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KNOX'S "DEAR BABY" LETTERS TO EASTLAKE ARE READ
bhargc of murdering bit wife at Co
lonial F?ach?and Miss Husan Belle
'Crittenden. who were secretly mai ?
?- ried recently at Alexandria.
i The Eastlake bride Is a telephone
-? operator at the Government Hospl
,k lal for the Insane, near Congress
ml Heights. D. C.. where she has Ixtfcii
w. *111 ployed for about five yeara.
I . Employes of the tntane asylum
?I Wer? dumbfounded a week ?*o to
1 learn through The Washington
I Times that Miss Crittenden had be
come Mrs. Eastlake. The young
. bride was evasive when employes
?*' showed her the paper and asked her
If It was so.
"It may be," she replied.
The revelation of the secret wed
ding recalled a humorous Incident
that occurred several months ago.
One of the doctors at the asylum
was Joking Miss Crittenden about
'being an old maid.
v. "When are you going to get mar
ried?" ho asked her In a teusing
manner.
,T "Don't you worry," she replied.
%, laughingly, "I'm going to marry the
first man who asks me."
One of the attendants Jokingly
remarked today that it looked us
1 though the young bride was a girl
tc of her word.
!x The secret wedding rami' as the re
sult of an Anacosta boarding house
? romance. As the romance pro
gressed. Eastlake paid visits to the
?n sweetheart at the insane asylum,
*?' where he went under the assumed
name of "Mr. Cunningham." The
Idenlty of the finance was not known
????to her most Intimate friends.
During the period of Eastlake s
courtship with the hospital telephone
operator he came for her efich aft"*"
noon, and the out*"'" uvoldca
acquaintances, It Is said.
All efforts to keep the secret of
their marriage from the press and
their friends were successful until
last Sunday when It was announced
~ In The Washington Times.
Following the announcement, after
It became known that the young
woman had secretly wed Eastlake,
friendship for the young woman be
gan to wane and friends have de
nouneed her action In seeking to
cover up her secret marriage and the
Identity of the man she had married.
A Week In Little Keno.
The romance of the couple cul-'
v minated on March 4, when they were
'?? married by the Kev. Dr. E. B. Jack
son, pastor of the First ISuptist
. Church, of Alexandria, in the pas
tor's study.
Following the marriage they honey
mooned for a week In the Little Keno
of the East, whose publicity and
fame have proven its popularity as
a haven of refuge for those who seek
innullmcnt from their bonds of
matrimony as well as the "tie that
binds."
When seen yesterday by a Times
r>i*>rter and asked for a statement,
the new wife of the naval officer
who Is now in Montross serving as
? witness for the State In th?* ion
... vlctlon of his former sweetheart, for
the alleged murder of his wife, em
phatically denied her marriage, and
denounced the reporter for his ln
quisiti veness.
As the young bride emerged from
the hospital grounds at St. Eliza
beth's Hospital yesterday afternoon,
she walked with a rapid stride to
... ward the car line. I
As she left the main gafr she
was approached by a reporter of
The Times, who inquired if treat was
Mrs. Eastlake.
"Mrs. Eastlake??" she feigned,
her face turning very pale. "Why
I never heard the name." she re
plied.
"Then do you know Miss Susan
? ""Bell Crittenden?" the reporter
? -?->k>'d.
i i' Her worst fesrs realized, the
' 'young bride became bitterly an
tfignostlc and demanded the right
of anyone to ask her her name.
"My name is not Eastlake nnd
-It is not Crittenden." she holly de
clared.
"Then I beg your pardon." th<?!
reporter answered. "I thought you
W ere ' she."
,rfr, "You have no right to inquire
Into other people's business. There
haw iH-en enough notoriety given
this ? use already." she flung at the
. ?? reporter. "Kurthermore, I think
J'ou have a great ileal of nerve to
coi-.c h?ve and nsk ine niv name."
"When were you and Mr. East
Ifike married?" the reporter asked.
, "It's none of your business." was |
. the reply.
"Where were you married?"
"That also doesn't concern you." j
?he replied.
She stepped away from the re-1
porter, and as she did so cameras .
clicked.
