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The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
COLUMBIA SCHOOL
GRADUATES CLASS
HUGH c. MCCARTHY,

The value and the need Of the
world today for the trained. educated
man and the responsibilities incum-
bent upon him. were pointed out last
night by John T. Baker. of Okla
homa. in an address to the gradual
ing class of the Colombia University
School.
The graduates were: High school
department.. William Everhart Dean.
Foy Arthur Williams J. Oliver VOL
brook, Courtney :. Srr,th and F1oyo
r. Dotson; commercial department.
Isabelle 4. Meicke and Jacob Milwit,
junior college department. Ealph
Cochran Hale and Robert r. Barr
music department.. Mrs Margaret
Shustrr Trotter and Julian & Zier
Dr. W. Thomas shepherd, president
presided. and the diplomas were con-
ferred by Dr. Hamilton. pr. Estralls
Director Hart and Prof. Martin, each
presenting the diplomas to the grad
yates of their departments. The class
banquet will bc held at the wash
inEton Hotel this evening.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
ENGAGES POPULACE
Weekend Featured by Hikes,
Outings and Lawn
Parties.

Outings, hikes, lawn parties and
general outdoor events feature the
principal activities of the citizenry
of Washington over the weekend
Today the veterans of the Second
Division will hold an outing at Mar
shall Hall, witht a program OF dane
ing and surprise" events as the
principal. features OF entertainment.
Maj. Gen. J. A. Lejeunc, Mai. Gen.
w c. Neville and Mai Gen. J. q.
Hadbord will attend. At the same
place, also today, the Missouri State
Society will hold its annual picnic,
with athletic contests and sociai
events aplenty.
This afternoon, between 3 and 4:3o
o'clock. n party will be given 10
sixty of WashinGton's sickly chill
dren at the Red Cross Camp. back
of the tuberculosis. Hospital, Four
teenth and Upshur streets north.
west
LED by William Paige, the Wash
tngtony wanderlusters will hike
from Hyattsyille tomorrow after
noon at 2:s0 o'clock. Four Of the
latest motion pictures issued by the
Department OF Agriculture will he
shown for employees of the depart
ment at Sylvan Theater TuesdaN
night Secretary Wallace will de
liver a brief address.
The Community Center Rand, un-
der the direction OF James F.. Miller
presented a concert on the Smith.
sonian grounds last evening, be.
fore an audience of several hundred
persons. -rT ..'- 20
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
BIGMOUTH BASS,
Few Anglers Able
To Distinguish
Pixies and Perches

There Is much confusion in the
mind of the average angler. as TO
when pike is a pike. The so-calIed
"wall-eyed pike" is not pike at all,
but a member OF the perch family.
So far as the Middle West is con-
ceRed. there are Just three pixies
the little pickerel, the great pike
and the muskellunge. There is
much confusion in the minds of
anglers and outdoor men generally
as to when a lunge is Iunge.
Look at either side Of a pixies
head and you will discover some-
thing that will always disclose, the
identity of the FISH. The scaling,
"squamation" of the cheek, and gill;
cover. When the cheek and gill;
cover are covered with scales. scales
that can be scraped up with the
thumb nail. that is a pickereI. Any
pike disclosing a cheek fully scaled,
while the upper half Of the gill;
cover alone is scaled. is a great
pike.
Should the upper halves only of
both cheeks and gill-covers show
scales, then your fish is a tripe mus
kellunge, and may be either the
spotted tiger" or gray"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
BOARD OF TRADE
,TOPROBEFAILURE
TO REMOVE REFUSE
Admits District Allows
Waste to Remain in
Business Section.

washington is unable to take
care of the waste and refuse of the
city's business section.
Admission of this situation by
Morris Hacker. supervisor OF city
refuse. yesterday caused a special
committee Of the Board Of Trade
to be called Monday afternoon to
investigate the condition.
I'VE are at the present time pre-
pared to handle only the waste and
refuse of the residential sections o.
the District, and business men will
have to get rid Of refuse in the best
way they can" Hacker declared.
He pointed out that the District
had only one waste dumping
ground, that at Ivy City Tho
grounds at Benning. formerly used
by the District, were taken away =
year ago by the Federal govern
ment. Hacker said. Since then the
Ivy City grounds are filled TO sucn
an extent that dumping has been
confined TO waste from the residence
sections only.
Meanwhile business men are hav-
ing the waste and refuse or their
stores carted away at their own
expense to dumping ground near
the Arlington race track. II strict
enforcement OF the Law is not COM
piled with, business men face court
action through violation Of the fire
laws. A warning by the fire marshal
to a business man resulted in the
discovery Of the present situation.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
WITH GAS FUMES
Fills Cracks in Windows and
Doors Before Open
- ing Jets.

