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The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
JUDGE REBUKES POLICEMAN
FOR SHOOTING AT MOTORISTS
Severely Reprimands Patrolman for
Using Blackjack on One of the Defendants

Dismissing all charges against
three alleged traffic violators in Po-
lice Court yesterday, Judge Mat
tingly issued a severe reprimand to
Policeman N. A. Rainey for firing
at the defendants ami later admin
istering a beating 10 them with the
aid of Sergt. Wilson. Gen Fershing s
chauffeur.
Evidence showed Rainey had fired
at John H. Wise. Louis Jenkins and
Clayton Hancock, while they were
riding in East Potomac Park on the
night of August 10, for failure Of
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
Irish to Float Great
Bond Issue in Nouembe,

Mayor o'Mara, fiscal agent of the
Irish republic, yesterday announced a
new issue of $20.000,0 900 of bond GER
tificates in the United States on M
half Of the republic of Ireland. fly.
ing Ithe quota for the District of
Columbia. .at&$1oo. 900. He stated that
the drive would commence on No
vemoer 10. This date was fixed in
view OF the fact that the disarma-
ment conference would then be in
session.
"lreiands voice." O'Mara said.
might moi. be heard officially with
In that conference but we hope, how
ever, to make it audible in the Ian
guage OF money outside its doors"
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
WOULD USE POLICE
AS TOWN BAILIFFS

HYATTSvILLE, Md, Sept. 2s.-To
obtain better police protection for
Hyattsville. the town council in
monthly session tonight. on motion of
Councilman Irving owings. instruct
ed Mayor Rushe to ask the State
automobile commission to permit the
swearing In State motorcycle po-
lice as town bailiffs.
Ernest Gasch. local undertaken.
was appointed councilman from the
First ward to fill out the unexpired
term Of j. T. Fritts, resigned. The
motion made by Councilman L. l..
Gray was seconded by Councilman
Robert Owens and adopted unani-
mously.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
WouId-be Policeman
80 Arrested as Drunk

on,s Thomas Talbot, IS years old,
- Alexandria, Va. arrested ana
lodged in the First precinct station
honse shortly before midnight on
charges Of assault and intoxication'
tier he had posed as a policeman
and led a couple to the police box
:. seventh and E streets northwest.
Miss Alice Beard. SIS g street
,orthwest and, E. Wallace, S22 sixth
s,rsst northwest. told police that they
wsre accosted by Talbot near
seventh and E streets northwest. and
led to the police box
When Talbot was unable to To-
cats key ii open the box. Wallace
.uui1inoned Policeman Patrick OF the
First precinct. but the would-oe cop
ned. He was arrested little later
At Eighth and z streets northwest.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
Detective J. H. FOlULer
On Flying Squadron

J. H. Fowler formerly precinct
detective at the First police station
has been appointed member OF
Commissioner Oysters flying squad
ron" and will assume his new duties
today. Fowler will work in corjunc-
ton with Headquarter Detectives
Messer and Sweeney in the rounding
up of bookmakers.
Fowler has been member of the
police force for more than two years,
having first been appointed as a
bicycle officer at the First precinct
station. For the past year he has
been member of the detective fore.
of that station.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
SOUTH CITIZENS
PROTEST ACTION
Y ON WATERFRONT
Association Wants Com
missioners to Reconsider
Their Decision.
TO START PETITIONS
Committee Will Solicit Sig
natures to Request for
Changed Ruling.
TO START PETITIONS