On observing the camera men shts
turned and fled back into the
grounds, taking refuge In the
WHtchman's shanty at the gate.
When asked If she had heard how
the lrial at Montross was progress
ing she declared that she had not,
then suddenly remembering that she
was neither Mrs. Eastlako or Miss,
Crittenden, she demanded to know: |
"What trial-"'
' Ml questions as to the honeymoon1
of the pair fell on deaf ears as she j
sought refuge from the focus of the
' cameras.
Remained I'ntll Dark.
.'.In- Eastlake usually leaves the
hospital grounds about u o'clock In
the afternoon. Yesterday afternoon,
however, she refused to leavo until I
f after dusk.
The first appearance of Eastlake j
?? at the hospital, It was stated yester
day afternoon, was shortly before
the present trial began. For seveial
.*? weeks she avoided her friends when
?with Eastlake. and made no pretense
V of introducing him.
Several weeks ago, however, she;
found It impossible to avoid an in
? t production between F.astlake und
?Ithree of her friends, and on that cc
?asion, It is stated, she Introduced
him as "Mr. Cunningham."
Shortly after this, she disappeared
for a week, and nothing was heard
of her until she returned to work the
next week. Nothing was said about
? >where she had been, and nothing
thought of it.
The marriage was closely guarded
'I, and the bride of mystery continued
...to Introduce Eastlake to friends and
_ acquaintances as Mr. Cunningham.
It was not until last week, follow
Ing the announcement In The Times
that It was known th? young worn
. an bad married Eastlake.
Mrs. Eastlake. according to hos
pltsl employes, met her husband In
^...January. 1921. when she mKrrved to
the Second street address from her
former home In Anaoostla.
Their courtship. It Is said, was
, short, sod they w*re married Just
three months after Eaetjake was
a. quitted of the charge of murder
Ing his wife.
Th* younfc brM* 1* not Wl*
would call a striking beauty." al
A
EASTLAKE'S BRIDE
MRS. Sl'SAN BELLE CRITTENDEN EASTLAKE.
TOWN LAYS PUNS
TO KILL ALL FLIESj
Kansas Village Will Make In
sect a Curiosity If All
Goes Well.
B) IntrrnMtlonnf \rw? Sfrtlrf.
?MoPHEHSON, Kiin., April ?A*
far as the City Commission ran make
it thin town will be "Hylcsa" this
summer.
Mcpherson, in fact, is going to be 1
a town where a fly will bo as much
a curiosity as a horse is In Detroit.
An ordinace has been passed which
contains these provisions for taking
all the Joy out of a fly's life:
All barns, stables, chicken houses
and other animal aliodes must be
thoroughly cleansed three times per
week and the refuse cartcd outside
the city limits to a place where It
can be burned.
Kvery home and business placo :
must have a Herbage can kept cover- j
ed. The city will collect the gar
bage.
Wire fly traps must l>e placed at
the front and rear of every business
place.
The Federation of Women's Clubs
and the Chamber of Commerce are
also planning anti-fly unpleasantness
which will make the buzzers Ihlnk
Mcpherson is starving Russia as tar
as flies are concerned.
Joffre Sails For Home
After Praise For U. S.
NRW YORK. April 2#.? Marsnull
Joffre, sailed home today on
White Star Mnrr Celtic loaded down
with symbols of America's esteem,
including the keys to many citica and
degrees from several universities.
The veteran soldier expressed him
self as greatly Impressed with th<- ;
apparent love for Franco in the !
hearts of Americans and aserte-J his 1
confidence In the unity of tho two [
nations.
Moth Mme. Joffre and the marshal ,
said they had taken a great liking to
American clothes. Marshal Jo'tre
had two uniforms made in thli
country.
though her large brown ey<;s. which
constitute her most attractive fen
tures, are orbs .which might attract j
the average man.
She appears to be about twenty- |
eight or thirty years old. and was
becomingly dressed Her brown
hair Is lightly necked with gray. |
and her hands ar? thin and
nervous.
At the hospital it was learned
that Mrs fiastlake comes from an
old Virginia family, her pnrents be
ing Mr, and Mrs. Nathan Crltten
den. living In Fauquier county. Hhe
had a brother In Montross, Va . j
where her husband was tried for
murder, and now la an Important
wttiMaa In th? caa? of th? Mate
aalMt Mlaa Knox.
