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NUMBER 12.020. a"'i". "'' WASHINGTON, SATURDAY llWNING, EPEBE 24, 1921. [Gs'ag WI Stre Priem] TRECENTSEEYEB
Today
A =yrs' Week.
-A Reekefeller Act'ess.
Mn Nale Chaty.
Hypodermic Neede.
--B ARTUR BI3S3AN3..1
(Ceprrigbt. 1921.)
Merchants everywhere, the pub
lie also, are interested in a buying
and selling week organized in New
York city with Franklin Simon,
able business man, as president of
the esterprise.
Uomstimes when a baby is born
With buns closed, gasping for
bseathtJ@ throw water in its
fe ,at toss it in the air to set
thags ging. America's business
baby needs such treatment, some
shock to stir and start It. Every
elty should inaugurate a "Buyers'
Week," all merchants combining,
se they will do in New York, to
spIprise buyers with the best pos
sible bargains, stimulating busi
ees, clearing shelves, crehting a
desmand for workmen in factories.
The New York Times says Miss
Muriel McCormick. grand-daugh
ter ef John D. Rockefeller ane
daughter of the head of the Inter
national Harvester Trust, is study
I for the stage, and may start
as a professional actress in Mu
It is interesting. Those that
have asme the young woman dash
ing rg" the front to the back at
the Wand opera know that she has
aesmtimm and energy. Such a
WeIOM finds her oporuni1ty
Ou" of motherhoo in acting,
uhlMgr, public speaking, or as
Astrnomyin dull for many.
aing de d that
wrle pour own Sng
a voice. A demands
MTiteluxene,~ vir
Ise and st enu m n.
W==5 natural eareer-next to
d fate of the actress is better
than 4 used to he. in days when
Vdtalk to protect a friend of his.
bqugt th uiulaw that amn
tened w&atessto be buried
46 to creasroads, emsluded from
OMMa . won his
er el..lo..se
a thousa acres of , and
an exact reproduction of the
Comedie Franesise for mausoleum.
Galton proves that the nius
of great me is inoitd only
th'ough the femal What
m bmore interesting Than to
ame e powe of Rockeftller third
, 14naSB e, tearing a pas
donM to tatters with inherited
eegy that ones built up Standard
O0l?
la the city, richest in
Amres, sleep In pub
Hic per, en grass or benches, with
newilmes uder them to keep
got 1wea.
And in te city's free lodging
hoMuse four or five hundred beds
an; z~ evry night. Wr
N ot at all. Worse
than :2 homelessness, or even
ha men hate CHARITY. You
have persuaded Nancy
Hanks to take her baby, Abraham
IUnoesn, from the dirt floor of her
shack without windows to the fin
est poorhouse ever built-not if it
had had floors well carpeted. Hu
g" beings like Independence;
that's why we are in this country.
It is thq business of general in
telligence and prosperity, repre
seated in Government, to provide
men with work and a chance to
elein their own beds.
public lodging house Is
semse. heattendants are cold and
b ueas men always are that
jlhabtualy with the poor. And
a ~etyIdiotte rule compels the
unempoyedlodger to stay and
tohours to pay for' his
~1.gin the morning, the only
hereal objection to lodging
Imssand breadlines is hatred of
CA TY. A.man must sink low
he eats willingly from an
Anefortnaedn woman,
after a disgaefldrink ng'W
with asn of whom every one
shem e injaI Newsaprs will
egeen that performed the au
asamall n
destroy everything-first
mm~ts~esharaeter then reaon
the robemsof prohibition.
A charek In Montreal es t
w Sto cme to church a tlyta
~. ,arm and nok covered, a
-...anos
heaven? What Is
nodreaker., noe
' Atstashow us angels with
beee dress lhing ea niht
~ii? she a dress would net
MAD WIIH
JEALOUSY,
FOLLOWED
GIRL fOE
Investators In Shooting of
Mins Hanan by Mms Lawes
Unfold Weird Tale.
ft Intermetsal News sries.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Mrs.
Grace Lawus, beautiful San rau
cisco divorcee, shot down her former
chum, Misn Mildred Haean, Oagh
ter and heiress of the late Alfred P.
