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The St. Johns herald., 1922-03-30
CHAPTER VII.
An Excursion and an Alarm.

An ENcurSlon ana an Alarm.
 AS the only person who had discOv- cred anything on the island, was now invested with a certain importance. Also, I had a playfellOw and compan- ion for future walks, in lieu of Cuth- bert Vane, held down tight to the thankIess toll of treasure-huntIng by hls stern taskmaster. But at the same lime was provided with an annoying, because unanswerable question which had lodged at the back of my mind like a crumb in the throat:
 By what strange chance had the cOpra gatherer. gone away and left CrusOe on the island2
 One morning. instead of starting di- rectly after breakfast for the cave Mir. Shaw busied himself in front of the supply tent with certain explosives which were to be used In the digging operations later.
 Having inquired of the Honorable Cuthbert and found that for an hOul or two the boat would not be ir requisition, I permitted the beautiful youth to understand that I would not decline an invitation to be rowed about the cove, Mir. Shaw had left his ma rine glasses lying about, and I haC been doing some exploring with them Under the great cliffs on the nortt snore of the bay I had seen an ob feet that excited my curiosity. I seemed to be the1 hull of a small yes sel. lying on. the narrow strip of rock aud sand under the cliff. Now, wreck
The St. Johns herald., 1922-03-30
Juvenile Humor.

The poem under analysis was Ten nvsOn's ''The Brook" and the pupils were asked to write a sentence con. taining the words "coOt" and 'hern." One small pupil turned in this one : "A little girl l know had an awful coot doll, but 1t wasn't hern."
The St. Johns herald., 1922-03-30
wInos Ready for Him.

There Is some hope for the person who can laugh when he has a tooth ache. But the man who Can laugh at you when you have toOthache is beneath wOrds.-The FleuF de LiA
The St. Johns herald., 1922-03-30
One Mans
 First Pipeful
The following letter tells a EOOd-luck

The following letter tells good-luck story:
 L. c. LAY
 Waco, Texas
 HIS South 4th Street
 November 2s, 1920. Larus & Brother Company Richmond, Virginia Gentlemen:
 When I smoked nay first pipeful oG EdReworth some six months ago, was something like the old maid who was carried to the park and kissed for the first time. As the story goes she remarked: ''Do 1t again, for there is sontethtRs Ike about it.' And 90 was my experience with Edgeworth.
 I am . commercial artist, and draw ''Phoolish Phellows'' for my daily nour- ishment. When drawing pictures have always smoked constantly. And h9vo found in Edgeworth little keener Satis- faction, a little more abiding content ment, than l had known before dis covered this remarkable tobacco. That was some six months ago, and there is still that ever-present some thing like about 1t that won't wear od.
 Yours very truly,
 (SiRned) L. c. Lay To prepare a tobacco that many pipe-smokers will welcome as a dis covery six months after they have
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
D. c. EQUEsTR|ANS
FORM HUNT CLUB
Environs Soon to Ring With
Sound of Hoof
and Horn.

The huntsman's horn is soon to
resound in the outlying sections of
Washington.
As result of meeting of
twenty-five of the Districts eques.
trians at the Racquet Club last
night it was decided to organize
what will be known as the Ma.
tional Capital Hunt Club.
Taking time by the forelock IL
was agreed that a pack of six.
teen hounds should be purchased
Immediately and Thursday was
decided upon as the day for the
opening hunt. After final arrange.
>ments have been made and the
club is thoroughly organized, it is
planned to hold two hunts a week
The permanent establishment of
an active hunt club has been
agitated in Washington for a long
time and just prior to the world
war was believed to have reached
point where its announcement
was expected daily.
At last nights meeting Thomas
Bones was selected to act as tenn.
porary chairman and ROLAND Daw.
son as acting secretary of the new
organization. The first official
meeting will take place next Tues
day night at s p. m.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
WEDDINGS
BAUMAN-M'CLOSKEY,

