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The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
MASONS In RALLY
ON EVE OF DRIVE
Temple Fund Team Captains
Spurred to Utmost
Efforts.

The need for a new and finer tenn
pie, ''one that will be a monument
to Masonry" was emphasized by
Rev. ]. Stanley Durkee. president
of Howard University. in an address
during the rally at Masonic Temple
last night. preceding the opening
tomorrow of a six weeks campaign
among master Masons of Washing
ton for subscription to the proposed
new Temple, on Temple Heights.
Connecticut and Florida avenues.
The rally was attended by the ex,
ecutive committee of the Grand
Lodge. masters of blue lodges, CO.
ordinators. chaIrmen of lodge COM
mittees and team captains.
Such a temple should be a CEN
ter for liberty. light and love
throughout the world" DR.. Durkee
declared
Maj. C. c. Coombs, grand master.
in a brief address, said he felt sure
the Masons OF Washington would
see their way to do II. Gratz E.
Dunkum. chairman of the executive
committee. presided.
William Knowles Cooper. presi-
dent of the Rotary Club and secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c. A.. has been
granted a six weeks leave by the
directors of that institution and will
devote his time to conducting the
campaign He will make his head
quarters at the Masonic Temple.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
THEATER CRASH
RANKS AS WORST
Red Cross Annual Report
Tells Of Disasters for
Year.

The collapse Of the Knickerbock-
er Theater during January was the
most disastrous calamity in the
country during the fiscal year end
ing June 80. according to the report
OF the American Red Cross Associ-
alton. which showed that Sl.441,4s6
had been spent during the year for
relief measures.
Special mention was made Of the
Washington crash. when nearly 100
lost their lives and more than 125
were severely injured
The report shows that seventy
two disasters occurred, In which 674
persons were killed. Sal injured and
more than 145.oo0 were made home
less. Property damage was esti-
mated at approximately S3o,oo0.ooo.
The greatest toll of life was taken
by hurricanes and tornadoes. while
the overflowing Of rivers, breaking
of dams and torrential rainstorms
drove the greatest number OF people
from their homes. During the flood
along the Louisiana and Mississippi
borders over $4,000 refugees were
cared for daily by the association
for weeks.
The report Includes twenty-six
floods. nineteen tornadoes or storms.
fifteen fires, four epidemics, TIVE
theater collapses. tive shipwrecks,
one an afrship, a bridge collapse. a
mine explosion. a railway collision
and a drought.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
DISTRICT FINANCES
FINE, E,SAYSAUDITOR
Debts S156,O00 and Surplus in
Treasury S7,5OO,OOO, Dono-
van Reports.

With an Indebtedness Of only
y56 234.3S and surplus revenue in
the United States Treasury II ST.
79.s7T.5S, Daniel J. Donovan, Dis
trict auditor. announced that the
District is in excellent financial con-
dition. when submitting his annual
report TO the District Commissioners
yesterday.
The receipts for the fiscal year
endinE June 90. amounted t. s2G.-
IO4.7s6.O0. the report shows. while
the expenditures for the same period
amounted to S22,929 ,O19.J9.
The expenditures were classified,
as follows:
General government. s1.2OO.54914;
protection Of life and property. S3.-
T3S,1TS.17; health and sanitation.
s22OS.544.75; highways. s2,366, ,O4O.20;
charities and corrections. $3.50
747.2S. education. S7.614.s53.56: rec
reation. S1,4OT.O47.73: miscellaneous,
s115.4S5.47; public service enter
prisas SlC3.O65.6S: interest and debt,
y975.4OS.OO.
The report shows S1S9.OOO was
transferred from the revenues Of the
District To meet the payment Of
policemen and firemen's pensions.
Auditor Donovan says the fifty
year period for which 3.65 bonds
wera issued, the issue being limited
TO SIS, 100000. will expire August l,
1924. and that the sinking fund as
sets represented entirely by invest
ments in United States bonds will
nearly be sufficient to take up the
outstanding bonds. He said 1t might
be necessary. though, to secure a
100000 appropriation for the pur-
pose.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
5000 VANGUARD
OF LECIONNAIRES
AT new ORLEANS
Leaders Start Fight on
Election of New Com
mander.

