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The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
DUESENBERGCARS
TO RACE IN FRANCE
Four Entered for Grand PriX
Classic at LIE Mans on
July %.

When the four Duesenberg cars
face the starter at lie Mans, Tour
raine, on July IS. it will be the
first time that an American entry
has appeared in the Grand PriN-
the great European racing classic
in fourteen years.
The drivers for the American
cars have not yet been selected. but
with tentative selections of Guyot,
winner of the 1921 Corsican road
race: Eddie Hearne, former Fiat
and Benz pilot, dirt-track speed
ster, and Albert Ingebert, French
dianapolis this year, the chances
are bright for an American victory.
Strangely enough, foreign drivers
have been selected to pilot Ameri-
can-built cars in the great race.
while an American will drive and
captain a team of foreign cars.
Daring Ralph de Palma, peer of all
American road pilots. will be at the
wheel of the Goodyear-equipped
French Ballot that he has been
using on speedways in the United
States for the last two seasons. The
popular Italian, who Is as well
known abroad as in America, has
Thousands Of followers who be-
lieve he will take first honors whes =
he PITS his skill against tie cream
of European stars. To fr-ther COM
plicate the International aspect OF
the race, the entire team of Ballot
cars will be on American tires.
these entries being entirely Good
year-equipped.
The Grand Prix this year will be
the first since 1914, due to the war.
and the first to be held at lie Mans
since 1906. 1t is a road race of 8?
miles, 10 miles to a circuit. over
level dirt roads with many danger
Gus turns. Tourraine is the garden
spot of France, while lie Mans Is
historic as the place where the
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
Clayton Charges Attempt
to Preserve Present
Bad Conditions.
NEW VALUATION is
: NEEDED, HE ARGUES
Citizens Chairman Ends
His Case Before the
Commission.

Charging the street railway COM
panies with the desire to preserve
the present unsatisfactory situa-
tion. insisting that the patience of
the people had been taxed to its
limit and that they demand a reduc.
tion in fares on the lines of the
Capital Traction Company, William
NICK Clayton, chairman of the
Utilities Committee of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations, con-
cluded his cae before the Public
Utilities Commission. yesterday af.
ternoon at the District Building.
At the opening OF the afternoon
session. George S. Ward. represent
ing the Columbia Heights Citizen
Association. advocated a scent fare
on the lines Of the Capital Traction
Company. stating that the Capital
Traction Company had at no time
been a prty to a demand for an in.
crease in the rate OF fare. nor had
1t at any time attempted to frus.
trate q proposed reduction.
Contradicted By Hamilton.
George E. Hamilton, president OF
the Capital Traction Company, con.
tradicted this statement. reminding
the commission that the Capital
TrQNtinn (snnnanu =
without reserve figures to show the
lowest possible fare under which
the company could operate ant
maintain its present standard o.
service was cents.
Mr.. Ward then claimed that tn,
interest accruing on the $1,000 90,
depreciation fund would permit tn,
Capital Traction Company to op
crate successfully on a scent fare
Mr.. Hamilton interrupted at thi
point to explain that the deprecia
ftion fund referred to was investe,
subject to law which governs in
vestments of this kind. II bein,
necessary to accept a very low rat
of interest In order to adequatel,
secure the investment.
The opinion was then advance,
by Mr. Ward that corporation
usually invsted these sums to sui
themselves.
This fund is in the hands of o
the commissioners" Hamilton an
swered. 'and your statement, Mr.
Ward. involves them"
Diseredits Zoning Plan.
After jeremiah Connolly. repre-
senting the Federal Employees As
sociatfon, had asked the Washington
Railway and Electric Company t
improve its service the chirmal
asked If anyone else wished to b
heard before Clayton closed tn
case. No response being heard
Clayton was instructed to pro
ceed.
Mr.. Clayton read a letter concern
ing the zone system as tried j
Cleveland supplementing the lette
with a statement that he did no
consider the Washington Raiiwa
and Electric Company introduce
the proposed zone system seriously
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
Asks President
And Secretaries
To Protect Vets

