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Washington Evening Journal (Newspaper) - September 11, 1920, Washington, Iowa Towb Ulm the of Lobb Chato nod 04�ruhk the evening journal generally fair tonight aim Bundu Quot lightly rms it tonight. Volume 28 Washington. Iowa said Iuda evening a hit Murk la num blk 178 Italy scene rioting Kramer says u. S. Is far from dry Federal prohibition commissioner tells of conditions under dry Law. Bi6 cities Are Quot wide open Quot find it almost impossible to fun of for violation of volstead act a Many arrest few convictions. He declares. Washington kept 11.�?any fat flast al Permin Hii lat Lii a drink Mon or is Oju tily in any of h Ohiri Niimi pm a Erin new York. Approximately a a a it a it ii Ltd of flu drinking place Iii Tho ton biggest cd Tim or to it Iii Liim. A but gallon of whisky in stared in so Lull 11 taunted warehouse Iii a ii oui sections of flu country. Ami it i la Long Arn Airi fied out Ami -011 in spilt of All that go it Rte int officials ran do to prevent it. New Lurk of a hire go. I i i to More and in Are wet of a j. Accusation of bribery Irr Oft Ami general Dos hour by my teen so general that nor ii government agent is free Frow suspicion. Although Lay far rim vat majority Are innocent. This startling condition of affair Baa revealed by prohibit foil Cornik Miner Kramer obtain convictions. A the Moat puzzling problem we fare la punishment it violation of the volstead Law. Via have made More than Titre thousand arrest in Newyl Irlar alone and i am mire that per they everyone arrested is guilty. Still we have the greatest difficulty in obtain lag conviction. Very few states live prohibition Laws. Till is the Case in new York Illinois. Louisiana and Pennsylvania. To we must go to Tim Federal court. Federal judges resent having their Mon tuned into police courts and Ninny of them Are not skin in slut in. A violators of the Law of rate with the most startling boldness. They know the Law require that liquor sold to agents Buist in actually pro Iii a court. Many of our Mea found placing liquor in smut bottles Are nimbly attacker and tile liquor taken away from them. Agent who merely drink the liquor Are not disturbed. Violators of tin Law know such liquor cannot he need a evidence. A Brand new Kong of squad is Ojst Atung along Broadway in new York and state str of in it tiers i it i known a Tim a subrt squad. And in fines its activities to exclusive rest an rants. A Beautiful Young woman sweep Quot in escorted by a handsome Man in evening clothes. Him Isas a cocktail and Hie Man takes ids sent. While the Damn get plays with Lier Glass am keep up a running conversation her escort secretes part of Ida drink in ii tiny vial. Then comes nil arrest Tim a skirt squad la amazingly successful. Foreigners most Active. Two Type a in part in Iii a Accra to Ted the liquor Busi Ness profitable in ten big cities. The first is composed mostly of foreigners who have stills and wineries in their kitchens and sell liquor about town. The other class. Wide ii includes Many Small capitalists and criminals of various sorts operates in a far More ambitious Way. A i cannot understand the attitude of Many persons who come to us with stories of Law violations hut who positively refuse to give us tin evidence necessary to bring about arrests a said or. Kramer. Many new York people by it Conn to Washington to see toe a ers Omally. They relate that such anti such a cafe in Selling liquor wide Ojan. Boqi they done to want to he mixed up in it. It Isnit hostility to tin Law so much As it is apathy with which the Public in big cities regard the d. Kin Breaks pact Young actress reported to be a granddaughter of Rockefeller balks at Vienna. Vienna sept. Ill a Young actress who is reported to be a granddaughter of John d. Hock Eft Lier and who had been engaged to play a leading role at the Hogg theater Lias caused p furore by refusing to Curry out her a Outi act. _ 8he requested Hie management to cancel her contract Hora use the Rockefeller name was to be used a the basis of her my Cev i. Theatrical people say the real pm Ana for her action was opto�lt1on by Hie Rockefeller family in a Nellea to Lier stage career. New spatter Here Are spreading this Story under big head toe Tine in Ltd a Vienna Bow stands for starvation while Rockefeller i a synonym for affluence it to an Incon grim Assoria j Annunzio Calls Assembly Milan reports italian poet summons flume Republican body to most. London. Sept. La. Gabriele do an mingle who proclaimed tin a italian Republic of qua Mere flume and a Cerat islands has summoned a roti tin Etrat Assembly to meet in six we a a a Milan a Storti to the Lemdon times. The d Annunzio Trio a. He taken the Aith of fealty to the new Public. It is against dry raiders. A m Mem _ j Federal judge says warrants Nee sary in search for liquor cites fourth amendment new York. Bapt. judge Garvin Iii Brooklyn upheld United states decision that Leisure of liquors without u sea Reb