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The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
FEDERAL STEEL
INQUIRY ASKED
Senate Committee Will Hear
Defense of Interchurch
Report on Strike.
tCopyright, 1890. by the Press Publishing Co.,
THE New York Evening World,

Members of the interchurch COM
mission that Investigated the steel
strike of 1919 will appear before
the Senate Committee on Labor and
Education today to be heard
in connection with motion by
Senator Walsh. Of Montana, TO make
the commissions report put lie
document.
Besides answering questions on
its investigation, the recent status
OF the iron and steel industry and
the reasons for making the inter-
church report a public document,
the commission will urge that the
Senate committee take up the re-
ports recommendation for early
action.
The chief recommendations Of the
commission for Federal action are:
First, that a special Federal com
mission be set up for the iron anu
steel industry, by Presidential or
der or by Congressional enactment,
charged to bring about a means of
conference between workers and
employers in order to abolish the
twelve-hour day and seven-day
week, readjust wages, and estab-
lish permanent means of confer
ence for the industry.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Denies Knowledge
OF BergdoH Attack

The War Department, through
Secretary Baker, Wednesday pro-
fessed utter ignorance of cable re-
ports from Berlin of the attempt
of three members of the army in
telligence service to kidnap Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, as the draft
dodger was driving to the railroad
station in Ebersbach, Germany.
Baker declined to say whether army
Intelligence officers abroad had been
on the trail of Bergdoll
No effort apparently has been
made by the Secretary Of War to
have the Berlin report Investigated
According to the report two
American intelligence officers and
an American army sergeant tried
to take Bergdoll from an automo-
bile. A fight ensued in which a
bystander was wounded and the
two intelligence officers arrested
Bergdoll escaped.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
House ofDark
Portents Sold
Under Hammer
FGUOred Haunt of Trag'
edy Changes OlDners
at Public Auction.

The House of Tragedy" located
at 500 Ninth street northwest, which
within two years has served as the
stage for a dual murder and two
suicides, was sold at auction on
Wednesday afternoon to Charles w
King, jr.. for S17lOo.
Devoid of superstition. appar
emily, a number OF business men
bid on the property, running it up
from $4,000, which price Adam A.
WesChler, auctiOneer, received as an
opening bid.
Mrs. Minnie King, who has lived
in this property during the period
which has set it in the Districts s
crime annals, stood on the porch
Of the fourteen-room dwelling as
the sale proceeded.
This address was first recorded on
the police blotter in the winter of
1919 when an elderly man commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat
and then shooting himself.
Next, 1t became widely known on
the afternoon of Sunday. July 25,
1920, when three Greeks eXtermi-
mated themselves on the third floor
in what the police later solved as
dual murder and suicide.
1t is understood that the building
will be remodeled for business pur-
poses as Ninth street is rapidly
losing its identity as a residence
section in this locality.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
PLUMB DECLARES
RAILROADS SICK

The railroads are suffering from
financial arteriosclerosis, which in
plain English is hardening of the
arteries of trade, according to
Glenn E. Plumb, founder and head
of the Plumb Plan League, who ad-
dressed the weekly forum luncheon
of the City Club Wednesday.
The railroad arteries are suffer-
ing because they are wrapped in
too many tissues of fictitious Sc
curities through which commerce
cannot properly circulate" said
Plumb. The railroads are badly
diseased and the illness is recog-
nized by the bankers, the shippers,
the workers and the general pub
lie"
AS a remedy for the malady he
proposed the so-called Plumb Plan,
which provides for government
ownership of the railroads but for
their operation by board COM
posed of representatives of the pub
lie, the officials and the workers.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
DENMAN LETTERS
ADMIT RECEIVING
MOOTED PAPERS
Franklin Issues Copies
To Refute Former
= Ship Head.

Sw YORK. Jan. 27.-P. A S.
Frasklin, president of the Interna-
tionA Mercantile. Marine Company,
yesterday issued copies Of kilograms
exchanged between himself and
William Denman, former chairman
OF The United States Shipping
Board. yesterday. in which Denman
reiterated his charge made to the
Walsh committee to the effect that
Franklin had concealed from Ship
ping Board officials the existence Of
secret agreement binding the
company to British interests.
President Franklin, to refute this
statement. today issued copies OF
correspondence between himself and
DcnIan under date of March IT, 10,
20 and 81, 1917, in which Denman
asks for and later acknowledges re-
ceipt of certain papers and agree
ments, including the one with the
British government.
Fzanklin pointed out today that
in HIS letter OF March 20, 1917, writ
ten 10 Denman and acknowledged
by the latter the following day, he
writes that he is enclosing an extra
copy. in printed form. for the files
Of the Shipping Board.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
NEGRO EATS MEAL
BEFORE LYNCHING

