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The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Rev. Robert Morrow Ordained.

Rev Robert c. Morrow, who Wa.
recently graduated from the Ap,s
tolic Mission House Of the Catholic
University. was yesterday ordained
TO the priesthood at Pittston. p.
by Bishop N. J. Hoban. FOLLOWING
the ordination Father Morrow was
the guest of honor at a reception
attended by more than 900 persons
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Revenue Agent Springs Trap.

Charged with having sold a gall
Ion of liquor to a revenue agent,
which was paid for in marked
money. Charles Lee Buie. 3s years
old. Il 1los H street northwest. was
arrested last night by Lieut.. Beck
EFT. Detectives Mansfield, Wilson
and Laurie and Revenue Agent Rose.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
d. C. Kiwanians in Toronto.

tered at the King Edward Hotel.
Toronto. Canada, attending the In
ternational Kiwanis convention
there, are Mr.. ad Mrs. Charles Rob-
erts. Mr.. and Mrs. George winslow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wagner and
Miss Wagner. George shafer and
William Weaver.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Delegates to Convention.

Delegates to the national con-
vention of Veterans of Foreign
Wars. to be held in Seattle. Wash.
were elected by the Ladies' Auxil-
iary Of the National Capital Post
yesterday as follows: Margaret
Jacobson. Carolyn Barrack. Laura
Weaver and Margaret Lidstone.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Old Federal Official
Dies in Baltimore

BALTIMORE. Nd, June 24.-otto
G. Simonson. for 20 years supervis-
ing superintendent OF public build
ings for the United States and one
of the country's best known >archi-
tects. died at his home here today.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Wilson Visits Theater.

Former President Wilson and Mrs.
Wilson, with Mrs Boiling. the
mother of Mrs. Wilson. Miss Bertha
Boiling and John Randolph Boiling
were at B. r. Keith's Theater last
evening.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Will Entertain Veterans.

Shell-shocked soldiers at st. Elk
abeth's will be given a lawn party
under auspices of the Ladies' Aux
ilisry Of the Veterans Of Foreign
wars. It was decided at a meeting
last night.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Boy Bitten by Cat.

Nh1Ie playing at his home yes
terday morning. James Martin. s
years old. $3.50 JOcelyn street north
west, was bitten by a cat. He was
privately treated.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
SENATORS BLAME
STATE OF ILLIONIS
FOR MINE MURDERS

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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
REPRESENTATIVES SUPPORT
ALCORNFORD. c. RENT BOARD

He has been employed In the
naval seun factory since 1910 and
has worked tirelessly for all leg
islation that affected the working
class of people in Washington, II
was claimed yesterday.
Senator Ball, authtr of the Ball
rent law and chairman Of the Sen
ate District Committee, announced
yesterday that he would call on
the President next "Wednesday for
the purpose of discussing the per-
sonnel of the new commission. The
Senator denied reports that he .n-
tended to propose anyone for men,
bership OF the board.
Members of the Senate and House
District committees were generous
in their praise of Mrs. Clara Sears
Taylor and expressed the, hope that
she would be retained on the COM
mission.
II was expected that an an
nouncement of the personnel Of the
new Commission would be made by
the President following his confer
ence with Senator Ball at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
GET BLACKMAILER
AND VICTIM LIST

CHICAGO. May 25.-Lists Of prom
inent Chicagoans marked hs future
victims. and a set of rules vbr black
mail were found by police today In
the rooms of Eugene Bryant. son of
A respected Harrington, Nebr.. family.
after he had been trapped az he tried
to collect $3.50 from Mrs. A, II. Shot
well. to whom he wrote more than
200 scurrilous letters. Police had in
formation that Bryant was respon-
sible for poison pen" letters received
recently by a number of persons
prominent in Chicago society.
The following were included in his
rules:
BE sure that the victim has no
way to pass information to authors
ties while action is taking. place.
BE sure that I have fooled him
before pulling the strings.
Immediately afterward ride two
elevated trains and three or four sur
face lines and back track myself ten
or twelve times"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
U.S.. SEEKS TREATY
THCANADAF FOR
LAKES-SEA CANAL
Secretary Hughes Sends
Note Opening Formal
Negotiations.
WILL AID IN WEST
Action for Seaway Project
Unanimously Favored
BY Joint Commission.

