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The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
SUNlDRIES BILL !.
ETfMATESCU CUT
FIFTY PER CENT
Half Billion Is SlasKed
/ From Fiscal Budget by
House Committee.

Slashes totaling $432,6s6.373.45 in
the estimates submitted by govern
mental departments for 1922 were
made by the House Appropriations
Committee in the sundry civil and
postoffice bills reported out yester-
day,
The aggregate of ss04,525,4s4s6
asked for sundry civil expenses was
cut to $383.611.292.41.
Burleson's request for $565, ,406, 902
was cut to s573.s64.721.
The pruning knife fell with the
greatest force on the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, whose estimate
of $147.000.000 was cut out in its
entirety. The bill provides that the
Fleet Corporation must support it,
self.
The committee also recommends
prohibiting construction of ships
other than those ALREADY under way.
A large portion of tho other re-
ductions have to do with public
works.
The War Departments request for
S60.e42,S15 was stricken out.
The committee cut $35, zoo, 900 out
of the estimates for compensation
made by the War Risk Bureau; SI7,-
100000 out of the estimates for
medical and hospital service, and
$35, 100000 out of the amount asked
for hospital and dispensary facili-
ties. ThirteenN million dollars was
cut out of the estimates for voca-
tional education of disabled former
service men.
Any appropriation whatsoever was
denied the Board of Mediation and
Cancellation, created under the
transportation act to ad-
Just labor troubles on the railroads.
and the Interdepartmental Social
Hygiene Board.
Attorney General Palmer's re-
quest for 100000 for the enforce
ment of the Volstead prohibition
law was turned down fiat. Fifteen
thousand dollars was recommended
for enforcing the dry" law in
Alaska.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
PRODIGY VTOLTNIST
TO BE HEARD HERE

A musical event. the interest in
which already indicates its import
ance, Is the appearance in a re-
cftal at the National Theater Friday
afternoon, January Z. at 4:3O, of Mil
dred Wellerson, the remarkable
musical prodigy and one of the
foremost 'celiists of the concert
stage In joint recital with Patrick
Kelly, famous Irish tenor.
Little Miss Wellerson, who is Just
arriving at her teens wields a bow
with such mastery that the leading
critics have made favorable compar-
fsons with leaders in this art.
Mildred Wellerson is a musical
marvel. Since her recent appear
ancs at Carnegie Hall in New York
, ne has appeared as soloist with the
oted Cincinnati Symphony Orches-
ra under the baton of the veteran
Eugene Ysaye. himself a ripe and
Internationally distinguished artist.
Recently he introduced her to his
audience in speech which placed
uron her his ripe Judgment as a
great artist, and one who Is growing
in her art. Such a tribute Is seldom
paid to any artist. especially one
Of such tender years by one of such
ripe experience
The washington engagement will
be her first local appearance, and
n the reviews written by the emi-
nsnt critics Of New York are to be
accepted-and there are no more
cautious and famous critics In the
nnusical worid-this recital win be
q musical event Of the first magni-
tude here
Little Mis- wellerson Is but
l. -
when she stands before her audi
ence with her favored instrument.
She Is then transformed into an
artist Of such magnitude that one
forgets her youth and remembers
only the beauty and surety Of her
tone. and her complete mastery Of
the Instrument
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Dog Scalded
To Stop Fight,
Man Fined $50

wfuian r, Lane. OF sos NIne-
teenth street nerthwest. was
hned 50 Yesterday norning In
Police Csart by JAdEe Hardison
on stchsrxe Of cruelty tsranimals
In eennection with the, alleged
seaiding of \ InDfer dog, belong
ing, to. EldridL4A A. AsAwood. OF
SIG Nineteentk Street.
The testimony showed that
collie foG belonging to Lane and,
Ashw5ed's dog got into n nxht.
and. II wns stated. In attempting,
to separate them. Lane poured a
kettle OF scalding water ON the
pointer. The dog was brought
into court with the greater por-
tior OF its Aody damaged.
Lane said that he did not know
the water was bot enough to hnrt
the animal which yeIped every
time Il moved to ease mp on the
pressure of its bandages.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Baby Bandits Hold Up
And Rob Baby Victims

