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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
NEWMAN CHARGES
WOODS BILL HOLDS
DANGERS FOR D. c.
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companies. It lays down the condi-
lions under which the marger shall
become effective. Among other
things 1t stipulates that the merger
shall he approved by the Public
Utilities Commission. Section
reads. in this respect. as follows:
Upon the execution OF the said
agreement in writing (meaninS the
merger agreement) and its approval
by the Public Utilities Commission.
and the lodging thereof in the office
Of the recorder OF deeds.
the said merger and consolidation
shall be complete ."
Now note the difference in the
wording in section ., which autho-
rizes the consolidation OF the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany and the Potomac Electric
Power Company. Prior to this point
in section the language is quite
similar to that of section /, but
when it comes to the provisions for
making the merger complete, this Is
what IL lays down:
This written agreement
shall be filed with and such filing
certified by the Public Utilities Com
mission, and thereupon shall be filed
in the office of the recorder OF deeds,
etc"
Why require the approval OF the
Public Utilities Commission to the
merger of the two street car com
panies but fail to require IL to the
ut
and Electric Company and the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company
There must be a good reason for
requiring II in the one case. Pre-
sumably it is to give the commits
sion, which is the agent of Congress,
power to prevent the merger II tho
commission should believe 1t to be
against the public interest.
STRANGELY SILENT.
Tho same reason, It seems. should
apply with equal force 10 the case OF
a merger Of the w. r. & Il. and
Pepco. But the bill is strangely si-
lent on that point.
The House District Committee, the
members of both houses not on the
committees and the people OF the Dis
trict of Columbia should have com
plete frankness as TO what II pro-
posed. The Woods bill is filled with
conditional provisions, for taxation,
for paying for paving and for cross
ing policemen, but nothing pertaining
TO those subjects will be brought
about IL the bill become law.
The only thing accomplished will be
the consolidation of the Washington
Railway and Electric and the Pepco.
VIII that reduce street car fares?
And, after all, that's the only solu-
ton of the problem worthy OF consid-
GRAFTON. In fact the high rates OF
fare now existing is what makes a
problem to deal with.
No, Il will NOT reduce fares. II
probably WILL RAISE electric light
rates. SO II the Woods bill Is passed
the total accomplishment by Congress
toward relieving the people OF Wash
inEton from high street car costs IL
likely to be the increasing of rates on
another commodity
That's worth thinking about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
VI HEN YOUR BODY
RUNS DOWN, HOW
do YOU RECHARGE
IT?

DO you recharge il? Can an en-
CINE run all day without fueI7
Could your stomach go without food
for very long?
Then how do you expect your
blood to go year in and year out
without replenishing il with the in
gradients that it must give the vital
organs? Thousands Of people to-
day are nervous, run down, weak,
pale-looking individuals, who simply
neglected to rccharge their battery
of life with IRON and other health
giving ingredients.
Days Tonic Is what you need.
See how quickly your body will re-
spond. how your early fatigue will
vanish, your weight come back,
nervousness, irritability disappear,
and behind IL all, you find DAYS.,
used with wonderful success by
thousands of people and the leading
physicians everywhere
Your nearest druggist sells Days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
HARDING CONFERS
WITH ADVISERS ON
NEW RAIL CREDITS
Conference Believed to Have
important Bearing on Ad-
ministration's Policy.
by international News Service.

A conference having an important
bearing on the GoveTnment's policy
toward the railroads was held at the
White House today and participated
in by President Harding, Secretary
OF the Treasury Mellon. Secretary OF
Commerce Hoover. Chairman Clarke
OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. and Director of the Rail-
roads Davis
Plans for the Governments sd-
vance OF 100000. 900 TO the roads
during the next few months are un-
derstood to be in the final process
o fcompletion. The administration is
anxious 10 clear up the railroad stu
alton as speedily as possible. be-
lieving that the return to 'busi-
Eess normally" hinges to great
extent upon the stability in the rail-
road. industry.
The advances to be made to the
roads will enable them TO expand
their facilities in many directions,
and particularly. II is believed, the
extension of credit will enable them
to bring their equipment up to date
and thus give employment to thou
sands of men in Industries dependent
upon the roads for business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
SCORES OF GUARDSMEN
BOWLED OVER BY HEAT

