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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-07

II was a case of accusing a ttmid girl
who would not mix with her companions,
but not one of her accusers could back up
their accusations with single fact OF
evidence.
1 was dealing with the impressionable,
II not at times bull headed, inconsiderate
flossy young college thing who followed
the leader, and the leader in this case
was a real university bellwether, Mrs.
Emmeline Brock, house mother of the
K. S. U. sorority. Mrs. Brock fairly
rufied like a turkey when | first con-
suited her about the mystery.
She was morally certain of Miss Smalps
guilt so | was compelled to take into my
confidence DR.. ]. A. Larson of the philo.
sophical department of the university,
who had some influence with the members
of this sorority and through whom |
made an appeal to their better natures to
show fair play to Miss Small.
determined to question the charming
young girls first and later. If the deduc-
lions were not satisfactory, resort to the
sphygnomanometer test for the detection
of lies through the regularity or irreg-
ularity of heart beats and breathing.
The house mother. Mrs. Brock, wished
me to see Miss Small first, but declined
and called for Miss Hope who had lost
the diamond.
She was in every way guileless, at.
tractive daughter of modernism as her
alma mater knows the college girl to-day.
She told me she left the diamond on
her dressing table and when she returned
II was gone. Nothing else was taken.
When asked if she suspected any one
she replied she suspected Marjorie Small.
"Why?" I queried.
The abrupt question disconnected her.
She glanced at the others as if appealing
for support and then defantly she said:
81 can't say why, but do anyway"
Miss Ash" commanded the house
mother,
Miss Ash, tittering, blushing blonde,
moistened her lips and squirmed.
81 room next to Marjorie Small she
said. She's a very peculiar girl. None
of us like her. She just won't mix"
I'm what way is she PECULIAR"
ooh, she's just quiet and queer" replied
the blonde. "She don't care for dances or
pretty clothes and she stays away from
all the parties-shes queer"
Have you other evidence equally in.
controvertible?' l asked, and the next
moment was sorry for the irony that !
allowed to creep into my voice. The
house mother caught the tone and snorted,
but it passed over Miss Ash's head
"Oh, know something ever so much
worse" effervesced the fluffy blonde ITS
something she told me-"
"All right" ! encouraged. Go ahead.
What Gid she tell you?"
The other girls Rugged in closer The
house mother frowned at the show of
emotion, but edged nearer also.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-07
BY AUGUST VOLLMER,
President International ASSocia-
ton of Chiefs of Police.

listening in on the heart
beats of fifty charming, i'm
- pulsive, romantic univer-
sity goods to discover which one
was a thief and save an innocent
pretty girl from unmerited dis
grace was a job big enough, If not
imnossible, for the average police
department; to me it offered
almost insuperable difficulties
which. however, were removed by
the girls themselves entering into
nv investigation-a most eX-
traordinary one-with the usual
innate sense Of fair play that
crowns all achievements of Amer
lean school days.
To the average criminologist the
task would have appeared hopeless
bv reason of the fact that the girl
on whom the charge of
stealing was fastened
cared more for her studies h.,
than she did for recreation 4
and was wholesomely dis }
liked by her fellows be-
cause Of her aloofness.
Her guilt was believed Il
in by all her classmates,
including the house
mother, the latter being
obsessed with an uncanny
dislike of the girl, whose X
grave offense against the 7
class had been an aversion I
for pretty clothes, dancing r.
and party frolics.
Forty-nine giggling.
thoughtless, loving en-
bodiments Of budding flap
per exuberance confronted
me and avowed their belief
in the positive guilt OF
Marjorie Small of having
stolen a diamond pin of
Clara Hope. The latter,
modern type of fiat heeled,
rolled hose, high skirted,
powdered and rouged coed,
couldn't say why she sus-
pected Miss Small. Have
Suspected Miss Small N
she did and proclaimed the III
fact in no uncertain coed
language.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Ruling FaUors Bergdou
VS.. Property Custodian

