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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-09-11
LORAN G.. kline


Carey Ohio and his bohood days that
Mr. Kline married the father of four children
boys and two girls.
He left school the early of fourteen and work
in glass factory Morganow West Virginia. with the Seneca
employed the FoOra Glass Co.. Mounds
vile, West Virginia, and lived in that city for time.
resided Newark for the during which
with Kelsey Glass He
the expert workers at this big factory which enjoys the well
reputation turning the finest manufactured
country its products being shipped all the world
member of the American Flint Glass Workers
Union for the past twents and has filled positions
responsibility the National
that time At he member of the National Executive
Board, and has held that position for four years.
his Local the Newark Trades Labor
Assembly quite frequently and of its most faithful
He chairman the Compensation Advisory Committee
by hard efficient work has secured for injuries
which but his energy would have failed
the investigation they deserved Mr. Kline is compensation
enthusiast desiring help information this subject
should consult him. he posted on the question from to
MI. Kline sudiousy inclined, devOtes his
to reading and of the best posted the city
events information all kinds
of good clean derives pleasure ball
oran in for everything tending advance
the welfare of
ong high school and adequate system
believes aviation field would assist placing Newark
and greatly improve transportation facilities This together with
superpower broadastng radio station of the
poVemens he hopes to see established in the future
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
DIR. W.C.FOW[ER
THREATENED
METER
Anti Vaccinationist Send:
Warning to District Health
Officer
I lNTrRNATloNxL NEWS NIL

A threat that some one opposed
to vaccination would get" him was
received by Doctor William G. Fow-
Ter, District Health Officer, today.
In the same mail came a communi-
cation from an organization asking
him to join an characterization
league.
Doctor Fowler believes these com
munications result from his appeal
sent out recently to the people of
Washington urging vaccination
against smallpox.
The threat" letter, addressed to
Doctor Fowler, Jailer OF Washing:
ton" read:
Doctor Fowler:
when the truth is known there
may be a seat in Jail for you. How
s. have you and do recall a certain
day a certain case. Take care.
Are you a subject of Kaiser Bill.
am watching. My watching getA
OH my hook every time. You cant
fool me. What is your number
up in-3049."
The letter was typewriter on
small pieces of blue paper. There
was no signature. 1t was post
marked New York" Doctor Fow-
Ter said he could not explain the
meaning Of the number given.
Il am used to such letters" Doc
tor Fowler said, They come to me
all Of the time"
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

not his" the woman sobbed. THAT
was too much for me. He then
told me to get out and suggested I
take the child to Washington and
abandon 1t. as the people in Wash
ngton were good people and would
take care of it.
Il was going to leave it at the
Florence CFittenton home, but 1
lost my nerve. l placed it in an
automobile and prayed to God the
finder would give it a good nome"
The baby was found in the car
Of Russell Johnson. parked in front
Of 800 Twelfth street northwest.
Then l went back to Warren
ton" the "Hill-billy Mother" CON
tinued. Next thing 1 knew l was
arrested and brought to Washing
ton. where l again saw my precious
child.
Il don't want to leave him anv
more. Please let me have my baby!'
The police today told the court
the case was not one for prosecI-
ton. Policewomen have become in
tensely interested in the case and
there is a movement on foot to
reconcile the wife and her hus<and.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
THREE BANDITS
GET 100000
IN GEMS
Four New York JeWeIry Con-
Germ Employees Handcuffed
As Throngs Pass Store

NEW YORK, May 9.-Three
hold-up men handcuffed four en-
ployes of the ]. Ross Jewelry Com
pany today, carefully selected the
pick of the jewels in the display
windows and safe and escaped in
an automobile.
The company estimated the loss
at between $4,000 and 100000.
The three bandits, appearing like
successful young business men, en-
tered the shop as employees were
removing the jewels from the safe
to put them on display.
Keep your hands down and fold
your arms" was their order.
The street outside was thronged
with shoppers. When the four
handcuffed employees ran shouting
into the street after the robbers
escaped excitement reached such a
pitch that police reserves were
called.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