-
Dallas w. Bauman, 1904 r street
northwest, and Miss Regina M. Nc.
Closkey, 1926 Eleventh street north.
west, were married Saturday night
at st. Paul's Church, Fifteenth and
v streets northwest, by the Rev.
J. F. Mackin.
The brides sister, Miss Florence
McCloskey. acted as bridesmaid, and
Harry McComas as best man. Will
Liam McCloskey. the young lady's
father, gave her away. The bride
wore a dress of brown canton creme
with hat to match and carried bride
roses. Her sister wore blue taffeta
with hat to match and carried Bride
was held at the home Of the bride
after the church ceremony. Mr..
and Mrs. Bauman will reside AT
1905 Twenty-second street north.
west.
Scruggs-Chestnutt.
DR.. Raymond Scruggs. of DAN
Vile, Va, and Villa Euline Chest
mutt, 1911 Columbia road north
west, were married last wednes-
day afternoon in the Columbia
Rev. B. H. Melton.
Auio - . oHiuOW, OI fTlnCetOn,
w. Va. was maid of honor. DR..
j. L. Jennings acted as best man.
The bridesmaids were a sister, Miss
Sallie Chestnut: Miss Annie
Scruggs, the bridegroom's sister:
Miss Mulda Schapz. Miss Goldie
Allen, Miss Elizabeth Kinsey, of
La Grange, N. c., and Miss Virga
Andrews. Of Dsnville. Va. The
ushers were E. d. Clark, winsor
Dixon, c. B. Stancill. of Snowhil!.
N. c. p. c. Powell. DR.. G. w.
johnson and H. B. Mccormick, all
of Danville. Va. The flower girls
were Miss Ernestine Chestnut, niece
Of the bride. and Miss Frances
Williams.
The bride. wore q white satin
gown trimmed with lace and pearls.
and carried orange blossoms. The
maid of honor wore a dress of Can.
ton crepe embroidered with velvet,
The young couple left for a two
weeks trip to New York City
and Niagara Falls, and on their
return will reside in Danvills.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
ANACOSTIA FOLKS
To PUSH PARK FIGHT
Delegation of Citizens Will Ap'
pear Before Congress to
Press Their Case.

The Anacostia Park Council, COM
posed of representatives from all
citizens associations across the Ana.
costa River, will appear before Con.
gress during December in a final
effort to get passed the $4,000 ap.
preparation for building a municipal
park and playground on the Anacos.
tia flats.
The appropriation was approved
by the Budget Bureau as an add.
tional estimate. Col. c. o. Sheriff.
head of the Department of Public
Buildings and Grounds, was ap
pealed TO and officials of the Bulge,
Bureau visited the section as guests
Of the council.
According to DIR. George c. Hav
enner. president Of the council and
Of the Anacostia Citizens Associa
ton. there is little doubt that Con
gress will reject the estimate, bu,
residents Of Anacostia. Congress
Heights. and Randle Highlands will
continue their efforts.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Girls Assailant Loses
Fight in Supreme Court

Bill Moore, Of Georgia, yesterday
lost an appeal to the Supreme Court
Of the United States to reverse ver-
diets in Georgia courts of guilt OF
q statutory offense, and to set aside
Q sentence of ten to twenty years
imposed by the court. The court
decided 1t was without jurisdiction.
Moore was convicted Of attacking
q white girl, 16 years old. whom he
had taken for an automobile ride.
He denied the act. He appealed on
the ground that the public was ex.
cluded from the room during sub
mission Of evidence to the Jury.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
SAFETY SPEAKERS
. GET INSTRUCTIONS
Cooperation Pledged in Drive
to Prevent Traffic Ac.
cidents in District.

