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The Washington herald., 1921-07-15
MOB THREATENS
GIRLS ASSAILANT'

GRANTSVILLE. Nd, July H.
When George DOolittle, 30 years
old. was arraigned for a preliminary
hearing at Uniontown yesterday
upon charges of attack upon Eva
May Nielsen. ~ years old, threats
of violence uttered against the de-
fendant, neeessitated quick action
OIL the part of the authorities.
The hearing had scarcely termi-
mated when ten men, all from Re
public. the home of the girl. made
a futile attempt to get hold of Doc
little. who. in a state of high ner-
vousness. was rushed to the county
jail and placed under guard. No
bond would be accepted for Doo-
little
The Washington herald., 1921-07-15
Fire Alarm Starts
Riot in Baby Clinic

WINCHESTER. Va, July IA
fire alarm broke up a baby clinic
here late yesterday, resulting In a
stampede, at the Chamber of Com
merce rest room.
The alarm was reported from a
section of the city where many OF
the mothers lived. Each thought
her house was afire, and that their
other children might be in danger
Mothers grabbed their babies. some
of whom had been stripped for
weighing and measuring. and ran
pell-mell out of the building, the
infants terrified and screaming.
Word soon came that the fre was
out. A strawstack had caught fire
in a suburban section.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-15
FATHER OF TWELVE
KILLS SELF IN JAIL,

GRANrsvILLE. Nd. Jolly a.
James Hsrrinston committed suicide
In ian st uniontown when he ieap<d
twenty-three feet from the third tier
Of the Jail He had been arrested
following domestic troubles. He
landed on the ground foor. his head
and shoulders striking the concrete.
He died ip q short time Of q fr.e-
tufed skull. He 10 survived by his
wife and twelve chiidren-
The Washington herald., 1921-07-15
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CLARENDON FIRM
GRANTED CHARTER

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 1.-THE
State Corporation Commission has
granted a charter to the Barry
Plate Motor Company, Inc, OF
Clarendon, with a maximum capital
stock of s5e,00o and a minimum of
$2,5o0. Officers and incorporators
are David ]. Barry, president; Les
ter c. Pate, secretary, and William
A. Pate, all of Washington.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-15
AIFXANDRIABOARD
kECTS FIVE new
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Most of Staff from Last
Year Are Elected to
'a.s Serve Again.
TIE HERALD BUREAU,
A. 5. Doniphan
Tp- Efw- afraaf

727 King Street.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July H.
Five new teachers last night were
eleets9 by the city scr ool board in
additional to most of the teachers
who taught at the last session. The
new teachers are Mrs. Helen SPRING
man. Miss Anna Adams, Mrs f. W.
Jones. Miss Eddie Dickert and Miss
Minnie Brock. The board deferred
the. election CT a principal for the
high school
The board decided to purchase
p0f-and fiags for all the public
buildings; also to have necessary
repalesl made to the buildings be-
tween now and the time for reopen
AlE The committee was authorized
to oN1in bids for coal for the
sefpOH
ut the weekly luncheon OF the
E~atls Club this afternoon in the
WfstRtnster building an address on
-Tnblie Utilities was given by j.
c. sDiokerman, engineer for the state
corpo fation commission. Kirk Z.
Wealate. who was a delegate from
thk laeal organization to the ma
tiapaI Convention of the Kiwanians,
made his report and boost prizes
WIRE distributed by Col. Julian Y.
wlliaps and Urban s. Lambert.
tsse sctive members are now on
the roster of the Old Dominion Boat
Cab. ten new members being
elketed last night as follows: ]. C.
BSamell, l. W. corbett. T. E Nc
Dtnough. w. T. Pierpoint, Albert ].
Piss, Everette ]. Pohl, Louis b
Psss. ]. Z. Ross. Paul Simpson, W.
Eserstt Swan j..
The club has completed a re-
vikiOn OF its constitution and by
lafTs and will have them pritned
and distributed to its members next
mbhth.' The club has also nearly
chhpleted the financing necessary
tn .taKe over the old ferry slip re-
csf1tly purchased from the Norfolk
ard Washington steamboat Com
papy at the foot of King street.
Hrs- Ida II. Ezrine has purchased
from Samuel Bendheim and others
tfE three-stOry brick building on
tffs south side of King. between
Royal and Fairfax streets, now used
by the Idle Hour Theater. 4 deed
of transfer was placed on record
this afternoon.
o.
Funeral services for Mrs. Flor.
e7ee Powell Brookes, wife OF Will
Ian Fowle Brookes. who died yes.
terday afternoon at the AIexandria
Hospital. will be held at $50 O'Clock
tofnorrow afternoon at the resi-
dfice. 7Ol Prince street. the Rev
Psrcy Foster Hall. rector OF st
Pspfs Episcopal Church. and tnr
Bay. s A. Wallis, n. D.. rector OF
Bsaddock Episcopal Chapel, oficiat,
The Washington herald., 1921-07-15
LalD Enforcement
Meet in Sand Spring