JERSEY CITY, n. J., Dec. 20
The kindergarten class in applied
banditry appeared in Criminal Court
here today.
Frank Augemma and Tony Di-
sanna, both 10 years old. were ar
ra,gned on a charge Of holding up
and robbing the Ranne brothers of
a dollar. The victims, Alfred, IL,
and Angelo, 10, were on an errand
for their parents when the alleged
robbery occurred.
The baby bandits were paroled in
custody of their parents pending
trial in Juvenile Court. They live
in Hoboken.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Revitalize your blood and put your
system in condition to resist
|. the hardships of winter.

keVIt1Hze your pioOo anu put youI
= system in condition to resist
the hardships Of winter.
1t is the strons-bodied men and
women who are vigorous and
healthy in winter. and who are not
inconvenienced by the cold. wet
days. Wet feet don't bother them.
sudden changes cause no inconven-
ience, and even when a cold is
caught" because Of contact, in a
close, stuffy room, with some one
already infected. the trouble seldom
lasts over a day or two. This
highly desired state of health is
brought about by having rich. pure
blood. uncontaminated by impuri-
ties Of any kind.
You may possibly think your
blood is all right-you are not trou-
bled by outward signs. Yet you
have felt tired and languid, you
have lost some sleep or had some
minor ailments at times. but you re-
gard yourself as in fairly good
condition physically" This may
be true. but you should take moth
ing for granted. you should not
guess" that you are all right. The
thing to do is to make yourself
right BY taking a good blood tonic
and inkisorator, such as S. S. S. 1t
Is the best known blood tonic on
the market today. There is hardly
a man or wohan in this District
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
TAKE ABL00D
TONIC BEFORE
WINTER

who has not heard of it. 1t has
helped to restore many people to
health. 1t has brought relief in
thousands of cases of blood dis
orders during the past fifty years.
S. S. S. is a standard treatment
for all blood disorders. 1t is a true
blood tonic. that puri6es and brings
new visor and new life to the blood
stream. 1t is guaranteed to be
purely vegetable. to contain no
mercury or other mineral drugs,
but to be made from herbs and
roots carefully selected for their
known medicinal properties. For
chronic sores, ulcers. catarrh, rheu-
matism, eczema, psoriasis. salt
rheum. tetter. acne and other such
diseases as are due to impover-
ished blood. S. S. S. acts prompt
ly and satisfactorily. 1t counteracts
the germs and poisops. cleanses
the system of unhealthy accu-
mutations. literally washes all for
eisn matter from the blood and
renews its life-siving properties.
. Be sure to take S. S. S. this
winter. The renewal Of visor that
it will give you will be well worth
while. One thing you can be sure
of and that is if you take S. S. S.
you will be benefited. Get it to-
day at your drug store-refuse
any substitute. For medicak advice
address Swift Specific Co., 4l6
Swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ca.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Hurt in ScaffOld Fall.

Falling thirty-five feet from a
scaffold on which he was working
at the Y. w. C. A. Building, North
Capitol and z streets northwest.
Yesterday, Edward Lingebach. l245
New York avenue northwest, suf-
fered a fracture of the right arm
and left leg.s He was removed to
Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
NJ. E.. Church Gains 6,735
In Washington Area

The Methodist Episcopal Church
for Washington area
Increased 6,735 during 1920, bring
ing the total membership to 25e,s6l
for the local area, according to sta
tistics compiled by DR.. Oliver S.
Baketel, of New York, and az
nounced yesterday.
A gain of 1s2,33s members in the
total membership of the church was
announced by DIR. Baketel also. This
gain is the largest in the history of
the denomination.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Oklahoma State Society
TO Fete NelD SOlOns

The six new members of Con-
gress from Oklahoma will be guests
at banquet and dance OF the
Oklahoma State Society, according
to plans put under way at a meet
ing of the organization last night
at Thomson School
A committee was appointed also
to arrange for Oklahoma's partici-
patton in the inaugural parade. E.
F. Robertson, DR.. Elizabeth johnson
and Mrs. r. K. Biddle form the
committee.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Defective Gas Tube
Fatal to ROOnaer

John F. Douglas. So years old,
Printing Office. was asphyxiated
yesterday morning in his room at
sos I street northwest, by gas es-
Gaping from a defective tube, ac-
cording to the police. A. e. Rowe,
a roomer, detected gas and enter
ing the room discovered the body.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Grants Road Big Loan Issue.

