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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
CHILD WIFE IS
HELD FOR
Staying
Gave Husband BichIoride of
Mercury lust to Make
Him Sick"
BY International News Service.

BARLOW, Fla, May 10.-Mrs.
Daisy Milton, a pretty fourteen
year-old child-wife, is a prisoner in
the Polk county jail here where
she is held under a murder charge,
following her arrest late yesterday
and confession today to Sheriff
John Logan that she slipped a BIZ
chloride of mercury tablet into her
young husbands coffee lust to
make him sick" and from the
effects of which Milton died a few
days ago.
In a calm, collected manner the
girl-wife told officers an amazing
story. They had only been mar.
ried two months. she said. About
ten days ago violent quarrel arose
between them. Milton accusing his
wife of receiving attentions from
another man. This was untrue,
she told the sheriff.
my husband threatened to kill
me-" the child bride related. 1T
couldn't read very well, and l
thought the tablet was medicine
and had no idea it would kill
him." officers quote her as saying.
Deputies stated today that the
girl claimed her mother knew that
it was "a strong medicine" she
placed in the coffee cup, but had
declared II would only make the
husband sick.
Milton. after drinking the poi.
soned coffee, was taken violently
Ill and died in a Lakeland hospital
a week later.
Mrs. Milton was located at Plant
City and her arrest followed.
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MAN IS THOUGHT
DROWNED IN
POTOMAC
Missing Three Days, His Coat
Is Found on Wharf.
River Dragged

Fred johnson, thirty-nine years
old. Of 1928 Fourth street northwest.
missing since Thursday, Is believed
to have been drowned In the Pc.
tomac River.
A coat, believed to be Johnson's,
has been found on the old Charles
Manchester wharf and turned over
20 the harbor police. Search Of
the pockets of the coat disclosed
a small piece of paper on which
were J6hnson's name and address.
Police dragged the river last night
but did not find the body.
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HO[ D RENT
BOARDS
SAFE
Stafford and Attorneys Clear
Court Action-BaII to Push
Extension Bill

While plans to pass rent extern
sion legislation will not be af-
fected by the threatened enjoining
of the Rent Commission, following
an opinion rendered yesterday by
Justice Wendell P. Stafford, there
is some doubt that Senator Ball,
chairman of the Senate District
Committee, will be able to have
his committee act upon the reso-
luton on Monday as anticipated.
When Senator Ball today an
nounced to the Senate his pur-
pose Of calling up the rent reso-
luton on Monday, Senator Wads-
worth Immediately announced to
him his purpose of trying to
force the army appropriation bill
to consideration Of the Senate at
that time.
Ball to Give Report.
AhO AA1IICI PIOUdUIy Will DC ue-
termined by a direct vote of the
Senate, and Senator Ball is con-
fident he has sufficient votes to
put the rent bill through. He also
said that he would make a report
to the Senate upon the alleged
realty combine which has been un.
der investigation. The report is an
extremely vOlWninOus one and he
will attempt only to summarize it
in his statement to the Senate.
Members of the Rent Commits.
sion, as well as Chaplin Brown, at
torney for this body, today labeled
as erroneous" printed reports that
Justice Stafford's action yesterday
is a mortal blow to the Rent Com
mission.
Justice Stafford's indicated ac-
ton in the Columbia road case"
Chairman Whaley said today. has
no bearing on any other cases or
any other work Of the commission.
We will function as usual"
Confidence is also felt by men,
bers Of the commission and friends
of the rent act that the body will
come out with flying colors, as it
has in previous instances of it's
tumultuous career. -
Justice Stafford today made It
Continued on Page Q. Column ~
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SEVENTH RACE
Six Furlongs.
JAP EXCLUSION DELAY
OPPOSED By coNFEREES

Rejection of President Coolidge's
proposal to postpone the effective
date OF Japanese exclusion until
next March was confirmed today
by the Senate and House con.
ferees at a brief session.
An agreement was speedily
reached to make the exclusion date
July ! next, and the expectation
prevailed at the conference that
both Senate and House will adopt
the conference report next Monday.
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COUNTESS
SIMPLY
Worn Out by Too Much Travel,
Says Count, Who Stays to
Play Tennis
BY HARRY FLORY,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.