SANDY SPRING. Nd July IL
At meeting In the interest OF good
government and Law enforcement. to
be held here next Sunday afternoon
under the auspices of the Oiney
Grange and Sandy Spring Society Of
Friends. the principal speakers will
be Wayne B. Wheeler. attorney for
the National Anti-saloon League;
Mrs. Lena Lowe ~Yost, Washington
representative Of the National w. C.
7. u. and George W. Chabbe, sup
erintendent of the Maryland Anti
Saloon League.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-15

ing. Burial will be in Ivy Hill
Cemetery.
Mrs. Brookes besides her hus hus-
band Is survived by four children,
Nj Ether Foowle Brookes and Will
lam Fowle Brookes, this city; Mrs.
William L. Packard. Geneva, N. Y,
and A. Powell Brookes, Baltimore.
Joseph Burns Mudd. 2 years old,
son of MBr. and Mrs. Heekiah Mudd.
died yesterday at the home of his
parents, COS South Patrick street
The funeral will take place at 10
o'clock tomorrow at St Mary's
Catholic Church.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
The Burnt Forest.

once these gaunt trees were young and
green.
Forming a forsnt. cool and Seep,
Where day and night man walked un-
seen.
But now they stand here. chsrred and
lean.
Like faded hopes that break our sleep.
Fair crimson flames have swept their
leaves
And garnered them as nothingness.
SO, through the day man stops and
grieves
THAT beauty whom bright death be-
reaves
Must lose It's subtle power to bless.
But twilight time, these trees so stark
and bare.
BY Immortality arc blest;
Then mocking death that found them
fair,
Their blaclsened branches flame and
flare.
Alght with sunset from the west
vroLrr ALLsrN sIoRrv.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
Viviani Starts Home To-day by Paris
Other Noted Frenchmen Also Sailing Spend Christ
mas in France-Americans OFF for Europe

When Mr.. Rene Viviani, French dele
gate to the armament conference. and
Mrs. Viviani start back to France to-
day by the Paris they Will have among
their fellow passengers q number or
other seagoers also of international re-
nown. There will be Mr.. Stephane Lau-
zanne. editor of lie Mdttn, and Lieut.
Col. Requin. Also among the passengers
will be Mr.. Jacdues Dior. son OF the
Minister of Commerce of France, and
Mrs Francois de Tassan. All hope to
spend Christmas at home.
Mr.. Reginald b. Lanier and his bride,
who was Miss Helen Cameron. will sail
by the French liner They were married
Monday in the Huntington Memorial
Chapel of tire Cathedral of st. John the
Divine and will remain abroad several
weeks. Mr.. Maurice Laguionie. proprie-
tor of the Printemps stores In Paris.
which were destroyed recently by fire.
will sail He has been here to study the
best department store methods In New
York with the idea of Incorporating them
into his reconstructed store. He will be
accompanied by Mr.. Georges Wybo. an
architect Of Paris.
Others going by the Paris will be Mr..
JACQUES SseIigmann, art dealer; the Duke
de Vallombrosa, who is accompanying
Col. II. III. Harjes Mr.. Charles Hackett,
opera singer. and Mrs Hackett; MT.
Samuel M. vauclain, president OF the
baldwin Locomotive Works; Count
Psoul d'Arnaud, who was director Oh
the French exhibition train in Canada ;
Mr.. E l.. Gillot, French artist, VINO
was commissioned by the French Gov
ernment to make some paintings OF
scenes at the Armament Conference A.
Millen. proprietor of the Cafe de Ia FalX
IN paris. and Mr.. Harry N. Hart OF the
banking firm of West & Co. In Fniia-
delphia. and Mrs Hart.
The Centennial State OF the United
states Lines will sail to-day Tor bou-
Iogne. Plymouth and London. Among
the messengers will be Mr.. George ..
Andrew. Mr.. II. G. Bates, Mr.. and Mrs
" S. Brundage. Mrs. d. ID. Brunoage,
Mr.. II. e. Middleton. and Misses Hazei
Aiken. Mary J. Brundage and vera d.
Kennedy.
nue.. who sailed yesterday by the Aaul-
tania. will 60 first to London and then
70 Paris In the Ritz Hotel In the lat
ter cdty she will be Joined by Mr.. Neal
later IN the winter.
According to cable advices received
at the Cunard Line offices YESTERDAY
the Scythia sailed from Liverpool iast
saturday with seventy-nine first, l9f
second and 239 third class passengers.
She is carrying also a large amount OF
Christmas mail, having on board 423o
bars OF mail and 2,303 bags OF parcel
most matter. Among the passengers are
Major Sir Robert Green Price, Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster General Tor
Great Britain since 1918; Sir james
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
China's Mineral Wealth.

