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oday
Q nend Koran.
skdcfUer or ford.
wooides Owrds?
A eess pigson, dying from
Th6mpson; of Chicago, to
f -arding, traveled
miles in uixteen hours and
S ethe world's recerd. The
dying machine can do the
in three hours, less than
me4fth of the bird's time.
irdsand winged reptiles be
hy, have practiced !lying
asis~ons of years, man for
hs than twenty years. This
shows something, planted in
man's brain that surpasses all
te; nature, unaided, can do.
Ma. is 'the boss, nature his serv
Natives in India are rising
a list English control and riot
intender the green Sag of Mo
s d But Mohammed's fol
Iwes are not doing as well
new s when the old gentleman
W4s, alive In one fight 700 hun.
ber baiammedan natives are
higda ang only 70 Englishmen
The maihine gun seems to bea
the Eean.
Mr. Smont, of Morgan & Co.,
discsaes in .his New York Even.
ing 14e the question, "What
Must *eiShipping Board Do?"
Mr. L ont says: "The Gov.
nrament's task is to convert a
$5,000,000,000 investment, losing
l0,000,000 a year, into a busi
ness that will pay tits way."
'Why not ask John D. Rocke
feler and Henry Ford how to
do it? The Government, on its
ewn ships, should carry its own
mail, develop trade for Ameri
can manufacturers, keep up a
mercantile navy, absolutely nec
essary in war, and self-support
ing in peace-easily made so if
the Government will do with
its ships and its power of legiti
mate menopoly what a Rockefel
ler or a Ford would do.
John L. Whalen, of Salem,
Mass., asked his friends, "Is a
man who commits suicide a cow
ard?" While they discussed the
question he chewed a dynamite
cap. It blew open his skull and
he will m.ver.knew the answer,
ch is- " whe oemmlts
suicide runs swag. 4nd a man
Swhe een away is, sx lly a cow
sa? There are exceptions, as
when a Chinese sells his life that
bid parents may buy food, or
when a' man dies to keep dis
grace from his family.
By cables comes, "Police fire
on Reds in a crowd at Potsdam;
two killed." You say, "Germany
is going to the dogs."
In the next column you read,
"Marching miners fight with po
lice; fourteen shot, seven dead."
There in West Virginia is a
pretty good imitation of civil
war. Labor on one side, money
en ths other, and the public, as
usunal, harassed between the two.
But the United States Is not
going to the dogs. It is trying
all kinds of experiments, each
eunened to some one of the
forty-eight different States and
safely Isolated from the rest.
Gifford Pinchot, constructive, in
telligent, honest, independent, and
therefore a curiosity, objects to
Henry Ford taking over the MUscle
Shoals power plant from the Gov
ernment.
Pinchot thinks Ford would get
too gbod a bargain, as Muscle
Bhoals can be made a greater
power than Niagara.
But Ford, at least, would USE
the power. He would make a suc
es, contributing to the weslth of
the enttire country, of one of many
dismal, patriotic war fizzles.
If Ford takes the Muscle Shosip
plant, it will run. If you sell it to
somne one of the professional war
patriots, he will be coming back in
six months or a year explaining to
the Government that he wants a
few hundred million dollars to keep
giv Ford a chance and you will
se a man of real intelligence use
the countr's power resources,
Ford woul give farmers cheat
fertili. That would not sult the
nitrate men. That's part of the
UaU in the cocoanut.
Hiliquit, able leader of the So
Sin New York, says lack ol
nd of jobs will Increase
the vote this year. It will, of
course. Those that dislike and fear
imwill say, "You are right,
t, hut when the houses are
heilt and the jdbs come hack-si
they will-you will lose your fol
lowers. The'll forget you and be
come interested In their job and
their house."
You can't build a successful
movement on misfortune or har
tmes, and Hiliut knows It. But
eens STAR something with
shl fhar times, and Hlqui
White
MNULIS
TRAPPED
BY POLICE
Female Detectives Gain En
trance to Congressman's Of
fice and Sign Papers.