Pledging cooperation in the drive
to rid the District of the traffic
menace more than 100 members OF
the speakers section of the Wash
ington Safety Committee met at
the Willard Hotel last night to re.
ceive final instructions before TAX.
ing the platform as "four-minute
speakers" in the Safety Week cam
paign opening next Sunday. Ad.
dresses were made by Charles w.
Darr, William F. Ham and Charles
w. Price, members of the executive
committee.
Announcement of plans for the
dedication Sunday afternoon Of the
memorial shaft to be erected on
the Pennsylvania avenue side of
the Municipal Building in memory
of the ninety-seven children who
lost their lives in traffic accidents
here in 1921, were announced yes.
terday by Mrs. w. H. Heron,
chairman Of the memorial commit.
tee. More than $4,000 persons are
expected to attend the services.
Members of the Girl Scout troops,
the Campfire Girls and similar or.
ganizations will Join in the exer.
cises. Music will be furnished by
the Marine Band. Other patriotic
bodies will takek part.
A general meeting of the com.
mittee will be held at safety head.
quarters, Thirteenth and G streets,
today at 10 a. m.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
81, ,OO0,O 900 Hurt Will
Contest Set for Nov. 27

The contest involving validity OF
the will of Mrs. Annie ]. Hurt
widow of Henry Hurt, railroad
magnate, will be tried November 27
Justice Hitz in Circuit Court No.
decided yesterday. Jesse j. Duvall
of Woodbine, Md, a son Of a half
sister of Mrs. Hurt, is contestins
the will. He charges Mrs. Hurt
was mentally incompetent.
The will set aside s500.000 to
establish a home here for the blind
and provided $4,000 for Mrs. Hurts
relatives. The remainder of the
81 900 900 estate was left to chari
ties in which her husband had been
interested. Duvall was not men.
toned in the will. Mrs. Hurt was
80 years old when she died in
March, 1891.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
POWERFUL X-RAY !
TO FIGHT CANCER
Garfield Hospital InstaIIs Me&
Machine to Save All of
Radium as Cure. =

An Xray apparatus. which Hiil
produce rays nearly as intense -ss
radium and described by doctors az
one Of the greatest aids IN their
battle TO control cancer. was N
stalled at Garfield Hospital yestsr.
day.
The new equipment, which, II as
said. will come as near TO obviatfnE
the need Of radium In curing cancer
as 10 possible. is the most powerful
Of fits kind in the country. The sec
ond largest is located in the Phlh-
delphia General Hospital. -
Capable Of delivering 200 900 vol1s
OF electricity, the new machine is a
triumph of American engineerine,
said DIR. r. A. Merritt, hospItal
Roentgenologist. yesterday. Mot
alone are we able TO affect a cure
for cancer but we are able 10 do 30
with complete safety to the patient
being treated. Other machines have
been very dangerous to both at
tendants and patients" he added.
As demonstrated yesterday, a pa
tient seeking a cure. lies on a bed
and the ray from the machine is
directed to the part Of the body
affected. The patient may rvnd.
smoke or converse while beng
treated. the doctors say.
The addition of the new apparatus
gives Garfield Hospital the largest
X-ray laboratory in the Distrtct
Nine rooms are devoted to the vari-
Gus phases OF the work.
Judge Stanton J. Peele. president
OF the board OF directors OF Gar
field Hospital presided at yester-
day's installation.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow

Today.
Play-"Anthony and Cleopatra" by
Shakespeare Society. auditorium of New
National Museum in the evening.
Observation-Disclosures Society of
Washington, U. 8. National Museum
p. m.
Mceting-washington branch of Amer
tcan Bacteriologists. Naval Medical
School. 8 .. m.
Meeting-District of Columbia Con-
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher
Association. the Ebbitt, 2 p. m.
pents concert, auditorium
of Central High School, s:15 p. m.
Meeting-Kalorama Citizens Associa-
ton. Wyoming Apts. Columbia road and
California street. p. m.
Lecture-'The Greater Problems of
the Earth's Magnetism and Their Bear
ings on Astronomy, Geology and
Physics" Administration building of
Carnegie Institution. Sixteenth and +
streets, s:30 p. m.
Lecture-Coiumbia Historical Society.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Roumanian Debt Farley
Held Up for Two Days

