Woman Says She FaintedWhen Husband Admitted

Illicit Fatherhood.

DENIES BOOK THROWltfCWas Slow in Beginning Song

at Sunday NightService.

GRAND RAPIDS, July 8..Mrs. Lottie M. Trotter, who is.uing her husband, Melvin E.Trotter, superintendent of theCity Rescue Mission here, forseparate maintenance, again tookthe stand this afternoon.

She reiterated that the evange¬list and his secretary, Miss Flor¬ence Moody, had confessed theiralleged relationship and told herTrotter was the father of a childto be born to Miss Moody.

Saw Things at Mission.Mrs. Trotter asserted Hhe had pre¬

viously been compelled to caution theevangelist about his relations withgirls at the mission, explaining, "1.aw things that would make me

angry."On Friday, July 13, 1917, she testi¬

fied, her husband and Miss Moodycame to her and told her of theirdifficulties and the impending birthof the child. She said she faintedon being told of this.

Later, they all began making ar¬

rangements for the event, the wit¬ness said, adding she impressed uponMiss Moody that afterward, "youmust go your way and Trotter mustreturn to mission work."On cross-examination of Trotter,

the evangelist said that during an

argument over a telegram from Mr.and Mrs. W. G. Taylor, head of thePacific Garden Mission in Chicago,Mrs. Trotter slapped his face.

Trotter related that this incidentwas brought about when he receiveda telegram from the Taylors askingthe Trotters to meet Mrs. Taylor atthe boat in the morning. TrotterRaid he asked his wife to go withhim to meet "Bob," as Mrs. Taylorwas known, and she replied, "Meetyour own friends."The witness testified that she kept

on making remarks about Mrs. Tay¬lor, and In an effort to quiet her hesaid, "Shut up" and tapped her onthe top of her head with a fly swat¬ter.The next Instant, he said, she

slapped his face and. taking thefly swatter away from him. struck]him. Notie of the blows hurt much,he said.

Denies Book Throwing.Trotter also testified that in Chi¬

cago he met William Colgrove. a

former assistant of Trotter In mis¬sion work her?, who informed himthat Trotter had confessed to herthat he was the father of a childborn to Florence Moody, well knownmission worker in Grand Rupids.

Trotter denied that he ever threwa song book at his wife during a

Sunday night service because shedid not begin singing promptly withthe other singers.A smile swept over the faces of

the crowd in the courtroom' whenthis question was asked and an¬swered.The evangelist is still being ques¬

tioned relative to some 130 letterswritten by himself and wife, whichhave been offered as evidence. Someof the letters had the effect of a

bombshell exploding in the court¬room.

In one letter from the evangelistto his wife he said: "If you are notout of your mind, you are the mostfiendish or devilish woman In theworld. In a few weeks you havetransformed yourself from a handmaiden of the Lord into a degen¬erate."

Wife "I nfaithful."Many of the missives tell of the

troubles which have entered Trot¬ter's life since Miss Moody gavebirth to a baby in July, 1917. Ofanother letter in which the evange¬list referred to his wife's characterbefore he married her, Mrs. Trot¬ter's lawyer asked the mission or¬

ganizer if he wasn't trying to in¬timidate her and to keep her fromconnectit* his name with MissMoody as the father of the child.To this he said he was only wilt¬ing the truth ond letting her know.he was no better than she tried tomnke him out to be.He said he believed Mrs. Trotter

knew who was the father of MissMoody's child, but could not reasonout why she wanted to place theblame on himMr. Troter then narrated the

"Magdalene" of the mission andversion of the conference betweenMrs. Trotter, at which. Mrs. Trot¬ter charges, both she and the girl.obbed out their admissions of.ecret love."Miss Moody told the circum¬

stances of the attack, said It hadonly happened once, and that thefhther was a married man." hesaid. "She pleaded that her motherwas an invalid and must neverknow She appealed to us to stand"Did you know who the father

wa^?"by her.and we did.""Miss Moody said she would die

before she would Ml who he was."The questions, put to Trotter l.y

the evangelist's attorney, Charles K.Ward, follow:

