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Washington.

the District Pound to rid the
streets Of these animals.
The dog catcher's job IL about
the most thankless one on earth.
He u upbraided by public-spiritsd
citizens. who stand by helpless.
while their untasged pups are be-
ing gathered into the net. Kids
follow after his wagon and with
eyes streaming with tears. vainly
beg the release Of their pets. The
dog catcher does not even stand
well in his own neighborhood. He
In looked down upon because he
holds q Job that compels him to
prey on the little cur that frisks
at the curb.
That part is all right. but let
some citizen's youngster get bitten
and then the uproar begins. Police
headquarters is called and the up
right citizen wants to know why
the authorities allow dangerous
dogs to run around the streets.
As long as it's his neighbor's kid.
the upright citizen doesn't bother
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horse was taken to one of the
stalls at the Home. where he en-
Joyed comfort and ease for q mum.
Der Of years.
BOUGHT FOR 50.
Another case in point is that Of
a horse that was so old and feeble
he had been melting the pity Of
people for months. The agents OF
the league got after its owner,
but It took three months of per-
sistent watching and perseverance
for the agents of the league to
catch up with the owner. Finally
they bought the horse for 50 and
gave him haven at the home.
The instances related above are
only a few among thousands han
died during the existence Of the
Animal Rescue League. The
agents Of the league are ever on
the lookout for acts of cruelty to
animals ana In every instance they
attempt to buy the animal involved
and put an end to it's misery.
The f!rst step to organize the
league was taken on. March 2S.
1914. when Mrs. s. NJ. Aclxley, Mrs.
Thomas f. Bayard, Mrs. F. e.
Smith, Mrs. Huntington Smith,
Mrs. William Slater. Mrs. Martha
c. Goldman. Miss Nancy johnson,
Miss Lydia Spencer Blddle and
Mrs. George F. Becker. met at the
residence Of Mrs. Biddle, adopted
the name Of the Washington Ami
NAL Rescue League. planned the
work to be undertaken and issued
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very long since oAep WAS oae OF
the homeless dogs Of the city.
In 1919. Mrs. Murdoch. who lived
in Georgetown, died. She was a
great lover Of cats and bequeathed
to the Animal Rescue League the
sum of $500 to take care Of six
small cats which had been her ia
vorites. Two of the cats died
shortly after arriving at the home,
but the other four are still there.
the aristocrats Of the institution.
They are kept separate from the
other cats in a special section and
receive careful attention.
Scotch" is the mascot of the
league and accompanies the driver
Of the automobile upon all his
rounds. He is a Scotch terrier
with some Airedale blood in him.
He is the master Of rnany dog
tricks and is thoughts great deal
Of by everyone connected with the
institution.
The horses brought into the
leagues headquarters by agents
illustrate mans cruelty to mans
faithful friend. Many Of them are
covered with scars and can hardly
stand. Sometimes the league is
made the custodian of horses until
a legal question can be settled. In
one instance a peddler went sud.
denly insane. His poor. old, worn
out horse was left IN the stable
with no one to assume the respon.
sibiiity Of feeding him. After two
weeks, the man owning the stable
complained to the police. The
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STRAY DOGS AND
CATS AND HORSES
ALL GET WELCOME
The Home Maintained at 349 Maryland Avenue
Southwest Has Cared for More Than 100000
Animals Since Its Inception-League is
Always BeSieged for Cats and Dogs by
People Anxious for Pets.
By HARRY SHREvE.

