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The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
HUNDRED CARS TO BRING BIG
CIRCUS HERE THIS MORNING
Famous Show Has 700 Performers and Many
Trained Wild Animals.

While circus fans of all sizes and
ages are gathered at the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad yards at Benning
this morning 100 cars will be COM
ing to town. and Ringling Brothers
and Barnum & Bailey will be an
nounced officially by all the fasci-
mating sounds that make the circus
entirely unlike any other institu-
tion known to mankind. This year
the Biggest Show on Earth" Is here
for four days, three of them de-
voted to performances.
Five trains are required to move
this new show of 1922. with its re-
Gently added European wild animal
circus and newly acquired troupes
of performing horses. All these are
coming here from Philadelphia,
where the show closed weeks en-
gagement last night.
1871 Inhabitants in show.
AS quickly as the trains are
spotted" the work of unloading
will be commenced and continue
until all the wonders and para
phernalia have been moved to the
Camp Meigs show grounds. Fourth
street and Florida avenue.
The Inhabitants of the giant cir
Gus city are this season equal in
number of those of at least $4,000
towns in the United states. The
| shows latest census gives a total
population of 1871 persons. This
has required the addition of larger
| dining and dressing tents The ex-
ira stables needed for the 200 train
Cd
| quired to house the scores of train
ed wild animal actors are so ex-
tensive that the entire morning is
now required to put this additional
paraphernalia in place. On this ac-
count every bit Of horse power and
man power must be utilized from
daylight to noon time.
street Parade Eliminated.
II is because OF this that the
street parade has been again elimi-
| mated as was the case last season.
A complete battery" OF 50-foot
steel arenas suggests some idea of
the increase in massive properties.
There are more than 700 perform
ers with this seasons circus and
fully half that number OF trained
animals! Two hundred horses rep
resenting Europe's finest equestrian
| acts form a big new feature. An
other includes twenty high school
horses ridden by riders of interna- :
tiOnal fame
The wild animal acts include
jungle beasts who ride upon swift
~ running horses. juGgle like
humans, perform tricks Of balanc-
ing or play at games with their
keepers. The arenas are time after
time filled. emptied and refilled with
entire troupes of tigers. lions. polar
The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
SHRINERS open
WEEKS MUSICAL
SHOW TOMORROW
Proceeds to Be Used in
Attempt to Bring Con-
ventiOn Here.

The Shriners' Frolics Of 1922. :
presented under the auspices Of the
Legion of Honor unit of Almas
Temple, will open for a weeks run
at the Belasco Theatef tomorrow
night.
The big entertainment, which is
being staged in the interests of the
Forthcoming trip of Almas Temple
to San Francisco next month. when
efforts will be made to secure the
1928 Imperial Council session of the
order for Washington. has been re-
hearsed for the past two weeks by
William p. Hartford. and Harold j.
GILES. of the Joe Bren Production
Company. OF Chicago, and accord
ing to them, everything is in readi-
ness for perfect production.
To Give Minstrel.
More than severty-five persons
Will appear in the cast. which will
be divided between an old time
minstrel show, and an up-to-date
musical comedy. In the first named,
Leonard p. Steuart. iIlustrious DO
tenante OF Almas Temple. will pre-
side as interlocutor. and many jibes
and jests pertinent to the legion
unit have been injected into the
manuscript.
AS a finale to the minstrel part
of the entertainment a burIesque
wedding will he presented during
which there will he several dancing
numbers by groups Of young women
and men.
The special solo numbers in this
section will be by Mildred Lash
horn. Mrs. Elaine SebrinE Ford.
Mrs. Reeder Walton. Virginia NJ.
Amberg, n Connor Porter ard
Clement Taylor.
Cast Is Selected.
I, The end men in the minstrel circle
will be II. r. Hendley, Paul Grove.
sr.. Paul Grove. jr.. Joseph NJ.
Hodges. Ernest Koenig. r. II. Gross,
Ted Burke and Harold GILES.
The Inside Inn a musical com
edy skit. and THE Isle Of Gazook."
will be the PRINCIPAL features in the
second part Included in these will
be many added numbers. the out
standing Of which will he a feature
dance by Mr.. Gilles. considered one
Of the foremost male dancers in the
United States. Others in The In
side Inn" besides the soIoists are
Gladys Speakman. Jack Bell. Sylvia
Essler. and Elsa Fox.
The full list of specialties. with
those who will participate. are:
Temple Dance. Katherine Fowler
Grace Stockman. Margaret Ref.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-14