MOTHERS BECOME i
GIRLS' CLASS-MATES
Parents Regularly Enrolled
With Their Children at Uni
versity of Nebraska.
LINCOLN. Nob.. April !?.?Seven
Nebraska mothers, carrying from
four to ten credit hours, have be
come the schooltnMtes of their I
daughters at the University of:
Nebraska.
In the case of Iwo of the mothers
it is tho realization of a girlhood
amibition to attend roller* Tho
others are enrolled for Individual !
purjwses, one to learn American
ideals, another 1o study n?od?rn
student life, and still another to
theorize.
Mrs. I'. C. Ttrrcht is the mother of
three children, all girls, and now
her classmates. The entire family
is studying dairy and animal hus
bandry.
l>aughter Emma and her mother,
Mrs. Emma ,J. Kosch, frequently are
mistaken for sisters in university
circles. Mrs. Kosch is a sophomore,
and besides, has two step grand
daughters in Cotner University.
Art. renaissance history and ceo
nornics, are found on Mrs. Kosch's
card.
Mrs. Frederick I/au received her
higher education in a German Insti
tution. So she entered the univer
sity with her two daughters to "be
with Americans and learn their j
ideals."
Philosophy, art, history, federal
administration, economics, business
administration and kindred subjects
draw the mothers of four other atu-1
dents to the university.
These seven mothers are regularly |
?nrolled students.
Urges Air Mail Line
For Business Reasons
Airplane mail service between New
York ami Chicago would save a full
business day for business mail, C. J.
Peterson of the Wright Aeronautical
| Corporation, of Patterson. N. .J.
yesterday told the Mouse I'ostoffioe
Committee.
Similar time saving would he ef
fected, Peterson said, from Chicago
to Omaha, Kansas City, St. I'aul ani
other lm|>ortant business centers In
the middle West. It is estimated that
SfiO.OOO business letters would be
carried from Chicago to these points
dally by mail.
Public Is Bunch of Saps,
Police Chief Says; Quits
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 29.? j
Colonel Everlncton, tT. 8. A., (re.
tired) completed a tempestuous but
brief career as chief of police with
the announcement he would resiirn.
Colonel Everlngton, when he took
| office, announced he would clean up
! the city and asked the moral sup
I port of the public. lie expressed the
I opinion todav the "publio ws? a]
bunch of ?aps." 1
IN EVERY STfTE
|
Will Demand Equal Place in
All Political Committees
and Conventions.
By MILDRED MOKHIS.
International News KerrUr.
HALT I MO KK, April 29?A nation
' wide cltsttii-up in political parties iH
I demanded by the League of Women
I Voters. The 2,000 delegates to the
I third annual convention of the
i taague, which formally adjourned to
day. will go hack to their home
State* to demand an end of "bona
rule" and equal place for the women
on all party committees and conven
tions.
"We are going to begin at the lot
torn?the precinct. When we Ret
enough women on precinct ??omnilt
tee? in both parties In every town
and city in the country, the women
will have the power to tell the par
ties what they want ani get it." said
Mr*. Richard Edwards, of Peru, Ind.,
first vice president of the league.
"The precinct Is the foundation of
the party machine and that's where
the women must start to get any
where In politics.''
Congress is heeding woman-* voice,
officers of the league declared, re
torting on the results of the confer
ence which the delegates ha.l with
their Congressmen and Senators in
Washington yesterday.
"We told Congress wo wanted
chiefly two things?the outlawing of
war and Independent cltlxenshlp
rights for married women," said
Mrs. Edwards. "To outlaw war. we
told our Congressmen that the
United States must enter a wi.rld
federation of nations. The reports
of the State delegations after their
conference at the Capitol show one
of two things?either Congress be- j
lleves that the hour hss come to put
an end to war or is willing to accept
the word of women as experts on
what the country wants."
Each del-gatlon was Impressed
with the fact that members of Con
gress are eager to know what
the women want. Mrs. Edwards
added
Selection of the next convention
place of the league will be left
with th*> national board. which
meets In Washington next Monday. '
The executive committee of the
leafue which was In session here
this mfjrning, voted to defer all
action to the board
Contestants for th?> next conven
tlon are Houstoji. 1/OUlsvllle, At
lantlc City. Providence. Detroit.