The South Washington Citizens
Association strongly protested
against the change in the water
front conditions planned by the
Commissioners of the District at
its meeting last night in Jefferson
School.
A resolution was passei. petition
ing the District Commissioners TO
reconsider their stand on the leas-
ing of waterfront property and 4:
abandon the projected alterations on
the Washington channel front. 1t
holds that the practice of storing
commodities, such as brick. coal.
lumber and cordwood On unoccupied
areas of the waterfront is based on
economic wisdom and commercial
necessity, and that any scheme ot
wnarfing such commodities without
adjacent storage facilities would
destroy the river commerce, exclud-
ing from the people Of Washington
the full benefits of their cheapest
means of freight transportation.
Damages Their Business.
II was set III thdh Ni'AN'@iAF
dc not object to improvements of
the city waterfront where improve
nents are in CIDER, but thai they
do object to improvements at the
expense of their bushes: interests.
4 committee was appointed, :Dn-
sisting of DIR. l.. 4. Jorr or. chair
man, w ". Riley, W. &. w!msatt,
George S. Fraser and J. A. Taylo-.
solicit the signatures Of re-idents Of
soIth Washington to a petition u
be presented to the District Com
missioners on the waterfront Ques-
tion.
Oficers for the coming year were
chosen as follows: George NJ.
Yeatman. president: George S. Fra
ser. vice president; William Yeat-
man, secretary: George Daut. treas
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
w. L. SHAUER WEDS
MISS NELLIE LEDDY

CLARENDON, Va, Sept. 2s.-Miss
Nellie NJ. Leddy and Willard L.
Shauer. were married at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. O'Brien
on Clarendon avenue. at IL O'Clock
this morning by Rev. Frank Lackey.
of St Charles Catholic Church. The
bride. who was given in marriage
by w. J.-O5rien, was attended by
her sister. Mrs. Charles O'Brien. The
wedding march was played by Mrs. j.
j. Mccarthy.
A luncheon was served to the we'd
ding party following the ceremony.
after which Mr.. and Mrs. Shauer left
for short trip. They will reside
in Altoona, Pa.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
Three Men Arrested
on Liquor CHARGES

Three men were arrested yesterday
afternoon by Policeman A. C. Belt,
OF the Tennallytown precinct on
charges of transporting liquor. Only
a small quantity Of liquor was found
by police at the time. however.
Those arrested are Charles Bur-
rows. AZ years old, 4011 Belt road
northwest: Cornelius Coldwell, So
years. 4112 Chesapeake street north
west. and George Wells. 43 years old,
of University park. All were re-
leased on s25 collateral. Accord
ing to police the three made ar
rangements with revenue officer
to transport liquor for him. After
the liquor had been delivered, DO:
lice say the warrants were sworn
out,
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
Rhode Island Branch
Asks Northeast Park

\ Rhode Island Avenue Citizens AS
sociation last night asked the Dis
trfct Commissioners for a park in
the northeast section OF the city in
resolution passed at the regular
meeting in the Sherwood Presby-
terian. Church.
The resolution pointed ou; the
District maintains Rock, Greek
Park In the northwest section; Lin
coin Park in the southeast and f,o-
toma; Park in the southwest Sec
ton.
discrimination in coal price, be-
tween central Washington and the
suburban sections was charged in a
resolution asking the association
secretary to investigate the matter.
Guy v. Collins presided at the
meeting.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
Miss Washington, To Aid.

Miss Washington" Miss Mar
garet Gorman), famed beauty and
winner Of The Herald's beauty con-
test, on Saturday will sell tags at
keith's Theater for the benefit of the
Day Nursery and Dispensary Asso-
ciation. according to announcement
made last night by Mrs. c. L Henry,
one of the trustees of the associa-
tion. who is In charge of the tag
day. The Day Nursery and Dispen-
sary Association maintains at 472
street southwest a nursery where
children under eight years of age are
cared for while their mothers are at
work. -
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
ROB SLOT MACHINE
OF SIS IN NICKELS

HYATTSVILLE. Nd. Sept. IS
The billiard parlor formerly owned by
w. Gait Keyworth in Rogers Row
here was robbed early this morning.
A slot machine containing about SIS
in nickels was rifled. The cash
register containing about IS was un-
touched. Entrance was gained by
breaking out a side window.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29
E.. L. GLOVER WEDS =
MISS AMY WIGGINS

ROCKVILLE. Md. Sept. ss.-Rev.
=. Rowland Wagner, pastor of the
Baptist Church. officiated at the mar
rage here on Tuesday of Miss Amy
L. Virgins. and Earl L. Glover, both
Of Washington. the home of the min
lister being the scene of the cere-
mony. -,
The Washington herald., 1921-09-29

Prices realized on Swift q Co. sales Of
carcass beef 80 Washington for week end
ing Saturday, September "a. 1921. on ship
ments sold out range from 0 cents 10 is
cents per pound and averaged 13.Ss cents
per pound.-Adv.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
SCIENTISTS HOLD TWO VIEWS
Are Not in Accord in Their Explana.
ton Of Origin of the Planetary
System.