Grace Suthard. Minnie Dariey, and
Edith NyEaard: "Longing." Leala
Henly. Gretchen Kinsey, Margaret
Jones. Kathryn Roam and Freda
Cole: Kiddo and Ensemble, Lillian
Renno. Ann Lohr. Mrs. Ethel Hay
den. Ruth Simpson. Bird Covey.
Evelyn Colhurn. Kate Rielley and
Thelma Bannon; Kiddo Boys. Rus
sell Robertson. Johnny Taylor. jr-.
Harry =. Hayden. jr.. Ewell II. Moh-
Ter. OTIS w. Rhodes. William II
Swain. Julian Gerw pod and Charles
II. Kienzle
The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
Condition of G.. E. Plumb
Described as "WOrse'

The condition of Glenn z. Plumb.
Leland avenue. Chevy Chase. at
torney for the railroad brotherhood
and author OF the Plumb plan for
the operation Of railroads. was de-
scribed as worse than during fh'
day at midnight
MIR. Plumb is suffering from heari
trouble and is in a state OF semi
coma. Il is announced
The Washington herald., 1922-05-14

Olive Brosnan will perform the GER
emony
The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
Whl Marry Maj. Goetz.

Miss Antoinette Wood Emo Graves.
5s East Fifty-seventh street, New
York. well known in Washington,
whe-'e she attended school. will be-
come the bride of Maj. Robert Charlie.
e-ick Goetz. military instructor at
Harvard. A marriage Incense was is-
SIZED for them. yesterday. The Rev.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-14

II is estimated that in Chicago
alone preventable expenses and
losses due to the bad arrangement
and location OF the South Water
Street Market amount to $1,000, 600
annually.
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
The Oil Menace.
Fish and Beach Alike Are Endan
gered by Ship Discharge.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Are the
people of this country aware of the
destruction that the oil burning vessels
into the ocean adjacent to our shores?
Our beaches are no longer clean and
those walking or bathing find themselves
covered by nasty black mess that is
everywhere on the sand. 1t Is long,
hard task TO get it Off either feet or
clothes.
This is especially bad and noticeable
on tho shores of Marthas Vineyard and
other sea islands. The pure white sand is
no longer pure and is decidedly black.
The fish also are being killed by 1t.
Yet nothing is done TO stop the dump
ing. and every year the oil increases
and the beaches become blacker.
Is It not possible to awaken our Gov
ernment or the powers that be and
have some law passed to save both
beaches and fish, ere one il made i'm
possible and the other killed?
The oil to be discharged, 1t seems to
me, could be collected In a sort of res
ervoir or truck on board the vessel and
later discharged where 1t could do no
harm.
IL this Is not feasible. then no doubt
some other plan would be evolved.
But at any rate let something be done
before It Is too late and 'qt might have
BEEN become truly sad words.
HORACE J. BRooKEs.
MARrHAs VINEYARD, Mass, June 22.
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
SteepIechase Perils.

The recent decision of the English
steeplechase authorities to modify
the jumps at the Aintree course. over
which the Liverpool Grand National
is run, has come after years OF pro-
test on the part of persons who de-
plored the loss Of good horsefesh there
and the danger to life and limb inn
posed on riders taking part in the
contest, which is to the world of
steeplechasing what the Derby is to
fat racing. SO severe is the course
that frequently thirty or more horses
come to grief during the journey of
more than four miles.
Those who maintain that n. stiff
course Is safer than one with mod
erately high fences which are noC
solidly brushed--horses are quick to
learn that the latter type Is Yield
ing-will point TO the fatalities Ia
the recent Grand Steeplechase de
Paris at Auteuil. where several
horses we're killed, as proof that their
theory Is correct. French steeple-
chase courses are not nearly so for.
midable as that at Aintree and some
others in England. The French
courses call for more speed, for the
higher the jumps the greater is the
dellberation necessary on the part Of
horse and rider.
French turfmen put their fastest
horses through the field. and such
races as the Grand Steeplechase de
Paris are run at a terrific clip. The
recent contest was.won by the French
The New York herald., 1922-06-24

mental troops could be sent to defend
this commanding position. Historians
have referred TO it as "the turning
point of the Revolution"
The people of the Palatine settle
ment left no doubt OF their position
in case war arose between the colo
nies and the mother country. The
Palatine Committee Of Safety meet
ing at Stone Arabia sent out t.
American patriots this message on
May 49,, 1775: "Be assured we are
attached to American liberty. We
are determined to let the world see
it is our fixed resolution to support
and carry into execution everything
recommended by the Continental and
Provincial Congress, and to be free
or die"
There remains to-day but little OF
the past glories of Stone Arabia ex-
cept its great stone church, now al
most century and half old. There
is, though, sacredness about spot
where there breathed such true re-
gard for liberty and order. The de-
scendants OF these early Palaune
settlers in the Mohawk Valley can
look back through the two centuries
with feeling of deep pride upon
these patriotic Americans.
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
Snarled Fishlines.