Expectant Mother Is
Rushed to Norfolk
By Plane

NORFOLK, Va. May 9.-Mrs.
A. B. Meekins, wife of a coast
guardsman at Kinneket station,
ten miles north Of Cape Hat
teras, was brought to this city
today at the rate of mile a
minute in a naval airplane. She
expected momentarily to be-
come a mother.
The air station at Hampton
Roads was advised this morning
of Mrs. Meekins' condition and
that there was no doctor at Kin
neket. The naval hospital plane,
E-5-L, in command of Lieuten-
ant L. C. Ramsey, was sent to
the woman's assistance.
The plane covered the dis
lance, $50 miles, in l hour and
80 minutes and consumed the
same time in the return trip.
In the plane were Doctor C. E.
Pritchard and a nurse. Medical
attention was given Mrs. Meek
ms on the flight to Norfolk.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

When she spoke two big tears
coursed down her cheeks. AS If
this were a pre-arranged signal
the baby started to cry.
They called her the "Hill-bflly
Mother" at Police Court, for Mrs.
Orena Soper is a product of the
foothills of Virginia. According to
the story cleaned from various
sources by the police, she was
given just such a start in life as
she gave her own offspring.
Herself Founding.
twenty-five years ago, she was
taken, a founding, from Rich
mond hospital. She was raised
by n family living near Warrenton.
The story related, between sobs,
by the "Hill-billy Mother" was one
of the most touching the hardened
court attaches had ever heard
touching because of its childllke
simplicity.
When Judge Gus A. Schuldt had
been told by Assistant District At
torney Ralph Given that the woman
wanted to retain her baby ana
sought new start In life, the
jurist allowed her to take her
infant to a home for unfortunate
women in this city. There she Will
remain until plans for her future
are decided.
My husband told me when the
child was born that the baby was
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
RE n I Al s
ARE TO
JUMP
Small House Tenants to Suf-
fer, Metzerott Says-Desert-
ed by His Colleagues

The dying days of the District
Rent Commission, for several
years the football of Congress,
the courts, and the Washington
Real Estate Board, are proving
weary ones for the pilot of it's
final destiny, Chairman Oliver
Metzerott, it was revealed today.
Deserted, either purposely or
through illness, by all but one Of
the five members of the COM
mission, Chairman Metzerott is
being compelled to wind up the
affairs of the body against over
whelming odds.
William F. GUIDE, despite his
frail health, is the only Rent
Commissioner who is lending
Chairman Metzerott any material
assistance.
Ball Only Reports"
Senator l.. Heisler Ball, 1t is
learned. merely reports" at the
Rent Commission offices early in
the morning and then hikes up to
the Senate Office building, where
he has an office.
1t Is learned that he has never
taken any part in the routine
business, but spends his Rent Com
mission time in support of a prop
osition which even isn't advocated
by that body.
Rent Commissioner Peeney, as ap-
pointee of Senator Ball, has not
been at the Commission for many
days.
Mrs. Taylor Ill.
Clara Sears Taylor Is seriously
Ill with influenza.
On top of this situation it Is
learned that the Department of
Justice Is taking it's time In con-
ferring with members of the Rent
Commission relative to it's taking
over the business of the body on
May %.
Gndismayed by the decided coma
tose condition of the Rent Com
mission as a body, Chairman Metz
croft is plunged in a final survey
of the housing situation in Wash
ington and the probabilities follow.
ing May %.
Increased Rent Coming.
Mr.. MetZerOtt announces that an
analysis of the situation so far as
small houses are cOnCered shows
that One-half of the houses can
vassed are going to be increased
in rent after May %, and of this
One.haIf the average increase asked
is more than 80 per cent, or u gen.
eral increase of Is per cent for all
the properties.
An apartment survey, which is
being made, will be announced in
a few days.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
HELDONS35,000
BAIL IN BABY
PROBE
Mrs. Helen Geisen-Volk Is
Booked to Face Grand Jury
on Two Charges
BY international News Service.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Mrs. Helen
Geisen-Volk. proprietress Of the
"Infantorium," at which it is al
legged that twenty-five babies died
within the last year from malnutri-
ton, was held in $35 900 bail for
the grand jury today by Magistrate
Albert WHALE, and an additional
81 900 bail for special sessions.
Bail was fixed for the larger
amount on the specific charge Of
substituting a baby and in the sec
Ond instance on the charge of ac-
cepting a larger number Of babies
at the establishment than her
license permitted.
Six New Complaints.
Acting on six new complaints by
kinsfolk, authorities moved today to
exhume the babies Of some Of the
twenty-five infants, said by records
to have died in Mrs. Helena A. Gel
senvOlk's "infantOrium" on East
Eighty sixth street during the last
sixteen months.
The woman protests her innocence
declaring the infants died of natural
causes and charges she has been
jailed because of a plot against her
by a nurse whom she discharged
some months ago.
An autopsy on the body of one
infant, Robert Snyder. was TO be
made today to~determine the cause
of death. Unofficially. authorities
have entered the cause as acute
malnutrition."
Authorities said they have dis
covered this is the second I'm
fantorium' conducted here by Mrs.
Geisen-V olk.
All Were Sickly.
Mrs. Geisen-Volk declared that all
the infants intrusted to her care
were sickly. and had been sent
to the "infantOrium" almost as a
last resort. She told police she
was a nurse in the German army
during the war and the widow Of
q Prussian officer
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
RAILWAY HOLDS INDIAN
LAND, GOVERNMENT SAYS