Secretary of State Hughes an
nounced yesterday that he has
notifed the British Ambassador that
the United States would be glad tS
negotiate a treaty with the Cana
dian government looking to the
construction of the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence seaway unanimously rec
commended to the United States
Congress and Canadian Parliament
by the International Joint Commits
sion.
The action of the Secretary was a
source of great qualification to
members of Congress from the West
and Middle West who are interest
ed in this great waterway develop
ment. They see in IL an assurance
that the project will ultimately be
approved by both governments and
believe that il siCnalizes the earn
estness of the administration to get
behind the development and stay
behind it until all international ne
Cotiations and necessary Legislative
enactments are concluded.
Representative Chalmers. of Ohio
author of the st. LaVrence Canal
authorization bill in Congress and
a leader in the fight for the project,
said last night in commenting on
Secretary Hughes announcement:
Secretary Hughes action is
deeply gratifying to ne. II marks
a beginning of a lap that will end
in completion Of the waterway.
conferred with State Department
officials last week regarding the ac-
tion that has now been taken and
I regard the formal transmission
Of the note to Canada as the mos'
important development that has
been made so far in the effort &c
make the ports Of the Great Lakes
accessible to ocean-going boats.
with this work actually under
way IT will he only a question oi
time until all necessary steps will
he worked out. The next big steT
will be to get Legislative approval
OF the project and ] believe that
this will be secured in both coun'
tries"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
REPUBLICANS PLAN
TO PUSH TARIFF BY
use OF gag" RULE
Democrats Threaten te
Filibuster If ClOture
Is Attempted.

Republican leaders in the Senate
are prepared to adopt heroic meas
ures to expedite the tariff bill and
other business before the upper
chamber.
They hope to curb the, endless
flow of oratory that has accom-
panied consideration of the tariff
during the past six weeks by the
imposition of a cloture rule. They
will force Senators TO attend ses-
sions. having them arrested by the
sergeant-at-arms il this becomes
necessary. And they will endeavcr
to keep eXtraneous matters from
being brought up.
A Republican caucus. meeting
yesterday. adopted resolu-
tion presented by Senator Cur
tbs, of Kansas. declaring that there
has been much larger absenteeism
than is justified" and setting forth
the Importance of attendance. The
chairman was instructed to inform
Senators absent from the city, and
those who have been missing roll
calls, that. it was imperative that
they attend.
May Arrest Absentees.
The caucus further resolved that
II absentees fail or refuse to re-
port for duty at once. that proper
steps be taken to have the sergeant
alarms compel the attendance of
such senator's"
Senator Kellogg. of Minnesota,
charged the Democrats are filibus-
tering and proposed an amendment
to the rules which would make
II possible for a majority to i'm
pose a gag rule. where two-thirds
is now required. The object would
he to Invoke the rule on the tariff
bill.
The proposed change aroused
some criticism among the rRepub-
licans. AS a consequence. 1t was
decided another caucus should be
held Saturday. at which time 1t
would be decided whether to at
tempt to force the cloture through
the Senate. Democrats served no
tice they would oppose it with all
their power and, hotly denied the
accusation that they are filibuster-
Ing.
Kellogg's amended rule woult
make it obligatory for the Senate
to vote on the question of cloture
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
WARD in JAIL
AFTER ARREST
ON AFFIDAVIT
District Attorneys Writ
Backed by Order of
Supreme Court.