BALTIMORE, July with what
promises to be the most oppressive
day since the heat wave set in more
than two weeks ago, and which has
continued unabating since, in sight,
officers today were undecided wheth-
er to continue drills and rife prac-
tice at Camp Albert c. Richie, San
ders range, near here, where yester-
day and early last evening 104 mem
bers of the Fifth Maryland and other
National Guard organizations were
overcome.
with the mercury above 100, more
than one-eighth OF 500 guardsmen on
the range fell victims to the heat. The
men literally dropped in their tracks.
Reports from the camp hospitals
early today, however, state that all
the victims are expected to recover.
In Baltimore city two deaths and
nine prostrations were reported early
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
4'SHELL Shock IS
CALLED M|SNOMER
|. BY MEDICAL BOARD
Inquiry Shows AiIment Has
Long Been Known to
Scientific Experts.
BY international New. Service.

LONDON, July 9.--Last August a
departmental committee of the war
office was appointed. with LorS
scarborough as chairman. 10 Inquire
into the nature and treatment of
shell-shock and associated matters.
Criticism OF the committees rate of
progress has lately made itself heard,
and there is considerable curiosity as
TO what IL has done and is doing
The committee held It's first meet
ing on September 7 and has met once
week ever since. with one or two
exceptions. At each sitting II has
examined two or three witnesses, the
last TO be heard being Capt Gee, V.
G. M. p. 1t is examining commanding
officers OF all kinds and grades, med
ical officers. both civilsand military;
recruiting officers and officers who
have suffered from some form OF she'll
shock, and is about to examine rep
resentatives Of high command. 1t will
also take the evidence OF men who
have suffered. II has appointed SUBJ
committees TO deal with special as
poets of the subject. II expects to re-
port in the autumn.
Generally the results OF the Inquiry
so far are understood TO justify the
view that the term shell-shock is un-
fortunate. It IS much to be regretted,
indeed, that II was ever used at all,
because in many instances the burst
ing OF shell has nothing to do with
the shock the man receives. The evil
dence shows that the affections Of
men said to be suffering from she'll
shock are nervous diseases in all re-
spects similar 20 those known to the
medical profession in civil lifG There
is really no distinction to BIZ drawn
between the two. There are, however,
two classes OF cases. There is the
class OF case where a man is knocked
down. perhaps buried by a bursting
she'll There are records of men being
killed outright by the firing Of a shell
close by, although on examination
they show no outward sign Of a
wound. Those may. in a sense. be
described as shell-shock cases, but
the majority of cases are those OF
people who suffer either from neu-
rosis or hysteria produced without the
Intervention of any particular explo-
sion. These men are either men OF
character and bravery who went on
until human nature refused to do any
more. when the nervous system col
lapsed, or they are men who, from the
beginning, had no heart for such an
'NlslenCe as war, were DOund 10
break down and should never have
been recruited for service at the
front Some of them suffered from
infectious and other facilitating con.
ditions.
The work Of the committee is d.
rected rather to the future than to the
past, but the nature OF the inquiry
naturally involves the duty OF exam
lining the methods OF treatment which
have been applied TO officers and
men who suffered from these diseases,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
NtW FLYING SQUADRON
TO HELP PROHIBITION

Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
today announced the organization OF
a mobile force of general prohibition
agents, attached to headquarters
here. and ready to be concentrated in
any part of the country to clear up
troublesome enforcement situations.
The force constitutes virtually a
staff OF personal aids. They include
Edward c. Yellowley, San Francisco;
Andrew r. Stroup, Eel Paso; Henry A.
Larsen. Denver; John ENnicios, San
Francisco; Emerson L. Hunt, Minnea-
polls; n. o. Matthews, Des Moines; =,
@. Miller, I.awrcnceburg, KY; Andrew
McCampbell Fort Worth, Tex; Theo-
dore SoheweitE, Parowan, Utah, and ].
b. Baker. New York city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
Lord Middleton Received
BY King for Discussion
Of ArmiStiCe in Ireland
ny international News Service.