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Jan. 27.-Henry
Lowery. a negro. was burned at the
stake at Modena, Ark. yesterday.
He had confessed the murder of C.
Craig, prominent planter, and his
daughter, last Christmas.
Deputies returning with the negro
from Ell Paso. Tex. where he fed
after the crime, were overpowered
on a train 100 miles from Modena.
The negro was taken to Nodena in
an automobile.
When Lowery was led to the place
Of execution at 6 O'Clock he
said he was hungry. He was per
mitted to eat a hearty meal. His
wife and children came and tear
fully bade him good bye. 1t was
fory-ive minutes after the fire had
been lighted before he was dead.
His cries were heard a mile away.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Court of Inquiry
Blames Jap for
Langdon's Death

Lieut.. W. H. Langdon, engineer
oficer of the United States cruiser
Albany. who was shot and killed
by Japanese sentry at Vladivo-
stok. was the victim of an ''un-
warranted attack"
This was the verdict of the United
States naval court OF inquiry. whose
report on its investigation OF the
shooting was received by the Navy
Department and made public on
Wednesday night.
The report on the finding of the
court Of inquiry came to Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels from Admiral
Gleaves, commander-in-chie of the
Asiatic fleet, at the same time the
State Department was getting the
Japanese governments official ac-
Acknowledgement of its protest against
the killing of Langdon.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
CHORAL SINGING
INSPIRES 1000
Boy Choir Singers Blended
In Singing Superb
Oratorio.

An inspiration similar to that
which possessed Felix MendeIssohn
when he composed Saint Paul
held some 1000 persons Wednesday
when the Motet Choral Society, di-
rected by Otto T. Simon, presented
thirty-three numbers Of this ora
torio for the benefit of the Found
ling Hospital, in the auditorium of
Central High School.
The typical Germanic movements,
tripping and gentle, then virue and
dramatic, were ideally interpreted
by a chorus of over 200 trained and
pleasing voices.
Martin Richardson, tenor; Ethel
Holtzclaw Gawler, soprano; Beulah
Harper Dunwoody, contralto, and
Charles Tr owbridge Tittman, basso,
were we'll received. Their vocal ef-
forts were best explained by count
less demands for encores, If such
were possible, for the hall resound-
ed with the hearty applause of the
audience.
The life of Paul-told in the
rhythmic, melodious way that has
made Mendelssohn's name synony-
nous with beautiful music-was ac-
centuated by the boy soprano voices
of st. Johns and st. Stephens
church choirs, which blended ad-
mirably with the unified remain
der.
Particularly interesting were. the
tenor parts, which stood out above
the rest. The 10! See the Heav-
ems Opened" tenor recitative, by
Richardson, awakened the first in
terest and drew forth genuine ap-
probation of the hearers.
The command and presence of
Conductor Simon was superb and
showed the amount of work placed
upon the subject. Arthur D. Mayo
was at the piano, and Miss Edith
B. Athey was at the organ. James
Dickinson. director Of the st. Johns S
choir, and H. Norman Taylor, di-
rector of st. Stephens, were in
charge Of the boys division. A col
lection taken for the Founding
Hospital totaled $1,000. Previous
contributions make the total s1,250.
Lieut.. George E. Pickett, business
manager of the society, announced
that former Gov. James Cox, of
Ohio, had contributed $50 collected
from the members of his party.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backaehe Is a Sign You Have
Been Eating Too Much
Meat, Which Forms
Uric Acid.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney re-
giOn 1t generally means you have
been eating too much meat, says a
weIl-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which overworks the kid
neys in their effort to filter it from
the blood and they become sore of
paralyzed and loggy. When your
kidneys get sluggish and clog you
must relieve them, like you relieve
your bowels; removing all the body's
urinous waste, else you have back
ache, sick headache, dizzy spells;
your stomach sours, tongue is coat
ed, and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine is cloudy, full of sediment,
channels often get sore, water
scalds and you are obliged to seek
relief two or three times during the
night.
Either consult a good. reliable
physician at once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of Jad
Salts. take a tablespoonful in a
glass of water before breakfast for
a few days and your kidneys will
then act nne. This famous salts is
Inade- from the acid Of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and. has been used for generations
TO tclean and stimulate sluggish
kidseys also to netralize acids In
the lurine so II no longer irritates.
thug ending bladder weakness.
J I'd Salts is a life saver for reg
ulaR mea. eaters. It Is inexpensive,
cannot injure and makes a delight
fuI. .geffervescent lithia-water drink.
-Adys
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
DECISION TODAY
ON PHONE RATES