Scientists explain the origin of our
planetary system in two ways. One
OF these is, the familiar nebular nv,
pothesis Of Lapace The other is the
planetesmal theory of Professor Mou,
ton, which is probably the most cor
rect one. According to this theory
our planetary system was originally
a vast spiral nebulae. The planets
were formed by accretions of matter
In the spirals of the nebuae. Our
eartn and its satellite, the moon, were
formed in this way. The moon being
a smaller accretiOn of matter, was
naturally attracted by the earth, which
was possessed of enough gravitation
to hold the moon. The moon there.
fore is not child of the earth, but
speaking in everyday parlance, we
might call it an adopted child. This
theory explains great deal that the
nebular hypothesis does not. There
are vast numbers of such spiral neb-
ulae in the heavens, indicating that
this is natures accepted way of Gre
ating new worlds, and it is for these
reasons that 1 accept this view of the
formation of the earth and the moon
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
REVOLVER INVENTED BY BOY
IDEA OF Deadly Small Arm Was Born
In the Brain of Fourteen:
Tear-OId Runaway.

The revolver, that until the invention
OF the automatic pistol, was the most
deadly small arm known to man. was
born OF the brain of a fourteen-year-
old boy, Samuel Colt. Colt ran away
from school and shipped on board a
merchant vessel bound for the East
Indies. He had good deal of idle
time on his hands once the ship was
well at sea. and long period of calm
weather followed its movements. He
began to seek an outlet for his active
imagination and mechanical urge. He
attempted various things to aid sailing
out without any great success. He
then took to planning a pistol that
would shoot several times with a
single load. He had only bits of wood
and a jack knife to work with, but be.
fore the voyage was over he had cut
out a model for a revolver very SINH.
lar to the pattern still in use.
Once at home again. he went to
work In his fathers factory, but the
revolver idea was still In his head, and
he worked at it from time to time un.
Ill ne was twenty-one. At this point
MS experiments had so far advanced
tnat he asked for and obtained patents
IN America and European countries
A stock company was organized, and
from this humble start the great Colt
arms factory was begun, and the re-
volver put on a market that soon car.
ried 1t around the world.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

bic to have parade. But the pa
rade was held, and on street swept
clean, thanks to the Washington
street department, which removed
thousands of wagon loads of snow and
slush from Pennsylvania avenue. Many
people became sick from standing in
the snow or sitting in the cold stands
TO watch the parade. There was much
suffering caused by exposure. Presi.
dent Taft's reviewing section was in
closed in glass and heated by cleo
tricity.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
APPLES FROM ANCIENT TREE
Said to Have Been Planted Ninety
Five Years Ago, 1t Still Bears
Delicious Fruit.

Two apples were picked by A. A.
Gutenberg at Vancouver recently
from what is said to be the Oldest
apple-tree in the Pacific Northwest
The tree is 95 years old, and is liv-
ing monument to the romantic days
when the Hudson's Bay company ruled
over a vast territory within the Uni
ted States.
Sailing around Cape Horn In 1926,
Hudson's Bay company employee
ate an apple. 1t seemed such deli
cious apple after his long sea diet OF
salt horse and bareback that he
planned to raise other apples like 1t
In his new home in the wilderness.
He dropped the seeds In his st-pock-
ct and forgot all about them. But they
were discovered by the tailor at Fort
vancouver, to whom he turned over
his clothes to mend. The tailor gave
them to the gardener who planted
them. and the trees that grew from
them were the ancestors of the
hourishing orchards which have since
---N~N IA Seohi uAAN w
The ancient tree, now standing alone
on the site Of the old fur post, has
lived through many changes that made
history. Fort Vancouver was founded
on the Columbia river in 1924 by the
Hudson's Bay company as the rival
OF John Jacob Astor's pioneer Ameri-
can fur post Of Astoria. For years
under Chief Factor John Mclaughlin.
known as "the king of Oregon" 1t was
the company's transmontane capital.
and It's fur brigades swept as far east
rs the Rockies and almost as far south
! as the borders of modern Mexico.
When at the close of the "Fifty-four
forty or fight" excitement, Oregon was
coded to the United States, the COM
pany abandoned the fort and withdrew
! north of the international line When
Fort Vancouver was at the height of
Its prosperity the company was SUI
preme lord over hree-fourths of North
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25

