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The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
Defends Woodrow Wilson,

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
It may have been a real, honest
to-Eoodness grown-up human being
calling himself a man that wrote
you recently In the person of Brock
c. Hampton. concerning the horri-
BILE features OF Mr.. Wilson's unfor-
tunate makeup. as revealed in his
record. but n he had foregone his re-
marks altogether. the impression on
that part OF the populace interested
in such a subject would have been
far more desirable one. to say the
least.
OF the eight paragraphs printed
in The Herald letter. the four re-
iating to Panama Canal Tolls. Mexi-
CO. Preparedness and Women Suf-
frage form the nucleus of the at
tack of this modern David.
The former Presidents original
stand on Panama tolls exemption
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17

GREEK FRATERNTTfEs.
To the Friend Of the People:
sy: me wss e.: mean. .s s
their symbols. MISS w. G.
Alpha, Beta, Gamma Delta. Epsilon. Eta, zeta.
Pi Rho i0sa ssm. aDR: Pau. Epsilon X chi PHI P.i
and Omega are the translations OF the Greek
amss from sss Gr..R apssSes Being
orfanixations we can so no further into their
NOVEMBER 10. 1854 WAS SUNDAY.
To the Friend People:
Wsola you ?: k;.d @ enough enc @ to publish the day
November ls 1884. fell on a Sunday.
WRITTEN by MARK TWAIN.
To the Friend People;
Who wrote the following:
ssinin. vanity their sbiity to bore their iunuriant
overwhelming mendacity." T. o. H.
1t was written by s. L Clemens.
TRANSLATION OF LATIN.
To the Friend People,
VIII you please translate the following Latin
"Historia vero testis temporum lux vsritatis.
yoee ala nsi oraionis ,mmoratsti eommenasSr
T. o. H.
The translation !. as follows;
truth. OF memory. the sehooimi.tress Of OF
vie the h. herald 6 from
mortality" 70 I'M
VICTIMS OF AUTO ACCIDENTS.
How many people were killed by automobiles
and in automobile accidents In the years 1918 and
1919? T. J. w.
biles or in automobile accidents. In 1913. sss7
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17

Day was a assretary Of State
under President MCKINLEY In 1898
and after the close Of the Spanish
American war was sAht to Paris as
chairman Of the United States peace
commissioners.
He has been pract!ting law since
is72. served as judge, OF common
pleas scourt. United States District
Court for Northern Ohio and United
States Circuit Judge Of Tho Sixth cir
cult.
Day comes from ffsibily Of jur :
lists. His father. Luther Day. was
q chief justice of the Chic Supreme
Court (.
He is q and q widower.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17

look like in a "napper" skirt and
bobbed hair.
Fair and white as the limb OF
Diana" is a pretty phrase. but when
used to describe a monument $50
feet high. 1t sort of throws ones
ideas out OF proportion.
Seems to me IL had studied
thirty or sixty times as long as It
takes to write that phrase. 1 could
have thought of: Fair and white
as snow-covered mountain or
some phrase that would not have
brought the lower limbs of a female
into my elegant essay.
Come on. Mr.. Holmes. with some
more like that and 1 won't kick II
our editor throws this into the
wastebasket to make room for them,
SAM SIMPLE.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
The Herald Appreciated.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The editorial attitude OF The
Herald on the general question OF
law enforcement, and especially
with reference to the Eighteenth
amendment. has not gone unnoticed
by the great majority OF the people.
You are rendering a great service
on behalf OF law and order and the
Anti-Saloon League Of the District
OF Columbia desires that I shouio
express to you its great gratifca-
ticn.
The need of the hour. II seems. Is
to arouse the thoughtful men ana
women to the danger OF trifiing with
the basic laws OF the land. The
seriousness of opposition. or even
indifference, to law enforcement
must be impressed on the people
and The Herald lie doing its part in
that great work. May Il keep up
the good work. Sincerely yours.
a. E. SHOEMAKER,
Executive secretary and at
torney, Anti-Saloon League
of the District OF Columbia
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
Remedy for Strikes.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald;
would like to submit plan to
The Herald which, II strictly fol-
inw.d, would be a sure cure for all
strikes:
A. soon as the men are called out
ON strike. let the salaries of all the
leaders cease until the men were
ordered back to work. Let these
same leaders pay their own travel
expenses, also the subsistence 1T the
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17

n all disputes
arising out of the
settlement of war
claims between the
United States and
Germany.
According to a
recent agreement
between : the two
ountries, each will
appoint a claims
commission. Their
duty will be to
satisfactorily ad-
just all claims
growing out OF
the war.
In cases OF dis
tgreement Day IL
to have the dna,
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17

