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Washington Times (Newspaper) - August 19, 1920, Washington, Washington-DCPolice drag Hudson rim for clues in Torso slaying mystery iii the Wasta Flott Catnes if Hancl number 11,626.Washington, thursday evening August 19, 1920. Nat will Street prices three cents everywhere. Poles i Tennessee Ani Oake bribe pm claim ratification floor Leader offered Large sum to opposition member. Both men deny accusation Fate of reconsideration motion rests entirely wit speaker Walker. R Raleigh n. C., aug. 19the North Carona House of representative today refused to ratify the suffrage Amend rest by a vote of 71 of 41. Nashville. Twin., aug. 19the motion to reconsider ratification of the suffrage amendment was not a called up when the lower House of the Tennessee legislature met today. The House adjourned at Coon after a Brief session meet again at 10 o clock . Precedent it pointed out. Will � set aside if th4 notice to rail up the amendment of reconsideration is a Ted us a. No a surf owe parsed by the Tenn Easo la Ture. Ever has been successfully of Cleil up for leaders Are confident the Tennessee House will not revoke its ratification. Legal Steps already Are being taken to prevent the Secretary of state for Tennessee from certifying to Secretary Colby the fact of ratification. Judge Joseph Higgins. President of the Tennessee constitutional league has prepared papers in a suit which will be filed in the state courts should the nails fail to Block suffrage by reconsideration. Charges of bribery of a member of the House by suffrage forces were made today by opposition leaders and it was declared that an investigation would be demanded. It is charged that representative Hanover ratification floor Leader offered Large sum to representative Harry Burn Republican who voted with the Antis on the motion to table the Resolution but with the. Suffragists on the motion to ratify. Both deny charge. Affidavits have been prepared it is declared. In support of the bribery # charges. Both Hanover and bum however flatly denied the charges and suffrage leaders declared they have evidence damaging to the opposition cause which they Sre eager to present if any investigation is undertaken. Whether or not the motion for reconsideration will be called up tomorrow depends entirely upon speaker Walker who changed his vote from negative to affirmative and made the reconsideration motion. Walker alone has Power under the rules of the legislature to Call up the motion. Reports slump in wholesale prices wholesale prices of commodities in this country dropped More than 2h per cent during the month of july the department of a Bor announced today. The Moat marked decrease was in the Price of clothing which dropped of per cent. Foodstuffs dropped bout 4 per cent. The decrease in the Price of farm product was 2.9 cent smaller decreases were recorded for lumber and building material chemicals and drugs and rail Cellaneous commodities Kuel and lighting materials showed an increase of nearly 2% per cent while metals and Metal product showed a smaller increase remained firm. The department also reported thai the prices for july this year wer till above the prices for the Sam month in 1010. Good articles now cosi 24 1 per cent More than a year ago clothing 12.4 per cent More and fuel and lighting 47.4 per cent More the Gradaleat jumps in prices sync july 1010. Are in lumber and build to nor materials which increased by 71 per cent metals and Metal products jumped 20.0 per rent while chemical and drugs went up 260 per cent i .,iiefurnlshln�5 supplies increased per a firm products on the other hand have decreased in Price since july j Jio by More than i per cent. Drive Bols e fails to recons. Here s to the enlightened and emancipated women of America. They the Dilly dallying the suffrage Victory today said miss Alice Paul head of the National women s party holding loft a brimming Glass of William Jennings Bryan s favorite beverage. T. Irreg Nimr " fight for All rights i still facing women declares Alice Paul by Mildred Morris. International Newig Tiff. Alice Paul head of the National woman s party an Long a militant suffrage Leader today sounded a new Batty cry for women. Sot Ril it Eree. " women Arf not yet fully free. My b Eri to y ?a,?cip1? 