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The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
ALLEGED BLOCKADE
RUNNERS FINED AND
GIVEN NINETY DAYS
Quartet Captured Friday
In Two Automobiles at
Fredericksburg.

FREDERICKSBURG. Wa Dec.
3.-Justice Embrey has imposed
sentences of ninety days on the road
and fines of $500 each on George
Bacher, jr.. Richmond; Albert Hur-
ley. Wilmington. Del; Robert Hol-
den, Commercial Hotel. Washing
ton, d. c. and Marshall Brown. AL
exandria, captured yesterday morn
ing with two automobiles and l72
gallons of alleged moonshine liqupr.
Chief Perry, Sergt Chichester and
Offices Stone and McGhee. of this
city, made the arrests.
Appeals were taken TO the Corpo-
ration Court by all the prisoners
and they were committed to Jail
to await trial in the higher court.
Two pistols and a blackjack found
in the cars were ordered confiscated
and both automobiles are being
held pending proceedings for their
confscation.
The captures were made separate
ly and the two parties of alleged
blockade runners" had no connec-
ton with each other. One car was
a Pierce Arrow touring car. and
the. other. Studebaker bis-six
touring car. Two men were ar
rested in each machine. Both ar
rests were made in the streets of
this city. after the men had been
covered with riot gun and three
automatics. The Pierce-Arrow car
was loaded with fifty-two gallons
Of corn whisky. packed in eight
cartons OF one-half gallon fruit
jars, one dozen to a carton. The
other car was filled with one dozen
ten-gallon wooden kegs containing
corn and apple brandy
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Tobacco Growers
Merger Effected
Virginia State Association
Joins With Marketing :
Body.

DANvILLE, Va, Dec. s.-The vir-
ginia Tobacco Growers Association
in annual session here today voted
unanimously to be disbanded. Un-
der the terms of the resolution, Of
fered by ]. NJ. Hurt. of Blackstone,
the organization formed eighteen
months ago is absorbed by the yir-
ginia Cooperative Marketing Asso-
citation. All of the officers then re-
signed, and the association was de-
clared defunct.
The action was taken because the
cooperative selling organization
has outstripped in size the Grow
ers' Association. Permanent or
ganization will be perfected next
month, and one delegate for every
million pounds of tobacco raised
in every county will be seated.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Three at RiUerdale
Seek POstmastership

RINERDAIE. Nd Dec at is
understood that besides Mrs. Agnes
{. klinger. the present postmistress.
two other Riverdale women will take
the examination for postmaster here
on December 10. The position pays
S1.7OO year.
A petition setting forth that Mrs.
Agnes e. Klinger has not only been
an efhcient postmaster. but has
erected and equipped postofice that
the town has cause to be proud of"
has been signed by several hundred
patrons Of the office Mrs. Klinger
took charge Of the Office about seven
years ago when the revenue was
about $500 year. The receipts now
aggregate several thousand annually.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
AMERICANS live
YEARS LONGER
NOW THAN In 1909
Gain in War on Disease
Reported by Engi-
neering Council.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-Americans
now live an average of FIVE years
longer than in 1909, according to a
report made public tonight by the
American Engineering Council. The
report was drawn by the councils
committee on elimination of waste
in industry.
At the same time the authors of
the report warned that the length
ening of average life cannot be ac-
cepted as evidence of the actual
physical upbuilding of the physique
and consequent resistance to dis
ease. Rather IL seems TO be the
result of the mitigation of the
struggle for. existence and protec-
tion of the community from COM
municable diseases" the report said
Fight Gains on Disease.
Other sections of the report show
that the fight against tuberculosis
and other epidemic diseases is
gradually gaining; that the loss of
time by workers from illness is
decreasing and that more care of
the eyes is an outstanding health
necessity
In 1909. Prof. Irving Fisher. in a
report prepared by direction of
President Roosevelt, estimated
there were 5000, 900 persons seri-
DUSTY ill at all times in the United
States. Despite the increase ia pop
ulation the average number of
these ill now is estimated at 2,40O.-
900 in the engineering report
Typhoid Takes $4,000.
tuberculosis still takes a toll of
between and per 1000 persons
annually. Typhoid takes about
$4,000 lives year while pneumo-
MIA and influenza take about U.s.
boo.
Hookworm is present in a large
Industrial area to the extent of
about per cent of those of work
ing age.
The estimated loss to industry as
a result of these diseases, among
workers is: Tuberculosis. $500. 900.
600 annually; typhoid. S135, OOO. 900 ;
hookworm. $3.50 900. 900 and malaria.
100000 900 annually.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
FIT. LOUDOUN d. A. R.
ELECTS OFFICERS

