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The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
Cause of Excitement.

The other evening. for want Of a
little excitement. my husband, his
sister and brother-in-law, and I
went for a walk down Sixteenth
street. When We reached Sixteenth
and U streets. we went in a store
to get some refreshments. On fin-
ishing our sodas, we heard the
clang of a fire engine. and upon
leaving the store saw the engine
(drawn by horses, by the way-al-
most as curious a sight today as
the automobile vehicle was some
years ago). then the hook and lad
der, and finally. the chiefs car
all going at rapid speed. We there
upon decided to follow the engine,
which had gone out U street. Be-
fore we had crossed Sixteenth street
another engine company ian auto
mobile engine this time) came hur-
rying down Sixteenth street and out
u. We then surmised that the fire
must be a large one. to necessitate
two engine companies answering
the call. and increased our pace.
As we neared Fifteenth sstreet,
crowds of people were coming from
every direction. and going toward
Fourteenth street. When we
reached the corner of Fourteenth
and Z streets. we saw an enormous
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What a Dog Did.

While waiting for a car at Thir-
tieth and NJ streets northwest. l
noticed a lean, Mangy-looking mon
grel dog. He seemed SO forlorn
and miserable. gave him a kind
word from pure pity. He responded
in true canine fashion by vigorous
wagging of his tail and worshipful
antics. Just then my car came and
/ quickly got aboard. AS / stepped
on the car. the dog stepped on: as
I walked down the aisle, he walked
close behind me; when i sat down.
down he lay at my feet and went to
sleep.
Along about Ninth street an aged
negro woman entered the car carry
ing a market basket from which
protruded the head of live chicken.
The chicken escaped and. with feet
tied, went hopping along the aisle
The noise awoke my" dog which
Immediately gave chase. Followed
a moment of great excitement. then
the chicken was captured. When
order was restored persons in the
car would glance at me and smile,
thinking 1 was the owner of the
dog. At the next stop, the dog
left the car of his own accord and
/ have not seen nor heard of him
since.-M. n. H.. 30l2 Q street
northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
A Regular Cop.

Here's what happened on the up
per pavilion at the baseball park
last Sunday. The game was about
to start and as usual when there Is
a big crowd. some folks changing
from one place to another to get a
better view II possible. A young
man came down the aisle with his
coat on one arm and some news
papers under the other, followed by
Policeman No. SIS yelling to tho
man to stop, so that he could re-
turn the wallet he dropped when
leaving his other seat. That struck
me as an example of real protec-
tion.
Shortly afterward. / saw the same
officer manhandle a fellow who in
sisted on sitting in the aisleway
after he had been repeatedly
warned to 'ocate in a seat in an
other secus of the stand.-H. A.
H, 1926 Vermont avenue northwest.
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Continued from Page One.
ing employees with all rights re-
stored" said Chairman Hooper.
The position of the carrier is that
when the men struck the carriers
owed to themselves and to the
public the duty of continuing the
operation of their trains for the
transportation of freight, passen-
gers and mail; that perishable
products. necessary travel and the
enormous mails of the nation could
not wait to ascertain whether or
not the strikers could force the
carriers. to yield to their demands.
The carriers say that in the reten-
tion of old employees and the en-
gaging of new ones they are COM
pelled to promise efficient men
permanent employment and fair
treatment after the strike is over.
and they cannot honorably recede
from these obligations"
Washington Now Center.
with the failure OF all efforts to
settle the problem here-and to-
days developments are believed to
al nOpcS Oh
settlement will be transferred from
the time being to Washington.
The announcement of the roads is
expected to be followed by an ag-
gressive campaign by the unions
President E. II. Fitzgerald. of the
clerks. freight handlers. station and
express employees. today sanctioned
a strike Of the clerks on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio. and II is expected
that he will sanction others tomor-
row.
President Jewell. in a letter to
President Cradle. declared that the
shop craft officers were delighted
to know that the committee repre-
scnting your organization had found
way out of the situation confront
lry them and had decided upon a
urse which they believed would
TIng justice to the membership of
- maintenance, OF way employees"
Jewel said he wanted to make his
position clear to emphasize that the
striking unions were not attempting
to pull other organizations into the
walkout.
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ESCAPE
AS PLANE HITS LOG

