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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
MEN FINED $3.50
FOR VIOLATING LIQUOR LAW
Three Others Held for Grand Jury and One
Sent to Jail.

Thirteen men charged with vio-
lation of the prohibition law paid
fines and forfeitures totaling $3.50
in Police Court yesterday. Three
men were held for action of the
grand jury by Judge Hardison and
one man was sentenced to jail for
sixty days.
Among those charged with viola
ton of the prohibition law. Ben
jamin +. Morris was fined $3.50 on
two charges; Scott w. Heron,
William 3. Parker. George Addison,
Nathan Pollan and Charles LANCE
vine. SIS each; Abraham Borak and
Harry Honickson forfeited s25 each:
James II. Gross was fined s25;
George II. Schleuter, $50, and Ed
die Blackwell $50.
Held for Grand jury.
James c. Grice, colored. who !.
alleged to have looted a number of
public school buildings of various
articles of equipment. was held for
the grand jury under $4,000 bond
on charges Of HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny. The specific charges
against Grice allege that on De-
cember he stole s217 worth Of
property from the Webster School
and on December IL, 1875 worth
from the Minor Normal School.
ST. Clair Newman, colored, who
admitted having served sixty days
on Blackwells Island for carrying
a pistol, was held for the grand
jury yesterday under $1,000 bond
on a charge of HOUSEKEEPING. Jo-
seph Edwards, OF 1910 Sixth street
northwest, said he caught Newman
in the hallway of his apartment last
Tuesday, and that the colored man
explained his presence there by say
ing he was taking orders for
Christmas candy. Newman, accord
ing to Detective J. F. waldron, ad-
mitted that he had neither samples
of the candy. nor a pencil, nor an
order book.
Soldier Bound Over.
James Rawlins. a soldier, was
held for the grand jury under 81 900
bond on a charge of stealing an
automobile from William ]. Dow.
an attorney. 201 Colorado Building,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17

Though she is only 10 years OF
age, Miss Myrtle Schaaf, OF the
Metropolitan Opera Company. has
memorized the mezzo-soprano parts
Of thirty-two operas.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
WOMAN LEAVES
s2l,2O2 ESTATE:
Sister, Nephew and Nieces to
Share Property of So
phie R. Beatty.

Sophie r. Beatty, who died De-
cember 10, left personal property
valued at s21.2O2. according to pc
tition of the American Security and
Trust Company, executors, for let
tiers OF administration The heirs
at-Iaw are. a sister. a nephew and
nieces.
George II. Duncan, who died July
81, left personal property valued at
$4,000, according to the petition
filed by the executrix, Mary l.. Dun
can.
James f. Hurley. who died in
1910 without leaving a will. left
personal property worth $500. &C
cording to the petition OF Belle b
Hurley.
The will of John ]. Darby, who
died December IL, names his widow,
Mrs. Louise E. Darby, sole bench
ciary. The estate includes the
premises at 1896 Vermont avenue
northwest.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
BOARD ASKS COURT
TO DISMISS PLEA
Upshur Street Plea Against
Tuburcular School Said
To Be UnfOunded.

Declaring that Piney Branch citi-
Gems have a remedy at law IL the
proposed school for tubercular pu-
pills on the Upshur street tract be-
comes a nuisance. the District Com
missioners yesterday asked the Dis
trict Supreme Court TO dismiss the
bill OF complaint filed by Charles
f.. Hunt and others to prevent the
carrying out of plans for tho
school.
The Commissioners also deny that
the school would be detriment ~
nearby property or that they pro
pose to spend s15O.00O of the peo-
pies money IN an unlawful manner
to erect the school.
The court is informed by the
Commissioners that they selected the
Upshur street tract after careful
consideration of all circumstances
and, in such selection. II is claimed
they have acted only as they had a
lawful right to do.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
COUNCIL CABLES
IRISH PRESIDENT
OF ITS SUPPORT
George Washington Chap
ter Defies Executive
Board.
OPPOsEN NEUTRALITY
Members Say Principle of
Recognition Is Basic With
Association.
OPPOSE NEUTRALITY