THE melancholy days here. There's chill in
the air that announces old man Hawkins is just
around the corner and coming fast The last
rose Of summer lies shrveed in the gutter and the last
butterfly has long since flown souhdown the throat Of
some hungry sparrow ''... .
Now comes the real days Of adversely for that waif
of the .world-the homeless dog His tail between
his legs he vanly searches the highways and byways
for some sort of shelter and bone to gnaw.
Gone are his boon companions and protectors of the
summer. The kids, he want to romp with, busy
with reading and 'riting and rhmetc He peers
longingy at them through the schoolhouse windows
until the janitors lump of coal sends him skurryng on
his way-a derelct with all hands against him.
There is just haven for him and if you have any
love in your system for mans faithful friend you can
help him out
The next time some yellow creeps beneath your
front porch and hows dismally to the heavens don't
chase him off with brick Take him inside give him
bowl Of milk and telephone for the wagon of the
Animal Rescue League.
Tell the operator it's an emergency call and maybe
she'll let you by without paying that extra nickel If
she won't, why telephone anyway You're fixing that
cur for a good home and the chances in week or
two he'll be rompng with some curly-haired kid who'll
treasure that yellow just the finest piece of dog
flesh In the entire world
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and the abused horse. Through
their efforts q powerful organiza-
ton was built UP with the sole OBJ
ject Of bettering the condition Of
washington's animal life. Since
that time hundreds Of associate
and active members have Joined
the league.
It's q work that only an animal
lover can participate in and one
that only an animal lover can ap.
preciats.
Down at South Capitol ana 1
streets there is another institution
which takes great interest in the
careers Of stray and homeless
animals, particularly the dog. This
10 the headquarters Of the District
Pound-Master. Your yellow pup.
with no home and no license, finds
little sympathy here. This is an
institution OF law enforcement and,
while the Animal Rescue League
works with the ideas Of reecuing
the stray animal from misery, the
District Pound authorities 60 TO
the other extreme and consider the
homeless. the unmuzzled. and tag
less dog q menace.
Where will you find a youngster
who does not want to romp with
any old dog he meets on the way
to the grocery store7 1t makes
no difference to the kid whether
that dog Is just some friendly pup
with q loving disposition or some
dangerous animal ready to snap
at the hand that feeds II. IT'S Just
q dog In the boys mind and all
dogs are wonderful things to all
boys. The District Pound is con-
Quoted with the purpose Of pro-
tecting not only the boy. but all
citizens from the menace OF
dangerous dogs.
The assumption is that when q
person does not think enough Of the
dog he owns to pay for Q tag for
him and muxxie It in accordance
with the law. he does not think
enough Of the animal to feed ana
look after II. Dogs that are not
fed and cared for. are inclined 10
become vasrants. and very often
vasrant dogs become dangerous.
Police records will show that many
people are bitten by stray animals
each week and It IN the purpose Of
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a call for a public meeting In the
auditorium Of Woodward q Lo.
throp's. This meeting was called
to order on March 81 by Rear Ad-
miral 8. A. Staunton. Mrs. Stilson
Hutchins. president Of the wash
ington Humane Society, expressed
the full sympathy Of that society
with the proposed organization.
Resolutions were adopted establish
ing the purpose of the league and
arranging for a committee to COM
plete organization.
FIFTY MEMBERS PLEDGED.
On April "a. at the Shoreham,
another meeting was held and fifty
persons pledged themselves to be-
come life members Of the league.
The following officers were then
elected: Mrs. Peter q. Gerry, presi-
dent; Arthur d. Addison, Rev.
Ernest Smith. r. Ross Perry. John
r. Mclean, Ben johnson. Mrs.
Duncan U. Fletcher, Mrs. James
e. MARITIME, Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood. vice presidents; Mrs. r.
e. Smith, secretary; Admiral 8. A.
staunton, treasurer; Mrs. George
F. Becker. Mrs. Seth Actley. Miss
Goldman. Miss Biddle. Miss John.
son, Mrs. David Foster. Mrs. II. G.
Moses, Mrs. Gordon-c Cumming,
Madame Hussein Bey and Mrs.
Thomas F. Bayard. directors.
All these people parsed for
awhile in the activities of business
social and political life to think of
the stray dog. the homeless cat
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almost any kind Of cat. They are
soon satisfied. When it is under
stood that the league receives
fifty applications daily for pets.
and the average number of ami.
mails received at the home is only
twenty-five each day, It can be
realized that the Animal Rescue
League ts the right place to send
that cur. with his tail between
his legs and those kittins your boy
has hid ont in the shed.
NURSED BACK TO LIFE.
Notice the dog in the picture.
He is bidding farewell to Miss
Lillian Venable, one of the league
workers. Carl Hammer. who lives
at Cabin John Park, 10 going to
give him a mighty good home for
life. The dog don't know this.
Perhaps he thinks he is going
out to the hunger and l..lsery he
knew only a few short weeks ago
when he was one of the vagrants
Of the streets. He's had q fine
time at the home and you can see
by the look In his eyes, he wants
to stay there and romp around
with the other fellows.
One Of the popular favorites at
the league headquarters is Lion"
a lovable animal that was picked
up on the streets by one Of the
leagues agents. When found
Lion" was crouched down by a
brick wall, in a starving condition.
Some creature who was not human
had wrapped q fishing line several
times about its throat and drawn
1t SO tight that It cut into the
flesh.
The dog was taken to the home
and carefully nursed back to health
and strength. So grateful was the
animal, the authorities decided to
keep him and although many re-
quests have come in for him
Lion" will stay at the homo a.
long as he lives.
Sandy" has Scotch blood in him
and in his dog mind there Is no
place like the animal headquarters.
Mrs. Blumberg. vice president Of
the league adopted SANDY" when
he was brought in off the streets.
Sandy" was taken UP to the High.
land apartment house and made
comfortable. Perhaps the neigh.
borhood was too exclusive for him
or perhaps he did not like the
other dogs up there. At any rate,
he spends most Of his time in tho
dog run at the home. He and
Lion" are deadly enemies and
are always barking defiance across
a wire netting that keeps them
separated.
LEFT $500 BEQUEST.
Very often some beautiful and
weli-bred dogs arrive at the League
Home apd these are eagerly sought
after. Just recently the league
presented "shep," . magnificent
English sheep dog. to the soldiers
stationed at the Marine Barracks.
The dog has been adopted as the
official mascot to the devil dogs"
They are as proud OF him as they
are their record In the big war.
No amount OF money could buy
him and yet II has not been 90
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AMERICAN COLLEGE
Girls Get Thrills
ON ENGLISH TRIPS

