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The Washington herald., 1921-06-04
Building Permits

7504-To T. J. Rice, garage, 1856
shepherd st NV; lot 66, 50 2s24.
7soS-To Z. +. Miller, garage, 1854
shepherd st NV; lot 81. 50 2s24.
7507-To Henry Sherry. sign, 1916
st 10: lot s14. 50 1900.
15os Mrs. NJ. b. McHenry,
sign. New York ave NV; lot
7511-To Max Cordover, garage,
21s Morgan st NV: lot 81. so 555.
7512-To ]. p. Evans, raze build
ing, HOS 21st st NV: lot 9, SO 100.
7514-To H. F. Martell garage,
1920 18th st NV: lot 81, so 2604.
5lS-To r.. L. sherwood. 1901
Sth st NV; lots and s, So 400.
75lS-To F. J. Smith. garage. 242s
North Capitol st; lot 40; SO 1904.
7sl7-To II. Dillon. garage. 719
Varnum st NV; lot 81. So S1s7.
7s1s-To Blair Lee, sign, 715 18th
st NV: lot z. 50 167.
751s-To M. Taylor. garage. 1928
9Th st NV; lot S04. 50 ATS.
7522-To National Savings &
Trust Co.. sign, 71s 14th st NV: lot
12. So 252.
752s-To Mrs. NJ. Osborne. wall
5615 Blair rd; lot s6-s7. So 1746.
1525-To A. P. Ruth, garage
Brandywine st between 2sth and
3oth SITS NV: lot 5s-23, So 2255.
7526-To w. r. Z. Co, two signs
62s New Jersey ave NV; lot SIS
SO 626.
7527-To J. F. Scott, garage, 1905
7th st NV: lot As. SO s134.
752s-To ]. Haas. shed, 1906
Brothers pl Sc: lot 81. 50 E6oo4.
752s-To s. M. Komiskey. sign
2s6 Georgia ave NV: lot s2s. 50
2sss.
7sao-To A. t. Bronaugh. sign
3401 18th st NV; lot 21. 50 1886.
7531-To Dome Oil Co., raze
building. 4th and Cedar SITS NV; lot
., 50 31sS
75ss-To r. H. Slaughter. garage
ia s st ne: lot 81. SO 1861.
7534-To ]. Skin. sign. 4e3 Penn
sylvania ave NV: lot $40. SO 4e1.
7535-To s. H. Berman, window,
41ss fth ST NV: lot "a. 50 AIS.
7535-a-To s. Borowski. house,
Mckinley st between 3sth and 37th
SITS NV; lot 2. SO 1899.
7ss7-Te NJ. L. StubeI. garage. 1s
r 81, NV: lot 81. 50 s1o1.
7s3a-To J. j. Mocks. excavation.
1929 10th st NV; lot 11s, 50 100.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-04
Plays Detective
To Assault Girl;
Gets Year in Jail

George Aikens, colored hacker.
IS years old. of 1875 Z street north
west was sent to Jail for one year
Thursday by Judge Hardison for an
attack on Cornelia Coleman, also
colored, on May %.
The girl testified that Aikens met
her at Eleventh street and Penn
sylvania avenue northwest at mid
night and represented himself as
Detective Jackson Of headquarters.
and then arrested her for being out
late at night without a permit
Aikens compelled the girl to get
in his automobile, she said, and
took her to the first precinct, stop
ping only a few seconds, and then
drove down Twelfth street When
she repelled his advances, she al
legged, he pushed her from the car
She was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-04
Seeks to Create Party
Lines on Reserve Board

The house committee on banking
and currency yesterday rejected an
amendment TO the federal reserve
act requiring that not more than
four Of the seven members of the
federal reserve board should belong
to one party. At present there is
no political Limitation on the ap-
pointments-
The amendment was proposed by
Representative Stevenson of South
Carolina democrat, in connection
with the consideration of the Nc
Fadden bill abolishing the office Of
controller of the currency. The COM
mittee voted to against the
amendment.
Comptroller of the Currency Girls
singer has been invited to appear
before the committee next week to
express his views as to the proposed
adjustment of his office.
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What Congress Did Yesterday.