Something to Answer.Q..Up until recently you held the

position of superintendent of thePacific Garden Mission In Chicago,?dldn't you? A..Ye*, sir.Q-.How long had you held that

position? A..Bver since the deathof Harry Monroe, In 191fiQ..And how did you come to re¬

sign that |>o*ition? A..I was com¬

pelled to by the legal publication ofMrs. Trotter's charges.Q.When waa that? A .In Octo¬

ber of 1921.Q.What were the circumatance.i

of your leaving? A.At a boardmeeting In October, I was Informedit wu» for the beat that a change be

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"LUCKY AT CARDS,."

o5etricl<n».». ^¦¦- ¦¦ .¦-¦.*

The old adage "Lucky at cards, unlucky at love" came

true in the case of Mrs. Mildred Mae Sanders, who, after a

married life of two months, secured a divorce from John D.Sanders, a Los Angeles tobacconist. She beat him so thor¬oughly at bridge whist, she says, he flew into a jealous rageand drove her out of their apartment.

made. They were very nice aboutand said 1 could continue until

the fii'Su of the year.Attorney Ward then swung 10 the

domestic troubles between the evan¬

gelist and Mrs. Trotter, other thanthe numerous arguments they hadover the birth of the "mission lovebaby."Q..Now about those bathing par¬

ties with the girls that plaintiff'scounsel has referred to? How didyour wife reprimand you. as you say?A..Well, she used to go in bathingwith us. and when she didn't shewould stand on the shore and watchus constantly, and when I would getnear one of the girls she would repri-,mand me In ways hard to bear.Q..What would she say? A..Oh,

phe would pick out certain womenand say I was "fresh" with them.And then sometimes she would standat the window of the sun parlorwatching us with powerful glasses.Q..Were there any other occasions

when she would quarrel with you?A-.Oh, yes, time and again. For ex¬

ample. I would be working in my private office, and. looking up, wouldfind her watching me. I never knewwhere she came from. She wouldjust slip in without a sound andwatch me. On one occasion I war

talking with a woman when T hap¬pened to open the folding doors andthere T found her watching methrough a crack.

Q- Were you doing anything tojustify her watching you through thetrack? .A .No. sir.

Sunday Night Quarrels.O..What about those Sunday

nights in your home? You fre¬quently had quarrels at home afterthe Sunday night services? a..I'llsay so.

Trotter repudiated the confessionthe wife alleges he made to her.The evangelist's attorney thenturned his examination to the talksTrotter and his wife had just pre¬vious and following the birth ofthe "Mission Ix>ve Baby."Th» questions that led to the

repudiation of the alleged confes¬sion of parental responsibilities ofthe "Mission Love Baby" follow:Q-.You mention Mrs. Trotter'-

efforts to persuade you to confess.Tell us about that. A..Oh. shewas constantly after me to confessto her. She said if I didn't shewould write to the mission boardand expose me.

"I need Me to Confer"Q.How often would she say that?

A-.Every time we had a quarrel.First she would say, "confess to meand I won't tell anyone." Then shesaid she would be satisfied if I con¬fessed to one member of the board.Then Mr. Walker said if I wouldconfess to him he wouldn't tell a

soul. *

Q..What did you say? A..I saidit simply can't he done, I'll neverconfess to something I never did.Q..Oid you ever confess to tier?

'meaning Mrs. Trotter) A..No, Inever had anything to confess.Trotter and his at'ornevs appeared

elated when the plaintiff s counselIntroduced a leteer by Mrs. Trotter inAugust of 1918 to the evangelist'sassistant in which she said she was

sorry for the things she had saidagainst her husband and that mavbe"Me!" "was right after all" and ¦ihewas "off" her head.

Itead Wife's letters.The letter, dated Chicago, August

20, 1A1R, follows:*

"Rev. W. s. Colgrove,"City Kescue Mission,

/"Grand Rapids. Mich."My dear Mr. Colgrove:

Your lettor came this morningand I was very gla/1 to get It. foryour letter Is Just like you. alwaystrying to help everybody. I am soglad that what I have said has notcaused you to lose faith In 'Mel.'"He is a wonderful man and has

a great message and can preachlike no other man I am sorry. Ina way. for what I have said. ButI prayed over It eo hard and I lovenlm so that I felt I must speak tosome one. and I think the Blhletells us to do Just what I did In thismatter.

