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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-29
Good
Morning
Judge
By Rudolph Perkins.

Janitors OF apartment houses are
not censors OF the public morals, &C.
oording to Judge Harrison. Neither
have they anything to say about who
goes in and out of the apartments as
long as there Is no misconduct.
George NJ. Bryant is jsiotor.
For three years, he said. he has
| been having trouble with Mace
Coakley. a visitor. Mace visits a
woman tenant who is thoroughly
respectable.
Coakley thought Bryant was
.sore" at him because he always
shut the door Of the woman's apart
ment after he went in.
The last time Coakley visited the
house he was met in the hall by
Bryant, he> said. and attack ed. His
glasses went one way, his hat an
other and he went still another
way. Bryant had smacked him
good one, Coak1ey said, and nearly
stunned him.
You have no right to interfere
with people going in and out Of the
| building" the court told the jani-
tor.
ct been suspicious OF that man
for three years" said Bryant.
Never mind your suspicious.
the court broke in, pay a hne
of So"
Jumping hurriedly OF stree'
car, Sam Carpenter rushed up to
girl in a new brown velvet suit.
He took her for Louise Frazier, ms
sweetie.
But he discovered the girl to be
Maggie. Welsh, friend of Louise.
who roomed in the same house. The
girls were the same size and nearly
the same age. 80
Sam did not say much. He went
on about his business. but wondered
how Maggie happened to have
suit just like the one Louise had
just bought.
He mentioned meeting the other
girl to Louise that. night and the
result was that Maggie was arrested
and charged with larceny.
Il sent Maggie with my suit back
to the store to have the skirt shor-
tened" Louise said. "ard she put it
on wore It. I amt never got it
back
"She said I could wear her
clothes any time 1 wanted to-" ex-
I planned Maggie. what she IL mad
about is because her fellow stopped
to talk to me on the street."
The policeman who served the
warrant on Maggie got the suit
and brought it into court. He was
directed to return 1t to her.
II don't see that any case has
been made out here" said the
Judge. Il don't believe Maggie in
tended to steal anything-but
think she was careless with her
friends. property, The case Is dis
missed"
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M MORY EST
VIII be psbIished Tomorrow.
Con You Ans7oer Thesef

VIII be pubiished Tomorrow.
4. What Is the longest flight ever
made by an airship? A German
lighter-than-air ship made a fight
of $500 miles during the war.
s. What plants make up most Of
the coal in the. eastern part of the
United Statesf Is coal being laid
down today? Various ferns and
fern-like trees Coal is being de-
posted as much today as ever.
mainly the warm swampy forests
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the East The rights in the Park
were losing their glamor.
Jeanne lifted her face to the
promise Of the coming day. =.
Another rine Inst<llne1t Of rhis
story TeRef1ow
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stonewall to the Rescue.

My last appearance in amateur
.theatricals was capped with a most
embarrassing experience.
We had arranged a realistic per-
formance Of Barbara Fritchie," and
was selected as the star. After
much difficulty in procuring the
proper attire-consisting of a colo
NAL dress and a becoming cap, the
fatal night arrived.
Barbara was mounted on a pile
of boxes at one end of the stage.
She leaned out of the window, wav-
ing the flag. Stonewall Jackson's
army beneath, A shot rang out
Barbara exclaimed IN dramatic
tones, shoot, IL you must. this old
gray head. but spare your country's
nag"
The boxes toppled. and Barbara
fell full length across the stage.
Stonewall arose to the occasion and
carried her out. XIV.
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EMBARRASSING MOMENTS