Communications will not be
returned unless specific request
for such return is made and
stamps inciosed.
Letters should be typewriter
whenever possible. Communi~a-
lions extremely dimeult to read
will not be considered. No com
munications signed with Actftious
names will be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
The Spotlight
IN Washington

- HANKs for that ME. Latter Tn.
..- ux -.
es' ".t you wrote
m re this col You are hereby made
member OF the cPA. via. the Cant
raj pe6esfr,.n., .....,.,,,,
.-.,
''o e''ons 10 give as YET out
guess a good annual report on tpHGlc
n all the decoration YOU are sft,r
ehe one''nes OF
the poeuc III tnrowers 4 have had
them about sheep. GosiinE, the ball
player. ana nv GA ,o,,c,d.,c. -.
one IN the secons -, -s.... =,
I am eoIns n lef ,o,, 49, 80 -.
rels Uere A. An.
Artbu, 4e.d,.v a, Oh.
wha -.s,is. go ~.
So you won't ride IN an ambuianoe.
welcorne IN the su,,,. r,.., r..
That was .or,s l.tfer - .s ~
not ali booe. A., ..D,-. x.
said the Other dsy .sfrs
thar doe. not v.t .on.Ax
are mistaken about ~. -. -,
thew NAV aovn ~ ths -. p~ ~
Golf Course. That 4, an,,ch. ,s.-
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
"Whois Who"
In Days News

Associated justice william Rufus
Day, of the United States Supreme
~o"-- will act as the Anal arbiter
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17

C0NGREss AND AUTO TAGS.
To the Friend Of the People:
Has Congress the power to pass . law anow-
Ing automobiles from the District of Coiumola
to go into the State Of Maryland without
land tag7 n Z. .
Congress ieefslate as TO q uniform sutomo-
bile tag for all States. The reciprocity between
Maryland and the District 10 now being confo-
cred by authorities with a view to elminatine the
necessity of Maryland tags District automo-
btles GoinG into that State.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17

To the Of People:
Will you please tell who IN plaintiff and
who 10 defendant II q man buys O house, which
is occupied by a tenant and the landlord gets
Judgment for non-payment OF rent against the
tenant would the tenant be the defendant? Ia
that when the landlord takes the tenants fur
niture and stores IL in some storage house for
the payment Of rent? A c. II.
person who nles originates the suit is
the plaintiff and the person against whom the
suit Is directed Is the defendant. Under the fsw
the landlord seize attach for non-payment
of before Judgment only such goods
LAW FIXES AGE OF MAJORITY.
To Friend Of People:
How and why IL girl age at the age Of
Is and boy not of until he Is 81 years Of
age? Is a boy Of age in any State at the age
Of Is. G. M
Under the old common law the age of majority
was hxed at the completion OF the 21st year and
this generally remained throughout the United
States. except In some States in which by express
teresting note that some States all persons
are made adult upon marriage.
SIS AN HOUR NOT ILLEGAL
People:
Will you tell whether q music teacher has
the right to charge SIS hour or is there a
limit set? Does this apply. IL true TO the whole
country. or is IL State regulation7 r. s. .
1t is not illegal to charge this rate a, thi. 4,
not regulated by any statute. However in the
event of suit for failure. refusal 10 nav ~
may be urged in defense that the charge is ex-
orbtant
The Washington herald., 1922-08-17
Berlin and Bavaria.

|ONFLICT between Berlin and Bavaria is
~ probably the most portentous feature, aside
from the reparations issue, in present German his
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07

General Strike Menace Wanes
As A. r. Of LlLeaders Gail,er

ican Federation of Labor president,
was first on the job in arriving, accom-
panied by his secretary, Ralph Oyster.
Shortly after registering at the Hotel
Ambassador he made the following
statement to newspaper men:
"The resentment manifested by our
people and the press of the country
against Attorney General Daugherty's S
injunction is a most
gratifying manifestation of the real
American spirit. The strike of the
railway 3hopmen could be adjusted in
day If the situation were approached
from the standpoint of humanizing the
problem rather than commercializing
or politicalizing it,"
Aside from the humane solution,
thus advanced Mr.. Gompers's statement
was interpreted as limiting that he now
feels that, because of widespread un-
favorable reaction tc the Daugherty
injunction that 80 grave and drastic 6
step as the recommending of general
strike is exceedingly remote, or. In
other words, that public opinion has
done the work and given him winning
hand, as the situation now stands gen
orally.
This was reflected to considerable
extent by number of his fellow unior
chiefs, who, though refusing to bt
quoted, pointed out that the best proc.
that Attorney General Daugherty hat
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New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
Mt. Vernon Cabling Grackles
Actually Start the Fireworks


