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The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
ITY'S BEACHES
POLLUTED, SAYS
HEALTH GROUP
Ask Quick Completion of
Sewerage Work to
Avoid Evil.

The Potomac River. the Tidal Basin.
md Rock Creek are highly polluted
With disease germs and are not fit
sor bathing purposes. according to
he Public Health Group Of the City
-lub.
AT q meeting last might at the
clubhouse. marked contamination Of
ssthing beaches in and near the
;rty was revealed and the group
ADOPTED q resolution urging I'm
mediate completion of unfinished
sewerage projects in the District as
he only remedy for the serious sit
ration.
DR.. o. B. Hunter. assistant dean
" the George Washington Univer-
hty Medical School. presented q
'ormal report on cases of infection
hat had been traced to pollution
II bathing places. Asa z. Phillips,
District Sanitary Engineer. declared
hat the contamination was serious
and pointed out the need of ap-
,ropriations to complete sewerage
projects that have been started. DR..
D. Percy Hickling. vice chairman
" the group. who presided In the
tbsence of Emile Berliner the chair
nan. said that the water In the
rtdal Basin was badly infected with
disease germs. particularly typhoid
germs, and that il was known to
,e injurious to health.
DR.. Hunter pointed out that three
:asss OF Infection that had come to
ais attention had been traced to
sathing at Point Of Rocks, in Rock
creek just above Pierce's Mill He
aid that twenty-six cases Of infect
ID eyes. ears. and noses had been
raced TO bathing in the Tidal Basin
ma that no other possible source
81 infection was revealed in the de-
tailed histories of any OF these
.ases-
DR.. Hunter pointed out that the
,vercrowded condition at the Tidal
Basin Bathing Beach frequently was
extremely bad. resulting in unusual
y heavy pollution of the water.
Phillips explained that the sew
age from practically all of the Dis
.rict territory west OF Connecticut
avenue empties into the Potomac.
Rock Creek. which Is highly polluted
With sewage from Maryland towns,
ne explained. empties into the Po-
.omac near Georgetown. Sewage
also empties into the Potomac, he
said. at Chain Bridge. the Foundry
Branch outlet. and four smaller
outlets.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
LOOK
FOR Big SHAKE-UP
Political Appointees in Pro-
hibition Office Expect to
Be Replaced.

One of the first big shakeups as a
result of the change in administra.
tion is expected to come in the
Prohibition Commissioners oficer.
a high official in that once. declared
yesterday.
Practically all officials of any i'm
portance in this unit Of the Inter-
nal Revenue Bureau, as well as
many OF the prohibition enforce
ment workers in the field, he said.
are political appointees, originally
chosen because they were "deserv-
ing" Democrats.
Commissioner Kramer, his assis-
tsnt, twelve district supervisors and
forty-eight State directors all corue
under this head. 1t is reliably stat
ed. however, that neither the COM
missioner nor any of his subordi-
mates has any immediate intention
of resigning.
The expectation of a thorough
shakeup is strengthened by the at
titude of Senator Penrose. who is
believes the office of prohibition
commissioner as a unit in the in
ternal revenue bureau should be
abolished and entire responsibility
for enforcing the dry" law placed
upon the Department of Justice.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
OFFICERS JAILED
FOR "WET" THEFTS

oSwEGo. y. Y. March s.-Straight
Jail sentences for Commissioner of
Health John F. Otis and former po-
lice officers. Charles Edland. Joseph
Longhway and Edward Driscoll,
were meted out by Judge Henry D.
Coville in county court today. There
was no alternative of fine and no
hint of any suspended sentences.
The only difference was that Dr!s-
coll, because of family affairs, was
given only three months.
Capt Edland. Patrolman Longh-
way and Health Commissioner Otis
were sentenced to serve six months
each. Patrolman Edward Driscoll
had his sentence cut in two because
Of the fact that a daughter was born
to Mrs. Driscoll last Saturday
The men were tried on a charge Of
grand larceny growing out Of rhefts
OF liquor from the garage owned by
Otis.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
MAN IS YEARS OLD
HIT BY STREET CAR
c. A. Miller Suffers Broken
Leg and Bruises; Other.
Traffic Mishaps.