The coal fields of China now
roughly surveyed are estimated to
be as large as all the coal lands of
North America. Coal occurs in most
of the provinces of China proper and
in nearly every province OF Manchu-
ria. Shansi Is q province of China
proper scarcely three hundred miles
from Tientsin, the port OF Pekin,
with which it has railway connec.
ton. The coal fields of this province
underlie about thirty thousand square
miles OF territory. and, according to
British authorities, several of the
coal seams are twenty feet or moro
in thickness. Much OF the coal of
Shansi is anthracite of excellent
quality, and II is estimated that these
deposits constitute about four-flfths
OF the worlds supply Of hard coal.
Iron ores are about as abundant
as coal and the deposits Of Shansi
have been worked for many years.
The mills and smelteries at Hankow,
in the province of Hupeh, are quite
as modern as any in the United
States and are probably the largest
in China. The output Of these plants
has an outlet by rail to Tientsin and
by the Yangtse to the Pacific.
British. japanese and German
companies in the past have operated
these ventures aud they have been
profitable undertakings. In recent
years public sentiment has set
strongly against granting further
concessions 90 foreigners. and, mas
much as such concessions have usu-
ally carried with them certain
amount Of railway control, all to the
disadvantage Of China's economic
freedom. 1t is not surprising that the
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
The Conqueror Sails.

The only foreign soldier who ever
captured all of the United States is
evacuating to-day with his spoils.
He has ended campaign wider in
its geographical stretches than the
great terrain Of his European victo
ries. Night and day, in forced
marches, living of the country" he
has spread his conquest of a non.
resisting people. Never, even before
the mightiest onslaughts of reception
committees, spellbinders and Chefs,
has he lowered an arm or an eyelid.
"The best defence is attack" has been
an aphorism as useful on the banquet
front as on the Western.
He sails away with better booty
than ever conqueror before had
pressed upon him by the captured
and captivated. Swords, batons, uni.
versity degrees-and memories. These
last, we fancy, will be the most treas,
ured of all the trophies carried back
to the quiet home gardens for con
temptation in the sunset years.
Good-by, Marshal FocH, and come
again! We hope you found America
up to the standard of the men 1t sent
abroad to serve under you. We hope
YOU leave us thinking half as we'll of
us as we think of you, master OF
strategy in peace as In war.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
Judge Lands Upheld.
The Game OF Baseball Pronounced
Greater Than Babe Ruth.

To THE New YORK HERALD: The old
est fan in Scranton should not worry
too much over Babe Ruth's sentence and
the effect IL will have on baseball next
season, because baseball Is bigger than
Ruth In spite OF the fact that the Babe
thought that he was bigger than the
game.
IL did not need the sentence imposed
on Ruth by the high commissioner to
make the public aware of this fact
baseball was interesting countless num-
bers when the Babe was still In his
swaddling clothes. And if anything
should happen to the champion home run
hitter to prevent him from playing
again It Is safe to assume that the turn
stiles would not grow rusty on that
account.
There are some persons who see only
good resulting from the punishment in
fiicted on the man who announced last
October that he intended TO violate one
OF the standing rules by exhibiting his
home run making powers in the small
towns. 1t may be that these people are
too optimistic. but they think that the
opening made in the outfied by the sus-
pension OF Meusel and Ruth may be the
means OF developing a star previously
unknown. This seems too optimistic be-
cause when the Yanks prepare to MI the
gap u n certain they won't experiment.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14

