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The Washington herald., 1919-07-09

In country stands In market and also
authorizing the increase Of from 10
TO 20 cents and Is to q cent? re-
spectively, for benches was adopted.
Ordinance 10 take over rtreets In
East Hosernont was recommitted 10
the street committee and corpora ton
attorney. Petition from certain prop-
erty owners In George washinstou
Park to grade washington terrace
and be furnished with city water and
gas was referred. Petition for sewer
on Queen street between Royal and
Pitt streets was referred. Resoiution
appropriating $1,000 for purchase OF
material for street improvements wa,
referred. A number Of petitions for
the erection OF garages were grantee
DR.. Louis 4. FouIks. city health
offcer. has issued the following
statement regarding the city water:
owing to the Inconsistency of the
sanitary quality of the city water
recently developed there is a GER
tain elemept OF danger in using Il
for drinking purposes. The superin-
tendent OF the Alexandria Water
Company informs me that on or be-
fore July 20 the filtration plant will
be In operation, which will, no doubt,
eliminate the danger.
AS a measure of safety. / there
fore advise the people TO boil all
water to be used for drinking pur-
poses until filtered water is turned
into the mains"
DR.. Foulks adds that yesterday he
inspected the filtration plant of the
Alexandria Water Company and
found that company is doing every
thing possible to hasten the work OF
completing its plant.
In the Circuit Court for this city
today Judge 8. O. Brent fixed upor
September % as the date for the spe.
ciai election to determine whether OF
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DRYS WIN In FIRST
CLASH OVER MEASURE
TOKILL BEER AND WINE
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times. and other moves were made
to delay progress of the bill.
The 'drys" finally stopped the fill
buster for the time being. however
by keeping a quorum present in
the hall They declared last night
that when the bill comes up again
they will be prepared to resist all
dilatory tactics.
The dry leaders received a
shock during the debate on the
rule when Representative Pou
ranking Democratic member OF the
Rules Committee and a lifelong
advocate of prohibition, charged
that the proposed legislation is the
most drastic and oppressive ever
considered by Congress. He said:
Denounces Bill.
I'm all the history of this gov
ernment never has there been a
more drastic. a more far-reaching
and. in my humble judgment. a
more oppressive measure than this
bill"
He said the pending bill makes
practically everything a violation
OF the law" He asserted that 'the
old woman at home who makes a
quart OF blackberry wine for her
own use can be prosecuted and
sent to jail"
Gentlemen. are you willing to
stand for it?'' Mr.. Pou asked. For
my part, l would be ashamed of my
self If i stood for such a measure
as I believe this to be. Now vote
for it and pass 1t. as you are going
to do. and then your trouble is GO
ing to begin"
Representative Gallivan charged
that the bill was written by Wayne
b. Wheeler. general counsel for the
Anti-Saloon League.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
WEALTHY MAN FINED
FOR POSING AS MAJOR

New York, July S.-For illegally
wearing the uniform of a major OF
aviation. william Weightman. report
ed to be of a wealthy Philadelphia
family. and heir to a 10000 trust
fund. was fined 500 today by Judge
William r. Smith in the Federal Dis
trict Court, upon his plea of guilty.
Weightman explained a further
charge that he passed worthless checks
while wearing the officers uniform by
stating that he had merely overdrawn
his bank accounts. Consideration was
given by the court to a statement by
an officer Of the Cross Country Motor
Corps, L. s. A, that Weightman has
Joined the corps and is rendering salts
factory service.
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Important Happenings In Congress
SENATORS DIVIDED
OVER WHEAT PRICES

There was a difference of opin-
ion among Senators from the grain
states yesterday as to whether the
se.26 per bushel guaranteed wheat
price should be repealed.
Although Senator Gronna de-
clared his constituents wanted the
law abolished, and he is planning
to introduce a bill to that effect.
Senators Hitchcock, Curtis and
Cspper said their folks back home
wanted the guarantee to remain
for the present.
Those opposing the repeal said
banksN had loaned heavily on the
strength of the guarantee and II II
were done away with q financial
panic might result
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
LONDON FEARS FALSE
NOTE IN WILSON PLAN

London. July s.-The bulk of the
British press and public look with
anxious eyes toward the United
States, eagerly grasping for every
scrap of news as to the reception
President Wilson is accorded.
Commenting editorially on the
Presidents task of "justifying the
peace treaty and the league OF ma
tions before the American people"
the Daily News says:
His defeat would be an inter-
national disaster"
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
TREATY DISAPPONTS,
SAYS LONDON NEWS

