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Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-04
Women Hockey Players
 Headed for America

BELFAST, Ireland, Apr. An nouncement that a Scotch-Irish wo- mems hockey team would make a tour of the United States and Cana da in September, has aroused inter est here, and more than score of aspirants for the team have already entered their names for the try-outs.
 The team, which will include eight Scotch and eight Irish players, will be chosen in April
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-04
WONDERS OF AMERICA
 PREACHED TO BRIT0NS
 TO INCREASE TRAVEL

LONDON, Apr 4.-The middle class, stay-at-home Britons are being encouraged to go get fleeting glimpse of the new world this com ing summer during their regular an- nual holidays. Vacations for the ma iority of white-collared workers who inhabit this island consist of q
 days. Heretofore the middle classes have counted on no further holiday excursions than jaunts to the coun-
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-04

Wearing of massive steel armor was advocated by King James l of England, on the theory that it not on ly protected the knights from injury but also prevented them from injur- ing anyone else. If disarmament fails, we might try armor
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-04
SALESMEN WANTED.

Additional salesman wanted for un- occupied territories. Our proposition is an unusual opportunity for high grade men, offering greatest earning power and steady work. Must have car. Full information on request. Minneapolis Woolen Mills Co.,, Inc, 612 First ave, No., Minneapolis, Minn. If
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-04
TRAIN OUT TOMORROW

4 mixed train will leave for An chorage tomorrow at about ten, car rying passengers and mail.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-04

Parker's Duofold Fountain Pens, at the Alaska Shop. If
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
POISON ALMOST
CLAIMS MANS
WIFE
Milton n. Howard Denies
Woman Took Potion With
Suicide intent

Barely escaping death at her own
hand by poison. Mrs. Lavina How
ard, thirty-two years old. of 1440
w street northwest, lies at her
home today, an inscrutable smile
upon her lips.
Emergency Hospital attendants,
who treated her, declare a deliberate
motive prompted her to swallow
poison tablet at her home yes
terday. Her husband, interviewed
today, Vehemently disclaimed this
report, claiming the tablet was taken
by mistake.
Police investigating the case are
puzzled. NIn an endeavor to deter
mine the cause of the self -poisoning,
Mrs. Howard. her husband and
neighbors have been questioned, but
the inquiries have been in vain.
The hospital attendants, who re-
sponded to a telephone summons
from the Howard home late yes.
terday. treated Mrs. Howard and
left her in the care of her husband,
were suspicious. however, that the
taking of the poison was not en-.
tirely due to a mistake.
Milton H. Howard, the husband,
declared today his wife thought
the tablet was harmless and en-
phatically stated she had no inten-
ton to end her life. He declined to
give any information as to the
circumstances attending the near
tragedy.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23

and of late there have been indica
tons that both miners and opera
tors would like to see the strike,
which has dragged along for almost
three months, with consequent los;
TO both sides, settled.
The strikers funds, admittedly.
are getting low Anthracite opera
tors are facing the prospect OF los
ing considerable business which
would automatically go over to BIZ
luminous operators when the public
begins heavy buying Of soft coal
as substitute for anthracite.
Lewis states that the three-year
Jacksonville agreement, which ex-
pires March 81, 1927, and which
was reached through Federal CO.
operation, has insured industrial
peace In the industry"
He charges, however, that many
of the largest producers of bitumi-
nous coal, who signed the agree
ment, have violated and repudiated
their written words of honor, and
in doing so have impaired the in
tegrity of the wage structure
throughout the soft coal industry.
Four of the largest companies
in the industry, including the
Pittsburgh Coal Company, are
named by Lewis as among those he
charges have diShonored the agree.
N1ent.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23