cold, dark cave reserved for business
skeletons.
More about the discoveries of the
Commission: Prices are no longer
the cause OF open combat among big
business concerns. The same end is
gained covertly by obtaining dis
criminatory advantages in the pur-
chase of raw materials. Nor do in
terlocking directorates necessarily
connote sinister purpose in this age
Of refined commercial cannibalism.
They are simply bugaboos robbed
of their backbones. The new and i'm
proved method is for the control OF
a small group OF shareholders to be
exercised through as many sets of
hired directors as there are COM
panies. The men behind the scenes
do not appear on the boards at all.
During the year the Commission
has had 514 applications for COM
plants about unfair practices and
has served 1T formal complaints.
AS a result of its work, which In
most cases took the form Of smooth
ing out the complaints without court
action, the progress of business has
been facilitated and much valuable
data have been compiled for the use
of future economic Investigators.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14

Chinese should resent the loss OF
their resources.
The extent of the copper deposits
is not fully known, but there is
enough ore in sight to supply the ma.
tion's electrical requirements for a
century or more to come. Not much
is known concerning the petroleum
supply, except that the oil horizons of
the upper Yangtse watershed are re-
ported to be extensive.
Power fuel, iron and copper are re.
sources Of economic development that
are not surpassed by those of any
other nation in the Old World or the
New. The possible future of China is
a prospect at which to marvel. But
railways and more waterways are
necessary to put these resources in
competition with the rest Of the
world; and when one considers the
enormous possibilities of cheap labor
in China-in many instances cheaper
than machine operation elsewhere
competition with China might be a
difficult problem to meet. Perhaps
science and education may enable the
competitors of future China to hold
their own. Because Of labor troubles
in the Occident, manufacturers are
establishing plants in the Orient for
the purpose of manufacturing the
wares that now are a part of our ex-
port trade.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
Improvement in the Exchanges.

Under present conditions when the
dollar recedes from its abnormally
high price in the foreign exchange
market the effect Is the same as when
fever patients temperature takes a
sudden drop. The indication is a
! hopeful one, but it does not mean
that the patient has recovered.
Our trade for November consisted
of 1895, 100000 exports and S211,300,
900 imports, leaving merchandise
balance in our favor of $S4,200, 900,
the smallest of any month this year.
We imported $52, 100000 net in gold
and silver and exported $30,500,000
net in capital, including loans to
Brazil, Chile and Cuba, making a
tota, Offset of practically sS3,00o,00o
against the merchandise balance.
In addition to this almost even
balance in our visible and invisible
trade, other factors of Importance
have had their influence in relieving
the pressure on foreign currencies.
The reparations are to be remitted
by Germany under supervision of the
Central Banks, so as to cause a mini
mum of disturbance to the interna-
tional money market.
For the first time since May, 1920,
India reported a favorable trade bal
ance in September; conditions in the
Argentine and in Brazil improved
during October; the Senate has ap-
proved the appointment of a funding
commission to handle the inter-Gov-
ernment loans granted by the United
States Treasury; the Irish question
has been solved, and a more reason
able attitude has been adopted in mat
ters which seriously interfere with
international trade.
This is the season of the year
when banks and governments of other
nations withdraw their balances
from New York for window dressing.
A large cash reserve in home vaults
always looks good on the New Years
balance sheet. In pre-war years
these Withdrawals caused a demand
for foreign currencies and sent their
quotations up. But for several years
there have been only lean foreign
balances to withdraw.
The return of more normal trade
balances is bringing with 1t revival
Of natural influences in foreign ex.
change. This renders all business
calculations subject to constant re
vision as readjustment progresses,
but in the end it will bring beneficial
results to all nations.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
The Passing Trains.
Thirteen Counted on Trip Between
New York and San Francisco.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Regard
ing the trains that pass in the night"
I would say that Miss Austin is right in
her contention that thirteen trains would
be passed on a trip between New York
and San Francisco. assuming that only
through trains are running on this
mythical railroad.
On the assumption that It takes six
days to make the trip, the train leav-
Ing New York say December S. would
pass the December train from San
Francisco as the former is leaving New
York. It will pass the December
train from San Francisco halfway across
the continent. Thus 1t will pass
the December 2, 3. 4, 8. 6. and s
trains from San Francisco between New
York and the halfway point. From
there on It will pass the December 9.
10. II, 12, 13 and IA trains from San
Francisco, the latter Just as 1t was en-
tering San Francisco. making a total Of
thirteen trains. Elk RAILRoADER.
NEW YORK, December IS.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
Cannibalism in Business.