Two presidential inaugurations es-
pecially marked by cold weather were
those of Taft and Grant (his second)
Thousands of people became sick
from exposure during Grants second
inauguration, and many died. 1t is
said the coughing of people who had
colds was so great that the orchestra
at the inaugural ball could hardly be
heard.
The Taft inaugural blizzard began
in Washington the afternoon of March
5, 1909. 1t continued all night, and
the snow in the capital the next day
was so deep that. il seemed impossi-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
A Generation.

A generation is a single succession
in natural descent, the children of the
same parents; in years three genera
tions are accounted to make a century
The term generation is also applied
to the whole body of persons of the
same period or living at the same
time, as the present generation. The
term is sometimes used with reference
to the average lifetime of all persons
or synchronous age. The historical
average, or that of all persons who
pass the stage of infancy, is commonly
reckoned at about thirty years, while
the physiological average, or that OF
all who are born, is only about seven
teen years.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
GOT START IN BUSY CITY
Move for the Improvement Of Horti.
culture Began in London Over
a Century Ago.

In Piccadilly, in the center of Lon
don, the mother of gardens came into
existence many years ago, according
to the Christian Science, Monitor. 1t
was at Hatchard's, the well-known
bookseller and publisher, in 1904, that
John Wedgwood gathered his friends
together and unfolded a plan to "sos.
ter and encourage every branch OF
horticulture" and to collect every in.
formation respecting the cultivation
and treatment of all plants and trees"
The founder Of the House Of Hatch.
ard, John Hatchard, was in sympathy
with every project that made for the
good and enlightenment Of mankind.
1t was a suitable place for this society
the mother Of many affiliated societies
to begin it's worldwide operations The
room where the first meeting took place
no longer exists, as the building has
been rebuilt since that time, but o
portrait Of John Hatchard still hangs
In the comfortable lounge that forms
the shop. The picture shows the in.
tellectual nature Of the man. The
windows facing Piccadilly and the
wooden seat that In summer time is
placed in front Of them carries one
back to time when the rush and noise
Of the London streets was less than
at the present time. There Is an air
Of leisure and other-worldness that IL
very pleasant to those passersby who
long to forget the hurrying feet and
noisy sounds Of crowded thorough.
fares.
The society did not receive its royal
charter till 1909, which set forth that
its aim was the Improvement of horti.
culture, ornamental as we'll as useful.
Well has it carried out IFS resolutions
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
TAUGHT LESSON BY HUNGER
Good Story Of How Franklin Waa
Converted to the Idea of Fish
as Human Food.

One day Benjamin Franklin-James
Parten tells us in his Life of Ben
jamin Franklin"-was on a sloop
which was becalmed on a certain
island. The sailors, as is still the Gus.
tom when ship is becalmed, amused
themselves by fishing. Franklin wit
messed the catching of the fish with
regret. But soon there came to tanta-
l1zf his nostfils most alluring odor
from the frying pan. So, as Franklin
used to tell the story, he went over
his reasoning again to see if there was
not flaw in it.
1t occurred to him that when the
fish were opened he had seen smaller
fish in their stomachs.
"Ah!" said Franklin. "If you eat
one another 1 don't see why we may
not eat you'll"
So Franklin dined upon the fish
very heartily, and thereafter ate what
others ate. When telling this story
Franklin ended with an observation
which is often attributed to Talley-
rand, but which we are assured was a
familiar joke with Franklin This
was:
$50 convenient a thing it is to be
a reasonable creature, since 1t en-
ables one to find or make a reason
for everything one has a mind to dor
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
CAREERS FOR YOUNG BRITONS
Compared With Opportunities in Amer.
lea They May Be Said to Be
Decidedly Limited.