The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
was granted authority by
he Interstate Commerce Commits
sion yesterday to execute an equip
ment trust agreement for $4,000 900
and to issue trust certificates on
such . basis.s
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Today and Tomorrow,
For the District of Columbia. and
Maryland-Partly cloudy Thursday
and Friday; somewhat warmer
Thursday: gentle winds mostly
southwest
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Local Temperature,

HIBHest, fU, lowest. Y.
Relative humidity. a. m, "A: 2
p. m, A; 8 p. m. ~.
Rainfall Is p. m. to s p. M 0.
Hours of sunshine. 6.7.
Per cent of possible sunshine, II.
Temperature same da4 last year
Highest. "a; lowest. ~
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
Women Given Places.

Appleton p. Clark, tr., chairman
of the committee on medals and
badges. announced the following
committee: Miss Leila Mechlin,
Miss Bertha E. Perry, Charles A.
Bartlett. Benjamin II. Collins. John
Herbert Corning, G. Thomas Dun
lop, T. ]. d. Fuller, James F. Hood,
Frederic J. Haskin, z. c. Kemper,
c. Powell Minnegerode, ]. Eric
Powell, John Clayton Proctor, Will
lam F. Roberts and Judge Wendell
p. Stafford.
T. Lincoln Townsend, chairman of
the committee on civic organiza-
tions. announced the following vice
chairman and members of his COM
mittee: Frank B. Crosthwaite, vice
chairman; s. A Schuldt, secretary;
Mrs. Virginia White Speel. vice
chairman in charge of the subcoml
mittee on women's organizations;
Henry NJ. Camp. vice chairman in
charge of the subcommittee on
state voters in the District: Louis
A. Dent, in charge of the subcom-
mittee on quarters; DR.. william
Robbins. vice chairman in charge
of the subcommittee on reception:
2Yhiteford Mckinley. in charge of
No committee on colored organiza-
tidhs: Melvin Hazen, chief marshal
ef the civic division; John o. Gheen.
Inspector OF mounts: Thomas Bones.
in charge of mounts.
Milton Es Allies. chairman of the
finance committee, announced yes
terday that sss.2O0 had been sub
scribed to date.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-30
CRACK OHIO TROOP
HARDlyC'S CHOICE
FOR PARADE GUARD
Troop A, First Regiment,
Also Formed Escort for
Mckinley.

