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The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
FAVORS
CREATING BUREAU
TO BUY SUPPLIES
Senate Measure Would
Centralize Federal and
District Purchases.

Number four of Senator McCor-
mick's government reorganization
bills was introduced Friday a
measure to bring about the CEN
tralization of government pur-
chases by creating a bureau of
supply.
Other measures introduced by
him since the beginning of the
present administration were: To
estalish a budget system and inde-
pendent audit of government ac-
and to establish a department of
public welfare for grouping all the
educational, health and social well
fare activities of the government,
an dto establish a department of
public works, consolidating all ac-
tivities of an engineering and
technical nature.
The bill introduced yesterday
provides for the appointment of a
director at $4,000 by the Presi-
dent. and the director shall appoat
an assistant, chief clerk, disbursing
officer and other experts, also
clerks, storekeepers and laborers
as may be needed. The purpose of
the bureau is to purchase, store
and distribute supplies to the ex-
ecutive departments and independ-
ent branches of the federal govern
ment in the District of Columbia
and of the District government.
All supplies for the two govern
ments would be handled through
the bureau, which would take over
those on hand, abolish the general
supply committee and take charge
of its affairs and Offices. A general
supply fund is to be set aside bv
the treasury department. An ad-
visory contract board. with one
representative from each depart
ment, is authorized for aiding the
bureau in determining the govern
ment's needs
Senator Smoot introduced a Joint
resolution stating the meaning and
intent of provisions of a bill ap-
proved March /, 1913, relating to
the erection and use Of the George
Washington memorial building. He
states that the auditorium in the
building shall be used for such
conventions as are civic, scientific,
educational, patriotic or internal
tional In character and that the
regents of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion shall so construe the law.
Erection Is to be started as soon
as temporary war buildings are re-
moved from the site and $500. 600
is paid in the treasury Of the me-
mortal association.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
EDISON WORTH.TO NATION
AS MUCH AS ALL OTHERS
COMBINED, ASSERTS TIGERT
New Commissioner of Education Defends Quiz
of Menlo Park Wizard.

That Thomas Edison is worth to
the nation as much as the rest of
the nation put together was the
statement made Friday night by
John j. Tigert, the new commits
sioner of education at a dinner ten
dered by Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Rad
cliffe to empoyes of the Radcliffe
Chautauqua system of the Columbia
Country club The occasion marked
the first public appearance of the
new missioner since his assump-
tion of the duties of that office on
Wednesday last.
You may say what you will of
Edison's fool questions" he declar-
ed, but We must recognize the fact
that he has more than 5000 inven-
tions to his credit-that one-for-
tieth of the wealth of the nation is
invested in those inventions. A
man like Thomas Edison has value
greater than all the rest of the
106,000,0 900 combined. Posterity will
call him the greatest man in the
greatest age of history.
False Standards of Value.
I'VE do not appraise men prop
erly," said the commissioner. There
is a tendency to cast a glamor abont
political and military life and to
ignore the work of the man delv-
ing into the mysteries of nature in
the laboratory. 1 remember the
first book ! read-it was a life of
Napoleon. 1 thought Napoleon was
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05

the greatest man that ever lived.
thought Of him SO much that my
father called me Bonaparte. But
as We grow up we agree with the
opinion of Robert Ingersoll that the
position Of the humblest peasant is
superior to that of a Bonaparte."
The hope of the nation rests in
the rural communities" Mr.. Tigert
said. Theodore Roosevelt said
two weeks before his death that 1t
was a fifty-fifty chance whether
America could be saved or not. /:
is to the rural sections, untouched
by the red torch. that we must
look for the force that will save
our country. 1t is to the little
country schoolhouse that we must
turn"
Henry Ford's Value.
Designating the host of the din
ner. w. L. Radcliffe, as the Henry
Ford of Chautauqua," the commits
sioner declared that the value of
Ford should not be underestimated.
as he had taught the people the
joys of walking" ,
Until his appointment to his new
position. Commissioner Tigert was
associated with the Radcliffe Chau-
tauqua system Others who spoke
were Albert Marion Hyde and w. L.
Radcliffe. Musical selections were
rendered by the Melamet- Edgar
the University Orchestral
club, and the Clifford Foote trio.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
POLICE ORDERED
TOENFORCE TRASH
THROWING RULES
Commissioner Oyster De
mands Streets Be
Kept Clean.