NEW YORK, July 19.-The lives
of Milton Kray, of Brooklyn. for
mer army captain. and his mecha-
nician, Edward c. Cook, of College
Point. L. /, were endangered when
their NJ. F. seanlane struck log
today while taxing along the sur.
face of Gravesend Bay off Fort
Hamilton.
One end of the log penetrated the
hull of the plane and struck Capt.
Kray in the head. inf1icting a slight
injury. The two men and their ma
chine were brought to the station of
the police department air force on
the Fort Hamilton reservation.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
Taking no Chances.

Traffic seemed to be somewhat
contested at a busy corner of Penn
sylvania avenue the other afternoon
by an old colored man, driver of an
uncertain wagon and doubtful
horse. He had gotten over the
tracks. but had stopped his outfit
directly across the other half of
the street and there he sat with his
left hand outstretched. looking anx-
iously toward the trafic cop who
had gotten him that far. The an
noyed look of waiting motorists
was supplanted by an amused and
tolerant smile when the cop came
way over to his wagon, made a
deep bow accompanied by a -four
ishing sweep of his hand to the left,
thus granting individual permission
to one careful observer of trafflc
rules to take his left turn. There
is one cop in town with a sense of
humor, anyhow.-M. c. S.-Union
Trust Bldg.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
This Ford Proved Useful.

After the rain yesterday the streets
were quite impossible. A lady rather
stout, who had no doubt been on a
shopping tour, was trying to cross
the street but could not for the depth
of water. Two young boys came
along. and they also wanted to cross
the street. Seeing a Ford delivery
truck standing there they jumped in
on one SIDE and out on the other.
The rather stout lady doing likewise.
but not as nimbly. Others followed.
ard it was quite funny to see tn. peo-
pie going through Ford truck to
cross an overfiowing gutter. E. g.,
1926 K street southeast.
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A Figure of Courage.

One of the saddest and bravest
sights to be seen every day on one
of the street corners abutting on
Thomas Circle is that Of a Grip
pied colored man in a wheel chair,
sitting ever patiently, his head
drawn down upon his chest with
untold suffering. his wIthered arms
and legs hanging loosely to him.
For years he has been there, a fig-
ure of greatest courage to every
passr-by. For years he shall prob
ably remain there, a landmark to
all Washingtonians, until he goes
to his just reward where he will
know no more suffering or anguish
ed waiting.-F. S. E.-S., 1921 s
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
CHARGES RAILROAD
IS TRYING TO GRAB
PARK SITE AS YARD.
Don II. York Warns Trim
idad Citizens to Resist
Attempt.
FIRST MOVE TO-DAY
Zone Commission Will Hold
Hearings on Proposal
At 10 A. M.

Attempts are being made to turn
the Patterson tract into a railroad
freight yard. and the initial step
will be taken at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning." said President Don
9 H. York. of Trinidad Citizens As
ISOLATION. last night, when he ap-
pealed to the 500 members to be
present at the hearing today to
block the movement he alleges to
be on foot.
Tomorrow morning at the Dis
trict Building" York said. "a GER
tain development company will be
given a hearing by the Zoning Com
mission. This company. which l
am convinced is merely a dummy
will ask that the area between the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks and
the Columbia Institution for the
Deaf be made an Industrial zone.
The area is now classed as a resi-
Dental zone.
This area is just north of that
part of the Patterson tract which
# is proposed to have made into
Va beautiful park. Should the de-
velopment company be successful
in getting classed as an Industrial
zone the area l have spoken of.
am certain that II would follow
this by attempting to gain control
of tbs proposed park site to the
south"
Influences are at work to frus-
trate the plan for making the Pat
terson tract a park, according to
York He said that a trustee OF
the Patterson estate had recently
approached an official of the Column
b'a Institution for the Deaf and
asked him not to oppose the move
ment to utilize the tract as a freight
yard.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, York said. is after the Patter-
son tract. The tract would be
worth millions of dollars to the
Pennsylvania Railroad he said,
and it will not hesitate to pay
millions for it.
"Reason Is Simple.o
The reason is simple. At pres
ent the Pennsylvania has its yards
at Benning, about two and a half
miles on the other side of Eastern
Branch. Should the company be
eble to get the Patterson tract for
yard it could bring it's freight
hlmost into the heart of the CITY,"
The area the development COM
pany wants classed as an Industrial
zone either includes or adjoins the
present refuse dump at Mount Oil
vet road and West Virginia avenue,
according to York
Should it include the refuse dump,
York said. the company would be
able to continue the site as a dump
indefinitely. whereas under a lease
now in force the dump will only
remain a year.
The refuse dump has long been
a source of irritation to members
of the Trinidad Citizens Associa-
tion, according to York, and they
found some consolation in the fact
that il would be discontinued after
the lease ran out
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Hot Weather Observations.