LONDON, July 9.-King George to-
day received Lord Middleton in audi
ence. The southern Unionist delegate,
+! who attended yesterdays history
making Irish armistice conference at
Dublin. FASTENED to London overnight
for he purpose, 1t is believed, OF
reporting personally to the monarch.
Interviewed at Holyhead, while On
route for London, Lord Middleton said:
"The object of the Dublin confer
ence was to clear up matters before
the London conferences could os
held. So far as our (the Unionists)
part is concerned, we have dis
charged our office and created an
, atmosphere favorable to negotiations
between Premier Lloyd George and
'Eamonn de Valera.
THE feeling on oru side is over
lwhelmingly in favor of n settlement.
1T is now entirely a question be-
tween Lloyd George and De Valera y"
Lord Middleton expressed the BELIEF
, that De Valera's terms will be &C
ceptable to the British premier.
The British Government is busily
preparing for an official visit TO the
capital of canon de Valera, presi-
dent of the Republic Of Ireland.
The morning press made a GER
tainty what last evenings newspa-
pers had only dared hopefully 10
predict, namely, that the stage is set
for an official armistlce between
britain and Sim Fein. to go into eff
feet Monday and to be followed by
general Irish peace conference here
in London.
In official circles it was not doubt
ed that de Valera will be here for
few days. 1t was made plain that
ne will have all possible facilities
and will be permitted to bring
whomever he desired. No conditions
of any sort are to be imposed upon
the Sim Fein chieftain, in connec-
tion with his visit.
The press generally directed atten-
ition today to the guarded and non
icommittal wording of de Valera's let
ter to Premier Lloyd-George, but all
the leading journals pointed out that
, the fact remains that he chose the
path of negotiations in preference to
continuance of warfare In Ireland.
This alone was universally hailed as
lsubstantial ground for hope.
Downing street today summed up
ithe conference subject with the
words the situation. Is unchanged"
When asked whether Lloyd George
would make a statement on Monday,
in view of the report from Washing
ton that America was making no
leply to the reported "overtures" by
Britain on a Far Eastern conference,
government official said the pre-
1nier would speak .on the subject IL
the United States does reply to in
formal inquiries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
BY international New. Service.

Statesmen attending the imperial do
minion conferences were today gathered
at Chequers, Premier Lloyd Georges
country estate, discussing the 'nglo-
Japanese alliance. with psrticu q ref
erence to Americas relation - that
pact.
In well-informed quarters II was be-
lieved possible today that Great
Britain may take the initiative in
proposing a conference between the
three countries and China upon the far
Eastern question. While officials ex-
pressed the view that America would
accept such proposal favorably, they
declared that thus far no suggestion
to that effect has been made.
DR.. Wellington Koo, chinese min.
lister to Great Britain. declared today
that while he had discussed the sub
ject informally with Lord Curzon.
British foreign minister. Britain had
made no proposals. He added he had
received no instructions from his home
government regarding Chinas attitude
toward a conference between the four
powers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
WOUNDED CHAUFFEUR
FOILS FIVE BANDITS

wEEHAwKEN. N. J., July O.
Whipping up his horses after being
held up and shot twice by five bandits
Jacob Frey, driver, saved his Ameri-
can Express Company money wagon,
containing $1,000. from robbery today
Two guards who were with Frey
failed to intervene in time to cap
! ture the bandits. who drove away in
an automobile. The attempted rob-
berry was staged in crowded section
OF town, the wagon having just left
the ferry.
One of the guards unhitched q horse
from Frey's team aftcr the bandits
had disappeared and rode to the po-
/ lice station for assistance.
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TODAY
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American ships "must be discreet"
with their liquor. You can guess
what that means.
II you say it is wrong to forbid
a man digging a ditch to have a
glass of beer when he wants it,
you are talking nonsense, or close
to Socialism. But if you say it is
wrong to forbid a capitalist to sell
booze on his ship in order to
attract passengers, then you are
talking good, sound American
common sense.
The best work ever done. as YOU
know, is done by men that like
their work, whether it be a great
painter making his picture,
pioneer striking out for the West.
or a man in his late leisure hours
clearing stumps from a lot bought
for a domestic.
1t will interest you tomorrow
to see Mr.. McCay's cartoon, and to
think over, with the writer Of the
editorial, the possibility of solving
the problems of life by creating
ATTRACTIVE INDUSTRY in
place of the disagreeable work
forced upon us by necessity and a
false industrial system-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
MOTHER HOARDS $500
WHILE BABIES STARVE