4. e. Carlson HurIs Charge
q Lieut.. Charles E. Bauch,
Of Shenandoah

Arthur E. Carlson, aviation CHIEF
rigger, created sensation at the
Shenandoah court Of inquiry TODAY
when be charged that an effort
had been made Is ni1zzle his
testimony.
Lieutenant Charles E. Bauch,
his superior Officer. advised him,
Carlson said, not to mention that
the main manifold of the Shen-
andoah had been tied off unless
asked to by the court
Accused Sits Near.
Carlson sat within five feet of
Bauch when he made the charge
to the court.
Bauch's name was rung from
Carlson only after an extended
cross-examination by Rear Admiral
Hillary P. Jones. president OF the
court
Major Frank NJ. Kennedy, a de.
tense witness at the Colonel Will
liam Mitchell court-martial, pre-
vtously told the court that he saw
-four cell sleeves tied off," Shen.
andoah survivors denied this, and
they were upheld by Carlson who
said that. without specific orders
from many superior, he had tied
off the manifold through which gas
Is equalized in all cells.
He did this, Carlson declared, to
prevent the Shenandoah from rising
higher in the air currents just be.
fore the crash.
Thought Matter Unimportant
81 thought the matter was of so
little Importance that I did not
think the court would be interested
In it." said Carlson. st had moth.
ing whatever to do with the crash, .
Bauch was watch officer on the
Shenandoah.
Lieutenant Bauch later took the
stand and said he had not in.
structed Carlson to refuse to tell
the court about the manifold being
tied off
II said. OF course. If they ash
you, tell them"
Bauch said he considered the
whole matter of small Importance
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
|NYS ER \
Il TER5
READ
RhineIander 'Harpooned' BY
Davis Wonen Excluded
From Courtroom
~ International News ssryics

WHITE PLAINS, D. Nov.
.2S. Wit ali women ordered from
the COZ roo tie lneus two
Iys 1ery letter Leonard kin
Rhiuelandef 5arriage annulmenr
suit gainst his quadroon wife
were introduced into evidence and
read today at the trial following
charges by Rhinelander's counsel
that the sensational missives were
used by the defendants lawyer to
intimidate the plaintiff into with
drawing his suit.
Lee Parson Davis, counsel for
Mrs. Rhinelander, before reading
the letters; drew from young
Rhinelander during cross-examina-
ton that his relations with his
wife were conventional.
Attacked by Mills
An impressive silence hung over
the crowded courtroom as Justice
Morschauser convened the session
and Mills counsel for the plaintiff,
rose to his feet.
II bep leave to make a state
nlent." the aged Rhinelander counsel
requested the court in vibrating
tones.
Davis interrupted.
II object to any statement unless
Continued on Page 8. Column 81
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
DATA IS ASKED
ON TRACTION
MERCER
Utilities Commission Wants to
Know What Progress Com
panies Have Made

The Capital Traction and Wash.
fngton Railway. and Electric Conn
panies were today asked by the Pub
lie Utilities Commission to announce
what progress is being made to-
ward a merger.
Expecting to submit q report at
the next session of Congress, the
commission points out the neces-
sity for information from the COM
panies themselves before any action
is taken.
In a letter to the two street rail-
way companies the commission says
that it understands that at the
time of the voluntary merger bill
passage during the last session Of
Congress 1t was said that the COM
panies were of the opinion that
they could work out their own
plans for unified operation.
The commission wants to know
what steps have been taken in
keeping this promise and what
progress has been made without
the knowledge Of the commission
recommendation for the merger
and the legislation governing the
combination of the traction COM
panies will be sent to Congress
soon, the letter indicates, and al.
though the commission feels that
it has been informed of most Of the
merger plans there may be some
suggestions Forthcoming which will
change the report.
Congress. in passing the volun.
tary merger bill. removed the legal
obstacles which had heretofore pre-,
vented action
1t is known that the North Ameri.
can Company. large stockholders in
the Washington Railway and EIec-
triic and Capital Traction companies
has become interested in the merger
to the extent of INVESTIGATING thor.
oughly every possible angle in the
combination of the street car sys.
TENS.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
Japan Awaits Birth Of
Heir to Crown
Princess
BY international News Service