WINCHESTER. Va. Dec. Miss
Katharine r. Glass was unanimously
elected regent of Fort Loudoun Chap
ter. Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, at the organization meeting.
which was presided over. by DR.: Kate
Waller Barrett, State regent, of Alex
andria, yesterday afternoon. officers
appointed by the regent included Mrs.
Walker McC. Bond. registrar: Miss
Sallie Miller, treasurer Mrs. Samuel
ID. O'Neal. corresponding secretary
Mrs. Warren Htice,[ recording secre-
tary; Mrs. J. Horace Lacy, chaplain,
and Mrs. C. Vernon Eddy. librarian.
Curator, vice-regent and historian are
to be appointed.
The organization meeting. held at the
George Washington headquarters prop
erty. was followed by a mass meet
ing at a theater, at which DR.. Barrett
was the principal speaker. Miss Glass
is principal of Fort Loudoun Seminary,
which is partly surrounded by the fort
thrown up before the Revolutionary
war by Col. George Washington.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

Highest, sos: lowest, $50.
Relative humidity: s a. m, So
2 p. m, 81: s p. m. 81.
Rainfall Is p. m. to s p. m.) o.
Hours Of sunshine. 9.6.
Per cent Of possible sunshine, 100.
Departures from Normal.
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January 1. 1921, 1155.
Excess OF temperature since Deem
Der l, 1921, IS.
Accumulated deficiency OF precipita-
ton since January 1. 1921. 5.s7.
Excess or deficiency Of precipitation
since December l, 1921, los.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 40; lowest. IS.
Tide Conditions.
High. 1859 a. m. and 1l:42 D m.
Low. 5:44 a. m. and :05 d. m.
Sun rises 10 a. m, sets 4:46 D. m.
Moon rises 10 Al a. ~. sets :42 D. m.
River Conditions.
Potomac River muddy and Shenan-
doah clear at Harpers Ferry yesterday
afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
German Movies TMOn3ed
Despite Is Price Boosts

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-"T-he theater
business is so good in Germany the
managers can't raise the price OF ad-
mission high enough to turn away
their patrons" Simeon Gest. brother
of Morris Gest. the theatrical producer.
said today on his return from Europe
aboard the George Washington. which
came from Bremen by way Of Cher
bourg and Southampton.
The price of admission was raised
fifteen times and the actors salaries
ten times in tho five months I was
there" Gest went on. Long lines
wait for admission to all the movies
and theaters. although the price of
general admission is 100 marks"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Kansas Farmers Off
"HOn,e BrelC" for Life

CHICAGO. Dec. S.-Having nibbled
and slipped at home brew for two years
in an efforts to acquire a taste and
liking for the stuff. Kansas farmers
are convinced that jolly old prohibi-
ton, to which they have been accus-
toned for a generation, is by far the
best thing for them. They are off
the home brew for life.
This is the information brought by
Gov. Henry J. Allen, who said that
Kansas, like other parts of the coun-
try. tried the home brew thing for
the novelty of it. but the novelty had
a bad taste and had bad after effects
and soon was discarded
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Mrs. Julia F. Hill Dies.

ROCKVILLE. Nd, Dec. 3.-Mrs
Julia F. Hill. widow of Levi Hin, died
last night at the home OF a son, near
concord. this county. aged Sc. pneu-
monia being the cause Of death. She
IS survived by several children. The
funeral will take place at O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist
church in Potomac
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Sues to Recover Daughter.

Alleging that the Board of Children's
Guardians is illegally OBTAINING Annie
]. Kidd. his 14-year-old daughter,
William G. Kidd yesterday sued out
writ of habeas corpus in the District
Supreme Court to recover possession
OF the girl At the request of At
torney Neudecker, Justice Stafford is
sued the writ. The case originated in
the Juvenile Court.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Court Reporters Discuss
Farley Translation

The feat of translating the arms
conference was discussed by Fred
erick 1rland. of the force of House
hoor reporters, at the annual ban
quet of the Shorthand Reporters As
ISOLATION IF the District of Column
bia' at the City Club last night.
A humorous talk by, Lafayette B.
Temple, of Baltimore. featured the
BANQUET Among fhe guests were
Marcel Gabarde and J. VI. Mackey.
French reporters. Msckey gave a
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Dec. ).
An old cannon with a history has
been presented to the city by Dr.
Paul b. Barringer, former chairman
of the faculty of the University of
Virginia and former president of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. and
has been placed at the foot of the
$50, 600 statue of Gen. Stonewall
Jackson. the gift of Paul Goodloe
McIntire. recently unveiled in Jack
son Park.
1t was a Yankee gun captured
by Gen. Lees army and used by
the Confederate chieftain until JUS,
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
WILLIAM OEHLERT
WILL BE TAKEN TO
RICHMOND TODAY
Fairfax Officials Arrange
For Transfer, Pend
ing His Appeal.
FEAR JAIL UNSAFE
Alexandria Committee Named
To Fix Salaries of the
New Council.
THE HERALD BUREAU.