Charles A. Miller. SIS years old. .
43s Twelfth street southeast. was
severely injured yesterday when
struck by a Capital Traction Corr
pany street car at Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast
Miller was taken to Casualty Hos
pital with one leg broken ana
bruises on the head.
Crossing Blsdensburg and Ben
ming roads northeast yesterday.
Robert Burton. 42S New York ave-
nue. northwest, was knocked down
by a motor truck and suffered in
juries 10 the right foot. He was
taken to Casualty Hospital.
The Freedman's Hospital ambu-
lance yesterday collided at Con-
necticut avenue and NJ streets
northwest with an automobile oper-
ated by Thomas A. Grover, 1903 Six
teenth street northwest. Growers
machine was damaged to the extent
of $500. according to a police esti-
mate. No one was hurt.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
MERCHANTS WIFE
NOT PICKPOCKET

NEW YORK. March S.-Confusion
due to sameness Of home address
led to erroneous Identification of a
woman sentenced to Blackwell's
Island for fifteen days, by Magis-
trate Rosenblatt for disorderly con-
duct, in connection with jostling
and suspected pickpocketing.
1t was published on March that
the woman was Mrs. Guy r. Chrys-
Ter, of 547 Seventy-ninth street.
Brooklyn, the wife of a business
man. 1t has now developed that
the woman was not Mrs. Guy r.
Chrysler. The court records show
that one Morris Crysler appeared on
behalf OF the woman arrested; said
she was his wife, and they lived at
547 Seventy-ninth street. Brooklyn.
which happens to be the address Of
Mrs. Guy r. Chrysler.
Mrs. Guy r. Chrysler was not con-
nected with the case in any way.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Economic Paralysis Foreseen
By Sir Philip Gibbs as Possible
Result of Invasion by Entente

Germany Is incapable Of concerted
resistance to allied occupation of the
Rhineland or beyond.
At the same time the advance of
allied troops. while, perhaps. serv-
ing to break down mystery and
camcuhage" on the part of the Ger
mans. may prove economically par
alyzing. rendering the sundered en-
pire still less capable of meeting the
allied reparation demands.
These were among the interesting
POINTS brought out in an interview
yesterday with Sir Philip Gibbs, edi-
tor OF the English Review of Re
views and famous war correspond
ent. He Is in Washington to de-
liver a lecture on The Irish Situa-
tion: Past, Present and Future" at
Polls Theater this afternoon.
War Machine Wrecked.
NO physical resistance on the
part of Germany iS OF course, pos
sible." Sir Philip declared. either
now or in the near future, to an
reparations. The popular idea In
some countries that Germany has a
secretly organized army ready to
war on the old scale Is an utter
delusion.
II saw the German war machine
broken 10 bits and the wrecks of it
abandoned or surrendered. So IL
remains, although beyond doubt
Germany has hundreds of thousands
of men still armed with rifles and
machine guns who could suppress or
lead uprisings in their own country
and engage in a serious form OF
guerilla or anarchical warfare.
THAT is quite a different thing
from endeavoring to oppose the MILL
tary power of France, Belgium and
Great Britain as established on the
Rhine with masses OF heavy artil-
lery and full equipment OF every
kind.
Seen In TwS Aspects.
81 view this matter of the allied
advance in two different aspects.
In one way II may do no harm
and may clear the air of mystery
and camoufage, besides bringing to
the German people a sharp re-
minder as to who won the war
That reminder is needed not by the
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
H0usebreaker Fooled
By Burglar Alarms

An unidentified housebreaker work
ing in the fashionable section in the
vicinity of Sixteenth and X streets
northwest, last night entered two
houses, but was frustrated in his at
tempt to rob them by the sounding
OF the burglar alarms. Both houses
were furnished but unoccupied.
Shortly after $50 O'Clock an alarm
sounded from 1915 Sixteenth street
northwest. Entrance had been gained
by breaking the glass in the rear
door. An hour later an alarm was
sounded from 1912 X street north
west, where entrance had been
gained by cutting a panel in a rear
door.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Negro Boy Snatches
Purse From, Girls Hand

Miss NJ. Christine Stokes, of the
Government Hotel. reported to the
police of the Third precinct last
night that a pocketbook containing
a small amount of change and some
papers was snatched from her hand
while she was on Seventeenth street,
between l. and NJ streets north
west.
Miss Stokes furnished the police
with the description of a negro boy
who Is alleged to have snatched the
pocketbook.
Two unidentified negro ''con" men
employed the time-worn pocketbook
trick yesterday in "fiim-fiamming'
Richard A. Jackson. 1918 Forty
eighth street northeast. of s27 at
Eleventh street and New York ave-
nue. northwest
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Park VielD People
Stage Entertainment