A.s.si.E se~tss. - u ne set Of
Ne VIA. Kres1er, PennsyIv..t.
frsesssefng frsuA ups. the ,uArs~
~ making sf aissenfus ti.~ f.I.e
stassaents sP assertss,. e,.r.,-s.~
any aercAandise, esnn>Sftse. -
eurfsses, or service a.6 .r.v,As.~
penalties fer the vfsistf.. sh..e.s
Ne. es14. kraus, I.ata..-T. -
tAsrAse the esnstruetie. :, .
sersss the wabasA river ~ u...s-
ten, I.A.
Ne. ssls, M.l..., u...
.st.erise the President ts a.
E' Chapnan m sAeer
onited States army.
soie, Lasars. Lsuisfa.s-re
nc .ere dehaite The set Iiuitt..
n. n. esls. Scott. MseAi<..-r.
stnefse the secretary .f f,ters.,
Issue patent In fee sin,le I.
state OF Michigan Of q eertat. tract
aaha to be used M q game refuse.
n. osls. Reach, MissourS-Fer
sAe relief OF Leon Csrrinxte. Han.
.ate . cadet NJ United state. milf
tary academy.
n n. osle, Ryan. New York-Ts
Nssiate the prices Of hotel roe~s
In the District Of Columbia.
n. n Ss2o, Beck, WiseoustI-To
eenne fmitatfoa evaporated nlik a.
imposang . tax upon, and reruIs tic.
ef the manufacture, sale, fmpert.-
uen and exportatfon of fmitstio.
evaporated milk.
n. n oszl, Mondell, wyoninG-To
permit an agreement between the
states Of Arizona, California, Cole
rade. Nevada, New Mexico, Utsh and
Wyomfng, respecting the dispositfeu
and apportionment Of the waters of
the Colorado river,
H. X. 6s22, Frothingham, Masss-
ehusetts-To provide for the promo
Hon Of the senior major general on
TIE active list Of the United states
army.
Resolutions Infroduced.
No. = 1oS, veIk, New York-Au-
thorizinE the appointment of ave
members Of the house of represent
atfSes to Investigate certain charges
OF the New York American against
the American Red Cross I'm New
York.
No. Iss, vsIstead, Minnesota
For the Immediate consideration Of
the .Volstead supplemental beer bill.
Joint Resolutions Intredseed.
No. I42. Kahn, California-Stating
the true meaning and intent of the
provisions relating 10 the erection
and use OF the George washinEten
memorial building I'm the act A.
proved March 4. 1913.
Committee Meetings Today.
Ways and Means, majority mem
hers, 10t3o, executive.
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Highest. SO; lowest. SO.
Relative humidity, a. m. Nj: 2
p. m, IS: s p. M 60.
Rainfall Is y. m. to y. MI. 0.
Hours of sunshine, 14.s.
Per cent of possible sunshine, 100.
Departures From Normal.
Accumulated excess Of tempera-
ture since January !. 1921, 773.
Deficiency of temperature since
June 1. 1891. 4.
Accumulated deficiency of precipi-
tation since January /, 1921. 2.o5.
Deficiency of precipitation since
June 1, 1921, 0.3s.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, s6; lowest, 10.
Tide Conditions.
High water, SOS a. m, 3 IT. 5 in.
s:3s p. m. IT., . in.
Low water. 12:17 a. m. in; 1907
D. m. 2 in.
Sun rises, 4:Is q m; sets. 1923
p. m
Moon rises. s:ss a. m: sets. $3.50
p. m
The Washington herald., 1921-06-04
RECALLS VAGARIES
OF OLD GLEN ECHO
ELECTRIC ROAD
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

as though 1t was not quite sure that
everything was regular. and hesi-
tating at times as though 1t feared
the consequences.
How this appropriation Of the
other company's right of way was
settled" said the first settler, "is
not quite clear in my mind. but not
long after this event, by some means
not known to me and still a mys-
terry to most of us living here. the
Washington and Great Falls absorb
ed the old Glen echo line. and
there" unused the oldest inhabi-
tant. pointing to an imposing gray
stone\building, half hidden by many
years of underground, 'is the old
powerhouse, all that is left to re-
mind us of old Glen Echo Electric
railroad.
Once owned Powerhouse.
That powerhouse." said the pio-
neer. with some show of bitterness,
was once mine. Here I have a
deed from the Baltzley heirs. dated
March 4, 1914, Tallapoosa, Ga, for
that powerhouse and the ground
upon which 1t stands. i used II as
a stable until in, / think 1t was
1915, the Washington Railway and
Electric elected me and placed
watchmen to prevent me from re-
entering II. With all my money
invested. could not night the case
and / finally settled with that COM
pany for the ridiculous sum of SIS.
Lately 1 have offered them $500,
only to be laughed at. estimate
the value to be many times that
amount.
The history of the Washington
and Great Falls railroad is well
known to most people of Washing
ton. but should you care to hear II
I will be pleased to relate II for
your beneft any time"
The Washington herald., 1921-06-04
d. C. Buyers in New York.