London. July Sin commenting
lengthiiy on President wilson's task
when he return to America, the Daily
News declared the peace treaty is
disappointing. q travesty on the
fourteen points and q periious men
ace to peace.
But 1t is signed" the News said,
"and the only hope 10 to take It as
1t stands and reshape It into wha,
1t might be. Wilson's defeat would
be an international disaster"
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
Proposes Virgin Island
Jaunt for Legislators

Senators yesterday had visions of
a pleasant mid-winter trip to the
tropical Virgin islands.
Senator Kenyon introduced a reso-
luton providing that three Senators
and three House members be sent to
the islands to report on conditions
there. and advise Congress regarding
legislation to increase their agricul-
tural and financial resources.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
R-s4 P0STpONES.
RETURN VOYAGE
Bad Weather Holds Giant
Airship at Mineola
Until Tomorrow.

Roosevelt Field. SIineola, N. Y.
July s.-The dirigible R-54 will not
start on her return voyage TO Eng
and until Thursday morning at day.
break. Weather conditions on the
Atlantic make it impossible to start
before.
The United States Weather Bureau
today officially advised Mai G. H.
Scott. commander of the R-34. to de-
lay the return for forty-eight hours.
North and northeast winds will OBJ
tain for the next thirty-six hours,
II was said. and head winds would
be encountered for a considerable
part Of the course.
The Navy Department asked all
ships on the Atlantic to wireless
weather reports to the R-34 every four
hours.
Engine Damaged.
AS overhauIing Of the five motors
proceeded today, it developed that the
water jacket o fthe port engine on
the middle gondola had cracked. flood
ing the engine. The motor Will have
to be taken apart.
About s o'clock this morning. a shift
IN the wind again caused the R-34
to tug at her moorings. Additional
men were called out and she was
brought under control after a short
struggle
The dirigible. which brought some
mail over. will carry twenty-five
pounds of mail back, mostly per-
sonal letters. No official documents
were offered for the return mail. so
the public received the benefit, such
mall as was marked Please send by
R-3f" being placed aboard yesterday.
British Building Bigger R-3o-
London. July S.-The girders of
the R-36, the new giant dirigible.
which will be larger than the RIA.
have already been laid by the
Inehinnan Engineering Company.
which built the airship now at
Mineola- The R-36 is the first of
six new dirigfbles to be built imme-
diately. and contains many improve
ments on the R-34 type.
The R-34 type, it is officially re-
ported. will not be produced fur
ther. Whether this is the result of
disappointment at the slow speed
Of the airship on her trans-Atlantic
flight is not announced.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
Friends to Pay Last
Tribute to Mrs. White

Mrs Emmaline c. White, who
died Monday afternoon, will be
buried at 8 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon from her home, 1924
Spring road northwest. Interment
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
At the time of her death. Mrs.
White was Sc years old. She is
survived by her husband, James l.
White. and two daughters, Miss
Constance and Miss Helen White.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
HUNS APPROVE PACT;
FEAR RIGA WILL FALL

Berlin, July S.-Tne Federal COM
mittee has approved ratification Of
the peace treaty.
Germany was preparing a note to
the allies calling attention TO the
endangered position at Riga. due to
Bolshevik activities.
Traffic will be resumed at Frank
fort tomorrow, the strikers having
voted to return to work in view of
the critical situation. The settle
ment, however, is regarded as only
temporary.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
New House District
Committee Secretary Here

The new secretary OF the House
District Committee. Charles E, Drew,
presented himself to Chairman Mapes
yesterday and announced himself
ready for duty. Drew was principal
OF the high school of Holland. Mich,
and is described as a man Of genial
ity and marked ebility.
Drew succeeds b. L. Baker, OF
North Carolina, who was one Of the
most popular officials Of the House.
He devoted yesterday to explaining
the details of the secretaryship to
his successor.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
Measure Would Assist
Yanks to Get Homesteads

The Senate Public Lands committee
yesterday favorably reported a bin
giving wounded soldiers. credit on
homestead residence for periods
spent in vocational training.
Under the recent law. honaesteaeos
who entered the service cannot take
advantage Of vocational training ana
at the same time get full credit on
their homestead residence requir-
ments
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
POSTOFFICE CHANGES
CRITICISED BY MOSES

Senator Moses yeste rday told the
subcommittee~of the House Commit
tee on Postofices and Post Roads
Rural Delivery Routes. that changes
made by the Postoffice Departmt mt
since the beginning OF the war had
been made apparently without a
study of local conditions.
s. ]. Lowell. master OF the New
York State Grange. stated that the
former rural service had received
a severe blow in the outlying dis
tricts of New York State
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
Money Statistics Sought.