warrant to a sch a violation of the fourth amendment to the Ltd on Tutu Hoa. This finding attracted Attenson from the bar generally and was accompanied by much speculation on report that it largely would do Awny with attempts to Fry Aih ged not at cad set violators on information and liquor improperly seized. A was the agents of the government had Norwish to ladle be that any violation had taken place a judge Garvin a Aid a their Anarch of the premised without a warrant and the Leisure resulting therefrom a a Clear violation of Ute fourth amendment to the Constitution anti no conviction could in bad upon evidence so obtained Quot Frisco a. Y. Air plane starts first transcontinental Craft from California on Way eastward has 700 pounds of mail. San Francisco rapt. too Pound of mall the first transcontinental air plane to leave san Francisco cleared Fri pm the Marina Field at 6 15 a. In. Raymond j. Little to Tim of Jack Pickford is dead in Paris physician in Paris says Olive Thomas took solution of Mercury by error. Noted As Moyie actress Obregon planning Mexico a finance expects to make Large loan in the United states. Reported that Star drank deadly lotion following quarrel with husband who objected to her visiting resorts. In Artas pm. Tho in. American moving picture ctr Ltd and wife of Jno k Pickto died at Lite american Hospital at motility till morning. She was taken to the institution several Days ago suffering from mercurial poisoning having swallowed dichloride of Mercury it is said by mistake. I it a. Jose ii re onto an american physician in re urge of the Case said that the actress Bud swallowed a solution of alcohol preparation containing 12 Grama of dichloride of Mercury sufficient to kill 25 men Hilt he added that she had taken it through error. Recently it is said miss Thomas had Taen suffering from nervous depression and had expressed fear for the safety of her husband. According Lodr. Clump a it was Only through the prompt first old Given by Richford on his return to the hotel whore they were staying that miss Thomas a kept from dying at once. Quarrel with husband report. Another report says miss Thomas i swallowed i Daon ofter a quarrel with tier husband. According to intimates the Climax a a the Bick Fords a second honeymoon Quot a ame following frequent remonstrance by the husband against olives Youthful impulses which led Ber to a succession of night parties in tile Cino Pway of Hie Wildcat of the Porte younger set. She was warned several times to abandon her frequent visits to the tango palaces and restaurants which offer daring costumes dances and unlimited Champagne in Exchange for enormous sums but she refused to quit her friends above whom Are several screen personalities. To a e a real old time Paris Quot Olive sunday night accompanied by several of these friends visited a dead liar Quot hic most famous of the Montmartre resorts. Arrives Home at 4 a. In. She remained at the a dead rat until Tlle closing hour i a. Tu., and then blurted on a taxicab round of other resorts always open to the american spender. At 4 a. To she returned to the Ritz. Where she found Ber husband bitterly resentful. After listening to her husbands remonstrances and apparently taken with a fit of do Ponden a Olive drink three Una rulers of n bottle of dichloride solution prescribed for external tee. Tile career of que pc Thomas movie Star has been likened to a moving picture scenario. A few tsars no she was a in i girl in a detainment Afore in Pittsburgh. An aunt sent her to new York to study Nisic and she Tao posed fur artists pm of whom Harrison Fisher. Is said to have called her a the Tik it it Beautiful girl in the then she went into the rho rus of Ute a a follies and gradually he come a Broadway favorite before she went into Hie besieged by turks French troops and Cid Tiana to Birthplace of St. Paul said to Lack food. Constantinople a h la Tarsus the blot Spince of i. Paul about Twenty Miles South of Adaoo is being to leg a by Lite turks and the French Garrison and the 25.ta> int Meta it ants of the place ate Short of Bual nays a Lefter received Here from prof. Paul Nilson who la in charge of St. Paul a Institute the clip. The turks an fighting from the shelter of Fig and Orang Grove on the Plain surrounding the City. Relying on their Ritac fire to hold jul French Gar a tax a within the placed on the Grill Levy on Jobholder is aired at Senate fund is facing new quake peril survivors of quake face new danger Volcano Active. To use Money in reconstruction of the mexican government to pay debts. Washington sept after his inauguration Gen. Alvarado Obre gun newly elected president of Mexico experts to Lay u Plaa for a big loan before a group of american hankers. The Money will be used for reenlist auction of the mexican government. A signed statement from the general paving the Way for such a Loos was received in Washington. It says a a Mexico a Hope for the future is in Economy and Industry Aud Friendship with