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The New York herald., 1921-05-08

Ing developed 50 that even now 1t would
be possible for great squadrons to leap
the Atlantic and sprinkle our cities with
burning poison. If an enemy nation could
seize and hold a base in the Caribbean we
would be wide open to the most frightful
bombardment mind of man ever conceived
not a deuge Of shot and shell but a
rain of something infinitely more dreadful
1--WE know that ten tons of mustard gas
viii deSolate a square mile and make life
impossible In that square mile Suppose a
heet of 100 poison Sprinkers swooped over
New York in the night, having defeated or
evaded the American flying fleet Death.
deSolation and defeat would most certainly
result In the millions of the great city
hundreds of thousands would be blinded,
burned horribly, driven insane from terror.
It Is not picture one cares to contemplate,
even in speculation. but tell you that the
scientific use Of gas in warfare is approach
ng this extreme Of horror.
"Thc American people should know that
these possibilities exist that the peril Is not
nightmare Of military men, but a cold,
scientific fact well enough proved in the
past war and infinitely more potent now
We have adopted policy Of the utmost
frankness because we believe in the sound
judgment Of the American people. We have
our secrets, bur we do not believe I'm trying
to keep too many matters secret Too much
secrecy often defeats the very purpose of
secrecy. We believe in being frank to our
selves. TO our comrades In the army and
navy. to Congress and 10 the people as n
whole. We believe in publicity, because we
don't see how the army aud navy or any of
the other institutions Of our republic. can
he properly supported unless the majority
OF the people have a correct understanding
of what those institutions are aud how they
should he manta ined
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

Copyright. 1921, by THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. g., May Z.
r URRICANES of steel smashed Ger
II man power on land and sea. The
dew of death will paralyze and
destroy the lunging battaions of future
assault against civilization.
The last war ended with diapason clos
ing full, great guns roaring from the North
Sea to the Alps, the ears OF the warriors
dinned by Internal tumult The next war
will close in the silence of death, broken
only by the moaning and the screams Of the
blinded and the burned
Wars of the past have been conflicts of
with clumsy tools not very different from
the tools used by Napoleon, Grant and Won
Motke. Wars of the future win be un-
imagnably dreadful struggles, directed by
middeaged and elderly persons in spec
tacles sitting in laboratories and loosing
upon fields Of battle, battle fleets and great
helpless cities miasmas of death that not
,nly destroy the body but wreck the mind
through fear, sheer terror Of the mysteri-
Gus, the unknown.
Compounders of VOLATILE lethal poisons,
poisons that viii fall as dew from the
clouds literally n dew of death posons
that will be drifted across great spaces like
fever murk from Il swamp; poisons that
win be discharged in shells from pneumatic
guns, furtivcly silently. will contend for
the mastery Of the world These will he
chemists wars, IL wars must come again.
and the simple truth Is that the mind Of
man is not yet able TO picture the horrors
that will be released
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

JORRORS the
poison gas projected far behind the front lines by
filled shells Yet terrible though
fighting forces and population
of
The facts about gathered
THE VIEW YORk HERALD and
time have attracted nationwide The
odayH official
No such frank revelation of the
by fleets of airPian published
the probable results
"The mastery he Dew of
BY C
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

Continued on Fosrfh Pac~
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

Poison Gas From Airpanes Will Decide Next Big War

Gen. Fries, Chief of the Chem
ical Warfare Service, De-
picts Horrors as a Real
Danger Faced by Our Island
Possessions andEvenb byNew
York Amazing Revelations
in Official Memoranda
Evening star., 1921-03-11
HYATTSV|LLE.