Congressman Manuel Herrick, who
told the world in his autobiography
in the Congressional Directory that
he was famous for raising "Herrick's
giant yellow corn in Oklahoma," is
now "raising cain" in Washington.
He's Kept Things Humming.
The wild and woolly West was a
pink tea compared with the com
motion the Congressman has stirred
up during the past twenty-four hours
with bis "beauty contest."
Late yesterday, while Herrick was
fleeing from his office to escape th
wrath of a husband and father o
two "entrants" In his "beauty coo.
test." Presisat g was
ing indgefet fOkl = lsitors a
the W bite House . as to-what t
planned to do In the "Herrick case."
dome' maes if the Oklahoma
delegation paI aly spent the recent
actions of Mr. 1isstlck, but so far
have not indicated that they will
take steps to discipline him.
Trad by Policewoman.
How the Congressman was trapped Fs
by a member of the woman's oureau he
of the W n Police Department of
was learned - night by The Times. at
and there fws an explanation of
Herrick's tive claims that Mrs.
Thelma Sencer O'Brien and Mass
Mary Haraugh were in his offlce to
discuss the "beauty contest."
Herrick had said that he gave the
two young women 25 cents with which g
to purchase ice cream and ordered
them from his office, declaring that
they could have no place in his
contest.
It was further asserted byr Herrick
that the two female visitors to his
office signed apologies for sending
his original letters to the Postoffice
Department.
The Times investigation revealed
that two young women did go to
the Congressman's. office, and that
they gave their names an Miss Mary JeV
Harbaugh and Miss Thelma Spencer.
The investigation also- revealed the
fact that they did sign letters of
apology.
Refuses Retraction.
Here I. the explanation of the visi' B
of "two young women" to the Con- Casi
gressman's office:
The Postoffice Department called ?
on Mrs. Mina C. Winkle, head of the Cta
womans' bureau, for help. She "loan- pan
ed" them Policewoman Rosemary this
Tuttle, who secured the assistance of
a friend outside. wh
Policewoman Tuttle was not acting elev
in her official capacity as a member mei
of the Woman's Bureau when she shoi
signed Mary Harbaugh's name to the M
letter of apology. Her friend signed the
the name of Thelma Spencer to the bull,
other letter of apology. sto;
She Got 25 Cents. M
The police~roman and her friend and
claim they had the consent of the gue
resl Mrs. O'Brien and Miss Harbaugh Cas
to use their names in getting evidence whi
in the case for the Poetoffice Depart- Wh
ment.
Policewoman Tuttle sdmitted today twe
that she received 25 cents from Con- ad
greesman Herrjick for ice cream for
them both. Cas
Congressman Herrick in going to anc
see the thing through to a finish, and tric
it was learned today that he had en
gaged the Lawrence A. O'Dea Detec-C
tive Agency, a local organization, to Pen
handle certain angles of his case. brai
Congressman Herrickc's "beauty whi
contest" brought him into a fight in dent
the corridors of the House Office
Building last evening, when thehfather EX
of pretty Mary Harbaugh and the hus
band of charming Mrs. Jack O'Brien S
confronted him with a statement do
nying his allegations that their rela- A
tives visited him in his, office and men
"humbly apologized" for having n
turned over his love letters to the ers.
postal authorities. his
Threaten Punishument. wer
They demanded, under threat of tics
physical punishment, that the Okla- nea
homan sign the statement.
Congressman Herrick retreated into feu
the office of Dan A. Sutherland, Alas- Po
kan Delegate in Congress, crying.
"Help! police!"
At the intervention of Sutherland,
Harbaugh and O'Brien ceased theirwa
struggle to get their hands on the u
neck of the pleading Congressman. td
Mr. Harbaugh and husky Mr. .i
(Omte~id os Page 2. Column 4.) jin e
House Tak
1ARY AND DOUG SAY
"HELLO" TO CHARL
Kary Pickford, the movie actress, and her actor husband, Dougl
irbanks, were at the station to greet the finny Charlie Chaplin wi
arrived in New York a few days ago preparatory to sailing on a tc
the world. Charlie was minus his trick mustache and had a good lau
the lip-tickler that "Doug" raised for the film play "The Thi
sketeers."
