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The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
Killed in Duel
Over Spilled Soup
Boy Camp Leader Shot Dead
By Young Cook in Rifle
Battle After Quarrel.

NEW YORK. May /. - No witch
ever concocted a brew in a mystic
caldron more potent in disagree
ment and discomfort than was con-
tanned in a tomato soup can on a
camp fire over which two boys
yesterday fought duel to death.
In the fastness- of a wood in Old
Queens Village, four boy campers
banked stones for an Indian style
fire and began to cook.
Victor Janculidich. aged 16, was
cook and spilled a can of tomato
soup. The camp chieftain. Jacob
Kabitz. eager for breakfast, chided
his chef and a challenge to a rife
duel was issued.
The lads got ready with muzzles
OF their small caliber rifles peeking
Indian ambush fashion from be-
hind big trees.
The command FIRE" was given
and both rifles spoke. Neither
scored a hit.
They reloaded and missed again
Other boys watched. wild-eyed.
Reloading, firing and missing
went on for ten minutes, neither
boy daring to step from behind his
ambush.
Then a cartridge jammed, OF
something went wrong.
The camp chieftain missed a shot
and the enemy bullet struck him
His brain was pierced.
Victor was held today without
bail on a homicide charge.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
WILL AIR CHARGES
OF PARTIALITY BY
RENT COMMISSION
House District Commit
tee to Consider Me-
ridian Mansions Case.
DISCUSS BALL ACT
Legislators to Learn Why
Seven Notables Get Reduc-
tions; Six Others Raises.

Charges that the Rent Commits
sion has displayed undue partiality
toward certain tenants of the
Meridian Mansions will be aired be-
fore the House District Committee
in the hearing this week on the
Ball rent act. Decisions of the
commission will be scrutinized.
While Commissioner James F.
oyster. Senator Henry w. Keyes,
Chief Justice Constantine ]. Smyth.
of the d. C. Court of Appeals; Jus
tice ]. H. Clarke. representative
Allen T. Treadway. Senator Frank
r. Gooding. Senator r. p. Ernst and
Representative b. H. Smell received
rent reductions, representative c.
s. Briggs, former Senator Charles
s. Thomas, Senator William j..
Harris. Senator John B. Kendrick.
Senator Andrieus A. Jones and
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh all had
their rent raised. A. L. Sinclair.
chairman of the rent board, will ex-
plain.
Question of the Jurisdiction of the
Rent Commission over hotels was
brought up several times in the
hearings in the District Committee
room yesterday. Difficulty over the
definition of the word "hotef' has
arisen. but opinion among the law
makers seems to favor such con-
troll. Several large apartment
houses in the city have made plans
to convert their buildings into up
town hotels" in order to escape the
Ball rent act, and to fix rates ac-
cordingly.
Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor and Will
lam +. GUIDE. members of the Rent
Commission, will appear before the
committee at 10 o'clock this MORN
ing. They will consider changes In
the law as passed by the Senate, Civ
ing the landlord right to file COM
plaint, and providing specifically
for oustinG undesirable tenants.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
Big GAIN IN AUTO
OUTPUT IS REPORT
Reserve Boards Survey for
April Shows Business
Increase.

Excepting the coal and textile in
dustrIes. business for April showed
a pronounced increase in activity.
''Eut for labor disturbances" ac-
cordinE to the Federal Reserve
Boards survey, "the industrial out
look would be pronounced definite
" good with evident promise Of
Improvement even in those direc-
tions, such as foreign trade. In
which heretofore prospects have
been unsatisfactory"
This. increased activity has been
particularly noticeable in the metal
working and automobile industries.
In steel and iron manufacture
about 20 per cent OF plant capacity
is being utilized. Estimates OF
April / reveal an increase of so per
cent over February in the output
Of auto trucks and passenger cars.
The increase In building has set
up an active demand for building
materials. Wholesale and retail
trade. it Yas said. are rejecting to
some extent the Improvement in in
dustrial conditions.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
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The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
SAYS IT'S WORTH
WEIGHT IN GOLD
IF Anyone Wants to Know
About Tanlae, Send Them
To Me-" Says Nelson.