Hanan, millionaire ohe manufac
turer, only after she had abandosnor
a plan to mar her victim'as beauty,
sewordt te eridence uneartbed by
investigators today.
As ify as last ,i dslan
, Laves, W dIn* g, had
to. a..BInd herfso to
f~e.the este~s he heiress.
ttractive to men."
Miss Hanan's condition was report
bd today as highly critical. Phyjelans
who are in attendance on her at the
Long Island hospital said it would be
a miracle if she lives through the day.
Investigators learned that about ten
Mays after Mrs. Lawes had been heard
to threaten to disfigure Miss Hanan
she appeared suddenly at Shoreham.
L. I., en her wa9' to the country home
of the Hanans. At the station she
raw the Hana' automobile drive away
with only the chauffeur In it. She
learn rom the station agent that
Mie Hanan had taken a train for
Seagate, her brother's home.
Oremte aeNe..
Mrs. Lawes then went to Seagate,
where she learned Miss Manan was
Lt the Atlantic Yacht Club. She then
rent there and tried to gain admis
dion. It is reported she created a scene
when she was not permitted to enter,
3ot having credentials.
Soon after that, investigators have
earned, she trailed Miss Hanan on
several occasions. She was never
Lble to meet her. Investigators be.
Joe she finally decided to abandon
he plan to disfigure Miss Hanan's
!eatures and decided to kill her and
md her own life.
Miss- Hanan and Mrs. LAwes., It
'*. developed, had their first open
weak last Decoration Day. It was
0, ,pronounced, It was said, that the
eiress asked the divorcee to leave
ier home. I
John S. Borland, the exporter who
Was with Miss Hannan when she was
lhot down, could throw no further
ight upon the case today. He re
terated his denial that Mrs. Lawes
MouM have been jealous over his
ittentions to Miss Hanan.
2e6 Is Removed,
Pr. Abraham Mandel Birg, one of
he physicians !n attendance on Miss
lanan, said that while not certain.
t was ftired peritonitis hd set in.
)ne of the bullets that lodged in
dias Hanan's chest was removed
resterday, but one tbat lodged in
ker liver had not been touched.
The body of Mrs. Laws was still
meld in a Brooklyn morgue. An au
owas to be held this afternoon.
- oer . Barker, anothar of
dims Hfanon's attending urgeons,
leelgred at noon today that Miss
lanan was "very mnuch Improved."
19 denied that peritonitis had set in.
Seek for Drugs.
Miss Hanan's mother, her brother
Ialfred P. Hanan 2nd her grad
ather, William Moqai; and Bor
and, unwitting eus of the
regedy, who was with Miss Hanan
w'hen she was shot, spent the night
1.t the hospital awaiting the results
mf the operation. The mnehe- was
sported to be in a state of ellapee.
Detectives Investigating the shoot
ng declare that even though jealousy
ppears to have bean the underlyn
native, there appears to be a -
raystery to be solved.
The police are particularly aunxious
o knew where M~rs. Lawes got her
upplies of drugs and llquaor. Hialt
.desen toen ft'om the nereotie squad
rare out ely today on a search
er the "coke" paen.e whoe pray en
omten of wealth and fashipa.
Teibso et akeaeies.
Mis6 Dorothy Geteonhan', in front
f whose homne, at 85 Cohermerhorn
limet, Breeklyn, Mine Hanan was
hot, was greatly upset over the
zagedy. ls believes it must have
meens the plan of a mind craned by
salousy. Mine Gottabalk maid:
"It was I who introduced Orace I
awe to Jack Borland, and She in
mntia en Pa=e 3. nomn 4. t
ICE
Woman Is Given Seat
At Unemployment
Parley
of tMg Se he~ation and
ftrmer of the Department
of Lab9 'es . Industry part
ee, wis has been appointed one
of the' three women zmembwge at
the United States unemployment
conforenos that has been called I
Secretary Hoover. The other wo
min members are Ida M. Tarbell,
of New York. and Elisabeth Christ
nun, of Chicago.