Here in America we are quite like
~ to take for granted that if a man
has good education, then his finding
OF an opportunity to apply it profit
ably is comparatively simple matter.
Certainly our whole educational pro-
gram, and especially our whole line
of educational appeal and propaganda
will have to be changed the moment
that assumption is no longer to be
made, Whiting Williams writes in
Scribner's. Equip yourself, Young
America, and the country's yours !" we
say in effect to our youth whether in
school or at work.
In Britain there is much testimony
to the effect that that assumption is
not thus to be made.
Unless they spend additional years
training for medicine, the law, or 9TH
er of the professions, graduates of the
universities must pretty much expect
to find berths in the civil service. The
exams for that are extremely difficult
Those who come out of them with
marks at the top of the list get the
best of the positions in the most i'm
portant departments at home. They
next go out to India or other provinces,
while those below them take the Sec
ond grade of the places here-and
so on.
The pay starts at about $500 (nomi.
nally $1,000, and considerably more in
buying power), with gradual yearly in
creases up to certain maximum and
a pension.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
Washington Made Custom.

1t was Washington's cabinet that es.
tablished the custom for all future in.
augurations to be made in public.
When the time for Washington's Sec
ond inaugural came around he was
in doubt as to the proper method of
taking the oath for his second term.
He addressed note to his cabinet
asking for their opinion as to whether
1t should be public or private. The
cabinet at that time was divided. JEFF
ferson and Hamilton recommended
that it should be private. Knox and
Randolph reported in favor of making
it public. which was done.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
Robinson cruaoe's" Musket.

The musket said to have been Civ.
en- to Alexander Selkirk when he was
put ashore on the island of Juan Fer.
nandez, 400 miles off the Chilean coast,
mas been going the rounds Of British
museums.
1t was Selkirk's adventures upon
which was based De Foes famous
story, Robinson Crusoe." The mus.
ket is inscribed with the name of "A
Selkirk Largo, 1771." 1t was pur.
chased by Randolph Berens for $e.25,
but the owner has insured 1t for $1O,.
600.
, Selkirk owned tavern near Clap
ham, but died in 1925 at sea as q lieu.
tenant aboard naval vessel.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
SICILY'S MANY FAMOUS CITIES
Have Been Prominent in History Main.
Iy Because of Geographical
Position of Island.

Sicily, named by its admirers Ills
ola ncantevole"-isla of enchant
ment-is situated at the very toe OF
the boot made by Italy, as if about to
be kicked out of the way, and is in
cluded in the possessions of that coun
try. 1t is a colorful island in old his
tory. Before the Trojan war-fire
kindled by the light of a woman's
eyeS-the Phoenicians sent colonies tc
Sicily. Syracuse, its principal city, is
named by st. Paul in The Acts: "AnG
landing at Syracuse we tarried there
three days" Thucydides wrote of the
great sieges occurring four centuries
b. c. against Syracuse, placed, as one
writer expresses it, for both war and
commerce in the very center Of the
ancient world. Two centuries later
the old mathematician Archimedes
held at bay for three years the fleets
and armies of Rome before finally
captivating and yielding Syracuse tc
its enemies. Messina, another city old
in story, was founded by the Greeks
more than seven centuries B. G. and
is the chief commercial town of the
island. Catana, city of beauty with
its palaces. villas and orange groves
Is seated at the foot Of Aetna, a vol
canO with a record of many eruptions
Palermo. the capital. is a most inter.
esting city, facing the deep blue sea
In its great cathedral repose the bones
of Emperor Frederick II, ruler will
an intellectual development some two
centuries ahead of his time and con
seQueptly misunderstood.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
Up the EIowery Mountain.

Every year thousands of Chinese
pilgrims risk their lives in climbing
up the side of HwaShan, the Flow
cry mountain, which is sacred to the
Taoist religion. Any one reaching the
temple far above is supposed to have
any request granted as reward foi
valor and endurance. The Hwa-Shan
mountain is over 5000 feet high, and
the ascent in many places must be
made along narrow ledge Of branches
laid on posts driven horizontally into
the face of the precipice. There are
no handrails. but chain held on a
rock face offers some security TO the
ASCENDING or descending pilgrim
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-05-25
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