Her Heart Broken.I will take your advice and amy

sway from home. I think It a lit-tie hard to turn a woman out undersuch a eloud. with nowhere to layher head.sick and broken-hearted.

But that is one of the ways of thisworld in these last days.

"I am glad God can see throughthe I'loudB and none can hinder.I notice what you say about thedear old mission.God bless you.Do what you can and keep winningsou Is for Jesus."You can depend upon it. I will

say no more on this subject andhope that you will Just destroythis letter and pray and forget what1 have said Maybe he is right andmaybe I am Just "off" In the h^ad.I could hope so. Give my love toMrs. Colgrove. I shall never forgethow kind she whs to me that day."And with Christian love. I re¬

main, vour friend,MRS. TROTTER"

The picture of the evangelist'swife receiving a "vision" from an

angel of the Ix>rd, soort after thebirth of the "love baby" to the"fighting parson's" private secre¬

tary, was flashed before the eyesof the spectators in Judge Dun¬ham's court.

Mrs. Trotter denies she gutn*<lknowledge of her husband s sinthrough a "vision." She alleges inher bill of complaint that both theevangelist and Miss Moody confessedtheir guilt to her.Attorney Ward delved into the al¬

leged "vision" the moment the wit¬ness was released by the plaintiff#attorney. Kred Geib.q..Who first called your attention

to vour wife's charges that you wereresponsible for Miss Moody's baby?A..Mrs. Aylward, a friend of mywife.

,Q..Explain what she said. A..Iasked her where Mrs. Trotter gother information about Miss Moodyand myself. Mrs. Aylward replied."Why from headquarters." Believingshe meant Miss Moody I went to thetelephone and called her up. Shetold me Mrs. Trotter had never talk¬ed to her about it. Mr». Aylwardthen said that Miss Moody was not"headquarters." and that Mrs. Trot-ter had learned It from an angel ofthe L.ord.Attorney Oelb paved the way for;

the "vision" testimony during his ex-1itmination of the witness. He con-jfined his examination of Trotter Inasking the witness his early life andhow he and Mrs. Trotter becameestranged soon after the birth ofMiss Moody's baby.Q..Did Mrs. Trotter evef caution

you about your being so free withthe women of the mission? A..Yes,Q..And Mr. Otte. If I remember

correctly, Otte testified that he warn¬ed you on several occasions to bemore discreet.The witness sputtered :>.t this

point. He appeared lost for an an¬swer. He fidgeted In the chair for atime and then said:

"Ottei saw a woman throw herarms around my neck in the crowd¬ed hall one night and "

"I didn't ask you what he saw.Didn't he warn you to he morediscreet?" retorted Attorney Geib.

"Well, as I' was going to say,"Trotter replied, "Otte saw the wom¬an put her arms around me.it wasnot an unusual occurrence.and shesaid, 'Gee, I am glad to seie youback.' Well, at that time Otte!warned me to be more discreet," thewitness finished.Q..You resented Mrs. Trotter's

interference, didn't you? A..Yes.Q..Then that is what you refer¬

red to when you said your wife wascontinually charging you with being!too promiscuous with other woman?A..1 guess that is about it.Q..When you returned to Grand

Rapids In the spring of 1921 youknew that three members of theboard (meaning Trompen, Walker,and Thompson, often styled "TheThree Musketeers") had lost confi¬dence In you? A.. Yes.Q..Then you planned to get rid of

them? You had previously statedyou did not want any members onthe board who were not in full sym¬pathy with you, Isn't that true? A..Yes.Q.You charged Mrs. Trotter with

calling the board meeting at whichMansel was exonerated? A..Yea.

CAN'T CHECK CANINES.YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.

July t..Visitors to Yoaemite ,-|«re-after will not be permitted to ch*cl(their dogs with mnger* *1 the gut-,according to a ruling mads hers.