Resolutions urging President
Harding. Secretary Weeks and Seo-
retary DENLY to exert their powers
for the retention Of war veterans Is
the government departments were
unanimously adopted by Robley d.
Evans Post No. 4.'American Legion,
Thursday night at a meeting in the
Old Naval Hospital. Ninth ana
Pennsylvania Avenue southeast
II was agreed that the body OF
the unknown American soldier
should be bnried in the Arlington
National Cemetery.
Announcement was made that the
American Legion will have its ex-
cursion to Chesapeake Beach on
August 25.
Wright brothers first demonstrated
abroad the success of hying.
Nineteen cars-pick Of America
and Europe-will struggle for che
racing crown. Among them win
be Ballot, De Palma: Sunbeam, Rene
Thomas: a Mathis: Talbot, D1rio
Resta; Talbot-Darracq. Zobrowski:
Duesenberg: GUyot: Fiat. Ninoya.
Ballot. Chassagne: Sunbea n Boii-
lot: Talbot, X. Lee Guinness; Tat
bot-Daraco. Seagrave: DueSenherz.
Hearne: Fiat Wagner: Talbot
Darraco. Cooper; Duesenberg. Inse-
bert: Fiat. Borodino: Duesenberg.
Puilen; and two more Ballots,
drivers to be selected
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
ONLY One In FOUR
DRIVESCAREFULLY.
RAIL EXPERT SAYS
Finds Grade Crossing
Has No Terror for
Most of Them.

Three OF of every four drivers of
automotive vehicles display a reck-
less disregard for safety at railroad
grade crossings.
That is the report of c. w. Gallo
way, vice president Of the mainten-
ance of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad in summing up the results
or that company's safety campaign
of the last four years. The findings
are based on actual figures COM
piled after observations made at
dangerous crossings.
Despite all the active warfare
that has been waged to combat this
evil, says Mr.. Galloway. "the rail-
roads of the country are confronted
with the fact that such casualties
have been increasing. In the four
year period from 1917 to 1920, in
elusive, there were 1850 persons
killed at railroad grade crossings in
automobile accidents and 1880 per-
sons were injured. That is an av-
erage of three persons killed and
eight injured every day of this
four-year period.
~ NAAuADAtA lhAE cause Oh
accidents" declares Mr.. Galloway,
we have distributed 4.o00, 900 warn
ing notices through the co-opera-
tion Of the automobile commission
ers of different States. as well as
through secretaries of States where
motor vehicle laws are admins
tered. Had we not entered the cam
paign SO actively, no doubt the list
of casualties would have been
greater in 1920 than they were.
Many drivers have co-operated and
are needing the warning.
1T is a physical and financial
impossibility to eliminate all grade
crossings and until we obtain the
cooperation of drivers of all We
hiclPs, grade crossing accidents will
rot BE decreased as rapidly as they
should. From reports of grade
crossing accidents on the Baltimore
& Ohio during the year 1920, We
learn that Is per cent occurred
where there are watchmen on duty
% per cent where there are auto
IEatic electric belIs in perfect work
ing condition end 5s per cent where
there are warning signs.
The automobile Nriver is not
asked to undergo any hardship. We
simply ask them to be careful at
crossings so lie may avoid injury or
loss of life. We are trying to
make him understand that he should
not trust his life entirely 10 a
crossing watChman, who is liable
to err. or to an automatic safety
bell which may iail at the critical
time.
TO stop. look ard listen is an old
warning. but il is a most effective
preventive OF such casualties II
needed, but fruisress IL ignored"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
FAKE TITLE SALE
FOR BRIDES SCHEME
OF GERMAN WOMAN
Claim Rich Girls Paid
High Price for Forged
Documents.
BY sIGRID SCHULTZ.
Especial Gable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)


and Chicago Tribune.)
BERLIN, July 16.-In Dresden the
little word won" an aristocratic
name, and a marriage on notice"
could be purchased from a "busi-
ness concern" headed by a woman
painter. Anna Won Hohendorf, until
the police thought fit to interfere
recently. Not that this little traffic
in itself was very nlicit-any noble
man who is broke can marry a rich
heiress and go his own way with
her money or with part of it, leav-
ing her the nice new title.
But Frau Anna Won Hohendorf's
noblemen were no real noblemen-
their titles were forged She says
that she had so many customers
who were eager to pay high sums
for the little won" that the price
for authentic titles went up terribly
and so her partners forged the nee
essary documents. On the wedding
day one of their employees would
take the forged papers and play
the part of bridegroom before the
officials. Before the ceremony the
bride received contract guarantee
ing her the right to keep the title
after the divorce and in her turn
she signed contract promising to
apply for a divorce within three
months after the wedding. All
documents and proofs needed for
this divorce were handed to her on
the same day.
The police found this question:
able. and Anna Won hohendorf and
her associates will have to face a
serious trial. Twenty cases will be
brought before court in which will,
figure some very well known names
of Berlin postwar society.
(Copyrirht lsai.l
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17