Business gave way to a musical
and storytelling program at the
monthly meeting of the Park View
Citizens Association held in the
Park View School last night. Presi-
dent George II. Russell presided.
The entertainment was arranged
by Edward ]. Ward, chairman of the
program committee. Those who par
ticipsted were: Zitkala-Sa. a Sioux
Indian woman from the Rose Bud
Reservation. South Dakota. who told
several Indian fairy tales: the
Misses McDowall. Mrs. Marvin Pope.
Mrs. Violet Pierson. William =. Pier
son and DR.. William Boyd.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
British Airplanes Circle
All Day Over Dusseldorf

DUSSELDORF. Germany. March g..
The first English forces to take
part in the occupation were air
planes from Cologne. which ap-
peared over the city shortly after Z
O'Clock. From that hour until late
this evening they circled constantly
over the business center and outly-
ing districts.
The first English detachment TO
arrive was one battalion of the
Fourteenth Hussars. supported by
tanks. which arrived in the city at
o'clock.
At noon the Belgians recalled
most Of their machine gunners from
the business districts, leaving the
work Of pat-olins that section to
the French motorcycle troops.
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The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Boxes Form Baby's Cradle.

American dry goods boxes were
made inte Christmas presents for
the Budapest children in the form
OF cradles. sleeping cots and wheel
barrows. The boxes contained warm
garments and hospital garments
from the American Red Cross chap.
,ters in America. The work was
done by the American Red Cross.
A shipment Of mattresses from
former American hospitals was re-
made into smaller mattresses for
the children's beds. Out of q re.
cent shipment of wool, American
Red Cross workers hero made 73,.
900 sets of garments for the un-
derclothed child population of the
city.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
CABINET PLANS
BUSINESS BASIS
IN GOVERNMENT
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line with a bill already introduced
in the past Congress by Representa-
tive Reavis.
This bill proposes to retain in
the proposed Department of Public
Works and to transfer to 1t from
other departments all agencies re-
lated to construction, engineering.
map making and technical work.
and to transfer to other depart
ments all agencies not in harmony
with these activities.
While the reorganization commit
tee has delayed beginning it's work
owing to the prospect of conflicting
with the functions of the budget
committee provided in the bill ve-
toed by President Wilson in the
previous session, IL is now UNDER
stood that the former committee is
to be given full sway.
While no definite information
could be obtained, II Is believed the
new administration will resurrect
the budget bill vetoed by Mr.. Will
son and place IL upon the statute
books. in order better to coordinate
the work of reorganization.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
GiUes illustrated Talk
On African S0j0urn

Fourteen months in Africa" an
Illustrated lecture given by DR.. H.
4 snantz, followed short business
meeting of the Brookland Brother
mood held last night in Lord Me-
mortal Hall.
Dr. Shantz, who has devoted a
great deal of time to the study of
plants that can be grown In the
arIo regions of this country was
sent TO Africa in 1918 by the Smith.
sonian Institution. He Travelled
s.ooo miles through the interior OF
the so-called dark continent. studv-
ing plant life.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
TEUTON ENJOYS
AT LONDON AND
PARIS GO HOME
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carefully for suspicious acts in the
silent rows along the streets but
found none, Except for numbers Of
absentees from work. who had has
tened to the quays to witness the
arrival of the military, the ordi-
nary business OF the city was un-
disturbed. Even trains continued
to run on their regular schedules.
Gen. de Monueburt supervised the
occupation but as soon as IL had
been completed turned the command
there over to Gen. Beaurain, of the
Belgian army.
Says Treaty Broken.
Mayor Rottgen. of Dusseldorf. de-
clared that the allies have broken
their own treaty of peace, but ex-
horted the population to remain
calm and do nothing to create dis
turbances.
A proclamation by the Berlin gov
ernment issued here explains that
Foreign Minister Simons could not
have signed the Paris reparation
terms without condemning two gen.
erations to slavery in an effort to
perform an impossible task.
The interest of the Rhineland is
not in Marshal Foch's military dis
play, but in the workings II the al
lied customs barrier.
Business men believe that the re-
suit will be to paralyze trade in
this district.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Ge0rgette's Husband
Buys Exchange Seat

NEW YORK. March 81. Will
lam Souther. Georgette Cohsnis- new
husband. bought a seat on the New
York Stock Exchange today for sea-
900. And Georgette says she is
through with the stage. -...
More strictly speaking. she says
she will be through with IRE stage
just as soon as she and her mother,
Ethel Levy. finish their present en-
gaEement in vaudeville At the Or
pheum Theater. in Brooklyn.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
ZeligoUski Regime Ends;
Poles Ruling Lithuania