NEW ORLEANS. La, Oct. H.
Approximately $4,000 American
Legionnaires were encamped here
tonight and that many more are ex-
pected to reach the city by Monday
when the third annual convention OF
their organization will open.
The city Is profusely decorated.
Important questions to come be-
fore the convention include the SOL
der borAs. care of wounded veter-
ans, and the election of a successor
to National Comns naer Hanford
MacNider.
Already the legion's political pot
has started to boil. Several leading
lights have let 1t be known they are
candidates for commander.
Col. Charles Forbes, head Of the
Veterans Bureau, reached here to-
day, hastened to announce his visit
had no political Significance. and
said he came as the legion's guest to
address the convention during the
week.
william F. Deegan, New York
State commander, tonight charged
that Col. Forbes Is here as a repre-
sentative of the Harding admins
tration which. he claims. seeks the
election Of a national commander
who will not continue to push the
fight for a soldier bonus. Deegan
has been mentioned as a candidate
for the commandership.
Gen. Pershing Is expected to reach
the city Thursday
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
RECORD,
FLYING 5 LAPS AT
2O6 MILES AN HOUR
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wild as the aviators made the haz-
ardous turns in front of the grand
stand with their planes almost up
side down.
In the spectacular race today two
planes were forced down. The
navy's mystery ship" was forced
to the ground by motor trouble.
Capt. ST. Claire Street was forced
down near Mt. Clemens. Neither
fiier was hurt.
Lieut.. Maughan was exhausted by
his race and leaned against his
plane a few minutes until he had
revived. Then he told how all
through the race he had been think
ing of a telegram he was expect
ing to receive at any moment an
nouncing the birth of a child to his
wife.
Il got lost four times in the
raZe." sale Maughan. Il was
stunned more or less at each of the
fifteen turns. My worst moments,
however, were at the turn at Gauk-
Ions Point. l lost confidence, which
a good aviator ought not to do. and
became unconscious. On the straight
away ! came to. Another trouble
/ had was with my feet going to
sleep"
Maughan thought he was making
@2O miles an hour on cne Of the
laps, he said. 1t was Lieut. Matt
land who established the new
worlds record for fifty kilometers
when he made his first lap at 216.1
miles an hour. Both Lieut. Malt
land and Lieut.. Maughan exceeded
the last worlds speed record for
700 kilometers, which was made by
Sadi Lecointe at Paris September
&c. 1922.
Seven filters. two of them United
States navy entries and the othet
five army men, broke the worlds
record for 200 kilometers when they
exceeded the 174.S miles an hour
mark established October l, 1921, by
Brackpapa in a 700-horsepower Flat
in France.
The worlds record for 200 kilo-
meters was made by Lieut.. Maughan
with an average speed of 2O5.S
miles an hour.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
MOBILES WILLDRILL
AT BARBECUE FETE
Contests Part of Entertain
ment Expected to Attract
1000 Shriners.

More than 1000 Shriners are ex-
pected to attend the Almas Temple
barbecue and outing at the Noyes
farm on Sligo Mill road. next Sat-
nrday afternoon. The affair will
bring the first gathering of the
committees appointed to complete
arrangements for the forty-ninth
annual session of the Shrine tenn
ples of North America. to be held
in Washington next June.
Outing arrangements are in
charge of a committee headed by
Rov l.. Neuhauser. The committee
has arranged Arab patrol drills,
boxing matches. high wire stunts.
wrestling matches. tug-of-war.
and a broad sword contest Almas
Temple orchestra. Oriental Band,
Military Band and Nut Band will
give musical programs throughout
the afternoon
Six big booths to dispense edibles
will be IN charge of Andrew D.
Loffler. One booth will be devoted
to the serving of the bullock. which
will be slung over the glowing
Goals at midnight. Friday.
Camels milk will be served at
one of the booths and It is claimed
that II will be the first time the
fluid has been served fresh in the
Eastern part of the country. A
shipment of the milk has been ar
ranged by Noble ]. c. Jenkins, Of
San Jacinto. Cal.
Ninety-five temples have already
registered delegations to attend the
session here next June. Thomas E.
FARRELL, chairman of the finance
committee. Is speeding up the cam
paign for the s35O.OO0 to be used
in preparation for the session.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Atlanta Legion Posts
Greet District Delegation

