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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
TITLE INSURANCE
COMPANIES ELECT

Officers and directors of the Dis
trict Title Insurance Company were
elected yesterday at the annual
meeting of the organization. The
are: Charles G. Allen,
Joshua W. Carr. Myer Cohen,
George F. Hane, Frank P. Reside.
George II. O'Connor, f. Southland
Parker. Eugene A. Smith. Joseph /.
Weller, Edmind ID. Rheem, f. L.
Schmidt. A. G. Bishop, Fred Mckee
and A. H. Lawson.
Annual elections of officers and
directors for the Washington Title
Insurance Company were as follows:
Directors, f. L. Schmidt. A. G..
Bishop. Fred Mckee, A. II. Lawson,
William V. Cox. II. Bradley David
son. William T Galliher. George F.
Hane. George w. Linkins. Clarence
F. Notment, II. Glenn Phelps, b.
francis Saul and Eugene A. Smith
The following officers were re-
elected for both companies: E. l..
Schmidt. president: Arthur G..
Bishop, vice president; Fred Mckee.
vice president; Alfred II. Lawson,
secretary treasurer; John II. Stadt-
Ter. assistant secretary-trcas
and william L. Yaeger. auditor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14

A conference on the proposed
white way on King street will be
held at IL o'clock tomorrow morn
ing In the rooms of the chamber Of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14

and warmer; moderate southwest
and west winds.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
NATURALIST TELLS
OF widest SPOT"
Capital Resident First to Elk.
plore Yellowstone
Section.

In the southeast corner of yell
lowstone National Park is the
widest spot in the United States"
and the first naturalist to go into
that region was George Shiras Sd.
a winter resident of Washington. &C
cording to Norman McClintock. who
Addressed the National Geographic
Society last evening at the New
Masonic Temple.
Mr.. McClintock showed, motion
pictures of 4 new sub-species of
moose which Mr.. Shiras discovered
and which has been named for him.
The speakers motion picture reels
exhibited some of the most remark
able animal views yet recorded, in
GLIDING those of bears. moose, elk
and deer in their natural habitats.
Mr., McClintock said that Secre-
tary of the Interior Fall and
Stephen T. Mather. director of the
National Park Service, had done
remarkable work in stimulating in
forest in these national Fairgrounds,
an interest exhibited by larger
numbers of visitors than ever be-
fore in the parks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
Stephan Heads
Splenger Post,
New Officers of American LIE
gion Organization Here
Are Installed.

The Henry C. Splenger Post, No.
IL, AMERICAN Legion, Installed the
following newly-elected officers last
night:
Commander, Anton Stephan;
senior vice commander, G. L. TAFT:
junior vice commander, Alexander
Summers; finance officer. w. L. Haz-
ard; quartermaster. J. b. Jones; his.
torian, F. A. Livingston; chaplain.
A. L. Smith; sergeant at arms. d.
W. Wagner; surgeon. DIR. Douglas
White; color bearers, TOP" Moore
and J. c. Sweeney.
Tim Jordan and A. S. Imirie
were designated by the District de-
partner: to make the formal install
lation. The newly elected com.
mander' of the department, Watson
B. Miller, who Is member of the
Splenger Post, also assisted
Commander Stephan designated II
F. Richardson as his adjutant, and
made the following appointments as
chairmen of committees: Member
ship, John E. Brooks: relief, Rob.
ert F. Boyd; service, E. II. Brian:
publicity and publications, Ben L.
Fuller; entertainment, c r. Luce.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
G. U. SENIOR WINS
in PRIZE DEBATE
Second H0nors Are Awarded
To Washington.
Student.

John A. Thames, '22, of North
Carolina, was declared the winner
of the second prize debate of the
Georgetown University School OF
Law last night
The question was, Resolved, That
the sales tax should be adopted by
the United States for the providing
of Federal revenue" The decision
was awarded to the Affirmative side
upheld by members of the Senior
Debating Society, of which Thomas
was one. Howard F. Brecht, '22
of Washington, was awarded sec
ond honors. The other member OF
the winning team was Norman E
Kane, 20, OF Utah, alternate.
Representing the Junior society
in defending -the negative, were
George E. Beechwood, of Kansas
Herbert G. Pillen, of Ohio, and
Henry N. Benoit, of Connecticut, al
ternate.
Three newly appointed assistant
United states attorneys-F. ]. Kelly
Bertrand Emerson and B. D. Hef-
ferman,. all graduates of George
town Law School-were among the
judges. other judges were wash
iEgton Gardner. Commissioner OF
Pensions, and Pickens Neagle, So
licitor of the Navy Department.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
Baker Fined for Assault.