After jamming the door at the
top and bottom with strips of cloth
and tightly closing all windows,
Mrs. Lucinda Richer, 65 years old.
yesterday afternoon turned on all
four gas jets of a gas stove in the
kitchen of her home, apartment 4,
SIC X street northwest. and laid
down on mattress in the middle
of the floor to die. The body was
discovered shortly after 8 o'clock
yesterday.
Mrs. Richer was alone, in the
apartment at the time. Her daugh-
ter, with whom she resided, Mrs
Mary Smith, was on an excursion
trip to- Luray, Va. She returned
last night.
Miss Sadie r. Lewis, 1918 p street
northwest, a friend. who had been
requested to care for the aged lady,
entered the apartment on her re-
turn from work and made the dis
covery. She notified Policeman A. r.
Gillion. traffic officer at Ninth and
New York avenue northwest.
On entering the room the police
man was partially overcome by the
fummes but managed to turn off
the gas and throw up the windows
before he suffered any serious ef-
fects.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
BOYS HEAD BROKEN
) WHEN HIT BY AUTO
Five Year-Old in Serious Con-
dition at Garfield Hos
pital.

Struck by an automobile while
crossing in front of 13S r street
northwest, Bradley Killian, years
old, 1888 First street northwest,
was thrown to the street and sus-
tanned a fractured skull early yes
terday afternoon. The child was
taken to Garfield Hospital. where
his condition is reported as critical.
The automobile was driven by An
thony Barbagello, $40 Thirteenth
street northeast. -..... -
According to witnesses the child
became confused and when dashing
across ran directly in the path of
the auto.
While waiting for a trolley car at
Connecticut avenue and Albemarle
street yesterday morning, Mrs. Ma
ry Rosengardner, Al years old, 3602
Albemarle street. was seized with
a fainting spell and fell TO the
street, sustaining a lacsration of
the head. She was removed to- the
Emergency Hospital in an automo-
bile driven by Clarence Mickey, SOC
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. As
Mickey stopped his machine to rem
der assistance to the injured woman,
he was collided with by a Capital
Traction Company trolley car. caus-
ing damage to his machine to the
extent of $50.
Louisa Venditti, 76 years old, 404
Thirteenth street northwest. became
suddenly sick and fell at Fifteenth
and f streets northwest early last
evening. sustaining lacerated
scalp. She was treated at the
Emergency Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
MADDOG EPIDEMIC |
STTRSPOuCE HEAD
TO DRASTIC ACTION
Roundup of Unmuzzlet
Animals Ordered tosrs
Start at Once. . -.

MAJ Gessford. superintendent Of
police. yesterday issued special or;
ders commanding Immediate search
throughout the city by police fer
dogs unmuzzled or unleashed fol.
lowing reports from District Health
Officer Fowler that twelve persons
had been bitten by dogs Lao week.
The mad dog epidemic in Che Dr.
Srict is reaching alarming propor.
tions. according to DIR. FovIeD
There have been eighty-tvo caset
of rabid dogs reported to the Health
Department during June and thfs
month while for June and all Of
July last year there were but sixS,
eight cases reported
Maj. Gessford declared last nifhl
conditions demand immediate proc.
eeution OF owners of dogs found
without muzzles or unlesshed- In
addition TO court prosecution, own
ers will lose all dogs impoundeQ
Maj Gessfrd declared He poiniAk
out that ofthe eighty-two cases -
rabid dogs reported since k1nr ll
almost half. thirty-six. have been
reported in the last two weeks
The long heat spell Is attributed
by health officials as the cause for
the unusual number of rabid o1es
Only recently the beard OF comf s.
sioners sanctioned modifcatio4 O
the law to permit dogs to be ON
muzzled from October ! TO JulyS
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
ESTELLE SEABOLD
FINDS" METCALF
Female Impersonator Fails to
Fool Girl at Selinger's
Store.
You art Gene MetcaIf.'