727 King Street.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, Dec. AT
the request of the Fairfax authori-
ties, william H. Oehlert will be
taken tomorrow morning from the
little jail at Fairfax to Henrico
County jail at Richmond, in which
he will be kept for sixty days pend
ing his appeal.
An order for his removal was en-
tered this afternoon by Judge S. C.
Brent at Fairfax
Oehlerts removal is taken as a
precautionary measure, as both
Sheriff John r. Allison and Tailor
Harvey Cross were anxious to get
him taken to a more secure jail,
Oehlert, since his Incarceration.
having made an unsuccessful effort
to break jail.
A jury at Fairfax Friday morning
found him guilty of murder in the
first degree and fixed his punish
ment at twenty years in the State
penitentiary at Richmond.
In the Circuit Court today Judge
Samuel G. Brent appointed a COM
mittee composed of Miss Mary
Lindsey. William A. Smoot. DR.. Ar
thur Snowden. william p woolls
and Ray S. Cleveland to fix upon
the salary of the five members Of
the new city council which will be
elected next June. They will as
sumo office September. This COM
mittee will meet soon and will sub
NIT its recommendations to the
present city council.
The adult Bible class Of the NJ.
f. Church South. taught by Newell
S. Greenaway. will be addressed to-
morrow morning by Or. Kate Waller
Barrett.
Robert s. Barrett today had as
his guests Baron and Baroness
Frederick Portals. The baron Is
president of the firm Of Portals
and Company. Ltd, international
bankers and merchants of Buenos
Aires and Paris. Accompanied by
Mr.. Barrett today. they visited
Mount Vernon. leaving tonight for
New York.
As an incentive to national edu-
cational week. four-minute speeches
will be given beginning Monday
in all the moving picture theaters
here at each performance
John II. Sorrell. 50 years old. died
yesterday at his residence. 7O4 North
Columbus street. Besides his wife.
he is survived by four children.
the Misses Teresa, Annie and Pearl
and John J. Sorrell. The funeral
will be held Monday morning at
St. Mary's Catholic ChurcH
John T. Shaw died yesterday at
the residence Of his son-in-Iaw. Ju-
liam T. King. in Fairfax County.
The funeral will be held at l o'clock
Monday afternoon at the residence
and burial will he in Bethel Gene
terry.
The funeral of Mrs Frances A.
Clark. who died yesterday. will be
reid at o'clock Monday afternoon
at the. residence III Franklin
street. The Rev. DR.. John Lee Az
lison. pastor of the Second Presby-
terrain Church. will oficiate. Burial
will be in Union Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Frances Wise will be held at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon at the
residence. 326 South Patrick street
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Army Medical Alumni Dine.

Members OF The Army Medical
School. graduates Of the 1913 class.
last night held their annual smoker
banquet in the French room Of Cafe
Madrillon. The smoker was attended
by fourteen members OF the class. all
regulars in the Medical Corps Of the
L. S. army. stationed in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

For the District
of Columbia, in.
creasing cloudiness
today, probably fol-
lowed by rain or
snow tonight or to-
morrow; not much
change in tempera-
ture m o d e r a I 9
north and north
east winds.
For Virginia. In!
creasing cloudiness,
probably followed
by rain this after
noon or tonight ;
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
Miss Evelyn Garrett to Wed.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec. d
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Garnett. of this
city, have issued invitations to the
marriage Of their daughter. Miss
Evelyn Sale Garnett, to Norman T
Johnston. quartermaster clerk. L. s.
NJ c., Quantico. Va. the ceremony to
take place on Thursday, December Is,
at IL a. m in the Methodist church
here
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
BROTHERS MEET
IN LAWS TOLLS