Correspondent.
PARIS, May 10.-Count Lud-
wig Salm Won Hoogstraeten, in
IN exclusive statement to Inter-
national News Service today,
vigorously denied his romance
with his young American bride,
Millicent Rogers, heiress to $40,-
600, 900, has been wrecked.
The countess, accompanied by
her father, Colonel H. H. Rogers,
sailed for New York on the liner
France. Count Salm departed
for Vienna to play tennis.
Countess Requires Rest.
"At present Millicent is unable
TO stand so much travelling and
heat, so she is going to America
to furnish a house at some quiet
Seashore resort" said Count Salm.
"She requires rest and quiet"
Asked as to the present attitude
Of the Rogers family toward him,
the Count replied:
They are charmed. They were
cold at first but conditions have
changed"
The family bitterly opposed the
hasty marriage in New York last
January when the nineteen.year-
old heiress was swept off her feet
by the rapid wooing of her thirty
n1ne-year-old titled lover.
Colonel Rogers generosity evil
IDENTIFY did not equal the satisfac-
ton the Count said he felt over
Continued on Page 2, Column D.
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ing. yelling, pushing. iii! yes,
mats her! The Bobbed. Haired
Bandit!
l guess it's true. what they said
that no President of the United
states ever had such a mob to
meet him. A lot Of good 1t does me
now.
Cops had to Oct their clubs out.
CONTINUED q Pags 4 Column 81
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IS GASSED
IN TUNNEL
CRASH
Deadly Carbon Monoxide From
Autos Knocks Out Many in
Traffic Jam
BY international New. Service.

PITTSBURGH. May 10.-At least
thirty-five persons were overcome
by monoxide gas poisoning in the
northbound tunnels leading to the
South Hills shortly after 10 O'Clock
today when an automobile collision
jantmed traffic for the tunnels en-.
tire length of one and one.quarter
miles.
More than score Of persons
were rushed to hospitals, and pull
motors from the United States Blu.
reau Of Mines were set up at the
tunnels mouths to resuscitate those
overcome.
Ambulances from all sections of
the city were sent to the scene.
The new tunnels have only been
open few weeks and regular tests
Of their safety are supposed to have
been made.
Affording a short cut from the
populus South Hills residential sub
urbs they are nearly taxed to ca
pacity during the early morning
rush hours. With the street car
strike IN effect here today they
were jammed beyond the usual traf.
Tic rush with a heavy influx Of
traffic.
Police reserves were rushed in
patrol wagons to guard against
stampede into tunnel by would be
rescuers.
Half-crazed men and women
struggled through the darkness as
the black fumes poured from the
two tubes. Policemen with no
other protection than handkerchiefs
over their faces worked until they
dropped and had to be removed
by fellow workers.
Deadly Gases Fill Tunnel.
When the collision occurred.
motorists thought the jam would
quickly untangle itself and made
no effort to leave their cars. Within
few minutes, however, the deadly
gases from racing engines filled the
tunnel and frantic men and women
ran for the two exits. Shrieks for
help added to the confusion and
the pandemonium raging for a half
hour in the tunnel made rescue
work almost impossible. Powerful
searchlights were played at the
Continued on Page 2, Column S.
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Most of the crowd from the train
went one way. and we went an.
other, up some iron steps. AS we
got near the top, some man gave
yell, Here she comes and
then there was such a yelling you
would think IL was a ball game.
never saw such a sight. Do
you know how big that Pennsyl.
vania station IL? Wen. II was
Oiled damned with people. crowd
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NOT WRECKED, SAYS SALM
|PIMLICO SCRATCHES
AND JOCKEYS
TODAY |

Weather, clear; track, heavy.
Horses arranged in post position
order.
rNYncr nA@yn
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BANDIT BITTER
AT IRONY Of HER LIFE
BY CECILIA CooNEY,
The Bobbed- Haired Bandit.
CHAPTER IL.

Things happened fast after got New York it made
my head spin The train stopped down the lower level As
got out there wham bang flash that made me think
the whole place had been hit by lightning
bnked my eyes and threw up my hand It was the re-
porters with their We walked through line of
Them and there flashes.
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EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
Is FELT At NAPLES

NAPLES. May lO.-A light
earthquake shock was telt here
today.
There were no Casualties and 40
damage
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Hangnan Who Killed
Six Likes His Job

By B. s. STURDIvANT,
International News Service.

