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The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Mississippi Society
Elects Its Officers

Mrs. w. p. Ramsey vas chosen
president of the Mississippi State
Society at the annual election of
officers held last night at the
Thomson School. -
other officers follow: Vice Presi-
dent. Percy E. Quin; second vice
president, Miss Lillian chenowith;
third vice president. Harry lPeyton:
secretary, Miss Bennie Nabers:
treasurer. w. r. King" financial
secretary, G.. w. Potter: historian.
Miss Perry Whiteway.' -
Committees appointed were: Re
ception. Mrs. c. v. Petteys. chair
man, Mrs. Charlton Clark, Mrs. Pat
Harrison. Mrs. Clifton Clark, Mrs.
Cutting, Mrs. Carl Schaefer, DIR.
Oscar Wilkinson, Benjamin. Hufnph-
erys, Mrs Harvey Long:4'entertsin-
ment, Miss Lillian ,Chenowith, chair
man. DR.. Clifton Clark, Miss Cecil
Norton, Miss Corinne Morgan; well
fare. Judge Harry Peyton, chair
man, Pat Harrison, Mrs. Harry Pey-
ton. Orlando Smith, Mrs. Oscar Will
kinson, Mrs. Clifton Clark. Miss
Elba Humphreys; dancing, w. p.
Boyer, chairman. Miss Betty Clark,
Mrs. Oscar wilkinson, Miss Perry
Whiteway. Charlton Clark -.
B. G. Lowry spoke on Mississippi
Literature" An entertainment and
dance followed the business meet
ing. .'-.a'. 4
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Catholic Fraternity

Rev. Raymond A. MCGOWAN, as
sistant director of the Social Action
Department, National Catholic We'll
fare Council. was the celebrant of
the annual communion mass for the
Catholic Fraternity of Washington.
held last Sunday in the Church of
the Immaculate Conception. Men,
bers from Capitol Assembly. No. 9,
and st. Rita's Assembly, No. s, as
sefnbled for the mass at s o'clock.
st. Rita's Assembly met in st.
Peters Hall on Friday evening. Mrs
Norman ]. Volkman in the chair.
Several members of this assembly
have been appointed collectors in
the drive now being carried on in
behalf of st. Mary's Industrial
School.
Capitol Assembly. No, 6, will meet
In their hall at ais z street south
east on Friday evening. The ladies
have been invited to attend this
meeting. which will be followed by
. dance.
A further appeal is being made by
the membership committee. under
the direction Of Chairman Victor
Dickson. TO the people of Washing
ton to affiliate themselves as mem
bers Of the Catholic Fraternity.
Every Catholic man and woman is
eligible for membership in the local
assemblies. Headquarters for the
drive have been established at iii
Park place northeast
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Harding InUites Lad to
Call at White House

Beset with domestic problems, in
ternational issues and patronage
woes. President Harding longs for
plunge in the old swimming hole
behind the mill.
II was a Washington boy whose
brief letter appealing for. support
of a swimming pool fund turned
the Presidents mind from executive
troubles long enough to express in
reply sigh for the days of his boy
hood and a wish that he might get
into the swimming hole at Gale:
donia, Ohio. again right now"
Eleven-year-old John wacker-
man wrote the President about a
ball being given to raise funds for a
swimming pool. The lad said he
had heard the President wasn't GO,
ing to attend and urged him to
change his mind. In reply the Pres
iGent told John IL he would come
to the White House with some tick
cts, Il will buy some, whether I
can attend or not"
John will be at the white House
tomorrow with the tickets
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
HOOVER QUITS POST
AS ENGINEER HEAD

PHILADELPHIA, April 16.-Her-
Der Hoover resigned tonight as pres
ident of the American Engineering
Council of the Federated American
Engineering Societies. His resiera-
tion was submitted and accepted as
the closing action of today's session.
Mr.. Hoover gave as his reason the
fact that the American Engineering
Council by its constitution was nee
essarily engaged i'm furthering na-
tional activities which involve leg
islation: and that he, as member
of the executive branch of the gov
eminent. could not consistently di-
rect such activity as an officer Of
the American Engineering Council.
The council, in a resolution Of re-
gret at Mr.. Hoover's retirement.
voted its appreciation of his leader
ship in the organization period of
the council and his initiation Of
policies and effort
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
BONES in RUINS;
FRAUD ALLEGED
Charred Skeleton Found to Be
Taxidermist's Speci-
men.