"BOARDWALK VAMP"
TO BE ELIMINATED
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 24.-Act.
lag on orders from Chief of Police
bert Miller, four detectives were as
ed to duty on the boardwalk to
fty, to clear the esplanade of "board
walk vamp."
Mrs. Adelaide Bennett, who mid her
bh4ne was in Washington, was the
first to be arrested after she was al
legd to have cast roguish eyes on one
9t the sleuths.
The woman posted $60 cash ball for
her appearance. She mid It was a
terrible mistake, but did not appear In
3ourt this morning when the case was
Naled.
FEAR HAZING LED TO
DROWNING OF YOUTH
CHICAGO. Sept. 24.-Mrs. J. L.
Mount, of Evanston, yesterday ex.
pressed fear that her son. Leighton,
Pighteen yegrs old, freshman in
Vorthwestern University. was am
bushed by sophomores after the an
tual class struggle, beaten and
hrown into Lake Michigan, or left,
nentally unbalaficed. in the woods.
The boy, a strapping fellow, who
was the center of the lower class in
he battle, has been missing since
Wednesday night, when he was last
msen near the lake by a fellow-stu
lent, Harry Cook. Searching partes
ire dragging the waters.
DLIVES GIVE FORTY
PTOMAINE POISONING
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 24.
-'orty persons, mostly women, who at
ended a dinner at the home of Mrs.
)llle Luce, at Perryopolis, a small
samnlet, some distance from here
l'huraday night, were poisoned by
'ating olives, It became known here
oday.
The dinner, served late at nIght, was
art of a birthday party. Early Friday
.oning all those who had eaten any
f the olives were stricken with
tomaine poisoning. Doctor. hurried.
y attended the many victims. All are
sported out of danger.
BOCACCIO'S SKULL FOUND
IN VIJ.,LA NEAR FLORENCE
FLORENCE, Sept. 24.-What
wrobaeologists assert are the bones
f Bocaccio have been found in a
r'jla near here, owned by James W.
Dlsworth, of New York. A skull Is
aneng the bon~ found. According
e tradition clo lived in the
illa and wrote "De Cameron" there.
Elluworth is owper of the beautiful
'lla Paleri, near Florence. The
'ila was purchased some years ago
bed restored to Its sacient historic
pleader.
)AYL~IGHT SAVING ENDS
IN N. Y. SUNDAY MORNING
NEW YORI, S4. 24.-Daylight
aving ends here at 9 o'clock tomer
ow mornlipg. At that hour the
locks are to be turned boek one
our.
Trho New York Utock Eiohange wlU
pea at 10 'ceds BEstera esadard
I.n ow Neay. ama.n
Doctoi
CAPTURE
BANDOITS IN
GUN FIGHT
Many Nesims Shot Up as Des
peradoes Hunt for Gold.
Rovgers Make C A-War
ft luateema News 11is..
BROWNSVILLE. Pa., Sept. 24.
Three armed bandits, with plenty of
ammunition, entere4 Adah, a mining
town near here, Friay night and,
after shooting up seven homes and
injuring even peosis, one serious
ly, were arrested by State police and
placed in the Fyette county jail.
Iaul Otea, e ear s om 04 wa"
01 baes t t e body. APE
-n of .3 ss .was 3inidtIi
out,
Shee CP Twe 1ens0.
th bandwe lng down a doow at
the Otteo r n, entered a demand
ed mone 'hey were told there Was
the kitchen sn thi g hpangiing
@booting holes through pots and pans.
went on the wall f Later the robbes
ttJohn Stack.
the .tten dweing. broke dow the
door, entered andi demanded money.
When they were refused they shot up
the kitchen. using everything hanging
on the wall for targetO
This Performance wan repeated at I
the home of Mrs. Andrew H erey.
Mrs. Hemroy In In a delicate ondl- I
tion and this morning Is suffering
severely from shock.
11ailts 41deicklaptalred.
After the shooting at the Otten
home semoe one tolepfwoned to the
Stae police at New Salem, but before
the constabulary arrived other house
were shot up.
The bandits escaped to the outskirts
of the town, but were quickly appre
headed.