Following meeting Friday
Of the District commissioners. or
ders were issued that the regula-
ton governing the throwing, OF
trash on the streets ia TO be rigidly
enforced The police code relativel
20 throwing litter into the streets
provides a fine Of from 81 to 500.
Commissioner Oyster feels thai
the streets of the District are amply
provided with trash containers and
instructed the police department to
help impress the public that the
capitals streets should be models
for the country.
The regulation governing the
throwing of trash into the streets
reads as follows: mo person shall
throw, cast. deposit, drop. scatter
or leave. or cause TO be thrown.
cast, laid. deposited, scattered or
left in or upon any street, avenue,
alley. highway, footwsy. sidewalk.
parking or other public space in
the District of Columbia. any dirt.
mud, ashes. gravel. sawdUst. shaw
ing. hay, straw. offal. vegetable
matter. garbage, trees. cinders. pa
per or refuse matter Of any kind.
or any dead animal or putrescibie
matter Of any sort"
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
FORMER STUDENTS
OF GEORGETOWN TO
RECEIVE TRIBUTE
Former Classmates to
Honor Memory of Those
Who Made Sacrifice.

A bronze memorial tablet, honor
ing the students of Georgetown uni
versity school of law who gave
their lives in the world war will
be unveiled by their former class
mates on June IS in the law library
at special class day exercises In
connection with the 122d COM
mencement of the institution.
Fifty-four students of George
town made the supreme sacrifice,
while 1871 students and alumni
enlisted during the war in the
armed branches of the service.
More than 200 of these were
wounded and some 40 were deco
rated for exceptional bravery.
First Law Class Day Exercises
For the first time in the so years
of it's existence the law school
will hold class day exercises, the
unveiling of the tablet in the pres
ence of alumni and student body
being the chief feature. The tablet
will be unveiled by Capt. David r.
Wolverton. u. S. A., a member Of
the senior class and chairman of
the students committee that initi-
ated the movement for its erection
in the law library.
John NJ. Karns will be the orator
of the occasion. while other par
ticipants are Harland Wood. class
oration; T. e. O'Hern, historian;
Henry Hallam. prophet, and Will
lam A. Dyke, the class poet. The
valedictory address will be made
by Clarence H. Churchman, one of
the leaders in the senior class.
while Frank w. Cullen, president of
the senior class, will preside.
Plan Class Dances.
Many of the fraternities of the
law school will give dances and
otherwise celebrate the closing of
the scholastic year. but the student
body proper is busily engaged with
examination week.
Word has been received that
many out-of-town grads" will
journey to Washington for the an
nual commencement exercises. The
school brings to a close its most
successful year, with an enrolment
of more than 1900 students, max
ing it the largest law school in
the United States.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
Beautiful Maids
Welcome to Show
Charms at Beach

The Bathing suit Blues" which
is now being sung mournfully along
the beach at Atlantic City. will be
an unknQwn tune at Chesapeake
beach this season. one-piece bath
ing suits. 'Iow necks. socks. and
bare legs. which have been put
under the ban along the Jersey
coast. will be o. X on Chesapeake
bay, according to beach officials.
There is nothing indecent about
bare legs" said one official The
only plausible objection to them Is
that they usually are ugly. Nice
silk-clad legs are always more Sc
ductive and more dangerous.
The beach police will be very
iiberal-minded and will not enforce
any silly rules. But they will de-
mand what everyone regards as
ordinary decency, and II any girls.
or men either, try wearing fig leaves,
they'll land in the jailhouse in a
hurry"
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
SANDBURG PRAISES
FINCERPRINT VALUE
FOR POLICE WORK
District Detective Tells
City Club Secrets of
His Work.

Detective Sergt Sandburg. finger
print expert of the District police.
held the members of the City Clubs
public safety group fascinated Fri
oay evening with stories of the de-
lection of criminals through prints
they had left at the scenes of their
crimes. He illustrated his talk with
stereopticon slides.
No two fingerprints have ever
been found exactly alike. and none
ever will be-" Sandpurg said. "A
national finger print bureau, in
which every person in the country
was listed, would solve Immediately
the many cases of lost identity
among the living: would end the
burial of 'unknowns' in the potters'
helds; would make it possible where
children are lost or kidnapped for
the parents to learn Immediately if
lost children located in various
parts of the country were theirs"
Regrets War System.
he depiored the fact that the A.
100000 fingerprintS of the members
Of the wartime national army were
classified only Alphabetically, in
stead OF by characl eristics, which
makes 1t possible to go directly to
the drawer containing the print
sought, even among a total group
OF 100000 prints. Several cases
nave come up, he said, where the
bodies Of unidentified men with war
records could have been instantly
identified If this were the case.
More and more people are tax
ing advantage of the fact that hn-
gerprints never change from baby
hood to death and cannot possibly
be duplicated" Sandburg said.
Urges National Bureau.
Establishment of national and in
ternational fngerprint identification
bureaus will be urged at the meet
ing of the International Association
for Identification here from Septem-
Der Il to "a, Sandburg said.
Sandburg showed pictures of two
men who looked so much alike and
whose Bertillon measurements were
SO similar that one was convicted
to life Imprisonment for the crime
of the other. Discovery of the fn-
gerprints of the guilty man at the
scene of the crime was the only
thing that saved the other.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
Urges Repeal of Blu
For Camp Eustice Sale