LANCASTER, Mo-, April 16.-In-
terwoven in the affairs of Orville
Dooley, wealthy young farmer near
here. was a thread of finances cred
liable to a wallingford. The burn
ing of his $4,000 home Saturday,
the finding of charred bones, pre-
sumably his own, and the subse-
quent discovery that they were
those of an imported skeleton,
have brought to light what is al
legged to be a masterful and intri-
cate plot to defraud.
DooIey was last seen about 3
o'clock Saturday night by one OF
the tenants of his farm. At 10
O'Clock his wife and 7-year-old son
returned from Queen City and found
their home in ruins. Sunday human
bones were found in the ruins.
Everyone accepted the theory that
Dooley had perished in the fire.
Then A. d. Morris. prosecutins
attorney for Schuyler County, be-
gan an investigation. The bones
were scraped from the debris and
each was found to have been per-
forated by taxidermist. An
anatomical specialist was called.
He said the bones were those of a
negro, the thickness of the skull
indicating that, and had been
strung on wires for study or surgi-
cal reference.
Dooley was known here as an en-
ergetic though youthful Midas,
whose touch turned cattle and
sheep into negotiable currency. 1t
was not until recently. when the
Kicker National Rank at Quincy
loaned him $4,000. that the other
banks here became uneasy. As a
result of the expose it has been
brought to light that Dooley's liza
bilities were between $4,000 and
$4,000. The week previous to the
FIRE he had taken out $4,000 In life
insurance, stipulating double pay in
case of death by accident. The pol
icies were made payable to his wife
and son. His home was insured for
$4,000.
A net has been thrown out in an
attempt to find Dooley.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
OYSTER CONFERS
WITH REVENUE MEN
ON POLICIES
Is Determined to Stamp
Out Liquor Viola
tions.

Further evidence that Commits
sioner James r. Oyster 10 deter
mined TO clamp the lid Gown on
bootlegging was brought TO light
during the past week when he held
several conferences with Internal
Revenue officials
Thomas r. Stone. supervising
Federal prohibition director Of the
Ohio Maryland, district. conferred
at length with the Commissioner
on Thursday while Capt Perkins.
Of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
visited the District head yesterday
afternoon.
II was indicated that further con-
ferences will be held this week on
the bootlegging situation.
100 Cases on Docket.
Nearly 100 cases growing out Of
violations Of the Volstead act are
now pending in the District courts
and with the appointment Of Charles
S. Baker as special assistant TO the
United States attorney IL is eN-
pected that the work Of disposinG
Of the pending cases will be started
Immediately.
The determination OF Capt. Oyster
TO rid the Capital Of bootleggers is
not a new move. for he announced
his stand on the question a short
time after coming into once and
has since held several conferences
with oficials OF the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau and police department Mt
on the question.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
BELIEVE SUSPECT
ESCAPED JAIL
Pennsylvania Police Hold Ne
gro for Local Au-
thorities.

District police were advised last
night that a man giving his name
As Robert Smith. colored. arrested
IN Arnold. Pa, several nights ago as
suspicious character. has been
identified through his fingerprints as
Daniel ]. Nelson, one of the fifteen
prisoners who escaped from the Dis
trict Jail on the night of March II,
1918.
James Leaman, chief of police at
the Pennsylvania town. in a letter
10 the local police told of the arrest
and sent a description, which Lieut..
Guy E Burlingame says talliea
somewhat with that of Nelson.
A local detective will be sent to
Arnold tomorrow to return Nelson
here The suspect was awaiting
trial for criminal assault when he
escaped jail.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
G. w. U. Notes.