fered In this country! It makes
you feel you want. to 90 on tip
toe"
England is just like q musical
comedy-' broke in another girl,
this time the accent Of San Fran
cisco. "Ail the sweet little bell
boys going about with their caps
on the side Of their heads, and
the shopgirls all dappsr and
frilled black and white. and the
gorgeous guards, all red and
black and glitterins. The chin
straps make me absolutely
chortle. They're all too absolute
ly funny"
"But the money!-wailed one,
and a chorus of walls answered
her. It's absolutely terrible!
I've gone dotty trying to keep
shillings. florins and half-crowps
straight in my head. Now I
simply spread them all out and
tell shopkeepers TO take their
choicer'
II keep pinching myself for
fear I'm not awake" said IN.
other. with shining ayes. priv.
ing through rural England 10 like
turning the pages Of . picture
book. All the sweet, neat rose
gardens and matched cottages!
I'm simply crazy about England.
I want to live In . houseboat on
the Thames the rest Of my life"
II wish we'd more time TO
stand before the monuments in
Westminster Abbey" said . fair
haired girl from Boston. earnest.
ly. Each one IL q romance
in itself. We were awfully proud
to see Longfellow's statue there.
Mother came over when she was
q girl ana said all the American
visitors used to leave their call.
ing cards on his statue. I took
mine to leave. but the custom
doesn't seem to hold any more"
Eager a. children. deeply earnest
in their desire to learn and
see everything the crowd Of
American girl visitors passes with
the thrilling call Of youth over
this old. old land With its wealth
Of tradition and beauty, Nps.
lands children have como back
to her to worsAtp Tor . braSf
while At the shrtnes Of their
ancestors.
And for all the nnsiish blood
In me I am not sure that I s1so
am not thrilled 10 deathr
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AASSAA 4h WIG OAlI1AO "OAIus
The Washington Animal Rescue
League II an institution made
possible by q number Of Washing.
'ton men and women who have
warm spots in their hearts for all
animals, good, bad and Indifferent.
It began it's practical work OF re:
ceiving and disposihg of homeless,
lost. neglected animals. May 10.
1914.
It's first quarters consisted Of q
few small rooms over q stable on
Ohio avenue northwest. Later on.
the institution was moved to a
house IN the same vicinity. In
1917. the work Of the league had
grown to such an extent that larg-
er quarters were found to be neces-
sary. The building at $40 Mary
land avenue was purchased and re-
modelled. Since that date the league
has been carrying on its humane
work at that address.
More than 1000 animals Of all
kinds and conditions, have been
cared for at the institution since its
inception. While dogs and cats
predominate in numbers, cows,
horses and mules are received as
guests at the animal home. The
dogs fare better than the others in
the respect that some one is always
ready to furnish them with good
homes.
GETS MANY REQUESTS.
Z Very often. too, requests come in
for cats and kittens and It is only
when the animals Of this character
are diseased that they are exc
cuted. The league receives on an
average Of fifty applications a day
from people who want dogs as pets
and, strange to say, the cur dog Is
as popular with these applicants
as the one with good blood.
It is very seldom that a horse
or a mule Is sent to the league.
These animals are usually bought
by street agents from their owners,
who are found working them
under horrible conditions. Very
often horses. wasted with age and
disease, are found struggling under
heavy taslxnakers. In these cases
the magic power Of q ten dollar
hill and q threat Of the law, works
wonders and the owner Is nearly
always ready to turn over the
animal to the agent Of the league.
When Dobbin arrives at the
I. .bome on Maryland avenue, he is
placed in a comfortable stall and
rfyen the best feed he has prob
ably had in years. For five or
six days he is allowed to live in
this animal heaven, than he Is
moved to the electric stall where he
meets a painless death. All sick
ana aged animals are treated in
the same manner. They live in
clover for q, while and then 60
off TO join their forefathers
wherever those forefathers may be.
THE RioHT PLACE TO GO.
the healthy dog. be he cur.
Airedule or brindie bull or the cat.
whether he is common, Maltese or
Persian. does not stay at the home
long. There Is always some
tfSther with a youngster who wants
dog. and some mother with a
little girl who is Just anxious for
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WASHINGTON HAS REASON TO BE PROUD OF COMFORTABLE
HAVEN FOR OUTCAST BEASTS AT ANIMAL RESCUE LE