The bass. pike, pike perch and
pickerel fishing season opened in New
Jersey on June 15, and it opened in
troubled waters. Jerseymen, particu-
larly those along the Delaware River,
assert that they are the victims OF
unfair discrimination on the part of
Pennsylvanians across the river.
Fishermen from Pennsylvania are
at liberty to fish in all New Jersey
waters on payment of a nonresident
license tax OF, 1925. For similar
privilege in Pennsylvania Jerseymen
must pay a nonresident license fee
of $5. An appeal will be made to
the New Jersey Legislature at it's next
session for the enactment of retalia-
tory measures. II Jerseymen must pay
SIS for the privilege of fishing in Penn
sylvania waters it is proposed that
Pennsylvanians shall pay S5 for the
privilege Of fishing in New Jersey
waters.
Right there issue is Joined and
an interstate crouch is on pending
legislation on one or both sides of the
Delaware. But the controversy does
not stop there. Jerseymen allege
further lack of reciprocity on the
part Of Pennsylvania authorities with
respect to interstate fishing rights
along the Delaware River. New
Jerseys Fish and Game Commission
has interpreted the law on broad
and liberal basis. Pennsylvanians who
land and fish in the stream from the
Jersey side are not bothered by de-
mands for display of their licenses. In
New Jersey waters tributary to the
Delaware. waters where the tide GIBBS
and flows, New Jersey requires no
fishing license. Pennsylvania, on the
other hand, has imposed restrictions
on fishing in similar waters in its
territory, and il Jerseyman lands
on the Pennsylvania shore and is
caught fishing there he Is liable to
arrest unless he can show SIS nom
resident fisherman's license.
1t is a regrettable state of affairs.
1t creates irritation tending to lines
of cleavage in the venerable and ven
Grated rod and reel fraternity-a fra
ternity so little given, from the very
calmly contemplative nature of its
interests, to disputes. That fraternity
is made up of brethren who above all
others would be glad to dwell to-
gether in unity and be at peace with
all the world If the lawmakers would
only let them.
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
Jamaica's Chinese Problem.

The Chinese question has taken On
an unusual form in Jamaica. AT
present 1t is engaging the serious at
tention of the people of that beauti-
full West Indian island, with its So
luton nowhere in sight.
In Jamaica the trouble is rot
based on the complaint immortalized
in BRET HARTE's memorable phrase
ruined by Chinese cheap labor" II
is quite the reverse of that. The ia
maican complaint against the Chi
nese immigrant is not that he will
labor cheaper than anybody else. II
is that, in the sense OF manual toll
he will not labor. AS far as farming
is concerned the Chinese in jamaica
will have none OF II. He goes in ex-
rlusively for trade. Furthermore, he
trades in an adroit and skillful way
that makes him a highly dangerous
competitor.
A Kingston correspondent Of the
philadelphia Ledger reports that
Chinese have monopolized the retail
provision business and are now or
ranizing to enter the wholesale inn
porting trade in way that may
shut everybody else out Of It. In ad-
dition to that there are surface indi-
cations that the Chinese are plan
ming to get control OF the liquor
trade as we'll. The news OF Chinese
commercial prosperity in Jamaica
has reached China, with the result
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
Gunshot Wounds.
Finding the Course OF Bullet From
Surface Indications.

