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The Washington herald., 1922-01-16

heir to the big estate in New Or
leans
The Russian attorney also said
conditions in that country were of
such a chaotic state that commu-
nication was practically by messen-
ger, and that il would be almost
impossible to locate any other of
the heirs at the present time.
Meager reports of a daughter OF
Ike Herdman and Khasia Herdman,
wife of Stimuli Izeck Reitman, were
brought in. but the family could
not be located. IssacovItch informed
the New Orleans attorneys.
Would Give Property to State.
The State OF Louisiana is not in
clined TO take seriously the efforts
Of those who would bring in heirs
to the half million dollars worth
Of property. Attorney General o.
V. Coco is proceeding with the view
of turning the property over TO the
state. the proceeds to go TO the
special school fund" Several
bills of exception have been filed by
the administrator and attorneys,
and the case will be formally set
TINS month.
Ground Herdman is woven an in
teresting story. He came to this
country practically penniless. His
early life in America was spent as
an itinerant glazer. He was un-
able to sign his own name. How
ever, by shrewd business dealing in
| this city he acquired several valua-
bic realty plots.
1t was his ambition. he often told
friends, to own the site at the
northwest corner Of Canal and
Royal streets, now occupied by a
branch OF one of the chain cigar
/ stores. Later he bought the place.
now estimated to be worth 100000
The sremainder of Herdman's
deals were made in the "RedlIght"
district of New Orleans. which
| brought him the name OF King Of
the Terderloin."
Herdman dealt with banks only
once in his life. Whe nthe oppor-
tunity to purchase the site at Canal
and Royal came, Herdman was
short of cash, and reluctantly he
went to the bankers. He died
shortly after this purchase, but his
ambition had been realized.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
FORMER SENATOR
OF PERU EXILED
TO ARGENTINA
Canseco, After Release From
Prison, Goes to Join Colony
In Argentina.

>LIMA. Peru, Jan. 1s.-Senor Err
nesto Diez Canseco, former senator
from the department OF Junin, who
has been held as a political pris-
oner for soma time, has finally been
released from imprisonment on the
condition that he leave Peruvian
territory Immediately.
He has embarked on one of the
Lake Titicaca steamers for La Paz.
Bolivia, en- route to Argentina,
where he will join the large colony
of Peruvian exiles there.
AS in the case of all other politi-
cal prisoners whoI have been ar
rested for their opposition to Presi-
dent Leguia, former Senator Can
seco has been held without any
formal charge or trial and no tribu-
nal has heard any testimony in the
case. Like the others. he has chosen
exile in some other country when
given the choice between that and
remaining in a prison camp on one
Of the several barren islands now
serving as such camps
(copyrisht, ls22.)
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
AMERICAN BEATS
TRAIN BY WALKING
Revel Express Has 24-HOur
Schedule for 40-Mile
Journey.

RENAL, Jan. l5.-Thc slow train
which made Arkansas famous has
nothing on the narrow gauge rail-
road which connects Rcval with
Sihdi, Esthonia. This journey or
approximately forty miles takes
twcnty-four hours to complete
At each of the fcrty-seven sta
tions on the line a stop is made
lasting from ten to thirty minutes.
Passengers on this road invariably
leave the train to call at the homes
Of friends and relatives to drink
tea There is no danger of miss
ing the train, for the village church
bell Is hung near the station and
it must be tolled three times be-
fore the train starts.
Even after the last peals OF the
bell there is always ample time to
catch the tran. for the wheels of tne
engine often catch in the spaces
which separate the rails and the
passengers must get out and push
and the engineer and fireman use
crowbars to again start the train
on it's way.
Recently DIR. ]. Atwood Whitaker.
attached to the Baltic staff of the
American Red Cross. was compelled
TO purchase a ticket on this train.
as his auto broke down. After rid
ing five stations. DIR. Whitaker
learned that lie would not arrive
in Eeval till the next morning. so
lie got off and started TO walk.
He beat the train to the next sta
tion down the line and there sold
his ticket. Continuing to walk he
made twenty miles in five hours,
beating the train to Reval by more
than eight hours. After a good
nights rest. DR.. Whitaker decidec
he would complain to the rail-
road company. and. talking with the
manager. he was informed his was
the first complaint the company hac
ever received. The manager in
formed him with a smile that the
patrons of the line didn't know
what good service was.
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The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
FIELD MUSEUM
WORLDS GREATEST

CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-An expansion
program covering a five yaar- period,
today was assured the Field Museum
ono Of Chicago's show places.
Guarantees were announced which
are expected to rank 1t foremost
among similar institutions in the
world.
President Stanley Fl ED gave $780,
900 to clear the building deficit, and
$500 to wipe out the years operating
debt Capt. Marshall Field promised
s50.000 a year to be used for improve
ments and additions to the exhibits.
Arthur B. Jones pledged SIS, 900 for
an chronological expedition to Bor-
neo, Java and Sumatra, under the
direction of DR.. Fay Cooper Cole.
Completion of the work of DR.,
Charles B. Cory's Birds of America, -
who died without finishing the work,
was assured by a $4,000 donation
from Charles r. Crane.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
Maj. Dean Resigns
From, Veterans Bureau

The resignation>of Mai. Arthur
Dean, assistant director and chief OF
the rehabilitation division, Veterans
Bureau, was received by Col. C. l..
Forbes Saturday.
Maj. Dean has been with the bu-
reau since September /, on leave
from Columbia University. where
he is the head of the department.
of vocation education. His resigna-
tion takes effect today. Col. T. H.
Rees. formerly IN charge OF educa-
tional work with the A. E. F. in
France. has, been suggested as his
successor.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
BY "KING OF TENDERL LOIN'
Louisiana Would Seize New Orleans Property
In Lieu of Heirs in Russia.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 15.-Some-
where in Russia lives Mordka
Herdman, heir to one OF the prin-
cipal business corners in the city
Of New Orleans.
In this city the stage is being set
for on of the most unique legal
battles in it's history.
Back in 1916 Ike Hcrdman, pop
ularly known as King of the Ten
derloin," died a rich man. He left
a will which called for the distribu-
tion Of his property worth more
than 100000, to his wife and chill
dren in Russia.
The civil authorities, however,
were stumped. In the first place,
they found that Herdman had left
his family thirty-five years before
his death. There was no means of
communication with Russia. at that
time deep in the great world war
conflict. So the matter rested un-
til recently.
Suddenly the State OF Louisiana
announced IL "Oulu Hlc III the CiNll
courts a suit to compel the admin
istrator to turn over to the State
all the assets after paying the
debts.
sesrch World for Heirs.
II was here the fight began. for
Felix J. Dreyfous. administrator,
stated that the ends of the earth
of Herdman. Attorneys in New Or
leans were retained, while in far-ofl
Odessa. Russia. Alexander Issaco-
witch, attorney. was commissioned d
to look after the heirs OF the "Sed-
light King" 1ssacovitch soon after
cabled that he had located one
Mordka Herdmsn. who, he said
could prove he was the rightful
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16