CASTELBERGI I
IURT IN'LIFT,' CACHE FO II
DIESINBALTO. CHAGBN
eler, With Store in Wash- Huge Safe Deposit Box
igton, Dragged Two Floors Worthington Crammed Wit
By Elevator. Millions in Securities.
By luteruatieaal News Nervice. By Isteragtesal News service.
ALTIMORE. Aug. 30.-Joseph CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-A cache.
telberg. head of the jewelry firm lieved to contain millions of dollar
moseph Castelberg & Son, and the securities in loot of the Charles
:elberg National Jewelry Com- French $50,000.000 swindle trust,
y, Oscd at the Hebrew Hospital located today in the plundered va
forenoon from injuries received of the Security Trust Company.
n his legs were caught in an This was learned during an v
ator in the Emersonian Apart- gatior of the $224.000 hold-up U
to, Eutaw place and Lake Drive, Sunday night.
tly before last midnight. Ahg aedpstbx ei
r. Castelberg was dragged fromcrmewihbnsadeui
first to the third floor of the i edb Hns on ot
ling before the machine could be tn he iet rnh ne
rs. Castelberg, wife of the jeweler.
Mrs. Sadie Sinsheimer, their UDRLN ETNE
it. had boarded the elevator. Mr.
~eiberg was stepping on the liftI WF ISHSFED
:h was operated by a negress,
n the machine was started. ' EAK .3,Ag 0
1e jeweler's legs were caught be-crk ranfotwsrodt
m the rapidly *ascending elevator ofasnecoftlv yar
the wall of the shaft and he was pio nacag fatnntn
rged up two stories before the 'takhstoseduhes
hine could be stopped. Mrs.adEn ice.ae.rset'
:elberg's screams brought assist- hrenadsxenyas
Sand Mr. Castlelierg wa e ixxneain-a hersl
ited and rushed to the hospital.thefosofisiehemth
mntelberg's jewelry store, at 9-35fhi uit
nsylvania avenue northwest, is a omn h ivsa 1 a
ich of the Baltimore store, ofste.wacoitdonFbur
:h Joseph Castleberg wa~s presa-beoeJdeOor.oftecr
-PROFITEER HUNTER WED thLeaAiSoeywomd
ENOGRAPHER, 19, IN AUTO MRIG NTTE
UNTINGTON, N. V., Aug. 30.
.tol L. Radau, of Brooklyn, for I NETKRSCA
ly head of Long Island's Feder al
ig squadron" of profiteer hunt- CUBRAD d, ug2
and Miss Matty Friegalheltser,ArhEHatn.ieenyes
nineteen-year-old stenograipheradEv itngr eete
e married here yesterday by Jug- od fna aroe a.wr
of the Peace Collins in the ton- ndhr etra na ne
j of his automobile.erscaetohensefm
Ipencer Higgins, Mr. Colling' chauf- amrtimn ofn
.and United States Maranal Th yon cupewr c
'er, of Brooklyn. were witnesses. pne ytefte fteh
Sugar Workers' Pay Cut. adb h lryateRv
'NKERS, N. Y., Aug. 30.-TheChr.
p. of 600 employes at the American Teehdbe oehths
ar Refinery's plant were reducedthplctoiehektante
y 5 cents an hour. which, it was cbmngtcnett s h
,would conform to the pay goaletur hpteparbigas
Lbrreieie n h as, thrS er odedin teUhSel
IAHfDN l
es Hai
EWVA
3,00
UNIONISTS
WAGE WAR
IN BELFAS
Police Helpless as Ulsteriti
Attack From Four Points
of City.
by Iuternatiseal New. Service.
BELFAST. Aug. 30.-Vieles
street fighting between Sian Feo
era and tUiemisda raged this a
1 ternoon. One person was kill
and several others were wounde
Thil was reerrene of the 4id
orders whia h~bare intern
tEl snew lst . Mas
aspi-beg barricades were throw
up. The botle factions kept t
a hot fire froia behind these di
fenses.
as By Iternational News Service.
en LONDON, Aug. 30.-A dispat
ur from Belfast printed by The St+
Rh today said that armed Orangem<
ee and gunmen, directed from fol
1 points of the city, had attacked t]
Catholic areas of the city centeri
at Quen and New Lodge streets.