Final decision of the Public Utili-
tics Commission on the petition of
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company for continuation Of
the Companys present rates after
January 81 will be taken at a meet
ing of the commission today. it was
indicated by Engineer Commissioner
c. W. Kutz Wednesday.
The order must be issued before
the end OF the month and Col. kutz
stated that the commission would
consider the order at today's meet
ing First drafts Of the order have
been drawn up. Since no opposi-
tion met the company at the public
hearing on the petition. the com
mission is expected to continue the
present rates with a few minor
changes.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
TESTIFIES BRINES
UTTERED THREATS
AGAINST STUDENT
Accused Said Murdered
Man Owed Him
Money.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 27.-'I1I
get him II it's the last thing ever
do"
This threat was uttered by Will
lam P. Brines, a University of Penn
sylyania sophomore, against Elmer
c. Drewes, a student at Dartmouth
College, for whose murder Brines
is under trial before Judge Fergu-
son here. according to testimony
given yesterday.
Drewes wasfound dead last Octo-
ber II on a lot in Oak Lane. a su-
burb, with a bullet in his brain.
Brines, a lifelong friend, was ar
rested for the crime after lodging
detectives for more than a week.
20 stoicism Broken.
The stoicism which has marked
the demeanor of the. 21-year-
Penn student since his arrest was
visibly affected by this testimony.
by far the most sensational of the
trial to date. The evidence was
given by Peter J. Mallon, of Cur
wensville, Pa. Mallon testified that
Brines was in his home last sum-
mer and spoke very bitterly against
Drewes, who. the Penn student said,
had beat" him out of 500.
At the time, Malloy testified,
Brines exhibited a revolver which
he offered to sell the witness. This
revolver was the one which was
found the day after the murder in
Brines' abandoned motor car, NAL
10y declared after having been
shown the weapon found in the
automobile.
Not Only Setback.
This revolver. it was previously
testified. is of the same caliber as
the one from which the fatal shot
was fired. This testimony was not
the only setback suffered by the
defense today.
Assistant District Attorney James
Gay Gordon. jr., succeeded in the
face of vigorous and continuous OBJ
lection on the part OF William A,
Gray. chief OF Brines' counsel, in
getting specimens OF the Penn stu
dents handwriting into the records
Entire Glass Called.
This was done by calling an en-
tire class from the university, as
well as Prof. Henry Barton, of the
faculty. Step by step the pros
ecutor developed the fact that a
quiz was held of the class and that
every member OF it. including
Brines, had submitted papers. Then
each student was called in turn
TO Identify his paper.
BY a process OF elimination the
paper prepared by Brines in his
own handwriting got into the rec
ords.
The object Of this elaborate pro-
cedure was to try to prove that a
letter written to Drewes at Dart
mouth College. Offering a motor car
al a bargain price and signed by an
apparently fictitious name. in real
ity was written by Brines himself
and was for the purpose Of Turing
the Dartmouth senior to his death.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Yanks' Tag Sale
Today Promises
Joy to Patrons

Even Senators wives are never
too dignified to be young.
Mrs. Wadsworth, wife Of. the SEN
ator from Now York. made a pre-
mature visit Wednesday TO the sale
of toys made by st. Elizabeth pa
tIents to be conducted today and to-
morrow at the Trench Shop. 1917 F
street northwest.
In looking over the assortment of
homemade toys she touched a
"whirling clown" which Immediately
responded with a series OF aero
battles. When she burst into a
hearty laugh at the antics her So
ciety companion chided her for be-
ing like a kid"
Mrs wadsworth purchased the
toy. Earl Goodwin. propaganding
generaIissimo of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone lines, in the
shop at the time, greeted Mrs. Wads-
worth and asked for whom she was
purchasing the toy.
DO you think I'd buy that for
anybody but myself?" she asked.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
HARDING ACCEPTS
CARD IN CITY CLUB
President-eIect Proposes
Actiue Membership in
ID. c. Organization. .

Presfdent-eiect BsrefnN Ia
s.fuII-sedEed" member Of the
City Club.
A letter Of acceptance fror
him, I'm response 10 an invita-
tion 90 secept an honorary mem
hersktp In the Club, wss reas
before the meeting Of the club
at the New willard we6nesoay.
Harding has already accepted
active memberstip In the wssh-
fnrton Rotary Cluh. EDWARD l..
steck. prominent member Of the
Rotary Club and boykso6
friend of Harding, srst asked
the Prcstdeut-elect A. he ~suIs
not become an honorary mem
ber. but he told steck he would
rather be one Of the "-feiIsws-
and that he expected 60 attesS
the meetings Of the club when
ever possible.
He Is already a mepaber Of IN,
Kiwsnis Club Of Marion. o. ana
has becn invited 20 AfnItate with
the local bsdy by Claude X.
Woodward. president Of h.
local club.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Eggs on Long Voyage.