NEW YORK, June 3.-Tbese Dis
trict buyers are registered at New
York hotels:
Goldenberg, MA Rosenthal, no.
tions, jewelry. leather goods. per-
fumery. toilet goods, umbrellas. EOS
Fifth avenue. Martinique.
kann. S. Sons Col. Simon. white
goods; Miss c. Herman. infants
wear. 432 Fourth avenue.
Woodwood & Lothrop-C. H. Hos
pital, silks; F. E. Mack. domestics,
linens, white goods: w. f. Leimberg,
mems furnishings goods: Mrs. ]. C.
Nourse, notions, art embroideries,
stationery. 334 Fourth avenue.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-04

Assistant Secretary Of Treasury
Clifford asked public buiIdings and
grounds commfttee for eS00, go to
complete work On Speedway Public
Health Service hospital at Chicago.
Immigration commfttee consid-
cred naturalixatiea Iegislatfen.
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HOUSE.

Met at II m. and adjourned At
$50 p. m. until noon Monday.
Resumed consideration Of bill to
under one head.
Democrats and republicans united
to extend scope Of Borah dissrma-
.e.t a.e.s.e.t On naval apprepri.-
tion bill.
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THE WEATHER
Fsreca-t Tor r.a., and T.-.rr.w

For the District
of Co 1u m b la,
showers and cool
or today; tomor-
row fair and con-
tinued cool; mod
crate northwest to
north winds.
Virginia, 4 thun-
dershowers today.
cooler In north
portion; tomorrow
generally fair,
cooler In south
portion: variable
winds becoming
northeast
The Washington herald., 1921-06-04
Bills Reported.

Porter peace resolution reported
favorabIy by foreign Affairs COM
mittee over negative votes Of all
democratic memberx-
Judiciary eommittee reported bill
autherfsing appointment Of an adaf-
tionaI Judge for the district Of Min
nesota.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14
Compel, OPEN BIDDING.

So stronr opposition is being put up OS
..,,,r interests to the bill introduced In
,.a,.,s,nre forbidding close specifications
..no~.,sinr for bids for paving roads that
senator Parry, the father of the BILL mas iounu
--....arv ~ issue a statement denying some
-. charges being brought against the meas
ire in an effort to bring about its detea1
rno .harre has been made by the represent
,.t;ve of the patent pavement concern ""t
,he Parry bill would lar the patented pave
49,. neopIe from bidding. Mr.. Parry denies
.n,s He quotes from Other states " sno" 'h"'
...o,, navemeut people have successfully
competed with other pavements IN open oU
a,nr They have got to meet the price, N0"
ever. and this they would avoid II close Sp9o
fications are permitted.
The basic patent on Warrenite' II SEEMS
r;red a wear or two ago. but now the "ar'eh"e
concern is putting out a new patented nateiaA
c.,,sd warrenite Bitulithic. Senator Parry De-
ueves that there is something very sisnilica"' ~
~. fact that cerain boards of freehoioers' VIM
! shouting for warrenite a few years ago. are
ox inst as enthusiastically in favor OF warren
lite Bitulithie. ase
ar % time that New Jersey should release
tte erin which the patented paving companies
have had uuon many of our boards OF freehoiu-
AAo \ ~
: and some of the other governing ooopes'
senator Parry concludes. New Jersey neeus
naw roads and many Of them. The cost VIII
ns heavy enough at the best but the passage Oh
sr omen specification bill will actually save mn
lions Of dollars to the people of New Jersey IN
the next few years"
senator Parry's bill ought to be passed. Inere
O. No sense of the taxpayers paying millions Oh
dollars into the pockets Of the patented pave
rent concern for a road material that Is no oo'-
err and. TO all appearances. is exactly the same as
rho material that can be laid much cheaper De-
capse there are no royalties to be paid on IL.
One of the essentials is to have honest ONCE
holders TO give out the contract. Thre is good
reason to believe that there is much graft IN
the awarding OF some paving contracts. free-
holders and officials who persist In awarding
contracts to patent paving concerns at a price
puch in advance of what a similar pavement
could be laid, that is not controlled by patents
aT themselves open to suspicion.
senator Parry's bill strikes at a great eVl anu
m extravagance in awarding paving contracts
in New Jersey. 1t remains to be seen "hether
or not the patent pavement interests are strong
enough to prevent is passage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14
GOAL PRICES AND COLD STORAGE.

