16.-
Fire swept through the heart of the
business district here early today,
destroying the railroad station and
half a dozen other buildings, causing
an estimated loss of 100000. The
blaze started in a newspaper office.
A car of dynamite, which arrived
Thursday, was burned. The ex-
plosive popped off stick at time,
but there was no serious blasts.
Much mail at the depot awaiting
a morning train was destroyed.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

Through NTH Marriage, Dane
or Says Never Believed
II 4, Anyhow.

b.. +
PARIS Feb. 16.-IsadOra Dun
can, premiere dansense. il through
with marriage
The Moan Is OF the rose. and
Serge EBsenin, the dancers UNI
throttled genius hubble, has de-
parted MoscoW-ward at her st1g-
eestion, after one final outburst ot
temperament which wrecked their
suite ct the Hotel CriIlon and
shocked its fashionable clientele.
Never Believed In Il.
Today Isadora. through q maze
Of excited gestures. unburdened her.
self to International News Service.
IT never believed IN marriage, and
I now believe in It less than ever, =
she declared.
81 married Serge only to enable
him to get a passport to go to
America
He is a genius, and marriage
between artists il impossible"
The paused moment, her eyes
lighting up reminiscently.
Serge loves the ground / walk
on" she went on, rather defiantly.
When he goes mad, he could
HE loves me SO much more.
then.
For four months / worked with
Serge. He Is the loveliest boy in
the world, butt a victim of fate
like all .geniuses, he's crackedl I've
given up hope of ever curing him
Of his occasional madness.
when American women. read
your interview. can just hear
them say. That awful thing, but
what could you expect from that
immoral woman" Isadora con-
tinued.
You Americans are cruel. You
make q joke Of everything.
This is tragedy.
Serge Suffered Deeply.
"It is absolutely false to say that
we quarreled. Serge suffered I'M
told agonies during the war, and
they have affected his sensitive
poets nature. He returned after
having been wounded three times
at the front in a badly she'll
shocked condition only to suffer
more torture during the revolution.
"He saw his friends lying around
dead, and lived for two years in a
room with q temperature Of five de-
1rees below zero. All his friends
knew he was subject to extreme
ner8ous attacks.
"All poets are like that, but that
doesn't prevent him from being q
wonderful genius and beautiful
character.
Yesterday I saw an attack com
ing on and went to get a doctor
when I returned the room was
wrecked.
"It was then I thought it would
be better for him to return to Rus
STA.
"Scme Russians can't be trans
planted, you know. That was the
tragedy of Nijinsky. Serge is like
that. Russians are different, you
know. He must live in Russia.
have decided"
Primal Urge Wrecks Room.
While Isadora was explaining
with emotional sadness the troubles
which beset the wife Of a "grande
artistic" another story, supported
by officialdom, was going the
rounds in Paris.
Gendarmes, summoned by guests
at the hotel arrived too late to halt
Serge and his abandonment to the
primal urge, but in time to carry
him off to the police station after
he had wrecked most of the furni
ture, curtains and bric-a-brac in the
Crillon suite.
Here he WIS detained over night
Perhaps the coarse nature of the
sergeant de'police was unable ia
comprehend the temperament OF
genius, but he booked Serge ae
Continued on Page 2. Column -
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
Anglo-French Conference Breaks Up
E Explorers Break Seal
! OF Real Tomb OF
King Tut
e. Internatlonal News servioa.

By UNRESTRICTED News Service.
LUXOR Egypt, Feb. 16.-
The inner chamber of the tomb
Of Tutanlhamen. in the valley
Of the kings, was opened today.
Lord CarnarvOn, head Of the
explorers who found the tomb,
began. removing the seals just
before noon. It was expected
that the mummy Of the 5000
year-old Egyptian king would be
found within.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
By DAVID II. CHURCH.