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, May 25.-
For the first time since he admit
ted. three days ago, that he shot
and killed Clarence Peters, a former
Marine. Walter S. Ward. son OF
the multi-millionaire baker, is in
Jail cell.
Released on $4,000 bail after his
first surrender to the sheriff of
West Chester County. Ward was
arrested tonight on an affidavit
sworn out by District Attorney
Frederick E. Weeks, backed by ar
order issued by Supreme Court JUS
tice A. II. F. Seeger, and after a
conference with his attorneys, was
led away to his cell.
Issuance of Weeks affidavit is
considered tantamount to an OFF,
cial declaration of disbelief Of
Wards tale of blackmail, by which
he says he was frightened out of
$4,000 by Peters and two other
men before he fired the shot that
ended Peters life.
1t was announced that the young
mans attorneys will ask for a writ
of habeas corpus Friday morning.
In the meantime State and local
police and private Investigators
were digging into every phase Of
Wards story, little closer to the
solution than they have been since
the body of Peters was discovered.
Ward and his attorneys have sue
ceeded in concealing every vestigs
of information that would reveal
the basis of Peters alleged black
mail.
Wards resignation from the post
OF commissioner of New Rochelle
police. demanded a week ago and
forwarded yesterday. came into the
hands of Mayor Harry Scott a few
hours before Ward was Jailed. In
the letter Ward explains that he
resigns to relieve the city of any
embarrassment"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26

A candidate for appointment as
one of the rent commissioners ap-
peared. yesterday when it became
known that forty members of the
House had signed a round robin
petitioning the President to ap-
point Robert H. Alcorn. a moulder
in the navy yard and former mem
Der of the Minimum Wage Board.
The petition made its appearances
in the House yesterday morning
and of the forty members ap-
preached ntne refused 20 sign the
"round robin indorsing Alcorn. II
was expected shat by late today
practically every member who
voted for the Ball rent law would
have signed the petition.
II was explained by those who
favor ths appointment of Alcorn
that he has worked faithfully for
the reclassification bill and other
Legislation affecting the District
and upon his various appearances
before Congress has impressed
members with his ability and fair
ness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
REVENUE BUREAUS
CHIEFS QUlzzED BY
INTELLIGENCE Unit
Sumner Appointees Asked
About Religion and Va
riOus Affiliations.

The Internal Revenue Bureau row
took a new turn yesterday when
four appointees of the deposei dep
uty commissioner. a. ID. Sumner
were said to have been questioned
secretly by operatives of the Bu-
reau of Intelligence unit under di-
rection of Chief Trey
A list bearing twenty or twenty
tions designating the religion and
secret order membership of Zach
was submitted to the four men and
they were asked if the notatiuns
were in the handwriting of Mr.
Sumner. according to S. Ii. Patch
ell. one OF the men quizzed.
The others were Sam T. B:cwn
of Michigan, auditor general, for
mer campaign manager for Repre-
sentative Fordney: Ollie Buehne. oi
Ohio. private secretary to former
Deputy Commissioner Sumner;
Frederick Geilinger, of West Nlr,
ginia. assistant to the chief of col
lections in the prohibition unit. and
James Schock. of Louisiana, detailed
to the accounts unit.
Quixxed by Operatives.
Operatives Madden. ]. A. Corn.
well, Partridge. Trey and ALI Ofte-
dal were among the men who con.
Quoted the quiz. according to Mr.
Patchell. The men who were ques-
toned are all appointees of Mr.
Sumner under the Harding admin.
istration and are all Republicans
The operatives. Mr.. Patchell said
are hoIdovers from the Wilson ad.
ministration.
Mr.. Patchell said the list present.
ed to him contained names of bu-
reau workers with pencil notations
stating nationality; religion, wheth-
er Catholic Protestant nr Jews =:
political alignment, whether Demo.
cratic or Republican, and if he was
a Mason.
Mr.. Patchell said the men. includ
ing himself, were summoned from
their offices with a message stating
Deputy Commissioner Charles r
Nash wished to see them and were
then conducted to the office of Chief
Trey Each man was rapidly ques.
toned by three to five operatives
each. Although no stenographer
was present. Mr.. Patchell said they
were presented with statements to
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
Bars Rough Stuff
In Ku Klux Klan
Those Who Favor Lawless.
ness Must Get Out, Says
Chief of Staff of Ordef.