AT a meeting of the Central New Jersey Coai
Exchange at Elizabeth. recently representative
Of the coal operators, told the dealers that the
prospects Of getting cheaper coal are not very
bright; that they should go forth and aoNSe
the public to buy next winters coal no" at
the prevailing prices or there is likely 10 De d
coal shortage next winter. The mines must De
worked for twelve months a year IN oroer 10
supply the demand, the operators representa-
tiyes said, and unless plenty of orders are forth
coming the mines will not be worked steadily;
The production of the miners will be reduced and
the dreaded Independent operators will again
come into the field with their high-priced COAL
Such high-handed talk as this leads the
Plainfield Courier-News to ask why, during the
slack period. the mines are not continued IN
operation at full time in order to pile up a sur
plus to be sold during the winter. The large
storage grounds at South Plainfield, South Am
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14

%. is a man that was married in
April. 1920, required to pay income
tax for 1920?-B. S. F..
A. A man whose status on De-
cember 81, 1920. was that OF a
married man, may claim $4,000 ex-
emption when filing income tax re-
turns. go
o.. What are some of the distin-
gnishing marks of the different
breeds of beef cattle ?-F. A. w.
A. H%erefords have white faces.
white on legs, and under side OF
body. the bulk of body being red:
Angus are polled (hornless). SOLID
black in color and are smallest OF
the beef breeds. Shorthorns are
the largest, have the best developed
HEADQUARTERS, and may be reo' reu
and white pure white or roam. The
galloway Is polled solid black,
though occasionally some brown is
shown and has a long, curly, silky
coat.
O.. I have seen illusions to Bel
nbecor. Who or what was he?-
F. f. F.
A. Belphegor was a certain arch
| demon, who, according to an old
story, was chosen by lot to i've on
earth for 10 years with a wife, to
test the statement that wives
brought their husbands to hell. Dis
mayed, he fed from the terrors OF
the married state. f.
O. Was Moliere the real name OF
the famous Frenchman who bore
IT'D. L. H.
A. Moliere was the stage name of
| Jean Baptiste Poquelin. Like Vol
taire. whose name was Francois
xr- --.s+ he Dc EnnUvn m IA m e
by a name which he selected for
himself.
existence?-N. E. S.
A. There is a stream called the
River Styx in Mammoth Cave,
| Kentucky; also a river by this name
in Alabama
@. How did pictures called sill
houettes get that name?-F. H.
"A. The name was derived from
"de Silhouette the name of an un-
popular Minister of Finance OF
! France. On account of his rigid
measures of economy. in 1853, the
Parisians applied his name to any
thing incomplete, OIL imperfect. par
ticularly to the outlined PRONE
which became unpopular at this
time.
q. How does lIeidnu conip"'e
with Rhode Island in size?-J. 5.
A. The area of Ireland is 32,6O5
square miles, while Rhode Island
has 1858 square miles of land sur
face.
W. P.
A. Easter Sunday is the first
Sunday after the first full moon af-
ter the 21st of March. This year II
will fall on March 81.
O. who are eligible to soldiers
honest. M. c.
A.The regulation covering this
subject provides that only those who
have had some service as enlisted
mem in the Regular Army are elig-
ihIe for admission t United States
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
POOR

Sometimes I think the human
race has very little fun; less pleas
ure than the brutes that chase and
gambol in the sur. I'd like to be a
bob-o-link and circle in the air; for
little birds like this. l think. know
naught of human care. They bear
no burden on their backs. no weary
load that kills; they do not pay an
income tax, or face big monthly
bills. I'd like to be a kangaroo up
on a desert plain. and 1 would hop
a mile or two, and then hop back
again. Sometimes sad thoughts like
these I think, when life has made
me hot: but some one shoots the
bob-o-link, and l remain unshot.
The lower animals I view, and think
them satisfied; but some one Stays
the kangaroo that he may tan its
hide. I'D like to be a crocodile" in
peevish mood 1 wall, "and / would
swim the storied Nile and smash
things with my tail" But crocodiles
know little mirth. and much of woe
they've known: for every critter on
This earth has troubles of its own.
But cats and wolves and grizzly
bears and COWS and birds and snakes
don't publish forth their daily cares,
their little pains and aches. They
take existence as 1t comes, the bitter
with the sweet, and, being short of
muffled drums. they look for things
to eat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14