On the grounds that Camp Eustice.
Va. is well located for training as
we'll as for strategic purposes, Secre-
tary of War Weeks Friday sent
a communication TO Senator W.
wadsworth, jr, chairman OF the
senate committee on military affairs.
voicing disapproval OF the proposal
to offer this camp site for sale
Senator wadsworth is urged to
bring the matter 10 the attention q
the senate military affairs commit
tee and TO take action similar to
that taken by the chairman Of the
house committee for repeal OF the
act of February 2s. 1890. providing
for the sale Of the camp.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
BUILDING RECORDS
OF 1920 ECLIPSED
Permits Issued for First Six
Months Show Big In
crease.

The high record OF 1898 permits
issued for building. established for
the year ending June 80. 1920. was
passed Friday. The last permit
issued yesterday at the building per-
NIT Office was numbered f,53s. The
already broken record promises to
be eclipsed by several hundred be-
fore the fiscal year closes.
An estimate, which is considered
low, OF 25 permits a day for the
rest of June would place the new
mark between 5000 and $500, a
mark almost double that of 1919 and
more than double that Of 1918.
The number of permits issued
since July. 1915. is 35.2s7. The num-
ber issued each year for the last fve
years is as follows: 1916, 5,7s7;
1917, $3.50; 1918. 3.sos; 1919, I.sIs
and 1920. 1895.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
Gets Three-Year
Sentence; Saved
By Employer

The willingness of his employer
to forgive and forget and give him
back his job, saved James v. Walk
er, coIored, from going to the peni-
tentiary for three years Friday
ON a charge of taking an automobile
belonging to William w. Chambers.
Justice Siddons in Criminal
Court No. 1, imposed sentence Of
this length. but suspended sentence
and placed Walker on probation,
after Chambers informed the court
that he would re-employ the man.
The employer explained to the
court that Walker liked to travel
without eNertion and the desire
tended to corrupt his sense of right
and wrong. However, the accused
promisef to stick TO the straight
and ma low path.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
POLICE PUSH RAIDS
ON BOOKMAKING
and DBOOTLECCING
Nine Alleged Offenders
Gain Release on
Bonds.

Activities in the war by police
against bookmakers and bootleg
gers were marked Friday by q
number of raids and several arrests.
The cigar store conducted by
Stanley Johnson, 80 years old, .30h
14th street northwest, was raided by
police in charge of Lieut.. r. F.
Sheetz in the afternoon. Betting
slips and other paraphernalis were
confiscated, police said. Johnson
was released on bond. Marked
money was said to have figured in
his arrest.
Daniel A. Sullivan. 35 years old.
manager of the store at Tenth and b
streets northwest, arrested charged.
with bookmakinS. was released on
bond for a hearing.
Arrested on Old Warrant.
A warrant sworn out three
months ago was served on Robert
Lee Dorsey, % years old, 800 Sew
enth street. charging him with
counterfeiting of and having in his
possession counterfeit internal rev.
enue stamps. Dorsey was arrested
Friday by Detective Sergeant San
ders at his home.
Dorsey put ur $1,000 bond for
hearing before Commissioner Hit,
August 3.
Samuel Zinkerman, $40 Sixth
street northwest, was arrested Fri
day afternoon in connection with
the raitang of the place two days
ago and the confiscating of a 40
gallon still andSa large quantity. OF
liquor. The still was located after
the distilled alcoho caught fire and
ignited the wood work. At that
time David Zinkerman and Noah
Biskar were arrested. All were re-
leased on bond.
Trail Mysterious Sedan. !
The mysterious Ford sedan"
handbook operator which had been
battling first precinct police for
months past was finally caught in
the nets Friday and the alleged
operator. Edward J. Mullen. of
Georgetown, arrested. Policemen
Sweeney and Messer picked up the
trail of the mysterious sedan yes
terday afternoon and followed il to
the front of the Emergency hospi-
tai where it was Immediately sur
rounded by a score of government
clerks anxious to lay down bets on
races. When appearing at the first
police station Mullen was found to
have $1,000 and a number of racing
slips in his possession, police say.
Liquor OfTenses Charged.
Charged with transporting liquor
and Illegal possession of liquor and
revenue stamps. Roy Thomas Graf,
20 years old, 244s Twelfth street
southeast. and Joseph G. Dawson.
"a years old, 92S New York avenue
northwest. were arrested by Pre-
cinct Detectives Wise and Nally of
the fifth police station, and re-
leased on bond. Their automobile
and 80 gallons of whisky and gin
were confisCated. Lawrence Gro
gan. 20 years old. 20 Grant place
northwest, arrested at the same
time. was charged with illegal
transportation.
Edward X. Allen. Portner apart
ments, was arrested by Privates
Messer and Fowler. of the first DO
lice precinct, in an automobile at
Thirteenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Friday afternoon charged with
bookmaking- Allen was released on
bond
Samuel Hutcher. 81 years old. was
arrested at his home, 922 Eighth
street southeast, charged with vio-
lating the Volstead act. He was re-
leased on bond.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
BRITISH TO FETE
u. S. ROTARIANS

