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Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-It devel- oped shortly after a visit of Senators Lenroot and Shoot to Albert B. Fall, that Will Hays, Republican National committeeman, held secret confer ence with Fall.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28
SERIOUS INTERFERING
 CAUSED BY SUN SPOTS

WEsTCHEsTER, Pa, Feb. 2S.-se- rious interference in telegraph commu nication is predicted by pr. David Todd, of Amherst College in state ment in which he announced the dis covery of a new outbreak in sun spots.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28
DAuGHERTY IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-Attorney Gen eral Daugherty arrived here today, ostensibly in connection with the fed eral grand jury investigation of the Veterans Bureau
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28
SHORT STORY WRITER
 TAKES LETHAL DOSE

NEW YORK, Feb. 288.-Miss Val lie Belasco, actress and short story
 writer of Seattle, committee suicide
 this morning by swallowing poison. She was a cousin of David Belasco.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28
MRS. ROOSEVELT VISITS
 GRAVE OF HERO SON

PARIS, Feb 2S.-Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt is visiting the grave of her son, Quentin, at Chateau Thierry to- day. Quentin, who was an aviator in the late war, was shot down by a. German flier.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28
BRITISH AMBASSADOR HERE

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-Sir Esme Howard, the new British ambassador arrived here today.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28
BRIGHTER ON WAY

The freighter Oduna sailed from Seattle Feb. 25, with general freight and explosives.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28

The next dance to be given in Sew ard will be that on March 8, by the Seward Serenaders, in A. B. Hall.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28

KETCHIKAN, Feb. 28.-Fresh hal ibut, 17.5 and 89 cents.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28

The infant son of MT. and Mrs. Le- on Urbach is reported i'll.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-02-28
MAY BE TRAIN SATURDAY

It is reported that train service may be resumed between Seward and An chorage Saturday. or Sunday.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
left SWAMPS
PO|NCARE At
POLLS
Bloc Claims Clean Majority Of
80 and Government Con-
cedes Defeat
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make any immediate provision for
the payment OF war debts ana 70
negotiate military agreements with
various powers surrounding Ger.
many. Such agreements have been
concluded with Belgium, Poland.
Rumania and Czechoslovalxia.
Former Premier David Lloyd
George, of England, has been one
OF the most severe critics OF
Premier Poincare and his policies.
According to the British statesman
Poincare is the head of a powerful
miiitar1st group which 10 endanRer.
ing the peace Of Europe.
Communists and Socialists In
France have made similar accuse.
tons against Poincare. They claim
he has adopted the same policy
that the kaiser maintained before
the world war when he built up the
biggest and strongest army the
world has ever seen.
Students OF politics see a feeling
OF revulsion on the part Of the
French people. The people have
spoken their will for peace, work
and calmness. They evidently do
not see the same perils on the
eastern frontier that have caused
Poincare so much anxiety.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
FRAUD
TESTIMONY IS
FOUGHT
Attorneys for Defendants Seek
to Bar Evidence, OF
Government

The lumber fraud conspiracy trial
In Criminal Court No. q, Justice
Bailey presiding, at the outset this
morning again met difficulties, the
attorneys for the defendants
strenuously opposing the efforts Of
Government counsel to introduce
testimony regarding acts and de.
clarations Of certain Of the alleged
oonspirators at a time when some
OF them were not connected with
the alleged conspiracy.
The Government, represented by
District Attorney Gordon and
special assistants Ward ana Borch.
ardt argued that person entering
conspiracy after It had been
Matched was as guilty as the
original conspirators, and claimed
that the evidence which they seek
to introduce is admissible.
Appearing for Stephens, Attorney
Wilton J, Lambert argued that UNI
TIL .prima facie proof OF conspiracy
had been established by the Gov
eminent, no declarations might be
received in evidence. Attorney
Frank ]. Hogan, counsel for Ern.
est G. Morse claimed that the
declarations made by the original
conspirators could not be accepted
az evidence against other defend.
ants not connected at that time
with the alleged unlawful scheme.
The question is being argued and
VIII take up the greater part Of the
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
Concert