Alleged Ill feeling between
George Hanold and John Weber,
members of the same bakers union,
resulted in Hanold being fined $40
yesterday by Judge Hardison in Po-
lice Court on a charge of assaulting
weber. The latter, who wears
glasses, claimed to have been struck
In the face in the Typographical
Temple on g street northwest on
January Z, his glasses being broken
and his nose cut by the glass.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
Porter Newman Wedding.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan. 10.
Rosser Porter and Mrs.
Louise Maude Newman, both of
Washington. were married in the
judges office at the courthouse h are
yesterday afternoon. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Robert Camp
bell Gilmore, pastor Of thu Presby-
terrain Church. Mr., Porter is a native
OF Westmoreland County. and the
bride is daughter of Theodore
ketcham, of Prince William County,
Va. They will reside in Washington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
Woman Freed on Alibi.

Because it was impossible for her
to be in two places at once. Ruth
Jones, a colored domestic, who was
employed in the home OF Adam CO.
kinos. at 1905 Ninth street north
west, was acquitted of a charge OF
larceny yesterday in Police Court
Cokinos alleged that the girl took
$22 out of a roll of $213 in bills
from the bedroomS of his home on
January 10 last. Through Attorney
John H. Wilson the accused proved
that at the time the money was
supposed to have been stolen she
was. escorting one of the Cokinos
children to school.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
DEATHS
White.

White.
Elisabeth Morgan. 90 years, 433 q st. NV.
William T. Ross. AZ, 800 o st. sw.
Joseph b. Conklin, %. Wash. Asylum
Hospt.
Mary e. Sims, "A, BOSS list st. NV.
Stella B. Meade, IS. 3652 warder st. NV.
Mrs. Cherry B. Boyle, 80, George Wash
ington Hospt.
Kate Z. Queen, IS, 1914 Park road NV.
Charles Y. smithson. So. 464 II st. sw.
Delaney s. crittenden, 70. 22os 35ths st.
Henry t. Ernest, so, 1928 Ingleside Ter.
Elbridge G. Lansdale, II, 112S 25th st. NV.
Constance L. Hallback, 4. 1914 Fla. ave.
Hospt. 80
Enretta Kresilir. months. Foundlins
Asylum.
= colorsd.
Edward sutton, ar. Y, 1900 wylie st. ne.
Katie Thomas, So. 80 @ st. sw.
Eunice Bates, "a, Freedmen's Hospt.
Howard Cooper, 2s, Garfield Hospt.
sheridan W. Jones, 2. 455 Fla ave.
Runania Smith, months. 22e WARM St.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
JOHNSON OPPOSES
FOUR-POWER PACT

Senator Johnson. of California. re-
turned te Washington yesterday
after six weeks visit in the Far
West ana issued a statement assaii-
ing the Horsepower Pacific treaty.
He declared that the mass of the
people want to keep out OF a lit
tie league just as they. voted to
keep out Of the big one"
The man on the street who voted
by 100000 majority to keep this
country from entangiing alliances is
wondering and wondering whether
his victory was in vain"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
BIRTHS
white.

White.
Cornelius and Florence e. Naughton. girl
Frank L. ard Geneva G. Hornbrook. boy
Clarence and Mabel Beall, girl.
Arthur E. and Catherine NJ. Callahan, boy.
Frederick and Lena Clifford, boy.
Raymond and Nellie Kent, girl.
John A. and Emily Shehih, girl.
George y, and Florence Creamer, girl.
James W. and Ruth Mckee, girl.
Walter L. and Ethel .Hayhoe. boy.
Slarence and Caroline Embrey. girl.
Ralph II. and Lulu K Thrasher, girl. o.
Owsin ]. and Marguerite 2. Ryan. boy.
Percy b. and Myrtle Clayton, girl.
Colored.
Alphonso A. and Matte e. Jackson, boy.
Jesse A. and Matte Butler, girl.
Leroy and Mary Mallory, girl.
Paul d. and Martha w. Scott, boy
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Today ana Tsnsrfew