WE GETS HIS110' NOTES;DIES TO COURT

"Jerry's" Ardent Verses toPhilandering Harold Co

Astray in Mail.

CHICAGO, July 8."I know a lovely garden,Where bloom the sweetest

flowers; IAnd there from morn till tve

I pass away the hours.For love is that sweet garden,Between God's boundless blue.

And He looks down and blessesMy love, my life, and you!"When Mrs. Gertrude Reiter

found that verse in * letter ad¬dressed to her husband, HaroldJ. Reiter, a S5,00-a-year sales¬man, she began an investigationwhich led to her naming DorisJerry Mabusth in a bill for sep¬arate maintenance filed in circuitcourt in Chicago.

The "other girl" is a vocalistemployed by a lyceum companyof Louisville, Ky., according tothe bill.

Have Two Children.The wife nates that they were

married in March of 1918 andseparated June 15 of this year.They have two children, Frances,two. and Shirley, four months,old.

Mrs. Reiter charges that herhusband has admitted that he hasbeen too friendly with Miss Ma¬busth and says that he has pre¬sented "the other girl" with manyexpensive gifts.An error in the postoffice, says

Mrs. Reiter, caused her to re¬ceive the letters from "Jerry"' toher husband.

Here They Are.They were written from I^ouls-

vllle In 1921, she nsserts. Two ofthem read as follows: j"Dear.Sho' nuff I love you andI will be in Louisville when youare. I know a couple of roadhouses where no one ever goesthirsty. Ashes to ashes dust todust. If you don't love mi".I'llmake you must. Dearest Romeo,I will say good night ere If be to¬morrow, and earh new morn bringsnew sorrow.I want to be the firstperson In Ixiulsville to see you.Living you forever, I am. "ME."

Her World Small."Pretty o' Mine.\\ e have lived

in a world all our own. To methere is no one In it but Just youand I. Have you been happy? Ihave been so happv. I was afraidthat in the midst of all my happi¬ness 1 would awaken and find it alla dream!

"I have done everything in nivpower, dear, to let you know thatmy love for you is sincere, andknowing that you care for me isthe only thing that -will make itl*>ssihle to stay out oil the loadfor si* months and endure my lone¬liness.

"The time I have spent withyou will always be a sacred mem¬ory to me.locked up in my heart!

.TERRY."Wnitinc (Jives Him Pain.

And here is a plaint his wifesays Harold wrote:"Dear Jerry.Your letter dated

Dec. 1, mailed Deo. 3 and re¬ceived Dec. fi, before me. Irre¬spective of the word Darling, asan address to me. I am inclinedto believe that your love Is some¬what on the wane. Were I notto wrfte for a period of five or s.'xdays wouldn't yon attach the samesignificance to my actions?

"I do not consider it fair to menor to my love for you to keepme waiting that long for a letter.Doris. I love you, and unless Imisconstrued the meaning of cer¬tain words you spoke to me InLouisville I know you love me."Why not write and tell me once

and for all: Is your love for mewith marital interest or is It Justa paatlme; an Infatuation?"Fond love, 'Doris,' Ol' Pal, and

don't keep Yne waltln'.I'm fairwith you. Be so with me.

Athletics Seen as SafetyValves of College SpiritCOLUMBIA, Mo., July 8.."Ath¬

letics is the safety valve for collegespirit. I would rather have a Jobramming dynamite with a crowbarthan be president of a universitywithout athletic teams."With these words President J. C.

Jones, of the University of Missouri,came out flat-footedly for athletics.and more of it.In American schoolsand colleges.

Find Boccaccio's BonesIn Old Certaldo Home

FLORENCE, Italy, July 8..Bor.esbelieved to be those of GiovanniBoccaccio, the great Italian four¬teenth century novelist and i>oet,have been found In the house atCertaldo In which he lived.The bones were solemnly removed

to Florence by a well-known arch-laeologlst. accompanied by Boccaccioadmirers.

