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Evening star., 1922-04-28
POOREST OYSTER SEASON
IN CHESAPEAKE BAY FOR
so YEARS COMES TO END |

Special Djspatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. April 2s.-The most
unsuccessful oyster season in the
last nifty years has closed. From
now until September 1t will be un-
lawful to take oysters from, the
Chesapeake bay beds with tongs or
dredges.
Oystermen at Long Rock declare
that unless the conditions Of the
oyster beds improve and a method
is adopted to rid the bivalves Of
mussels the oyster industry will
be q thing Of the past in Maryland
In the next three years.
During the past season vessels for
the frSf. time went into other waters
for oysters because their skipDers
could not get oysters of gooG con-
ditions for the trade here.
The oyster catches in Maryland
. waters have steadily decreased dur
ing the past FIVE years. the OYSTER
mon, say. MusSels are preventing
the growth Of young bivalves. A lack
OF freshness in the water during the
past winter also helped keep down
the number of bushels dredged.
An average of three oyster vessels
arrived here daily during the season.
In years gone by the average was
ten vessels daily.
The total catch during the season.
including dredging. scraping and
longing, it is estimated by the state
100000 to 100000 bushels less than
last year. This Is based upon an
anticipated drop of between $4,000
and $1,000 in oyster tax receipts.
Last year the oyster catch was ap-
proximately 5000, 900 bushels.
Evening star., 1922-04-28
FRENCH EIA|RGE:s |
!. |. .s'NAIIlMPP||NG P BERLIN | !
Germans Of. New Riches De.
: mand ''spice" and seri.
Gus Plays Fail.
By. GEORGE WITTE.

Special Correspondence of The Star and Chicago
Daily News Foreign Service.
BERLIN. Germany, April LA
Geneva. Switzerland, newspaper re-
Gently remarked. facetiously that sap
parently there is a secret clause IN
this! treaty OF Versailles under which
Germany must produce in her thea
ters more French farces and comedies
Of the very light, undressy class than
plays by serious Germans like Haupt-
mann, Sudermann and Others"
AS matter Of fact. almost as many
pieces by French dramat lists Are be-
ing played in Berlin as In Paris. In
deed, fifteen comedies and farces
ming in Berlin theaters. although the
average Germans hatred of the
Frcnch and everything of French
origin is supposed to know no bounds.
Resented by Germans.
Recently | asked Ludwig Fulda.
president of the German Dramatists'
League and the author Of many sue
cessful comedies. what was the mat,
ter with the German stage.
''The swamping- Of the Berlin stage
with light and suggestive foreign
plays" he replied, is resented by Tie
German playwrights all the more be-
cause during the war and the period
following the TeVoiulion tney pTd ECU
that they were quite capable of DIV
ing full houses. The principal reason
for this abnormal and unhealthy de-
xelopment is the change in the thea
tergoing public. Araolfg the educated
kpeople few. can afford Ito pay the
And in order to attract the nouveaux
riches. who alone can buy. the most
expensive tickets, the producers be-
lieva that they must offer something
with a lot Of .sspice' in it. German
playwrights are. unable to compete
with the French in this line But
|,there is no reason for them to Worry
over the French competition. because
their plays are produced in all other
German cities. which today are do
ing more for the promotion Of current
German literature and the German
drama than is Berlin"
t., Oscar Wilde. Popular,
| In addition to the French plays. the
Wide Wiide.s .aaa Comedies and his :salome."
the latter with all it's realistic
touches laid on very thick. and the
American play. 1.-THE Great Lover"
; in which Leo Ditrichstein made such
eral seasons ago. OF plays by Ger
man writer's. only Hauptmann's Ell
ga" has been running for some time.
Otherwise. the native nlaywrights
are making no showing In the cap
ital, the theaters that have not i'm
ported French farces being given
over to musical comedy and bur-
lesQue.
: Il is a disappointment to Americans
who come to Berlin eager to see
good plays produced we'll or hear
good music to find the stage SO COM
pfetely monopolized by light stun.
Even the musical comedy has de-
Perforated since 1914. The tuneful,
graceful music of the pre-war days
has been crowded out by compost
tions that serve as an excuse for
some good looking leading lady and
her less good-looking chorus to DIS
play their more or less shapely fig
ures. Undressing on the stage has
become a prerequisite to success.
and whereas before the war the Ger
man iheater-going public frowned
upon anything that even approached
Evening star., 1922-04-28

TO-DAY less paint than did The cost OF m.tsfias
has led IN the downward trend Of pod
,, But no mater what il oosts the fact remains shsr a~n.
coss more not to paint an paint Rust and 60 on e
you eek them. The elogi time psinr and vafnh NOW.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
BY FAY KING.