While strolling around Monday af-
ternoon: Arrayed in a palm beach
suit. panama hat. and white shoes ne
was dressed for the summer heat, but
rs a precaution he carried a large
sunshade that was conspicuous by its
bright green lining and tan cover
ing. In contrast to the rest Of us
he looked very cool.
A favorite outdoor sport these
days seems to be looking at the
chart in the kiosk on the avenue
to find out how high it has regis
tered.
Despite the heat recently there was
one party who put on an extra coat.
Workmen were busily engaged in put
ting on coat of paint on the gen.
eral astride the charger in the park
In front of the New National Theater.
T. NJ. c.. 2201 Champlain street
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
Insanitary Melon-Plugging.

The other day l saw a colored
peddler selling watermelons on the
street. Having located a customer
he took knife and cut a plug"
out of the melon. Instead of cutting
a piece of the plug off with his
knife to taste IT and make sure it
was o. X. he took the plug in hand.
lifted it to his mouth. took a bite
and then put the plug back into the
melon and sent it up to the house
1 think the health department still
has little ground to cover.-J. T. c.,
427 p street northwest.
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stopping at Union Station. to look
at the Columbus Monument
Suddenly. l saw a boy of about
10 years old. scramble over the wall
facing the station. get his clothes
and beat it, Tie Of course had
on his bathing suit.) Soon others
began to clear out" 1t was then
that 1 saw the cause of the excite
ment.
A large cop" was sauntering
across the sidewalk apparently un-
aware of the boys presence: but
when he went to look for them.
they weren't a-tall.-J. Harry Phil
lip. jr., 1921 d street northeast.
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She Feared the Worst.

A young woman who recently ar
rived in Washington and is employ
ed on the seventh floor of the Vet
erans' Bureau. happened to glance
out the window the other day at
noon just as the big time ball over
the State, War and Navy Building
fell.
Good Heavens she exclaimed.
Look, Ethel! Somebody's bombing
the War Department. - Jesse
Ramsdell. 24S Maple avenue. Tako-
ma Park Nd
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Conditions Normal Here,
Say Rail Officials
Everything Is normal here. "

Everything Is normal here"
That Is the only comment Wash
ington Terminal officials would
make last night following the walk
out of oilers. firemen and engineers.
The oficials added, however. that
the prediction made by the strike
leaders that the walk-out would
cripple operation of yard switches.
elevators and lighting and refrig-
Grating plants had not been borne
but.
Trains continued to arrive late
= yesterday. Some were as much as
four hours behind time. An official
was asked IL the lateness of the
trains was caused, by the strike.
He rsplied that there was ;=othing
'uK.suaf" ga efains sr..sng late.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
Necessity Mothers Invention.

AS / was standing In the door
way of my office yesterday waiting
for the storm to subside. l saw a man
carrying a woman down the street,
and she was holding an umbrella over
both of them. They reached the
Pals Royal whereupon he put the
lady down, and they both went into
the department store for shelter. NJ.
j. s., S04 North Carolina avenue
southeast
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crowd on the corner, and several
policemen; traffic was at a stand
still. but still we could not see any
fre. On inquiring where the fire
was, We learned that 1t was-a
fiiver on flre!-L. Y, 1880 Belmont
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
Names Land Registers.