When the Rumanian debt COM
missioners met yesterday with Sec
retary of the Treasury Mellon and
Senator Smoot, Of the American
Debt Funding Commission, they
asked further time to submit data
concerning the financial status Of
their country.
The request was granted and a
meeting with the American COM
mission was called for tomorrow
morning. At that time negotiations
toward funding the Rumanian war
debt to this country will be en-
tered into.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Senator Had Blocked Naming
Of Chairman Balls Secre-
tary Upon This Commission
PRESIDENT IN oUANDARY
Could Make No Appointments
Without Offending. One or
Other, So Delayed Action

One of the real reasons why
President Harding has not yet
appointed the new District Rent
Commission has just come to
light.
It is involved in a long stand
ing and-strange as it may seem
"a more or less friendly fight
over patronage in Delaware be-
tween Senator L. Heisler Ball,
chairman of the Senate District
Committee, and Senator T. Cole
man DUPONT.
DUPONT BLOCKS CHOICE.
Little differences sometimes de-
case the little difference between
the two friendly and amiable Della.
ware senators concerned Thomas j..
Peeney who for several years has
been acting as secretary to Senator
Ball.
Senator Ball tried to persuade
President Harding to appoint Mr..
Peeney collector Of the port of Will
mington, but Senator DUPONT inter
vened and succeeded in blocking the
appointment.
This was rather disappointment
to Senator Ball, but he attributed
it mainly to the exigencies Of state
politics in Delaware. and paid no
more heed to it. A few months
later the rent extension act was
passed by Congress. Credit for the
enactment was given to Senator
Ball by both friends and foes Of
the law. 1t was his work that en-
listed Presidential support for the
bill and won over the House at the
eleventh hour.
HARDING LET IT DRIFT.
As soon as the rent extension
act was passed, Senator Ball went
to the White House and requested
President Harding to appoint Mr..
Peeney as one Of the new mem.
bers Of the commission. The Presi.
dent was anxious to please him,
but, 1t is understood, he remem.
bered certain objections that Sena
for DUPONT had previously urged
against Mr.. Peeney. He got n
touch with Senator DUPONT, and
Peeney again came in for a dis
cussion.
That is as far as the matter
went. President Harding felt that
he would be stirring up old pa.
tronage troubles by nominating Mr..
Peeney for the Rent Commission.
At the same time he was deter.
mined not to make any move that
would offend his old friend, Sena.
tor Ball. So matters simply drifted
from month to month.
In the meantime the White House
had discovered there was no urgent
necessity for appointing a new Rent
Commission; that the old tribunal
was functioning fairly well, and vari-
Gus real estate men urged upon
President Harding the fact that the
rent situation in the District was
rapidly improving, and that the add
ed expense of an enlarged commits
sion might not be necessary after all.
ELECTIONS CAUSE CHANGE.
A new angle in the situation de-
veloped when Senator DUPONT was
defeated for reelection in Delaware
by Thomas F. Bayard. That cleared
the patronage air Immediately. Sen
ator Ball will take advantage of it
by again discussing Rent Commits
sion affairs with the President. 1t
is quite possible that the nominations
will be made now without more ado.
The objections which Senator du-
Pont urged against Peeney have not
been disclosed, but 1t is believed
they relate to his lack of legisla-
tive, legal and administrative expe-
rience.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
NAVY YARD TO DROP
220 MORE WORKERS
New Discharge Order Will Be
Effective December I, It
Is Announced.
MACHINISTS RESENTFUL
Leaders Indicate Belief that
Department Has Not Kept
Faith With Men.
MACHINIsTs RESENTFUl