NEW YORK, July 9.-Mrs. Clara
Shaplro appeared yesterday before
the Essex Market court, charged with
the theft of two chickens.
Mrs. Shapiro told the magistrate
her husband had been out of work
eleven weeks and that she was the
mother of seven starving children.
The magistrate set the bail at 500.
The mother of seven thereupon drew
from her stocking a roll of $500. The
chickens crowed loudly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
NIECE OF RICH MAN.
KILLS MAN;
STUNS HIS COMPANIONS

CUMBERLAND, Md, July Show
ard Smith. rs, son OF Mrs Ella Smith
Of this city, was killed by lightning
near Meyersdale yesterday after
noon. He worked as fireman on
ditchlng machine. The bolt hit him
on the head back OF the left ear
TIT body was mangled and burned
20 crisp in parts and laid in the
road for some time, as his compan-
icns were shocked and could not
aid him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
BRITISH RAIL UNION
STANDS BY LEADER

NEWCASTLE, England, July g.
A resolution, having for its object
the removal OF J. II. Thomas from
the supreme leadership OF tho rail-
waymen's union, was defeated yes
to-day at a private session of the
rSilwaymen's conference.
The executive committee introduced
the resolution. After it's defeat
another motion. confirming the APP
pointmcnt OF Mr.. Thomas was car
lied by a vote Of 81 to II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
JERSEY K|DNAPERS
MAKE AWAY WITH
four CHILDREN
Two Infants, Wealthy in Own
Right, Spirited Off on
Private Yacht.
BY International News Service.

CAPE MAY, N. J., July 9,-Four
babies snetched from their mothers
by daring kidnapers were sought by
police OF New Jersey today in three
Independent hunts. In two cases the
abductions are attributed to the
father; in each case the parents lived
apart
Jack and Margaret Woodland. three
and half and two years old. respec-
lively, were the latest victims of the
kidnapping epidemic.
While in the two other cases-that
OF fourteen months-old Margaret
Eloise Torrens and that OF Mrs. Char
lotte Catherine Mayo's bsby-force
was used. the case of the Woodland
children Is one OF confidence
game"
The police are looking for Mr. and
Mrs. Harry James. said to be of Rich
mond, Va, with whom the mother,
Mrs. Robert Emmett Woodland. had
become friendly because OF their So
licitovs interest in her little ones.
SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND.
Now Mrs. Woodland believes the
couple acted for her husband, who IL
in Tampa, Fla. She has been sepa-
rated from him for a year and a half
year ago. when Mrs. woodland was
IN tampa, Fla, an attempt 10 klOnap
her children was foiled in the nick
OF time.
Jack and Margaret were carried
away on Thursday by a man and
woman, whom the mother believes
to have been Mr.. and Mrs. James. They
had taken the little ones to the beach
earlier in the day. and when Mrs.
Woodland called at Sunny Side villa,
where the James couple made their
home. she found they had packed up
and gone. Later she learned that the
children, the James couple and an
unidentified man went TO Lewes. Del,
on a yacht.
NIECE OF RICH MAN.
Mrs. Woodland is niece Of John
wilbrsham, retired Philadelphia manu-
facturer, now living here, who
recently settled $40, 900 on each Of her
children.
Meanwhile, at Pompton Lakes, N.
j., Mrs. Margaret Simpson Torrens is
near distraction, for no trace has been
found of her fourteen-month-ol girl,
who was snatched from her crib after
the mother had been knocked down
by one OF four men, who carried off
the child. Mrs. Torrens charges her
husband with having led the kidnsp-
ing party. The abduction OF the Tor
rens child also happened on Thursday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
MEMS SHOES TO HAVE
STRAPS NEXT SEASON

CHICAGO, July 9.-Men's shoes
styles for fall will BIO heavy brogue,
with a strap instead OF lace front,
according 20 J. Kalisky, president OF
the Shoe Travellers Association OF
Chicago. In convention today. Ka-
lisky added that shoe prices we're
unlikely to drop for some time TO
come, as they have already dropped
about 80 per cent Of wartima -rices-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
Flagship Wins Gun Test.