Il will always bless the day
I bought my first bottle of Tan
lac, and IL the people of New
Jersey only knew what / know
about the medicine there isn't
one who wouldn't think just
as l do. that it's worth its, weight
in gold"
The above statement was made
a few days ago by John Nelson,
Of so Broad street, Elizabeth,
N. j., a well-known emplOye of
the Public Service Electric Light
& Power Corporation. Mr.. Nell
son has manifested such great
enthusiasm. for Tanlac that num-
bers Of people have called at the
drug stores during the past few
days to obtain the medicine on
his personal recommendation.
About two years ago" he con-
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New Carlisle, Indiana, and had
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digestion. 1t came on me grad
ually and finally got so bad as
to almost knock me out. AS soon
as / sat down to a meal L would
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terrible pains In my stomach and
gas pressure all up through my
chest.
Il was constipated for days at
a time and would be so, tired on
returning home from work that
| would just gall across the bed
completely exhausted. 1 was as
thin as a rail and felt so bad.
life was miserable and work a
burden. One night 1 was about
half undressed for bed and my
misery became so great that
put my clothes back on and went
out and tried to find relief.
Well. the next day heard
about Tanlac and got bottle
The very first day I took IL /
knew IL was the right thing for
me. so l stopped taking other
medicines. stuck to Tanlac and
kept on improving. In three or
four weeks every sign OF nv
stomach trouble had left me and
i was feeling like NV old self
again / got so stout that nv
clothes were uRcomfortably tight
on me- Since then / have been
eating just anything I want at
any time and have felt strong
and well all the time.
II have blessed Tanlac many
time since il set me right. and
I never expect to he without a
bottle In nv house. When came
East last October. I brought FIVE
bottles along with me. not know
ing whether / could find II here
or not. was so enthusia site
about II that 7 gave thee bot
ties away to friends vSD were
suffering from indigestion land
they. all took IL with five results.
too. am all the time TELLING
someone about Tanlac now. and
" anybodv wants to know more
about it than I have told them
here. lust let them see me"
Tanlsc is sold in Washington
by Peoples Drug Stores and all
other leading druggists.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
Wallace Speaks at Tree
Planting by Women

Secretary Of Agriculture Henry c..
wallace made the principal address
yesterday afternoon at a tree-plant-
ing on the grounds near the Lincoln
Memorial by the committee on for
estry of the District OF Columbia
Federation of, Women's Clubs.
A poem entitled THE Tree" writ
ten by Mrs. Carrie Kent, former
president of the federation, was re-
cited by Mrs. Sarah Deeds. WASH
'ngton Boys Independent Band, un-
der the direction of ]. l.. Kidwell.
furnished the music.
The ceremonies were in charge
Of committee composed of Mrs.
l.. b. Stine, chairman; Mrs. ]. w.
Bulla, Mrs. J. Mills O'Keefe. Dr..
Mary Huddleston. Mrs. ]. w. Webb
and Mrs. Faber Stevenson. Mrs. J :.
w. Frizzell, president of the fed
GRAFTON, presided
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
VETERANS BUREAU
SCOPE WIDENED

The entire responsibility for the
care of disabled veterans in hospi-
tails now rests with the Veterans
Bureau.
This is the result OF an eXccu-
tive order signed by President Hard.
ing transferring to the bureau fifty
seven hospitals now in operation. one
purveying depot and nine hospitals
under construction which had been
under the supervision of the United
states Public Health Service. All ia
cilit'es. property and equipment were
transferred. The commissioned per-
sonnel of the Public Health Service
VIII be detailed by the Surgeon Cen
eral to the Veterans Bureau.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
d. c. Men Get Commissions

John G.. Syler. 1904 Twenty-fifth
street northeast. a senior at the Car
negie Institute of Technology. Pitts
ourgh. VIII be commissioned sec
ond lieutenant in the Of1cers' Re-
serve CORDS upon his graduation next
mohih. Lessesne r. Allison, 1859
Ihgieside Terrace, also senior
mere. VIII receive a certificate ex-
ehahgeaole after six months at camp
Tor similar commission. Both will
be assigned to a Signal Corps unit
at Hagerstown. Md.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02