Ohio Pickpocket "Slicks"Detective from MichiganTOLEDO, July 8.."I was three

years a policeman and nine years adetective In Grand Rapids, Mich.,and after being in Toledo five min¬utes some allcker picked my pocketfor $40," said Edgar A. Clark, ofSouth Bend, Ind.He reported that the pickpocket

got his purse at Union station uponhis arrival.

CHILD KILLED BY AUTO.PETERSBURG. Va.. July 8..

Joseph Norria Sadler, seven yeirsold, of Portsmouth, was fa'ally in-lured on the Hopewell road whenhe arms struck by an automobiledriven by W. L. Harrla, of this city,and died la the Petersburg HoapluU.

LABOR UPHOLDSINDIA'S DESIRETO WIN LIBERTY

Resolutions Indorsing Peace¬ful Revolt Adopted Over

British Opposition.By TARAKNATH DAI*.

Intemuttouui Mwr«w)i i Iit-iitin of trec¬tiuILi tur iiitiit*

The American Federation of Lm-bor in its recent convention, lieidin Cincinnati, indorsed Hie cause U!ireeuoin 01 tne people of India byunanuiiouHiy adopting resolutionsalter two special Hearings on Indiabefore the executive committee oftne federation, presided over by Sam¬uel tiompers. Tiie British and Ca¬

nadian fraternal delgaUB partici¬pated* in the discussion and express¬ed their attitude toward the causeof Indian freedom, while the writer,as international secretary of Friendsof Freedom for India, presented theclause of India against Briuuh tyr¬anny and brutality.The British labor leaders and the

representatives of the British TradeUnion Congress acknowledged that,today in India, more than 40,000 po-litical prisoners are in jails andtreated most brutally. They alsoacknowledged that British militaryexpenditure in India is mountingevery year, and the people are be¬ing reduced to abject poverty. Theyexpressed their regret that in spiteof protests of the British labor, thereare laws 4n India according to whichthe people of India are denied rightof trial by jury, denied the freedomof press and peaceful assembly and,at times, the British government hasused machine guns and bombs uponthe unarmed |»eople merely for pro¬testing against such laws.They agreed that the British opturn

policy in India is not only a mena*to the health and well-being of thepeople of India, but a menace to thepeople of the world. They did notquestion that the policy of the Britishgovernment has been to keep thepeople In Ignorance. They freelydenounced the British governmentbecause of its attitude In favor ofIndia princes. Indian landlords, arkdBritish planters and capitalistsagainst the India peasants and la-borrs. Hut the British labor lead¬ers refused to Indorse any resoluHon which would directly mean separatlon of India from the Briti**empire. They frankly admitted theBritish labor does not want to doanything that would hurt the Brit¬ish empire.

British lj»bor Against Gandhi.British labor lead'-rs opposed the

idea of expressing any indorsementof (iandhl or the nonco-operatlonmovement because It m»*ant indorse¬ment of the boycott of British gov-jeminent and British goods, whichmeant Increase of unemployment inBritain. They also opposed the Ideaof (landhi star'lng arbitration courtsIn India, boycotting British <-ourt«.and denounced the Idea of mass-civildisobediences or nonpayment 01

taxes. They declared that anv per¬son indorsing India's aspiration toRain freedom by Gandhi's methodwould be repudiated by the Britishpeople and particularly by Britishlabor.

President Uompers, of the federdtion, and the executive council didnot want to do anything whichwould hurt the stand of the organ¬ized labor of Britain, but refused tochange their attitude toward thecause of the freedom of the peopleof India. James Duncan, the firstvice president of the federation, em

phatlcally upheld the right of everypeople to decide their destiny and,at the suggestion of President Gom-pers. the resolutions were adopted.

This means a good deal to the p«;opie of India. It means that threemillions of organized workers 01America for the first time In its historv unanimously supported thecause of freedom of the people ofIndia, one-fifth of the population ofthe world.Today, all India Is indebted to the

American Federation of I>abor, forupholding American traditions ofhuman liberty In the face of activeBritish propaganda.