ATLANTA, Ca. Oct. 14.-Legion-
naires from Washington. en- route to
the convention at New Orleans. re-
ceIved an ovation when their special
train arrived here this afternoon. The
delegation was met by committee
from local legion posts and a pa
rade was held through the business
section of the city.
The District delegates were guests
at the Headquarters Club. Addresses
were made by Department Comman-
der Watson B. Miller Of the District
of Columbia Legion. and Evan How
ell. commander Of Atlanta Post No. /.
On their way to this city. khe
Washington delegates were enter
tained with a band concert at Athens.
Ga. The Pullman Porters Chorus
also has been keeping the Legion
naires in good humor with their
concerts.
Detective Sergeant Thomas Walsh.
of the Washington bureau. converses
with other members Of the party IN
French to show that he has not for
gotten the language since returning
from overseas.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
New Hello Office
VIII Be Installed
Additional Exchange for the
North Section Planned for
December 1.

A new telephone exchange. to cost
approximately s150.000, will be put
Into service about December /, in
the bsilding occupied by the North
central office, it was learned yes
terday.
The new exchange, which is as
yet unnamed, owing to difficulty in
selecting a name which Is easily
understood over the wire. will take
care Of the unusual telephone
growth in the area now served by
the North exchange. when the
lines for the North exchange are
exhausted, new applicants in that
section will be served through the
new exchange.
Seven switchboard sections will
constitute the initial equipment Of
the new office, which will provide
for 2,100 lines, 400 message regis
ters, a separate power plant. $40
outgoing trunk lines and 240 incom-
ing trunk lines.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Helpful Hints
For Saving Coal
Commerce Department ! Tells
How to Regulate Heat
in Homes.

To save money and coal. In
spect your house. says the
Commerce Departments hous.
ing division. and do these
things:
Stop all unregulated drafts
through the house.
Use storm doors and storm
or double windows in cold
climate, II practicable, at least
on the side Of the house fac
ing the prevailing cold wind.
Plug cracks around or In all
windows and doors. Use felt,
IL necessary, under outside
doors. Reset door hinges. IL
necessary.
See that there are no cracks
In window castings or between
walls and castings. or between
the sash. Tighten sash locks
Use putty and weather strip
ping where necessary.
Inspect windows and walls
of attic. Dead air in an attic
keeps the lower stories warmer.
Plug up any openings from
attic between walls.
In basement plug any OPEN
ings from outside or between
walls. Cover furnace and
steam and hot water heating
pipes, II practicable.
Close openings between walls
and use newspapers under the
carpets II there are drafts
thran9A Oh. Anar
Study manufacturers' direc-
tions as to care of furnace.
Replace cracked or broken
CRATES. Examine dampers Of
freplaces. When fireplaces and
stoves are not in use dampers
should be closed. Clean chin
ney and stove pipes periodically
or whenever necessary.
Lock windows when closed.
Draw shades. II practicable.
Turn of heat In rooms with
windows left open and In un-
used rooms. Remember that
good ventilation Is possible
without large openings.
Remember that Thermometers
are better gauges of heat than
are the various members of a
family, each with his own idea.
Sixty-eight to seventy degrees
IL a normal. healthful tempera-
ture for a room In which peo-
pie live.
Remember that these sug-
gestions imply a possible saw
ing OF millions of tons Of coal
this winter.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Asks Marks Grandson
Be Denied Visa to u. s.