H1ATTSFILLE. Md, March II (Spe-
cIaD.-At the March meeting Of the
mayor and city council it developed
that the governing body of Hyatts-
Vile is involved in another lawsuit.
Inc circuit court, Judge Fillmore
Beall, has issued temporary re-
straih1nS order against the authori-
Ties, which prevents their selling the
holdings of a number of property
owners on owens avenue. which have
pceH advertised as a result of the
1al!ure of these owners to pay as
sessments levied for street improve
ments.
The plaintiffs, George B Furman
Henry II. Schnede, Joseph H. Brooke
Evangeline NJ. Thompson, and former
Mayor Matthew F.. Halloran, are rep
resented by former States Attorney
s Marvin Peach.
The petition for the injunction sets
forth that the ordinance ordering the
work is null and void because the i'm
provements were not carried through
to Columbia avenue but were
stopped at Luttrell; that Owens ave-
nue. has never been accepted by the
town as public highway: that the
work was done in an unworkmanlike
manner and that the assessm ents
levied amount to confiscation Of the
property.
The corporation counsel has indi-
Gated that he does not believe the
town can successfully defend the case
and Charles w. Clagett has been en-
ploved to represent the town.
Vincent a. Sheehy was directed to
represent the mayor and council at
the hearing to be held in Baltimore
before the MARYLAND public service
commission in the matter of the re-
cent increase in the rates of the
HYattsvlIe Gas and Electric Com
pany.
DR. Robert r. Iohnstonc was an
pointed town health officer, his sal
arw to be s75 per annum.
The town treasurer's report for the
month ended February 22 showed
receipts. including a cash balance on
hand, of s36S.'h. as S1.19256. and dis
hursnments. Sa7436. Cash balances
IN other funds were shown to be:
s152.16; rebate. sl2G.22; rebate. first
ward, 7t.69: special. S13f.13, and
road. s5744
Stockholders of the Hyattsville
Huiiding Association ut their an
rUal meeting elected the following
directors: DR.. Charles \. Wells. r
e. White. George Nist smith. Charles
VI. Welsh. Jacob Lichiitnr Or. Harry
T. Patterson. Alexander GUIDE and
George IT, Lanhardt. The directors
elected these officers: President. DR..
George Mish Smith; secretary. r. +.
White: assistant secretary. r. Ham
monf Welsh. and treasurer Charles
n. Welsh. REPORTS showed the as
sociation.s assets to he in excess of
million and a half dollars, with
a surplus of s6S.0h0.
Political activity in HyattsvilIe is
becoming pronounced. with the mu-
nicipal election about two months
off Tho ramAs of Mavor T Ham
mond Welsh. former Mayor Matthew
+. Halioran and former Councilman
]. Frank Rushe are among those
being mentioned in connection with
the mayoralty. Councilman RI. A.
Harrison. first ward. states he NAV
he Il candidate to succeed himself.
| The terms of Councilmen Walter s.
Dutton. third ward and n. G. Dudrow,
second ward. expire in May. The lat
ter was named TO fill out the unex-
pired term of DR.. S. A. CZarra, who
resigned.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md. March ii tSpe-
ciaD.--A volunteer fire company was
organized here last evening at meet
ing attended by a large portion of the
male population of the town. Mayor
O. NJ. Linthicum was chosen president.
Councilman Clifford II. Robertson. vice
president and +. Bache Albert. town
clerk and treasurer, secretary ana
treasurer. The town engineer Will
liam T. Disney. will be the company
engineer.
For fire fighting purposes it was de-
cided to divide the town into three
wards. Ward No. l will include ali
tGrritory east OF the Baltimore ana
Ohio railroad tracks: ward No Will
comprise the territory between the
railroad tracks and Washington street.
and ward No. , viii consist of that
portion of town west of WaShin ngt on
street. 1t is planned to have reel
and other paraphernalia for each
ward and to erect 4 shed in each ward
to house the apparatus.
Joseph HowcS was chosen fire chief.
and the following were selected as
captains of squads of ten men each
in each ward: Howard Ward, ward No.
/: Clarence f.. Anders. ward No. 2:
Wilson l.. Ward. ward No 3. The cap
tains will select the men to compose
their squads.
Although Rockville has for many
years had excellent waterWorkS and
an ample supply of water. it has never
had an adequate fire-fghting Organi-
zation. consequently insurance rates
have been extremely high. The forma-
tion of the company will. it is be-
lieved. mean a substantial reduction
in rates
Miss Bessie l.. Harrell and Harvey
T. Miller. both of washington. were
married in Rockville yesterday after
noon by Rev. F. Rowland Wagner
pastor of the BAPTIST Church. the
home of the minister being the scene
of the ceremony.
The same minister officiated at the
marriage here on Wednesday of Miss
Elsie Ray Davis and Percy r. Ray
both of WASHINGTON. the ceremony
taking place at the parsonage.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 1.-THE
jury in the Adams will contest case
was still out at noon today. The case
was given to the jury yesterday aft
ernoon, but at $50 O'Clock it had
not reached an agreement and court
was adjourned until 10 O'Clock today,
when the jury reported it's inability
to reach an agreement and was
sent back for further consultation.
The suit was brought to set aside the
viii of Lewis NJ. Adams by Mrs.
Frankie Ristore and Miss Sallie J.
Adams. nieces of the testator.
Lewis NJ. Adams left his estate.
valued at 100000. to his brother,
Charles NJ. Adams. The Will was de-
Tended by Judge J. X. NJ. Norton, and
Smith & Woolls represented the COM
piainants.
Arlington Lodge. No. 131. I. O. o. F..
of Clarendon Arlington county, was
organized last night at Ives Hall
with i charter membership of seven
ty-four.
The four degrees of the order were
conferred on the candidates by the
degree team of Potomac Lodge, No.
IS. this city. a large delegation
from Potomac Lodge attended the or
ganization of the lodge, which is the
only lodge of Odd Fellows in Airing
ton county.
1t is expected that William II.
Sweeney. superintendent of public
schools. viii be rcappointed today by
the state board of education. Mr..
Sweeney has served for the last
twelve years as superintendent
NJ. -. Hall yesterday was reap
pointed superintendent of schools of
Fairfax county.
Approximately $50 applications for
renewal of mcmbe rShip have been
received by the chamber of com
mcrcc, II was announced today. Of
hccrs of the organization expect that
the total will be approximately 500.
FORMER Representative Charles c.
tarlin has sent Il check for S25 to
First Lieut.. {. NJ. Sheppcrson for the
use OF Company NJ. 1st Virginia Vol
untcers. better known as the Alex
andria Light Infantry. Lieut. Shep-
person is endeavoring to have thirty
citizenS contribute $25 annually for
the command.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the health department within the last twenty
four hours:
Doughar,y H. Cramer, 81 years. L. S. Sol
dicrS' Home Hospital.
John A. King. 2S. Providence Hospital.
Gertrude /. Ranioph -. 1S.3 NJ street.
Bessie l.. Lynch. GS. 1i1J Chaplin street
Agnes \. King. 6s "a Florida ave. ne
Gustavo L. Fnctti. jr.. l. 122S u street Sc.
Francska Eskite, - 1417 & street ne
Sally Boliong. 81. Emergency Hospital.
George W. Hotchkiss, 81, ST. EiiZa,eth's 5
Hospital
Helen NJ. Powers. 1 month. 1924 Irving
street northeast.
Ida Toy, IS years, Freedmen's Hospital.
John l.. Saunders. IS. 913 11th street
Wesley Wilson, 40. 739 24th street
George Taylor, 49, 1916 New Jersey avenue
John W. Hill. jr.. hours. 32i & street Sc
Evening star., 1921-03-11