Snow. and the courts ruling was
based upon the desire to "be OF
more benefit to the boy than TO his
parents"
Maps Out Future.
The boys future, as mapped out
by the court. follows:
During the school period he win
be the custody of his mother, ex-
cept on each Saturday, at which
time he viii be cared Gor by his
father.
After the schOl term. the father
will have the child under his care,
except on each Sunday. at which
time he will stay with his mother.
However. the court urged that the
mother accompany the child To
Sunday Schoo, or church regularly.
Criticism Of the District Su-
preme Court, which body at various
times awarded his custody to the
father and mother under certain
conditions. was obtained in Justice
Smyth's ruling modifying the order
OF the lower court o fully 20. 1921,
in which he said:
Wants Boy In school.
The child's school is an import
ant matter and should not be in
terfered with. If possible. yet moth
ing should be dCnc which would
hav tendeicy or unnecessarily
estrange the child from either OF
the parents or the parents from the
child.
Consciousness on his part that
a struggle with its Inevitable bit
ternest takes place at short inter-
walls between his parents must he
detrimental to the building of the
|child's character
we think Il proper to all that
hereafter this court will. and the
lower court. in our Judgment,
should look with disfavor to change
this order until the child has
reached the age of u. except where
the change is sought for grave rea-
sons"
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
st. Patrick's Players GiUe
3 enefit Performances

Two benefit performances of the
Spring Revue" will be presented bv
the st. Patrick's Players tonight and
Thursday night at Carroll Hail. Tenth
and G. streets northwest The pro-
ceeds will go toward the fund being
raised by Archbishop Michael J. Cur
ley to provide additional free schol-
arships in WashinGton's Catholic
high schools.
The Rev. Francis j. Hurney. of
st. Patricks. is the author of the
prologue and epi'oguc. Dennis Con-
nell is the director.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
COURT ADMONISHES PARENTS
in ROW OVER SONS CUSTODY
Chief Justice Smyth Gives Both Father and
Mother Care of S-Year-Old Snow Baby.

Children whose parents have
separated because Of domestic in
compatibility must not be tossed
about like ball between the con-
tending parties without regard of
education"
This was the rule laid down by
Chief Justice Smyth, of the Dis
trict Court of Appeals. yesterday.
in the dispute, started six years
ago. between Chester A. Snow,
wealthy patent attorney, and his
wife. Mrs. Addie II. Snow, who were
divorced in 1917.
The central figure in the litiga-
tion is S-year-old Dexter Hubbard
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
PRESTON GIBSONS
ARRIVE IN PARIS

PARIS, May 1.-The Preston Glib
sons have arrived in Paris and taken
separate apartments. Mrs. Gibson
expects to accompany her sister.
Enrico Caruso's widow. who will ar
rive on the Aquitania, to Italy.
1t Is not likely that the Gibsons
will belong to the, big Paris divorce
colony. bu, Mrs. Gibson is trying
to persuade her family to restore
her income, which has been with
held s.nce she married Mr.. Gibson.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
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The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
DEBT NEGOTIATIONS
BEGIN T HI S WEEK

Actual negotiations between the
debt refunding commission and rep
rcsentatives of Great Britain are ex-
pected to begin this week.
Preliminary exchanges between
Secretary Hughes and Ambassador
Geddes have taken place. it was
disclosed yesterday, and some an
nouncement of plans of procedure is
expected following the Cabinet meet
ing today, when the matter will be
discussed by Secretaries Hughes and
Mellon.
Final settlement of the terms OF
the British pact may await the out
come of the Genoa conference.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
South Carolinians to Meet.

The South Carolina Society will
meet Thursday night. and not to-
night. according to Capt O. B. New
man. U. s. N. the president. The
meeting will be In the Thomson
school. Twelfth and l. streets north
west, at O'Clock. This will be the
nrst informal get-together meeting of
the society for this year. The meet
ing win close with dancing.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
Seeks $4,000 for Dogbite.

Ten thousand dollars is claimed
as injuries for a dog-bite by Cath
crime T.. Chick. through her father.
Charles Chick. In a suit filed yes
terday In District Supreme Court
against Brine T. West. The CIR!
claims she was bitten by a dog be-
longing to West In front OF 1905 X
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
ROCKVILLE ELECTS
TOWN OFFICIALS

ROCKVILLE. Ma. May LAT the
biennial town election hold here this
afternoon. Mayor Otis n Linthicum
ana councilmen washington Hicks.
Charles @. Holland. Joseph La clag-
gett and clifford H. Robertson were
re-elected without opposition.
Because OF their being no con-
tests a very light vote was cast,
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
Arguments on Morse
Indictments Close

Arguments in the cases OF Charles
w. Morse. his three sons and eight
others. charged with conspiracy and
embezziement. were concluded yes
terday afternoon and the matter
taken under advlsement by Chiei
Justice Mccoy In Criminal Court
No. !.
Attorneys for the, defense will
have one week TO prove that the
indictments are defective and the
attorneys for the government al
lowed the same time.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
King Estate Totals S13,3OO.