Thomas W. Miller. Alien Property
Custodian, was unsuccessful yester-
day in his efforts to have the Equity
Court dismiss the suit brought against
him by Grover c. BergdolI, the draft
Stacker. to recover property valued
at S150.oO0. which Bergdon claimed
was seized unlawfuIly.
On oehalf of Mr. Miller, District
Attorney Peyton Gordon filed a motion
TO dismiss the petition on the ground
that the enemy character of the
plaintiff. as matter of course
abrogated the power Of attorney dele
gated by him to his mother. Mrs,
Emma c. Bergdoll. Of PHILADELPHIA.
who sued in his behalf.
The motion to dismiss was over
ruled. it was stated. because the
questions involved were too compli-
Gated to be dealt with in such a
motion BerGdoll is at present hid
ing in Germany. His attorney. John
Maxwell. states that he was declared
to be an alien enemy last NAV. Mrs.
Bergdoll claimed that certain napers
belonging TO her were included in the
seized property.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Vive LIE Bloc!

To the Editor. The wsshinston Herald:
A deal of complaint is heard from
metropolitan centers regarding the
so-called farmers bloc. The bloc,
they say. has too much power, and
Is forcing through legislation in
favor of the farmers. Now. why
shouldn't the agricultural and rural
elements have a strong representa-
tion in Congress? In view of the
fact that the last census disclosed
40 per cent of the population
of the nation to be farmers and ag-
ricuiturists, and in view of the fact
that 100 per cent Of the population
are dependent on the farmer for
food. why should not the farmer be
given a square deal through help
fu' legislation? There has always
been financial bloc in Congress,
and still is. and they have been in
power until the advent of the agri-
cultural bloc. King Wall Street has
been deposed, and his nlaes ,aken
by King Farmer. Long live the
King! Gro
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
PUBLIC ROADS MAGAZINE
DIES WITH JANUARY ISSIE

Public Roads. the msrazir
through which the Bureau Of Pub
lie Roads of the Department of AZ
riculture had been publishing IN
result OF its research and the prog
ress OF Federal aid for highway
has officially Joined the ranks :
the government publications tina
were killed by Congress. 1t meet
in oblivion the other Departmer
OF Agriculture publications. m
Journal OF Agricultural ResearcI
the Monthly Weather Review. an
the Experiment Station Record
The official obituary notice siCne
by Secretary Wallace SAYS:
Under a provision of the suDd-
civil act OF March 4. 1921. govcrr
ment departments were required I
suspend publication Of an periot
icals except those approved 10y Cor
gress. We have been Informed d
the Public Printer and the ConErcl
sional Joint COMMITTEE on Printir
that Public Roads falls in the cla-
OF periodicals not authorized. n
publication Will. therefore, be su,
pended beginning with Vol. 4, y
3. the issue of January. 1922. unit
its continuance is specifically a.
thorized.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
LOUDOUN SPEEDS
ON WILSON FUND

LEESBURG, Va. Feb. IO.-At a
meeting held here this week Of the
woodrow Wilson Foundati ton the fol-
lowing reports of district chairmen
were made: Voincy Osburn Blue
mont; Mrs. S. r. Luck, MiddIeburg.
w. Z. Tyler. Aldie: Mrs. II. l.. Keen,
Bloomfield: A. c. Myers. TayIors-
town. and J. NJ. Dinges. LovettsviIIe
chairman for PurceIIvilIc will he
appointed later. Middleburg's quota
OF $50 has been promptly filled and
Leesburg has also reached and prob-
ably exceeded its quota Of 5000.
The quota for Loudoun County Is
$500.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Would Gust w. r. & E. Co.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Thanks of patrons OF north-bound
Ham lines are extended to Fonr-
teenth street division of Capital
Traction Company for efficient ham
ding of emergency traffic resulting
from failure of Ham lines to oper-
ate during the blizzard period.
Pleased to suggest that Capital
Traction Company take over Geor-
gia avenue line as natural extern
sion of Seventh street line and take
over line from Brookland to Fiji
teenth and G streets. These lines
crossing Florida avenue line, woulC
greatly benefit public by transfers
and give additional sections of cit
freedom from Ham lines, VIII
friends Of Washington have felt de-
sirable for thirty years past.
Home values vary $1,000 or more
according to which line serves"
them. Property buyers have been
"Ham"-strung for a generation of
promises. How much longer Is the
city to wait for make believe car
service" (Which is neither comfort
able nor dependable). to be kicked
out and Washington's streets
barred to dusty. dirty, unkempt and
rackety equipment? Congress has
been going to revoke charters, etc,
for twenty years. Promises get us
nowhere. How about Commission
ers taking some drastic action?
They by law have no pecuniary in.
terest in utilities. Why wait for
hopeless mergers? Honesty and
crookedness can't form a good part
nership, nor will they want to.
WALTER e. ALLEN.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Commends Theater Reports.