The United States steamship New
Mexico, flagship of the Pacific fleet,
has been awarded the trophy for ex-
cellence In gunnery during the year
ls2O-l92l, the Navy Department an
nopnced this afternoon. The Penn
sytvania, flagship OF tho Atlantic
fleet, was second, and the Arkansas
was third
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
Saved My Life
With Eatonic
Says New Jersey Nos,,as,

II was nearly dead until I found
Estonic and l can truly cay IL saved
my life. 1t is the best stomach
medicine ever made" writes Mrs.
Ella Smith.
Acid stomach causes awful misery
which Eatonic quickly gets rid OF
by taking up and carrying out the
scidity and gases which prevent good
digestion. A tablet taken after meals
brings quick relief. Keeps the stom-
ach healthy and helps to prevent tho
many ills so liable to arise from ex-
cess acid. Don't suffer from stomac
miseries when you can get big box
OF Eatonic for a trife with your
druggists guarantee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
REDS UNVEll MONUMENT
TO JOHN REED IN MOSCOW

RIGA. July "a statue in memory
OF John Reed, the American commun-
list, who died from typhus in Russia
in 1920, was unveiled In Red square,
Moscow. July 4. says a wireless dis
patch from that city.
Imposing ceremonies were held, in
which the delegates to the congress
OF the Third Internatiorale partici-
pated. making a pilgrimage to his
grave near the walls of the Kremlin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
Pussyfoot Gives Denmark Help

COPENHAGEN, July civilian E
PussyfooD Johnson, the American
prohibition campaigner, arrived here
yesterday. Mr.. Johnson comes to give
assistance in the drive for national
prohibition in Denmark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
5HPEACE
TERMS ARE
ANNOUNCED

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sections of the Irish press were
! strongly optimistic today as to the
outcome of the negotiations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-09
100 Degrees in N. Y.

GENEVA, N. Y, July 9.T-The mer-
curry here yesterday was officially re-
corded at 100.
Evening journal., 1921-06-27
RUSH SEASON FOR
SPORT GOODS DEALERS

The sporting goods merchant is
IN his glory.
Bathing suits is in skates is out"
exclaimed the sporting goods man as
he wiped his brow after serving a
particularly eager rush of customers.
Il never before saw so many wo-
men who want to buy one-uiece bath
ing suits" confided the salesman.
It's funny, too. most Of them have
some excuse or other when they ask
for them. Some say tnat they can't
swim in anything else. some say they
want to take the sun cure. some say
that the men keep further away from
them. One of them was frank enough
to admit the other day that she
thought the one-piece suit was more
becoming.
why we've sold more tennis
racquets and other tennis material
so far this year than we did all last
season. And golf, too-we're doing
a big business in golf equipment
Golf used TO be rich mans game,
but now all play it. 1 think a lot
of business men are taking up the
game because they realize what it
means to keep in good physical trim
OF course, it all means good busi-
ness for us, but it means good health
for hundreds. of others"
Evening journal., 1921-06-27
old Baseball Stars
NotU Wealthy

Many Of the big league stars Of
yesterday are batting high in the
business world.
Those who saved their money and
invested wisely are now raking in
the cash.
Willie Keeler. one of the most
scientific little batters of the game,
owns a bunch of real estate in
Brooklyn.
Jack Chesbro has flock OF farms.
dairies and game preserves up near
North Adams. Mass.
Johnny King has a fiourishing
billiard business in Kansas City and
is making a barrel Of money.
Larry Lajoie is in the tire busi-
ness at Cleveland and comfortably
fixed.
Dan Brouthers is a leading citi-
zen at Wappinger Falls, n. Y, and
has plenty OF the silk Of life
John McGaw is a stockholder in
the New York Giants, besides being
their boss Also he owns an interest
in a race track at Havana
Joe McGinnity. famous iron man
pitcher OF the yesterday. is hooked
up with an iron foundry at South
McAlester, Okla
Ned Hanlon. once manager Of the
Brooklyn club, owns real estate in
Brooklyn. Pittsburg and New York.
These are just a few Of the old
baseball stars who have shown them
selves as capable in business as they
did on the diamond.
They didn't draw salaries as big
as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Iris Speaker
and others, either.
But they knew their baseball
careers couldn't 60 on forever and