land which is already very serious
and Promises TO produce in the near
future a positive impasse.
The easiest solution of the problem
would be to divert this daily tide or
travel. or a portion OF il. in some
other direction. True. but in what
direction? If You placed a map of
Manhattan and its cuvirons within a
radius OF twenty five miles. before
some stranger who knew nothing Of
state divisions. rivalries and politics.
he would undoubtedly point to New
Jersey and suggest that the obvious
thing to do was TO divert the tide OF
travel in that direction. and so pre-
vent the threatened deadlock on In"
lines of transportation to the Bronx
and Long Island.
If our Suppositious stranger were an
engineer specialist in the probe m
of city transportation. he wouid point
out at once that there are four great
bridges and fourteen tunnels Coneci-
ing Manhattan and Long Island ana
only six tunnels connecting Manhat b
tan with New Jersey-or forty lines
Evening star., 1921-03-11

Women are employed as street
cleaners in COnStantinople.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
The Travelling Preacher.
m the indianapolis News.

From the indianapolis News.
Eicht-year-o Charles always at
tended the devotional and prayer
services with his parents. and showed
great interest in them. He always
made his own little testimony. a
friend once told him that he should
be a minister
Charles pondered over this advice
LONG but never said a word to any
body concerning 1T until ne SURPRISE ssI
o,,d;enca at a recent meeting by
arising the second time and deliver
ing the following:
..I,ye been thinking that | neve1
cor1d write any more sermons tnah
would do me for three weeks 50 We
ing preacher.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
New York and Jersey.

From the Scientific American.
The phenomenal business growth of
Manhattan and the necessity of pro-
viding suitable suburban homes for
IFS multitude of workers and carry
ing them eXpeditiously to ana from
their work, presents problem whose
solution becomes increasingly per-
picking as the years go by NO soon
er is "A bridge built or Il tunnel opened
than it is taxed to the utmost.
Manhattan Island as resldentiai
section has reached its limit. In
creasingly, the growth of industry
and business is driving the home
seeker to the outlying districts. Evil
dence of this is seen in the fact thai
the population of Manhattan showed
a decrease in the recent census over
that of ten years ago. The only out
let is to the north and the east, and
this migration coupled with the rapid
growth in population has resulted in
a congestion of the rapid transit lines
of travel to the Bronx and Long Is
Evening star., 1921-03-11
Coco Palms of Ceylon.
From Asia.