Who. 1cos the most embdryass-
ing byedieoment IN (which yoa
eVer found yosrselff Try and
remembe, and lyite It briefly,
then send IL to The Herald. The
best of these rcill be published
from tire to time on this bdge.
shocking.
Whatever shall / do? / haven't
the nerve to go back to class again!
A horrible thing has happened. My
English professor lives in the same
building j do. Yesterday my sister
and her small daughter visited us.
I always blow the child a kiss just
as they close the outside door when
leaving. This time Dorothy blew
me q kiss as usual, but hurried
away before / had time to return
II to her. The professor got there
just in time to receive 1t. Can I
ever live 1t down? E. s.
Hokus-Pokus.
Mother and I went to visit my
husbands aunt. We were seated
at the luncheon table. aunt and
on one side. mother opposite. Be-
hind mother was a buffet with a
mirror In II.
Mother unthinkingly began to tell
some news we had been cautioned
against repeating. Frantically be-
gan signaling her to be quiet by
holding up my finger and then plac-
ing same to my mouth. was
startled to see the surprised look
on my aunt's face in the mirror.
Hasty explanations further entan-
gled matters. M. B. II.
Rebuked.
When our seamstress was making
my daughters dresses this fall
daughter and had many argu-
ments in regard to the proper
length of her skirts, as she wanted
them made much shorter than con-
sidered modest and ladylike.
belong to q woman's literary
club in which we occasionally vary
our heavier programs with an eve
ming of merriment.
One evening we were invited to
come to the home of q member
dressed a. children When the fun
was at its height in walked my
daughter and the daughter of the
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hostess. Their dresses were longer
by several inches than those of
their mothers. and they proceeded
to give us a severe lecture on lady
like dress and modesty. N. w. :.
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n.ss Learn Patience,

Dear Miss Blake: WIN you kind
ly aAy3ss an 1a-year-old girl what
to DO when she Is deeply In love
with \ follow and doesn't know
whether the fellow loves herr He
never asked her out. but when he
Is In her. company he acts as
though he cares for her. Please
give me some idea how to make
him love me, because, as I said
before. hate, to let go Of him, be-
cause love him too much
-, "A R."
You are an intense young crea-
ture, aren't you? You must learn
q little patience in this game OF
love. you know, else you will be
bsaulsss and loveless entirely. Al
Is. even though romance rides q
high emotional wave with you. you
must not take IL too seriously. for
you have years and years ahead
for professions Of love from the
other sex
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The
Mortgaged
Wife

JEANNE DARE, kxosc1 IN the little
Iora toscn ~hence she come a plain
JANE DARE. has set herself up in
Nep York as ,oealthy CONAN in the
hope Of sharing a rich husband. In this
effort she 70 making use Of
RICHARD cANBY. veH knswn man
abost toscn.
MRS. ADELE PARKINSON, a eid-
90 and former flame of his. At dinner
she meets
VIC Barstoue, heir to the repates
Borstore miIlions, ~ho shows signs Of
imJatYafion scith her. 80
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Free ana Easy.

Dear Miss Blake: / have been
reading your answers for . num-
Der of months, and among them I
notice the question about girls
kissing their fellows. I have been
going oct with fellow for six
menths now, and am not ashamed
to admit that we kiss and, as one
would ordinarily say, mush IL up
very often. VIII you please advise
me II we do wrong. as he Is the
only beau have and I am the only
girl he has am - years Of
age. VIOLET"
You had better hang onto him.
Violet. for no other young man
will want you after you have been
all "mushed up" by your present
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DIspssing Of the Disses.

Ny sister. a girl friend and I had
been instructed upon my mothers de-
parture to wash the dinner dishes.
Suddenly we spied 4 young man friend
coming down the street. Knowing
he'd be able to see the dinner dishes
still standing on the table, we hur-
ried in and with the help Of my
small brother we clearede' the table.
grabbed the tabie-cioth up, threw 1t
In = heap on top OF the dishes on
the kitchen table, and shut the bitch
en- door.
When our friend arrived, we ush-
cred him into the living room calmly.
There sat Donald. and after the
usual preliminary remarks the con-
versation Jagged. and gave him a
chance to blurt out. Gee. didn't we
hustle them dishes out Of here.
thought" H. B.
Aanty In Pursuit.
While in a shop having both my
shoes repaired had my little niece
with me. She got out of the store
and ran down the street for a block.
and / had to run down the street
after her in my stocking feet.
A. P.
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ssnething to Renemser.