Bridget King. who died April 16
last, left an estate valued at $13,-
800, according to the petition filed
yesterday in Probate Court by the
executor. Dennis O'Donnell. The es-
tate includes the premises at 432-
As Second street southwest and 49,
f street southwest. The heirs arc
sisters, nieces and nephews.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-02
Zeh Estate S14.Sl0.

Gea|Eo F. Ich. who died April
IL last. left an estate valued at Sli.-
$40. according 10 the petition for
letters tcstancntary filed yesterday
in Probate Court by Henry W. Zcn
and Helen Zch Lewis. his son ana
daughter.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
Id You Take a Chance ON HIS Gun Being Empty?

lar interest, dropped his sight to the sinister
looking gun.
"You win," no remarked, tossing the box
out upon the side of the road.
"Drive on" the masked man then ordered
The driver proceeded on his trip to Russian
River The box contained five or six hundred
dollars. The men sent out to investigate found
1t in the bushes 1t had been broken open
with heavy, blunt tool
"Sort O. undersixed feller, I shoul ID say," re-
ported the driver. "Kind O hollow voice.
Wore overals. My eyes never got as low as
his feet Gun barrel uncommonly large"
This roadside affair occurred in 1877, and.
Is stage robberies were not infrequent in those
DAYS, Detective Hume Of the Wells-Fargo COM
pany, after making the usual investigation,
listed 1t as "casual" and fled all tho Informs
ton obtained for future reference
Ti,ne passed, and with it the rains OF fall
and the torrents Of early spring. All nature
pushed with new life, and the four horses that
drew the stage from Quincy to Oroville cur
veted and snorted with equine friskiness. The
ewes Of the driver sparkled with animation
and the merry chatter Of voices coming from
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

business foresight and acumen ever came 10
his mind he ignored it. He was 4 failure. He
was past the productive period Of life. Though
Of vigorous constitution, there was no denying
the tally Of his life's calender.
Bolton was in this semi-morbid state Of
mind when he was forced to tho conclusion
that he must seek new fields to find the mine
that was to yield up It's riches to him. He
had some money-nor much, but enough for
a start-and selected the California slope OF
the Sierra Mountains. Being lode miner, no
looked for q lode mine Exactly when he
found it don't know, but 1t wasn't much od
q mine and hs had to do considerable tun-
neling.
He made q rough shack for home at tho
tunnel mouth, from which he had a clear view
of tho country spreading for miles below, tho
canyons melting into the flats at the base OF
the range. He could see short stretches Of tiny
ribbons marking roads and the moving cloud
of dust thrown up by the Wels-Fargo stage
coaches as they dashed along between the
fields Of manzanita and chaparraL And every
stage coach brought up in his mind visio1ps Of
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

tho inside Of the coach indicated that there
were both men and women aboard. 1t was
good to be alive on that pleasant spring day
in 1878. The man on the seat with the driver
was moved to song:
Wait for the w-4-g-o-n,
Wait for the wagon,
Wait for the w-a-g-o-n,
And we'll take 4 ride,
he warbled brayingly. The other passengers
laughed and jeered him. The spirit Of spring
was in their blood
At a turn in the road masked man stepped
out from the bushes and pointed q big
volver at tho driver.
"Throw out the treasure box and the mail
bag" he remarked in an even quiet tone Of
voice,
Two Of the women thrust their heads
through Tho open sides Of the coach and stared
with dstended eyes.
"Do not be alarmed, ladies'" the masked man
said, with dry gallantry; "you will not be hurt
or robbed. only want the treasure box and
the mail bag" His tone was apologetic.
"Thank you,'' he added to the driver, that
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08