BOORS BARRED
TO HUSBAND BY
OPERASINGER
Walska's Orde "Admit No.
body,"f Apisk Alexander
Cochran, He Is Told.
PARIS. dept. 24.-Returning from
Dieppe yesterday Ganna Walska,
beautiful 4pera singer. drove In a
closed limousine to the mansion at 14
Rue Lubeck. where nbe remains bar
ricaded against all comers.
Even her husband. Alexander Smith.
Cochran. who journeyed from the
Hotel Rits soon after her arrival.
found1 he door shut tight. The jani-)
tor slhe had order, to admit no
to everybod, 'o matte wh i ed I
Cochran returned to the hotel ufter
the janitor Imparted this informatIon
ter iquirr were tod Min. Wal
as kasior aion is due to
roe up In Noeber, Itinderstod
tomorow, ewol yonly: "Every
Wralska is t onadeg aeun to th
hc she frmerl was member
Comn y intended to tae
erumIk will depart fo Nw Yok o
seam.boat with Mr.Malon.
Abar th Ge Wasngt ad
iehae been set chiefy in St
anad. lb .lsa to ......i t.o
P"s Stoi
K.K.LKGIRDS
TO WAR ON
CATHOLICS
Offtica Organ of Klan Chal
letups ftmau Churh to
Doeth Saul.
The Ka AKux p swgstated
in Atlaeds rsterde, MWuagl its of
fieL prompraad. sked, ihe Bearek
Aigt, a deelartion efwr" against
the a xm- 'Catholiu Owrek and the
Knighab of Celuwtbue. the Kiam in
vited "al Ameriesa parewt" to take
VP its tikt,
la.Qdap's 'nneninn 4 h. V.
C. A
to "suad ats I-&-e nt"
try. Heu
Orture end tel. of a f.uilty in.e
ligstion now uinder way at Colmbie
iverit.
ATLANTA, Go., Sept. 24.-A ckal
lge of war to the death is huried
at al1 members of the Roman Cath
ek Church and the Knights of
Columbus in particular in the latest
issue- of theSarhli tofficial
I arm of the KU Klux Ma .
triots are calleCon to shed their
blood in defense of Mrs. Elizabeth
Tyler, heaki of the woman's division
of the Klan.
Kla's Can to War.
The war challenge was part of a
highly inflammatory editorial signed
by Carl F. Hutcheson, young Atlanta
attorney, who, as a member of the
school board, obtained prominence re
Dently by his active part in having
fired a veteran school teacher for
the reason that she Is a CathoUe.
The editorial contained the follow
In~rrah:
0bnIss L bugle eanl So an of
you te bucle en yer esor and
iefend this goed ly, eve, with
rear ives!
"To you American patriots, we
address ourselves! Unleash your
logs of war and make these hounds
of convict stripe pay penalty for
the great injury done. To you we
Ippeal! Southern womanhood has
ben slaughtered!
"RAt War Ceme."
"Who is back of the damnable
ruggernaut which extinguishes a
lenan's life, character and reputa
tion, in order to carry on the fight
ent the Knights of Ku Klux
"Patriots view the hellish counti.
Iseaes of hundreds of thousands of
Knights of Columbus and millions
)f members of the Roman Catholic
hureh!
"Patriots, if ever red blood ran 1
through your veins for pure Amer
Swomanhood, innocent and unde
.1ed Southern womanhood, for the
purity of your home and househod,
et It run now with a warmth that
(news no quenching! Yea, let your*
ilod spurt fire! If thet's must be
evar with the Roman Catholics, the
Knights of Columbus, and their hire
lang newspapers, editor, and reporers.d
et it 'come! We are ready."
Slnmmens Leaves Cdity.
Col. William J. Simmon, Impteuial
Plisrd of the Ku Klux Klan, left At- I
ante, yesterday to be gone for a week. lE
Members of hi. family and ether of. F
'iclals of the Klan refused to state his t
orhis destinatIon. His son t
its that Colonel Simmons had left a
he ei ,but with the usual secrecy of ii
he , othrolnat refused to dia
mlos t. c
It was also impossible to find Fd.
ward Young Clarke, Imperial Kleagle.
it the Imperial Palace yesterday, and
ther officials refused to state whether
ne bad left the etty.