wrong area through a period of
more than two hours.
The. postponement OF the first
four nights of the pageant until
next week because of the heavy
storms along the New England
coast, has called for a quick shift
in some of the arrangements. The
actual landing of the Morse sea row.
ers under Thorwald will be elm
mated as the lapse of a week wipes
out the high tide counted upon for
this episode in the first grouping of
dates for the performances. The
scene will be given land '1oca-
ton" in the revised lighting Sc
quence to be followed by Mr.. Pc
wear.
With the current required for
lighting exceeding 100000 watts.
compared to the average theater
lighting of $4,000 watts. the lay
mind can grasp some idea of the i'm
mensity Of this project in the esti-
mate by the electrical department
of the pageant that more than If
teen miles of rubber-covered wire
run from the central control tower
in 500 separate lines to the grand
stands. dressing tents and musi-
clans pit
Switchboard Twenty Feet Long.
Five thousand porcelain insulat-
ing knobs, 400 fuses of various
sizes and more than 200 pounds of
bare copper have been used. The
switchboards, IL placed end to end,
would be over. twenty feet long.
They now consist of 200 switches in
four rows along the wall of the
major tower room, all under tho
control of two master switches.
Opening with the arrival OF the
Norsemen. the pageant pictures the
early history of this country before
the arrival Of the Mayflower in the
expeditions under Martin Pring.
Champlain, Admiral Biloxi, Capt.
Dermer and Capt. John Smith. The
Scene shifts to England and the
persecution anil oppression which
gave rise to the Pilgrims fight to
Holland; the reception OF the har-
ried band by the hospitable Dutcn
cities; their sailing and arrival here
after sixty seven days on the Allan
ito in the tiny Mayflower. The early
days of the settlement lead to the
climax of the trial OF Oldham and
Lyford. and the finale brings the
forty eight. States of today to the
crescendo OF Prof. George p. Bakers
book; THE path of the Maydower
must be kept OPEN
The pageant. as the dramatic
climax of the year OF celebrations
cornmemorating the 3ooth anniver-
sary of-the landing OF the Pilgrim
Fathers will be produced on the
nights Of July 20. 2i, 22 and 20:
July 30. August ], and 3; and Au-
gust 10. IL, 12 and 10.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
SLIDE AT CULEBRA
BAR TO BIG SHIPS

BALBOA. July ia new land
Tide at Culebra has closed part
the Panama Canal half a mile
'orth OF Gold Hill. A channel 100
eet wide and 30 feet deep re,
mains. sufiicient for all vessels ex-
ept the largest battleships.
Dredging was begun immediately
nd unless there are further slides
he cut will be restored to its fun
oo-foot width and 40-foot depth
Fithin a few months.
In the meantime. no ships of the
lass ordinarily using the canal
Till be delayed. although the pres
mt 3o-foot depth at the scene Of
he slide would be insufficient for
he passage of dreadnaughts.
II Is not eNected that the ITnited
tates mission to the Peruvian CEN
enraial celebration will be DELAYED
passing through the canal. as
he three battleships carrying the
,merican representatives are all Of
lghtt draft. -s--
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
British Dominions Claim
Privilege of Free Nations
Changed State -Smuts at Helm
Hopes for Irish Peace.

about its fulfillment and their pre-
miers now in England made this
perfectly clear. They are not going
to stand by and let English states
men decide without referring TO
them such matters as the Anglo
Japanese alliance or the future pol
Icy In the Far East or international
agreements.
There is no disposition at the
present time among English states
men. apart from a few old dead
heads. to challenge this claim OF
the dominions to equality in coun-
CONTINUED on PAGE SEVEN.
Section Two.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
Heads Committee.
HYATTsv1LLE. Nd,