United States Marine Barracks,
Monday May u. 1924, at 5
p. m. Concert by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra.
William H. Santelmann, Leader
Taylor Branson. Second Leader.
PROGRAM.
March, "Fairest of the Fair
Sousa
Overture, "Martha" .Fiotow
Andante Cantabile, from ''String
Quartet Opus Ii' .Tschaikowaky
Sceees from "Rigoletto". Verdi
Characteristic Badinage" .....
Herbert
Waltz, t'Narenta" .Komzak
Suite. Caucasian Sketches
Ivanow
(a) '.In the Mountains" allegro
moderate.
lb) "In the village" larghetto.
(c) Gin the Mosque" adagietto.
(d) Procession of the Sardar."
tempo di marcia.
Marines hymn, 1.-THE Halls OF
Montezuma.''
IL The star-Spangled Banner"
Concert by the United states SOL
diers Home Military Band,
Bandstand, this evening, begin
ming at 6;45 o'clock. John S.
.AA'tSl hlohHs oduuildSIeT.
March, THE American Legion
Parker
Overture. La Burlesque". .Suppe
Entr' Acte, "Traumerei''
(b) ''The Mili''. Jensen
Grand fantasia, Seems of Tschai-
kowsky' Clarke
Fox Trot Novelty. Saw Mill River
SOdu T1ofncY
Waltz Song Indiana Moon
Finale. THAT Old Gang of Nine
Henderson
"The star-spansled Banner"
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
ROYAL Isl IS
/. IN GREAT
PARADE
Rloting Follows dwelling Of
Statue to Won MoItke TO-
600 Monarchists March

HALLE, Germany, May H.
Fifteen German communists and
two policemen were killed and
more than 100 wounded in riot
ing which broke out in connec-
tiOn with the unwilling Of statue
Of Field Marshal Won Moltke. The
rtcting ragged all night.
Police finally restored order to-
day after making APO arrests.
Sc Reds In Hospital.
Fifty-two communists are In hos
pitfalls In serious condition. The ex
act number of communists wound.
cd cannot be ascertained as MANY
Of them were taken away BY
friends and treated at homes.
Seventy thousand monarchist sup.
porters marched in review before
General Ludendorff, Prince Oscar,
nephew of the former Kaiser, and
other royalists at the Halle race
track.
Scores were wounded in q battle
between Nationalists and Commun-
lists on board a train from Halle
20 Berlin. Police boarded the train
and locked up eighty-five Of the
Communists in special compart-
n1ents. The combatants were re-
turning from the ceremonies attend.
Ing the unwilling Of the monument
to Won Moltke.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
POincare kicked Out"
Millerand Must Quit,
Claims Radical Press

PARIS. May 12.-Although the
French president theoretically Is
not affected by the election, mem.
bers Of the Left bloc insist that
President Millerand compromised
himself by tying up his fate with
that or Premier Poincare.
Quotidien quoted President Mil.
lerand as saying on March q:
III the electors are hostile to the
bloc national (the group supporting
the aggressive policies of PoinCare),
It Will accept the consequences and
the exigenries of the occasion. The
Presidents moment has come.
Premier Poincare in a speech has
battered himself that the people
have been backing him UP. In vain
we have protested that The country
is not backing him up but wants a
policy OF wisdom, economy. inter.
national agreement and peace. The
chief fear is of a dictatorship.
President Millerand has SUP.
ported the Premier, declaring. III
the country is not with you I will
quit
France has now spoken" con.
tlnueo Qu0tldon. THE verdict IN
against the premier and president.
II is time for the president to get
out"
Robert de Jouvenel, writing In
L'Oeuvre declared that Premier
Poincare. who organized the bloc
national four years ago should re.
sign forthwith.
france has kicked him out p
said the writer. Defeated notables
include Andre Tardieu, M. Manoury,
M. DeRothschild, Andre Fefebre
and Joachim Murat. It is indicated
also that Minister OF Finance de
Lasteyrie and M. Mandel, Presi.
dent Millerand's man Friday have
been voted out"
The Monarchist leader, Leon Dau.
Diet was defeated in Paris.
Leaders of the left bloc empha.
sized between 80 and 80 per cent
of the voters went TO the polls
compared with 70 20 rs in 1919.
They said this demonstrated the
keen interest felt by the people and
their desire to make the election
. referendum"
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
REScuERs COMMUNICATE
WITH ENToMBED MEN