President-elect Harding has Sc
Iected Troop A. First Ohio Cavalry.
the same organization that served
as personal escort for President Nc
Kinley at his Inauguration to be his
personal cavalry escort in the COM
ing Inaugural parade. Chairman E.
. b. Mclean made an announcement
p this effect yesterday afternoon
8liowing receipt Of a telegram con-
firming the shoice of the Presidents
elect
Troop A Is a crack Cleveland.
Ohio. organisation. commanded by
Can't Ralph Perkins.
Chairman Mclean and Secretary
Jesse W. Smith, of the inaugural
committee. with q party Of friends,
left yesterday for Marion to con-
suit with the President-e -elect re-
garding several details In connec-
tion with the Inauguration. Secre-
tary Smith will go on to his home
at Washington Court House, Ohio.
to spend New Years and will reS
turn Monday.
Twelve Appointments Made.
The. executive committee, at, the
regular meeting yesterday. appoint
ed twelve new members of the gen.
eral inaugural committee. They
are Col. John McElroy, Col. James
A. Drain, W. B. Westlake, Capt, w.
i. Mattocks. w. Keeler, LuthSr c.
Steward. John B. Colpoys. o. j.
Ricketts,, Conrad H. Syme, Gen. John
A ohnston. Hon. Abe y A. Douglas
and R. Golden Donaldson
Howard s. Reside. chairman OF
the committee on Illumination. told
Dhe executive committee he had reg
eived a set of slides showing nlu-
eination effects in various cities,
and asked to show them before the
general committee Tuesday. The
permission was granted.
The executive committee also an
nouneed that in Difference to the
wishes of a large number of the
women members, the meeting hour
on Tuesdays will be changed from
IL o'clock in the morning to 4 D. m.
Announce Comnittee's Personnel.
Reside announced his committee
as follows: Warren B. Hadley. cleo
trical engineer of the District; K,
b. Patterson. superintendent of en-
gineers, Potomac Electric Power
Company; Nelson NJ Thompson.
chief mechanic and electrical engl-
neer Of the Treasury Department;
G. H Maynard. Illuminating engi-
neer, Ivanhoe Regent Works, Cen
eral Electric Company: Elliott
Woods. superintendent u. S. Capitol
Building and Grounds; w. D. A.
Ryan, illuminating laboratory, Gem
eraI Electric Company, Schenectady,
". Z.
D. J. Callahan. chairman Of the
committee on Inaugural ball souve-
Mrs and tickets. submitted the fol-
lowing COMMITTEES: James L. Will
meth, vice chairman; J. Harry Cum
ningham, secretary; John Dolph, w.
A. Leach, Charles A. Hammett, M.
d. McAuliffe, c. F. Fadely. Isador
Goldheim. William H. Callahan and
William McNeir.
Barry Bulkley. chairman of the
ommittee on hospitality of clubs,
hated that he had named Col. Henry
May as vice chairman. and Newton
Guffck as secretary of his COM
mittee.
women Given Places.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-30

Evening Mail-''As fine and pur-
poseful a study Of current domes-
tic problems as the theatre is like
ly to house this winter, and as
we'll written and we'll acted a play
as Broadway is likely to see. Its
performance last night had truly
electrifying effect"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-30
MELVILLE'S COMEDIANS
HERE NEXT MONDAY

The company has just finfiished
| 6 months engagement at Little Rock
and the Gazette has the following
to say:
There is a popular belief that the
ten-twentthirt drama is dead, and
when it comes to that sort of popu-
lar priced drama in a tent, the wise
ones predicted failure. It was sur
prise to those who went to see Mel
ville's Comedians in the big tent last
night to find the place packed.
There were half as many again as
the Kempner theater will hold. The
tent seats 1900 people and the disc
seats were filled to more than their
normal capacity so that with all re-
served seats and boxes sold the man.
agement had to close the doors. The
tent is arranged like a theater. 1t is
different to anything Little Rock has
ever had in that line.
The company equals any of the
popular-priced repertoire companies
which have visited Little Rock since
the Airdome closed. The Vaudeville
between acts by Jack Vinson and the
DeArmond Sisters, Bert Melville and
Joe P. Haggarty was a feature and #
vas all meritorious. The play was,
The Belle of Richmond" melodra-'
ma. clean and we'll put on. Jack
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cases to be decided.

cases TO DE declQeQ.
Counsel for the government de-
clared that the steel case would seem
to fall within the Reading case and
that "the holding of the steel corpo-
ration to be a legal corporation un-
der the antitrust act would appear
to conflict with the conclusions ex-
pressed in that and other decisions" "
Chief Justice White and Associate
Justices McKenna, Holmes and Van
Devanter rendered the majority
opinion in the steel case, while Asso
ciate Justices Day, Pitney and Clarl
joined in a minority opinion.
Chief Justice White and Associat,
Justices Holmes and Van Devante
dissented fom the majority in th'
Reading case and the chief justic
wrote the dissenting opinion. Join
ing Associate Justice Clarke in tn
majority opinion were Justices Pit
ney, Day and McKenna.
Justice McKenna announced tn
majority opinion in the steel case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-30
MEXICAN REVOLT
GAINING GROUND