Painting Melons RedSends Artist to Court

NEW TORK. July 8..Albert An-

derline, a citizen fond of watermelon,sought a sample and paused by a

peddlers cart. The vender of wa

termelon was engaged at the mo¬

ment, according to Mr. Anderllne'salmost Immediate report to the po¬lice, with an opened melon and a

bottle of vermilion fluid, which mayhave been paint or may have beenred ink. Anyway, as the aston¬ished bystander observed, it was red,a rich, alluring red. Also, strictlyaccording to Mr. Anderline and thepolice, the peddler, Isaac Meyers,was engrossed In artistic labors, dip¬ping a small brush into the bottleof red fluid and transferring thecolor of courage and ambition to theull too-pallid Interior of the melon.

Magistrate Kyttenberg fined Isaacthe .price of six watermelons fortrading without license In suchfruit. Uater he fined him $25 forhis artistic efforts.

Domestic Silence CourseUrged for All NewlywedsCHICAGO. July 8.."Keep your

eyes open before you are married;keep your eyes shut after yo't urcmarried." This was part of the ad¬vice given in a sermon on "Ci.olcein Marriage" by the Rev. John Nor-ris Hall, pastor of the JuiluGay Memorial Methodist EpiscopalChurch."There would be l«w trouble after

marriage if. in addition to this wifetaking lessons In domestic S'iencu.both husband and wife would takea course In domestic alienee," Hov.Hall said.

Quilt of 30,000 PiecesFinished by Iowa WomanBIRMINGHAM. Iowa, July 8..

Miss Ella Wiley, of this village, hasfinished a quilt with 30.000 pieces ofcloth in It and untold million* olstitches.She made It alone. Miss Wiley

worked on the quilt a number ofyears.

SLAYER AND VICTIM

Orville J. Turley, "business chance" broker, of Denver,has confessed, the police say, that he lured Mrs. Emma Wise,owner of a fashionable lodging house there, to an untenantedhouse on the pretense of making an advantageous business,beat her with his fists, choked her to death with a ropearound her neck and thrust her body into a furnace pipe.

RANGER BICYCLESMil BY SIX BOYS

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Youngsters Get Machines forObtaining Subscriptions to

The Times.

City and country boys divided honors yesterday in winning Rankerbicycles from The Washington Timesby obtaining fixteen six months' sub¬scriptions to this newspaper.

Here are yesterday's winners whohave received an order on the HeentCo. for a $55 bicycle which they willenjoy today: Philip Littleton, 36Hates street northwest: Ralph Kelt-man, 52 Chestnut street, Clarendon,Va.; William Gonzales, 903 Eighthstreet southeast: John Klnrs. 1210Court street. Clarendon. Va.: AndrewJ. Aneswl. 300 G street northwest,and Robert Cave. Rosslyn, Va.

Six winners in one day! This showshow easy It is to win a bicycle bysecuring new subscribers to thispopular and rapidly growing news¬paper. These six winners all earnedtheir bicycles within three days afterthey started, and two of. them se¬cured all of their orders In one even¬ing after dinner.The offer of The Times to deliver

Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeep-ing magazines in combination wi'nthe paper for six months is makingit more easy for contestants to secureorders. I

U. Si Fishermen Will Go jto Russia to Colonize

ASTORIA. Ore., July 8..FiftyFinnish residents of Astoria are on,their way to New York, the first legiof their journey to Soviet Russia and"freedom."They will establish a fishing col-!

ony on the Arctk- shores of the tu-|mult nous republic, John Antllla. oneiof their number, an Astoria fisher¬man for many years, having been ap¬pointed by Lenin superintendent offisheries for northern Russia.The way was prepared for the re¬

turn of the fifty last year when JohnHotilla and John Antilla went to Rus- j?ia to Investigate the fisheries "f the!northern coast. It was upon the rec¬

ommendations of these two men thatthe party was organized.

New York Gunmen AreFeared in German PortBERLIN, July 8 .New YorK gu'v ,

men migrating from the East Sideare believed by the Bretnerhavenpolice to be using that placd as a

port of entry into Germany and tobe largely responsible for the recentorgy of lawlessness th«t has beengripping some German .ieaports.Each week, when .some of the'

larger ships sailing for New Yorkare churning the waters of the canal. |the propellers seldom fail to bringone or more bodie* of seamen to thesurface.