President Harding yesterday nomi-
mated the following registers Of land
offices: Robert f. Patterson. of Min
nesota. at Duluth. Mimi. and Claude
c. Turner, of North Dakota, at Dick
enson, N. d.
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sts, d OF 1t sdh the Senators de
The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
HOPE OF PEACE
FADES AS ROADS
DENY SENIORITY

Continued from Page One.
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79c Suits

Women's Athletic Union
Suits. of flesh color voile:
low neck. no sleeves; knee
ment.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-08-18
tine STATE

KalispellLTwo carloads Of strike
6feakers have arrived q yvhtteflsA
20 work in the Great Northern shops
there.
B1tte-'.Not guilty" was the plea
entered By Axel HolmQuist, who On
July ; shot and killed his brother
Alfred, his estranged wife Anna and
their 3-year-old con.
Booema1-Tho Montana Whole
sale 0rocers' association u holding
IT. annual convention In Boseman.
Representatives are here from every
part Of Montana. At the session
plans were made 70 make . fight
for . reduction IN freight rates on
0ugar.
Great Fail News has been 70
oeived In Great Falls Of the death
In California Of Thomas Curry. "a
years Of age. . 3ioneer Of Montana
and tor many years . prominent
banker and capitalist Of this city.
0at4e-Harold Anderson, atlas Nu.
gene Milton. charged With grand lar
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csny, ssoaped from the silver Bow
county Jail By saving the bars On =
fourth floor window and lowerlng
himself 70 me ground with . rope
made Of blankets.
Sqfeolk Fire. the origin Of which
. unknown, totally destroyed the
Montana Ulevator conpany's eleva-
tor here. The blaze occurred late ct
hight ana wae discovered too late to
permit saving Of building or contents.
Between 5000 and 1000 bushels Of
grain were burned. .
livingston -Adjutant General G.
II. Sheridan lost . race with death
which started ct Missotila ana ended
In Livtngston. several hours after the
death Of his brother. Albert D. Sheri-
dan. . young rancher Of the Upper
Shields valley. Who succumbed TO In
juries from . horses kick.
Ea1ispellHforris n. Street. two
year-old SON Of Mr.. and l6rs. Manley
II. Stroet, Who live on the Dodge
ranch five miles north Of Kaliapell.
was instantly killed when kicked On
the chin By . horse, the blow break
ing the little child's neck.
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- RERDERT 3. WOODWARD