You art Gene Metcalf."
These four words were worth S5
each to Miss Estelle Seabold, of
Beverly Courts, 1726-40 Columbia
road northwest, who identified the
Cosmos Theater performer at Sell
inger's, $40 F street northwest,
shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon. thereby capturing the $50
prize offered by The Herald.
Metcalf. who is equally comfort
able in male or female attire. was
wearing all of the frills and fineries
distinctive of a debutante as she
entered the Selinger store and asked
to be shown the new Du Barry
pearls with diamond clasps. While
the clerk was carrying out the
wishes of the lady" Miss Seabold
walked to the side Of the prospec-
tive customer and uttered the words
which gave her the prize that was
being sought by hundreds of Wash
inPtonians.
Previous tn the visit at the Sell
Betty WAY Shop. ITO f street
northwest, and Walford's. 9O9 Penn
svlvania avenue northwest. but at
ell of these places remained uni
Identified.
Metcalf's female impersonations
have been fooling large audiences at
the Cosmos Theater during the past
week, and the clever little per-
former "prlled the wool over the
eyes" of the Riwanis Club at its
weekly meeting Thursday.
At several Of the stores visited
Yesterday the performer was greatly
amused when aspirants for thu p-ize
arn-oachna various other persons
md toId them that they were Gene
Metcalf."
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Ghosts, Spirit Tables and Candles
Feature 18th Street Woman's Tale
OF Theft of Buried Treasure Chest

A tale of spirits of an unknown
world. ghostly tables. mediums and
clairvoyants. and the loss of $4,000
was sobbed out by Mrs. Louise
Ridgely, 55 years old. 1892 Four
teenth street northwest. before De-
tective Sergeants Darnell and Pratt
at police headquarters yesterday.
After an Investigation, the sorrow
ing woman. who firmly believed she
had been robbed of her previously
unknown wealth, was Informed that
no prosecution action could be
taken
Floor Gives Way.
The start of the believed robbery
occurred two months ago when the
flooring on the second-story middle
room OF Mrs. Rldgely's home gave
way. revealing what she believed to
be a secret cache. but which upon
police Investigation yesterday
proved to be an old chimney breast
However. at the time of the discov-
cry, the cavity was entirely too deep
for Mrs. Ridgely to investigate. al
though the assistance of a black
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
WANT MT. VERNON
OPEN ON SUNDAY

Mount Vernon. the home of George
Washington. will be open to the pub
lie on Sundays. providing the cam
paign launched by the Anti-Blue La W
League of America yesterday proves
Successful.
The movement to open Mount Yer
non on Sunday is in charge OF Il. T..
l.. Mel. assistant secretary OF the
league, who claims that such action
is Necessary in view of the fact that
many tourists and visitors visit the
Nations Capital on that day
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Knocked Unconscious
And Robbed of $500

ANNAPOLIS, Md. July ga
Knocked unconscious by a blow
from behind while fixing his auto
mobile. Nelson Sondergarrd. con-
tractor and builder living near Pa
sadena, Anne Arundel County, was
robbed of SLIGO in cash and a check
for $426 on the Annapolis Baltimore
boulevard early this morning. Two
hours later he was picked up ur-
conscious by two men who brough,
him here in an automobile. He re-
gained consciousness on the trip 20
the city. An examination revealed
he was not seriously turt. Officers
are investigating
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23

smith with long iron tongs had
been obtained.
The suspicious woman enlisted
the services OF a medium in lie Droit
Park. She was told, she claimed.
that at the bottom Of the pit lay
a, copper box filled with $4,000 in
gold. Although she made a number
Of visits, she was Informed that the
good spirits would not permit her
20 obtain the box at that time. As
Zach visit cost her 81 and she made
Yearly nifty visits conversing with
Che spirits. Mrs. Ridgely became
provoked last week and told the me-
dium something had to be done.
Medium Visits Home.
AT 3 p. m, Friday, July Is. will
visit your home and bring the
spirits with me-" the medium said
and promptly at the specified time
a large automobile conveying the
medium and three colored men pull
ed up in front OF the Fourteenth
street home.
Candles were lighted in the room
and the ceremony started. Suddenly
the lights were blown out by the
spirits and when relighted by the
medium, one of the accompanying
negroes was wrapping up a box
which Mrs. Ridgely was told con.
tained the money.
THE spirits will not permit you
to open the box now, you mus
wait" the medium toidz the woman
So back To the shrine in lie Drolt
Park went the medium. companion n.
and~the supposed money box.
Becoming more suspicious Mrs
Ridgely enlisted the assistance OF
local clairvoyant who told hel
that she had been robbed of hel
wealth and that the box contained
$1,000.
No Action Possible.
Detective Sergeant Parnen, who
prior to- his police work was en-.
gagged in the contracting business
was detailed to investigate. II,
found the floor had given way OWNS
to rotten foundations and that tn,
supposed secret cache was nothins
more than a chimney breast. As fal
as the robbery of the supposed hid
den box was concerned. he coulc
not state. Yesterday the Distric
Attorney returned decision tha'
under the circumstances no actor
could be taken.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Charter for Legion Post.