Among naturalists CHARLES DAE-
wIN never had much OF reputation
as a corporation lawyer. Among
corporations of certain species now
cxtant there is no disposition to quar-
rel over the matter; they are con-
tent to turn his theory Of natural
selection to their own uses without
quibbliug over the exact status Of its
originator.
The Federal Trade Commission dis.
s.rs-s III It's annual report the dis
covery that these corporations often
crave to swallow their competitors
in the old fashioned way, but are
restrained from such boldness, not by
compunction but the fearsome Clay
ton and Sherman acts.
IL has been found by the Commits
sion that Corporations frequently
now absorb competitors, not by &C
ouiring the capital shares, but by
acquiring the physical assets" The
competitor is not swallowed JACKIE;
and all. The outer cloak of capital
shares is removed and hung VI
where Santa Claus, the Department
OF Justice and all others may see the
victim is safe, sound and prosperous
The Carcass. stripped of its nourish
ling physical assets, is buried in some
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
lrelands Momentous Day.

For Ireland and her friends
throughout the world this is day
fraught with great expectations. To-
day the British House of Commons
and the Irish Parliament will meet in
their respective capitals to accept or
reject the treaty which provides for
an Irish Free State.
Ratification in London appears to
be certainty. The Empire has
applauded the meeting of the Gov
ernment's mind with the mind of
COLLINS, GRIFFITH and their Sim
Fein colleagues. No Tory opposition
could withstand the moral power be-
hind LLOYD GEORGE. Liberals, Con
servatives-even strong Unionists-
are for new Ireland.
1t would be a bitter disappoint-
ment If by any political strategy the
irreconcilables should be able to I'm
pede progress in Dublin. But 1t seems
likely that the Dali Eireann will
stand behind MICHAEL COLLINS and
Arthur GRIFFITH. If it should fail,
then there will be an appeal to the
people of Southern Ireland.
Surely Ireland will vote to take her
place among the nations. Her mem
ories and her dreams demand it. Not
in centuries has the cup of liberty
been so close to her dry lips.
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
No Plastering on March IL.

After the instances of labor union
discipline" which Mr.. UNTERMYER
exhibited to the public months ago,
il is hard to find anything new in
that line which will ey.~dse indigna-
tion. The public may be inclined to
smile when it hears about the plas-
terers' union which fined several of
its German, Italian and Hebrew
members $40 apiece for working on
st. Patrick's Day.
When an autocratic union wishes
to embarrass employers, scare mem
bers and incidentally rake i'm some
easy money, any excuse will do. st.
Pstrick's Day happened to be the
handiest nail to hang fine on. II
the union cared to 1t would have
fined its Irish members for working
on Yom Kippur. the Bastile ami.
versary or st. AnthQny's Day.
II is like the old story Of the man
The New York herald., 1921-12-14
Oil Polluted Waters.
Merchant Vessels Do the Best They
Can, Says a Shipmaster.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: AS a
shipmaster I have taken a keen interest
in efforts TO place the blame for.the pol
luton of the harbor with oil and would
be the last one to claim that merchant
vessels are blameless, but / do believe
that the point has tcen reached where
no more can be done by those who man
the ships.
Fuel oil is messy. to say the least. but
doubt II the steamboat inspectors
would excuse an engineer for keeping
it in his bilges because he thought 1t
would mess up beach. AS for the fire
menace. putting 1t overheard would be
the less Of two evils. Some day we hope
to have a refuse oil toat to come along
side when needed. Then there will be
no reprimands from inspectors for oil
in fire room b.lges and the bather will
take his dip and not require gasolene
rundown afterward.
1t will not require Captain Hanrahans
inspectors to keep me from dumping oil
over in the harbor, and 1 believe the
same will hold true for all other sea-
faring men. We like a swim at the
nearby beaches and the pleasure comes
too high for any of is to mar It by wal
lowing in our own fuel oil.
Last summer I took a swim at Ocean
View. Va, and when I emerged / re-
quired a gallon Of gasolene to save me
from sharing the shady part of a Jim
Crow car with colcred gentry. The
beach was black with fuel OIL. All the
inhabitants blamed the destroyers and
other warships anci ored in Hampton
Roads. Previous to this I blamed some
non-bathing confreres Of mine for such
things. But no one knows better than
Captain Hanrahan that the navy does
not do such things II it can be avoided.
Therefore II the navy cant avoid It
surely merchant vessels can't
CHARLES r. FoRNAsoN.
BROOKLYN, December IS.