The rioting at Belfast througho
the night was described as the me
serious in months in dispatches fre
that city carried by General News.
The police and military detachmer
were engaged in subduing snipe
who had posted themselves at corns
and on roofs.
Ing dwellings cast an eerie flare ON
the combatants. Queen street hout
were set afire.
Renewed rioting was reported ti
morning.
f Belief was expressed in governm
o circles today that the Sinn Fein rel
h to Premier Lloyd George's note
last Friday would not be receti
until tomorrow and possibly Thu
day.
The fact that the Sinn Fein let
era at Dublin held only a brief co
be ference Monday had led to a reps
e In that the reply had already been d
W. patched to Londen. The Sinn Ft
was is expected to announce the di
ults when the Republican envoys v
come to England to continue dir
negotiations with Premier Llo
sti. George.
sere
RIOTING IN STREETS.
ved Dy Internatienal New. Service.
p,* BELFAST, Aug. 30.-Despera
Ing rioting took place here throughout t
tlie night and worse fighting is feared I
the day. Fleets of armored cars dai
ed through the streets. Repeat
police volleys ailed to suppresst
rioters. The were several attemi
>at incendiari . The number of cai
alties incurred in the night fighti:
rod' was not yet available early today.
day Railroad Men Strike.
to The engineers, drivers and clean.
~len of the Great Northern Railway we
ely, on strike at midnight in prot<
against the ten-hour workday.
of
* 400 Interned Irish
nt Issue Hunger Strike
"N Threat to Britii
tf ByInternatiemal News Service.
nedl DUBLIN, Aug. 30.-Irish hunl
for striking on the biggest scale e,
an attempted was threatened tods
More than 400 interned IrIsh rept
lcan. on Spike Island sent a mn
sage to the governor of the pria
EL that they would all go on huni
st,jke tonight unless twenty pr
.oner's, already on hunger strike, we
ld. released. The communication said
mru part:
rar- "We will take this action to bri
tak .the opinion of the civilized world
th" bear upon the inhuman treatm.
accorded by Great Britain."
STo Destroy Fortune in Rum,
Ed- SCRANTON. Aug. 30.-Orders wi
iaro Issued here today by Judge C.
Witmer directing the destruction
to seized liquor, including seventy-thi
ex barrels of whiskey, 587 gallons
nor- Iwhiskey, seven barrels of alcohol.
red cass of champagne, forty-two qual
ato witne andt seven stills.
50 *
7d int
BATTL
'0 MNEI
BAD CHECK
TRAIL LAID
s1Maryland Mother Arrested
After Police Hunt of
Three Months.
After baffling the police for more
t than three months, duridg which she
is alleged to have cashed more
fifty worthless checks, Mrs.m
Lawson, to -nine oid of Col
I.la._ark, -nee c
y hoti tective Se V leml
n lion, O'Brien and Thompson.
p When taken into custody the
woman pleaded with the detectives
to free her so she could remain at
home and care for her two children,
one two and the other seven yeurs
:h old. The detectives insisted that ehe
i accompany them. Mrs. Lawson be
n came hysterical and was removed to
the Washington Asylum Hospital for
he treatment.
I Mind Believed Affected.
At the hospital this morning it
ut was said Mrs. Lawson had been ad
at dicted to a patent medicine, which
m probably had affected her reasoning.
making her Irresponsible for her
its acts.
-rs At least fifty shops In the District
rs were fleeced by Mrs. Lawson, the
police say, through the bad cheeks
n- given In payment for shoes, olotting.
Thodauff, and other articles. In
es passing the bad checks Mrs. Lawson
is alleged to have used a score of
names.
Most of the checks she passed were
nt for small amounts, ranging from $2 to
ily $15.