1 _. Would have thought it vital enough Paul warned. Even though it appears and fou a for it. That Victory a been von by the women Are not yet Folly fre ratification of la suffrage Amend it mar take ions year of Edu Eatlo ment. Whatever new right Tho before n r become really conc ii women receive they must flight for of our Ahuj Petlon and aroused to to my Paul Ald. They can sex erect Effort need Alary to win comple nothing from the politician. She Tell Freedom. I Nile women Azaad t them until they stand a a unit in nether and use their a teat Lal pow a party of their own. For their Ona Protection they n suffrage was not won by the dem never Hope for full Equality. Or talc or Republican party in the we Mut Realise that whates last analysis but by women them right we May desire we must be or selves mis Paul said in an excl pared a fight for Ami be strop save interview. To the generations enough to win. Until we tand a of american women who have fought unit we can expect nothing from to for the political Freedom of their sex tic lans. We must have a woman s o belong the credit of their Vic try. Gang nation with a program devoted it was won by the thousands of a interests of the women if we a women who sacrificed health and 0 obtain for women full participate career who suffered physical vol in the control of and every other indignity even. To imprisonment in the Long weary a k might weapon struggle to secure that Freedom the winning of the vote is a i which should belong to every one of tory of tremendous consequence i our cd vixens the w6men of the Nat on i Kemareh by is. Symbol of their new status in is the ape Elal energies exerted by Clety and a weapon with which poll Leal Leader in the last month in obtain Complete Freedom. But do behalf of ratification were not sex Crim nation still exist again to won erred Heel use they believed that Given on the statute Book which i ing women the ballot to a matter of not be removed by the Ratlifl Catoc simple Justice hut been use women of the nineteenth amendment had at last be Oaie at Roag enough to the Flat aim of voting worn create a situation in Ohleh the giving probably hould be the a age of of Lifrage waa politically expedient Blanket enactment to remove All do Woven have finally won their poll Crim nations against them in Els Leal Freedom Heel use they have be if legislation. Resle at Roag that it Rould no longer the i""110" whether or not be withheld from them. It at last he accomplish these alms there Shou i name More expel eat for those in Eon be a separate political Organ at trial of the Tovern mint to Aid auf. Continued on Tare 3, column 1. One than to Opp our it. The tory of the no frag Jit Rug is indy every corrupt influence. Women � ii 1 � Llly 111 have had to flight political trickery and corruption every Inch of the Way f1i7ljma us do k i to get something that was theirs by la of ill i Lail _ right the democratic and re pub x m Aji mean parties could have Given women it Piaf Rattek the ballot years ago. Political sex new i iii Ike Ped Lenzjr did not demand it then and hid of Vuu leaders of both parties used every Power at Ihler command to delay. women Justice. London aug. Ike the into Okuji were to . Polite civil dete in Menta in or Rogn i in the last analysis the women Indira an Elf employ Coop by of jest to Herr wed luf said a news Frage badly enough they would dispatch from Merlin this Nufler hive got it year ago they did not noon. Think it vital enough to tight for. Therefore they did not get it and did a i Horn Kolf no i raft not deserve to set it it titty had detail. Thevik Ider Suffi seek headband limbs in River Jersey police believe victim was woman Between 20 and 30 years old. New York aug 19 How did the woman whoa headless armless legless and badly mutilated body was washed up by the Hudson River come to her death and who was responsible these Are questions which Jersey City police and officials of Hudson county Are trying to solve today. . Reek Poi Man. Or. Arthur Hask Lna Hudson county extending and withdrawing it climbs stairs with a be to exer else his leg Mustoa he al have himself. I slave him self sometimes with safety razor eats a Hearty breakfast at o clock 1 reads the headlines of the morn ing papers. Promptly at 9 begins disposing of official work correspondence a administrative duties. Works continuously for three Houri and does not like to be enter Rupee. During that time. A Lactates rapidly and frequently or Tea shorthand note of what i. Wants done. I aes an indelible Pencil to sign Morletter to departmental offt Clala. I after finishing the morning routine reads until lunch time on the a out s portico of the White House Thi 1 president reads to h itself one hour. � rests after luncheon. N in the afternoon takes a Moto ride. F almost daily he fees a moving pm stun in the East room of the Whit House continued on Page 8. Column 2. Shift for Oal famine so a 5. Aid veil to the District of Columbia mine and Washington will hav can the problem of obtaining f its needs during the coming � because the dealers have not order it from the mines f they Point out that the production of Anthracite Coal at the Monea a been As High As it has Ever been i s the history of the country and tha the production this year May reach High water Mark. So far this year More than 52.000,00 t tons of Anthracite Coal have been pre 1 diced from the mines and this cos � has been kept moving steadily a � there have been plenty of Cara t f move it. Officials of the interstate Commerce commission also stated that there i no Good reason Why there should be shortage of Anthracite Coal in the Hli tract of Columbia or anywhere Els with the production at the mines a High As it is. If there is a shortage of Anth Radt Coal in Washington it is because the Washington Coal dealers Are not of Derlong it from the distributors or el1 they will not pay the Price that th1 Coal is bringing at the mines. In the Hope that the Price of Coal May drop,1 declared an official of the interstate Commerce commission. 