H1ATTSNILlIE, Nd, July u
Mrs. Ii. B. Mayhem, of Hyatts-
Vile, has been named chairman of
the educational committee of the
Prince Georges County Federation Of
women's clubs. succeeding Mrs.
Edgar Brown, OF Lanham, whose ap-
pointment as chairman or the edu-
cational department of the State
federation was recently announced.
Mrs Mayhew has been chairman of
library extension in the county the
past year and has established two
free libaries, She win name q Sub
chairman to take care Of library ex-
tension. ~
The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
BY NELSON COBURN.
Especial cabls to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribuns.) t- - g


ROME, July 16%-All the world
pays homage to America as the
country of invention and even in
Italy the names of Fulton, Morse.
Howe of sewing machine fame, and,
above all. Edison, are quite as
familiar. if not more so. than the
names of Calico and Galvani. Prob
ably many patriotic Americans have
also laid claim for their country
for the invention of the safety pin
and perhaps the modern garden va
riety of that most useful household
commodity was protected by some
ingenious Yankee whose heirs are
now living on the results of the
happy idea of their forefather. Lit
tie do most Americans know, how
ever, that a well developed safety
pin was in use among the ancient
Romans and very probably among
the tribes in the country surround
ing the Eternal City long before
little Romulus, the legendary
founder of Rome, ever made the ac-
quaintance of his wolfish foster
mother.
When Signor Ceiestino De Santo,
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-04-22
A PROBLEM AND ITS
SOLUTION.

1t is almost half a century
that that intellectual giant,
Isaac M. Wise, taking note Of
the progress in religious thought
made provision for the future
of American Judaism by estab.
fishing a College for the training
of men for the Jewish pulpit. Be-
fore that time the Jewish min
istry was either trained abroad
or consisted of men who fitted
themselves for the positions they
filled by self-education.
The graduates Of the Hebrew
Union College have done wonder
fully. This generation of men
and women with pride for their
people and religion, is elegant
testimony to the sincerity and
ability of these men. Try to i'm
agine what the conditions would
have been if a kind Providence
had not called these men forth.
Wherever they came they sowed
1.-THE seeds of loyalty to and faith
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-04-22
THE FRANKLIN-FOX CROSS
FIRE.

In a recent article answering
Rabbi Franklin's reply to us, we
asked whether the fact that Rab-
bi Franklin's late associate was
sending out letters asking for
the endorsement of DR.. J. Nor
ganstern as head of the Hebrew
Union College, had any relation
with Rabbi Franklin's article
about us. DR.. Franklin assures
us that he had nothing to do
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-04-22
RABBI GEORGE FOX, Editor,

We understand that labor is
making it's demands for a mar
rowly restricted immigration;
we understand too, that it is
only the selfish interest of la
Dor that dictates this policy. We
need but refer to our own dearth
of farm laborers last year, when
we were forced to modify our re-
striction legislation, and admit
Mexicans. Normally, our coun-
try demands a certain amount
of immigration every year, and
while, perhaps for the next three
months we shall not yet have
reached normally" it is
agreed that We shall need those,
who want to come here, to be of
us, as were more than a million
of the men who went to fight I'M
der our colors. They ought to be
permitted to come here, not as
transients, not as types of men
who want to come here and make
money and return to their native
land, but types of men and wom-
en- who achieve a new birth in
a new land, who baptise them
selves in the spirit of the new
land, who grow up as new Am
orleans in a new land and who
give to it the best that there is
in them, whenever this new land
demanded.
Restrict your immigration,
but do it justly, fairly and in the
spirit of America and American
ideals.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-04-22
spiritual life of Israel and ulti-
mately of the world.
WOLFE MACHT.
PRESIDENT HARDING AND
THE CONFERENCE OF
RABBIS.