10 the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The report Of the Joint board of
army and navy engineers presented
to the coroner's jury by Col. Kelly
merits the thanks of the public.
Clear and convincing to any lay
nan, disinterested and impartial,
this report does great credit to the
engineering profession in general.
and to the five engineers who made
II in particular. The whole story
Is told; speculation, hearsay, rumors
and ,uselss arguments may now be
dropped. The community is indebt-
ed to the government board of in
quiry for it's most excellent work.
Whatever the faults of design
may have been, or to whom they
may have been attributable, it is
very clear that field inspection dur
ing construction could not have
been made by any person possess
ing ordinary common sense, much
less technical knowledge Of struc-
tural engineering. We cannot ex-
pect engineering qualifications when
there Is lack of plain common
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Wants Finance ParLeg
As World Panaceo

Col. Charles A. Court Repington,
the British military and news writ
er. believes that an international
conference, on finance and econom-
les, somewhat on the plan of the
disarmament conference, is the only
eNpedient likely to save the world.
Col. Repington, who is in this
country on a lecture tour. will tell
his audiences about a tour of Eu-
rope he made last year which
brought him into close contact with
leaders in all the countries o fthat
continent 1t is from what they
told him and what he observed on
his travels that he is prepared to
say that an International money
conference is the needed thing.
Europe" he said, 'fs still in a
very precarious state, and nothing
will be done to change its condition
until the currency of certain coun-
tries notably Germany, Russia and
Austria, has been stabilized. We
should have a conference on eco
nomics, participated in by the ma
tions just as we had conferences
on other results and problems of
the war.
ITO bring this about I think the
essential thing will be to form a
small committee of representative
financiers from America, England
ana France primarily, and with
financial representatives of Ger
many and all the other European
countries gather around a table and
settle upon some policy whereby
the currency of all nations might
be brought back to a condition of
some soundness / think the vast
amount of paper currency scattered
throughout these countries, par
ticularly In Russia and Germany,
should be called in and destroyed
after a gold reserve has been set
up ss a basis fo- a new status"
Col. Repington was in this coun-
try at the beginning of the confer
ence on Limitation of armaments
America" he said. took the lead
in that conference and should do so
in the one on money. Not being
tied by treaties, she can make sug-
gestions that other countries would
be embarrassed TO make and could
even act as arbiter. Certainly she
is now the leader of the worlds
moral forces. and that gives her a
position of tremendous strength"
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Potash IN wool
MAY he RECOVERED.

4 small wool washer. made 4
recovering potash from fleeces.
a solution of sufficient ConCcntr.
tion to make the recovery Of Il
potash profitable. has been dcslgn'
and is being tried out by the Rurcs
Of Chemistry of the Department
Agriculture. II is said that q
average fleece contains about r,
cent Of potash by weight. hut
the ordinary method Of washir
wool IL comes out in such diluI
solution that it does not pay 10 r
cover the salt
About 6OO.OOO!OOo pounds oC wo
are secured in the United stat
each year. and if ony per cent
potash is recovered il wouI
amount to $4,000. 600 pounds uf az
tual potash that would be availah
for use in fertilizers. Some nitri
gen is also recovered from woI
along with the potash.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Court Orders Man Jailed
For Not Paying Wife $500

jeremiah Costello, described as an
attorney employed in the office of
the Alien Property Custodian, was
adJudgeo in contempt of court YES
terday by Justice Bailey in EQUITY
Court and ordered confined in the
District Jail for thirty days or until
he pays Mrs Anne L. Costello, his
wife. $500. She charged he was in
arrears on a court order for main
tenance dated March 22 last.
Mrs. Costello. who is employed IN
the ofiice of the Recorder Of Deeds.
sued March 4 for maintenance for
herself and minor child. charging.
among other things. drunkenness and
cruelty.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

ried. He is not a misogynist, how
ever. He merely points out in his
discussion Of the Eighteenth amend
ment that never in history has such
large electorate succeeded in con-
Quoting q representative govern.
ment.
He has more than two score years
OF legal practice on which to base
his opinions on prohibition. He
was admitted to the. bar in Lisbon,
Ohio. just as he reached his ma
jority. Subsequently he practiced In
Youngstown and Cleveland. In 1914
he became a Federal district judge
in Ohio. and two years later took
oath as an associate justice of the
country's highest tribunal.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Movies and Reality.