The policy of strict neutrality"
adopted by the State executive
board OF the American Association
for Recognition of the Irish Re
public was defed last night by the
George Washington Council Of the
association.
The council last night cabled
Eamonn de Valera. president OF the
Irish Republic. declaring its inten-
ton of supporting him ''in uphold
ing Ireland's ancient aspirations
and in rejecting a compromise Of
principle"
Defiance Of Downing.
The action is regarded as a prac-
teal defiance of Rosa +. Downing,
State president of the District OF
Columbia Council, who earlier this
week issued a dictum that no
statement OF the association should
be regarded as authentic except
over his signature.
Daniel F.. Doran. who led the
successful fight for adoption OF =
resolution at the meeting OF the
council last Sunday night. in which
II was proposed that President de
Valera he cabled that the council
stands solidly behind him, declared
yesterday that the delay in send
ing the cablegram was due to a
hope that the State executive board.
at its meeting Wednesday night.
would take similar action or that
! other local councils would do SO.
! The board. however. adopted an at
titude Of strict neutrality.
Local councils Of the American
Association for Recognition Of the
Irish Republic and indeed the asso-
citation itself cannot adopt any at
titude Of neutrality now without
. believing its name" said Doran
yesterday.
STANDS by its Name.
The action Of George Washing
ton Council speaks for itself. The
American Association is committed
by its constitution to certain def
mite principles and purposes, indI-
Gated by its name. That was care
fully chosen in order to distinguish
1t from other organizations appar-
entity not committed to the same
ideas cannon de Valera was the
rock upon which the organization
was founded. II members OF the as
ISOLATION who were most vocifcrous
in shouting that De Valera was
their leader a year ago find that
their ardor is cooling. that is their
concern. The George Washington
Council stands by its name and its
principles until such time as the
Irish people. who declared for a
republic by vote 81 90 per cent OF
their members. definitely abandon
ing the republican idea. In con-
science and, in all honor 1T can do
no less,
IF the American Association
abandons its principles every time a
crisis is provoked and when OF all
times II should stand boldly and
fearlessly by them, II may as well
change ite name and adopt some
such title as The More of Less Be-
fuddled Association for Neutrality
in the Irish Question When II is
Convenient to Re Neutral.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17

on December II. The accused plead
ed guilty. Detective Alhgood made
the arrest.
John II. Young, 20 years old. a
soldier, attached to the Medical
Corps at Boiling Field. was sem
fenced to serve sixty days in Jail
and then turned over to the mill
tary authorities for punishment, on
a charge OF larceny. The police re-
covered from a secondhand store
a suit OF clothes. a silk shirt, and a
pair of socks which Young was
alleged to have stolen from the
room Of Fred G. Phillips. at 1881 !
street northwest. ON December 8.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
APPEAL TO COURT
FOR LIQUOR PERMIT

Asserting that their business is
being ruined by refusal of Federal
Prohibition Commissioner Roy V.
Haynes to issue them a permit to sell
alcoholic liquors at wholesale. the
Eridanea Company. Inc. OF III Union
street, Brooklyn, n. Y, and Genoa,
Italy. applied to the District Supreme
Court yesterday to compel issuance Of
a permit.
The concern. which deals in drugs,
says It has offered a bond Of 100000
as required by law.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
ACCUSED OF PAYING
WITH BAD CHECK

samuel Goldberg. Of 1857 Girard
street northwest, who was arrested on
October 81 last and held for the po-
lice Of New York City on a charge of
grand larceny. lost his appeal in the
Ia beas corpus proceedings yesterday
in Circuit Court and was ordered
turned over to the State authorities
by Chief Justice Mccoy.
Goldberg, according to the requisi-
ton papers. has been indicted in New
York. il being alleged that on June
~ last. he rendered an alleged worth
loss check to Henry \. Sherwood. of
Scw York city. rs part payment for
an order FOR Sl.0I5 worth Of havorinG
extracts.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17

Mrs. Ralph Smith. member in the
rritiSh-CoIumbis legislative council
end the first woman cabinet mem
|~r in tho British EmptEe, has re-
~'-n"d, stating that she felt she
could no longer assume responsible
iIy for acts Of the government.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
SissOn-ThOmas Wedding.