our neighbors and foreign capitalists who eau Aid to develop our after asserting that tin first week of his administration will in to take cure of Maxi co a foreign obligations general do re goo proceeds a we do not yet know How much we owe. New claims Are coming in and Home of the old claims Are being thrown out no Bills will he paid unless we owe the Money hut we will try to pay just Bills As nearly on the Nail its we can a after satisfying our internal needs we will attack the foreign debt. The principal will in paid in full As it comes due of course of we can possibly do so otherwise we will make arrangement for Extension which will satisfy our creditors As for interest overdue we will do what Good business men would naturally do we will try to reach a satisfactory Crater opens on Pizzo do ucello German scientists suggest crust of Earth is sinking. Rome sept i a a volcanic Crater opened at the top of Pizzo do la Celio. A Mountain 5, feet High about Nim Miles Northeast of six Erin. It to located Inq w lint appears to be the Northwestern Corner of Hie District shaken by tuesday morning s earthquake which resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives in the Region just North of Florence. A Telegram from Sam Zia states the Crater is emitting smoke and sulphuric fumes and that scientists there attribute the volcanic outbreak to the earthquake. The few a estimates that the dead in the earthquake exceed r>00. The Shock which devastated scores of towns and villages North of Florence seems to have followed the line of the mountains. This is common to earthquakes Iii Italy. Boeschenstei is quizzed Illinois National committeeman tells investigators of letters sent to Homes moors denies wets Aid Cox probes go East. Chicago sept. 11 fund soliciting letters which fun re n Hoeschen vein. Democratic National committeeman from Illinois was a la god to have Wilt out to Federal officeholders in tile state formed the Central mint in the investigation of the Senate committee on contributions Here Case of tile letters happened to Arach a Republican Ped master with the result that it was Turiw Dover to senator William s. Kenyon the Republican Leader on the committee. Sent to All a Good or. Roes Holstein proved a genial hut h strategic witness. Asked of he was responsible for sending out the letters tie said i a Well senator til Tell you. It like this. Hie democrats Haven to any big Campaign fund organization like the republicans. We just sort of puss the hat around. Now. J mailed out a lot of letters nod in some Way this one got in the hands of a Republican postmaster. Rut we weren to picking on postmasters particularly. We were just sending them to go my democrats that we thought would help seek to evade Law. Is charge. Senator Kenyon called the attention of the witness to the filet that one of the five a Chain Quot letters received by the Republican postmaster had borne a special delivery stamp and the printed notation a deliver at Home address �?onov.,&Quot said the senator a was no to that with the express intention of evading the clause in the corrupt practice of f which forbids the solicitation of Federal officeholders Quot a a a by not at All said or. Rosoh Enstein. A that was just so tin letter a rapid receive More attention. We did hint with All of there was a humorous passage when senator pot Nerene inquired of the democratic committee have done in her had it Lukin a tip from the Republican solicitors and a hired a y. M. C. A. Expert to do the soil it Quot to would have been a food said skies hot amp Otto a shut we did no to know of any. A Wall a said senator pot Nerene Quot maybe or. I pliant could have Lent you one a $1,345,897 in six month. By questioning senator Kenya brought out that about $103,600 contribute by eight big democratic i ii t id Atis including w. It. Crane John Burton Paine and Thomas and Benjamin Jones a found its Way info the democratic coffer. Rut aloes Henstein countered Well a a i hut s h is than the republicans a trying to get out of my District alone him said. I red Vav. Pliant treasurer of the Republican National it Noti Duttee resume the stand accompanied by a huge tax of which he is aft let out filled the names of nil the on tribute to the repute bean Campaign fund Between december 12, ibis in june 12, he. The Book. He kind. Showed that Between the dates sissified i vx1 it not Ribu i ors had Given $1,565, to the Jet Lonny committee and $4t2m<kj to tin state commit tees tin ratio he Pointe out w in Filiti my i contributor. Moore denies weft Aid. Republican members of tin committee failed in an attempt to show that wet interests Are aiding the Campaign for governor Fox. After questioning hid Mon i ii. Moore. Governor foxes pre i convention Malinger on the activities of wet organizations and getting a Flat denial that they have contributed to the democratic Campaign the senators no noun cts i that they dotted wind up their Chicago hearings today and go bars mine Parley president