ATLANTA. Ca, May 25.-"we
won't stand for any rough stuff
in our organization. Those who IA
for and encourage lawlessness must
get out"
F. l.. Savage, chief of staff of the
ku kluX klan, today made that
statement concerning the dismissal
of every kleagle of the order in
California, following an investiga
tion of recent night riders activities
in that State.
The dismissed kleagles undoubt.
edly have a few ffiends in the ranks
Of our California domain who may
side with them as a result of their
dismissal. but We do not attach any
seriousness whatever to reports of a
split in our ranks out there" Saw.
age said.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
DR.. Otto Wiedfeldt Pre-
sents Credentials at
White House.

with an appeal for the personal
confidence of President Harding,
and resumption of those Intimate
intellectual. moral and economic re-
lations" existing between the two
countries before the war. Germany
has officially returned to the seat
of American government after FIVE
years absence.
Dr.. Otto wiedfeldt. the new Ger
man Ambassador. presented his let
ter OF credence to President Hard
ing yesterday with the plea of the
offender for a restoration of friend
illness and good will.
Secretary Hughes Present.
President Harding. in response,
expressed his happiness to coop
crate with Wiedfeldt in the latter's
new and dificult task. 'knowinc
that through mutual understandings
the common interests Of the two
nations will be best promoted
The historic occasion passed al
most unnoticed in Washington
wiedfeldt was presented to the
President by Secretary Hughes
who remained through the ex-
changes between the President ano
Germany's envoy. The meeting wak
brief and without other than the
usual ceremony attending the pre-
eign diplomat
But in Wiedfeldts words there
was the pleading for new Ger
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
SAYS HE KILLED
MOVIE DIRECTOR

PoUGHKEEPSIE. n. Y. May IS
81 am the guy that murdered william
Desmond Taylor, the moving picture
director" declared a man giving the
name Of Mac" arrested near here
on a charge Of holding up a taxi
driver.
Sheriff Everett r. Davis said he
seemed bright and telligent," and
certainly not a mailman"
I'm in a tight Ak Mac" told
his captors. 'and I must get out of
it" He gave no details of the Tay-
lor murder. Authorities doubt his
story.
He admitted he had served term
in st. Louis prison He is being
held now in the Poueskeepsie jail.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
TRAIN HITS CAR;
35 ARE INJURED

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, May 25.-
Thirty-five persons were injured. eight
.erjously. when a freight train crs.hed
into a stree. car here today.
The car. loaded with seventy-two
ma ssengers. including several children
en- route from SUBURBAN homes. was
struck souarely in the center while
sttempting to cross the tracks of the
Alabama Great Southern Railroad in
the east end of town.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
ST. PAUL SEEKS
FIVE-CENT FARE

ST. PAUL, Mimi. May 25.-Efforts
made in Minneapolis to have the
streef>car fare reduced from s to 5
cents are expected to be followed
by similar moves here. Such a re-
duction here would save the inhab-
itants of the Twin Cities approx
mately s2.00o.ooe a year.
Establishment of a new street rail-
way company in the Midway districts
of st. Paul. adjoining Minneapolis.
is proposed as the next step in the
fight of business interests Of the two
cities against abolition of the So
called neutral zone. The old free
fare zone permitted passage from the
limits of either city to the Midway
on one fare,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
CRABTREE LAUDS
BILL TO CHANGE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
ID. c. Educational Future
Bright, Says National
Association Head.
URGES NEW BASIS
Declares Creation of Board
AS Independent Body Is
Fundamental Necessity.
URGES NEW BASIS