ROCKVILLE. Md. Dec 16-Miss
olive MAJ Thomas and William RAY
urond Sis-on. both OF Washington
we're married here yesterday afternoon
by Rev. J.. Rowland Wagner. pastor
a. tire Baptist church.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05
Thorough Job of Cleaning Demanded.

The request of the attorney general that
inquiry into certain stock promotion activities
and the management of corporations that have
failed will get second from all hands. 1t con-
templates job, however unsavory it may seem
at the outset, that must be done. If done at all,
it should be thorough. No peg should be left
on which doubt may hang.
Mr.. Davis, in his letter to Judge Troup
asking that the court take action as he requests,
contains charges that deserve fullest considera-
ton. If the attorney general is warranted in
the statements he makes, room should be made
in the penitentiary for some individual now at
large. Should full inquiry fail to develope that
the acts of these men are of criminal nature,
then they deserve the completest vindicaton.
One way or the other a positive conclusion
should be reached, to the end that succession
of ugly rumors and the whispering campaign"
of slander be silenced for good and all.
One deplorable fact stands out in undeniable
prominence. Money that was turned over by
hopeful investors has disappeared; it is gone, at
least so far as the stockholder is concerned.
To quote from the attorney generals letter:
Nebraska is now paying for the debauch of
promotion on which it embarked in 1918 and
1912 and in which some of its most promi-
nent citizens prostituted their names for pieces
of gold. But the tide has now turned. A
sadder and wiser public now reach out
stretched arms to the law for that vindication
of justice which the courts alone provide
Whether the "blue sky" law was evaded or
ignored, investors were duped. Responsibility
rests somewhere, and it should be brought home
to the culpable. A thorough investigation by a
grand jury will do no harm, and it may do
great deal of good in Nebraska right now.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05

on or were coming off street cars at the down
town intersections. Even that law was hon.
ored more in breach than observance and Dean
Ringer sought to solve the problem by estab-
fishing safety zones, through which an automo-
bile could not pass but permitting them to pass
outside without stopping when street cars were
standing.
Just as the public is getting thoroughly ac-
customed to this, Mr.. Dunn adds another regu-
lation to complicate matters. One of the rea-
sons he sets up is the uneven wear on the pave
ment Whatever merit this may have it is
more than offset by the possible added danger
to pedestrians or persons who patronize the
tramway What Omaha needs is simple, under
standable traffic regulations, and these rigidly
enforced. Mr.. Dunn's latest contribution to
the maze of rules is out in the interest of safety
no matter how much it may add to speed.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05
whats Your Hurryp"

Henry w. Dunn in his capacity as police su-
perintendent presumably animated by desire
to facilitate automobile navigation of the city
streets, has virtually destroyed the safety
zones" set up by his predecessor. He has not-
fed the police that safety zones need not be OBJ
served by auto drivers, except when street cars
are standing to take on or discharge passengers.
Little difficulty will be encountered in fol-
lowing this order to its logical conclusion. A
few years ago law was passed. requiring au-
tomobiles to come to stop when street cars
were stopped. Such was the condition then
on city streets that human life was constantly
endangered, and frequently forfeited. because
indifferent drivers persisted in thrusting their
cars through the crowds that gathered to get
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05
Consuls, New Style