Something to Renember.
An extremely embarrassing mo-
ment was mine q few days ago at a
dinner given by sister of mine, ]
was seated between chum and a
young woman who, hsving made
an early marriage, has lately been
divorced.
During the course OF the dinner
my sister jokingly said something
to the effect that she would like
to get rid OF her husband.
20. my dear" said to her, your
kind never gets q divorce"
only my kind does said the
divorcee with bitterness
All could do was to hang my
head in pain. for I like the injured
young woman and shall regret that
tactless speech Of mine forever.
l. 8.
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Just after I had been made sec
ond louie, l was drilling the COM
pany with number OF higher in
commands looking on. .Isgaye them
right by file. and then forgot what
command to give them to bring
them into column of squads again.
You can imagine how 1t felt to
newly-created shavetail to have TO
line 'em UP the best he could with
n bunch of superiors looking on.
r r
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-15
Lightning Does Much
Damage in Vermont

Western Vermont was visited by
the severest electrical storm of the
season Thursday afternoon eX-
tending from St. Adams as far
south as Middlebury and also
touching Bellows Falls. In the
latter place trees were blown
down, three being struck by light
ming. All plants using electric
power had 10 shut down during the
storm.
The mos damage was done at
Bridport where lightning struck
the Congregational church spire
The building was saved from en-
tire destruction by utilizing large
spraying machine. The damage to
the property will reach several
thousand dollars. :
At Weybridge seven registered
Morgans were killed in hundred
acre pasture. The mares were all
standing under big tree and were
instarLly killed when the bolt
struck the tree. Six of the mares
belonged to the United States
government and the other was
owned by E. C. Stillman Of New
York. The mares were worth $500
each.
At Middleburv barn was burn
ed and hundreds of acres of corn
damaged to the eXterr. of several
thousand dollars. The storm was
the heaviest there for many years.
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lation of the banking laws. If
you've got any book you can pro-
duce them in court" the witness
testified. Athans asserts that as
they wen out Capt. Gordon said to
them: "'We can fix you if we
war. to, but we don't want to-
The next day the directors told
Levenson they would pay the
necessary money which was pad
Levenson, he said
"After you paid the money dii
you ever hea1 any more about pro-
ceedings against you?"
mo" replied the witness.
When asked concerning the
visit to Tufts office the witness
said he never saw Tufts bcfort
but would know him again. M.
Ranney, the cross-examincr asked
Fl. A. Wagner, assistant district
attorney of Middlesex to stand.
Nothing like him at ALL" re-
sponded the witness.
"You mean to say that Mar.
Tufts said, "We've got you. We're
going to put you before the grand
jury"
Absolutely.
Testimony that George S. Harvey,
CONTINUED on page siX)
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FINAL VOTE ON SOLDIERS
BONUS BILL TODAY

WASHINGTON, July 15-The
Senate entered today on its four
hours final debate before voting on
recommital of the soldier bonus
bill as requested by President
Harding with Senator Walsh,
Democrat of Massa chusetts, as
setting that the lecommital would
be "a humilitating spectacle" The
voting hour was set by agreement
at 8 P. M. at will be hailed on
every PLATFORM" said Senator
Walsh to the Republican side" as
an indication of your stupidity,
responsibility and evasiveness.
You may think, senator's, that you
are fooling the American people
but you are not fooling the patriot
ic Ex-service men" He predicted
that the bonus legislation finally
would be enacted.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-15
NEWPORT BEATS
BOSTON TIGERS
BY 10 TO z SCORE
Border City's Heavy Hit
ters Put Game on Ice
in First 3 Innings

Fighting with their backs to
the wall, the Boston Tigers on
Thursday afternoon at the Old
Fairgrounds could no. Withstand
the attack of the superior Newport
aggregation and were forced to ac-
cept 10 to 7 defeat after one Of
the most hectic diamond contests
ever witnessed in the border city
fer many years. Half a dozen
clouts, in cluding a home run by
Fred Maloney, all during the first
three innings was too hot recep-
ton for twirler Russell whom the
border city sluggers drove from
the hillock. Harper, the youth
full and diminutive 16 year old
prodigy, replaced Russell in the
box with no one out in the third
and pitched creditable ball during
the remainder of the contest.
1t was : day par excellence OF
slamming the old horsehide. i he
colored Tigers from Boston hit
Joel Shelton hard in the second
and fourth frames, but the big
right handler managed to
weather the storm and went the
entire route for Captain Ross
men. After the Tigers had been
set down without danger in the ini-
tial inning, Russell, first up III
the second stanza beat out a bunt
down the third base Line. Along
came Moor, who selected one of
Jocl's choice offerings and slough
cd it for the circuit far into right
field, scoring Russell anead OF
hi
With one hand down in the
fourth stanza, Moor again strobe
to the plate and with the sacks un-
populated Babe Ru he'd another
ball through the infield for his
second home run Of the game.
Campbell was retired, Brady to
Maloney, but Daniels, who had
taken Browns position, clashed ;.
triple over Ginger Bruce's head.
Campbell tailed a moment later
when Sampson singled. LonaX
doubled to left, and Sampson
crossed the plate, netting the
fourth counter for the colored
boys.
The Tigers looked dangerous
again in the eighth, when they
scored twice on a trio Of singles,
In all they were credited with II
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PAD*CASH AND TUFTS QUIT PROSECU UTION
MYSTERIOUS DOUBLE
TRAGEDY ON ISLAND