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 10.-Hangng convicted criminals
good ob-with plenty of in it if there enough
of them-providng the who shoots his victims into
eternity has sufficient and Skill and holds compunc
takin q ife
Askov American., 1924-04-24
WAS HERSELF

II is said of Eleonora Duse, the
famous Italian tragedienne, who
died the other day, that for years
she never used a face makeup,
scorning to employ cosmetics,
rouge or powder, and it also has
been said of her that, instead of
making an artifcially prepared
entry, she would mingle with the
crowd on the stage and glide
silently among them. all un-
noticed by the audience. But
when she stepped out of the
ranks and spoke it was to throw
herself into her work with so
much spirit and feeling as to
make the play seem an ac-
tuality." Real artists do not
need to be unnatural or have
artificial makc-ups. The original
is the best.
Askov American., 1924-04-24

and Senator LaFollette. Would
it be well for Minnesota to adopt
a similar policy?
Mr.. Axel Nissen. you stated in
the last Askov American that po-
tatoes never sold as low as 75c
per 100 pounds in Maine this sea-
son. That is dandy statement
for propaganda, but you try and
ship a carload of Askov potatoes
of equal quality, if you can get
it, which | doubt, and deduct the
freight from your returns. | will
bet you 16 to / you would still
have gotten less than you did get
in Askov this year. That kind of
statements create sentiment and
fertile soil for war, but have
still to see the first cooperative
organization fostered on senti-
ment, in place of on experience
to make it lasting success. What
about the Terminal Packing
Continued on Page 81
Askov American., 1924-04-24

happened to me once) who should
be assessed for that watch?
Some years ago | was taxed $12
against a lot east of Lagos when
the lots up town paid $6. In
complaining of the inequality
the assessor asked me if | would
take $400 for the lot. | told him
it was not for sale. and | had to
pay him the $l2. Does not our
tax system make most or all Of
us liars and criminals?
We are groaning under the
tax burden, we are looking for
relief or at least equalization,
and then we see our school board
hire our teachers for higher
wages than almost anywhere
else. Our elected trustees are
bonding our towns, counties,
school districts and the state of
Minnesota. for immense sums of
money, when for comparison, our
neighbor, Wisconsin, does not
owe a single cent or bond except
to its own school funds. Al
though Wisconsin has more Nor
NAL schools than any other state,
it has spent about ten million
dollars annually for a number of
years in highway construction.
Wisconsin paid Soldiers Bonus
and has spent $20,0OO,OOO in ed
ucational bonus to the World War
veterans. Wisconsin has adopted
the policy pay as they go". but
regardless of that it has a lower
tax rate per capita than any oi
the surrounding states except
Illinois which has kept the rate
down at present by bonding the
state heavily. Wisconsin has ac-
complished that under the ad.
ministration of Governor Blaine
Askov American., 1924-04-24

can keep law and order and can
compel respect each for the 9TH
er, among the 100 scramblers,
each will get his rightful penny,
providing of course none get lost.
Even so, the last penny will be
much harder to find than the
first, especially if it happens to
be muddy. The last penny will
require the most effort. The
man with the first penny can sit
on the side lines and watch SO
men scrambling. SO men can sit
on the side lines and watch one
man hunt for his penny, and
if it is muddy, he'll have some
hunt for it.
Applied technically" to pres
ent conditions: the first man is
the banker, the last man is the
farmer.
And the God" who does the
scattering, is a true and just
God. But the government, which
maintains law and order, lis not
functioning properly. Literally,
everyone is taunting the farmer
from the side linesa telling him
to use improved methods and
better livestock, if he hopes to
extricate his penny from the
mud" into which the others
have stamped it.
Please come again, Mr.. Mos
back, | enjoyed your lingo. If all
subscribers would use the column
it would soon become mighty in
teresting reading. How about it
folks? / thank you.
Gottlieb Vogel.
Askov American., 1924-04-24