The Senate yesterday adopted a
resolution asking the Secretary OF the
Treasury to report how much money
is In circulation now. as compared
with the amount on August ]. 1914,
and how much emergency currency
has been issued.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09

favorably as people residing in Alas
ka, Hawaii. Porto Rico and the Phil
ippine Islands. These people have
representatives in Congress-. and
without a Constitutional amendment
Congress can enact a law giving
equal representation in Congress to
the District of Columbia. To that ex-
tent. at least Congress can and
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09

Three Jews are in the lithuanian
cahinet-one as under secretary OF
state for foreign affairs. another as
under secretary OF state for commerce
and industry. and one to hold the
new ministry of Jewish affairs.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09

h The cooperative is a genuine Rus
rian movement. purely economic, ana
a powerful factor in Russian life The
Organizations are democratic. handling
their business well, although lacking
educated people 10 fiji the various
positions effectively. Furthermore
the unfons possess the necessary ma
ehfaery TOR collecting and handling
AGRICULTURAL produce and raw goods
az well as,for, supplying the general
requirements for thar members.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
Would Tax Bond Issues.

A bill making future bond issues
of Federal land banks and Joint stock
land banks subject to Federal in
come and State taxes was introduced
yesterday by Representative McFad-
den.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09
Michigan Election Probe Postponed

Further action in the Ford New ber-
ry Senatorial election controversy was
postponed until September by the SEN
ate privileges and elections commi-
tee.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09

Because members Of the Ministerial
As6ociation- Winnipeg. issued the
statement: BE content-pith your lot
on earth. and prepare for the here
after" the Trades and Labor Council
canceled affiliation with that body.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-09

In the Circuit Court for this city
today Judge 8. O. Brent fixed upon
September % as the date for the spe-
ciai election to determine whether or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Army Corporal Held
On White Slave Charge
Arrest of Soldiers Wife Is Fol-
lowed by Apprehension of
4lh Division Man

The story that Mrs. Alice Lewis,
twenty years old and pretty, told Mag
istYate Mancuso in the Womens Court
yesterday. when she was arraigned for
sentence on q charge Of vagrancy led
to the arrest yesterday of man who
said ne was Corporal Paul Yaeger, Of
jersey City.
Yaeger was arraigned before Magig-
trate Ten Eyck in Jefferson Markee
Court and at the request of army at
thorities was taken to Governors
Island. Yaeger admitted he was ar
rested in 1917 by Federal officers on a
sirnila. charge.
Mrs. Lewis tainted several times in
court and sentence was postponed until
next Tuesday. She has been in the
Florence Crittenden Home since she
pleaded guilty when arraigned Wednes-
dag.
Mrs. Lewis told Magistrate Mancuso
he came here TWO weeks ago from
Massachusetts to meet her husband. q
member OF the Fourth Division. Vas
epr, she said. was in HRS company. Al
irving at the Pennsylvania Station
where she was to have met her hus-
band. who was coming from Camp Lee
she was surprised to meet Yaeger in
=tead. He told her, she informed the
court. that her husband had over
stayed leave in France and had been
punished. She said Yaeger asked hel
10 accompany hun to a hotel and sub
sequently compelled her to arcost men
On the street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Gire Il Thought TO
Jeanette Purj.