A protest was filed yesterday
with the Secretary of State by the
Woman Patriot Publishing Com
pany. of this cit$, against grant
ing the application of Jean Longu-
ct. grandson of Karl Marx and
leader Of European Socialism, for
an American visa to visit this coun-
try for an agitation tour.
1t is stated that various other
organizations. including the Ma
tional Association for Constitutional
Government, the American Consti-
tutional League. the Massachu-
setts Public Interests League, and
the senttnels OF the Republic will
also make protests to Secretary
Hughes asainst admission of Lon
Euet.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
GLAND PIRATES
HAD TWO VICTIMS
POLICE BELIEVE
Work of Expert Surgeon
Evident in Case Of
Jos. Wozniak.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1l.-rhere ID O.
market for the interstitial glands.'
wealthy men are willing to pay
almost any price for . transplanted
gland. Skiliful surgeons will do
the work. Bands Of kidnapers
will guarantee to bring In any
husky victim pointed out to them.
No trace has been found OF the
gland pirates who piled Joseph
Wozniak with liquor, slipped q bag
containing q sponge hlled with
chloroform over his head, bundled
him into an automobile and took
him to some unknown hospital
where a surgeon deprived him Of
one of his glands.
Wozniak, who 10 recovering, says
he can identify the man who
bought the liquor and gave him
$40, but he did not see the faces
Of the four men who dragged him
remember anything OF the opera
tion. After II was over he was
carried to vacant lot and left
there.
Police now believe there are two
victims. Wozniak had . COM
panion, a giant Pole named Kuch-
nisky. No trace Of him has been
found
The work was skillfully done
and all precautions taken against
Infection. Plainly It 10 the work
of an expert surgeon and the in
dications are II was done in q
hospital or q well-equipped private
ONCE Of some surgeon.
Wozniak's young wife still
clings to the suggestion that he
may have consented to the opera
tion for pay. but admits IL he was
paid. someone stole the monsy. for
he had none when found. The
medical profession Of this city has
united to hunt out the surgeon
who operated on Wozniak and will
drive him from the city. II found.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
lESIDENTS SILVER;
LANDLORDS PLEAD
SHORTAGE OF COAL
Ample Supply of Bitumin-
GUS on Hand, Commits
sioners Say.

Complaints that heat. as provided
for in their leases. Is not being
furnished during the present cool
period. are being made by apart
nent dwellers.
House owners and apartment
landlords are c'amoring for in
creased coal allotments. saying
heir present stock Is so low they
lear to use it at present on the
as,umption that colder weather in
ne future will find them without
soal. -
Meanwhile the Public Utilities
Commission, through its chairman
Col. Charles Keller. issued state
nent that there is sufficient sort
poal in the city to meet all demands
and there Is no need for apart
nents to be heatless. as practically
all are heated with soft coal.
Physicians Prescribe Coal.
At the same time local physicians
whose patients are residing in
homes where the coal supply is
insufficient to provide the warmth
required. are preparing to issue
Prescriptions requesting the Public
Utilities Commission to give these
coal orders preference. Although
no official statement was made, it
h understood that the Public Utili-
hes Commission will assent to this
preference when the need is urgent.
From the flood of applications
for coal as a result of the recent
Wintry blasts. IL is believed that
the needs of the city have been
nnder-estimated. but the Commits
uoners believe they will be able
10 furnish the promised so per cent
Of the usual supply at fair prices.
A warning was issued yesterday
by DIR. William C. Fowler, District
health officer. against residing in
homes without heat during the
Early winter months, explaining
that such practices would result in
IN epidemic of colds
weather Man Cheerful
The most cheerful note is struck
by the foreCaster at the local
weather bureau. who announced
last night that the lowest tenn
perature during the next several
lays would be approximately so
aegrees. 10 degrees higher than
shat recorded during the early
morning hours yesterday. He
ldded. however, that the next sew
sral days would be overcast and
showery.
A canvass of apartment houses
In the northwest section of the
city, made yesterday revealed that
there are practically none with a
coal supply on hand sufficient for
the winter, while in some in
stances the supply is only enough
10 last four days.
Under the rules of the commits
sion. apartments which have thirty
days' supply Of coal on hand are
not allowed to buy more until a
thirty days supply has been Sc
cured by other consumers.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
MORGAN IN PARIS
SILENT ON LOAN