NORTHPORT, N. Y, July 10
Word came today from Duck
Island in Long Island sound of a
mysterious double tragedy at the
country home of Mrs. Harry G..
Hemming, wife of New York
stock broker. Mr.. Hemming was
shot and killed there last night by
Frank Eberhart, the caretaker and
a deputy sheriff, who then shot
and killed himself. Employees Of
the estate said Mr. Hemming was
seeking an interview with his wife
in an endeaver to effect a recon-
ciliation. They were married about
two months ago, it is reported,
but separated soon after marriage.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-15
HOTTEST SPELL
IN TEN YEARS
NOW BROKEN
Average Maximum Over
Ninety for Past Four
teen Days

A rainfall of rs of an incl
which began at 5.45 Friday morn
ing brought a welcome relief to the
hot spell which has prevailed since
the first of the month and a drop
in the temperature of about -
degrees. Contrary TO the general
belief this last two weeks has not
established the record Tor extreme
heat for the record of July, 1911
still stand as the hottest period IN
all the rs years that weather re-
cords have been so carefully kept
at the Fairbanks Museum.
The maximum average tempera-
ture for the first IA days OF the
present year was a trifIe over 90.
On July the mercury climbed
to 90, but on July it went one de-
gree higher. On July 7 the maxi
mum was SO and on July 3, 3 ana
9 it reached 95. On the second
and 18th the maximum was 93 and
on the 18th it was 81. The month
opened with a maximum Of 80 but
only four other days in the month
was the maximum in the eighties.
Throughout. the entire IA DAY ne
Rod the mercury was never below
60, only touching that figure two
days. Three days it never went
below 50 and four days it never
got below CT. The range in tenn
perature varied from IA degrees
on July IL to 33 degrees on July
4.
Along with the oppressive heat
there was an almost continued dry
spell with rainfall only three
times. On july 9 a half an inch
fell, on Julv 10, only 10 of an
inch and on uly II, .13 of an inch.
The rain fall of July 15 is not IN
cluded as the days record is in
complete at this writing.
The worst hot spell cf the 2G
year period was in July, 1911. This
spell lasted the first II days OF
that month when the mercury on
July A of that year was 100 and
on the day previous 101. The
in the meantime was 1.2J
inches. 1t was a spell of torrld
weather that will long be remen-
bered. The rain only came in four
days and the maximum tempera-
ture of the entire month was near
ly sc, with a minimum of 57.2. The
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declared he had evidence to con-
vict the company and those be-
hind it of violating the banking
laws. All talk of prosecution end
ed James S. Athans, former presi-
dent of the company, said after
payment Of several thousand dol
lars to Harry E. Levenson, Bos-
ton attorney. Atty. Gen. Allen in
seeking the removal from office of
Dist. Atty. Tufts charged conspir-
acy between him, Levenson, Will
lam J. Corcoran, Tufts predeces-
sor in Office and Capt. Herbert
Gordon of the Cambridge police
force to eXtort money from Athans
and the international Service Co.
Athens said that after being
told by Capt, Gordon that there
were complaints against the com
PAW he saw a spiritualist who re-
commended that he consult A tor
ney Levenson. The witness said
he and Levenson went to Corcor-
ans Office where the latter said he
would be able to "fix this up.
Il asked how much it would
cost" said the Witness and he
said he wanted a retaining fee of
$1,000. The total cos: was set Ut
$4,000.
The witness said it was decided !
that it would be better to fight the |
case and on the following morning
summonses were received. The
witness said they Immediately con-
suited Mr.. LevenSon. Later a con-
ference was held in Tufts office. |
Tufts said "I've got you for vio-
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JAPANESE TROOPS
CALLED TO OUELL RIOT