5 of t Oal at minor. S there is plenty of Coal at the Monea and enough equipment to mov " it so there is no reason for a Short. Age of Anthracite Coal in the la talc i of Columbia declared a o. Good l Helm of the Railroad interstate Commerce officials state that the recent order issued by the commission diverting Coal to the Northwest and new England state 1 where the situation is acute does it apply to Anthracite Coal As has Bee a continued on a a column it Back Wallies Unab Poland Anc red Trade by Barbie Lauru Luil London aug. 19bn which was imposed upon Hin m. Kameneff head of the b gave an exclusive interview to ice in which he made the p eventually will capture Warsa whose de Facto government in recognized by France. Soviet Russia cannot be beaten,"1 declared the bolshevik official. We will take Warsaw there la no doubt in my mind on that. We Are not afraid of the allies intervening. They supported Admiral Koltchak and he is beaten. They supported general Deal Ken and he failed. Kven if they support general Wrangel he will be Keaten. It hmm by Horh better far the allies if peace were Ilcare � " of tobit threat. M. Kameneff refused to clarify Thia veiled threat upon being asked if the russians were determined to soviet Mepoland m. Kameneff made de1nial. Adding if the Rolls in but a Reta iii of. Or mild he a lad in see it hat we Woald Wash or Haarala it. Asked if Moscow waa urging the polish workers to Rise a. Kameneff a Erfley drug pm his shoulders and smiled. The russian official was asked to explain the Warsaw Dantay Corr do Ause of the russian or to we do not want Ltd corridor Lisej Claram Kameneff. He refused to1 discuss this Issue further but into. Mated that the russian demand for the corridor had been made As the possible ground for future concessions to Poland. It is True that it is not easy to 1 hold soul Allan meetings in Russia just now but our need for labor is so � great that we will Welcome Young 1 and energetic Liam Grants. Even if they do hold different shades of of Lorion Bald the russian commission e n reply to a question about political Tastel Tiona. He ame4 that he hetiteve4 Tad Alt mrk Eri stall 1st the Auk Les better treated la Raasina Thea la the rated state. Isae of 1 the Amer Traza. M. Kaas Steff said hem views evea Asare ext Rease thaa Thoar of the soviet Leader. Too Radical. Re says. R tour american deportees would be a better off and More popular if they were not to Radical he continued. Smiling. M. Kameneff was asked it he thought the interview would be Rega Dedas propaganda and a violation after the russians Promise to the Rittah government will let tha inference stand he replied. The russian would not make any predictions As to the outcome of the Russo polls conference at Minsk but said that there would be an obstacle if the poles accepted the Krench View. I m. Kameneff is Short and Atout and stylishly a Essed. His nails show the careful attention of a manicure. He j does not look like the popular Conceptio Nof a bolshevik. 33 die As French. Battle germans n. " 20 Teutons and 13 Poilu killed i in Silesia Law prevails.0 by run. Aug. 19twenty German ii soldiers and civilians and thirteen French soldiers have been killed in fighting Between mobs and French troops at Kat Tolt. In upper 81lesla, according to an unconfirmed Tei port published today by the Taege Lische Rund Shau. The trouble broke out when work Era who had gone on strike in protest against the Russo polls War at a tacked the French. Martial Law has been proclaimed al Kat Tolt. Feeling runs High and general strike throughout upper Silesia is threatened according to " Abend Hlatt. Several versions of the outbreak were received by Berlin newspapers according to one version the trouw. Started when a polish agitator threw a bomb during a labor demonstration another version was that fighting t broke out when French cavalry and the labovites grew Picky believing they were to be rid Den Down. The labor unions at Kat Towles Art reported to have served an ultimatum on the French commander demand inf disarmament of the French troops shut the French officer refused. By ing he would rather die than sur fifty. -4leto save i Wrangel envoy says a Deporte news in