IN he a @ at
w Is given
to At
nina
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By MAUDE MEAGHER.

some OF their impressions:
BY MAUDE MEAaHER.
<<TNGLAND is the peachiest
place I've ever been in,
- and I'm simply thrilled to
deathw
Three hundred and two years
ago a ship called the Mayflower
sailed from Plymouth to a wild and
unknown land peopled with red.
skinned savages. The Mayflower
was filled with stern, religious
people seeking a new home. -.
Last month the Saxonia. a long.
gray ship, run by steam instead Of
sails. came to Plymouth. The
Saxonia was filled to overflowing
with American college girls. the
children who have inherited the
land-the wide stretches Of land
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
that those immigrants from Eng.
land once took from the redskins.
sat in the lobby Of London
hotel and listened to them as they
drifted In and out, marveling at
the difference In speech and man
ner 500 years have made.
There was the soft Southern
drawl of girls from the Virgfnias,
nursed by negro "mammies,"
whose ancestors were fine old
English cavaliers, girls conscious
of aristocratic traditions handed
down from grandfathers who kept
their hundreds Of slaves before the
civil war;.
There was the rather nasal
twang Of the Yankee miss from
New England, bred Of those Puri-
tan ancestors who fled from Eng.
land once In grim loyalty to their
stern form Of worship.
There was the broad, fiat
speech Of the Middle West. where
three generations ago men wore
coonslSin caps and carried shot
guns always In readiness for an
attack by Indians, and their
wives worked beside them to
conquer the prairie.
And then the casual, laughing
speech Of the "native daughters"
Of San Francisco, whose grand
fathers remember the town when
Il was only q cluster Of rough
board huts, built in q day to ac-
commodate the miners paying for
their bacon and whisley with
handfuls Of nuggets, settling dis
putes with their naked fists.
And now they are here. spar
king with life and enthusiasm. to
see this old. old country from
which their country sprang. They
chartered a steamer to bring
them, they have studied English
history 90 that not one hoary
relic may be unintelligible to
them, and now their attitude may
be expressed In the old Yankees
formula-'T want to knowr'
"Tt takes a heap O. iivin' to
make . homer" quoted . Girl
from West Virginia, rather wist.
fully, AZ she told Of her impress
sions of far-off England. Every
square yard OF England SCENT
overiaid and enriched and deep
ened by the thought and emotion
of people. So many hundreds OF
years people have loved and suf-
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THE DOC CATCEIER'S
is MOST THANkLESS
POSITION in THE CITY

The POundmaster Also Has an Institution for
Stray Dogs, But, Unlike the Rescue Home, 1t
Does Not Extend Sympathy to the Stray Ami
mails Caught Unmuzzled ON the Streets of
WASHINGTON. -. ~,
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Women Res Rescue Boy.

sfrinvEN women formed b hu-
man chain and rescued ffvs-
year-oid Richard Proser from LAks
Michigan,
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Magnet Reveals KIT
Used for JailbreAle

CINCINNATI. ohio. OF. %,
TOOLS used hy thrss prisonsrs
at the Aisran6ria. ~. jaii
recently In an unsuocessful ~
tempt to saw their wsy cut e .
window disappsarsd paSstsrseusiy
and could not b found.
Herman Kemper ths yAiier.
searched the jaii in vain. ma sos-
picions oentered On . deep sfNck
In one wall. He tied . herssshss
magnet to \ string ana IswsrSA II
into tho tissurs, Two ssvv anA twt'
table knives which Aaa sssa SsaAs
into saws were fishsa N.
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LONDON, Oct. 2S.

