The Washington times., 1921-08-25
HERR|CK ASKS
COPS To TAME
|RATE MOTHER
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Congressman said she reminded him
Of the darling lost Oracle" his
sweetheart Of long ago.
CONGRESSMAN Herrick took Miss
Shorey TO many social functions.
They attended musicals and made
frequent visits to the Willard Hotel
and other places together. Upon one
occasion they were enormously In.
troduced to Speaker Gillette and his
wife as MIR. and Mrs. Herrick.' '
Miss Shorey told a Times reporter:
THE speaker, whom ! know, said
he knew that could not be true"
The time came when the Con-
gresham pressed his attentions upon
the young girl so fervently that Mrs.
Shorey decided the affair could go
no further. When she moved rhe
refused to allow the Congressman
to remain with her, said Miss Shorey
last night.
Herrick was not even told where
they moved. she said.
The Consressman's present home
Is over q store at Seventh and NJ
streets northwest. with David Cru
shak, he told Inspector Grant. This
puzzled his Congressional colleagues
for weeks, for none Of his Oklahoma
associates knew of his whereabouts
outside OF Capitol Hill
Resented Attentions.
Melville Shorey. the twenty-year-
old brother OF Elizabeth. also re-
scented the attentions of Herrick 10
his sister. When the family moved
from the old home a month or so
ago, Herrick was left behind and was
at a loss as to sleeping quarters.
Upon one occasion he visited the
Shorey country home, Mapiewood, in
Virginia, and insisted upon seeking
his former landlady. The son re-
fused to allow him to wait for Mrs.
Shorey at their home. and Elizabeth
says Congressman Herrick waited on
the station platform for a long time
Tor Mrs. Shorey to come from the
city.
The gentleman from Oklahoma was
hilarious yesterday. after the first
publication Of the activities of the
private beatty contest" He JOY
ously exclaimed TO his fellow-legis-
lators that the story would help the
passage of his bill.
Writes Statement.
Congressman Herrick has issued
the following written statement,
which is herewith produced without
the dotting of q 81" the crossing Of
st." or the correction Of the Con-
CHEESEMAN'S unique system of spelling
THE newspaper reporters and
some others who are opposed to the
passage Of ii. X. S208 q bill Intro
duced by Representative Herrick
to prohibit beauty contests, think
that they are having fun with Him
by trying to heap Ridicule upon
him but Instid they are only Max
ing sure that his bill will pass by
such Methods because they are act
ing as a boomerang the Members
of the House after reading the
screed in the New York World Of
the Gath remarked "this settles 1t,
we Will all vote for your bill now"
Let the sIur writer's rave the fol-
lowing facts remains and cannot
be gotten away from LIST that
herrisk has bin in washington since
february the 25th and In all that
time He has done no running after
wimen In the sence that the term
Is commonly Understood to Mean
End he employees No wimen clearks
In his office but on the contrary
has a full force Of Men Clearks
3.rd He has about . peck Of re-
plies from the silcy and gidey girls
which they sent In answer to his
decoy letters that he sent out in
order to geather evidence In sup
port Of his bill.
"In the hearing before the COM
mitee on Judiciary and IL certain