The so-called Central Lithuanian
government under Gen. Zeligowski
has been succeeded by a new regime
sirectly controlled by Poland. ac-
.ording to a cablegram yesterday
from Kovna to the Lithuanian in
formation bureau here.
Serious uprisings are reported
from the wilma region" the cable
gram states. "snd a number of
people have been killed or wounded
The population is demanding food
instead of propagandist literature"
One OF the last acts of Gen.
Zeligowski was to impose a fine of
$4,000 marks on the proprietor of
The wilma Courier. a Polish news
PAPER. for publishing pro-Lithuanian
natter. the dispatch adds
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
FIERY, ITCHY SKIN
QUICKLY SOOTHED
With SULPHUR

Mentho-sulphur. a pleasant cream.
win soothe and heal skin that is ir-
ritated or broken out with eczema;
that is covered with ugly rash or
pimples. or is rough or dry. Moth
ing subdues fiery skin eruptions SO
quickly. says noted skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur prepara-
ton Is applied the itching stops and
after two or three applications. the
sczema Is gone and the skin Is de-
nghtfuliy clear and smooth. Sui
because IL destroys the parasites
that cause the burning. itching or
3isngurement- Mentho-SuIphur al
ways heals eczema right up.
A small jar Of Mentho-suiphur
may be had at any good drug store.
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
MOVE OVER RHINE
FAILS TO DEFEAT
SPIRIT OF BOCHE

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countries. who are not wholly men,
tally deficient, can we'll ask them
selves whether $4,000, 100000 marks
In few years is not actually worth
more than will be gained by the ad-
vance of the French soldiers"
The Lokal Anzeiger declares that
from the very beginning France
wanted the break to come in order
to put in force measures Of hat.
against a defenseless people. (which
would be much more agreeable IN
France than any sum that could he
forced out of Germany"
The Lokel Anzeiger insists th.,
no matter what Germany mioht
have done, France would stiIl have
found 1t desirable to use forcs ana
might for political reasons at home,
Red Viewpoint.
The Communistic Rote Fabns
charges that The German hour.
geoise Is cowardlys and weak be-
tween the entente robbers in the
West and the proletariat power in
the East. She knows neither how
TO defend herself against the Yves,
nor risk taking a hand with the
proletariat in the East"
vorwaerts. the organ of the So.
eial Democrats. characterixes the
allied action in the following words
The Versailles treaty has been
torn up by the allies, and its re.
vision has now been inaugursted
by the allies themselves"
Vorwaerts calls for steadiness
discipline and cool blood. saying:
Until now the allies nave fonrbt
only against reason and sanity: now
they are also fighting against right
and justice. Under this double sta,
they will be eventually defeated. :"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09

had disappeared. Immediate search
failed to reveal any trace of him.
The disappearance Of the boy
came as a great disappointment 60
mis- father. Several theories have
been advanced by the police. but
the boy continues missing.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Triplets and TlCins
On Storks Busy Day

RUMFoRD. r. l., March s.
While DR.. Frank T. Calef was busy
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Long
Christopher here. the event being
the arrival of twin babies-a boy
and girl. Weighing in total 14S
pounds-the phone was busy calling
him across the Rehoboth line. where
soon after his arrival three little
girls. weighing pounds each. were
made welcome at the home of Mr..
and Mrs- Joe Raposea.
All hve babies and both mothers
are doing well.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09

bers are back of the charges
against him.
I've sailed the seven seas but
never before have l been up against
such hard luck" said Capt. Lunde.
1t was worse than any fiction
story ! ever read of the seas. Our
six-months' trip had everything,
every emotion possible. 1 am glad
to be back alive"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Jail German Socialist
For LibelIing President

BERLIN, March S.-A case similar
&c former President Roosevelt's Mil
vaukee libel suit was settled when
q Karlsruhe judge sentenced a So
cialist machinist named Harlan to
two weeks in jail for libelling Presi-
dent Ebert, of Germany.
Harlan told fellow workers that
President Ebert was drunk while
visiting Karlruhe and likewise he
spent $4,000 marks NORMALLY about
s12.50o), for one dress for his wife.
President Ebert denied both allega-
tions.
(Csuvrfrht 1871
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09