The large colony of grackles,
branch of the blackbird family noted
for traits of wanderlust and advanture'
settled down for the night in the tall
trees abounding in the Chester Hill
section OF Mount Vernon last night
Unlike the human folk they look down
upon, the gracklcs do not really rest
when darkness overtakes them. IN
stead, they chatter all night long their
raucous voices keeping every one
awake.
Last night the birds found that they
had enemies more potent than the resi-
dents Of Chester Hill. They were out
witted and Inundated By the mount
Vernon police department..
Ten days ago the grackies, nump per-
ing several hundred, took the wing
from the northern part OF New Eng
land ieisureiy to make their way south
for the winter, The trees Of Chester
Hill are abundant with foliage ane
here the blackbirds decided TO pass
week or two. They were SO pleased
with their surroundings that they
called out to each other from the tree
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
May Require l3 Days to
Reach Entombed Miners


JACKSON, Calf, Sept. 8 (By The
Associated Press).- seven to
thirteen days more will be required to
reach the fortyseven men entombed in
the Argonaut Mine here. according to
opinion expressed in well-informed
circles tn-night. Government. state
and mine company engineers declined
to comment officially on the report.
The two rescuing crews digging their
way through two abandoned tunnels in
the Kennedy Mine toward the Argonaut
Mine made progress to-day, and hope
still exists for the survival Of the en-
tombed.
An advance of five feet was made in
the 3,600-soot level of the adjoining
the Kennedy Mine, and three sets of
tinlbers were put in. the rescuing
workers were. able to look ten feet
ahead over the muck and see that the
rails end timbern beyond we're in good
condition.
IN the a,9o0-foot level the crew,
driving ahead through muck and de-
bris. has I75 feet yet to 60. The work
Ing space in the drifts is just large
enough for two men TO work side by
side while their comrades rush the dis
lodged rock and debris back out Of
their way.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
l)augh gherty to
Hale Critics
Before Court
Strike Leaders Will Be Per-
rnitted Free Speech ON
Monday, He Says, When
They Appear TO Testify
Follows Attack i'm Senate
Robinson Calls Injunction
Breach of Constitution
Watson Defends Action

From the Trtbmnes Washington Barsda
WASHINGTON, Sept. G. Attorney
General Daugherty tonight promised
to labor leaders who are denouncing
the Chicago injunction against strik-
ing railroad shopmen "the fullest op-
portunity for free speech" when Judge
James H. Wilkerson hears the case
next Monday under circumstances
that will give the greatest value to
i their utterances." In formal state
ment Mr.. Daugherty said these de-
nouncers would be called on enc stand
to testify under oath whether they are
responsible "for instigating and carry
ing on the unquestioned conspiracy to
paralyze transportation of this coun-
try"
The Attorney Generals statement
was issued few hours after Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas, had made
vigorous attack in the Senate ON the
! injunction proceeding and on the court
| that issued the restraining order. This
speech was the first outbreak of crit
icism that has been current in Senate
cloakrooms for several days, and fur
| ther attacks are expected. Senator
Robinson clashed repeatedly with Sem
ator Watson, of Indiana, who defend
| ed the course taken by the Attorney
| General and the court.
Called Only Because of Complaints
| The Attorney General indicated, in
his statement, that the government has
established It's case against some of the
strike leaders and that they will be
called in only as the result of their
[ lcud complaints.
Instructions were sent to-day, Mr.
EDaugherty stated, to the United States
! attorney at Chicago to serve notice
upon counsel for the officials Of the
shop crafts unions to produce his eli.
ents' and all books, correspondence, Fl.
nancial accounts and similar data, "se
that the public can Judge whether OF
not they continuously attempted te
IparalyZe interstate commerce and thus
starve the community, in order to en-.
force, by coercion, their demands
The statement in full follows:
"The government will consider in dus
time what proceedings shall be taker
! against the few misguided labor lead
ers who have made incendiary speeshe
with the purpose of defeating the cd
ministration of justice. The rank a:.t
1 file of labor organizations are loyal ane
law abiding citizens, and am satisfes
that they will be content to submit tht
issues in the Chicago injunction suit t,
the orderly processes of law and I,
abide by the decisions Of the courts a,
to what Is the law of the land.
"a few misguided labor leaders
i some offhem avowed Bolsheyists--wh,
CONTINUED on nsxt pasa)
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
Cyclonic Storm Hits Stamford;
Many Thought Lost in Sound