10 the Editor. The Washington Herald:
wish to say few words about
the article of Wallace Cohn KIM
ball, printed in the open Court Coz
umn of February S. Mr.. Kimball
is dissatisfied with the movies be-
cause. as he says. such things 90
not often happen in life" EvI-
IDENTIFY. then. he would enjoy spend
ing an hour or two in a theater
looking at some episode in life
which happens every day. In this
respect l think he is quite different
from most of US, because l am sure
the majority of normal human
beings would not even 60 into a
theater IL they thought they were
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

going to see the same things that
happen in everyday life.
l will not argue with Mr.. Kimball
about the immoral effect this un-
naturalness may have on young
minds: he may be right about this
and maybe it would be a good idea
to prohibit all movies and books
and any other things which differ
from everyday life
HAROLD SPITZER
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

supreme court
Justice John H.
Clarke into the
limelight of late.
In his talks on
the two amend
.ments he points
out that the en-
larged electorate
created by the
passage of the
suffrage amend
ment has made
the election prob
lem a greater one
and that prohibi-
tion has bred q
contempt for all
laws.
Justice Clarke
T. -
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
RET'TER DRUG FOR
HOOKWORM TREATMENT.

Carbon tetrachlorid. comno
chemical. may in the future replac
chenopodium. the substance now use
in the removal OF hookworms an
ascarids in man. In the last re
years. millions OF people in the tropl'
and warmer regions have been cure
by modern methods of the hool
worm disease and the work is sti
in progress.
Dr. II. NJ. Hall of the Bureau I
Animal Industry OF the Department
Agriculture has made experiment
that show that carbon tctrachlor
in addition to being more effectiN
is safer and cheaper than the drul
used now.
w. n,
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

sense or a lack OF sufficient interest
to exercise II.
While the engineering knowledge
required to design and erect such
a structure as the Knickerbocker
Theater is readily available any
where, there might be some excuse
for not using it; there can be no
excuse for failure to make a praC-
tical field inspection during con-
struction. NJ. :. ].
chew Chase Md
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Dairynien to ConUene
At Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Feb
1O.-The eighth annual convention OF
the Virginia State Creamerymen's
Association will be held here next
Wednesday. TO be followed by the
fifte snth annual convention and dairy
show Of the Virginia State Dairy
meu's Association, which will con-
tinue until Friday afternoon
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Joseph Davis Dies.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Feb. lo.-Jo
eph Davis, aged 73. a lifelong res
dent OF the vicinity 81 Germa
town. died last night. lie Is su
yived by a son and a daughter. r
funeral will he held tomorrow
Pumphrey's Chapel here.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views Current Events

Communication will not be returned
unless specific request for such return il
made and stamps inclosed.
Letters should Be typewritten when
ever possible. Communications extreme-
ly difficult to read will not be considered.
No communication signed with hctitious
names will Be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