mass of German workers and their
women. who know their ruin and
have to pay the price of 1t. but by
the junkers and big industrial
magnates, who still hope to sus-
tain a blum. For these people there
Is still no argument but force. I
feel no sense of mercy for them.
There is a second aspect. how
ever. which must be considered and
1 have some doubts as to the ad-
vantages of the advance. 1t Is an
economic aspect not without a
spiritual influence. The questions
I ask myself are: First, will an
allied advance enable Germany to
pay the indemnities more promptly
and more fully, IL Il is possible for
her to pay the amounts demanded.
and. secondly, Is the policy likely
to demobilize hatred. which is one
of the urgent needs of the world?
Full payment of indemnities de-
pends utterly upon the willing and
continuous industry of German
workers. II they adopted passive
resistance there would be no great
payments. II they revolted or
weakened in their work there
would be no remedy. II they break
into anarchy all Europe will feel
the hurt.
Danger In CompuIsion.
The state OF the world is, in my
opinion, so serious that we must
consider these things scientifically
am told by some great financiers
that Germany cannot pay all asked
OF her. though she can pay much. I
believe also that the German factory
hands are undernourished. with less
fats than the body needs. IL those
statements are true. compulsion to
the utter limit is dangerous to Eu-
rope. in need of recovery and eco
nomic revival everywhere.
This advance. necessary as IL
may be. puts the clock hack to
something like wartime and stirs
the old flames of passion which were
dying down. That l regret, though
end by saying that what Germny
can pay in reason and justice she
must pay and be compelled to pay.
because France has suffered more
by many times though Germany
was vanquished."
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
MUTINY, MURDER, MANHUNTS,
EiANGINGS AND HEROISM ARE
HIGHLIGHTS ON SHIPS LOG
Spaniards in Crew of Polar Bear Start Mutiny
One Day Out From Norfolk.

NEW YORK. March s.-Mutiny.
murder, manhunts, shots in the
dead OF night. hangings and hero
ism-all these are contained in the
log of the good ship Polar Bear.
from Hamburg last week.
United States District Attorney
Ross, of Brooklyn, acting on in
formation contained in an anony-
nous letter, today summoned Capt.
Geore Lunde and Chief Oficer At
kinson, of the Polar Bear, to ap-
pear before him and explain why
certain items of the cargo were
not placed on the manifest.
Capt. Lunde was not surprised.
He said the explanation was sim
pie, and he unfolded the tale Of
the sea with all the thrills of screen.
Trouble Starts Promptly.
The Polar Bear. a 2,600-t ton Ship
ping Board vessel. left Norfolk in
September, his story runs. 1t was
bound for st. Thomas, Buenos Ayres.
Hamburg and New York. Nearly
all of the forty-four members Of
IHC Gre" ITOuDle
started on the first day out.
Lunde and Atkinson are officers of
the old school. They did not tenn
porize with the trouble makers,
Dissatisfaction spread and when ST
Thomas was reached shore leave
was denied. Late at night while
the ship was lying at anchor about
thirty members of the crew, armed
yyffh rltth0
wrenches, made a concerted attack
on the quarters of Lunde and At
kinson. The officers were armed
with revolvers and stood them of.
Two American members of the
crew, William Doherty and William
Donahue, who. from the start, allied
themselves with the captain and
chief officer, seeing them standing
at bay. sought to go to their rescue.
Stick 1t out Cap. We're with
you" shouted Doherty.
Knife I'm His Heart.
/ He no sooner uttered the words
than a knife whistled through the
night. It found a lodging place in
his heart. He dropped dead. Dona-
hue was severely injured by another
knife, losing an eye.
Jesus tonzaies ana Jose tonseca,
firemen and leaders of the munity
jumped overheard and swan ashore.
They were captured later by United
States Marines. tried, found guilty
of murder and hanged.
At Buenos Ayres most OF the old
crew deserted. Lunde signed a new
ere wbut the old men had spread
bad reports about the ship in re-
sorts for sailors ashore and trouble
continued on the voyage from
Buenos Ayres to Hamburg. Either
captain or chief officer stood watch
on the bridge constantly with drawn
revolver. At Hamburg some of the
crew made charges against the cap
tain and chief officer with the
Spanish consul and the voyage was
delayed.
Quiet voyage Home.
Between Hamburg and New York
there was not so much trouble be-
cause only q few members of the
old crew remained on board. Lunde
claims that those of the old nena-
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
N. Y. Snow Cost 81. SOC. .ooo

w fohk. March g. Street
commissioner Leo today completed
summary OF the cost OF the recent
snow storm In this city. 1t cost
si.soo.ooo to rid the streets Of Man
ns,tan' sronx and Brooklyn of the
fall of 12-s inches
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
Quiet Voyaee Home.

Between Hamburg and New York
there was not so much trouble be-
cause only q few members of the
old crew remained on board Lunde
claims that those OF the old mem
The Washington herald., 1921-03-09

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