Possibly the most pleasant
event in connection with the
meeting of the Central Confer
ence of American Rabbis at
Washington last week, was the
reception rendered the confer
ence by President Harding and
his wife, at the White House. If
it is true that President Wilson
lost the love of Americans par
TALLY through certain reserve
and super-dignity, it is equally
true that President Harding will
win that love through a gener-
Gus and whole hearted friendli-
ness that captivates those that
come in contact with him. No
less gracious than he, was Mrs.
Harding.
After receiving the rabbis
and those whom were with them
the president addressed those
who had assembled. He spoke
feelingly of the problems of
America in the solution of which
the Jewish leaders had a part to
play. A sentence of the president
stamped itself in our mind. 1t
ran as follows: 81 am a Chris
tian, but / have a profound rev.
erence for Israel. We need relig-
ious conservation to help US to
solve the problems that now con-
front u.s.
The president was so earnest,
so direct, so inspiring that there
was not one there who did not
feel the awe, the responsibility
and the dignity of the exalted
office of the President; and
there was not one there in whose
heart there was not a silent
prayer that the Creator give
President Harding strength,
power and energy to guide
Alright the Ship of State.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-04-22
TEXANS AND IMMIGRATION


state that the Texas Represen-
.tatives, especially Messrs. Box
and Parrish, are violently oppos-
ed to immigration. Mr.. Box is
especially clamoring for law
that will exclude immigrants.
4: Mr.. Box mas done this before.
He is one of those who, constitu-
tionally, has been opposed to
rating the United States as an
asylum for the oppressed. 1t
.grieves us very much to know
that in this grand old state of
Texas, there are those, who are
so far removed from the elemen-
tai ideals, upon which our gov
eminent is founded, as to lose
sight of the fact that the glory
of America has been, that in the
deep darkness of persecution,
which envelops Europe, the
Statue of Liberty has been the
one beacon of light to those in
distress. And now that millions
are prosecuted, for religions
sake, more than ever before, by
the Huns in Germany, by their
allies in Austria and Hungary,
and by the Bolsheviks in Russia,
the objects of this persecution
cannot find home in these,
once hospitable shores!
Mr.. Box ought to know, if he
doesn't, that the 8 percent idea
is but a make-shift to satisfy
those who are afraid that Japan
will take umbrage at our immi-
grafton laws. For Mr.. Box and
his colleagues to force a 3 per-
cent limit on, for instance, the
Jews Of Russia, is to make him.
self and those who vote with
him, parties to the inflicting of
those indescribable horrors,
which the Bolsheviks are sub
jecting the Jews to, because SO
percent of the Russian Jews are
unalterably opposed to the tao
tics Of bolshevism and to the one
percent of the Jews who are Boil
sheviks. The same is true Of the
persecution in Germany, in Aus
tria and Hungary and Poland.
1t is unfair, it is unjust, it is un-
American, to deny to those who
seek our shores, the privilege Of
coming here, when it is only for
religions sake that they leave
the country Of their birth. We
recommend to Mr.. Box and Mr.
Parrish and their colleagues, the
reading of the speeches and the
letters of those who established
our Republic, and a renewed bap.
tism of their spirit.
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-04-22

principles of life.
In the last few years but few
men have been attracted to the
pulpit. The problem is indeed
become serious. In the event the
problem is not soon satisfactory
ly solved it's seriousness will be
felt by tens of thousands. AL
ready there are scores of COM
munities without any Jewish
leadership.
We do not care to enter into the
causes making or this change
in Israel. No age in Israel was
ever without its sages and Rab-
bis. The possibility of an excep-
ton in the near future is very
disheartening. Perhaps great
er measure of consideration and
forbearance on behalf of men
who, like the laity, from whom
they have sprung, have their
limitations and their weakness
es, might help solve the prob
lem.
1t has occurred to me that we
can help ourselves spiritually
while we help European Jewry in
their physical needs. Might not
few families in every commun-
ity do well by bringing over a
few of the many orphan boys,
give them a home, train them
to love the knowledge of Israel's
Torah, and in time, send them to
Cincinnati? The plan is not
without its merits. These boys
come from stock of vigor and
intensely religious life. If, in ad-
dition to these hereditary quail
tiles they be given an environ
ment that is healthy and relig-
ious there is every reason to be-
lieve that these boys would
grow up into manhood of great
promise. A goodly number of
them would, if encouragement
and training be supplied, become
Rabbis in Israel. It is of this type
that our ablest Rabbis come. Not
a few of those occupying our
metropolitan pulpits today are
of parentage whose largest por.
ton of their life was lived
abroad.
Needless to say that the act
recommended is highly praise
worthy. 1t is both humanitarian
and religious. AS in case of Han,
nah, of Old, the one you will give
to God might be a Samuel, shed
ding lustre on God and Israel. A
service fraught with greater
good can hardly be imagined. Il