FEstt5 ~ WB3003x d WVVWW A0O
Probably the most noteworthy in-|
stitution IN Montana IL one Of the
least known within the state. with
. fame which extends from Maine to|
California and from Canada to tho|
Cult, Il 10 taken - q matter Of couroo|
ct home. Nationally regarded - one
Of the leaders among courts, with 81
record more remarkable than that OIL
any other institution in the state. the
Montana supreme court Il today TEL
nous everywhere except n Montana.
How many Of our citizens know
that when deciding Z case, . million
dollars, cash In hand, means no more
20 our supreme court than . plugged
nickel does to Henry Ford? Time and
again mining cases from Butte In
volving tens and even hundreds Of
millions Of dollars. have been. up be-
fore the court. Time and again DUR
ing the great copper wars and the
state capital fights. money has been
spent like water by the contending
forces. Time and again good m1D
have yielded to the lure Of golden
brides Of unheard-of size. But the
supreme court has never once wav-
cred in doing its duty.
Never has the slightest breath Of
suspicion tainted its fair name. In
the battles Of the giants, years ago,
all knew that when their cases got
before the Montana supreme court,
they would get just exactly what they
had coming, and not one whit more.
The humblest citizen Of the state has
always gotten the same consideration
~ the wealthiest, and all got q square
deal.
Judges Brantley and Holloway,
both of whom were on the bench dur
ing most Of those stormy days, are
poor men today, but though they are
AZ poor in worldly goods as the day
they assumed the judicial robes, both
are rich in the spotless reputation
they have helped build up for Mon
tana's supreme court.
How many Montana people know
that practically every legal reform
advocated in the United States dur
ing the past 80 years has been volun-
tarily adopted by our supreme court?
without any help from laws passed
by the legislature, our court has
found q way to abolish most Of the
worst evils In American jurispru-
dence. Technicalities which defeat
justice, delays which hinder the poor
man, hair line decisions which turn
loose guilty lawbreakers, injunctions
without notice-all these have been
done away with by the Montana su-
preme court.
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Justice Albert J.. Galen, one Of
tho younger members Of the 81.
preme court. Judge Galen was at.
torney general for eight years.
ton to the supreme court, it unques-
tionably is q national record for an
elected Judge. Federal Judges, as
everyone knows, do not have to go
before the electors for approval or re-
lection, but are appointed for life by
the president.
With two out of its three members
serving for such long period, it is
no wonder that the Montana supreme
court has made such an admirable
record for consistency. And not only
have both these men wonderful men,
cries and great ability, but the other
judges who have served with them
are all lawyers of great attachments.
Two of the three judges having been
on the bench for so many years, they
have had time to become thoroughly
familiar with the entire history of
Montana decisions. In fact, large
proportion of the cases decided by the
court have been during their own
tenure Of office. and hence they are
personally familiar with the decisions
previously rendered. It has been
natural therefore that they should
be singularly successful in keeping
the courts decisions consistent and
in line, one with another.
Judge Brantley's Memory
It is said Of Judge Brantley that
he can give from memory the history
of every important decision in Mon
tana since the state was admitted to
the union In 1889, and in many cases
the volume where It is found, and
the year It was rendered. Almost one
third Of these decisions he wrote him
self since the size Of the court was
raised from three to five only very
recently.
And the third reason for the logi.
cal sequence and consistency Of the
Montana case law Is found in thu
methods used by the court in making
q decision. Many courts of last re-
sort assign . case after its argument
to one Of the Judges and when HI
finishes the opinion, It 10 read by tn,
other judges and they merely Assem-
or dissent. Other courts hold shor
session following the argument, an.
after q verbal discussion agree OF
their decision. One Of the judges 4
then appointed to write the opinion
J for the court, and tho case is closed
Many courts have felt they must rusl
matters through In this manner o.
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judges. Judge William L. Holloway
has served continuously for IA years
as associate justice. Chief Justice
Brantley is now closing his fourth
term as chief justice, and has there
fore presided over the court for "a
consecutive years. Authorities say
that this is the longest continuous
service of any elected Judge in the
history of the United States. When
added to the six years served by him
on the district bench in Deer Lodge
county Immediately prior to his cleo
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who has served continuously ON
tho supreme court bench for IA
years.
A noteworthy instance of the
brushing aside of technicalities and
insisting on substantial justice, was
the early case of State ex rel. White
side W. First Judicial District Court.
In this pioneer case Of Montana's his
tory. Chief Justice Brantley, without
any special legislation to back him.
but simply going ON "horse sense"
and the principles of the common
law, invented the writ Of ''Supervis-
DRY Control" This writ allows a
man to 60 immediately into the SUI
preme court II q lower court does
him an injustice. without waiting for
the laborious process Of completing
the trial of his case in the district
court and then appealing to the SUI
preme court. State after state has
approved the Montana courts reas-
oning, and adopted this writ, and
from one end Of the United States
to the other. Judge Brantley IL known
as ''the father of the writ of SUPER
visory control"
A Case in Point
A later example Of doing away with
technicalities was the famous case
argued In 1907 by Albert ]. Galen,
then attorney general, but now him
self an associate justice, when the
court adopted the rule that in Grim
inal trials "prejudfcial error will
never be presumed" Here the su-
preme court decided that they would
never upset the conviction Of q GRIM
inal by jury. unless the lawbreaker
could show that he was denied sub
stautial justice. This decision has
likewise been followed by supreme
courts Of many sister states. When
one reflects on the number of GRIM
inals who have kept outside the bars
BY taking advantage Of legal techni-
calities, IL It any wonder that other
states are following Montana's lead
and abolishing such legal loopholes?
But to the everlasting credit Of Mon
tana Il can be- said that our supreme
court did this without assistance OF
even suggestion from the legislature
n many states the courts dropped
these intricate quips and quirks sc
dear to most lawyers, only under the
compulsion OF stringent laws passed
By their legislatures.
One OF the early decisions Of Mon
taAA'o supreme court held that In
functions or other pre-emptory writ'
Unjust not b issued without due NO