A secret meeting of the Atlanta Klan a
Phureday night caDed before it Mr.- a
Mlisbeth Tyler, who, with k4 has t4
en under fire, It was the mttime d
n the history ef the erder that a worn. a
sa has ever attended a meeting of the
lant, and it was deoe in Order that the lI
lanemen might attest th*i loyalty to ,
er In ispite et charges against her. p
(dyeleps (lives Ster.
Description of the meeting was noun
ined in s statement furnished the
tluanta newspapers last nigt "signed
er the Cyepa with the otillseal."
b rsahdeadof a leaklaaand (
esothued en Paa S. aChluan S3 e
ry B15
LADY BLACK
RUNNING.EN
Mrs. Ashby, wife of an ez-serges
shoeing and blacksmith's business
land. She gained her elperience
isfied her ambition by starting her
LACK OF EATER
SERIOUS Blow
TO MR, TAFT
Ex-President Very Anxious for
a Certain Amount of Wetness
In His Home.
Water, water everywhere, but not a
rep at the new home qi Chief Justice
'illiam Howard Taft. at 2241 Wyom
mg avenue northwest.
Realising that if he was to have
offee and soft-boiled eggs for break
mat tomorrow something must be
one in a hurry, Justioe Taft motored
D-the District building In search of
Dme one who would turn on the water
t his home.
In his wanderings through the Div
rict building he came upon Edward
I. Grove. a clerk in the Water De
artment. It wasn't long after the
z-President of the United States ex
lained his mission that Water
tegistrar Wallace and Mr. Grove dis
atched a man to the Taft home.
I MORE ACCEPT BIDS TO
HARDING'S WORK PARLEY
Seerrtary of Commerc.e Hoover to
my announced that three lmore invita
ions to attend President Harding's
neplemen t conference have been
The new members are: 'Clarence J.
icks, of New York, assistant to the
resident of the Standard Oil Comn
any; James A. Campbell, of Youngs
wn. Ohio, i~jdent of the Yoenngs
iwn Sheet d Tube Compay
rid Charles V. Babeach, of St. aul,
way commissioner of Minnesota.
-one invitation, to attend the
,nference have now linen aeoepted.
UOLSHEVIK" CATERPILLARS
MENACE BALKAN CROPS
"Bolshevik' caterpillars are men
eing the mrope of Bulgaria. Bileeta
rid Meravia. according to a report
the Department of Commerce to
my from American Consul Winan.
SPrague.
A new variety of caterpillar, be
ived to ceome from Russia. has al
iady done hug damage to the crops
Bulgaria. lsa and Moravia. the
pert sta e.
Cuts Pay Cent an Hour.
PHILADZU'PHIA. Sept. f4.--The a
* *
wTo
SMITH IS
IGLISH SHOP
it and major, has started a horse
near Leatherhead, Surrey, Eng
luring the war and has now sat
own force.
AIRMEN ASSAIL ALABAMA'S
HULK WITH SMOKE BOMBS
NEWPORT NEWS, Sept. 24.
Army airmen continued their bom.
badatent of the defenseless old bat
tleship Alabama today in efforts to
prove that the day of battleship su
premacy Is gone.
Today's experiments included an
attack with smoke bombs, swath
ing the gray old hulk in a thick,
Impenetrable blanket of smoke, and
a later attack with small demolition
b~omb.
The experiments to date have
proven * universly successful. The
armny airmen, under cormand of
Et. Gen. William Mitchell, are
Juhilant over the showing made, and
mven the naval observers have been
rorced to admit that the showing has
been Impressive.
BURLESON'S UMBRELLA
PERHAPS LEFT IN EUROPE
Albert Sidney Burleson, former
Postnaster General, who has just
returned from Europe, has apparent.
y learned continental fashions.
At any rate he appeared in Wash.
ngton today without an umbrella
ucked under his arm and Washing.
on hardly knew him. for during his
maany years in public service here an
unbrella has been his constant conk.
panlon.