Another proof of the fact that
the real inventor-the one who
accomplishes something for man.
kind does not always get his
Just dues was contained in the
news dispatches the other day
which read as follows; Jacob
Ahrend Peters died recently in
Copenhagen. 50 years old. II has
been proved that he was the
original inventor of the type.
writer Of the Remington type
although the Americans, Latham
Tholes, Sante and Gidden OBJ
tanned the honor, the patent~and
the money. II has been proved
that Peters invention of the ma
chine was described in the Ber
lineske Tidende on April Is
1868, two months before the
Americans obtained their patent
But the old school teacher nevel
received a cent for his invention
He died poor
Askov American., 1924-04-24
Opinions of Others
vOGEL EXPRESSES OPINION
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
am not at all adverse Mr..
Mosbek, in allowing the editor
to pin a tail to my kite. He can
if he wants to. But do not like
him to make il appear that ! am
seeking to overthrow this gov
ernment, nor do | care to even
stoop to the level of Farmer
Labor party program. | am a Re-
publican, and am boosting for
Hiram Johnson for president.
What remarks | have made rela-
tive to government, | have
meant, every word Of it. (bar-
ring, Of course, grammatical err
rors, | am not affluent with prop
err English) correct English if
you please.
have no dictionary, and have
never looked up the definition of
the words administration" and
government; however, l will
gladly give you my own transla-
tion of their meaning. Admin
istration is the administering of
the law. and government is the
enforcement of the law thus "ad-
ministered". If then govern
ment become too tyrannical. it is
because the laws are either not
enforced, or else are too tyranni-
cal for the rank and file of the
people. In a kingdom or mon-I
archy. the king holds the whip
hand for the repeal of the OBJ
noxous laws. In the U. S. A.
that honor remains in the people
IA sacred trust.
The young man recently ac-
quilted for kidnapping, should
have been punished, together
with the girl, for having violated
a law.
To answer you Ludwig, on CO.
operation. Remember / have
already stated my belief in mu-
tual cooperation, and the fallacy
of commercial co-operation.)
If God were to choose 100 men,
and one hundred pennies-de-
stroy everything else-and would
scatter the 100 pennies among
the 100 men, would each one get
one penny? The same law can
be applied to economics. II the
man who scatters the pennies
Askov American., 1924-04-24

ator La Toilette will have walk
away there.
New York is TO be the scene
of the big Democratic jamboree.
What is bothering New Workers
most at this time is where to
find a building large enough to
house the thousands and thou
sands who will attend the con-
vention. Madison Square Garden
will not be large enough accord
ing to advance information, there
has been some talk of erecting a
large Billy Sunday tent and
again others have thought of a
big open air meeting in one Of
the base ball parks.
The latter place is resented on
the grounds that it might take
on the appearance of prize
fght--a regular Dempsey-Car-
pentier spectacle or a Dempsey
wild Bull" Firpo affair.
A clever newspaper writer
thinks the idea might not be so
bad and out Of place. and says:
For instance, the master of
ceremonies might announce a
three-round go between Battling
Jimmy Cox, the Dayton demon,
and Long Bill MacAdoo. other
wise known as California Slim.
Then there could be "A match
between Smiling AL Smith, pride
of the sidewalks Of great New
York, and Sizzling Silzer, the
Trenton mosquito, of whom the
dry and thirsty might say, both
members of this club"
AN extra added attraction
might be a sedate boxing exhibi-
tion. with twelve-ounce gloves,
by Sad Sam Ralston, the grand
old man of Indiana. and Ornate
Oscar Underwood, the Bir-
beauty.
"A lot of preliminaries could
be arranged in advance of these
main bouts and there would still |
be half score of aspirants lying |
around complaining about being
all dressed up with no place to
co."
Askov American., 1924-04-24

Protests from the father of a
prospective bridegroom caused
the Shriners in St. Paul to call
off proposed wedding that was
to have been held in the Over
land building next week when
osman Temple win give an ella
borate masquerade and Oriental
revue for its mobiles and friends.
The calling off Of the wedding
before a large inauisitive crowd
out to see a show and have a
good time was the right
Askov American., 1924-04-24
TAXES AND FARMERS
MOVEMENTS