Wust Indiana, and San Krsncls? o. |
sum GIRL'S FIANCE
FACING INDICTMENT
(Continued from First l'nge.1
T. Marina, were led at midn'rcht into j
the room where Wyman had hern |
grilled for fifteen hours. At 2 o'clock |
their high-pitched voices could l>.?
heard through the transom and the I
drone of the farmer's tiresome denial.
The man's Insistence that he had J
never been engaged to the slain girl,
who was to have become a mother I
within a few months, was brcken I
down when the sister and father con
fronted him. He ndmltted they were
to have been married on January 12. ,
The sister told how Gertrude had
pleaded with Wyman for an engage-'
ment ring and had threatened tO|
have him taken Into court to I
acknowledge the child. Tears rolled -
down her cheeks as she upbraided
the fiance for having Inveigled his,
sweetheart into admissions of past,
indiscretions on which to base his'
refusal to marry her.
Courted Second Girl.
A new theory on which authorities
are attempting to establish an added
motive for the murder was supplied
with the admission by Wyman that
he had courted Grace after Gertrude
had severed their engagement.
The girl was questioned three
times during the day. Wyman de-|
nied accusations of the State's at-1
torney that he had wished to be rid '
of Gertrude so that he might marry
Grace.
The Interrogation of Wyman last
ed until far in the morning. At Its
conclusion Sheriff Knox said:
"Wyman Itaa told us a lot of lies.
Wr have checked back on his alibi
and a number of things he has told
us do not stand up. We are not
going to lock him up, because hit
doesn't dare run away, and we will
question him further when other j
clues we now arc following have de
veloped."
Va. Realty Men Favor
Extra Assembly Meet
LYNCHBURG, Va? April 29.?The
executive committee of the Virginia
Real Estate Association In session
here adopted a resolution calling
upon Governor Trlnkle to convene,
tho State Legislature In extraordin
ary session to consider adoption of
the proposed $12,000,000 bond Issue. ,
The resolution was adopted by an un- j
divided vote.
The committee voiced Its oppo- '
sltlon to the extension of the Ball
law. now In force In Washington to |
regulate rentals.
YOUNGEST EDITOR IS 16.
GRANTSVILLE, W. Va . April 29. j
?The Grantavllle Newa. Calhoun |
County new*pai>er. boasts of the
youngeat editor In the State. He la
Alfred Olann Fleming and he Is
only aixteen year* old. He and hl?
mother, Mra. Bhoda Fleming, ?ra
equal partnara la the News.
SAMMY AND HIS PALS
Oopyrttfci. lwa. txr ?t?r og^wwr
?MS
1(M
as*
, Hk idea! i hey.
IMvited me to
That genoav
r conference. aht>
i a*? Soon asidot
T?ER^1mEY began .
io r&htj i5a1j),
wclmere at
least one. ,
GEHTitMAN neke?"
m60opy answered
' $0 1 left' i
, mapam 1 Pokt-^L^
r ATMgU 'v.
over, mere. wtfce ALWAYS
6up To welcome LAfclE*
Jrom abroad irUYpont I
vTalvC Too rfcch. J
WW STICK IS
BEST CUBE FOB FIT
That Is the Prescription of Dr.
Royal Copeland, Who
Ought to Know.
??? < oamoixilitan News mriW.
NEW YORK. April 29?Stout Ma
latca walking stick* are almost In
separable cronies of health. It In set
forth In "Overweight, Guard Your
Health, a new volume by Commis
sioner Royal S Copeland. copies of
whlfh the health chi*f distributed
today among the stout members of
hi* staff.
.,hS.hook hr ho* he
neljH?il fifty womfn to )<>?* u tot*l
hlic"<,.ven tyt of w!ii,,t M?,d *
half ton Of welKht. lie Kay a that
*? Chief rau^'i for ov.-rwelght
are la. k of appropriate exercise and
P *. p*ce*elve amounta of fat
producing foodm.