Another reduction will be made
In the working forces of the Wash.
ington Navy Yard December l.
when 220 more employees will be
dropped, II was announced yester.
Gay.
The men affected by the an
nouncement and the 10 who are
scheduled to be dropped November
20 will be discharged, not fur
loushed. in accordance with q re-
cent ruling.
Capt. j. H. Dayton, commnndant
of the Washington yard, explained
that the force must be reduced in
accordance with the six-6ay weei,
working schedule effective Decem
ber /.
Coupling a recent recommends
ton of an average reduction of
cent an hour for the employees OF
the navy yard with the two an
nouncements for the dismissal OF
employees. officials of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists in
dicate they feel that the Navy De
partment is not keeping faith with
the men. According to n. P. Atlas
chairman of District No. a. of the
hooOSAotAoh. tiic oo HOt wan,
the six-day-a.week schedule II the
forces are to be diminished.
"If the department would retain
the forty-four-hour week. instead OF
the proposed forty-eight-hour sched
ule. the reduction in employees
would be minimized to almost moth
Ing" declared Atlas.
Although the machinists opposed
-, -
last year, they signed the agreement
because certain conditions relative
were. emphasized" he continued
forces would be made, I doubt IL the
agreement would have been signed
Atlas believes the department,
plans to reduce the working force
nearly 500. There are about 3.70(
men employed at the Washington
yards.
More than 500 women ATTENDED
the linen shower. card party and
tea of the Ladies' Auxiliary Of tn.
Providence Hospital held at the hos
pital yesterday for the benefit oi
the free wards. 1t is believed the
proceeds will total nearly $4,000
lined with tables filled with ar
ticles made at the Day Nursery
quarters. These articles were of
fered for sale. The pig and turkey
raised on the hospital farm. alont
Good Hope road near the Dis
trict line, were won by Mrs. Her
bert Snodgrass, 1000 Sixteenth
street northwest, and Mrs. ]. E
Donovan. 1877 Thirty-first stree
northwest.
The women who arranged the af
fair were: Mime. Calderon,' Mrs
John Foote. Miss Ellen Lorraine
Mrs. Julia Galloway, Mrs. Thoma,
F. Carter, Mrs. James r. Barbour
Mrs. P. s. Ridsdale. Mrs. Clifford
Lewis. Mrs. Hannis Taylor. Mrs
Lawn Thompson, Mrs. Matthew F
Tighe, Mrs. John Holden, Mrs. ]. B
Calvo, Mrs. r. 8. Holtz. Miss Betti,
Ridsdale, Miss Dorothy Duff. Mis-.
Theresa Fitzgerald, and Mrs. Ed
ward Costigan.
Music furnished by a string or
chestra was enjoyed by those hos
pital patients who were well enough
to be wheeled within hearing dis
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Club Members Meet and Start
Movement for Activity Of
Local School Classes.
FIVE GROUPS AT SESSION
Baptists Of Section to Attend
Gathering Of Columbia
Church Federation.
Southwest Washington, will tax

Southwest Washington will take
a prominent part in the bazaar to
be held by the Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teachers Associations at
the Ebbitt Hotel. December 1 and
Q. At a meeting at the Isaac Fair
brother School, Tenth and e streets
southwest, yesterday afternoon. rep
resentatives from all mothers clubs
in the section pledged their CO.
operation.
The eighth division, which in
cludes all southwest schools, will
have a special section at the bazaar.
Each Of the schools wants a special
table upon which to plce articles for
sale.
The schools represented yesterday
were: Bradley, jefferson -Amidon,
Isaac Fairbrother. Webster. and
Greenleaf.
: The Rev. John E. Briggs and
about thirty members of Fifth Bap.
tist Church will attend the meeting
Of the Columbia Association of Bap-
tist Churches at the Temple Baptist
Church. Tenth and N streets north.
west, tonight. Among the delegates
will be: Walter Price. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. Mooney. E. p. Rice. Mrs.
John Briggs. Charles Woolard, and
Mrs. Laura Smith.
Action for elimination of noise
caused by shifting engines along
the railroad during the early morn.
ing hourse soon will be taken by
the South Washington Citizens As
ISOLATION. ]. c. L. Ritter. chair
man of the public utilities com
mittee. says that while 1t will BE-
impossible to get rid of all the
noise because OF the necessity for
shifting cars Of perishable marke,
stuffs. a great deal can sbe elimi
mated by better distribution Of tn.
work.
Special Thanksgiving services
will be held at the Fifth Baptist
Church. Rev. John E. Briggs an
nounced yesterday. The Andrew
jackson Chapter, ]. o. U. A. NJ
will attend church in a body. bring
ing their band
Elizabeth Jones. Mabel DAILY, Ora
Yates and Frances Robertson are
among the girls who have Joined
the Epworth League through the
Win My Chum Week" conducted
by the Ryland Church, Ninth and
D streets southwest.
An entertainment will be given
by the Isaac Fairbrother Mothers
Club at the Epiphany Chapel
Twelfth and c streets southwest
The date has not been decided yet
The proceeds will be turned over
to the club treasury.
An oyster supper for the benefit
of chapel activities win be held
at the Epiphany Community House
Twelfth and G streets southwest
tonight.
H. A. REM. of s13 c street
southwest, is in Florida for two
weeks.
Louise Bresnahan, of 254 Four.
teenth street southwest, has re.
turned following visit with rela.
tiyes in Baltimore
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