For the District
of Columbia and
Maryland. fair
today. preceded
by unsettled In
early morning;
tomorrow cloudy
and warmer, with
possibly snso W:
moderate south
west and west
winds
For Virginia,
fair today: to-
morrow unsettled
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14

commerce by committees from the
board of directors of the chamber
of commerce and the retail mer-
chants bureau of the chamber with
officials of the telephone and tele-
graph companies.
These officers have been elected
by the German Cooperative Build
ing Association to serve for the
year: w. IL. Hellmuth, president;
Justus Schneider, secretary and
treasurer; K. w. Schneider, assist
ant~secretary and treasurer; Thomas
c. Hoy. p. +. German. directors for
three years; John d. NOrmoyle,
Carl Budwesky and Benedict Well,
trustees; CORTLAND H. Davis. at
torney.
oficers chosen by the Alexandria
building and Loan Association fol-
low: Robert s. Jones. president; C.
Page Waller, jr., secretary; w. H
Sweeney, director for five years; J.
Randall Cation, attorney; Carroll
Pierce, c. S. 7. Burke and Worth
Huln3h, trustees.
Miss Anna c. Ewald, daughter OF
Mrs. r. J. Ewald. and John G
Stringman, of Lorton, Va. wer'
married last night at the residence
of the brides mother in North
Washington street. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Joseph J
Kelly. pastor of st. Joseph's Cath.
Ollie Church. Following a wedding
trip the couple will reside at the
home of the bride in North Wash.
ington street.
Funeral services for Willard p
Graves, who died Wednesday night
WIN be held at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning at his residence, 623 South
Fairfax street. and will be con.
Quoted by Rev. DR.. John Lee ALI
son, pastor of the Second Rresby-
terrain Church. Burial will be IN
the Presbyterian Cemetery, Masoni
and Red Men Will attend.
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Highest, 3z.l; lowest, 1s.z.
Relative humidity, sa. m, 7s; 2
D. m, 90: y. m. 50.
Rainfall g D. m. to 8 .. M, o.
Hours Of sunshine, SIS.
Per cent of possible sunshine, 81.
Departures from Normal.
Accumulated deficiency of tenn
perature since January ], 1922. Is.
Accumulated excess of precipita-
ton since January /. 1921, +63.
Temperature same date last year
Highest. 90: lowest. 20.
Tide Conditions
High tide. s:35 a. m and s:54
Low tide. 1850 a. m. and a:s7
.. m.
sun rises 7:2s a. m and sets
sos p. m.
Moon rises $50 p. m. and sets
7:52 a. m.
River Conditions
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both clear at Harpers Ferry yes
terday afternoon.
n+h.- Tenuern fureR.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-14
WOMEN'S LEGION
In MASS MEETING
AT ALEXANDRIA
Col. John T. Taylor Prin.
cipal Speaker; Recep-
ton Follows.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
127 King Street.
As, Dominican.

A. s. Doniphan. y
ALEXANDRIA. Va, Jan. 13.-Col
Thomas Taylor. vice chairman OF
the National Legislative Committee
Of the American Legion. addressed
q mass meeting in the rooms OF the
chamber of commerce tonight, the
occasion being a meeting here of
the State executive, committee or
the ladies' auxiliary Of the legion.
Col. Taylor told of the organiza-
ton of the legion in France. OF its
rapid strides and of the work done
for the disabled soldiers through its
fundamentally.
The speaker predicted the passage
of the adjusted compensation bill
for former soldiers. The women's
auxiliary. he saic has $500 units
and $50, 200 members.
The meeting was presided over by
DR.. Kate Waller Barrett, of this
city, president of the State auxil-
larry. DIR. Barrett paid a glowing
tribute to the splendid work done
for the soldiers in Virginia and in
Alexandria. and paid a compliment
to the guest of honor of the meet
ing, Mrs. Davis. wife of Gov. West
moreland Davis. Mrs. Davis made
few remarks. and she afterward
was given a reception.
Others who spoke at the meeting
included Mrs. w. r. Hanger, Staun-
ton. vice president of the auxiliary;
Mrs w. E. Baker. Winchester, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. e. p.
Stuart. Newport News; Miss cecile
Williams Portsmouth: Mrs. w. T.
Allen, Richmond; Miss Augusta
Conrad. Winchester, and Mrs. How
ard Fletcher, warrentoh.
Members of the State executive
board OF the American Legion ar
rived here today and were enter
tained by DIR. Kate, Waller Barrett
at her residence, 4e8 Duke street.
The first business session was held
at o'clock this afternoon, followed
by reception at the residence or
Mrs. Barrett in honor of Mrs. Davis,
wife of Gov. Westmoreland Davis,
and the members of the executive
board.
The local entertainment commit
tee Is composed of Mrs. T. Clifton
Howard, Mrs. Samuel B. Moore, Mrs.
William NJ. Reardon, Mrs. ]. ]. Sui
Ivan. Mrs. John II. Trina.er, Mrs.
T. MarshaH Jones, Mrs. Edward S.
Fawcett, Mrs. ]. Sidney Douglas,
Mrs Charles J. Beahl, Mrs. Ruth
Field, Mrs. Frank NJ Hamilton, Mrs.
Margaret A. Scott, Mrs. George w.
Roop. Miss Florence ]. Evans and
Miss Cora Duffey.
The ownership of property and
the payment of taxes in the City
OF Alexandria has no bearing upon
the rights .of residents of other
counties to send their children to
the public schools of this city, ac-
cording to an opinion given by
Commonwealth Attorney Smith to
Capt. W. H. Sweeney, superintend-
ent of schools. Mr.. Smith sets
forth that nonresident children OF
nonresident parents should be re-
ceived in the schools only upon pro-
vision being made by the school
boards of their respective counties
for payment of the tuition.
A conference on the proposed
white way on King street will be
held at IL o'clock tomorrow morn
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