According ,o the commissioner a
man of fifty year* who .arrles fifty
extra pound* ha* reduced his e\
peftation of life 50 per c~nt
know-how army men carry
EWT -?Tk"" h*" "?>? h<?
V^v'li.hf ? * ?f ,h'" klnd 0r
* J. np ""'m" ?o have *om i
Wcholo?lcil effect on Its ,v,3,
r Art* a* a reminder to stand !
a I*nM?,1fhl ttn(1 ,0 hurr>' "long in
a soldierly manner. Try It."
9 nhe #?U'? '8 ,h" ,nfl"V of many
foni "f *Ur' Ix,llln" on lh" CUSh
ions of a motor ear will do more to
put on flesh than almost any other
habit Add to tWs luxury a'bo, of
Chocolate* dally, and you have n
combination impossible to withstand I
fatness will come on apace."
Gets 16 Years For Feud
Killing in West Virginia
RONCEVERTE. W V. .April ?!>._
Charles W. Handy wns convicted of
murder In the second degr.w In Mtn
roe County Circuit Court. The
crime xvas the murder of Edgnr
Rice, who lived ahout two mile* i
I^TJl>,w*Jown- Monroe Countv.
and occurred on February f>. last I
veari ol 1? nh0'" ,w"n,V?evn?
years old and unmarried, was shot
throuirh the head in the public rond
Handy is said to have regarded Rice
father."0"* f?r lh? ^lh "' his
Handy wan sentenced to serve six
teen years In the penitentiary.
( ontract is Awarded
For Great Falls Road
I.EEHBCRO, V... April 2?.-Tbe
proposed Washington, Great Falls
and Dranenvllle road la now assured
w?n*r'.:hi;H^n,ra,r' for -O""'ruction
awarded a few day* ago, The
money |s being raised for this nrol
e? by thn sale ?f bond, which bear
Interest at the rate of 71* per cem
per annum. They are being liberally
subscribed to by the people of tx,?.
doun Fairfax and Arlington counties
and the city of Washington.
Ask Hoover to Address
W. Va. Retail Merchants
2?r,ThReKHnBrRr" W V"- April
?k * ,pro"r"m committee for
the annual state convention of the
A**oci..i^K Hia Rp'"" Merchants
Herbert ," u lnv"?tIons to
Herbert C. Hoover. Secretary of
not^T'". *nd n??*r
?" ?utta"c?*n. to de
?h h^T'u ,h* convention,
at Hu ttfi ngton Jun* 21 ?,
WANT NAME CHANGED.
MOROANTOW.V, w. V* April '0
fhe i-our?* k' lmV" """foiled
?'? Chung., It* nsino to
"" 1lHt ?h" "?me of th*
STo lh# ndlr?,ul (tt
?
Heavy Hair Puff
Saves Girl From
Death by Bullet
PHILADELPHIA, April 2'.
IJEAVY hair puffs worn
by iiixteen-year-old Laura
Gordon saved her from be
ing killed by a stray bullet
as she wax telephoning in a
drug store.
The bullet was fired by a
gangster during a fight. The
shot shattered the plate glass
window of the drug store, ?
grazed the girl's ear and
lodged in the hair puff.
"I heard the shot and the
crash of the broken window," i
said Laura. "I thought I I
was shot. I put my hand up ,
to my head and the bullet
dropped out of the puff."
TWO BUY FREEDOM
IN VA. BABY CASE
(Continued from First Page.)
Thursby and Rraaure rearhed an
agreement whoreby neither the man
nor woman would he prosecuted for
abandoning the babv, although such
an offense is criminal in Virginia.
The authorities agroed fo the tom
promise.
Thursby agreed to pay and has
paid Rrasure the money, which Is to
be used, according to the agreement,
for the support of the baby, a half
interest in the "pretty house" at
Assateague was deeded over to the
baby until such time as It !s compe
tent to handle its own affairs.
Case May Be Reopened.
T>espite the agreement between
Thursby and Rrasure. the authori
ties may he railed to terms for per
mitting Thursby and the woman to
go free without answering to the
laws of the State for abandoning an
infant. Had the child died of ex
poaure before It was found, those
guilty of abandoning It could have
been held on a murder charge.