DR.. r.. ". Vaughan in Jourroi Of American
Medical Association.
The determination OF the course OF
bullet is frequently of az vital impor-
tance to the operating surgeon as 1t IS
to the medlcolegal expert, and occasions
will arise when the obtaining OF roent-
genogram prior to operation Is impos-
sible. Careful study OF the wound WILL
however, give the desired information
in q large proportion of cases.
A bullet at long range uninterrupted
in it's flight by any object OF sufficient
density to defect IT, and striking the
skin at right angles, will leave a round
wound with scared edges but without
brush burn. 1t makes hole in the
skin over soft parts that Is approxi-
caliber OF the bullet, II 1t enters at
right angles to the presenting surface.
II the missile strikes the skin at an
acute angle 10 the presenting surface
the tissue will be pushed up in front
of the bullet until enough has been
crowded up TO permit Of its penetra-
ton. and as it skids or slides on the
skin before entering It will cause a
brush burn on that side of the wound
from which the bullet came. An imag-
mary line drawn through the center of
the brush burn and the center of the
opening at which the bullet entered
will give the course OF the bullet within
the body. To illustrate: IL the brush
burn is on the right side of the OPEN
ing the bullet came from the right and
it's course is toward the left, and IL 1t
is on the loft the course is toward the
right.
Steel jacleted and cupronickel lead
filled bullets will travel straight ahead
and are not DETECTED when striking
bone equally on all sides until their
force is all expended. Should they hit
bone on only one side of the bullet. as
bullet clipping the edge of rib In
passing. that bullet will be detected
toward the side meeting the greater
resistance. that is. the side striking
bone.
Lead bullets may or may not be de-
fiectcd In their course, depending on
the resistance OF tho bone encountered.
When striking hard bone in their course
particles OF lead are likely to be found
along the tract.
Bullet wounds. when the muzzle of
the gun Is held against the skin or
clothing, are called contact wounds.
Here the bullet usually enters at right
angles TO the presenting surface. The
point OF entrance may be large enough
10 be mistaken for n point of exit, but
Is surrounded by a blackened ring which
Is made by some of the exploding gases
escaping between the end OF the barrel
and the surface to which II was pressed.
These wounds are OF such character
that Il is difficult TO determine whether
they are wounds OF entrance or exit
until one has demonstrated the absence
OF presence OF powder or smudge on the
skin or until the tissues are explored
for powder grains. Gas wounds are
contact wounds and are gaping. extern
sivc, ragged edged wounds into which
the exploding gases have entored the
opening made by the bullet and under
mined the tissues. scorching and tear
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
Confederate Chieftains Stand byLincoln
Issue Statement Repudiating Attack Made on Him by
the Veteran Convention.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD
RICHMOND. June 2s.--Gen. Julian S
Carr. of Durham. N. c., Commander-in.
chief Of the United Confederate Veter-
ans. ana Gen. c. b. Howry. commander
of the Army OF Northern Virginia. is
sued joint statement tonight in which
they said that Abraham Lincoln was nc
more the instigator of the war between
the States than Jefferson Davis was re-
sponsible for the action of the southern
people.
On Wednesday the Confederate Vet
herans adopted resolution which con-
demned Lincoln as the instigator of the
civil war. 1t was embodied in report
OF the rutherford Committee" which
has as it's aim the elimination OF biased
history textbooks from Southern schools.
The report commended pamphlet writ
ten by Col. Huger w. Jackson Of Curry
vile. Ga. and published by Miss Mildred
Rutherford Of Athens. Ga. The PAM
phlet. THE Truth of the War Conspiracy
of 1884," the report declares, presents
the official evidence gathered principally
from the United States Government
archives. which proves that the war
was deliberately and personally con-
ceived and it's inauguration made by
Abraham Lincoln, and that he was PER
sonally responsible for forcing the war
upon the South"
Gems. Carr and Howry stated to-day
that neither voted for certain resolu-
tions passed in some confusion just be-
fore the adjournment of the veterans.
They added
Abraham Lincoln had no more re-
sponsIbility in bringing on the war than
jefferson Davis had for the sentiment
of the Southern people in resisting CO.
ercion. The Southern people very gener-
ally, from the very day they learned
that Lincoln had been stricken by the
hand of an assassin. deplored the trag-
edy and, in common with almost every
Confederate soldier and every one In the
South. we expressed the opinion and
have ever since inclined to the belief
that the death Of Lincoln was the great
est misfortune that could have been put
on stricken people. Because 1t was the
generally accepted idea that Lincoln
was as magnanimous as Grant and vas
as kindly disposed to extend helping
hand as any man in the Northern
States.
"These sentiments have pervaded the
Southern people ever since and the
representatives Of the South in Con-
greSS nave participated III IHdhiHS dp
preparations for the memorial erected
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln as
a good and great man with our hearty
approval.
I'VE regret that any feeling should
arise in the premises, because there II
no necessity for temper ill-will or ami
mostly to the memory of president
who felt that it was his duty to en-
force the laws of the United States
as he understood them and in this
statement we feel that we are express
ing the sentiments of many prominent
men in the South"
The New York herald., 1922-06-24