PARIS, Oct 1.-THE arrival Of
John Pierpont Morgan from London
gave rise to reports that the allied
reparations commission plans to call
another meeting OF international
bakers for the purpose Of extending a
loan to Germany
Morgan. in an interview. refused &c
discuss the advisability of a German
loan. He said he was not here for
conference. but was going to the RI
viera for a holiday.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
KHAN EXPOSES
VIRGINIA DENS
IN FULL BLAST
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ion with the charges Of failure on
The part Of the county officials to
enforce the gambling laws made by
.he Ku Klux klan were James F.
Thompson. John Wise. I. c. Fisk,
a. A Smoot. Tudy Payne. Jack Hou-
ton. DR.. F. o. Appleton. and G. A.
Veitch. Fisk Is a justice Of peace
md SmOot a special officer of the
county.
Storm Closes Two.
a trip TO the Hilltop" and the
Elite" the two other places al
eyed to have been Opcra,.u= BE-. 80
lance of the law. disclosed that
these had taken to shelter until
lfter the storm.
Close by DauCherty's place a car
lival was found in progress and
lere the gambling was actually car
led on in the open. Rain seemed
20 mean nothing to the midnight
gambling spirits. who were said to
nave come over from the District
The carnival is just outside the lin
is of Alexandria.
The challenge to the Khan issued
,y Attorney Ball called on the mem
oers who had written the posters
IF the previous night to come for
ward with their evidence. The
:harges Of failure to enforce the
avs on the part of the county off,
:ials was declared grossly false"
The challenge sent to Klan No.
by Ball brought together 800
Elansmen last night to consider the
next step in the program of law
enforcement. 1t is understood that
several OF the men summoned to
appear before the grand jury to-
morrow at 10 a. m. will be supplied
With evidence in the possession of
The khan.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Boy Of Is Totes Pistol.

For carrying a pistol ihue Henry.
Lewis. - years old. was taken 20
Fifth precinct police station by
ofhcer Kew. Hs told the officers he
took the weapon from a friend ana
was planning 70 have some fun with
the Kids. The iat was turned over
TO his parents for his appearance at
Juvenile Court He lives AT i2s
North Carolina avenue southeast
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Baronet Fined as Masher.

LONDON, Oct IA. Sir Almerfc
Fitzroy. clerk OF the privy council
and cousin OF the Duke of Grafton.
was found guilty today of annoying
women in Hyde Park. He was fined
five pounds and ordered to pay ten
gulneas costs. He gave notice that
re Will appeal the case.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Amy FHer Falls 70 Death.

HONOLULU. Oct. 14.-Lieut. Earl
8. Manssiman. an army aviator. was
killed instantly. and Edgar sodson
was seriously injured when their
plane plunged 200 feet into a guIch.
twenty miles from here today Man
selman's home is In Cleveland. Ohio.
He 10 . graduate Of Western Re-
serve University. He leaves a widow.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Mn. McCsf,niek strieken..

CHICAGO. Oct ll.-lfrG Edtth
RoctsfsiIsr Mccormick. divorced wife
Of the harvsstsr king. vas rsportsd
III here tonight Her illness y msreiy
. slight iAdisposition." II was an
nounced At her home. She was strick-
en- suddenly In her Limousine while
on her way to . meeting and directed
her chauffeur to return home.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
Al Killed in Auto Crashes.