A'oK more than four yeats jeanette
n Park, down on Cocntis Slip and
Front Street, has been Il store ground
for the supplies of an engineering
company building the East River tun-
ncl. Dcrricks, shacks and trucks filled
the square, and the sailors in the
ncighborhood have had to find their
places along the curb stones.
Chaplain Robinson Of the Soamon's
Church Institute OF South Street be-
lievcs that the $50 o. the park by the
construction company has been q hard
snip on the sailors OF the Institute
." More thnn 1000 mariners stop here
every Gay,' sand tho Chaplain rFor
the most Part thcy Ike 20 remain near
call They used 10 20 out into the park
and sit on the benches while waiting.
But during the last few years, the
square has been occupied and the men
have had to stay IN the Hobbies or
scatter on the street corners. This
building has cost about S i 800 900 and
is the most beautiful Of its kind in the
world. But Just look at its setting
against that park
Others in the ncighborhood think
that tho construction has been going
on much too long. +. Ross, of tho
shipping firm of Dunphy & Kecsan,
says that delay IN the restoration Of
the park has been disgraccful. But
expect chat j. soon viii be under way
he added, "and the men viii he able to
get their benches instead of finding
seats along the curbing'
1t wns snid in the shop Of the Finn
O'Rourkc Company that the shAcks or
the square will be removed within Il
fortnight The shopkcepers near b,
and the sailors from the ships all hope
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
''Tanner'' Smith,
"HudsOn Dusters''
Leader, Is Slain
Noted Cangster Shot to
Death Mysteriously as
He Sis i'll Eighth Avenue
Card Game With Cronies

Tanner" Smith, whose name was a
familiar one few years ago on the
West Side. where he made ife miser-
able for policemen. both as leader of
the Hudson busters" and as com
plainant at headquarters against pa
trolmen who. he said. were too free
with their nightsticks, was shot through
the heart last night as he sat playing
cards.
With four or five of his cron1es
Tanner whose real name was Thorn
as, WIS sitting at q round table in the
Marginal Social Club, which occupies
quarters above q saloon Mt 129 Eighth
Avenue. The door from the hallway
opened SO silently that not one of the
players knew it was open until they
felt q draft of cool air and heard q
mans voice cal Ion "Tanner" Smith to
get up.
Smith turned and started to rise
He barely had twisted himself in his
chair. however, when the stranger at
the door drew revolver and fred. He
only gtired once. The bullet went
through the gangster's heart. He
sprawlnd, face uppermost, across the
table where the cards lay as the play
ers had dropped them. There was a
suggestion OF concerted movement on
the part Of the other players.
"Sit tight" commanded the man at
the door, cor you'll get the same"
They sat tight. the door was closed
and they heard cautious footsteps
descending the stairs. They were still
seated at the table when a patrolman
burst in q moment later. Smith was
dead and his friends said they had no
idea wtro shot him, though they OK
changed significant glances at they
spoke. Smiths home was at 337 West
Fourteenth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
ChalOner Is Sane;
Can Control Estate,
N. Y. judi &c Decides
Justice Ford Declares Author
Of 'sWho's Looney Now?'
Able 10 Conduct Own At
fairs and Ends Long Exile

Justice Ford yesterday decided that
John Armstrong Chaloner was sane and
competent to manage his affairs and
property
Thus, after nineteen years Chaloner
of Virginia again becomes Chanler oe
New York if he chooses to resume his
family name and ceases to be an exile
in another state, where he was accepted
as sane.
Chalonsr has been in New York, free
from official N olestation because of his
escape from Bloomingdale Asylum, by
reason Of writ OF prohibition granted
by the Federal Court He obtained
this To enable him to prosecute q libel
suit.
Taking advantage OF his presence
here, Chaloner began the Supreme
Court action to be judiciallv declared
sane and to have his property restored
to him Since he has been in Virginia
Thomas T. Sherman has been acting as
committee of his person and property.
Chaloner's brothers and sisters did
not oppose his move, and, in fact, eX-
pressed thu hope that his personal
freedom and his property rights would
be restored
His income for 1913 from his New
York estate, mostly from trust funds,
amounted to $4,000
Only q few days ago Chaloner OBJ
tanned from the Federal Court an ex-
tension to August 2 Of the writ that
has protected him here against any
possible effort TO have him recommitted
to the asylum
Justice Ford, n his decision said:
I,c viii
which he has managed successfully
and methodically- He is himself &
member OF the bar o. this state ano
has taken an active part in NtiEat or
in which he has been involved. He
was graduated from Columbia Uni
vcrsty, from which he took the de
grees OF Bachelor of Arts and Master
of Arts, and has stud ed in three in
situations OF learning in France.
"He is recognized by mis- friends
neighbors and acquaintance as q Dis
tuguished and useful member of thu
community in which he lives. He ha
been vest1yman and is now trustee
OF his church and is q member of sew
eral Of the larger and well known fra
ternal organizations. In two libc
suits brought by himself as plaintiff
against different newspapers he OBJ
Ia ned large verdicts-
Thus, for upward Of scvcntec
years, since he was judicially declare
competent in sister state we find tn
petitioner living sane and wei
ordered life in the enjoyment of socia
religious and public esteem ard homo
outside Of New York. What NOR
. proof is needed of his competency t
manage himself and his affairs in thi
? state also? What need is there 20
referees, experts or iurics? VII
! should he be subjected to furthc
harassmentr'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Playground Season Opens
BASEBALL League Starts Off
Activities al Parks