Cosmos Assembly Hall. s:15 .. m.
Meeting Washington Citi.
Gems Association, Tyler School, Eleventh
street southeast: election of officers
Meeting-Mt. Pleasant w. C. T. U,
1924 Harvard street northwest, 2 p. m
Poultry show-Coliseum. Ninth stree,
day.
Concert-U. s. Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall, $3.50 D. m.
Meeting-Catholic Community House
sol E street northwest, DR.. Duhay will
address Class in History of PHILOSOPHY
7:45 p. m.
Meeting-Massachuset Society at the
Woman's City Club, % jackson Place,
p. m
Tomorrow.
Meeting-Purdue Alumni Association,
at the City Club. DIR. z. C. Elliott
president of Purdue University will
LuncheonTLions Club of Washineton.
the willard, 1880 p M
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Taking Up" Music Costs
Years Residence in Jail

Daniel Anderson, Seventh street
hanger-on, whose record shows that
he makes q living "by his wits,'
did very well until he took up
music.
The music was in the shape Of q
"gitarrh," valued at SIS, belonging
to Horace Long, of 615h L street
northwest, which disappeared from
the Long domicile last Saturday
night.
Anderson left the house the same
time the instrument did, the testi.
mony showed. Judge Hardison took
a long look at the alleged thief
sqhinted at his police record and
picked out a sentence of a year in
Jail.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Aged Shoplifter Blames
Bad Teeth for Crime

Bad teeth are said to cause m
sanity. rheumatism. neuritis and
other ailments. but for the first
time yesterday in Police Court they
were held up to Judge Hardison as
the direct cause of a peculiar
disease of the fingers. an ailment
known in police parlance a. shop
lifteritis"
MY teeth, my teeth" shouted
sixty-three-year-old John Hull" tap.
ping a row of decayed molars." ttes
are responsible They give me so
much pain and worry I don't know
what I am doing sometimes"
Hull admitted stealing four neck
ties from a Pennsylvania averu'
department store Saturday after.
noon. The court imposed q sentencs
of ninety days.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Judge Lenient to Three
Youths Held As Drunk.

What appeared to the police 70 b
s4o0 worth OF intoxication at Child's
restaurant early last Sunday morn
ing turned out TO be but $50 worth
when the cases OF four young men
were called before Judge Mcmahon
yesterday in Police Court.
Joseph T. Cary and Joseph T. Lever.
ing were arrested and required 70
leave 800 each at the First pre-
cinct on charges OF intoxication fol.
lowing an alleged rough party In
the restaurant. Judge Mcmahon
fined Lantry, Hill and Carey but
$40 each.
Levering asked taht his case BE-
continued until he could round M
a few witnesses.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Liberty Bonds in Banks
Subject to State Tax

States have the right to tax for
State purposes Liberty bonds owned
by banks. the Supreme Court of
the United States decided yester-
day in affirming a decision of Ok
lahoma courts.
Every national bank is affected
by the decision. The Federal Gov
ernvment was injured because the
value and marketability of the
bonds Is lowered.