let. Making the pledge of silence i by the British government a Shevik Trade Mission today the International news the russians w and defeat general Wrangel Southern Russia has just been 4 y v s3 y a a by " Xvi m. A ten a if a. We wants no aude droops would be repetition of Lenin s Blunder declares russian general. London. Aur 18general of the anti bolshevik de Facto government in Southern not wish to use French or British troops against the soviet army. General Wrangel made Thi declaration in an interview printed in the daily Telegraph today. I am convinced that the Futar of Puaala cannot be settled by civil War general Wrangel was quoted As saying. It could be settled at once but for the chinese mercenaries sed to Force russians to obey the Behest of a Small band. It was inevitable that the Poliah aggressions should raise the National spirit of the russians. Poland however must retainer ethnographical Bordera. We wish to extinguish civil War by a plebiscite that would decided the whole future of Russia. To employ French or British soldiers against oar fellow countrymen would be a repetition of Lenin s Blunder. Cars of food rot in District Yards 29 loads of d. Freight Idle. Board of Trade takes measures for Relief. Twenty nine cars the contents of which Are consigned to arms in this City Are in the freight Yards awaiting unloading according to reports reaching Richard Connor Secretary of the Washington Board of Trade from the Pennsylvania and Baltimore a Ohio railroads today. A Carload of lumber has been in the Yards since August 2, the reports show. The contents of the other cars which have been in the City for several Days Are i car automobiles. I car Brick 1 car Barthes 1 car bran. 3 cars household goods 2 cars paper 1 car furniture 2 cars peaches. 1 car canned goods. 2 cars Oats 1 car Beds. 2 cars apples 1 car cantaloupes. 1 car machinery 1 car feed. 1 car i gasoline it cars flour 1 car Hay and 1 car peas. Recommendations for the Relief of the freight congestion will be made at a meeting of the sub committee of the Public utilities committee of the Board of Trade. Investigating the freight situation in the Board rooms altar building tomorrow a noon a by for Ai Oisin Antn ver a wide front the polish War office has Ai mooned. The communique says three polish offensives Are in pressing against the i. M Poliah forces under general punks Kimn driven in the enemy tints Between the Slepr and Nares Reva Tea front Twenty Fly to fifty Miles. We have reached Panoroff. In the Region of Noro we have cleared the right Bank of the Vistula rarer. On the lower Nares River the forts at the Conylee Neof the Nares and bog River were retaken from the reds. A to direction of lava we Hare advanced beyond czech anon. The Rau Laiu has Tlly Warsaw a joyously celebrating the great Victory Over the Jim Laos. Which came it a time when even the most optimistic had about Given up Hope of saving the capital. Since the dramatic turn in the Aal Lutary situation the people have thrown off to Beer Bloom. French army officers what Are taking part in the fighting Are Given enthusiastic greeting As tier pass through the City. The polish War office reports the capture of Many russian prisoner and a Large amount of War materials. The War olt Irr Saya that the Rasata aware la Pale Aad that to Beer Retreat Baa Lata slant a Raat. Polish red army is formed by soviets Berlin aug. 19the russians in Poland Are organising a polish red army and a Lemmas of it Are already fighting according to a Soldau dispatch to the local a Selger today. The russians Are reported to be organising a soviet government in the polish City of ble Vostok where bolshevik Field Headquarters Ware established. I. Tables Ament of a soviet on Gemara soil. Observers on the West Prussia Frontier report the re army is completely Loyal to Moscow and is obey Ingall orders from the Moscow s i t. Windos an Italy Baugh the Palea Are Roll lag bark the Raul jaw aver a wide Froat a and have Maas i m the soviet s Hoar of Talag Wansaw at Tala time a Oare British Alu Tarr Wiperts zip Twil belief today that the Poliah Araby eat not achieve a decisive Victory aver the red. The poles at the most can Only gain time. If the Russo polls War continues said Gen. Sir Frederick Maurice director of military operation sat the War office during Tea world War. The eventual fall of Warsaw setae continued on Page 2, column l u. S. Ships in Baltic next week vice Admiral Huse who has been Ned red to the Baltic sea on the Cruiser Pittsburgh to protect american rights today reported to 8e�. Rotary i Angels that he has sailed for the Baltic but will Stop in route for Coal. It i expected that the Force will he in the Baltic Early be t week. Admiral Muse did Tot report How Many destroyers he had ordered to accompany his expedition. T

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