TOKYO, Nov. 23.-AH Japan
was anxiously awaiting today
for the arrival Of the imperial
grandchild. 1t was expected the
birth Of the child would occur
within the next two or three
days.
Physicians, nurses and ladies
in waiting will begin twenty
four hour watches over the
crown princess today, despite
her objections.
Scores of reporters are Turk
ing around Akasaka palace,
awaiting for the impending
event SO that they may flash
news to the Japaneses people.
Doctor Tsukahara, the chief
attending physician declared to-
day the crown princess was in
excellent health.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
SAVES
SIN AUTO
DIVE
Laura staughton, h Water to
Neck Pulls Trio From
sunken Car

- Il
a thorough examination will
Be made today to determine the
full extent Of tie injuries to Cal.
vim Cochran BeltsvlIle
driver 81 an automobile that
cafeened off i bridge yesterday
near Rams Horn, Md.
So far it has been ascertained
that Cochran has double frac-
ture Of his left wrist and bruises.
It is believed he may have inter-
nal injuries also.
Crowded Off Bridge
According to Bernard Leizear,
2s5 Grant avenue, Takoma Park,
Md, an occupant of the car, Coch.
rams machine was going north
over the bridge when q car coming
in the opposite direction crowded
them off the bridge into the water
below.
Miss Laura Staughton. 224 Holly
avenue, Takoma Park. proved her.
self the heroine of the affair. The
girl, only fifteen years old, extri,
Gated herself from the car first. and
then, working in water up to her
waist, pulled the two men and
Emily LilIer, 907 Carroll avenue, Ia.
koma Park. out of the car.
The Liller girl, also fifteen years
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1925-11-23

Air Chiefs Orders Designed 70
Make Tests Fail, He
Says on Stand
IBy WILLIAM Z. HUTCHINsON

By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
Colonel william Mitchell, storm
center Of Americas aviation con-
troyersy, took the witness stand
today IN his own defense befors
the court-martial jury Of gensrals
As Mitchell arose to take the
stand Colonel BIanton Winship,
law member Of the court, an
nounced he could make j state-
ment Or testify under oath. Rep
resentative Frank 4. Reid (Rep.)
Of Illinois, chief of the flying
colonies counsel, declared Nit
chel would testify under
oath and was ready TO face
barrage Of questions from the
osecutionl'
War Decorations Blaze.
~ colonel was dressed II the
new air service uniform ana RI
brsa Nlss ablaze with iIIfaFv
decorationss MS vie. satsd Ten
feet away never tool asr EYES ofT
MIN q he test fled.
Under Questions BY RED. Mitch 1T
told 0H his military record. iilfcls
tncluded the bufIdinH 81 Il teisarf T3IS
line IL Alaska, an official fnyns.ffs
cation Of the Russo-Japanes war
ana MS experiences ii the world
His first military decoration
came from France, be said, and Il
was the first award given any
american BY France after Amer
lea 9 entry into the war Later. he
SAID, ne received decorations from
France, Italy and Great BritaiY1.
AZ Reds request Mitchell read
letters written him BY General .yohn
z. Pershing praising his conduct Of
american aviation in the world war.
Ihen he read the citations for
the American military decorations
awarded him for his services in
france. One was the distinguished
service cross. awarded him for EEK
traofdinary heroism In action"
Cannon Held Passe
Mitchell told Of attending 4 con-
ference In France Of aviators from
all the allied armies. The airmen.
ne said, because of the lessons
learned In the world war, came to
the conclusion that the Cannon
fire system would be eliminated in
future world struggles.
1t was the unanimous opinion. =
said Mitchell. that future contests
would be preceded by two things.
First, there would be an extensive
action with submarines and. second.
a constant air attack upon the
nerve centers OF the hostile state
80 as to eliminate the will OF ttg
people to fight.
It was the unanimous opinion,
too, that armies would not be called
upon in the next war as in the
past. In the next contest the army
will be found too slow. too Iaborious
and too expensive In loss OF life.
The future war viii see the elimi-
nation OF the cannon fire system
Tell the court was there any at
tack on nerve centers in the world
warp"
The development Of air services
was just reaching the point where
they began attacking nerve cen.
ters." said Mitchell.
The plans OF the Allies called for
a great air drive against the nerve
centers OF Germany late in 1913, IL
the war had not ended. The planes
were ready. We had begun to at.
tack nerve centers along the Rhine
when the armistice came. Such
drive would have destroyed the
will to continue the war;
How can you defend a large city
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
GOV. SMALL URGES U. s.
TO AID INFECTED STOCK