\ train Of twenty-five cars, loaded
entirely with Japanese and Chinese
eggs. left Vancouver recently bound
for Kew York. The train was made
up % nine carloads sent over from
Seateae to be attached to sixteen
carloads OF eggs from the, steamer
Empress of Russia. The eggs com
ing from Seattle were delivered by
Japanese liners. The eggs, with the
exception of 1900 cases for London,
England. and 1000 cases for Mon
treaI. were all consigned to New
York The shipment to the latter
points consisted of approximately
1860 cases Of thirty and thirty six
dozen each, or about 6,5OO,OOO, more
than egg for breakfast for every
man, woman and child in New York
City.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Confesses Babes Murder.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. IL
Matthew Houston, 16. negro, who
confessed to the murder and mutt
latiOn of 5-year-old Frank Daily,
son of Walter Daily. a prominent
Shelby County planter, is Gagged in
cell along the row of condemned
men at the Tennessee State prison
here yesterday.
Houston, in custody of three
Memphis officers from Sheriff o. II.
Perry's ONCE, arrived in Nashville
on a train early today. He was
Immediately rushed to the penI-
tentiary.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Coop. Is Active.

The 1920 operations of the South
ern Saskatchewan Cooperative
Stockyards is a remarkable record
for livestock yard in it's first year
of existence. Altogether over 1874
900 head of stock were handled.
which included 62,554 cattle. 1878
hogs-16.IS3 sheep, 5.9S1 horses and
1873 calves.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Typothetae Conducts Classes

Glasses in best methods for as.
certaining the cost of production in
the printing business so that equit.
able selling prices can be arranged
are being conducted by the Ty.
pothetae of Washington at the asso.
citation headquarters. l413 G street
northwest. The classes are beine
conducted by Ralph Lee, and are
attended by job and general print,
ers of this city.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28

A Paris physician is treating
gassed soldiers with gases OF
balsamic bactericide composition.
This antitoxic gas is forced into
the lungs penetrating those parts
affected by poisonous gas, spread
ing slowly over the wounds and
healing them. There is not a single
gassed man that he has treated who
has not been completely cured.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28

A tract OF public lands in the
northern part OF Australia has been
set aside by the government as a
reservation for the tribes OF alb
origines OF that country.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28

Experiments have proved that va
rious tree-like plants, bamboo and
shrubby grasses, can be made into
paper.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28

Abraham Lincoln's rail-splitting
wedge with his initials cut in the
steel has been placed in the United
States National Museum in wash
ingtOn.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
CUT|CURA HEALS
SKIN TROUBLE
On Chin, Forehead, Neck and Back,
Itching errible. Face Disfgured.

My trouble began as blackheads
and pimples breaking out on my chin
and forehead, then on my neck and
back. They varied in size, some be-
ing soft and festered, and others Just
hard, red, sore bumps. The itching
was terrible and my face was very
much dishgured.
sent for free sample of Cuti-
cnrasoapand Ointment. ! purchased
norcandwhen I had usedfive cakes of
cutieurs Soap and five boxes of Cuti-
eurs Ointment I was completely
healed" (Signed) C. P. Tat, 2os
Adams ST., Memphis, Tenn.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tai
cum promote and maintain skin
purity, skin comfort and skin health
often when all else fails.
Sample xasA Yrse b. MAI. Address: "ousssxs Lab.
sfstersss, pspt. u, Aaldsx Is, MAss" Sold every
Ehers: soap s5e. Ointment Is and Eoe Taleum He
- Cutiera Soap shsvss withous mug.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
Retraction and Apology
TO THE BUYING PUBLIC:

On a7h, 1920 appeared
Baldmore.M ryIand
copy not called to the attention
of the undersigned
called of
buying public which has through years under no
will knowingly
impaired 1t has been
propose that pracdce
S in
the
conducting fire al
distributed ppotonaely be
insignificant # a fire sale
public who
Newark Prices
financial nevertheless line of
lie inducing them buy
dissatisfied
with prchas MI that ale
sales have again to en-
do of money n oure counters.
in safrurDs tn. DTe
al with
advertising above all we be-
Hevein nsquared wiho rpubIc
of the
ing
further
the confidence the buying public
public of u.s. We reputation
o
MORTON SAMUELS, President
NEWARK SHOE STORES co.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-28
There is
Strength in
EveryTablet
ONE DOSE OFTEN HELPS
COMMENCE TO ENRICH YOUR
BLOOD AND REVITALIZE yoU1 .