LONDON, June THE British
government will give a large garden
party at Hampton court, June "a, to
1.10o Rotariahs from the United
States and Canada who are now on
their way to England. The party.
which was suggested by Sir Auck-
land Geddes. British ambassador to
the United States. will be attended
by Prime Minister Lloyd George.
members of his cabinet. premiers of
the domin.cns. members of parlia-
ment and high representatives OF
the church. law and business.
The Rotarians win attend the in
ternational convention at Edin-
burgh from June II June Is.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
Police Accuse Woman
For Series of TheftS

Mary Cole, alias Anderson. col
ored, 3s years old. eSs P street
northwest, arrested by Detective
Sergeants Livingston and keck'
charged with breaking into a num-
Der of homes, is believed, according
10 Inspector Clifford L. Grant to
have been the most active sneak
thief operating in the District for
some time.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
AGED WOMAN DIES
WHILE IN CHURCH

Collapsinr inf new at st.
Aloysius Catholic church early Fri
day evening. while attending No
vena services, Mrs. Mary Reidy, 55
years old. of 62s New York avenue
northwest. died almost Immediately
from an acute heart attack.
The unconscious body was car
ried to the Gonzaga college kuild-
ing near the church. where physi-
clans pronounced her dead.
Considerable difficulty in iden-
tifying the victim was experienced
owing to the fact that none of the
other worshipers were acquainted
with her. Three hours after her
death the body was Identified by a
daughter, Miss Mae Reidy.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05

Upper picture shows President and Mrs Harding party
including Mrs Coolidge Col c. o. Sheriff. Dr. Abram Simon, Dr.
Frank W. Balou and Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter.
Center picture shows of huge gathering of ddies"
ellpse.
shows the President accompanied
r walking through the aisle formed by the school children
Over Washington school children
yesterday which the feature day of music week.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05
THIEVES MAKE HAUL
OF MUCH JEWELRY
Diamond Bar Pin, Valued
At $3.50, Reported Sto-
len to Police.

Sneak thieves and pickpockets
were active in the District FRI
day. The large number of thefts
reported at headquarters kept the
police busy investigating.
Harry Warner reported for Miss
L. Langenkamp the loss of 3-inch-
long platinum bar pin set with fifty
one diamonds and valued at $3.50.
Police believe the pin was stolen
from her person.
Paul NJ. BeckIey, SGT u street
northwest, reported to the eighth
precinct police that his pockets
were picked of a watch valued at
800 while in a downtown billiard
parlor.
Steals Stamps from Auto.
Thieves ransacked the automobile
of DR.. A. w. Healey. druggist, 127
Nichols avenue southeast, while
parked at Fifth and u streets
northwest, and escaped with $26
worth of postage stamps.
Mrs. Claude C.. Pierce, 1712 Six
teenth street northwest, reported
that her fur neckpiece, valued at
SIS, was stolen from a local hotel
Thieves entered the room of Mrs.
Maude James.s13 Ninth street north
west. yesterday and after ransack-
ing the bureau drawer escaped
with s35.
New Yorker Robbed.
Aubrey Love, New York, reported
that during his absence from his
apartment at a local hotel thieves
went through his clothing and OBJ
tanned a gold watch valued at $3.50,
and $50 in cash.
Mrs. Cstharine Cathin, 1401 Web
ster street northwest, reported the
loss of $3.50 watch. She is of the
opinion the watch was picked up
from the lawn in front of her home.
A watch valued at $50 was taken
from John J. Desmond. 1919 Mary
land avenue northeast. according to
the police
The Washington herald., 1921-06-05