GILMAN, Colo, May 12.-Rescue
OF tive miners entombed in the
black iron mine Of the Empire. zinc
Company since last Saturday was
expected hourly today, when
workers reported they were within
eighty feet Of the imprisoned men.
were. talking with them ana de-
iivering foodsand water through a
two.inch pipe. b =.
The men were caught when a
cave-in occurred behind them late
Saturday. Nearly forty rescuers.
operating In shifts Of ten men
each, worked feverishly until 40
this morning, when they estab.
lisned communication with the i'm.
prisoned men.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
fall
To CENTENARY
FUND
Methodist Conference to Name
| Commission 70 lnvesti-
| gate Slump
By InternatIonal News service.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. May a.
Deficiencies in contributions to the
centenary fund Of the Methodist
Church will be Investigated by a
special commission of fifteen to be
named by the board of bishops at
the general conference this week,
Reports made public today show
that in the last six months the
receipts have been 5000, 659.27 az
compared with $4.099, 269.8O in the
corresponding period a year ago.
The total to be raised for the
centenary fund is $4,000, 1000 and
about $20.000,000 already has been
paid in. The money is used for
carrying on the foreign and home
missionary work and church ex.
tension program.
The deficiency in contributions as
now shown win mean q curtailment
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
COUNTY HEALTH
OFFICER To
SPEAK
Or. P. M. Chichester to Tell
Clarendon Citizens Of
Work in Arlington

CLARENDON. Va, May 12.-The
Clarendon Citizens Association will
meet tonight at o'clock in the
citizens hall. Doctor r. M. Chi.
chester, health officer Of Arlington
county, will tell Of the work accom-.
plished by the health department Of
Arlington county.
Following the address the asso.
citation will complete plans for the
first spring festival; to be given
Jointly by the association and fire
department.
The officers and members OF
Mary Washington Chapter, No. SO,
Q. =. s., of Clarendon, will attend
the sessions Of the grand chapter
or Virginia which start In Alex-
andria tomorrow and continue
through Thursday.
The room in the ODD Fellows
Orphans Home at Lynchburg, which
has been adopted by Clarendon Re.
bekah Lodge, No. %, will be dedt.
Gated Wednesday morning by dele
gates from Clarendon, who are at
tending sessions of the grand chap
ter. m,
The Park Lane Citizens AssocIa-
ton VIII meet tonight at 8 o'clock
In Lake Hall.
The vestry OF st. Georges Episco-
pal Church will meet tomorrow at
O'Clock at the parish hall.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
KANSAS TELEPHONE
MERCER IS SOUGHT

The United Telephone Companyof
Kansas APPLIED to the Interstate
Commerce Commission today for.
authority to acquire the properties
of the Consolidated Telephone Com
pany, St. Francis Telephone Com
pany, and those Of G. l.. Brown.
J. o. Wilson and Fred Coulson.
holding telephone exchanges In
various parts Of Kansas.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12

of the benevolent work Of the
church in all areas.
A loss to the fund Of over $780,
900 in the past year from nuctua-
tions in exchange and 1896 900 from
this cause since 1917 Is reported.
The board Of benevolences report
ed that the cost Of travel and living
throughout the world has advanced
steadily since 1917. Contributions
to the fund have fallen off during
the past year and the special COM
mission win try to find the reason.
The commission will consist Of five
bishops and ten pastors and lay
men. II
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
0oMPERs HEADS MEETING
OF A. r. OF L. I'M MONTREAL

MONT r EAL. May 10. - The
executive committee of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor, headed
by President Samuel Gonpers, held
e preliminary meeting, preparatory
morrow. IN \.
The visitors were welcomed BY
leaders OF organized labor IN the
province.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
DEATH BEATS NOBILITY
IN RACE FOR ESTATE

LONDON, May 12.-Lord Ash
burnham, who recently returned.
from Canada, where he lived twenty.
three years, and where he; married
q telephone operator, died today at
q London hotel. He had arrived to
take over the family estate to which
he had fallen heir, but died before
he got It.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
SEPARAT |ONNOT
PA|DFOR,S SAYS
SALM
Count Denies He Received
$780, 900 for Giving Rogers
Heiress Her Freedom
InternatlonaI News Service.

VIENNA, May 12.-Count Salm
Won Hoogstraeten, thirty nine.year-
old Austrian nobleInan whose
wealthy nineteen-year-old American
bride has departed for home, vigor-
ously denied today that he had re-
Ceiyed a. penny from Colonel III. H.
Rogers, his father-in-law, to release
his young wife from the bonds of
matrimony.
1.-THE report that I received
100000 to surrender my wife IL
not only outrageous and insulting,
but positively untrue" declared the
count. "Such a report warrants my
taking action fpr libel against any
one who circuIAtes 1T.
"The Real Facts"
The real facts are as follows:
while it is true that in the be-
ginning of our married life my re-
lations with Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers
might be termed strained, this has
all been altered by recent develop
ments which I am not at liberty
TO disclose.
"Mr. Rogers, my wife's father,
has beena extremely affable and
courteous to me throughout his
OSeNJ AAA A1uAVVOs 1xO d2AGu A1lY OGEs
mission to allow Millicent to return
20 New York with him. Urgent
family matters made her presence
there necessary.
II would have gone also but at
the last minute I received a tele-
gram asking me to enter the lists
In behalf Of Austria in the Davis
cup tennis matches, which will
shortly take place against Switzer-
land.
Not Sure of Playing.
IT am not vet sure whether /
will play, but shall certainly at.
tend. Furthermore. 1 am scheduled
TO take part in the tennis games
Of the Olympic. After that I EXPECT
90 play at Wimbledon, England.
Under these circumstances I con.
sidered a trip to America unjusti-
Count Salm reiterated that his
wife, plans to furnish a house in
some quiet seashore resort where
she will rest for the next Few
months. He said that her present
physical condition did not permit
her to undergo the excitement or
exertion Of much travelling.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
DRY LAW HIT BY
ALEXANDRIA
JUDGE
DuvaII Refuses 70 Hold Wrap
ped Packages AZ Proper
Evidence