Governor Len Small of Illinois to-
day urged President Coolidge to rec
ommend a doIlar-for-doIlar appro-
priation with the State for eradica.
ton Of tubular cattle in Illinois.
The Illinois legislature already has
appropriated 81 900 900 for the work.
IL the Federal Government cannot
give an equal amount. Small asked
for $1,000 900 appropriation.
The situation is particularly acute
said Small, because Doctor Herman
Bundeson, health officer of Chicago
Is going to issue an order, effective
April 1, prohibiting importation OF
milk into the city from non-tested
cows.
Out of 5000. 900 mitch cows in
Illinois, only 1000, 900 have been
tested, said Small.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
BI 7 j MIN D j s
COAL STRIKE
LOOMS
Miners Chief Writes Coolidge
That Operators Have
Broken Agreement
BY international News Service

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. %,
IA threat of nationwide soft
coal strike was seen today as the
latest move of union leaders to
force Intervention in the strike of
$4,000 hard coal miners which
has been in progress since Sep
TENDER /.
Winter is coming on apace and
settlement of the anthracite
strike seems to be as far away
as ever.
The newest move, a letter to
President Coolidge, is made by
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America.
Lewis specifically asks the Presi-
dent whether the Government de-
sires to intervene to maintain
the integrity of the Jacksonville
soft wage agreement"
Accuses Operators
Lewis charges that this agree
ment, which was reached with the
cooperation Of the departments of
Justice. Commerce and Labor, Is
BEING violated by the operators.
The switching of action from the
anthracite fields, where strike is
in progress, to the bituminoIs
fields. where there is no strike. was
regarded today as significant.
Lewis action was considered in
some quarters as a covert threat
to call a strike in the principal soft
C..nf ffaldS ~ thn onIIntH.Ny
President Coolidge has steadfastiy
maintained a hands off" policy iii
connection with the strike, letting
the miners and operators fight 1t
cut among themselves.
The public. too, has shown no
great. alarm, a. In previous years,
The Washington times., 1925-11-23

OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Fair and colder tonight; Tuesday fair,
with rising temperature. Temperature
yesterday, high, So; low, 3S.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23

international News has exclusive rights
to republication, In any FORM all dis
patches credited to 1t not otherwise credited in
this paper. 1t IL also exclusively entitled to for
republication all the local undated news pub
lished herein well all special dispatches.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
II KILLED IN BLAST
ON BRAZILIAN SHIP

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. "a
Seventeen members of the crew OF
the Brazilian ship Mogi were killed
In an explosion on the high seas,
according to advices received here
today.
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
ENGLAND NOT CUTTING
NAVY, ADMIRAL SAYS

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Great Britain
is not contemplating any reduction
in it's naval construction program,
First Lord of the Admiralty Bride
man announced in the House of
Commons this afternoon
The Washington times., 1925-11-23
City Club to Dine

Special Thanksgiving Day dinner
will be served at the City Club
Thursday, from noon to 9 p. m. A
club dance will be held In the ball
room Saturday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-20
RESClJE:R5
INCREASE
DEATH
LISTS
Numbers OF Injured Also
Raised As Red Cross and
Others Complete Surveys
BY international News Service.

BY International News Service.
A careful re-check Of casualty
figures in the five States where
Wednesdays tornado tore out its
path Of destruction, today showed
sOS dead, approximately 5000
injured more or less seriously and
10000 homeless.
These tabulations of horror were
compiled by international News
Service from Red Cross reports
and figures of couriers sent
through the devastated area, and
are believed to be as accurate as
it is possible to obtain from the
maze Of destruction which the
storm wrought.
The totals divided the dead by
! States as: Illinois, $50; Indiana.
103; Tennessee, Is; Missouri, ~
and Kentucky, 8.
Property damage in the five
States, it was estimated today,
will run close to $200,0O0,O0O.
BY International News Service.
CHICAGO, March 2O.-With the
light of another full day to guide
their efforts, organized rescue
crews started out to comb the
ruins for still more victims left
in the wake Of the tornado that
tore a path Of sudden death,
destruction and desolation through
southern Illinois, Missouri, and
Indiana Wednesday,.
Early today the toll Of the
storm was again revised and $50
numbered as dead. But this total
Continued on Page 2, Column L.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-20
SWINDL
LIVED HIGH
IN DC.
''Heau Rrummel' Richards
Had Luxurious Apartment
and Valet