Plans have been completed for the
Dual debate between girls of George
Washington University and co-eds
from the University of West Vir-
ginia. to be held Friday evening,
April %. One debate will be held
Here and the other will be held
simultaneously at Morgantown. w.
va.
{ The subject of both debates will
be: Resolved. That the legislatures
Of the several States should enact
legislation to provide for the estab-
Iishments of courts of industrial re-
lstions, similar in principle u the
Kansas City court but allowing for
some variations in the composition
of the tribunal"
The George Washington teams
will be composed of Misses Eiitn
Archey. Kathleen Duggan. Sarar
Tilghman, Helen Carloss, Katherine
Gayle and Filimora wilgus. with
Misses Lillian Addas and Marion
Holiday as alternates.
The two debates will be the first
intercollegiate contests ever taken
part in by George Washington CO.
eds. The girls are now planning for
DEBATES season with NdSSdT,
Cornell, Smith, and other we'll
known colleges.
Arrangements for the contests are
in the hands of the university's de-
batting council. which is composed
Of Prof. Collier, cf the Law School;
DR.. Hit. of the Department of Arts
and Science: Floyd Matthias. repre-
senting the Columbian Debating So
ciety; D. NJ. Hodge, representing
Delta Sigma Rho Honorary Debat-
ing Fraternity: and Gilbert L. Hall,
local lawyer, the debating coach.
The university's alumni associa-
tion will hold its annual meeting at
8 o'clock Friday evening, April Is.
at the Washington Club. 17O1 K
street northwest. The business ses-
sion will be followed by a recep-
ton and dancing.
Phi Delta Phi has elected George
Nelson, '22, as its delegate to the
Interfraternity Association.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
SHOWS CONFLICT
WITH MORAL IDEAL
Speaker Says Politics Robs
Mankind of Its
Due.
Photo b. Underwcod and Underwood

Contrasting existing political and
economic conditions with ethical
and moral ideals as preached from
the pulpit. A. Leo We'll. laynan and
Pittsburgh lawyer. addressed the
final session OF the central confer
ence of American Rabbis at Eighth
Street Temple last night: -
The political partisan gives ito
his party what he should give to
mankind" declared Well. 1T
should be said that he gives to his
party what he should give to, his
God" Well told of the bribery and
corruption in office unearthed in
Pittsburgh some years ago, stating
that 81 convictions and confessions
were the outcome of an investiga-
ton.
The most appalling differences,
however, are to be found between
theory and practice in the realm of
international law" said We'll. rs
their a single Thou Shalt Not of
the Ten Commandments that has
not been habitually disregarded by
all the nations of the earth, and
approved of by International Law? -
At the final session today at the
Temple, Vice President Rabbi Ed
ward N. Calisch, OF Richmond, Va.
will be elected president to succeed
DIR. Leo Franklin. of Detroit. A new
vice president will be chosen to sue
ceed DIR. Calisch:
The conference is national body
of the reformed wing of American
Judaism, representing 800 rabbis
throughout. the country.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17