The little address which Secretary Hughes
made last week to a group of beginners in the
consular service is a reminder of good old days
better forgotten. He congratulated them on
having won their appointments by merit! Did
no old-fashioned spokesman turn in his grave?
The secretary also dwelt upon their duties-to
be- above all, accurate in their official reports,
to be courteous to all with whom they had So
cial or business contact, and to avoid when
abroad a hamboyant, boastfu or bombastic at
titude.
These must seem hard sayings for those bred
in the old school. They used proudly to main
tain that we had the "best consular service on
earth," at time when it in reality stepped
in politics and top-heavy with incompetence II
a consul had then been told that he was not
sent abroad in order to swagger for his country,
he would have thought the foundations of the
government were quak1ng. And the idea of his
having anything to do with merit" would have
been big joke to him. He and his senator
would have gone off and had good laugh
over it.
The new type of consul has arrived and all
concerned are the better for it. The reform is
not purely product of political virtue. 1t has
been forced upon the United States by compe-
tition with other nations. We have been, as the
with crooked reputation said about his
reformation, Strengthened" by circumstances.
Our consular service could not begin to hold its
own with others, in benefting commerce, unless
it was purified and toned up, as it now has been
to gratifying degree.-New York Times
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05
Four New Warships.

From the American point of view the de-
csion of Great Britain to build four battle
cruisers in advance of the converting of the con-
ference of the powers to limit armament may
seem to indicate certain distrust of any inter-
national peace agreements. The League of
Nations has failed to bring about any decrease
in armament, and there are no doubt many
statesmen who believe the Harding plan also
will fail At least all are determined that be-
fore the construction of warships is limited,
they will have enough ships to protect them
selves from each other.
Impulse to criticise England for embarking
on new naval building is checked by the recol-
lection that the same policy was carried through
in the United States and in Japan. The very
bill containing the authority for calling con-
ference on disarmament included millions of
dollars in appropriations for new vessels of
war
Such is the dstrust that exists in official
minds. With less practically and more ideal
ism the people of these various lands look to
arrangements precluding the possibility of war
and to the tightening of the cost of ornaments.
OF the plots and plans of craftsmanship and
diplomacy they know little, or they might have
as little faith as Churchill himself. If, how
ever, the conscience of the people is really
awake, insisting not only on limitation of war
like preparations but also on square dealing
between nations such as will remove some OF
the causes of conflict, the statesmen will have
to follow.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05
Williams and the Reserve Board.

The war between John Shelton Williams and
the bankers did not end when new comptroller
OF the treasury was named, but seems to have
gathered force. Just now the row between Mr..
Williams and the members of the Federal Re-
serve Board has reached blaze, and somebody's
reputation is likely to be scorched. 1t will be
good thing for all hands if the matter is thor
oughly examined and all the facts brought to
public notice.
When Mr.. Williams was in Office he made
many charges against the banks of the country,
particularly those of the west and southwest, and
managed to keep himself in controversy with
the bankers all the time. Representative Nc
Fadden of Pennsylvania sought to bring about
Williams removal from office, making a de-
termined fight in the house against him, but was
unable to make headway against the answering
support of President Wilson for his appointee
Clashes between the comptroller and the Reserve
Board were frequent, both policies and practices
being involved. Bankers were divided as to the
merits of the running dispute and business more
or less disturbed by its progress.
Since returning to the attack Mr.. Williams
has especially asserted that stock gambling and
promotion enterprises were favored, while farm
ers and stock raisers, particularly the cotton
planters, were victimized by the control of the
currency through the Federal Reserve banks.
This matter is now fairly before the congress
sonal committee. 1t is no longer a question of
the probty of members of the board or the ab-
ity and qualifications of the late comptroller of
the currency. 1t is one of fact
The public is entitled to know if the great
power of the government has been at any time
..f-L- L
ers If the inquiry can bring out the truth on
this point, it will be we'll worth while, and the
squabble between Mr.. Williams and the board
members can be dismissed as matter of little
Importance, save as it affects public interests
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05
ANIMALS AND
TUBERCULOSIS.