T ASH.
To the native of Ceylon the grace
full coco-palms that line the shores
where red fiamingoes fly. are far more
precious than the rare woods and
spices, the fragrant tea or the bright
jewels for which Ceylon is famous.
Over the bed on which he is born
and over the grave in which he is
buried is hung a cluster of cocoanut
blossoms to charm away evil spirits.
This one tree furnishes practically all
he needs for life. The fruit provides
him with food and oil. and the sap
with "jaggery," or cocoanut sugar.
The "milk' of the green nut is a
hea1thful, refreshing drink. The juice
of the unopened flower he makes into
a delightful wine: distilled. the wine
becomes "arrack,'' a powerful spirit.
Evening star., 1921-03-11

cite. in beautiful shades Of
brown. beaver. blue and black.
Popular straicht-line II . q .
with vestee. redingcte skirt and
beautifully trimmed with SIX
braid.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
Health and Wealth.

From the birmingham Age Herald
"Dr PLIERS seems TO he fashion
able physician"
Il should say so. He has paticnts
n. some ~ the most cNpenSiN" health
resorts n America and a waiting last
Of peonl" whose health viii give WAY
as soon as they set money enough Ia
consult him
Evening star., 1921-03-11

From the fiber, or ''coir," that cases
the shell he makes ropes, fish nets
and mating; his baby sleeps in
cradle of coir rope. The shell of the
nut he fashions into drinking vessels
and spoons, and the fragments left
over serve as fuel. He plaits the
leaves into dishes and into thatch for
his dwelling. The dried leaves serve
as torches: with the stalks he fences
his garden. He hollows out the trunk
of the tree into canoe that, buoyed
by an ingenious outrigging of poles.
goes swiftly through the toughest
seas. He builds his house of cocoanut
wood. and when he dies he is laid
away in a coffin followed from the
friendly tree.
Women are employed as street
cleaners in COnStantinOple.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
Dangerous Height.
From lnnion Answers

Irnm DnnI0n Nn>W"rE.
Eahy's Nniher-W What do YOU think
Of the new uurSemald. i'"QTS"'
Bahy's Fathcr-Shn looks capable,
ny dear. hut she Is 50 t.rrihly tall.
Think what 4 distance poor baby VIII
haya 10 fall WHOM She drnns him.
Evening star., 1921-03-11

of rail traffic and four vehicle road
ways TO the east as against only SIX
lines of rail traffic TO the west.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
Stunning Spring Suit.

Truly Elegant Suits. Of finest
grades wool, tricotinc. French
serge and vcloUrs, in navy.
black. tan. etc. Very smartest
of bolerO blouse, loose box and
brlted styles. in exquisitely
embroidered. braided and plain
tailored styles. Sizes for miss
es and women.
Evening star., 1921-03-11

wool tricotine ard French serge.
duplicated styles from dresses
that sold To So. including the
long straight line model. til"
blouse, III" coat effect. as well
as prettily embroidered and
braided garments.
Evening star., 1921-03-11
Handsomest Capes and Coats

4 Wonderfully smart cu.l"c-
tion of polmans. 'are~ and
Coats. made Of fine grades, vo-
lours, Bolivia ana .hamois
cloth. in tan, reindeer and blue.
Long or short sleeves or sleeve
less models. either richly em-
broidered or tailOrmAde. Lined
or uDline1
Evening journal., 1921-01-01
wnAr A scoRE or YEARS mas DONE.