Washington, April 28.-Mexican
advices here today both through A
merican and rebel channels spread of
the revolutionary movement against
the Varranza government particu-
larly in the close vicinity of Mexico
City itself. Government officials here
however, said they saw nothing in
these rather scattering incidents
Immediately critical in the situation
faced by the fe,.eral authorities.
The best available information, it
was added, indicated that the rival
forces under arms were nearly equal
in numbers.
AS indicative of the character of
the reported defections in the federal
ranks, rebel agents here said the
force which joined the rebels and ar
rived in Morelos, making possible the
oSSoP1Iiou VI SuduIld, was lIOHl Illc
"Supremos poderos-' the famous or
ganizations of picked troops used
since the deposition of Diaz as
guard for the national capital. They
also viewed the break in the garrison
in Chihuahua as reducing the menace
to the revolutionary forces in Sonora
from that quarter.
Until the rebels operating in al
most every part of the country are
coordinated Mexico City is in no seri-
Gus danger, military men here be-
lieve except a coup d'etat or from a
raid that chance turned into a more
operating units are still those ccn-
trolled by Carranza, and with the
exception of Sonora, Sanalae, and a
few other states controlled by the
'ebels, the balance of power was
'aid to rest with the government.
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Vinson and Miss Lillian DeArmond,
in the leading roles carried off the
honors, but the other parts were not
sighted. Miss Dorothy Primrose, a
Little Rock girl (reaI name Name
Grifith), was given a good reception
by friends in the audience and acted
her part well. The same bill will be
given tonight and tomorrow night.
With four-act drama and half a
get their moneys worth.-Little
Rock Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-30

was received here Thursday that the
Ocena Steamship Company, whose
coastwise steam ships have been tied
up more than a month by the long
shoremen's strike in Boston and New
York will esume sailings beginning
next Tuesday, between Savannah
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and Boston.

and Boston.
The resumption of these sailings
will mean a great deal to Georgia
newspapers that have been threat
ened by shortage of news print as
now they will be able to get the
paper from Northern ports.
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by a four to three decision.

by four to three decision.
The governments arguments on the
motion for rehearing were based
largely on the four to three decision
rendered by the court last Monday
ordering the dissolution of the Read
ing company and it's subsidiaries, the
first of the so called anthracite coal
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GOVERNMENT ASKS
FOR REHEARING

Washington, Apri 2S.-The su-
preme court was asked today by the
government to reopen the antitrust
suit against the United States Stees
corporation, dismissed on March 1
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Gainesville, Ga.

The World Tents Theater new
play Broken Hearts, is cleverly
thought out, skillfully constructed
and felicitously written-conspic-
uously fine performance. One of
the real events of the holiday sea-
son.
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From the Evening Post-by the
Dean Of American critics-Mr.
Melville is to be sincerely congrat-
ulated upon notably successful
effort to redeem the promise made
at the opening Of the handsome
tent theater. that it should be the
home Of comedy ''Broken Hearts
is Il comedy, genuine American
comedy dealing freshly, humor-
ously satirically and pathetically
with conditions Of contemporane
GUS interest, and furnishing food
for reflection, as we'll as amuse-
Iment."
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SHIPS RESUME TRIPS;
MAY AID PAPER SHORTAGE

Savannah, Ga, April 29.-Notice
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New York Herald "Altogether
it is the most pleasing play of the
season-the audience was enthu-
Evening World-"The play
siastic." "
makes strong human appeal"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-04-30

The Amcrican-'We sat beneath
the spell of four-act play that en-
closed comedy, drama, humor,
brilliancy and charm. It is an un-
deniable success, and if you miss
it you will be sorry"
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The Tribune-''We do not think
we would be likely to overestimate
The proper estate Of the "Broken
Heart" One of the truly notewOr-
thy comedies by American authors
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The Times-"C Clever, adroit and
interesting-blessed by an excep-
tional spirit and intelligent per-
fOrmance.