The Arcommac county authorities
offer no explanation for the release
of Thursby and the woman, except
ing the compromise reached with
Erasure. The case haa attracted un
usual Interest on the eastern shore
of Virginia and elsewhere aincc the
farts were published.
Thursby claims his home ia in
Flushing, N. Y. He Is said to be
very wealthy. The identity of the
woman Is a secret.
GASOLINE CARS BURN.
HURRICANE, W. Va., April 23.
?A tobacco warehouse and aeveral
freight cars were destroyed here
when three gasoline tank cars
caught fire after a derailment on
the Chesapeake A Ohio Railroad. ,
Trarka were torn up and telegraph
wires put out of commission by j
the fir*.
GETS LIFE SENTENCE.
RONCHVKRTM, W. Va., April II.
?In tha Poeahontaa circuit nourt
llenly Alberts was glvon a Ufa
sentenca for the killing of Kara
Hlnkle at the Alberts' horns ftn
Droop mountain en lha night af
February II.
'SEE 1.5. LAST-IS
SLOGAN OP JAPS
Europe Takes Top Place as
Choice of Tourists From
Nippon.
H> International New* N*rrlre.
"See America last." Is the re
vised slogan of the Japanese
tourist.
Reports of steamship bookings
Just received hero from Toklo indi
cate that the Japanese going abroad
for the first time in reversing the
old order of thing* by taking pann
age to Europe and returning by
way of the ITnitfd State*. First
class cabin* on all Europe-bound
steamship line* are booked in ad- I
vance until July, the rejtorts state,
while traffic on the trans pacific l
line* Is said to have slumped mater
ially. 1
Come Here Ijiat.
According to Japanese official*.
this marked Increase in the number
of tourists going directly from
Japan to Europe does not Indicate
any falling off in the number of
Japanese visitors to America. It
tnerely mean* that there is a grow
ing conviction among Japanese
travelers that It Is better to visit
Europe first In order that their
Impressions of America may be had
In the light of a previous knowledge
of the Old World.
Heretofore the usual custom for
a Japanese planning a world tour
has been to go first to San Fran
cisco or Seattle, cross the United
States by rail and embark at New
York for Liverpool or Brest, and.
after "doing Europe." to return by
way of the Suez Canal.
Business l ull Helps.
The crowded condition of the Eu
ropwin lines, as compared with that
of the trans-paclflc routes, also 1s
accounted for in part by the fait
that, while there have been consid
erable Increases In passenger faclll
ties In the trans-Pacific service
especially In view of the establish
ment of United Stales Shipping
Board lines, there have been vir
umlly no additions to the Japan
European service.
The Increase In the total amount
of round the world passenger traffic
Is explained by the fact that many
Japanese business men apparently
are availing themselves of the lull
In business at home to take long I
delayed business Inspection trips
abroad.
Seaman Says Pigeons
Put Curse on Vessel
SAVANNAH. Oa.. April 29 ?Two
carrier pigeons alighted on tlie
steamship Masuda when she was a
few days out of Olasrow. Scotland,
for Savannah. One of them lit on
the shoulders of Edmund Spruelll, a
young sea man.
"Captain, that Is a bad sign." said
John Olson, fifty six year old "bosun"
of the Masuda. "Trouble will surely
follow these birds to this ship. '
A few days later Spruelll died of
acute Indigestion, and when the ves
sel was coming up the Savannah
river Olson fell and broke a leg and
two ribs
Shipping Board Ships to
Bear Presidents' Names
Twenty steel steamships operated
hy tha Shipping Board are to be
named for Presidents of the United
States.
The vessels now bear the soubri
quets of States, such as the Nutmeg
Slate, the Sliver State and tha Key
stone State. The glgantlo l,evlathtin
will bear the name of a President,
and there will be a Warren U. Hard
j Ing, a Woodrow Wilson and a Will
| lam Howard Taft, ,
GOING ABROAD AT 80.
OOAI-TON. W. V*., April 19 ?
Michael King, althoiifb eighty years
ef age, la making plans for an ex
tanalva trip tfcreugfc Europe.
DEBTPAYMENTS
TO U. S. WORRY
BRITISH HEADS
Various Schemes Put Forward
on Way to Shift Burden
of War Obligations.