Indorsing the school reorganiza-
ton bill submitted by Senator Ar
thur F. Capper to the joint Con-
Eressional committee, ]. W. Crab
tree. secretary of the National
Education Association. yesterday
expressed the opinion that the pro-
posed legislation provides the So
luton to the Washington school
problem and declared that the edu-
cational principles embodied in the
bill are indorsed by the leading
educators Of the country.
Due TO the bill submitted to the
Joint committee on reorganization
of the Washington school system
by Senator Capper. the future OF
public schools in the District OF
Columbia has a brighter outlook
than ever before in its history
the National Education Associates
official said.
Members of the committee. il wa.
stated. are so thoroughly in accorC
on the remedies needed for i'm
provernent Of Washington school,
that they requested Senator Capper
to frame the bill. assuring him o.
their support in advance.
Indorses Soundness OF BuI.
The National Education Associa
tion is looked upon as the strong
est educational organization in th'
United States. Crabtree's indorse
ment Of the proposed reorCaniza
ton bill is retarded as pointed
testimony 10 the soundness Of tn
changes that the bill would effect
While 'Crabtree is in sympath!
with the entire reorganizat' ot
schedule. he singled out the fol
lowing principles which he declared
to be fundamental:
Creation of the Board Of Educa
tion as an independent body by
removing control Of the schoo
budget from the District Commits
sioners and placing it in the board
Management of the schools. th'
school buildings and all pertaining
thereto by the Board Of Education
through school officials.
Appointment of the Board n
Education by the President will
confirmation by the Senate. Thu
board Is appointed now by the Dis
trict Supreme Court. which has M
other connection with the schoo
system.
"Must Have Higher Standards"
Before the school situation II
Washington can improve TO a ma
terial degree" Crabtree declared
"the system must be raised 90
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many" And in HardinG's there was
the welcome of a nation ready to be
shown"
Recalls Friendly Relations.
Appointed through the confidence
Of the President of the German EN-
pire and of the German government.
| enjoy the high distinction and
honor of representing my country
in the United States OF America as
the first Ambassador after the war,
wiedfeldt told the President.
Il am fully conscious Of the heavy
and responsible duty incumbent
upon me. But ! take courage from
the fact that until the brief in
terruption during the years Of war
intimate intellectual. moral and
economic relations have existed be-
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
Germany Renews Relations
AS President Greets Envoy
Calls as German
Empires" Envoy

Dr. Otto wiedfeIdt went be-
fore President Harding yester-
day as the Ambassador Of the
sGerman Empire" according TO
q literal translation Of his
papers. He WINS accredited he
told the President. by the presi-
dent Of .the German Empire
and German RepubIic.'
President Harding. however.
obviously regards the "empire-
as dead. for I'm his response he
confined himself 20 mention Of
the German arepublie."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-05-26
BIG CUT IN EXPENSE
OF SHIPPING BOARD

The Shipping Boards operating ex-.
penses were less for April than for
any other month so far. Chairman
Lasker has announced.
Total expenses incurred in excess
of income from vessel operations were
s2.s7T,246.72, or reduction of $685.
s0S.5 SO over March.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-04
KANSAS LEADS
BY A. w. STUBBS.

Kansas is great as the 'fSunfIower State,'
Because she is always in bloom;
She might, of course wait, but never is
late,
Because in the front is more room
Kansas raises more wheat than a nation
can eat.
Because she has finest of soil.
Kansas raises more corn than will go in
And beneath she is swimming in oil
Kansas once had to bleed, but now she
can lead.
Because of her great onward stride,
But Kansas has wealth, her people have
health,
And these are her comfort and pride.
Kansas raises some hell. $50 her enemies
telD
Because she despises the wrong;
But Kansas is square and wants to be
fsr.
And that is why Kansas is strong.
kansas workmen are safe, tho some OF
them chafe.
Under laws that were made for their
good
Corporations may scow1 and also may
howl.
But Kansas laws well understood.
The Nation, l VOW. looks to 1zansas Just
row,
as she sends out great beacon
light,
Where strikes give alarm, but do little
For Ksnsas stands up for the right.