The Northern Pacific Railwa y
Company took enormously from the
Crow Indians 100000 acres OF
land, the Government contended to
day before the Congressional Com
mission investigating land grants to
the railroad.
j. Is. Kerr, counsel for the rail
way company. insisted there vas no
error by the Land Office in award
ing or the railway company in tag
ing the lands in dispute. He in
sisted that the lands were open
lands and not included within lands
given to the Indians by the treaty
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
SAM 3. AMIDoN, FAMOUS
POLITICAL LEADER, DIES

WICHITA, Kan, May 9.-Tele-
grams of coincidence from political
leaders from coast to coast were
arriving here today to the family
Of Colonel Sam B. Amidon, Demo
cratic national committeeman from
Kansas, who died suddenly at his
desk last night from a heart attack
Colonel Amidon felt the attack
coming on and was able to call a
physician, but was dead a few
minutes after the doctor arrived.
One of the foremost criminal
lawyers in the Southwest and a
picturesque character in politics,
Colonel Amidon was known to
every big political leader Of his
time and was the intimate of
Woodrow Wilson.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
MOS I OF
VICT Inns
STILL IN
RIVER
New Government Steamer
capsizes in Mississippi.
U. S. Orders Probe
By international News Service.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, May g.
Twenty-three persons, seventeen
passengers and six negro men,
bers of the crew of the Govern
ment river steamer Norman, were
drowned in the sinking of the
vessel here late last night, it
was disclosed today after an all
night search for survivors, and
a careful re-checking of the
figures.
Among the passengers were
some of the most prominent in
engineering circles of the South,
including Paul H. Norcross, for
mer president of the chamber of
Commerce in Atlanta, and a
widely known engineering au-
thority.
Forty Survivors.
The survivors of the ilI-fated
vessel number forty, according to
the check list Of investigators and
members OF the rescue party.
After a check-up. which is being
continued. the following are the
known dead and missing:
Police and engineers attending
the Mid-South Association of En-
gineers. announced today that no
hope remained for the missing MEM
bers of their party, and predicted
that their bodies would be found
when divers reached the vessel on
the river bottom.
Shortly after dawn this morning
professional divers started down
into the water. Fifty-five feet be.
meath the surface lies the Norman.
There, according to the belief of the
police, lie the entrapped bodies of
most Of the victims Of the river
tragedy.
All Night Search.
The belief prevailed that the div.
ers will find the bodies of the
drowned caught in the rigging OF
the vessel. The negro members Of
the crew are presumed to have
been caught below decks, with No
chance of escape
AO ASOIA AASb was uOB put d8
twenty-three until after an ex.
tensive, all-night search along the
shore and at nearby farm houses
for those who might have swum
ashore and escaped.
Reports that Norcross and others
were seen in the water swimming
for the shore have not
been borne out, the police declared,
and indications were that ne went
down with the others.
II Miles from Memphis.
The disaster occurred at Coahoma,
miles below Memphis, on
the Mississippi.
The engineering party was re.
turning from Cows Island, where
an afternoon session OF the engi-
neering society had been held and
all were in gay moods as they
up the Mississippi in the
late afternoon sunlight.
Among the Choctaw passengers
On the return trip were Mayor
Roulett Rayne and Police Commits =
sioner Thomas II. Allen, Of Mem
phis, guesta OF the engineaes. wis
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
ELDRIDGE GRANTS D. c.
MAN AVIATION PERMIT