By I>AYII> M. Cllt'RCH.
International NfWl Nervier. I
LONDON, April 29.?Although
British officialdom in apparently rec
onciled to the fact that the war debt /
to America munt be paid there con7
tinues to be a considerable agitatityn
about this matter from the publlcJ
The latest scheme to be put forth
by which the British debt to Amenica
would be scaled down, is that the
United States (Just as much as, si^y.
for all bonds issued by the variolas
States of the Union which are now
held by British owners.
"The British public is probably
quite unaware that as many as eight
States forming integral parts of the
United States(Just as much as, say,
Wales forms part of the British Em
plre) are in debt, principally to the
English Investor, in a sum little
short of 200,000,000 pounds sterling."
declares an article in the Saturday
Review.
"Should Be Acknowledged."
"Surely the time has arrived when
the debt of the United State*
(through Its subsidiary states),
amounting to 200,000,000 pounds
sterling, should be acknowledged by *
that great republic and set off
against the 900,000,000 pounds ster
ling due to them from the people
of Great Britain. Wh?reaa, we find
a fresh and unexpected claim
against us for over 50,000,000
pounds sterling has Just been de
livered In respect to the United
States Army of Occupation in Ger
many, a pretty substantial twisting
of the lion's tail."
Hartley Withers, a financial
writer, puts forth still another debt
scheme. "If America were gifted
with far-seeing financial statesman
ship. which is hardly to be expected
owing to her hitherto Isolated posi
tion, it would be an obvious and
?limple matter for her to express to
her European debtors willingness to
take payment for them in German
Indemnity bonds, with the stipula
tion that they should in return for
this action consent to a modifica
tion of the indemnity tcrma," With
ers declared.
Europe Nearly Broke.
"If we wrote off the whole of our
silled debt and any further claim
upon Germany beyond The handing 4
over to America of bonds sufficient
to repay our debt to the United
States, a very long step would have
been taken toward the reduction of
Ihe fantastical structure of interna
tional indebtedness which would
threaten Europe with bankruptcy Jf
anybody believed that it had much
real meaning. But since, i s has been
shown, there seems to be little or no
possibility that America will take the
opportunity that fate has put In her
hands of acting as tho savior of the
international finanrial position. It re
mains for this country to do what it
can, though the scope of its action is
naturally much more limited."
Thase are but a few of the sugges
tions which are being set forth dally,
but all hoi>e has gone in official quar
ters that the debts to America can
ever be cancelled. And this last hope
Is a sore point, as was lectntly evi
denced when Sir Robert Horne, chan
cellor of the exchequer announced
rather defiantly In the Itouso of Com
mons that he would he the last to ask
the United States for a further ex
tension on the debts.
Better to Lie Than Be
Unhappy, Says Professor
BERKELEY. Cal.. April 29.?"To
He a little is better than to be un
happy," declared Prof. J. V. Brelt
weiser, of the cducatlin department
of the university In a lecture to hlr
students.
"White lies often do more good
and save more pain than the blunt
truth," he declared. "Black lies are
always to be avoided. The white lie
is without malice and not for self
aggrundizemcnt. If you tell black
lies often enough you will ?oon bo
believing them yourself."
Steamship Measures
Currents of Pacific
ASTORIA, Ore., April 29.?Ocean
currents off the Paclfle coast are be
Ing measured by the Coast and
Geodetic survey steamer Surveyor to
determine which way and how fast
a vessel will drift from a specified
point.
Measurements are taken both in
storms and fine weath". so that the
Information may be as great an aid
as iiosslhle for navigators.
Spooks Fail to Prevent '
Fire Forecast by Dream
CHICAGO. April 29.?The "spirit
forces'' which preside in the parlor
of Mrs. Blanche Brazear were unable
to prevent a fire which destroyed
property valued at I2.ROO.
Mrs. Brasear. a medium, said the
fire had been forecast In two dream j
by her husband. It started from u
candle burning In front of an altar
while the family were away.
British Vessels Sent
to War Zone in China
LONDON, April 29? British war
ships have been dispatched to Tien
tsin to protect British subjects In the
Chinese civil war, according to a
dispatch from Tientsin to the Hve
nlng News. They aro expected today.
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