exhausted nerves-Nu1ated Iron is organic
iron like the iron in your blood and like the
iron in spinach. 1t is so prepared that it
will not injure the teeth nor disturb the
stomach. 1t may even be eaten. 1t is
ready for almost immediate ABSORPTION and
assimilation by the blood while some physi
clans claim metallic iron which people
usually take is not absorbed at all.
II you are not strong or well you owe it
to yourself to make the following test: See
how long you can work or how far you can
walk without becoming tired. Next take
two fva-grain tablets of Nuxated Iron
three times per day, after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength again and
see how much you have gained.
Your money will be refunded by the manu-
facturers il you do not obtain perfectly
satisfactory results. For sale by all drug
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-01
METAL. TAGS on COTFeN
BALE VERY tSEFlI.


ny Asfoftnttd tfttt.
AUSTIN. Texas. Dec. 3i.--Reccnt
compress fires In TcSas have demon.
stratcd the value of the metal idenii.
ficaiion tags on cotton bales. Officials
Of the state bureau II markets and
warehouses declared THAT the metal
tags with which the law now requires
ginnors. To label each halr Il cotton.
have enabled owners 10 determine
whose cotton had bc,n totally destroy.
ell and whose bales remained for sal.
wage.
The metal tags on cotton bales
we've e'pecially aiicicnt when the
storm Al Corpus Christi swept q large
amount ut the staple into the guls
Bales hearing the tags were recovered
and turned over 10 tho owners. Will T,
tales marked with ink oh the bagging.
had their markings obliteratcd. The
latter went into the hands 81 a receiver
and each claiman, reviewed only his
proratn share and was thus forccd o.
help bear another mans loss. II his
hale happened u have been among
those recovered
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-01
Tax Receipts Show
Material Increase
Over Last December

Tax receipts for yesterday. the closing
day ~ thr year 1920. were twice as
heavy ~ on the corresponding day q
year AGO. County Tax Collector Ron
Golding reports that over fss coo were
Iakor IN Yesterday as agalns, sil,79tSe
year ago
1T II n good index Of conditions In
ihe Panhandle and around Amarillo IN
nar'icular." said Mr.. Goldlng. when 20
he vs'y time the rest ~ the country IL
hollcrlng hard times and calling for
legislative posiponcm'nt a. tax pay.
menis. Potter county H. coming through
with tax payments IN such surprisingly
ggod fashion. II proves that there II
plenty uf iuosc money In the Panhandle
and that thcrc II no distress u IL true
tina, there has been SOM talk of hard
times even On Amarillo. but that talk
ias bcrn Cauacd by thc fact That tho
rest of the country b. expert, nc!ng q
rertrin financial depression during The
rcadiustmcnt period. and some huFlncas
men and many. individuals come to thc
conclusion that ASarillo. JUS by way e
hciug In step with the res; ~ the cuun.
try. must have hard tim,s. tou Won.
Amarillo doesn't pretend To- d. In siep
t~lth tn rest oi the couniry-li's Just
I step ahead
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-01
Devslcra Reaches ireland

w MtceHhe frtaA.
NEW YORK. Dec. ai.-Eamonn Dc
valera. president Of the Irish "rcpuc
sir. arrived safely In Ireland today
according ~ an announcement her'
by his secretary. Harry Boland.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-01
Restaurant Prices
onDownward Slant
Is Local Statement

Restaurant prices IN Amarillo are
coming down The daily papcrs - the
city yesterday carried an advertisement
stating that the price o. coffee had lrcn
reduced from ten cents per cup to five,
that plate lunches would hereafter ~
served NJ 10c, and that short orders were
alsn reduced IN price. II is understood
that one waffle house has nlso reduced
The pilce for coffc a. five cents
''rhc reduction we are making ir
Prices" stated the proprietor ~ one
caN. ''ls IN line with the general pro.
cess &c REIMBURSEMENT. W. are paying
lefs fnr fDodstuffs now than we were
paying a year ago and II ~ evident that
he reduction viii be- permanent. W.
are giving cur patrons the benefit of
ihcfe lower prices ~ we do not believe
that II h either righ ~ good business
policy To asl, for an excessive profit
from them"
II n something new In Amarillo fur .
downward revision In rcstnmpn; uric, =
Hitherto all revision has been upward