Our taxation problems will be
in the hands of the assessors
shortly. 1t Was mentioned at the
meeting here recently that out
standing accounts should be as
sessed the same as money in
banks, or on hand. Then if the
manufacturer has sold a bill of
goods to the wholesaler, the
wholesaler to the retailer and
the retailer sold these goods to
the consumer on time, all out
standing the assessor shall as
sess that amount three times.
This would be more than double
assessment. If a farmer has sold
a cow to his neighbor on account
that amount shall be assessed
against the seller and the cream
check against the buyer. Do the
assessors do it?
When the assessor lists grow
ing nursery stock which takes
from 5 to Is years to be salable
and does not assess the farmers
growing crop, or in storage, is
that equal taxation? When the
assessor asks you if you have a
watch, and you say yes, and he
asks you what it is worth, you
say 25c and he hands you 25c and
gets your watch, THAT is what
Askov American., 1924-04-24
JAPANESE "INsULTED"

Admiral Count Gombei Yama-
motto, former premier Of Japan,
feels that the United States Con-
gress has insulted the Japanese
people when it voted TO exclude
Japanese from America, and says
in part in an interview:
mo amount OF Christian preaching
or missionary work can convince us
now that Christianity Is AN effective
preventative Of wars and racial
struggles"
United States being classed as
a Christian nation. non-Christian
nations likely expect that acts of
our law-msking bodies should be
of a Christian character. IL is
most probable that there is
greater percentage of Christiani-
ty amongst the rank and file of
our country than will be found in
our law-making bodies. A recent
report of Congress showed quite
n number of members there as
not belonging TO any church.
II is to be regretted If this act
of Congress will cause any ma
terial setback in the advance
ment of Christianity over in Ja-
pan, but il may be a warning TO
Christians that they should
take a more active interest in
governmental affairs and not
leave it'too much in the hands of
the dyed-in-the-wool politicians.
Placing ourselves in the posi-
tion of the Japanese it is easy to
understand how they feel. We
understand that over in Austria
liza they say. this is a white
mans country, and for whites
only That is what America
should have been also. About
one-tenth of our population is
now Negro and once the mistake
has been made and they have
gained a foothold il is next to
impossible to exclude them.
While they are all human beings
the blacks should be in a country
of their own, the yellow race by
itself, and so on.
While any human race is not
only entitled 10. but should have
human treatment: however il
We viii ask ourselves the ques-
tion: Would l care to have a
black or yellow man or woman
as a member Of my family?" the
question will be answered in
the negative by 80 or 100 per
cent of the whites. That does
not mean that we should carry
any hatred toward other races.
not at all, but they should be
segregated.
The question of segregation
really has nothing to do with
Christianity and it is too bad
that it Is accepted in that light
by the progressive little nation
across the Pacific.
Askov American., 1924-04-24
DEMOCRATS IN QUANDARY

II appears that the only ma
tional political convention to
cause any great excitement this
year is that Of the Democratic.
Hiram Johnson has not been able
TO muster up enough support to
make il interesting for President
Coolidge in the Republican ranks
and il there is a third party con-
vention it is assumed that SEN
Askov American., 1924-04-24

The Paige-Kelly-Edge bills be-
fore Congress propose a substan-
tial increase in parcel post and
fourth class mail rates. IL you
are opposed to any raise there
write your representatives in
Congress to that effect.
Askov American., 1924-04-24

thing to do. While a wedding is
a happy event it is nevertheless
too serious a matter to be made
a show out of.
Evening star., 1924-11-16
INTERCEPTED PASS
BRINGS G. W. DEFEAT

NEWARK, Del. November ID
Playing most of the time in a blind
mig snowstorm. University of Delaware
defeated George Washington this
afternoon, 6 to o.
Gibson, Delaware halfback inter-
cepted a forward pass in the last five
minutes of the final quarter and ran
80 yards for touchdown.
short time previous to this Glib
son also intercepted q forward pass
and ran so yards across the goal but
the referee ruled he ran out of
bounds.
There was comparatively little fumb4
ling despite the conditions, but the
punting of Hubert and Lamar was only
fair.
Delaware started off with a rush.
George Washington kicked off and
the locals on two forward passes took
the ball to the 15-yard line, but
George Washington held. Most Of
the first half the playing was in
George Washington territory
In the second half Delaware kick ed
his 15-yard line, ran it back to Della
wares 35-yard mark. Line plunging g
took the ball to the 8-yard line, where
it was lost on downs.
Later in this quarter George Wash
ington got the ball to Delaware's
2-yard line, but could not take it
over.
Loehler and Lamar were the best
ground gamers for George Washing
ton.