Released from the Eastern peniten.
tiary at Philadelphia after serving a
tvo-yesr sentence for shopliftins. Rob
ert Joseph Clancy. ~ years old, who
gave his address az +4s X street. was
rearrested as he. stepped outside Of the
penitentisry yesterday and returned 10
Washington TO face a charge OF steal
ing Liberty bonds worth more than
81 900.
Clancy was brought bacy by Detec-
tive Sergt. stringfeli0w. He is ac-
cused of breaking into the home o.
Joseph hahoney. lass Monroe stree
When turned over TO the marshal -
the courthouse yesterday. Clancy me-
his brother, Raymond Clancy. who had
Just been sentenced 20 serve three
years on a charge Of housebreskinC
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

tomorrow rain or snow and colder
increasing northeast winds.
For Maryland. increasing cloudiness
today. probably followed by rain or
snow tonight or tomorrow not much
change in temperature; fresh north
and northeast winds.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
''4O''
INDUCES
S i EEP

Humphreys Number Forty"
Induces Repose. and Natural,
Refreshing Sleep.
For Insomnia, Sleeplessness.
Wakefulness. Restlessness.
No Narcotic, No Opiate, No
Dope. No habit forming Drugs.
Strictly Homeopathic.
soc and s1.00. at all drug stores.
d. Parcel Post
Humphrey .Seyenty-seyeu-
breaks up colds that hang ON.
30c and $1.OO mt all drug stores,
or sent ON receipt OF price, or c. O.
ID. Parcel Post.
Humphreys HOmeo. Medicine Co.,
30 William street, New York. Med
fcal Book Free. q.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

Russia can now boast OF larger
number Of weIi-dressed women than
ever before. D
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

This Christmas Consult Gudr the
home of the American beauty.
1914 F. AdVt.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04
THE WEATHER

Forecast for Today and Tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
Frances Wise will be held at 2
O'Clock Monday afternoon at the
residence. 326 South Patrick street
The Washington herald., 1921-12-04

The funeral Of Mrs. Frances A.
Clark. who died yesterday. will be
held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
at the residence III Franklin
street. The Rev. DR.. John Lee Az
lison. pastor of the Second Presby-
terrain Church, will oficiate. Burial
will be in Union Cemetery.
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there also are snycopated songs and
syncopated music of piano and saxa-
phone. The entire production is re-
ported to be beautifully staged anu
offered in an exceptional manner.
! Johnson Brothers and Johnson are
to offer "a Few Moments or MIN
strelsy," into which is introduced
whole troop of modern gags and jokes,
with exclusive songs and rhyme
stories In its entirety the sketch is
said to offer something absolutely
new in the way of minstrel presenta-
tons
musical comedy idea in THE New
Hotel Clerk is developed in an un-
usual way by Nat Renard, dapper
Hebrew character comedian, who in
the role of bellboy acting as hotel
clerk, manages to introduce and de-
yelop a number of absurd situations
with the help of Miss Lillian West.
ballad along comedy lines offers 9
fitting conclusion to the skit.
Margaret Merle. billed as one of the
youngest of prma donna condolences
and Ajax and Emily in daring feats
with cannon balls and unique strong
nan" waltz, will complete the vaude-
| Vile programme.
| owen Moore will appear in a de.
| lightful comedy Characterization, "Tht
| Chicken in the Case" as the film fea'
ture of the bill.
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is a native southerner has long planneu
a tour of the country on the legitimate
stage and his ambition found reallza-
ton this past fall season through the
complete return of his wonderful voice
His company was formed at his home
in Los Angeles early last September ana
the bookings call for short engagements
everywhere, as he is to return to inc
Pacific coast this summer to commences
work on four new pictures.
On Monday and Tuesday nights ne WIZ
present Ibsen's drama of the 1amily
"Ghosts.' The name of Ibsen is one that
is famous in the theatrical world, anu
the production of one of his plays is ~
every sense a theatrical event. ms
Ghosts" is regarded as moral lesson
that makes direct appeal to the pubic
Wednesday afternoon and night MI
walthau will present his new seria
comedy-drama by Herbert Bashford, en-
titled "Taken In" 1t is in three acts
and while essentially ludicrous in ITS SIT
nations. is nevertheless full OF roinanee
and touches Of drama. The productiof
is staged with much care to detail ano
Mr. Walthall has his original cast ano
company. which includes Mary Gharie-
SON william Clifford, Elizabeth De Witt
Arthur Rutledge, Sherman Bainnrldee
Maude Truck, Cleora Orden and CharieS
Ia Uore
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their instruments sing, sob and laugh,
Then comes Betty Bond, in Bonded
Songs" She's the girl you'll remember
at least that's what they say about her.
She has scored heavily in both vaude-
Vile and musical comedy. The songs
she sings were written especially for her
and she has been such hit that many
are predicting she is one Of the future
stars.
Faber and Bernet or just Earl and
Sonnie, occupy third position In OF
and On" This is sequel to Ed Elan
agans ION and Off" and is declared to
be one of vaudeville's best bits OF ira
vesty.
Demarest and Dali, in THE Man, tho
| Girl and the Piano. come fourth and
are expected to meet an enthusiastic re-
ception. Give Demarest and Doll a
piano and you have combination hard
to beat. ~
Billy Lightelle and Girls, in Bright
| Bits of Musical Comedy" featuring Ger
aldine Coffman is catchy, breezy NUM-
| Der that closes the programme
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1t comes here direct from New York
and will be presented in the same elab-
crate manner that marks it's current
run at the Forty-fourth Street theatre,
where it has settled down for a stay
which gives every indication of breaking
the metropolitan record for the number
of consecutive performances.
Griffith's first big picture production In
the regular theatres, THE Birth of a
Nation" held this record UP to a few
weeks ago, when "Lightnin' passed HIS
mark, and now he is hopeful that Way
Down East before it finishes there VIII
regain this distinction for him.
The simple story of love and lovers in
rural New England, upon which the spec
. tacle Is evolved, is taken from the play,
Way Down East" by Lottie Blair Par
ker, which had such a wonderful vogue
upon the dramatic stage few years
back Griffith selected this story De-
cause of it's manifold human appeals and
the fact that it is so typically American
and remindful of an era in our life
which is passing all too swiftly What
he has done with the appealing material
of the older narrative is difficult to
imagine.
In the new art form at his command
he steps from out the limitations of the
: stage and it's encompassing prosceniunl
arch and calls into play nature cover
ing the period of four seasons in the
plays duration. He has idealized Its
imaginative possibilities. illustrated Its
surroundings exqusitely and with a
realism that is fascinating at times and
overwhelmingly dramatic in its great
storm and ice floe climax at other times
has created the dramatic sensation OF the
year.
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COMEDY AND MUSIC
LOEW'S This WEEK
Bill Is Unusually Well Bal
anced With Modern Artistry
and MinStrelsy