ing that Edgewood, largest gas
plant in the world. is being kept
In fighting trim.
Mereiless Weapon.
The country having air supremacy
will use gas unnercifully, he proph-
esied. As result OF two weeks
aerial inspection OF the Atlantic
Coast from Cape Hatteras to New
port. he, has found that near the
Capes there Is an ideal location for
an enemy airdrome from which
Washington, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and other cities could be at
tackled successfully with automati-
caily piloted airplanes.. Large guam
titles of poisonous gas in the air
would put airplanes out of business
for fighting, he said.
. -, Aid to Physieians. ..
War gas experimental work will
aid the doctors in determining the
cause of diseases and the chemistry
of the human body, said Brig. Gen.
Charles f. Sawyer. Doctors should
forget some of their nomenclature
and pathology and get to woSk with
the chemists and physicists to de-
termine the action of the cells of
the body" he said. Medicine and
chemistry are linked closely in the
development of war gases.
The navy Is gas-proofing its ships
and II will be ready to meet gas
warfare" said Rear Admiral W. S.
Smith. I'VE are more afraid of gas
than we are of air attack" he said.
in referring to the controversy be-
tween airplanes and battleships that
the. army and navy have been wag-
ing.
Important Branch.
+ The gas warfare branch will be
as important" a branch of the army
as any of the other older services"
Assistant Secretary of War VAIN
wright said.
Chemical warfare needs salesman
ship was the belief of II. C. Parma
lee. editor of Chemical and Metal
lurgical Engineering, who told how
the dye and other chemical indus
tries of the country must provide
materials from which gases are
made in, time of war. How the
chemists of the country are backing
the Chemical Warfare Service was
told by DR.. W. D. Bancroft, of Cor
nell.
The chemical industry of the
country, particularly the dye plants.
must be made the reserves Of gas
warfare" declared DR.. Charles Ii.
Herty. editor of the Journal of In
dustrial and Engineering Chemistry,
who was toastmaster.
Among the prominent guests were
Senators Henry l. Meyers, Atlee
Pomerene, Lawrence c. Phipps,
Howard sutherland and Henry w.
keyes, and Representatives James
w. Fordhey. Harry E. Hull, Julius
Kahn. Frank Mondell, Martin B.
Madden. l.. p. Padgett and Frank L.
Greene, and Maj. Gems. Tasker Bliss,
william G. HAN. John L. Chamber
lain and p. c. Harris.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Kids and Pup Pals
Get Their Chance
To Be in Movies

smooth down you kittens fur.
wash your pups face and hold
steady for the cameras click.
Animal pets showing the effects
of care and kindness will be filmed
for the movies free of charge as a
part of the program of the -Be
Kind to Animals" campaign. The
movies will be shown at a concert
Wednesday. May 4, at the Play
house, 1914 N street northwest, pro
ceeds to be devoted to paying ex-
penses of the annual animal pa
rade,, May IL, under the direction n
of the Humane Education Society,
Twenty animals will be photo
graphed. Names of owners will be
given or withheld as desired, and
in the case of small animals, child
owners may pose with their pets.
Those interested in seeing their
pets on the screen should connmuni-
cate with Miss Ethel Hartman Ran
dali. Main 4123, before next We'd
nesday.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
FEET ARE CRUSHED
UNDERNEATH CAR

Leonard Henry Petzler. 2S years
old, of 1900 G street southeast, sec
retary of ID. J. Callahan. president
of the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company. was seriously
injured last night when he was
struck by a street car OF the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany on Water street, between L and
M streets northwest.
Both of Petzler's feet ere badly
crushed and he suffered a laceration
on the forehead. The street car.
which was Of the "one-msn" type.
was manned by Dalton NJ. Kendall.
Of 1914 Eighth street northwest. ac-
cording 20 the police.
Petzler was taKen to the Emer-
gency Hospital where little hope is
held out for his recovery.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Sent on Trial to Prove 1t
Ten Reasons Why
You Should Send for Brooks
Rupture Appliance

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The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Merciless Gas Attacks to Feature
Future Wars, Declare u. S. Chemical
Chiefs, Describing New Dew of Death

That a toxic smoke candle has
been developed for quantity use In
poisonous gas warfare and that
New York is extremely vulnerable
to gas attack from the air were the
declarations of Brig. Gems. Amos A
Fries and William, Mitchell. chiefs
of the army's gas and air warfare
branches. last night at thel third
annual dinner of the officers of the
Chemical Warfare Service at
Rauscher's. IS
BY using the toxic smoke can
die. poison gas is generated by
heating a safe and fool proof solid
that can be crushed. mashed or
punctured with bullets and shells
without danger" declared Gen.
Fries. The use. OF these candles
that can be made in any size for
use of all branches. when combined
with the new dew of death gas
that kills with three drops. will
cause war to be never free of gas"
he declared. .'.ss.,
Find Peace Uses.
Peace uses of war gases are be-
ing developed. said Gen. Fries. Ex-
arc OeiHB Hdoe 10 ueter-
mine their use in plague control by
killing rats. and in the eradication
Of the boil weevil and fruit pests.
War masks find commercial uses,
and poison gas protection devices
for vaults and safes are now being
made.
Give us per cent OF the army's
appropriations and 1 per cent of
the navy's and we will guarantee
to provide and keep in readiness
ample gas and material. for all
branches of this country's lighting
force. Gen. Fries declared, in. stat
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
SOutherHers Planning
TO'Push Tariff Needs