Such progress is being made In
the control of human tuberculosis
that there are those who think they
can see the end of the fight. There
are communities which can show q
reduction of SO per cent in the death
rate from consumption since 1907
Perhaps the time has come for
those who have succeeded so well
with human consumption to help
out in the eradication Of the disease
in lower animals.
There are three fairly well fixed
types of the tubercle bacilli. One
causes most of the consumption in
human beings; the other is respon-
sible for consumption in cows, in
hogs. and in children, and the third
for consumption in birds.
The human tubercle bacillus is re-
sponSible for most of the human
tuberculosis. but does not cause
tuberculosis ordinarily in other
animals.
The ovian tubercle bacillus is re-
sponsible for tuberculosis in birds,
but does not cause tuberculosis in
man or other mammals.
DR.. E. C. Schroeder Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture thinks the bo-
vine bacillus Is the most important
Of the three. 1t causes all the
tuberculosis in cows and in hogs
and most Of that in children.
The hog gets all it's tuberculosis
from cows. The bacillus lives and
multiplies in the hog, but it cannot
be transmitted to other animals
While the hog is infected by COWS,
it cannot infect COWS.
If DR. Schroeder is correct, we
have taken more precautions to pre-
vent humans from being infected
from eating pork from tuberculous
hogs than we need to have done.
According to his view, the only
importance of tuberculosis in hogs
lies in demonstration Of the preva-
lence Of tuberculosis in dairy cows
and in the economic waste it oc-
casions.
About so per cent of the gland
tuberculosis, 70 per cent Of the alb
dominal tuberculosis, and 25 per
cent of the general tuberculosis in
children is due to bovine tubercle
hacilli. This bacillus multiplies in
the human body; but it is not con-
veyed from infected children to
other children, nor to hogs nor cows,
says Schroeder.
Practically every case of tuber-
culosis in human subjects due to
bovine tubercle bacilli must be
charged to ultimate contact, in most
cases through the ingestion of dairy
products between persons and tu-
berculous cattle.
The exact relation between the
tuberculosis of childhood and that
of adult life has not been settled.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-05
Lesson in Des Moines' Plight.

Whatever else of merit may be disclosed on
careful examination of the street railway situa-
ton in Des Moines, one salient fact is unescap-
able. Public service must be paid for by the
public. Whether the transportation problem of
= city is solved in one or another of several pos
bible ways, the cost of operation and reasonable
forthcoming. This is automatic also elemental.
We have no information which will justify
an analysis of the causes for the plight of the
Des Mones tramway company. Two points are
noted, though One is that the amount of funded
and floating debt $7,s00,0O0, is not too formid-
able load for such concern; the other is that
at no place in the proceedings does the element
of probable municipal ownership appear. Against
these facts is to be set the other fact that the
eeipts of the concern did not suffice to meet its
expenses. Such condition of affairs indicates
that somewhere exists something that is funda-
mentally wrong
A complication in Dcs Moines is the presence
OF bus lines, competing for the business. The
right of the public to patronize the bus or the
"jitney" is not in question. The effect of the
competition, however, has been disastrous to the
tramway company. Organized to care for
daily collected, it has been compelled to
divide a portion of that with competi-
tor that only cares for 10000. So far as these
are concerned, the situation is unchanged but the
other $4,000 patrons find themselves without
the service they are accustomed to and require
for their convenience and comfort. Here is
where competition becomes ruinous the outcome
suggesting the desirability of closely regulated
monopoly
The lesson contained in this instance applies
equally to all communities. Rates for service
must be compensatory but should rest on the
actual cost of the service. This is ascertainable,
for the value of the plant, together with cost of
operation, affords sure basis for calculating re-
turn 1t is not question of watered stock, of
excessive bond issues, the capitalization Of
earning capacity or future prospects within the
life of the franchise. What amount of capital
actually is employed in carrying on the business
can be learned, as we'll as the operating cost.
Then the public should be ready to pay sufficient
for service to make reasonable return certain to
the investors
Intraurban transportation problems have be-
come acute in America and some phases have
been very exasperatng. These will not be set
tied until complete understanding is reached
and the distrust that now prevails in the minds
dspelled. The situation is unfortunate for all,
but more of frankness on part of owners is
essential to the definite solution