in Telegram to representatives of workers in Pennsylvania refuses to Grant req org. Washington. Sept. La. A president Wilson in a Ted earn in to representatives of the Anthracite workers in Pennsylvania refused to Grant their request to reconvene the joint scale committee of out aerators Aud miners for Tho Puri Ose of considering u new wage a War heiress boy garb gone miss Laura Fletcher daughter of Indianapolis millionaire vanishes in East Gloucester muss., sept. Laura Fletcher seventeen Yea re old daughter of i. Jim mrs. Stoughton a. Fletcher of Indianapolis was sought by the police Here. The girl who had been in the cure of a governess at the family Home Ai Gra Evlyne Dove in the absence of her parents Dispi it ended. A Fisherman said he Laid seen a Young woman Cut off Lier hair no change Lier clothing apparently putting on a pair of overalls. Socialist revolt is spreading City of thirsts torn by riots in which Many Ark i Ixko and wounded order is restore italian troop Quot mid naval Forres soc Reed in restoring semblance Arf order after fight Kavc mfr j Omma it Trieste Italy sept socialist re4t Here is spread a rapidly. Rioting of a fierce not Are took place last night in which barricade were erected in the streets and artillery rifles machine guns and bombs were freely used in the straggle Between rioters and military forces. Italian troop Quot and naval forces finally were Able to restore a semblance of order after numerous casualties had occurred in the socialistic ranks and several soldiers were . S. Coal quiz at chica80 ftesstek3,300 russians Are i captured in fight poles also take two armoured trains in new drive. Polish delegation having Powers to conclude peace preliminaries to leave for Riga sept. 12. Warsaw sept. In a the Poltash armies on the northeastern front delivered a series of Suc a Soful attacks upon tin russians and took 3,800 prison four guns and two armoured trains. Decision relative to the military situation lithuanian and peace terms to he insisted upon by Poland at the conference with soviet Russia at Rogn were reached at a session of the Council of defense inst night. Tho president of the Riga delegation has been selected but ids name has not As yet been made Public. It is believed that m. Dombski who headed the delegation sent to Minsk will not hold a similar position at Riga and there Are hint in official quarters that m. Grabski Leader in the polish diet or Prince sapi of a the foreign mini ate May he selected. Paris sept. wireless dispatch sent by Prince sap Elm. The polish foreign minister to George Tchul Tchern bolshevism minister of foreign affairs says the Poltash peace delegation hearing full credentials and having Powers to conclude an armistice and peace preliminaries will be ready to leave Danzig sept. 12 for Riga la started by attorney general Palmer. Chicago sept. in the Long promised Federal investigation of Coal profiteering began Here with the calling into the office of District attorney Chartae f. Dyne of the first of Many Wlate Chale dealers wha Are scheduled for similar interviews. Coincide entry or. Dyne announced that id cements of at least a half dozen wholesale deniers under the lever aet could he expected before the cud of the week. The District attorney s action comes As a sequel to Suie Clatl orders from attorney general a. Mitchell Palmer for Federal prosecution of in rofl Teerlog Coal dealers and an inquiry into the whole situation which threatens Chicago with a fuel famine this to Tho turf a. Comitia Hoople sept. of leaflets warning turkish nationalists thut if they do not yield greek forces will occupy constantinople or being distributed through . Cox Speaks at Spokane urges first voters to be guided by judgment not prejudice this your. Spokane wash., sept. Cox of Ohio democratic nominee opened ids presidential Campaign in this state immediately on ids arrival at Hie station Here with an address to the first voters league in which he urged the necessity of the league of nations and Dot cleared that conscience and judgment and not partisan prejudice. Should to this years Standard of action at the fete congressmen Viscount Uchida gives luncheon in Honor of american visitors. Cabinet attends. Tokyo sept. Uchida minister of foreign affairs gave a luncheon in Honor of the american congressmen who Are visiting Japan. I til function was attended by the entire Cabinet Aud other notables. Later the City of Yokohama cordially nth revived the saves woman a Lif Ebrown cur comes to Rescue after unknown assailant throws vie Tim in Pool. Memphis tenn., sept. Young married woman Nineteen years old la a Hospital Bere painfully of not severely injured owes her life to a Brown cur dog which after she had been attacked by an unidentified White Man and knocked into a Pool of water in a Semi conscious condition ran to her assistance and seized her Collar in his Teeth and held her head above the water until Bein arrived

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