KOBE, Japan, July 15-Troop3
were called out today after thou
sands of dock yard strikers here
had charged a police Gordon in an
attempt to take possession of the
yards and carry out a project for
their cor.rol by the workers. Some
strikers were wounded and ring
leaders of the movement were az
rested.
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Japan AWAITS FURTHER
DETAILS ON FAR EAST

TOXIC, July 15-Japan's
answer to President Harding's pro-
posal for a conference on limita-
ton Of armaments which has been
forwarded to Washington makes
reservation regarding general Far
Eastern questions until more has
been learned Of the score and ma
ture of he issues to be considered
said local paper today. he
answer accepts in general the pro-
posal for a disarmament confer
ence.
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MILITARY TAKE CHARGE
OF BELFAST AGAIN

BELFAST, IRE, July 15-The
military resumed control of the
North Queen street area in Belfast
this morning and armored cars pa
trolled the streets. When the re-
port from last nights rioting were
made public this morning it devel-
oped that two persons were killed
and between so and 40 others hurt.
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HANG LONE WOLF,
BANDIT IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, July 15-Harry II.
Ward, known as the clone wolf
bandit, was hanged this morning
at the county Jail. He raid the
death penalty for the killing of
Thomas Graney and Rudolph Sch
wartz lasl. fall When they attempt
ed to stop him after he. had rob-
bed q hat store.
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LEADING STOCKS
WEAK IN CLOSING

WALL STREET, July 10
General Electric, American Wool
en-, United Fruit and Wilson & Co.
were objects Of bearing attention
in the stock market today showing
losses of | 1-2 to 3 points.
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FIRE LOSS IN TULSA
REACHED $1,500,C00

OKLAHOMA, Okla, uly 10
Fire loss resulting from the Tulsa
race riot May 31st and June l
was placed at $1,500,000 and the
loss of life from fire at one, in 4
report made today by the State
fire marshall.
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So Declares Head of international
Service Company On Witness Stand
Quotations from the
New York Stock Market

Furnished by Elmer H. Bright
& Co., rs State Street, Boston,
Members of the New York and
Boston Stock Exchanges)
Following are the opening and
2 o'clock quotations of the princi-
pal stocks on the New YORK and
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Sensational New Evidence Given In
Trial To Gust Dist. Atty. Tufts
From Office
(By the Associated Press)

BOSTON, July 10 1t was testified before the sup
rene court today that prosecution of the Interna-.
tonal Service Co., Inc, was dropped by Dist Atty
Nathan A. Tufts of Middlesex county after he had
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VT. MILITIA
CALLED TO
WILDER
Adjt.- Gen. Johnson Gone
To Investigate
Situation

MONTPELIER, July ia
request for state militia to be sent
to Wilder to meet disturbance in
connection with a strike at the
International Paper Co. Mills, was
received at the executive Offices
here early today from the COM
pany's agent at Wilder. In the alb
sence of Gov. Hartness, Adj. Gen.
Terbert T. johnson went to
White River Junction by auto to
investigate. The agent at Wilder
today said that there were dis
turbances last night of a minor
nature and that he was hopeful
that they would not be renewed. 1t
was said one man was injured.
( The strike which is on at the
paper mills of the Interna .ional
Paper Co. at Berlin, Bellows Falls
and Wilder took local turn early
Friday morning when Sergt. Stem
son, the custodian of the Armory,
was called to the telephone at four
o'clock and ordered by Adjutant
General Johnson to send % riot
guns and supplies to Deputy Sher-
if Fairbanks of Springfield, and
Capt. Emmons of the Windsor
company of the Vermont National
Guard, both of whom were at
White River junction waiting to
receive the goods.
The destination of the firearms
was Wilder where some 70 strike
breakers arrived Thursday even
ing to work in the paper mill
where the men are out on strike.
The goods were shipped OIL ,..e
morning mail train. A detail of
the Windsor company are now
at Wilder to guard against any
trouble.
At Bellows Falls the first con-
tingent of strike breakers arrived
at the paper mill about 2.20
Thursday afternoon. When they
ascer,ained that they were engag-
ed to break the strike they quit
before going to work Before me
men left, however, there was
heated argument bet. IN the sup
erintendent of the company that
brought he men to Bellows Falls
and some of the union officers.
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A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast Sec
ton of Vermont State
Every Working Day.
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