The other day Mt breakfast
fellow and dame were sitting at
the table just In back Of me and she
had one Of those carrying voices. 1t
was not only loud, but loaded.
couldn't help getting an earful,
and she was certainly vamping this
bird that was buying her breakfast.
The situation was this:
1t seems that he must have fallen
pretty hard for a friend Of theirs
named Cecile, but this grapefruit
siren with him must have had o
crush on him for a long time, and
when 1 first got In on their busy
wire she was headin' II hard for
ages.
She was telling him how much
younger she was than Cecile. He
had one Of those soft voices that
you couldn't hear at all. SO the
whole thing hit me like a telephone
conversation in a thinwalled hotel.
Could only gather what no said
from what she said, but I'll say this
for that baby-he certainly did
defend Cecile.
He must have doubted that the
party with him could be younger
than Cecile, because she got more
and more emphatic about it and she
said that little people always hold
their age better, but that In a year
or SO Cecile would start to show her
age, and from the way she pictured
Cecile a couple summers from now
was crime.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
TWO KANSAS CITIES CAUSE
DELAYS IN MAIL DELIVERY

II you correspond with anyone in
either Kansas City. Kansas. or Kan.
sas City. Missouri, and desire prompt
and accurate delivery. be sure to dis.
patch your mail to the proper state,
the Postoffice Department advised
today.
Owing to the similarity Of the
names and the fact that there are
ninety-four Implications Of street
NAMES in these cities. much difficulty
is encountered by the department in
delivering mail, enormously sent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
GIGANTIC RUM
FRAUDS To Be
EXPOSED SOON
Forgeries and Theft Figure in
Nationwide Probe Of Boot
Ieggers' Activities.

Booze frauds in number Of
States, growing out OF theft and
forgery of Government whiskey per-
mits. are to be exposed by evidence
now before grand juries. II became
known today. following indictment
Of alleged principals In New York's
$4,000, 900 liquor withdrawal con-
spiracy.
Reports On Frauds.
New reports upon frauds. similar to
those in New York, were before the
Internal Revenue Bureau, and these
reports, II was said. will supplement
others affecting the operations of boot
leg rings in conspiracy with promi-
mont politicians and dry law officials,
in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky.
Ohio and other States.
Commissioner Haynes, Of the prohi-
bition unit. was astounded by the reve-
lations Of revenue agents. They show
extensive thefts OF blank permit
forms. upon which bootleggers or
their representatives have written in
any desired numbers fancy has die
tated to suit their requirements for
liquor.
Apparently only the. size of the
pocketbooks of the bootleg kings has
been the gauge which measured the
quantity called for by permits pre-
sented at distilleries and bonded ware
houses.
Blanks Were Stolen.
In New York. the frauds have not
confined to the theft Of 800 blank
forms, 200 of which were used
illegally. Additional evidence today
pointed to the arrest and Indictment
Of many others. 1t appears that evil
dence gathered and passed upon by
the grand jury has led into other di.
rections. The inquiry, as 1t has pro-
gressed has gradually multiplied the
number Of principals and accessories
in conspiracies to obtain whiskey by
other than legal means.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
|GRANDMA NEVER LET.
| HER HAIR GET GRAY
She Kept Her Locks Dark and
| Glossy With Sage Tea
and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur. no one can
tell. because it's done so naturally,
so evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and trou-
blesome. At little cost. you can buy
at any drug store the ready-to-use
preparation, improved by the addi-
ton of other ingredients, called
"Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" You just dampen a sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at q time. BY morning all
gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two your hair
becomes beautifully darkened, glossy
and luxuriant.
Gray. faded hair. though no dis
grace, Is a sign of old age, and as
we all desire youthful and attrac-
time appearance, get busy at once
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound, and look years younger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
OYSTERSFOUND
WITH ST|NGERS
! LIKE HONEY BEE
Ma. yland Chemist Traces Cause
to Formaldehyde Formed
in Shells.