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 11.--Es.
fablishing precedent ia prohibition
law enforcement, Judge Frederick
81. DuVall this morning df6natsDod 4
warrant against Hugh Burke. COL
Ored, who was charged with having
had IN his possession quantity of
whiskey In half-pint bottles.
In rendering the decision fudge
DuvaII declared that Of thirev.Gix
judges In the STATE. thtrtysthree
held that liquor done IA small pack
ages constituted evidence at naIe,
while three had repeatedly ruled
otherwise. Judge Howard w. smith,
Of the Corporation Court, the I'm.
mediate superior OF Judge DavAlI,
was one OF the three.
Burke had less than q enllOn "a
his home and was thefaCnro net
guilty, Attorney II. Noel Garner
declared, citing the Mapp not.
Police were discon6erted hy the
decision and there II talk Of carry
Ing future cases direct 70 Federal
tribunals, where possessing any
amount Of liquor constitutes "a. oG,
tense.
Led by Past Master DanlSi 4.
Stansbury. Heventy-five members 81
local Odd Fellow lodges left here
yesterday aboard q special car for
Lynchburg. where the State meeting
begins today.
Mr.. Stansbury, assisted BY Colonel
w. L. Martin, win confer the a.
gree Of chivaIry upon q class Of
thirty Lady RebeIzahs at d pi,blic
demonstration tonight.
Washington's tangled rent aftu-
alton IL driving many Washing
tonians to Alexandria and nearby
places In search Of homes, real
estate dealers here assert.
Property turnovers have been
heavy this year, and 1000 more
homes could be used to good adj
vantage in the city and suburbs,
they say. Contractors haxe heen
busily engaged In the erection or
homes since early spring. 800
A-e- -. -.,.-s ~.
World peace was stressed as
Americas most crying need BIZ
Senator Magnus Johnson. Of Min
nesotas who yesterday. addressed
the Raraca Bible Class in, the
First Baptist Church.
Senator johnson spoke on 1Citi.
zenship" and Mothers Day He
expressed keen delight In contem-
pIation Of an early return to his
wife, family and farm In old Min.
nssota.' e
Good health conditions n Aexan.
dria equal thuss Ut any other city
| in the natlon. Doctor Louis e.
FouIlxs. city health officer, stated to-
day in his monthly report. There
has been but one case Of communi-
cable disease In the city since Janu-
airy, he declared. No smallpox ID re-
ported despite the mild outbreak III
Washington.
Special mention was made Of work
being done by the recently egtab-
lished eye, ear and throat clinic un-
der direction Of Doctor r. NJ. Dill
lard. OF twenty cases examined
during the month thirteen were op-
-erated upon, and the defects perma-
nently rectified.
tHA ~ = sE
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
SOVIET CONDEMNS FOUR
ONE A WOMAN 70 DEATH

MOSCOW. May 12.--The court at
Kew today passed death sentences
upon Tour members Of the "Intelli-
gentzia, Charged with plotting the
overthrow Of the Soviet.
one was q woman, the head Of q
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
ADvERTIsEMEHT

Prices realized on Swift q Company
sales Of carcass beef in Waahington
D. c. for week ending Saturday. May IA
1924, on shipments sold out ranmsd
from 1900 cents to 1880 cents per pound
The Washington times., 1924-05-12
HIGH.
WINS COUNTY
MEET
0althersburg Is Second and
Sandy Spring Third IN
Athletic ProWess