People try hard to be charitable
to the memory of those who COM
nit suicide. No longer are they
buried at the crossroads with a
stake driven through the heart and
deprived the rites of Christian burial
or hope of the life everlasting. Now
adays we try to prove that they
were insane, or that the unfortunate
event was the result of an accident.
This is all very well for the MEM
DRY of the dead, and often more
than he deserves: but how about the
living? They are left with a burden
and a disgrace and a shock from
which they will not ecove for
years.
If you must commit suicide, jump
off the deck of an ocean steamer In
the presence of witnesses, and leave
behind you plainly written state
ments that will prevent other per-
sons from being suspected of your
murder or blamed unjustly for driv-
ing you to your grave. Do not sub
ject your friends to the humiliation
of the inquest or the expense and
trouble of the funeral and the clean
ing up of the muss made by your
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14

how. Perth Amboy, Bayonne and Hampton juno
ton are referred to. showing how coal used to
be stored during the summer for winter use.
There is no doubt that this is what ought to
be done. There is no excuse for shutting down
the mines because there are no immediate or
ders to be filled at that particular time. Know
ing full well that within a month or two there
will be more orders than can be taken care or
The operators ought to prepare for such a time
by piling up a surplus.
In regard to storage. however, the public can
net escape its share of responsibility for the
discontinuance Of the practice. 1t was only a
few wears ago that the various county boards
Of taxation. thinking to greatly increase the rat
abies Of the counties in which these enormous
coal piles were located, decided to tax them as
stock in trade. The coal companies that con-
trolled these storage grounds maintained that
the coal was in transit. that it was only placed
in the storage grounds temporarily until It could
be shipped on further and that. therefore, it was
was a market for it and that therefore, it was
not taxable in the localities where these stock
yards existed. The matter was carried into the
courts and the courts decided that coal to be in
transit had to be kept in cars and that once 1t
was dumped into bins or piles it became taxable
where such bins or piles were located.
Rather than pay this tax. therefore. the coal
companies abandoned the storage grounds. AS
is it impossible to tie up the coal cars for any
length of time and as there would not be track
age sufficient to store any great number of cars
anyway. no more coal is stored with the result
that the country lives a hand-to-mouth exis-
tence on the winter.
But that does not excuse the present exorbi-
tant price of coal. If some of these investiga-
tions into the coal situation that have been 60
ing on for the last few years would only result
in some real action. the coal operators repre-
sentatives would not be talking SO boldly about
buying coal for next winter at existing prices
in order to avoid a famine later on. This is a
crime against a long-suffering public and should
be ended forthwith.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14

Tell a woman that she has Chiseled Features,
if YOU care to, but for Heavens sake do not
intimate that her head was Turned.
This would be a fine world if we would do
for our children half as much as we wish our
parents had done for us.
The shiftless man who used to blame his pow
erty on the Trusts now has the H. c. OF l.. as
an alibi.
Unless there is a slight improvement in your
own conduct YOU won't notice that the World is
Growing Better. 900
Another funny thing is how a big woman will
lake a little man seriously.
Don't knock your enemy. 1t makes him feel
good to think that you have taken notice OF him.
A modern girls idea of Love IN a Cottase
The man who keeps his mouth shut may De
lust as big a fool as you are. But you can't
prove it.
some men are So henpecked that you get the
impression that Eve was made from Adams
backbone.
Even when a woman has to use a shoe horn
to get her skirt on she hates to admit that she
is getting Stout.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14

Soldiers Homes. These include
every soldier. active, retired or hon.
orably discharged. who has served
20 years or more in the Army,
which includes the Regular, Volun-
teer or National Army. U. S. Guards
of National Guards called or drafted
into the Federal service; every SOL
der of the same units who Is rem
dered incapable of earning his W.
livelihood by reason of disease or
wounds incurred in the military SER
vice of the United States. and In
line of duty; and other soldiers of
similar units who were enlisted men
in the Army during the war. who
have had service where the m
forces of the United States have
been employed and their lives haz-
arded In military operations. or who
have contributed to the support OF
the home, and who are, by reason
of wounds. sickness, old g or
other disability, unable to earn their
own livelihood.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-14
HAVE COURAGE TO LIVE
az DIR. W. "a. BARTON

experiment with deadly weapons or
poison.
But what a cowardly thing it is!
What a dishonest thing!
There are sane suicides. They hnd
themselves involved in trouble, gen.
orally of their own making. ana
they decide to let other people tax
the responsibility OF paying the
debts or of caring for the other re-
sponsibilities. 1t is not brave nor
manly nor honest.
In times following wars, there IS
always a readjustment of values. and
ar increased number of business
embarrassments. That is a time
when a good many men of no very
strong convictions begin to wonder
whether life is worth living. and
whether they would not be better
off dead than living. But that is not
the whole problem. There are times
on the battlefield when a man may
better die a hero than live a coward.
There are times when it is better to
live. an inconspicuous hero, strug-
Cling on with the load and doing
ones duty faithfully. than to die a
coward.