LONDON, Feb. 16.The Anglo
French conference, summoned by
the French in an endeav0r to OBJ
tain the use Of railways through
the British zone Of military occu-
patton on the Rhine for coal trans
portation, broke up this afternoon.
All indications pointed to . dead
lock.
Concessions Refused.
M. lie Trocquer. French minister
of public works. said that the Brit
ish had brought up questions that
he was not authorized to decide,
and that he would have to return
to Paris to consult his government.
British officials refused to make
q statement, but strongly intimated
that they had refused to grant con-
cessions demanded by the French.
The sudden break up Of the con-
ference was a surprise. When the
meeting was resumed at 10 Down
ing street just before noon, it was
currently believed that an agree
ment was in sight.
This belief had been strengthened
by q statement in the Daily Elk
press L1lnb L1G1AA4CAA <As 49OAAeAA Law
with the consent of. his cabinet, had
decided to grant the French limited
through the British
area upon certain condi-
tions.
Communicates With Poincare.
In the interim between the first
and second sessions, the British
cabinet had met to make q final
decision and M. LIE Trocquer had
with Premier .Poin-
care at Paris.
While the conference was in SEES
sion a report was received from
Cologne that French troops who
had just crossed the line into the
British zone ef occu pation, occupy
ing the station at Bruhl were eyac
uating upon request Of the British.
The British were unwilling tc
take responsibility for guarding
French trains passing the British
zones owing to the grow
ing hostility OF the German civilian
Want British To Stay.
Germany does not want the Brit
sh to leave the Rhine. This was
shown by a communication from
Berlin that the Germans offered to
insure the security of the six.miIe
line through the British
area which the French wish
TO control. The German govern.
nent announced that 1t could not
secure any other railway lines.
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ENTIRE BLOCK BURNS IN !.
PENNSYLVANIA TOWN

PrTTsTON. Pa, Feb. 16.A en-
tire block was destroyed by IRE
here early today, causing loss OF
over 100000. Fireman John X.
Walsh rescued two other firemen
overcome by smoke while on the
roof Of one Of the buildings.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

Attorney Indicates LaWyel
WIN Seek 20 Prove Shoot
ing an Accident.

RICHMOND, Va, Feb, To-
Through the testimony OF Jerry
Jones. the commonwealth planned
today ito prove that Thomas Pol
lard. young Richmond lawyer,
admitted that he killed his for
mer stenographers Mrs. Thelma
Ham Richardson, for whose death
he Is held responsible in an in
dictment charging first-degree
murder.
Jones, q young man living next
70 Pollard's home in the fashion
able West End, testified at the
preliminary hearing in police court
that Pollard called ont, 1--WE shot
somebody" when Jones approach
ed after the tragedy, enacted In
front Of Pollard's home the night
Of December IL.
Trial Gets Under Way Today.
Trial OF the case. finally got tun-
der way today In Hastings court
after nearly four days had been
spent in getting jury. After
opening statements of the Conn
monwealth and defense, in which
each side outlined what it pro-
posed to prove. DR.. Joseph Coates.
inferno at the Retreat for the Sick,
was called as the first witness. He
testified that examination disclosed,
when Mrs. Richardson was brought
there, that she was already dead.
In his opinion, she died almost i'm
mediate1y after being shot through
the heart
He was followed by Coroner
Whitfield, who testified that the
shot was fired at close range.
causing her clothing and skin near
the wound to be scorched. He ad-
mitted that the pistol might have
gone off while held in the hands
of either Pollard or the young
woman. The ball entered the left
chest. After penetrating the heart
and the lower region Of the left
side. # made its exit from the
right side near the ninth rib. II
lodged In the victims clothing and
was not located until it fell out
after the body had been stripped
preliminary to the autopsy, which
he performed.
Bullet Shown To Jury.
The bullet was exhibited to the
Jury, f0geLnef WIN a DiOOQ stained
pink waist. an undergarment, and
other effects of the victim, includ
ing a handsome $500 fur cloak
which the young woman is said to
have bought q month or so before
the tragedy. A Broad street de
partment store, which sold it, made
an unsuccessful effort recently t.
recover 1t on the ground that most
of the purchase money was still
due.
It was the plan Of the Common
wealth to call Mrs. j. w. Jones
mother OF Jerry Jones, to the stanC
20 describe woman she was saiC
10 have seen in Pollard's home from
q window Of her home the night o.
the killing.
1t was understood that Mrs
Jones was positive that the woman
observed by her did not resembl,
Mrs. Pollard, who was reported e
have returned home on a short visi
that night before the arrival of he
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
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Civil Service Examinations.