American Cheese IsSwiss in Switzerland

Proving that the late Mr. Barnum¦was right. American-made "Swiss"cheese is rapidly replacing the home¬made article on the dinisur tabhs inSwitzerland.Consul Murphy, ?t Lucerne, in¬

forms the TVpartmen' of Commercethat the American imitation producthas grown steadilv in favor duringthe past three year.i. and all that Isimported finds a ready swte.

Fish of Atlantic Coast| Are Mysteriously Dying

WILMINGTON. N. C. Julv .8..Millions nf fish, ranging In size fromone-Inch bottom feeders to five-footsharks, are dying along the Pendercoast and are being washed upon thebeaches In shoals over a it retch of

I twenty miles.Dr. J. H. Hamilton, county health

officer, has requ®sted th« 'Jovem-ment Fisheries Bureau to send ex-

I perts here to determine the cnusc ofthe phenomenon.

Airplane and AutomobileCollide in Los Angeles

LOS ANOELE8, July 8..An air¬plane and an automobile collided.

' Edmund C. Kossub, who drove themotor car. told the authorl'lea.The pl^ne damaged the car slightly

< and caused hla mother .ind singer afld1a cousin, riding with him. to Bufferfrom shock, he said The aviatorflew away.

GIRL MASQUERADESIN ATTIRE OF MAN

Picked Up By Policeman AfterThree Weeks' Lark in

Frederick Streets.FREDERICK. Md July 8 .For

twenty-eight years Kdith L. Roberts,of this city, has longed to be of theother sex. As a child she wanted tohe a boy. and as she grew older thepassion became stronger until finally,unable to resist, a month ago shespent three supremely happy weokdwandering in the streets of the city,not only wishing she were * manhut garbed as the most dapper ofthe under thirties men of the city.It was a superb three weeks. Sheadmitted that, and in that time sheIndulged in all those things whichsex lines had heretofore bannod andbarred.She smoked the cignrs of her

choice, not in the pirvacy of h.-rrooms, but on the strets. She rub-bed shoulders with the crowds onthe streets, at the theaters, at thebaseball grounds, in the stores.She heard all those "mysteries" of

conversation among men which so

pique the other sex. and she foundI: to be the most marvelous lark ofher life. She admits that to be an:an is all that she ever dreamed :twould be.

That was until John Adams, a

policeman, stopped her on the streetand despite her protests to the con-trary took her to a physician. Hedecided against her manhood claims,She was then taken before J'jstic*|

.1. Oraham Johnson on a charge ofimpersonating a man. She ins'btedeven in the face of the physician'stestimony that she was a man. hudJust recently been mustered out ofservice, and had been through theEuropean war. iThe story, even to the skeptic*!

Judge sounded plausible, but then»h«-re was the testimony of the phy-sician. so he sent her home In thecustody of Adams with the warningthat she should clothe herself as if

proper for members of her sex inFrederick and until so clad sheshould not again venture cn tnestreets.She appeared on the streets sub¬

sequently, but as a woman.

All Bids for HandleySchool Turned Down

WINCHESTER. Va. July 8..None of the bids submitted for erec¬

tion and completion of the HandleyFoundation Schools here were ac¬

cepted by the building committee, itwas announced here, owing to allbids being considerably in excess of$500,000, the fund available for build¬ing purposes.Walter R. McCornack. the Cleve¬

land architect, was authorized tomake certain changes in originalplans so that the building can beerected within the appropriation.The lowest bid submitted was $522,-i 17, and the highest was $812,603.

Youthful Lasso ChampIs Roped in by Court

NORTHAMPTON, Mass July *.

.Allen Damon, a sl*teen-year-oldschool boy. was so adept with a uisse

that he landed In court.Allen, the court alleged, used pour

Judgment In selecting Miss Edith E.Snyder, a pretty teacher, as th>»subject for his lariat activities ai.dplaced him under bonds for a yearto insure his good behavior.

Ifi

Events of Next Six Months WillDecide Fate, Officials

Believe.