Almost daily reports were reoeivgb
ed at pch.'e headquarters that a woman
r- had passed a worthless check on one
shop or another. Detectives VermU
td lion. Thompson. Cox. Embrey and
n- Pratt had been detailed to the case.
>rt The description of the woman tallied
s- in each case.
in Yesterday the trail led to Mrs. Law
son, and her arrest followed.
ct Victims of Fraud.
yd Detectives say that in most eases
the woman gave an amount above the
purchase price of the articles, receiv
ing several dollars in cash from the
transaction. For Instance, the woman
went into the shop of K. Kneesi's
te Sons, 425 Seventh street northwest,
he and purchased a handbag for 86.50.
or She gave a check for 310. receIving
ih 34.50 in change
ed Other victims of the woman Included
he J. H. Buecher, butcher In Center mar
tS ket: Waliter R. Ney,'301 Pennsylvania
u- avenue northwest; J. J. Kafka, Tenth
ag and F streets northwest, and several
department stores. All of the checks
were drawn on banks In the District,
rs, and when put through the cleafing
nt house were found to be bogus.
at Because of the woman's condition.
the detectives did not take her into
police court today. It is believed she
will not be able to leave the hospital
within a week.
KU KLUX IS DEN'OUNCED
h V CLEVELAND MAYOR
er CLEVELAND, Aug. 30.-Cleve
er land's city council and Mayer Wil
11am S. Fitsgerald are on record to
b- day as unalterably oppoeed to the
Ku Klux Klan, a local branch of
owhich, it has been announced, Is
ebeing organised here.,
erA ,resolution condemning the or
is- ganstinreceived the unanimous
rapproval ofthe council while Mayor
inFitzgerald denounced organisation as
a "'hot bed for stirrnig up race and
ng religious prejudice."~
nt MADERO ARMY LEA0ER
ASSASSINATED IN MEXICO
*SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Aug. 30
re Glen. (George 0. Illuhm, noted Mexican
B. military leader,.bne of the first men
of of Francisco Moderot staff, and min
oe ister to Germany for a number of
of years, was assassinated at his bountry'
001 home, Aurora. near Matepe, Oi
-t apes, a.ccording to wuud reestved at
jthe MexIan consulate' teep.
MCH
(erricA
E NEAl
IS ASSI
Lillian Russell. Gives
$150,000 A Year
To Charity
A new photograph of Lillian Rus- 6i
sell, the actress, who. In private ,
life, is Mrs. Alexander P. Moore,
wife of the publisher of the -Pitts
burgh Leader. It is asid that she w
annually dispenses about $160,000
for charitable purpeees. Constant 1a
service to others is what 'has kept o:
Lillian youthful, she ways. h
- -
BRITAIN WILL CONSIDER
DEMANDS OF JAMAICA
KINGSTON. Jamaica. Aug. 30.-In
view of the agitation for a wider of
measure of representative govern- a
ment and improvement In the colonies j
generally, it is learned here that the T
British government has delegated the a
parliamentary under secretary of state a
to pay an official visit to the West
Indies in December. i1
Preparations are being made to urge ti
upon him that the status of the gov- s*
ernment not only be raised, but that a
loan of at least $6,000,000 be arranged I
to carry out improvements in the V
Island. t
-- ti
CRIPPLE UPPERCUTS MAN P
WHO INSULTS HIS WIFE ti
FREDERICK, Md., Aug. $0.-RAF.
("Dick") Harrison, on crutches, was
walking down the street here accom
panied by his wife last night, when $
a passing pedestrian calle4 "Helo,
Sweetie!" at a girl close on the heels t
of Harrison and wife.
"Dick." thinking the remark was
meant for his wife, leaped from his u
crutches and shot an upper-cut to the t
jaw. The alleged offender rocked and,
agged for a moment and then crum
ped up in a heap on the idewalk.b
Officer Adams. intervening at thisd
point, placed Harrison under arrest. b
PREPARING TO SEARCH
FOR MISSING VESSEL d
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 30.-Four J
vessels prepared today to search the
North Pacific ocean over a wide ex
panse for survivors of the Canadiar
Importer, the freighter mysteri
ously missing ince last Thursday.
according to a radio message from
Commander Waemche. of the Coast '
Guard cutter Snohomish, who is di. L
reting the search.