M. o. Eldridge, Director of Traf.
fic, today issued an aviation permit
to JACQUES Piatt Worthington, of
1928 Forty-first street northwest, the
first applicant under the new traffic
regulations.
Worthington successfully passed
the examination provided by the
oO6o
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
Beaumont Gets Mccarthy

BEAUMONT, Tex, May e.-The
League, has obtained Johnny Nc
earthly, outfielder, from Houston.
The transfer is optional. Mccarthy
Is a good hitter. He had an aver
age Of .313 last season.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

Official Weather Bureau Report
Showers tonight and Sun
day; no change in tempera-
ture; southeast winds. Tenn
perature yesterday-Highest,
SO; lowest, 80.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
WOMEN IN
ROWOVER
ARMS
international Council in Tur-
moiI-Speakers Kissed.
League Wins o. K.

Discussion of the League of Ma
lions and disarmament developed
into a "battle of nations at to-
days session of the international
Council of Women at the Wash
ington Auditorium.
Feeling of several of the dele
cations, particularly the Ameri-
can ones, on the question of dis
armament was so heated and di-
vided that it was decided they
would not vote on the resolution.
The German delegation also re-
fused to vote on the question or
the ground that it included a po-
litical question that was still un~
der discussion by several govern
ments.
Shouts Greet Speaker.
Cries Of Don't let her talk"
''make her get off the stage" from
some women in the delegation
greeted the appearance of Mrs.
Maud Greenwalt, of Washington, a
prominent member of the D. A. r.
and other organizations, when she
mounted the stage. where she re-
quested permission to be allowed to
speak. 1t was generally known
that Mrs. Greenwalt is not in favor
of disarmament.
Mrs. Greenwalt claimed the right
n hn rd he hak
she was a life patroness of the
council and according to it's con-
stitution was entitled to speak.
Lady Aberdeen, presiding officer,
ruled against her and Mrs. Green
walt left the stage. However, Mrs
William Cummings Story, honorary
president general of the Daughters
OF the American Revolution, was
allowed TO speak. Her address
against disarmament drew round
after round OF applause.
Asks for Preparedness.
THE spirit of the disarmament
resolution must appeal to every
woman Mrs. Story said, but we
have knowledge of the criminal
wrongs Of inadequate preparedness.
Until the time comes when we
C6H iedNe OUT doors open al 0lSlI,
We cannot forego support of arms
not for aggression but for defense"
she asserted.
Mrs. Story told the delegates that
the road to peace was through in
telligent consideration of the sub
ject. but with adequate prepared
ness.
At the conclusion Of Mrs. Story's
speech, Mrs. Phillip North Moore
president of the American Council
OF Women. told the delegates that
America would not vote on the
question of disarmament at this
meeting due to the wide difference
OF opinion of the American dele
gates.
Hiss Polish Delegate
Kisses greeted Josephine Sebeko,
a member of the Polish senate and
head Of the Polish delegation at the
convention, when she declared that
IL was not the business OF the In
ternatiOnal Council of Women to
discuss the question of disarma-
ment. She said that Poland would
be committing suicide if she dis
armed at this time.
No nation in the world wants
poace more than Poland, she de-
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

Driven to a frenzy by the re-
port of physicians that her baby
daughter was half starved, Mrs.
Margaret Cooper (shOwn above
with her child), made fierce
attack on Mrs. Helen A. Geisen-
VOlk in her "Infantarium," in
East Eighty-sixth street, New
York, yesterday. Mrs. Cooper
slipped into the house unOb-
served and lunged at Mrs. VOlk,
but was prevented from serious
~ injuring her. She removed
her child from the infantarium.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
Polo Matches Postponed

ALDERSHOT. England, May O.
Because of adverse weather, the
army polo matches which were to
have been held here starting yes
terday, were cancelled today.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
PRINCESS MARY'S UNCLE
FOUND SHOT AT RUMSEY

SOUTHAMPTON, England. May
9.-Francis John Lascelles, uncle of
the Princess Mary, was found sho,
today at Rumsey.
A shotgun was lying beside his
! body.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
'|Hill-BilIy Mother''
To Keep Her Baby

A little woman her face bearing the stamp Of and
privaton sat wdeeyed the witness at Police Court
today, cutching her breast the chubby dmpefaced
infant she abandoned two days ago.
Don't take him away from me-" she repeated and
over again 'Mama wants her baby l can't live without
bu
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
JEWELS WORTH $4,000
STOLEN BY ROBBERS