NOODSIDE RE-ELECTED
HEAD OF FOREION VETS
DE2TRO1T. Sept. 24-Capt. Robert
rI. Woodwide, of Pittsburgh. was today
re-elected agtional commander of the
eterans of Foreign Wars, which Is
holding a cronvention here.
He won by a vote of 323 to 213, de
resting Colonel Huston. of New York
meity, owner of the New York Amern
ans. Huston put up a strong ftght
ror the office.
TALIAN CROWD HOOTS
FAROLLE AND BARRERE
MILAN, Sept. 24.-Anti-Prench
larrere. General Dias, chief of the
darshal Earolle and Ambassador
lemonstrations broke out in Venice
oday in coaneetlon with the visit of
talian general staff, attempted to
estore order, but faiIe..
if students and were meverely iqstled
Mf. Brrers was caught in a crewd
efore being rescued. The press do.
loree the Ineident.
'LOODS LEAVE 18,000
HOMELESS IN MEXICO
MEX100 CITY. Sept. 34.--Dighteen
housand persons are homiebmse Ia the
ampico petroleum district as the r.
ult of heavy rains that have Seeded
he Panuco river. At least two per
one are dead and many are lnjurel.I
Lightning set en fire a e the
paa OIl Csaany caushn 91 U.00
Patt
EATH OF
ACTRESS
LAID To
INJURIES
Hope That Testmuy Wod
Prove Drink Caused Fatait
Is Shattared.
By IM-A M.
'lasse.mio ..pa
suenms to samh aasr
attemst seday to wrest troen the
'Np. of Al Sesmaeh, mamager of
the la Virginia Rappe, wih Ubwose
murder Rose.e "Fatty" e
stands charged, the =en Isa
story which Semnacher told a Los
Angeles grand jury earlier in the
week regarding alleged admissions
of Arbuckle "the morning after" the
gay party at which the State claims
she received the injuries which
caused the death of the pretty young
film actress.
Three Hoers Grilng.
Throughout three hours of griling
yesterday afternoon semnacher par
ried all efforts to bring this out. and
in addition materially softened testi
mony that he had given at sessions of
the local grand Jury and coroner's in
tiuest.
So marked was his reluctance to
give material testimony that he was
Inally ruled a "hostile" witness in
order to permit the State to proceed
with his questioning tinder rules of
tross-xamination rather than the
more refined process of direct exam i
nation.
"On with the party'" was the cry
as Miss Rappe, the dying actress, was
borne from the Arbuckle hotel suite.
following "Fatty's" alleged attack
upon her, according' to Semnacher.
Testimony to thin effect was one of
the sordid features of the hearing yes
terday. 8emnacher said that the party
continued, with drinking, singing, and
dancing, while Miss Rappe, in a room
not far way, was dying.
Develops Bad Mesmry.
Semnacher, a nervous wiry litite
man whose dark, sparkling eyes
peeped cautiously from behind shell
rimmed glasses, developed a b&4
memnory.
"I don't know," came frsqnently
fromn his lips.tLhs n~r
Confronted with his answers to im.
iar questions before the coronwe's
inquest he expressed the bellE that
the stenographer had misquoted him.
The examination developed into a
battle of wits and sharp and crafty
as were the efforts of Assistant Di.
u u lyAt ey Gdethe witness
It was only after two hours and a
half of questiomnig that Golden
brought forth trom Seismacher th
Abckle's room.
"I am iflying! I am dying!" Senm
nachter quoted her as saying and
described her as oving frown side
to side as If in pain. She was en
tirely devoid of elsth ug when he
entered the room, he sd.Two wrn.,
an, whose names he esuMd not re
member, had preceded him by several
mnautee, he said. He was empat
that no noises had omte fren the
room and said that Arbuckle was in
the other room "having a drink"
when the two wossen who. had ea
tered the bedrooma rushed .Mut and
summnoned help.
Mmt Questims e M
When this stry f eest
th Stas anamanasa
lt Reen esaingesn~agehern's gues.
psbet in hear and 6
oestlnued thea ntil st us.with
the - thapechetaasbas wiN
Saag in s thmame~ ap
parent shift of
pressetion to a de.ene
the aneunemta tsderb Asit