A memorial to Congress fully
setting~~forth the tariff. require
ments Of the South. and strongly
accommodating specific import du-
ties on the products of fifty-seven
southern Industries is in the course
OF compilation by a committee of
the Southern Ttariff Association in
session here at, the, NationaH Hotel.
This plan of activity was decided
upon at a meeting yesterday at
tended by Thomas Walker Page,
chairman of the United States Tariff
Commission. Representatives Slemp
Of Virginia. Wurzbach. of Texas;
Col. Ike T. Pryor and J. A. Arnold.
of Texas, and other well known
men from the South, \
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
D. A. R. CONVENTION
BRINGS THOUSAND.
DELEGATES HERE.
Thirtieth Congress Is to
Open in d. C. To-
morrow.

with more than 1000 delegates in
Washington from d. A. r. chapters
throughout the United States, the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton are prepared TO open their thir-
teenth Continents: Congress in Me-
mortal Continental Hall tomorrow
morning.
The New willard was the center
Of d. A R. activities last night, with
a banquet of more than 100 members
Of the National Oftcers' Club In the
Rose Room. while the alley was
thronged with handsomely gownei
women who gathered in little cote
rfes for pre-convention gossips.
Politics Is not expected to play
such a large share in the forthcom-
ing congress as last years gather
ing. for this is not a presidential
year in the d. A. R. calendar.
The work that members of the
National Society may do in promot-
ing patriotism and better citizen
ship. the discussion of immigration
problems, women's service, and
other absorbing questions are ex-
pected to come before the Congress.
The banquet last night was an
oe10 ahdii' WIN -hS. AhOhihS
Kite as toastmistress, and short
speeches from former national offis
GERS and incumbents.
Almost 1000 members have been
added to the roll Of the National So
ciety within the last year. according
to the report read at the pre-con-
vention meeting of the national
board yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
George Maynard Minor. president
general. pres fded.
1t was voted to accept the sum
Of n.4oO offered by Mrs. Francis
Berger Moran, of Washington, for
the memorial bronze doors in Me-
mortal Continental Hall. The
money will be presented through DR..
Kate Waller Barrett. State regent of
Virginia
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Train Ready to Garry
Kdiserin to Old Home

DOoRN, Holland. April l6.-Ar-
rangements were complete at the
Maarn railway station tonight for
entrainment of the body of the for
mer German empress for Potsdam
tomorrow. The imperial train al
ready was lying on a siding.
Elaborate preparations were made
to thwart photographers. A camou-
mage of fir trees was placed about
the station.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Prince of Monaco
Arrives in Aniericd

NEW YORK, April 1s.-The Prince
Of Monaco arrived in New York to-
day on the liner La France
He has come to America to re-
ceive the Alexander Agassiz medal
awarded him in 1919 for oceanic re-
search by the National Academy. of
Sciences. The presentation will. be
made by the academy in n5washinston
April 25. ) ~ & :. - !
Although 73 years iof age, the
Prince is still active and apparently
In the best of health. eager: to con-
tinue the scientific studies Which
were Interrupted during the world
war. - ~
The Prince Of Monaco Is ohe OF
the few hereditary monarchs. on the
continent of Europe whose throne
has not been overturned by war or
revolution. n = :
The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
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Injured When Auto
Strikes MOTORCYCLE

Robert f. Davis. 1900 Thirtieth
street southeast. was treated at
Casualty Hospital last night for
cuts about the head and body sus-
tanned when the motorcycle and side
car which he was driving collided
with a horse-drawnl vehicle driven
by George Padgett. of Medown. Nd,
at the District line and Bowen
road. William H. Jefferson. same
address, who. was riding In the side
car, was badly bruised about the
body and legs but refused hospital
treatment