For about three weeks the plu-
perfect Thomas B. Richards, beau
of hundred ''ritzy" bathrooms in
New York. Washington, and Palm
Beach, for whom the police of a
dozen cities are searching because
Of his carelessness in signing other
peoples names to checks, lived in
. state Of regal splendor in q
Washington apartment.
Attended by an octoroon valet.
the alleged swindler, the story Of
whose onslaughts on the hearts
and pocketbooks of the creme de
Il creme of society at Palm Beach
was related exclusively yesterday
by The Washington Times, lived
the life of q rich young bachelor.
Sold Autos Here
All this was several months ago.
Richards got a job as a salesman
for the Flint Motor Company OF
washington, and Immediately set
out to SELL the best families in
the National Capital. the police
said today.
An official at the Flint company
said Richards was a natty. we'll
set-up. go-getter type of salesman.
and he apparently would have nlA4e
success of the selling game IL his
fingers hadn't itched for pen
and blank check.
The result was that a check
drawn on the Potomac Savings
Bank. forged by the elusive Mr..
Richards, furnished the where's
wfthal for the wiII-o' the-wisp Beau
BrummeI to skip town. The check
was for 81 900, the police said, and
the bank was said TO have sustained
the loss.
Would Like To Meet Him.
Are we after the slippery
Mr.. Richards?' shouted Detective
James Springman, at police head
quarters today. You just bet
your life we are. He got away
with $1,000 of the banks money.
You can bet we want to interview
that young gentleman badly
Richards. according to the po-
lice. changed his name with light
ning-like rapidity to meet condi.
tons. He operated at various
times under the names "Drexef.
Mellon and Harrison"
Up in New York, where Richards
Is said to have made his head
quarters, the young Romeo lived in
luxurious splendor. At the s1ene
time the youth was throwing the
light of his flashing blue eyes
upon many naidens who play about
Greenwich Village.
Made Many Conquests.
Many of these succumbed to the
attractive chaps personality, just
as did many society buds at Palm
Beach. last month, who sighed:
'Oh, isn't Mr.. Richards just
wonderful? 1 want to know hin
better"
They did.
The youth is believed to be OF
hts way to Europe. with much q
his loot and pleasant memories Of
gorgeous social triumphs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-20
5 BODIES FROM
MINE BLAST
FOUND
Rescuers Work Through Night
to Aid % Entombed
Miners
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

BARRACKSVILLE. w. Va.
March 20.-After a night of work,
rescuers here today reported slow
progress in opening passageways
400 feet below the surface where
a. miners were entombed by an ex-
piosion in a mine of the Bethlehem
Steel CORPORATION on Tuesday night.
Five bodies We're found late last
night, and workers expect to come
n other miners dead or alive within
a few hours.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-20
Anthony Foundation Host

The susan 3. Anthony Founda-
t;on will be at home from 4 To d
o'clock tomorrow in the clubroomS.
TIA III street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-20
THE WEATHER

Official Weather bureau Report. :,
Fair tonight; minimum temperature slight
~ above freezing; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and warmer; northwest winds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-28
AS Ancient As The Ancient of DAYS

Christian Science nothing
new claimed of her
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disciples than Them
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scholastic
theology and sophistry, in modest New England home.
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tangible usabe workable
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beautiful language tells each OF
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instruction and direction
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followers subscribe the
church. GAS
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regonists Bible esteemed
studied regularly closely earnestly ineigenty
textbook
Science HEALTH exposition Bible key to the
SUCH already unlocked millions
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of spiritual wisdom and understanding
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-28
Testimony at First Hand

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further with with than that
this testimony that
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robust honest
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investigation
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