=. S
Sound, some in canoes, were caught In
the storm. A freak Of the storm oc-
Cured at Sound Beach, where hall
stones as big as hen eggs pelted down
ON coop Of spring chickens owned by
Hubert Dalton, New York manufac-
turer, killing twenty-four of The chicks.
A house owned BY Mrs, Kate Graham.
In Orchard Street, was blown over and
many trees in that section were up-
rooted. At Shippan Point, on Long Is
land 5onnd, "A. X. Dalton's place felt
snatched a thrae-ton pergoIa out of its
concrete foundation and deposited it in
neighbor's yard, some distance
away. The hailstones were SO large
that people actually had 10 take refuge
from them. Wire and trees and limbs
Of trees were scattered all over STAN.
ford streets tonight.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07

tops without showing any considera-
tion for the citizens who were trying
vainly to sleep.
During the next few nights their
conversation was interrupted now and
then by irate neighbors who fired
shotguns into the trees. This tenn
porarily frightened away some OF the
more timorous birds but most of them
remained and chattered on. BY day
break they were off, soaring among
the clouds, but after dark they re-
turned to Chester Hill
Finally Chief of Police Atweli was
consulted. He evolved a programme
of pyrotechnic attack. Last night he
and his men loaded wagon full of
fireworks and bombarded the grackles
with sky-rockets and Roman candles.
The hlackbirds fled en- masse. When
last seen they were headed for New
York City as fast as their wings could
carry them.
For the first time in nearly two
weeks Chester Hill residents slept
peacefully They were too tired even
to dream of graekles.
Take = MOONLIGHT sAII. to Coney Island
full schedule in Steamboat Coaumn.--Advs-
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
W TaiEor-Mdde Suie
4ppears In VIZ aslaixtgfDY1

ffom The Tifbune's Washington Burcav
WASHINGTON, Sept. ga
new record in economy has been
established by John Martyr, pri-
vate secretary Of Secretary Of
War Weeks, who appeared at the
War Department to-day attired
IN a tailor-made suit that cost SO,
Martyr spent his vacation on
the Panama Canal, where he ac-
quired four -four sacks, casting
20 cents eachs out Of which a Pan
anna tailor made him a two-piece
suit for So.
The flour sacks were of cotton
and linen, closely woven, as is
necessary to keep the moisture
out of -four shipped to the Pam
anna Railroad Comnlissary from
American -four mills.
The garment is similar to a
Palm Beach suit, although much
heavier. Flour sack suits are
Worn generally by officials of the
Panama Canal, Martyr says.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
Police Sergeant
Shoots Girl and
Kills Him self
detective Fires Two Bullets
Into Cloak Model When
She Refuses to Wed Him.
Then Puts Gum to Head
Victim Likely to Recover
Suitor Warned to Quit
Joking When He Snaps
revolver in Apartment

Angered because Miss Dorothy
brlghts, twenty-six years old, cloak
model, living at 3131 Broadway. re.
FUSED to marry him. Acting Detective
sergeant Alfred Blass. of the East
Ihirty-ffth Street police station, shot
her twice in the left breast last night
and then fired bullet into his own
temple, He died shortly before mid
night at Knickerbocker Hospital The
young woman, who was taken to the
same hospital, is expected to recover.
Inc shooting took place at Miss
brlghts,s apartment on the ground floor
OF the house, which is at 124th Street
ana broadway, Blass roomed on the
sixth floor of the same building.
According to the story the svounp
woman told Detectives Davis and Don
nelly at the hospital, Blass had been
IN love with her for more than a year,
He frequently asked me to marry
him." she said. 81 always told him that
| wasn't ready to settle down and get
married. On Thursday night he came
down TO the apartment and played cards
with me and with Mrs. Pauline Elwood
and Mrs. Helen Harlan, who share the
fiat with me, When he left he asked
me once more if would marry him
He seemed crestfallen when | refused
Tonight he walked in about 8
o'clock. Are you going to marry me
or not?" he asked me. His face was
white and his right hand was in his
pocket. Don't be. foolish / replied
OF course not He then told me tina
if | wouldn't marry him would not
be permitted to marry any one. He
o,y,,
The cartridge failed to explode and ]
told him to stop joking He pulled the
trigger second time and the gun was
discharged. That is all l can re-
member"
According to Mrs. Elwood, Blass
then walked toward the door, put the
gun to his temple and fired. A min
ute later Patrolman George Colby, who
had been called by an elevator opera.
tor who heard the shots, arrived and
found the detective lying by the door
revolver in his hand. Miss Brights
was on the floor few feet away
They were taken to Knickerbockel
Hospital, where Miss Brights regainee
consciousness. Her injuries, it wa:
said, were only flesh wounds and no,
serious.
Blass had been on the force ffteer
years and had good record. He was
thirty-rine years old and until recent
ly he lived with his parents at 25t
Etna Street, Brooklyn.
According to the young women wht
shared in Miss Brights's well-furnishet
seven-room apartment, Blass had tols
the young women that me intended tt
resign from the Police Department ant
60 to California. He had tried 70.
weeks, they said, to induce the prett!
model to marry him and go to the Pa
cific Coast also.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
BY Gilman Parker

ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. e.---Tt
threat OF general strike of organize
labor of the United States, which wcul
paralyze the entire country from tt
moment of its calling, appeared [
wane to-day with the gathering here
the vanguard of labor leaders, who al
to participate in the special meeting
the executive council of the America
Federation Of Labor.
The meeting is to be convened !
Saturday, efor the purpose OF layiE
down policies for combating tt
Daugherty injunction in the railroR
shipments strike and other measun
eeemed by union chiefs as inimical b
organized labor in its national conhit
with organized capital, seen at preset
as rapidly coming to head.
Whether the meeting will be hsd
here or in Washington was in doubt D.
night. For obvious reasons Atlanit
City is the most comfortable gathersa
place at this season, but some of nc
labor leaders favor Washington ge.
cause of the highly important govan.
mental features in the situation. ghs
preliminary conferences, which bear
with secret council to-day, are er'
tain to be continued here over Thfrs
day and Friday, however.
Samuel Gompers, the veteran Ater
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07
$3O,OO0,OO0
Ship Company
May Be Formed
One Firm Already Has Prom
ised to Subscribe SIS, ,O0D,-
900 and Other Concerns
Are Considering Plans
Will Put II. S. at the Top
New Scheme w ossld Provide.
Employment for Many
Former Navy Workrrrvn,.

From The T,ibums's Washington Bureaw
WASHINGTON, Sept 6.-Creation of
new American ship building and ship
operating company, representing $780,
100000 of capital, may result from ne
getiations now going on between one
firm, which has pledged $5,00o,Oo0, and
number Of big shipping interests, it
was disclosed to-day at the Shipping
Board. The name of the firm initiating
the move was withheld
The purpose of this company is to
maintain the American flag on trans
Atlantic passenger lanes and to keep
in operation the American shipbuild-
ing industry, which heretofore has
been employed in the construction of
fighting craft for the United States
Navy.
The treaties resulting from the Con-
ference ON the Limitation of Armament
has had the effect Of reducing the pro-
Iductiveness of American shipbuilding
yards, and big figures in the shipping
| industry are confronted with the prob
lem Of finding new employment for the
shipyards. The initial plan of the
proposed company is to construct two
| 70, ,000-ton electric drive passenger yes
sells, each 1900 feet long, for use in
| the Atlantic service under the Ameri-
can flag. In addition it is planned
| to purchase some of the larger vessels
Of the Emergency Fleet Cooperation
and continue them in operation. These
vessels could be kept constantly in
| shape for their scheduled voyages by
| all repair work and alterations being
made in the yards Interested in the
proposed company.
| Chairman Lasker was not inclined
to comment on the proposed company
on the ground that it was a private
enterprise, but he made the Significant
! observation that he felt sure the com
pany would materialize If the shiE
! subsidy legislation passes Congress
| He added that the Shipping Board was
/ specifically authorized by the Jone:
merchant marine act TO encourage III
every way private enterprise In ship
| ping, and he called attention to the
fact that the board was permitted tt
make loans to private builders at low
rate Of. interest II, the Federal money
would be used in the construction o.
American flag vessels.
| Disclosure Of the plans of the pro
4 posed company to build two 1,oo0-foo'
/ passenger liners recalled to Washing
4 ton shipping men the statement re
Gently made by Homer Ferguson, heat
/ of the Newport News Shipbuildint
Company, that two vessels Of this type
would place the American flag in
4 position of supremacy in the trans
! Atlantic service.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-07

specfal Dispatch to The Tribune
STAMFORD, Conn, Sept, g. A
cycionic storm that arose suddenly and
swept through Stamford with deyastat-
ing force did hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars damage here tonight, plung-
ing the city in darkness and paralyzlng
traffic on the surface lines and on the
New Haven Railroad.
The storm broke about 8 o'clock,
when traffic was heaviest. II is feared
many persons have perished on Long
Island Sound Four Stamford young
men, Arthur Halter, Herbert Hull and
two Of their friends, were reported
missing early tonight, They had been
out in the Sound In a snail beat fish-
ing and did not return, "A motor boat
is searching for them
It ID known that other parties on the