Commander Waesche saId he was ti
confident the Canadian Importer. tl
which last week was hopelessly adrift I
in a waterlogged condition. had a
foundered.
*
SHORT-CIRCUIT KILLS MULE
ON STREET 25 MILES AWAY
POTITSVILLIC, Pa.. Aug. 20.-A
blast at Hamburg broke overheadr
high.tension wire', throwing them r
on telephone wires and killing a
mule on Center street here, twenty
five miles away. 1
The Iron *hees of the mule made ~
an easy shoft circuit for the current C
when it passed over the street, which C
was electrified by grounding of the
current. Automobiles passed in
aety and human beings and dogs'.t
while feellng slight shocks, were not t
ajured.
Utah Off for Baltic Cruise.
HAVRD, Aug. 30.-The American
SttedIpb Utah left here last night t
a crsem in the Daltic Usa. s
p..K
Case
I AS
EMBLE
I DEPUTY
SHERIFFS
ARE TAKN
PRISONERS
(archers Surprise Officers in
Maphin aun Nest-War
' Lined Are Drawn.
Tr takruateoal News surviee
CHARLE8TON, W. Va., Aug. 30.
-A big battle is reported imminent
iday near Blair, Logan- county, be
reen 3,000 armed miners and depty
seriffs, State police and citizen
Alunteers.
A camp of the invading miners
as reported established near Blair,
ross a hollow from a spot where a
rg force of deputies under orders
heriff Chafin, of Logan county,
as been concentrated to prevent the
liners from going into Logan county.
Deputies Held.
Reports from points in Boone county
dicate a very serious situation.
Reports received at the governor's
Tice at noon said 2.500 men had
[ready concentrated at Jeffry in
cone county, near the Logan line.
he report also added that there was
continual string of miners arriving
t this concentration point.
Feeling against the miners has been
itensified. it I. reported, by the fact
iat they are holding four deputy
heriffs as hostages. These men are
Magistrate" Mitchell, his brotheg,
ohn Mitchell; John Browning and
illiam White. The men are reported
be kept under guard in an old house
i the mountains on the Boone-Logan
ounty line. Sheriff Chafin has ap
ealed to the governor to "go get"
iese men at all costs.
Miners' Army Growing.
Reports reaching here today state
hat the miners' army is being con
tantly augmented.
Armed miners are reassembling at
larmet, ten miles from here, where
he original march to Mingo county,
alted Saturday, began, according to
nofficial but reliable reports.
Adjutant General Charmockc, who re
Lrned from Boone county last night.
stimates the number of those now
n the Boone-Logan border to numi
er at least 1,500, and state. that ad
itional men are arriving hourly in
ands of from a dozen to fifty.
Telephone wires are cut and corn
tunication with the danger zone is
ifficult.
rour Hundred Miners
Mass For New March
on Mingo, Scouts Say
5y lsternaeia News fleriee.
JA)GAN, W. Va., Aug. 30.-Mine
'ere gathering over the ridge from
ogan this morning.
'They seemed restless and uncer
min," was the message brought to
se general headquarters of the
ogan defense by air, horse, and foot
~outs.
Various estimates as the strengrth
f the invaders were made. In sev
ral groups 400 were reported. Other
atherings were smaller.
The little town of Logan was
trangely quiet today. Determined.
tern-faced men, with high-powered
iflee on their shoulders seemed every
'here.
Last night was one of thrills. About
idnight rumors that the miners were
reaking through the lines at Mill
reek, Georges Creek, and Peach
reek spread like wild fire here.
Active In "No Man's IAnd."
Re-enforcenments were dispatched to
se danger points. later in the night
me ouatposts brought in reports of
ovements of large bodies of men in
No JMan's Land." The lines were
trengthened at these points.
Machine guns were scattered through
he ateustaine, on tep of ridges. and
weeping pasee and rocky reads. U