TT 10 more or less of a toss-up in
four of the five acts at Loew's blJoo
theatre for the forepart of the coming
week. as to which is the dominant
note-comedy or music. For in four OF
the five acts that make up the bill
these two attractions counter-oalancd
each other.
One of the chief attractions Of the
hill Is to be Miss Marie Kell, whom
he advance notices describe as being
1.-The popular and petite musical comedy
star" and the Brewer Brothers, whc
are to appear in "A Study in Syncopa-
ton" In this instance the syncopatior
doesn't apply alone to dance steps, foi
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HENRY B. WALIHALL
TOPRESENT GHOSTS
AND TAKEN IN
Noted Screen Star Comes to
Jefferson Next Week for
Four Performances.
Touring South

Henry B. Walthall, of photoplay
fame, will open his engagement at
the jefferson theatre on Monday
night, April 4, in two plays. On
Monday and Tuesday night, Ibsen's
dramatic "Ghosts" will be presented;
Wednesday matinee and night his new
comedy drama, "Taken In" will be
offered.
Simple announcement, but it tells us
that Mr.. Walthall has discarded the mo-
ton picture field and returns to the
speaking stage for tour of these United
States, decision that should be well
coined most heartily among theatre pa
irons in Birmingham. Mr.. Walthall, who
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BIG ATTRACTIONS
ON BILL AT LYRIC
Five Acts of High Class Keith
Vaudeville on Bill for First
of Week

Vaudeville of much variety is on the
programme at the Lyric for the first
half of the week and will eliminate in
what the management calls the strong
est bill it has had in years during the
latter part. While interest centers for
the present on the programme for the
first half, Harry Puck and company In
"Everyman,'' is expected to please the
audiences on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday.
For the first of the week Valente
Brothers, accordeonists, know the uni
yersal language-music. They are among
tho foremost accordeonists and can make
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To Kill Moths

From the Thrift Magazine.
A few drops of your favorite per-
fume dropped on small pieces of pumice
stone and laid among clothes Will
drive moths away and give delicate
odor to your garments.
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Griff1th's Wonder Picture
Spectacle Way DoWn East,
Attraction at the Jefferson

spectacle "Way East will be the
special the Jefferson theatre for commencing toor
continuing thereafter with matinee each afternoon at 26
presentation the termination of the