London t0us recently stornted
BY a shipload Of American COL
lege girls, on a Europedn tour.
A bUelI-knoDn D0ntdn tcTiter,
,DhO met most of them, captured
some Of their impressions:
BY MAUDE MEAaHER.
<<CNGLAND is the peachies'
place I've ever been in.
- and I'm simply thrilled to
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-06
rs PERSONS INJURED
TIN RAILROAD WRECK

GHICAGO, July 6.-Seveuty-five
were injured, only n ser
siously, when a Chicago-bound Pere
Marquette passenger train crashed
intoSaENewY York Central Engine on
3asssidlngSnear Porter, Ind, late last
night
1.-THE train proceeded to Chicago
this morning after the injured re-
S#ceiVedSfirst aid
@OfficiaIs OF both railroads began
anSinSestigation Immediately. Early
misunderstanding for the crash
hadnotSbeen fixed
1fheEnegro cook on the dining a
swagRhadly2sca1ded and was K TO
ahospitaI at Michigan City, Ind.
HeSWasE the onlyBperson reported 70
Ss-beAseriously injured.
The8collision occurred near the
sscenexof the smashup OF New YORK
#Gentral6 and Michigan Central
trains last year when th1rty-seven
persons we're killed.
ItNwas# not until the train reach-
sed@Chicago that news OF the accl
dent became known.
Thestrain was made up OF three
ssIeepers, diner n severa
coaches. The New York Central
#angfneswas standing on a siding
Rlhengthe Pere Marquette passeng-
3 plunged into it through a pre-
sumably open or detective switch,
ACCORDING to #railroad officials.
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CALL TO ARMS IN
IRELAND ISSUED
Free State Government Fore.
sees Further Outbreaks
by Irregulas-

DUBLIN, July 6-(By The AS,
ISOLATED Press)-A call to arms
was issued today by the provision.
al Free State government in the
form of a proclamation opening
the way for the enlistment OF
those citizens who last week were
declined by the government be.
cause it was. confident of the abil-
ity of the army single handed tc
meet and defeat any attack made
upon it."
1.-THE valor and patriotism Of
our national army has broken the
conspiracy to override the will oil
the nation and subject the people
to a despotism based or brigand'
age and ruthlessness, regardless
of the peoples inalienable right
to life. liberty and security" the
proclamation says. "a
Spontaneous and eager offers
of army service made by citizens
last week were declined by the
government because it was conf
dent of the ability of the army
single-handed to meet and defeat
any attack upon it in the way Of
open warfare
events have shown, however
that while the present activ;
strength of the army has been sui
fcient to deal with the recon
situation. there is a possibility o.
continued sporadic action which
makes an increase in the army
establishment virtually necessary
"People of Ireland, a wicked
sanguinary attempt has beer
made to thwart your will anc
thrust you back again into the
house of bondage with your caPa
city for self government discre
dited before the whole world
Such attempts must be summaril!
and drastically dealt with unit
the home. person and property o
every citizen is rendered secure
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strikers still
CONTROL SHOPS
Slater, Mo-, Under Complete
Domination of Striking
Railroad Men.

SLATER, MO, July e.-tBy
heAssoc1ated Press).-Railroad
officfa1s today awaited word from
Hyde before making
further#splans for ~reopening the
Chicago &Alton shops here, from
NhfchBaacrowd of more than 500
ssstrikers drove eighteen strike
breakers yesterday.
AFTER the strikers had cleared
the town of strike breakers,
drawn dead line around the
Sghops@beyond which strangers
were notEallowed to pass and had
gestablished guard posts at vari-
&ousspoints, they settled down to a
policy ST watchful waiting.
Union chiefs and town officials
are one@in declaring they expect
if the railroad does
notattempt to import strike
sNbreakers.
MSEighteen strike breakers were
taken&from the shops late yester-
Observation-Disclosures to the edge OF
the#town and told to beat II,
andS1keep going.
sTen;5semror were placed on a
Chicago train last night. Trains
passing through Slater are watch
edSbYsstrikers at the station, and
the5trains are searched to make
sure they carried no strike break
negro porter on a sleep
ing car where strike breakers
e quartered was threatened
with Changing by the crowd, a
railroad OFFICIAL said. Three men
Were8forced to leave Slater after
had expressed sentiments an
tagontsttc toEthe strikers. Three
youths beating their way on the
tender%ofa s1passenger were
illrledafrom their hiding places
and forced ito give an account OF
themselYes by strikers.
Sa9Railroad men control h locai
government and furnish most OF
he subsistence of the city.
ESlater is town Of nearly L.
900 residents. 100 Of whom are
employed by the railroad. Most
of@tllegmen are Americans by
birtfT;SmanyNof them having lived
here ! Stheir lives. There is no
soscalled radical element here, al
though all ARE union supporters.
sThere$are no foreigners here.