IY arrogant display that would do In our coun-
try for Cabinet officer down TO one that an
alderman hardly would accept
This Spanish funeral that brushed by ms
yesterday would have served an American
Governor, perhaps even Il president~ Il was
color form, pon4. glory. The hired MOURN
crs were in knee breechos and silk stockings,
sbired long coats, frilled shirt and three-cor-
ncrcd hats. It was the quntessence OF mag
nifccnce and sonlbeness. Three
hours later 7 saw that funeral returning
There was no pon1p now, The hired mournera
had been paid. They sat cross-leggod in the
hearse where the coffin had so lately reposed,
their stiff hard hats removed smoking ciga-
rettes and chattering gayly. One of them vas
reading a newspaper,
So it goes in Spain The very old and the
very new seemingly forever in close 5uxtapo-
Stion. +. c. 100 rubs elbows with A. D.
1922. The patient little jackasses that day by
day bring the citys milk to two great cans
upon each side OF their heavy pack saddles
march up to the very doors OF superb new
nine and ten story apartment houses (for Eu-
rope real s1yscrapcrs>. And when the milk
docs not come tlat way the small black goats
themselves are hcrded up to the apartment
house doors; there they stand in the carly
morning, patiently awaiting the donncoming
Of the housemsds who for the nonce assume
The forever picturesque role Of dairymaids.
The old. The new. The new The old.
Old houses come down. old streets are wid-
ened wide and wonderful new business thor
oughfares taking their places are quickly lined
with huge new business palaces, terribly Ugly
and grotesquely new. The new Madrid is not
particularly fascinating to the tourist, Yet It
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

MADRID.

rF YOU come 70 Madrid by night traj,
from almost any corner of the lberian
compass it is probable that YOU will come
10 her at some uncauny hour of the
eaYlv morning particularly uncanny when YOU
.on,e 20 know Of late sleeping habits Of tho
uadrilenos. The train that bore me into the
..1.;crt carital Of Spain arrived under th.
.hcd roof of the Northern Railway al precise
ly = O'Clock There was little likelihood Of
,,s bcinc late Spanish trains do not ,,n
4b.t vav It is barely 500 miles from San
ehastjan. where | had boarded my train AZ
A90 the preceding afternoon, up 10 Madrid
and it would be poor thing indeed that could
rot make that journey in fourteen hours and
half True it was that VIC had lost half an
bou, at Miranda dc Elbro where the Madrid
rvnrcss had halted for a supper stop-in ,rue
Aoorjcan fashion. Tho supper itself had
Yankee touches. Eight courses served in
,nertv.fye minutes leaving fyo minutes at
,be end fer the inevitable liquour and ciea-
rcttcs~Frcd Harvey himself could not have
done it better, nor served au excellent bottle
Of wine With the repast-and all for pesctas
about % American ccuts).
On second thought am tempted TO amend
.he foregoing statement. Fred Harvey would
have doue it better. Simply because the din
nc room Of tho railway station at Miranda de
Eibro looks entirely too much like thc wait
ing room Of the old and little-mournod Kansas
City station-thc one down there in the Eats
lust across the way from the once famed
Blossom House. If Fred Harvey had ever
been given the dining room privileges on the
Ferrocarlles Gel Norte the first thing that he
would have done would have been TO send
down TO Madrid and have brought up dec
orator or two or have given some Spanish
atmosphere to the inside OF that depot dining
room there at Miranda.
Yet outside thc country looks like Amer
lea to be exact, the southwestern corner Of
our own beloved United States When my
train had first left san Sebastian had thought
Of northern New Cngland-Nith mills and
power houses along the streams that swiftly
fell from the high wooded hills. But in Two
brief hours | had found myself in Colorado,
or was it New Mexico? 'rne country HAD
quickly grown to look like our own Southwest;
there vas the suspicion of sagcbrush in its
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