Forty-one persons were killed and
525 were injured in 697 automobile
a accidents in fifteen cities in the
United States in the past week. fig
ures tabulated yesterday, revealed.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
DIRTHS AND DEATHS
Id REPORTED IND.C.
BIRTHS


Wallace II. and Sarah E. Iittleford boy
Elovy W. and Virginia VI. Flester, girl.
Louis and Iona NJ stephan girl
VIM. B. and Dorothy Owen girl
Russell e. and EsteIle DiehI boy
Earle W and LaIla Wallick boy
Jonathan W. and Dorothy Anderson, girl
Hamilton and Margaret Hail. boy
VIM. l.. and Edith VI. Owens, girl
Richard V. and Isabel E Cooley, girl
Geo. r. and Jennie F. Junghans. boy.
Joseph and RehecCa Kushner. boy
Abraham and Ida Calker, girl
Ralph and Helen Gator. girl.
Geo. VI. and Lille F. YPatman boy.
Samuel and Irene Mathews. girl.
Nelson and Carrie Green girl
James II. and Susie Hawkins girl
DEATHS.
Harry Anderson. 30 years. Walter Reed
Hospital
Chas. F Spencer. 81, on 10th st. NV.
south of St
wm. W. Thomas. 80. 1919 st. NV.
Elizabeth B. Bartlett 80, 613 22nd St NV
Pauline F. Edwards, II, T23 Fla ay ne
Helen VI. Bates. 81, Provd. Hospt.
Annie E. Goodwin, 20, GARFIELD Hospt.
Mary Mcintosh. TO- Provd. Hospt.
Samuel DeCarlo, 9. Provd Hospt.
Margaret foyer, IS. 1927 2nd st sv
Mary NJ Butler, 75. Freedmen's Hosnt
Lewis Alston, So. 2213 Cleveland av- NV
Chas. Baily. IL mos. sos Barry pI NV.
Odell Dennis. mos. Children's Hospt
The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
DEATHS.

GooDWIN-On Friday. October Is, ANNIE
F., beloved daughter Of Joseph A. and
Annie z. Lynn.
Funeral from residence. 2614 Garfield
street northwest, Monday. October 16.
at i O'Clock. Relatives and friends in
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advance sale do not commonly correct de-
fects of language voice or manner over
night or Change an ugly duckling into a
swan.
There is also the type of lecturer who
is capable enough but comes TO grief
through failure to take American crowds
seriously. And occasionally there is one
who fails through no fault of his own. A
famous young Englishman was tortured
while here by headaches. Unlike Dickens,
who was i'll throughout his tour but upon
so that he was always at his best at the
reading desk. this young Englishman felt
worse than ever when he faced an audience
According to the American custom the
management always placed a pitcher of
ice water within reach of the lecturer. AS
he talked he dipped in his fingers now and
then. clutched a piece of ice and held it
dipped one wrist and then the other in
the pitcher, and on one occasion he absent
mindly-or maybe he didn't mind-poured
himself glass and drank of the water
which had just contributed to his dis
tinguished additions.
The spectators were ignorant of the
headaches, and the gallant young English
man wouldn't permit them to be tod
They thought the ice water business was
all la-de-da mannerism. Though enter
tanning, it was not what they had paid for.
and as it diverted attention from the SIb-
stance of the lecture the ce.abri lr
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The Platform and the Box Office
By THOREAU CROWN.

Knut Hamsun, one time Milwaukee street
car conductor, who won the Nobel prize
for literature last year. also declines to
cross the Atlantic. His reason is that
he doesn't speak good English. Possibly
he has in mind the unhappy experience of
Maurice Maeterlinck who thought he had
phoneticized his French into the Ameri-
can language, but whom his audiences
found so uninteligible that he folded his
wings and flew back to Belgium.
The war interrupted a flow of poetry
from writers thereof who found profit and
sometimes pleasure in reading their verses
to the multitude The moment this stream