SOUTH BEND, Ind, May g.
Robbers early today entered the
Charles M. Schuell jewelry store
here and escaped with jewelry
valued at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
SHIP
ISSEIZED
OFF Va.
D. c. Supply Reported on
Board-''War" Shifts to
Southern Coast

Rum-runners attacked govern
ment forces on a new sector to-
day when an 80-fOOt patrol boat
which had been operated against
smuggIers off the Florida coast
burned to the waters edge after
an explosion.
No details were received at
Coast Guard headquarters except
that the crew escaped. The OK
plOsiOn occurred under suspicious
circumstances.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

sEABOARD AIR LINE RWY. I'M
PORTANT CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
will leave Washington, effective May
10th, at $3.50 g. m.
The Washington times., 1925-05-09

NORFOLK, May 9.-The speedy
gasoline launch Eloise, of Atlantic
City, with 300 cases of liquor
aboard, was seized off the Vir-
ginia coast early today by the
coast guard cutter Mascoutin
Three men were arrested.
The blockade runner was at
tempting to recah a small cove
in Chesapeake bay to land her
cargo, believed destined for Wash
ington and Baltimore. The Eloise
caught fire just before capture.
Guardsmen extinguished the blaze.
BOttling Up Chesapeake.
Anticipating that rum runners
driven from New York and Boston
by the dry armada, will move
southwark in trying 10 land cargoes
coast guard officials have ordered
efforts redoubled to bottle up
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1925-05-09
Today's Scratches
And Jockeys At
PirnIico

The mutuel numbers I'm the left
hand column enable readers to
tell the program handlcappers'
selections and the field horses.
Evening star., 1925-09-23
The United Air Service Issue.

President Coolidge's aviation board
has begun its work by hearing the
statements of the heads of the War
and Navy Departments and members
of the military and naval staffs. These
statements, carefully prepared and
treating of the subject of military
and naval aviation in broad and
technical terms, furnish the founda-
ton of the investigation, which will
now probably progress to details Of
administration. The outstanding fact
thus far ELECTED by the inquiry is that
there is a marked difference Of opinion
on the score of unification Of the avia-
ton services. The heads Of the two
departments are opposed to unifica-
ton, likewise naval officers. Maj.
Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army avia-
ton service. however, favors it, thus
supporting Col. Mitchell. 1t is clear
that on this point the Presidents COM
mission will have before it at the con-
clusion Of its research a positive con-
fifct OF sentiment and judgment. It
will be called upon, therefore, to rem
der an opinion upon this mooted point.
Evening star., 1925-09-23
Peace and War in Chinatown.

Just as New York's Chinatown
dolled up to celebrate the cessation Of
the tong war, supposedly effected by
treaty of peace between the Hip Sings
and the On Leongs which had been
signed in the Office Of the Chinese con-
sui general. three shots were 1red in
Bayard street and a dead Chnaman
lay on the sidewalk while a live one
was running away. with a smoking
revolver in his hand. BY inadvertence
he ran past policeman, who prompt.
ly felled him with his <flb and put
him under arrest. The peace was off.
Immediately police raided the district
and rounded up $50 deniZens OF the
quarter, and within half an hour after
the raid eight of them had been listed
for deportation and others were held
for further examination. Among the
prisoners were influential members Of
the two tongs. This housekeeping Is
perhaps the most effective method of
stopping the conflict. The personal
prosecution Of tong leaders for con-
spiracy has failed. and nothing re-
mains but to demonstrate that China.
men who will not obey the American
laws have no place in this country.
Evening star., 1925-09-23
Civic Pride and Crime.

A New York clergyman recently,
in a public statement regarding the
prevalence Of crime in Chicago, de-
clared that he had personally wit
messed two hold-ups in the street on
one days visit to that city. A Chi
cago newspaper challenged him to
give details Of these crimes and
offered to pay him 500 if he would
comply with the demand for particu-
lars, plainly intimating that his imag-
ination had outstripped his judgment,
though, of course, not questioning his
veracity. The clergyman accepted
the challenge and gave the particu-
lars, which were verified by police
records, and it is now announced
that the newspaper has paid him the
$100. The money will be devoted to
a charity.
This incident is indicative Of the
extreme jealousy with which the Chi
cago people view criticisms of their
moral state. They know that there
is much crime in Chicago. They are
constantly calling for sharper police