BALTIMORE. Jan. 5.-If after the
oyster course you feel as though a
brutal bee had sat down inside your
stomach. you may be comforted to
reflect that you are participating in a
discovery just made by DIR. Wyatt Ran.
dali. chief chemist of the State food
and drug commission.
DR.. Randall has discovered traces Of
formaldehyde in canned oysters dis
tributed for consumption in Maryland
In the sample he received for analysis
the formaldehyde had undergone a
natural process of change which had
generated formic acid. Formic acid is
the stuff that stings are made Of, par
ticularly the stings of insects like ants
and bees.
The oysters had stung the tongues
OF residents Of Frederick. who promptly
sent them to DR.. Randall, telling him
OF the circumstances. He submitted
the sample to tests and discovered for
maldehyde. The supposition was that
formaldehyde had been used to pre-
serve the oysters. Old oystermen in
Baltimore say they never heard of
oysters generating formic acid, and
few ever had heard Of formaldehyde
as preservative.
Food and Drug Commissioner Arthur
L. Sullivan is trailing the oysters back
whence they came in an effort to deter
mine whether the formaldehyde was
put into the oysters by INSCRIPTIONS
dealers or whether it simply developed
because the oysters were kept too long
under unusual conditions.
DR.. Randall said the formaldehyde
is not poisonous to the human system,
but that 1t retards the processes of
digestion by oxidation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05

them are over 90 per cent completed
and the others are In an advanced
stage of construction.
Naval officials today indicated that
the naval estimates now before Con.
gress will not reflect in any way the
results of the conference, as work on
the navy building program has gone
ahead as far as the economy program
would permit, regardless OF the con.
ference. This procedure has also been
followed by other nations, it Is under
stood. where those nations were actual.
~ building new ships.
II is stated. however. that supple
mental estimates may be sent In to
Congress later, when the conference
las completed its work and naval
Officials can make a study of their
rev requirements as altered by any
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
CIvITAN CLUB HOLDS
FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET

The first annual banquet of the Civi.
tan Club was held last night in the
Shoreham Hotel. with the following
speakers: Senator l.. Heisler Ball
chairman Of the Senate District Com
mittee; Congressman Frederick Zihl-
man, Of the House District Commit
tee; Col. Charles Keller, District Engi.
neer Commissioners; Justice Wendell
Phillips Stafford. District Supreme
Court; Edward s. Brashears. past
president. and Charles Hood. past sec.
rotary and new vice president Of the
club; Charles Roberts, president of
the Kiwanis Club, and James Proctor,
chairman of the arrangements % .
mittee. Charles James was toast
master,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
But ner Lingo Only Makes Him Ardent.
ly Defend His Cecile

This dame kept claiming that she
was only twenty-eight.
And the Dan with her kept doubt
Ing, only I couldn't hear him.
Then she started one OF the pref
test little ballyhoOs for herself l
ever heard any dame start.
She raved for fully fifteen min.
utes on how wonderful she was
going to look when she's forty.
There's a new line, girls.
She told him that big girls al
ways Get better and better look.
ing the older they get and that l
don't know how many guys had
told her how wonderful she was
going TO look when she's forty and
how poor Cecile was going to look
then. Oh, boy!
! dallied over the banans and
cream till was afraid the waiter
would think ! had false teeth, but
made up my mind II had to
stick an hour l was going to have
q look ut q lady with . line like
that.
Finally they started out, and be.
lieve me, Stell, II that baby amt
forty now Ill swim the Hudson on
New Year Day.
She had face on her as saggy
as smOck. and. well, ! don't know
who Cecil Is, but she needn't worry!
That dame didn't make any head.
way with that guy.
II she had seen the look he gave
her when she walked out ahead III
him, she would have turned gray!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
DIES AFTER MONTH
WITH FRACTURED NECK

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 5.-Her
neck broken in an automobile wreck
on December IL. last, Mrs. Hilary
williams died today at a local hos
pital.
Accompanied by 1t. Comdr. Charles
K. Osborne, Mrs. williams was
driving her car on the Camp Parole
road. near here, when II overturned.
She suffered a fractured neck and
her companion was slightly injured
Mrs. williams In survived by her
husband. Commander Hilary Williams
retired. now with Tho shipping Board
AZ is Camp Eustis. Va. office and
by a son who IL midshipman at the
Naval Academy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT WILL
SPEAK At UNITARIAN MEET