The recently-organized Edward
Douglas White Post. American Le-
gion-named in honor Of the late
Chief Justice Of the United States
Supreme Court--composed Of forr
mer service men employed at the
Civil Service Commission. hss bees
granted q charter by the executive
committee Of the District depart-
ment OF the Legion 4 drive y
being made for members. and IL Is
expected that the new post VIII
soon he among the leaders In the
District
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23

Presbyterian Church are at Camp
weeks outing. The party is COM
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. Miitner, Mr..
and Mrs. Reinoehl, Mr.. and Mrs.
MacMurray, Misses Chamberlin,
Brill. Overaucker and Morrison and
Messrs. Hovick and O'Brien. The
pastor of the church, Rev. Fulton,
was a guest for a few days. Fish
ing. bathing and boating are on the
schedule.
Just now salt water offers anglers
the best sport. From all the near
by fishing grounds come reports of
big catches. The FISH are taking
most any kind of bait Crabs and
bloodworms of course are the best
but green shrimps or cuts Of spots
or other white bait will get results.
The bright moon has made night
fishing popular and will be on in
the later part Of the night until the
middle of the week. The Potomac
is both cleaving and gives promise
of being in condition for bass in a
day or two. Mississippi catfish are
plentiful from Little Falls on up
the river. Green shrimp. cut smelt.
in fact, most any kind of bait will
attract these fish and give good
sport when hooked. At this time
they are most generally in the
swift. shallow waters and should he
allowed some time before you at
tempt to set the hook. From the
brackisle tidewater of the creeks
below the city comes stories of
several good catches of fSIbig
mouth bass. They rgRst 6knEht
with artificial bait almost exlu.
sively but will take like smelt or
mill reaches as soon as the water
cools down a few points.
Henry Acterkirscen will leave to-
day for his country home on Ches-
fapeake Bsy for a weeks sport with
rod and reel.
Henry~Strebs and Joseph Royal
report taking several fine string.
Of fish at North Beach during the
past week.
Billy Webster caught twenty
trout in Herring Bay last Saturday,
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Az PorJj,r w. RieL
Claims Are Cleaned Up

Col. Forbes. Director OF the Ru-
reau of War Risk Insurance. re-
ceived congratulations today on his
achievement in cleaning M every
perdinp claim Of former service men
In this accomplishment the bu-anr
made good q boast Of President
Harding. The statement was made
-hy the President in his message tn
Congress on July IL that "sll work
in the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
ance will be current by July 21.''
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Short Circuit Blamed
For Auto Truck Fire

The large auto truck Of George
Motley. 600 II street northeast. while
parked at West Virginia avenue and
Morse street northeast late yester-
day afternoon, caught fire and was
damaged to the extent OF $500. The
blaze is believed to have been
started by a short circuiting of
electric wires. The fire department
responded.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Er-DetectiUe Sergeant
Resigns PriUate Role

JosepA~E. Grant, for firteen years
on the District police force, until
recently detective sergeant OF the
detective bureau, yesterday handed
In his resignation. to take effect
tomorrow. His resignation may DC
passed upon BY the Commissioners
today. IS
After having served ten years IN
the detective bureau. Grant was
transferred July 6 to the Seventh
Precinct station and denoted from
the rank of detective sergeant to
private. He has enjoyed repu-
tation among his associates at the
detective bureau as an athlete.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Crew and Passengers Hurt.

SCRANTON. Pa. July es.-The
train crew and nve passengers on
train No. >. New York to Buffalo. on
the Delaware. Lackawanna and
western Railroad. were injured
when three cars left the tracks ~
Glenburn. twelve miles west OF
here today
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Committee Votes Higher
Kate on Farm Loan Bonds

BY a vote OF 12 to s, in which
party lines apparently did not
count, the House Committee on
<ankIng and Currency voted to re-
port to the House the bill raising
the interest rates on farm loan
bonds to 5h per cent. s.7ss
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
CUT OF employees
HERE WRONG, SAYS
ALABAMA SENATOR
Heflin Declares Economy
Wave Gives Birth to
Meat-Ax Methods,