he heavens themselves blaze forth the death
of princes"
There is close analogy between this Shake
spearan dstch and the present situation as regards
the princes and princesses of the moving picture
world. When a young woman of great pulchritude
develops a penchant for prize Pekingese the ire
proachable machinery Of cinema publicity fabricates
story for nationwide consumption; when a lead
ing man invests tthe of his salary in racing
model car everyone in and out of the automobile
industry perforce becomes of the fact.
This highly developed information system is
all very we but unfortunately it holds focused the
attention of millions upon the every act Of the
silent dramas luminaries and when there comes a
lapse into peccancy, when tragedys face intrudes
upon the cynosure, the bad is bruited loudly as
the good. Thus the hero or heroine of this week
may be the scapegoat of the next and cries against
the whole estate Of moviedom arise. The public
forgets that its own sins of omission or commission
are proportionatey as numerous as those Of Holly
wood and like communities, only mercifully hidden
by individual obscurity.
There is as little in proclaiming general
moral turpitude among those of the silver sheet
profession, at this or at any other time, as in
elevating these and women to the rank OF
demigods Of necessity they more pleasing in
appearance, more alert and perhaps mentally better
endowed than the average. But they are essentially
human Many Of them spend not wisely but too much;
many of them are garish of attire and in dwelling;
some of them are unbearably vain. But the first
condition always follows, the annesing of easy
money; the second is almost condition of the
calling; the third is fault just as often found
where far less extenuation exists. Abundant phys-
cal energy which the profession of silent acting
not exhaust sometimes expends itself after hours
in foolish or vicious ways. These actors are not
gray inanciers, or eare-worn state ministers; they
are young with their money and young with their
fame and are liable to spiritual intoxication.
There is no excuse for cold-blooded murder or
unbridled ibertinism and when such things occur
in the moving picture world they are sternly to
be censured as under any other circumstances.
However, it is poor judgment to draw general
clusions from occurrences more frequent than in
many other walks of life, but magnihed out of
proportion by the concerted public gaze.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

His recent views on the Eigh-
teenth and Nineteenth amendments
to the Constitution have brought
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

They say coal is scarce in England. VIII
not leave that subject to the coalition cabinet
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

A screen star who died of natural causes
ought to be worth two or three columns at
least.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

Pocket telephones are the latest invention.
For the first time We are in favor of the pro-
posed mems clothes without pockets.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

Radium is so expensive this year that no.
body can afford radium treatment except a
bootlegger.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

81, The automobile bandit referred to so often
in the public prints is not the one who makes
repairs on your car in the garage.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

The American people can be reformed
just about SO far, and then they quit.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

"Lcnin and Trotsky Have Splt"-Hcad-
line. How much?
The Washington herald., 1922-02-11

SSXVIHEN beggars die, there no comets
" seen;
'The Heavens themselves blaze forth the death
nj orioces"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

to find out later how these things came to be there. I must admit that the sight of them almost changed my views of the man.
 MT. Crouch stepped into the room briskly. He wore a plain black suit of clothes with funeral tie, and carried a wide black brimmed hat in his hand.
 You will have to be quick" he said. T am going out to address meeting of the Enemies of Happi- ness. for which. by the way. I am to receive s250. For $50 I could let you have an advance copy Of the speech" He paused, looking at me tentatively.
 No" I said, "my newspaper can hardly afford 1t. I was sent to ask you how you became the most fam ous reformer in the United States"
 He Started Early
 Mir. Crouch frowned Why limit it to the United States?' he inquired.
 T didn't know they had reformers in other places" I said hurriedly.
 They have" he said but mere bungIers. In fact can say without fear of successful contradiction that I am the only artist in the reform ing profession. They have tried others, but as soon as they can se- cure my services tho others are quickly dismissed Then they become jealous and seek to disparage me. but my fame as you know, If you are q newspaper reader. Is secure"
 And how" I said coming to my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

areas. There are no doubts as to these larger features. Some have seen narrow straight lines crossing the rcd areas. Others with equally good op- portunities have failed to see them. These lines are called the canals a word which unfortunately gives the idea that they are supposed to be really canals. Some indeed now be- lieve that they arc waterways or more likely strips of vegetation bordering the waterways. Since the very exis- tence of the canals is by no means certain an explanation has little in- terest.
 The man in the street has an in- terest in the planet Mars quite dis proportionate to that of the astrono- mer. He imagines that the great obsrvations upon this planet in the fond hops of definitely establishing a proof of inhabitation, and that great astronomers are devoting much of their energy to the study of this planet. This Is far from tho truth. There is little discussion of the in- habitability of Mars or any other planet among astronomers and but little Is found in their writings on the subject. The discussion is found largely in articles written to interest the man in the street rather than to convey accurate information to him.
 Is Mars inhabitated? How often ] am asked. the question: No one knows. There is no likelihood that anyone will know In the near future. If ever. One can very safely assert that it is. No one can surely dis prove 1t. One can equally well con tend that 1t is not inhabited without fear that any one will produce posi- tive evidence to the contrary.
 On several important points bear ing on the subject there Is wide divergence of opinion among astron-