Chief Justice William Howard Taft
and DR.. Samuel McChord Crothers,
author and lecturer, will be the speak
ers at meeting Of the Unitarian lay.
men Of Washington, to be held in the
New Willard Hotel at 8 o'clock Sun
day night.
The meeting will be the first Of n
series. Admission cards can be OBJ
tained free Of charge from the Sec
rotary, Unitarian House, 1889 Col.
umbia road northwest. The Meyer.
Davis orchestra will play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
You Should Possess
$27.53 In Gold,
Saws u. S.
by Internationa News Service.

Your potential share of the
American stock of gold is $27.63.
That would be the amount in
your pocket, if the country's
whole gold stock could be split
up among the 100000 per-
sons.
Treasury figures today gave
latest gold figures as $685.
100000.
If you look for this gold you
won't find it. It's tucked away
in many places, securely locked
in vaults. Most of it is in the
form Of gold bullion. Only
1854, 100000 is in gold coin.
And a large part Of this is held
back among the Governments re-
serves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
ENGINEERING
COUNCIL MEETING TO-DAY

Engineers, manufacturers. technol.
ogists and educators Of international
note are gathered In Washington for
the two-day sessions Of the American
Engineering Council. beginning today
at the Cosmos Club. Thirty engineer.
are represented by council members
at the conference.
Secretary Hoover will be the princi.
pal speaker at a dinner at the Univer-
sity Club tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
Gas Around
Your
Heart?

Don't delay! Go right over to the
nearest drug store and get a package
of the genuine Baalmann's Gas Tab
let's, take them as directed, and feel
the immediate beneficial results.
1t will surprise you and you will
feel grateful to have received such
benefit. You will sleep better, you
can breathe easier your nervousness
will disappear-and best of all, 1t
will calm your excitable heart.
Baalmann's Gas Tablets in the vel.
low package are for sale by Peoples
Drug Stores and all reliable druggists
Price, one dollar. J. Baalmann, Chem.
list, San Francisco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
LIGHT CRUISER
PROGRAM To Be
FINISHED SOON
Armament Conference Fails to
Halt U. S. Building of
Auxiliary Craft.
BY T. N. Sandifer,
International News Service.

The American light cruiser and
auxiliary program has not been halt
ed by the conference. It was stated
today In high naval circles.
These ships, ten in number, con.
stitute the next class Of craft on the
1915 program. and are a highly val
liable component Of the modern fleet
The limitation to 10000 tons which
was put on such types by the con-
ference does not affect the Ameri.
can program as our vessels are all
within that classification.
Work Is slowly progressing on this
schedule owing to decreased appro-
priations, but many Of the cruisers
are nearing completion. Two Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
JAIL
DR|Nk|NGC CLAIM
To Be IGNORED
Local Official Ayers Prisoners
Relief Head Is OFT
on Charges.

Charges made by z. e. budding,
president of the Prisoners Relief
Society, that drinking and gambling
are rampant among guards at the
Occoquan workhouse are to be
ignored, 1t was stated this morning
by an official connected with Dis
trict penal institutions.
budding has not sent a copy Of
the allegations to any official con-
nected with the workhouse," said
the Official, land knowing conditions
that exist at the prison we feel they
are without foundation"
Sends Charges To Elkins.
budding sent a copy of the charges
yesterday to United States Senator
Davis Elkins, Of West Virginia. He
told Senator Elkins he could back
up his allegations by furnishing the
names Of men who knew OF the
alleged drinking and gambling.
THE charges I make are true"
declared budding. IL only hope that
Senator Elkins will himself begin an
investigation and talk to the men
whose names I have and who would
be willing to tell Of the loose man.
agement and conditions existing at
the workhouse.
On the other hand, officials Of the
workhouse say they would welcome
visitors at any time to make an
inspection Of the workhouse and to
talk with the inmates to ascertain
whether the charges made by Dud-
ding are true.
It is expected that William H.
Mover, superintendent Of the Dis
trict penal institutions, will make a
quiet investigation, simply one to
ascertain from whom the charges
may have arisen.
Escape Charges Denied.
It Ia further denied that there have
been more escapes from Occoquan
during the Meyer administration than
during that of the Foster regime. 1t
was pointed out yesterday that out
of 905 prisoners confined at Occoquan
during the last six months Of 1921,
only twenty-three had escaped. In
comparing these escapes with the
same period of 1920. an official said
that out Of $40 inmates Of the prison
twenty-five escaped.
budding further charged that resi-
dents of the countryside near the
Ocooouan prison were up in arms
over the numerous escapes. He said
that the fugitives have frequently
stolen horses which they have ridden
for miles in making their escape.
He also declared that the fugitives
have alarmed the countryside to such
an extent that women are afraid to
be away from home without male
escort.
There Is no foundation for this
charge" said the prison official. ut
looks like budding is trying to stir
up a tempest in a teapot"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
Mrs. William Levy Elected.