Alter That, djnner-and The theater-and after
the theater, supper, perhaps. Madrid certainly
h3S not thc Getto-bed habit. 1t is not infre-
quontly that the American Amba ssador is sum
moned to the Royal Palace or some minister's
nome after midnight, or has the honor Of
call from some nigh Spanish official at the
same tImc. Net the Musoo del prado. which
is in some ways the most wonderful museum
ID the world. i. open the greater part Of the
year from but ocloc:- IN the morning untsI
O'Clock IN the afternoon,
Madrid is, in truth the city Of irconsiston-
clos. in it, very heart stands the ruerto del
Sol, which is really It's heart, nothing less,
with ten busy streets emptying their traffic
into It. III the center Of this busy nlaza stands
an iron and glass kiosk, which is the hub Of
the capitals new subway system oncncd with
in the last two wears. 1t is quite rcmarkablo
subway differing from those Of Paris and
London IN the fact that it makes no class
distinction, but carries all at uniform rate
ot fare-as in our large American cities Vet
ID has already developed 4 r1sh-hour problem
and the public clamors against the quality Of
its service. Despite these usual drawbacks,
however, it is the newest thing in the town
and the Madricnos are more than passine
proud Of It.
IN front Of this shiny new subway station
there passes at nearly all hours Of the day and
night street traffic which is quite comparable
with that st Broadway and Thirty-fourtl,
Street New York. Great, numbering two
wheeled carts, drawn by oNen, their heayy
yokos set firmly upon their giart heads-so
must they have been sex in the time of Christ
go slowly by the subway doors. There arc
carriages, too American automobiles
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

las we'll as those made in Europe)--but
day or two hence / saw one Yankee car with
New ork State license plate of 921 crossing
'he fuerto del Sol-ln between them, bul-
locks, Jackasses, sheep and then, once in
great while, the Kings gorgeous carriage, be-
iog paradcd through Madrid streets, to the
intense Joy of the multitude But never,
never with the King passenger. He pre-
ters hls own speedy French and Italian racing
cars.
NOU may sec almost anything in these wind
swept, sunshiny streets Of Madrid There
Is constant life and bustle in them Boot
blacks beseech YOU to patronize them;
strange contrast 20 Paris, where, unless You
'hahce to find one OF two elderly men who
still carry on that trade along the Grand
Boulcrards. YOU look in vain for shoe shin
ing par]or. And beggars arc constantly and
forever at your heels In Toledo begging is
specifically prohibited by sign affixed to each
Of Tie city gates also blasphemy, The last
IS forbidden in Madrid neat blue and white
cnamcled signs along the streets state that
fact. But begging is privilege
Yesterday I saw for the first time Span
lab funeral, il all Of its state and ponp One
who has d"elt in Paris for long time f7nallY
becomes accustomed to the funerals in the
streets there falls rather naturally into the
courteous habit of removing the hat as the
panoplied hearse passes blythe mourners
following it afoot. (lhey say in Paris that
every funeral is maker Of fresh funeras.D
There the funerals, like the railway accomro-
dations are ranged in classes Only, instead
Of three, all Of eight. You pay your money
and you take your choice; from magnificent
New-York tribune., 1922-05-07
Drawings BY JEFFERSON MACHAMER

It was then the chunl drew US hurriedly
away. "You birds' be Kissed, controlling him
self with difficulty. "have been attending re-
hearsals Of the Actors EQUITY Association,
which Just about comprises the works Of the
profession. Their annual show is to be given
tonight.
"Those people you saw singing are most Of
the leading men and ladies on the American
stage to-day. That was Walker Whteside
playing Richard and Florence Reed as Queen
Anne and the rest were we'll known actors.
You have Just been gazing your fill on ths
choruscs of all of the musical hits on
Broadpay.'
For moment we faltered. Then suspi-
ciously We demanded: "And you?' OfF-hand
e9ly the chun1 replied:
oh I'm the press agent"
When the Actors Equity Association fought
and won its strike two years ago, it determined
upon this annual sllow as the method Of rails
ing the money for its administration, its lega
expenses, the rescue of stranded companies
and so forth. It is probably the happiest in
spration ever conceived by labor union for
obtaining its funds. Certainly it is great
deal more entertaining than the miners
check-off.
These actor folk give all or as much of their
spare time for which the association calls on
them, and by the time the show is presented at
the Metropolitan Opera House tonight enough
rehearsals-not many are necessary-~-lll have
been worked in to insure smooth perform
ance. If you care for scenic effects, you may
view panorama Of faces of practically ali the
"leads' on Broadway, there is in store one
Of those spectacle effects which Hassard Short
has risen to achieving after years Of playing