hEDANAREANS are celebrating today the fact that
~ the twenty nrst century has begun the
.of its life
Il may be well for the thousands ceebrants to take
Sock not bad thing for mankind to do occasionally and
take stock Of what the century has done
There war in our eyes the largest and most i'm
Ioran waged But the war big It was plays
relatively small part in the total OF all the achieve
incnis in that score OF years
Probably never another Of years has much
attempted, and so much accomplished This is true in
practically every field OF human cndeavor Il especially
crue in the United states The century began with
America OF the hafdozen great powers After twenty
years have by the century the United states
s3re-emineniy the biggest
The country's population in the twenty years has in
Creased 30OO0OOO its material wealth increased from
Jess than hundred billion TO estimated lve hundred
billions OF dollars
Twenty years ago the wealth per person was si65 to-
.day it is s7O0 Never before il been so evident that
slho greatest Of an lands is The L. BY way Of prov
-ine that this true
= The United states produces s per cent Of all the
ords wheat GO per cent OF the cotton: - per cent Of
Che 40 cent OF the iron steel 20 per cent OF
hc sold 50 cent Of the coa GO per cent OF the COP
&C cent OF the OIL and 50 per cent OF the auto
lmobles This is done by six per or the worlds
population and seven per cent. or the worlds land
surely the United States is Worthwhile place to work
IN and live in,
10 thinking persons believe that this country has
eached the peak Of its growth there arc those who be-
-eye the peak Will not be reached this century
These are the most optimistic Of Amercans-and there
are many OF them. They the and women who
have placed the nations goal at such high point that
century lied with great as the ono we lust
have finished cannot bring The country to lis ultimate
destination.
They believe the second OF years viii he i'm
mensely greater than the just passed by Just as
They are firm in the conviction that 1921 will be year
of greater growth for America than was 1870
Than that there could he no better outlook upon the
New Year.
70 VIII be well for the people OF our commonwealth to
remember that fact in connection with their New Years
celebration
Evening journal., 1921-01-01
ON KEEPING The SABBATH.

A 5 most Delawareans who read the Bible are aware
N some 1900 years ago the city OF Jerusalem, there
went discussion concerning Sabbath observance SINH
lar TO the in progress throughout our city and
State
preacher was going abon procalmng ideals new to
the times.
He shocked conservatives with interpretations OF
sabbath propreties
His name was Jesus
According to the gospel of Luke Jesus was teaching
on the sabbath day And He bcheld woman that had
had a spirit OF innrmity eighteen years.
And when Jesus her lie called her, and said TO
her Woman, thou art loosed from thine nArmty' And
He laid His hands upon her; and Immediately she was
straight and glorned God"
ThereupOn, opposed to Jesus and His teaching
was moved with Indignation because Jesus had healed
on the sabbath"
This and addressed the multitude saying
There six days in which ought TO work in
them therefore, and be healed and the day
OF the sabbath
But the Lord answered him and said Doth not each
one OF you the Sabbath his OK from the stall
and lead him to the waterng9 And ought not this
whom Satan had bound To- these eighteen years TO have
been loosed from this on the day OF the Sabbath
On two other occasions Jesus cashed with the leading
citizens OF the community Sabbath observance.
on one Of these occasions lie healed a man with a
withered hand and in response to protests lie said:
Il ask you is 1t lawful on the sabbath to do good or
to do harm9 10 save life or TO destroy tg"
lie also gave a sharp to the "scribes and
Riarisees' WHO protested because Hik disciples had
plucked grain from the field and eaten Il the Sabbath
Thus it will be observed the question: 'NVhai shall and
shall not be done the Sabbath ?" from the dawn
OF the Christian era
And generally, as in the OF Jesus Himself the
question has been answered as condition. common sense
and necessity dictated.
Now that the discussion once more is rife We may
depend upon the American people to solve in common
sense manner
They will not permit themselves TO be carried to rdicu-
ous and injurious extremes in either direction
Evening journal., 1921-01-01
Editorial Opinion
WILMNGT0N's FIRE DEPARTMENT.

From the phila. Bulletin.
A cOnflagratlOn involving a loss es-
timaled at 100000, and throwing
hundreds OF wage carncrs out OF
work, brings home TO Wilmington the
need Of a paid fire department. The
Delaware metropolis has grown rap
idly, within a few years. 10 is now
the seat OF some OF the most import
ant industries in the country. Many
imposing buildings have been erected
in its leading thorOughfares. The resi-
Dental districas reflect the growth OF
wealth and taste in the community
Old methods OF lighting fires in such
a progressive city are no longer suill-
cient, or even tOlerabie.
The prosperity and material inter-
ests OF Wilmington are interwOven
too closely with those OF philadelphia
for the lesson Of the disaster not TO
be keenly felt here. A fire depart
ment composed chiefly OF volunteers
worked with all the ability and
strength OF the mel to limit the de-
structiOn. But a force OF this char
acter cannot be expected to cope sue
cessfully with a task so gigantic as
that which confronted the Whining
ton volunteers.
Such a fire is liable 10 break out at
any time. Human lives and vast
amount Of property are at stake. The
volunteers manning the trucks and
hose may work with the utmost en-
thusiasm. but they are necessarily
slower in getting ION the Job than
paid lremcn. who are awaiting the
alarm every moment OF the day and
night No modern industrial city
containing over 10000 can AFFORD TO
be too economical over maintaining a
paid force OF fire fighters.