that already the influx of Chinese is
being greatly augmented.
Restrictive legislation has been
proposed. One suggestion was an
immigration tax equivalent to about
$1,000 a head. Another was refusal
OF a liquor trading license to any
body who is not British subject
But the representatives of the Brit
ish Empire feared international COM
plications IL these measures were
adopted. The Empire is greatly in
terested in maintaining good re!a-
tions with China. Both plans were
abandoned.
1t was finally decided to appoint q
committee to investigate the subject
and report on the facts. Jamaica has
had race problems in the past. and
something may be found in the island
records to suggest a remedy for the
present difficulties.
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
"Pair O. Dice Lost.
A Contribution to Merriment in the
Days of Black Faced Comedy.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: won-
der how many Of the old New Yorkc-s
who have contributed "reminiscences to
your columns can remember what year
1t was that Bryant's Minstrels gave
their famous performance in what was
then known as Bryant's Opera House
on Twenty-third street between Sixth
and Seventh avenues? Among the men,
bers of the troupe were the ever popular
Dan Bryant. Bob Hart, Dave Reed and
Nelse Seymour.
Recently, in going over some ancient
documents and papers, I came across
an old program headed Part First
Soree D'Ethiope," combination of
plain English and euphemistic French,
which includes a number of old tima
songs, such as Poor Little Lost O1e, .
Buzz Away, Musketeer," Nellie Was
Lady" "Stars of Summer Night
and You Never Miss the Water Till
the Well Runs Dry"
The latter was a particular favorite,
and all of us boys would join heartily
in the chorus, which ran as follows:
Waste not, want not, Is a maxim / would
teach,
Let your watchword be dispatch. and prac-
tice what you preach;
Do not let your chances like sunheams pass
you by,
For you never miss the water till the well
runs dry.
There was also an original and ex-
tremely iaughable sketch by Bob Hart
entitled "A Second Hand HOTEL
The entertainment concluded with toe
turlesque of THE Deluge. or Pair o
Dice Lost" which was a scream. cuimi-
rating in Grand Allegorical Tableau'
showing "Vice Rewarded"
So far as know there is no sur
vivor Of what was once a delightful
troupe of merrymakers, and ! doubt
whether there are many now living who
can recall those happy days. II so. let
them speak up. GILBERT RAY HAYES.
NEW YORK, June 23.
The New York herald., 1922-06-24
Mohawk Valleys Bicentenary.

The celebration last week at Stone
Arabia, Montgomery county, Of the
two hundredth anniversary of the
Palatine settlement in the Mohawk
Valley recalls an almost forgotten
but important phase of State and
national history. The Palatines
came to the Mohawk Valley about
one hundred years after the begin
ming of the Dutch settlements on
Manhattan Island and along the Hud-
son Valley and fifty years after the
English assumed sovereignty, GUST
ing the Dutch. Like many of the New
Worlds first settlers the Palatines
came seeking personal and religious
liberty. Their spirit of freedom led
them early to espouse the cause of
the colonies and to enter with all
their energy into the struggles of
Colonial and Revolutionary times.
Their county, the Palatinate, the
richest and most prosperous section
OF the Rhine Valley. was laid waste
in the wars of the later part OF the
seventeenth century when LOUIS XIV.
made good his threat to reduce the
whole land to cinders. About $4,000
of the Palatines fled to England
and from there many of them were
helped to America. The party which
finally reached the Mohawk Valley
settled upon an area about fifty miles
long, extending from the mouth of
Schoharie Creek nearly to the pres
ent site OF Utica. The bicentenary
celebration few days ago was in
commemoration of this settlement.
The spirit which moved these men
Of the Palatinate was typified in the
| famous trial of JOHN PETER ZENGER
in 1876. ZENGER when boy arrived
in this country with shipload OF Pal
atines. Learning the printing trade,
he became in course of time, with
RIP VAN DAM. editor and publisher
OF the Neio York Weekly Journal.
lie announced that the paper
should stand for thought and free
dom of speech" Governor CROSBY
had ZENGER arrested and the trial be-
came a distinctive mark in American
Jurisprudence.
The Governor had the judgeship
packed with his personal friends,
but ZENGER obtained the services of
ANDREW HAMILTON OF Philadelphia,
the ablest lawyer in America, to de-
lend him. The jury was out only a
minute and returned a verdict of not
! guilty. GoUvERNEUR NORRIS referred
| to this trial and it's result as the
germ of American freedom and "the
morning star of that liberty which
subsequently revolutionized Amer
ica." The verdict established for all
time, he declared, the freedom of the
press in this country.
General NICHOLAS HERKTMRR was a
Palatine who rendered particularly
valuable service in the Revolutionary
war by holding the Valley OF Oris-
kany against the advancing British
forces. This dramatic battle was
fought unaided by the men Of the
valley-Dutch, Palatine and Scotch
Irish. in all about S00--before conti-