Ere Parks and Fairgrounds Assoca-
on of the City Of New York, 1928
roadway, inaugurated its summer ac~
-ivlties last week when the baseball
.uague started its schedule. At the
s,ssnn time George Gordon Battle.
resident of the association. announced
number Of play centres throughout
le city were being opened by the
sssnciation and that organized play for
'ns children of the city would begin
without delay.
The baseball league is divided into
tour istricts-Eas tern, Western, The
- districts compete with each other
y the championship.
The association solicits contr1bu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Probe OF Floeginy Charge
Asked Of y. II. Goyerno,

MANCHESTER. \. H.. july oG
superintendent Vernon b. Backus Of
tho state Industrial School today de-
manded that Governor John H. Bart
lett hold an official investigation Of The
charges the Governor made yesterday
Of nogging with rubber hose at the
school. Governor Bartlett vixen in
formed of the demand said he would
have ordered an investigation Of his
own accord if punishment by flogGing
bad rot been stopncd by hie ordnr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Red Cross Nurse to Run
Against Speaker Sweet
Marion Dickerman, Endorsed for
Assembly, Favors Social
Welfare Bills

SYRACUSE, July 26.-Speaker of the
Assembly Thaddeus c. Sweet will be
opposed in the Oswego district this
year by Miss Marion Dickcrman, Red
Cross nurse, just returned from ser
vice in France. She was Endorsed at
a meeting of Democratic leaders held
in Oswcgo to-day.
Following the meeting Miss Decker
man announced that she would make
her campaign issue Speaker Sweet
opposition TO the social welfare bills
defeated through his influence at the
last session OF the Legislature. The
bills were passed in the Senate and
defeated in the lower house
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27

A SURVEY. made for the State Re
IA construction Commission Of a
block in East Thirty-third Street has
revealed the fact that the block con-
tans one lone bathtub in forty-three
tenement houses, in which there are
l,703 residents.
The bathtub is particularly ornate
one and was installed by a soloon-
keeper in his apartment long before
the dry season was inaugurated. 1t
occupies the site of two former kitchen
tubs
The sad lack of bathtubs and other
bathing facilities in The block is not
due, however, to ovcrcrowding, the re-
port to the Reconstruction Commits
sion shows. The tenements in ques-
ton contain 1872 rooms for 1,703 oc
cupants-men, women and children.
There are 233 children under five
years of age in the 462 rented apart
ments None of these has the priv
lege of using the lone bathtub.
A FTER they had refused to reveal
IA the whereabouts of Harry Valof-
sky, fourteen years old, of 1858 Will
lam Street. Mrs. Nellie NalofsAy,
mother of the boy, and Matte Ballrick,
Of the same address, were sent to the
workhouse for thirty days by Magis-
trate Tobias in Tombs Court yester-
day.
The boy escaped from the Mission
of the Immaculate Virgin, on Staten
Island, in April and a bench warrant
has been issued for him. He is wanted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Broadway Surface Cars
Tied Ip bv $4,000 BIaz,

Traffic on Broadway surface cars was
tied up half an hour. a woman was
overcome by smoke and damage Of $l5,-
600 was done in a fire yesterday after
noon in the repair shop of the Pruyn
Bearing Company, manufacturers of
automobile accessories, at 1902 Broad
way. The fire started in q basement
room used to store spare parts and
lubricants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
Missing Veteran is Found

SOUTH NORWALK. Conn, July 90
: layton f Hope, discharged private
- the 6Sth Balloon Company, who dis
appeared after leaving New York for
~ home in Willimantic. Conn, was
c-ad to-day 10 be working on farm
aes.T here. He will go home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-27
SI57.S4Q.OOO for Fvance

WASHINGTON, July ga new
credit of Sl57 $4,000 for Franco was
established to-day by the Treasury.
making a total of 5000 OBS, 800 advanced
to that country and a total Of S9.Gl5-
l0O,927 advanced to the Allies.