Flowers for June Weddings
and all formal and informal occasioes.
Consult GUIDE, LIZA F.--Advt.
The New York herald., 1921-12-07
Inuestor and Bond Trader

Mmvetmn hcseadvr rnth mnsof
will Of
The New York herald., 1921-12-07
Empire Gas.

A conservative public utility invest
ment yielding about $50 per cent. can
be had in the Empire Gas and Elec-
trio Company's and the Empire Coke
Company's first and refunding Joint
mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds. which
are selling at SO. The territory served
by the company. the central part OF
New York State, is growing substantially
and the company's ret earnings for a
period OF about six years have averaged
more than double the interest charges
on the bonds. its net earnings from
properties on which the bonds are a
first mortgage alone are one and a
half times their interest charges. The
bonds are secured by a first mortgage
on the electric light plant and distribu-
ton system In Auburn. on the trans
mission lines extending from Waterloo
to Auburn and elsewhere. on the sub
station and equipment at Auburn, Seneca
Falls and Waterloo and various eX-
tensions and additions and by a mort
gage on the balance of the property,
subject to divisional liens, all of which
are closed. The property value. az de-
termined by the Public Service Com
mission, leaves an equity of ST. per
cent. IN excess Of the company's bonded
debt. All franchises under which the
company operates extend beyond the
life of the bonds and are free from
burdensome restrictions
The New York herald., 1921-12-07
Ksngd ON of Norway 3%..

The latest addition to the list OF sterI-
ing bonds dealt in over here is the Gov
ernment OF the Kingdom OF Norway's
3 a per cent. tri-currency external rail-
way loan OF 1862. A block OF them
has been brought over from London
and will be offered to American inves-
tors An investor purchasing bond for
19 pounds 16 shillings and pence (36O
kroner or soc francs) NJ the Offering
price of SAC will receive A. straight In
come Of COG per cent with sterling at
81. III sterling does not decline below
the rate OF 81 there would be an in
crement IN principal of s33.2S at ma
turlty. Should sterling appreciate TO its
gold parity OF s4.S665. the present day
investor has n possible increment of
s50.46 I'm addition to an appreciated in
come to 7.33 per cent. due TO the in
creased value of his coupons. II IL cove
nanted that all bonds OF this issue shall
be retired before 1862 by semi-annual
payment. If the market price is be-
low par they cannot be called for pay
ment, but must he purchased in the
open market. If the price be at par or
above Il, bonds are drawn at par an
nually In January and July. An in
vestor In this issue has the option OF
presenting his coupons and collecting
his principal In any of the three cur
rcncies named.
The New York herald., 1921-12-07
INVESTMENT NOTES.
sharon steel Hoop IS.

Investors not satisfied with small
yields of old line seasoned bonds can
still find a return of almost per cent.
on smaller and less active issues. par
ticularly among the more recently Of
fered securities. An industrial issue of
that character listed on the New York
Stock Exchange and yielding little less
than per cent. at current market
prices, Is the Sharon Steel Hoop Com
pany's thirty year first sinking fund SIS,
due in 1941. They were offered orlgi-
nally in March at 100 and interest and
subsequently declined to 95. Their cur
rent quotations are a shade more than
100. Only S5,O00,000 Of their authorized
issue of $10,000.000 was offered, the re-
mainder being reserved for corporation
purposes and can be issued at par for
additions and improvements at any time.
New bonds may be issued, however, only
when average annual profits after de-
probation. applicable to interest charges.
shall have been equivalent for the three
years Immediately preceding to at least
three times the aggregate annual inter-
est charges on all Of these bonds out
standing and those then to be issued.
The company manufactures pig iron and
steel products and owns the youngstown
Iron and Steel Company's capital stock.
These bonds are secured by a first mort
gage on the company's physical prop
erty now owned, including property of
its subsidiaries. The bonds are redeem
able at 107 Il, and a sinking fund of
S250,000 annually retires them at or be-
low that price.