fat treasure box. For his money supply was
becoming less.
The habit of sccretiveness had grown upon
him, and when he needed supplies he walked
to distant country store to get them rather
than to nearer stores person who watched
his movements might conclude that he courted
obscurity.
Black Bart
IN ONE Of those hot midsummer days o6
- the Sacramento Valley, California, where
all nature lay painting and at the mercy OF
the sun, the stage from Fort Ross to Russian
River clanked and clattered over the dusty
road. The four horses moved at shambling
trot. perspiration trickled down the drivers
face There were no passengers.
At turn in the road masked man stepped
out from the bushes and pointed heavy 70
volver at the driver.
"Throw out the treasure box" said the
masked man in such a tone as one uses In
asking stranger for match.
The driver took ono look at the masked
features, but, seeing nothing there OF partlcu-
New-York tribune., 1922-01-08
Here's a HighlUayn,an
Who SU0re NeUer to
Kill or Injure Man or
Woman, and WhoKept
His Word and His
Nerue for Seuen Years
The Prospector

xrE WAS n failure. There was no
~ doubt Of that Just one Of the many
L II men who went West in the flush
days Of mining with the expectation
Evening star., 1922-01-06
K|WAN|ANS Plan
FOR ANNIVERSARY
President Roberts, Newly
Chosen, Presides for
First Time.

With its newly elected president,
Charles F. Roberts. in the chair, the
local Kiwanis Club heldsits first busi-
ness meeting for 1922 at the Hotel
Washington yesterday.
Mr.. Roberts announced that the
club would celebrate its seventh an.
niversary Thursday, January 10. when
an elaborate program would be pre-
sented. He then appointed four Of the
past presidents of the organization as
committee to take charge of the
AFFAIR: Eugene Adams, chairman: Roe
Fulkerson. John ]. Boobar and Claude
H. Woodward.
terday's meeting by Mr.. Roberts. with
their personnel. were: Classification.
William Towles. James Baden, George
Shsfer. stephen Takes. Robert
Fleming and Charles Pimper; enter
tainment, John A: o'Rourke. Mark
Brylawski. Morris Hopkins and VIII
liam Worthington; attendance, Leon
Hurley. John Schulman, T. s. Surgeon,
George Stringfellow and J. H. CALI
her.
! 81 Golibart was reappointed to rep
! resent the club in the District Of CO.
| Cross
| g. H. WinslOw Chosen.
Following the reading of a very sat-
| lsfactory treasurer's report by George
n. W1nslow secretary. announcement
was made by the president that at a
meeting of the board of directors held
| the night previous Mr.. Winslow had
o''en unanimously chosen to serve as
eecretary-treasurer during the ensu-
| Ing year.
A vote of thanks was extended the
security Storage Company for space
| allowed the kiwanis Santa Claus pack
committee to store Its Christmas
I presents.
G. F. P. Buckwalter Of Philadelphia
ano Col. George F. Tate split $3.50
Tor the prizes given for the hand
somest and homeliest guests present,
kwanians ]. H. Hutchinson of
Point Pleasant. w. Va: Fred v. Bouic
OF Clarksburgh. w. Va. and F. G,
Raiter of Alexandria, Mimi, made
snort talks about conditions Of their
respective organizations.
Evening star., 1922-01-06
SETS FARM CONFERENCE.
Secretary Wallace Fixes January
23 for National Meeting.

Secretary Wallace has set January
% for the date OF the national agri-
cultural conference. suggested xev-
eral days ago by President Harding
to consider means of relieving dis.
tress among the farmers.
The President is expected to open
the conference, Mr.. Wallace said, in
Evening star., 1922-01-06

announcing the call. Invitations to
persons to comprise the personnel IT
the gathering are being sent out
daily, and announcement of the list
Of delegates will be made shortly.
The number Of delegates will DC
between $50 and 800, comprising rep
resentatives of industries intimately
connected with agriculture, an well as
directly from the agricultural inter-
ests.
Evening star., 1922-01-06
DENIES PART IN POLITICS.
Laurel Woman's Club Not to Enter
Approaching Campaign.

LAUREL. Md. January Elm The
Evening Star of January a report
from Laurel intimated that the
Woman's Club of Laurel may take an
active part in the approa ching mu-
nfcipal campaign. The Woman's Club
is non-partisan, non-poiitical or
Evening star., 1922-01-06

An expert restorer Of ancient docu-
ments in Washington is able to split
ing on two sides, insert middle layer
OF paper, and cover the entire sheet
with a thin silk gauze. This enables
the document to stand considerable
handling