ROCKVILLE. Ma, May 12.-FoE
the third successive year. the Rock
vile high school won first honora
at the annual track and field meet
Of the public school children Of
Montgomery county, held ct the
fair grounds here Saturday and
participated In by more than 1000
Of the best athletes among forty
schools Of the county ana witnessed
BY 5000 spectators. They rolled up
q total of 1876 points and had q
margin Of los points over their
nearest competitor, the Gathers
burg high school. The Sandy Spring
high school finished third with
50 points, and fourth place went
to Poolegville with IS points.
Scores made by other schools
were: Falkland, 20; Kensington, II:
Brighton and Damascus, 10 each;
Laytonsville and Woodside, 10 each;
Brighton and Lewisdale, 8 each:
Unity, 4; Aspen and Potomac, 3
each: Clarksburg and Colesville, !
each.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12

SDAABHtOn &AlU 4%9lIl&9Cu9h a. OE4CA
LAytonsville and Woodside, 10 each
Brighton and Lewisdale, s each
Unity, 4; Aspen and Potomac,
each; Clarksburg and CoIesviile,
each.
The funeral Of Benjamin FranIxlir
Duvall, lifelong resident OF THU
county. who died Of pneumonia or
Friday, aged sixty-eight years, wal
held yesterday afternoon from the
family residence near Germantown
The services were conducted by the
Reverend II. L. Coffman, pastor Of
the Methodist Church at Clarksburg
who was assisted by the Reverend
o. A. Dillingham;, pastor OF tbs
Germantown Presbyterian Church
Burial was in Rockville Unior
Cemetery.
Mrs. Helen B. Blackburn, wife
Of jeremiah g. Blackburn, of Wash
lngton, q sister Of Mr.. Duvall, who
died of pneumonia on Saturday
will be buried In the same cemetery
this afternoon. Less than two
weeks ago Mr.. Duvall's wife, Mrs
Alice Hoyle Duvall. who likewise
succumbed to pneumonia, was In
TERED there.
The quarterly meeting Of the
Philadelphia district Of the Free
Methodist Church, which convened
in the Rockville church Thursday
and which was attended by q large
number Of delegates from Balti
more, Washington, Alexandria, Ale
sia, Nd; Wilmington, Pleasant Hill
Md; Epencerville, Lay Hill and Rock
Vile, adjourned last night. The
sermon was preached by Rev. H
w. Hodge, Of Brooklyn, N. Y, pre,
siding elder for the district, who
conducted love feast In the after
noon. Sunday morning Rev. r. A.
Perkins, pastor Of the SpencervilIe
church, conducted q Sunday school
rally.
Under the direction Of the Re.
demptorist Fathers. assisted by the
pastor Of the church, Rev. John 8.
Cuddy, q mission" began in st.
Roses Catholic Church at Choppers
yesterday. with services at Z q. M,
$40 q. m, and 7:3O D. m. Services
will be held at the same hours
every day until and including next
Sunday.
A Christian Endeavor institute
will be held In the Presbyterian
Church at Jamestown on Tuesday,
with afternoon and night sessions,
under the auspices Of the Mont
gomery County Christian Endeavor
Union, for the study Of training
methods. Officers Of the State
union will attend.
Under the auspices of the Lords
Day Alliance Of Maryland. Repre-
sentative B. q. Lowery. of Missis-
sippi, win speak in the Methodist
Church here next Wednesday eve
ming.
The Washington times., 1924-05-12

The vestry Of st. Georges Episco-
pal Church will meet tomorrow at
3 o'clock at the parish hall.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-07-03
Che:
American
Legion
cow ror TAas pseagsnsa. sgppI.sa " -.
GOT THE MONEY IN
PRIZE fight GAME

Somewhere Ia these United states
there may be another woman prize
fight promoter, but whether or not,
the fact remains that Mas Mary Price
OF Huntington, W. Va, Is the only one
south OF the Mason and Dixon line,
and probably the only one who ever
made any money at the game.
And at that she was working for
the American Legion, and not for her
self.
When the United States stepped into
the World war to put over the K. O.,
Miss Price decided she'd get In, too.
So she enlisted In the navy, and they
made her yeOwOman. When she
was dlsch1-xed and had Joined the
Huntington post OF the Legion they
decided she was just the person need
ed to put over series Of eontem-
plated boxing bouts. The post need
ed money for clubhouse and Mary.
who was filed with the enthusiasm
usually found In pretty miss OF
twenty-four. said she would go to II.
She hired the hall, and looked over the
field for frst-class fighters Light
she saw. made the neatest
fight - nothing of the Touchdown
and=drag-out characterize she put on
.hree ten-round bouts. Johnny Martin
If New York versus Patsy Haley Of
was the main go. A scrap