"Meat-axe methods" are being
employed by the government TO re-
duce the number of Federal en-
ployes, with the result that the ad-
ministration OF the government ma
chinery is in danger of being Grip
MED. Senator Thomas J. Hefiin, OF
Alabama, charged last night before
Federal Employees Union No. 2,
meeting at the National Museum.
The government. the Senator de-
clared, would likely find II neces-
sary next year to call back the dis
missed employees in order to take
care of the work of the depart
ments.
Thinks Policy Wrong.
IT am not In favor OF cutting
heads merely to save a few dollars.
the Senator told the Federal en-
ployes.
Senator Hefin said many people
were under the Illusion that the
war being over. the entire body Of
employees who Joined the govern
ment service during the war can
be dismissed.
while the war is over" the SEN
ator said, " II has left a heritage
Of tasks which will require. If they
are adequately faced, an army OF
employees far greater than that OF
prewar times"
Needs Of Soldiers.
Half of his correspondence, the
Senator said. dealt with the trou.
bles of the former soldiers. who
now have relations with the gov
ernment, which require an aug
mented Federal machinery 10 be
dealt with. The tendency, he de-
clared, would be under the reduced
size of the Federal machinery, Il
''pigeon-hole cases"
The motive of the wholesale
slaughter in the service. Senator
Hefin said, "is to make a showing
of economy before the public"
A great many of these savinC'
would prove poor economy in the
end, he declared
Favors True Economy.
II am in favor of all true econ
omy," the Senator said, but before
an employe Is dismissed 1t should
be clearly ascertafned that his sepa'
. ration from the service Will moi
impair or delay the administrative
machinery"
Musical selections were rendered
at the meeting by a quartet ccm
posed of Elizabeth Maxwell, Lilliar
Chenoweth. Willie l.. Braithwait'
and Harry NJ. Forker, with Mary
Barkman. as accompanisI.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Catch of Over $50.

H. d. Eisenbauer, r. L. Shaffer, ,.
d. ward, c. z. Motto and John
|Keyros returned from Rock Point
Monday night after a days sport
on the water that yielded them
|catch Of more than $50 fish.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23

Pricns realized or Swift & Co. sales Of
csrrass beef in Washington for week endine
ssturdnv. Julv 10. 1921. on shinments sold
ont ranged from IL cents to II cents per
pound. and averaged 1890 cents per pound.
--Adr
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Fishing for BulIfrogs.

Thc-big bullfrogs SO highly priced
by many epicures are said to be more
fhan plentiful at Chevy Chase Lake.
Dne hunting party captured SO in a
kouple of hours one night last week.
The big Featherstone Farm, near
buantico, Is being laid OF in smaller
racts preparatory to sale. The
Fater, front, bordering good fishing.
5 to be sold in plots of a few acres.
Ind several local sportsmen are fig
bring on buying sites for bunga-
ows and the rights for duckfng
linds.
without regard for the high and
buddy water, a fady imbued with
he desire for angling sat on the
ig rock at the eddy below Great
aIIs and landed a fine string of Mis-
issippi cats Sunday.
On a recent trip to Rileyville
harles Kingler and Jack Kane
hught twenty-five fair sized small
houth bass.
- Catches Giant Bass.
Paul Barstow and Eugene Davis
kught twenty-eight bass at Nthe
ikes near Mount Vernon last Sun
by. One fish weighed six and one
hlf pounds and Mr.. Barstow, who
nded tho big fellow. has entered
g catch In the contest for the
eld and Stream and the Alias
fizes and is certain to win some
cognition If not the capital prize.
Mr.. and Mrs Z. l. Mofltt motored
Rock Point a few days ago and
ught hfty-two trout and hard
eads in a couple Of hours fishing.
Members OF the Christian En-
ayor Society Of the Northminster
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23

The old story of the big ones get
ting away was proven by Eugene
Heard a short time ago. Fishing
near Fletchers. he hooked and land
ed an eleven-pound rockfish with the
upper rim of his mouth dangling by
a piece of cartilege. The day before
Mrs. George Halsey had long and
unsuccessful fight with a big hsh
that eventually broke away near the
same point where Mr.. Heard landed
his prize, and is supposed to have
been Sine same one that made the
xet.ayay from Mrs. Halsey.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23

Frank B. Crown, manager OF the
t.aw Reporter Printing Company
land Herbert L. Davis. auditor of the
Supreme Court of the District OF
columbia. spent the weekend fish
tnE at Colonial Beach, Va. and re-
port the catching of a large string
pf hard-heads and trout. This fish-
ing tsIp was the first one taken by
fr. Davis in twenty-five years. The
trout caught by Mr.. Crown were
he first to be seen at the beach this
Reason
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23

r. A. Walker. Harry A. Burr, F..
|De Witt and J. A.Tolson caught
|15O fish at the twin buoys, on
Colonial Beach in a couple of hours
hast Sunday.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
has. Already Biting.

Rig-mouth bass are beginning to
take artificial bait at this early date.
George Marsden. a resident at Gun
ston Cove. is said to have taken two
four-pound fish there one day last
week -