president Of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Hebrew Home for the Aged at
the annual meeting yesterday. Other
officers are: Mrs. I. Krupsaw, vice
president; Mrs. Alfred J. Steinberg,
treasurer; Mrs. II. Gutenberg, financial
secretary; Mrs. L. A. Pinck, recording
secretary. and Mrs. s. NJ. Levy. assist
ant recording secretary. Thirty men,
bers were elected to the board Of
directors,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05

definite agreements reached at the
conference. Until II Is possible TO make
such a study. based on actual facts
accomplished. It is stated. II will be
lmpracticable TO make any consider.
able change in the American navy's re-
quirements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
Dry Chief Goes to Chicago.

Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
will leave for Chicago today to
conduct personal survey Of the
prohibition situation in Illinois. it
was announced today. The Commits
sioner will be accompanied to Chicago
by a number Of aides. including
spend several days in Chicago before
probing the conditions in the State at
large.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
Venezuela Frees Prisoners.

According to a dispatch to the
Venezuelan legation today from the
minister of foreign relations at
Caracas, the Government celebrated
New Year Day by the release Of all
political prisoners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-05
CASCARETS To-
For r. lstipated Bowels Bilious Liver

pletely by morning and you will feel
splendid. They work while you
Sleep" Cascarets never stir you up
or grippe like Salts, Pills, Calomel,
or Oil and they cost only ten cents
a box. Children love Cascarets. too.
Advertisement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24
REALTORS TELL
TRUE LIMIT OF
new STAY LAW
caurts Given Power to Halt Evic-
tons in Emergencies; Leases
Not Affected.

Rock Island realtors have often
received inquiries both from prop
srty owners and tenants regarding
tho so-called six months stay law
nasscd by the last legislature, some
tenants apparently being under the
Impression that the new measure
automatically extends leases for
six months after expiration.
Basing their statement upon an
oficiaI explanation of the new law
inst issued by the Illinois associa-
ton of realtors, Rock Island deal
ers In real estate affirm that no
such automatic extension OF leases
Il made by the eno c+,nort
The new law, it is maintained,
merely gives court the power to
STAY the execution of eviction of
tenant FOR q period not to exceed
six months, provided the tenant
gives satisfactory bond for the
payment of the rent during the
period of the stay, the rent to be in
no case less than the rental which
the tenant has been paying.
The object of the legislation, it
Is pointed out. is to permit ten
ant, upon satisfactory showing of
inability to find a new place. to re-
main in the premises a little long
er in order that he may find an
other place to house his family.
1t is further stated that IN the
actual practice of the courts, cases
are very rare in which the judges
have given tenants the full six
months stay. most of the jurists
having felt that 80 days time was
ample
The explanation of the measure,
as issued by the state association,
corrects such fallacies as the belief
that the law permits tenants to re-
main after leases have expired
without paying rent, that an own
er is prevented from obtaining pos
session OF his property after the
expiration of lease, and that it
makes the service of notice nee
essary in order to terminate a
lease
Leases, in fact, according to the
statement. are not affected in any
way by the law, nor does it alter
or change the laws governing the
duties and responsibilities of prop
erty owners and tenants, merely
giving 4 court the power to stay
an eviction il the circumstances
warrant such action.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-24

& Cole, with kute, harp and saxa-
phone, present Moments Musi-
GALE" The Amaranth Sisters &
Co. have a dancing and athletic
number, presented in a novel and
beautiful way.