Civil service examinations to fill
vacancies in technical sections. the
majority In the Western part of the
country, were announced TODAY.
Information and blanks may be
obtained at 1874 r street northwest.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

Francs Broke, z But Advances
4oO, ooo, 900 Francs.
Comment Here Bitter.
BY GEORGE II. HOLMES
Interna ionaI News service.

AnlaxenneIlt WI zpregs4d III
fieial circles hers today over
ths ctipn q tbe a,lch owe I.
l.lells d liiI y ban 81 20
O0os 900 kk1 "a poIand kk Ia
very 1no1Ent when Iii sI,ol men
are assuring The United States
that French finances dre n such
bad slanpe - "a preclude any
arrAng el1ent for settlinR the
French debt 81 So, 500 ,OOO 900 to
the United States. s2,
News UnpleasanE Shock.
The news came as an unpleasant
shock to Administration officials ana
may conceivably lead to renewed
pressure upon France for an expires
sion OF policy concerning her debt
to the United States. upon which In.
terest payments are not being made.
While the high officials OF the adj
ministration who are charged with
Hquidating war debts, declined to
comment for publication on the an.
nouncemeilt from Paris, 1t can,never-
theless be stated that few dispatches
from abroad have created 90 un-
favorable q reaction as the Polish
loan news today.
In the Senate, where the finish
ing touches were being put on the
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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ROBBERS BLOW BANK SAFE
ESCAPE WITH $4,000

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 16.-Rob-
bers early today blew the safe of
the State Bank Of Oak, Neb., and
escaped with $4,000 in gold and
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RESIGNATION Of VETERANS
BUREAU. CHIEF ACCEPTED

President Harding has accepted the resignation Of Col
Charles B. Forbes Director Of the United States Veterans
Bureau announced officially the White House today
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
COOPERATION

Editor Of The Times:
May express our deep appreciation of your cordial
cooperation in recent financial campaign. It is
impossible to estimate how much the publicity given
by your paper helped in making our effort success
L. W. DeGast, Associate General Secretary
Young Mems Christian Association.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16

MISS HELEN McCORMICIK.
Forsrer assistant district attorney
81 Kings county. N. Il, who hiss
been retained to prepare the de-.
Tense and Investigate the case ~
Mary Elizabeth Wells, indicted
for the murder Of Capt. James s.
Petit.
The Washington times., 1923-02-16
Arrest of All German
Police Chiefs Follows
Killing of FrencllInaHl

ESSEN, Feb. 16.--All The Ger
man polica executives werb arrested
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-08-30

kelyseg, vagy mem nagyon fontos,
megis azonnal kell, hogy az orvo-
sayal kozolje. Azonnali beavatko-
zas lily esetekben megakadalyoz-
hatja suketseget vagy vaksagot
es termeszetesen a kis gyermek jo-
gosult az lily el6vigyazatra.
A babyk fiilei szarazon es tisz
tan tartandok. A flick k0nnyen
inficialodnak es fulbajok fajdal-
mai igen veszedelmesek. Ha a
gyermekenek a fulei inficialva let
tex, azonnal lepjen 6rintkezesbe az
oryosaval.
Fatal gyermekek neha betegek
attol, hogy az orrlyukaikban ks
idegen test furja be magat. Neha
ett0l mentesiteni lehet, ha a oyer
meket er6sebb orrfuyasra kenysze
ritik. Ha ez a. modszer mem hasz-
nal, helyesebb, ha az orvost hi
vatjak.
A szemek, fiilek, orr es szaj tisz-
tan tartandok, ha a gyermek al
landoan egeszseges. Az is fontos.
hogy minden edfny melyben a
overmek etele kesziil, szinten tisz'
ia legyen. Minden elovigyazat .
gyermek etelenek elksezitesenel
hiabavaI6, lia az uveg, vagy a
cucli a hasznalatban piszkos.
Minden taplal6iiveg alland6an ki
forraztassek es szopogummi
tisztan tartassek. A tejanyag
gondosan megvizsgalando es csak
is tiszta, eg6szseges es friss tel
adando a babynek. A tejkerdes
igen fontos, foleg a nyari h6na-
pokban. A meleg idoben TEL
tiszta hideg helNen rtartandd
hogy ne savanyoajek meg. Az
anyak ezrei hasznalnak konden-
zalt tejet. inert az jobban kezelhe-
to es gyorsan es konnyen elkeszit
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