By HARRY L. ROGERS,International New* Service.

The events of the next nix monthswhould tell the tale of Soviet Russia,at least no far as the present phaseof Its existence Is concerned, accord¬ing to Administration officials Inclosest touch with the situation.Whether Lenin continues In power,

or whether by reason of Illness,death or otherwise he should lose con¬trol of the machine he has created,officials believe developments be¬tween now and the first of the yearwill have clarified the situation suf¬ficiently to warrant this Governmentin taking a new account of stock.There is an almost unanimous con¬

viction here that Lenin himself, Iffree to follow his own bent, wouldbe willing to make such concessionsas practically to meet the conditionslaid down by Secretary of SlatsHughes as essential to the resump¬tion of relations between the UnitedStates and Russia. The Soviet dele¬gation at Oenoa, according to thsmost reliable Information availablehere, was obviously seeking somsgraceful way of deserting the morsradical principles of Communism, butwere forced to proceed slowly bothon account of the strength of the or¬thodox Communist element at hom«and the opposition of Communistsall over the world.

Leaders May Dmert Radicals.During The Hague conference

there were evidences that the morsastute Bolshevist leaders were work¬ing in this direction, notwithstandingoccasional outbursts from radicals,who waved the red flag with old-timevigor. Should Lenin remain Inpower, it is believed here that hewill be able to accomplish somethingdefinite during the next six months,either In the way of modification ofSoviet policy to meet the demands ofthe outside world, or at least he willhave satisfied himself that conform¬ity with the views of such nations asthe United States and France is aconcession too radical for the cohortsof Bolshevism to accept.

Speculation Regarding TroUky.With Lenin out of power, officials

here^ believe some other "strongman" will appear, regardless of anytechnical machinery that may be es¬tablished for the government of Rus¬sia. Trotzky has been most fre¬quently mentioned as Lenin's succes¬sor, and there has been much specu¬lation as to how he would conducthimself In a position of supremepower. Any triumvirate or coalitionthat mav be formed. It Is believed,would be subordinate to some Indi¬vidual. even though he did not holdthe office of premier. With the tre¬mendous personal influence ofTrotsky, it should be a matter of In¬difference to him as to who chancesto have the name of premier. esp«- <

daily so long as he can retain con¬trol of the army.While It is true Trotzky has been

perhaps the most radical of all theBolshevist chieftains, at least no faras speech is concerned, observershere argue that he probably wouldbecome much more conservative Ifhe were placed in a position of »u-preme powrr.Should he attempt to carry out

some of his more radical suggestionsespecially those Involving foreignconquests by the Red armies, it Is be¬lieved that his organization wouldfall Hke a house of cards, for thosewhose business it is to Investigatesuch matters assert without qualifi¬cation that Soviet Russian troops areneither capable nor willing to carryon an extensive campaign outside theboundaries of Russia.

Tourists in Yosemite toBe Given Free Guides

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.Cal.. July 8..Augmented natureguide service will be furnished freeto all visitors In Yosemite NationalPark this summer under the Jointauspices of the California Stute fishand game commission and the Na-tlonal Park Service.

Dr. H. C. Bryant, of the Universityof California, will be In "hurg.? ofthe service, as In j revlous years, andwill have an enlarged syiff, IncludingPoland Ross, assistant supervisor ofnature study Infthe Ixis Angeles pub-:.c schools: Maurice Nlchole, hesd ofthe biology department of the Oak¬land Technical High School, andKenneth McLeod, of San .lone.

Buyer of Old LandmarkFinds Liquid Treasure

WINSTED, Conn., July RobertDoherty, who recently bought a land-

I mark on Oak street, while excava¬ting near the barn, uncovered asmall blind cellar.He explored it and found a cask of

ale. How long It had been there no-body knows Age had improved theale wonderfully. Duherty and Ills

I friends asserted.

The WASHINGTON TERMINAL CO..WANTED.SKILLED MECHANICS

Machinists.BoilermakersBlacksmiths.PipefittersCar Repairmen.Car Inspectors

and Helpersapply room 200.union station