by the general statistical bureau
show that France has retained her
position as the dearest country in
tho world in which to live.
Wholesale prices arc revealed as
having descended slightly from
1884 par cent over pre-war prices
OF December. 1920. to 1874 per cent,
as compared with 2O9.6 per cent in
Great Britain apd 1891 per cent in
the United STATES have descended
during the year by approximately
50 per cent, in Great Britain by
81 per cent and in France by on:y
10 per cent.
In the same period retail prices
on the average have decreased per
cent in France, Is per cent in Great
Britain and % per cent in the Unit
ed States. Retail prices in France
are, roughly, 4S6 per cent more than
pre-war figures.
The discount rate is 5.66 in
France. 5.62 in Great Britain and
in the United States.
Marriages show an increase OF
nearly 200 per cent over 1910 and
it is shown that five times more
widows and seven times more di-
vorcees are marrying in France now
than before the war. Divorced hus-
bands are shown to prefer divoGced
wives to spinste-s or widows as
new partners.
100000 annually since 1914. HE
gitimate births during the same
period have largely increased.
Still-born children show a decrease
of 1000 over the 1914 figures.
Deaths have decreased by $4,000
over last year and by 5000 over
1914. The statistics show that the
majority of deaths occurred to peo-
pie from 20 to 80 years. More new
born babies died than persons "a ged
from 20 to ~. Mortality increased
by jump from 1888 deaths of
people from IS to 4g years to ar
$50 deaths of people aged from 30
to 50.
Big Jump Ia Wages.
Production in the liberated re-
Gions il shown to be nearly half
that Of 1914. although 3.S24 out of
i.SO5 factories have reopencd.
lmp0rtatiOns and expectations
have both largely diminished since
1870. the former by almost 90 per
cent.
Due to the cost of lfr,nr ,I.u
have increased since roiI "a. aes
per cent and since Io,o h,. so ou ov
cent. ~ W pei
a consideration of Frances do
hris situation must include
- iIeN'e" OF her debt The fol-
inc. 'ie" OF her deot. The fol-
Ersnob
or which O irtarsor uS' l. 1914 =, @ zoo GOO 600
or which. lor soa,inr '''''.''' 200 900 geo 600 600
or which. permanent. ...., 40 600 0SS
VI which. foreign...... Nil
French debt. March, 1921.. 302, 600. .Oo0. 900
n, %hlcn' rhTa perpetual. ~... 13S, ,OOO, 900, 900
To RAM ~ Franso i.'''''' oI.OOO'OoO'OoO
Foreign (approximstei ga 0C0 600 90
These 800, 1000. 900. 900 do not
include include accrued unpaid an
@ aulties OF the permanent
Pensions amounting 70 about 200 coo, 900
Personal damages ~ ,'Ooo ~, ~
Property damages ....., 14o OO0 600 000
Representing a further total of 2ls, 500 O0O, 900
vi nept termed recover
oWe. germany
The budeetarv sitnat; oo,Voo,ooo,o9
obscure. bnt \accordina sun
mary recently mado a. sun
during 1921 disbursed easurS
ly $4,000. 600 o0O wbat An
has it had from whioh ources
these paymentss ~ ih"Ae
n...,. :, 90 mn o
vi oo'""0'o'o'soo FRANCS
Normal resources approximate.
''SSl'OOV'0OO; extraordinary re-
sources, such as stocks liquidation,
i'ZoO'oOO'OOO; tax on war profits,
a;oZS.oo0.OOO; giving a total of 22,-
oou.Voo'ooo'
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
Mail in Morning." He
Asks School Children

Mail in the morning." This is
the request Postmaster Chance will
make of the school children of the
District in a letter they will re-
ceive Tuesday.
The bulk of the mail is posted in
the afternoon and evening, it is
found. This necessitates a large
night shift and makes the work
more difficult to handle than IL part
or the letters were sent in at diff
ferent hours Of the day, officials
say.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
FiUe Civic Bodies Aid
Playground Benefit Plag

A. ]. Driscoll, president of the
Mid-City Citizens Associa rfon, has
announced the first five civic asso-
Citations to pledge cooperation with
his organization in .producinG
Strong as the Hills" a drama by
public, high and parochial school
students for the benefit of public
school Fairgrounds. January "a, at
Central High School.
Those representing their organ
izations are Thomas J. Donovan.
Central Citizens Association: Har-
ley V. Speelman. Columbia Heigh's
Citizens Associations; William f.
Rogers. Mount Pleasant Citizens
Association; William p. Herbst.
West End Citizens Association. and
Charles III. Mayors, North Wash
ington Citizens Association.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-16
Few strikes In France.

Factories have had to shut down
entirely from lack of raw material,
which they were unwilling or un=
able to import from America, owing
The New York herald., 1922-02-08
IMMUNITY OF JEWS HELPS
CUT TUBERCULOSIS HERE
Mortality Much Greater in Irish and Italian Sections
Survey Prohibition and Better Living
Increase Health of City, Says Droet.

death rate in each of the small sanitary
areas OF Manhattan has revealed that
the lowest mortality prevails in dis
tricts like Mount Sinai, Gouverneur,
Corlears and Stuyvesant in the extreme
lower East Side. which are largely
Jewish, whereas I'm all the districts of
the lower West Side, where live most of
the longshoremen, stevedores and the
poorer immigrants of Irish and Italian
stock, as well as the artist and bohe-
mian colonies of Greenwich Village, the
tuberculosis mortality was several times
larger"
The emergency immigration law has
prevented an influx of racial groups
from the Near East, who under ordinary
circumstances have found II difficult to
adjust themselves and have contributed
in the past to the heavier tuberculosis
mortality. The housing congestion dur
ing the war failed to cause an increase.
said Mr.. Drolet. principally because the
buildings in which the congestion was
greatest were modern buildings, which
did not have dark rooms. Pasteurization
of milk also has figured in the reduc-
ton. he asserted, particularly among the
children, and education and institutional
health measures have worked wonders.
DIR. James Alexander Miller presided
at the meeting and was reelected presi-
dent. Homer Folks was elected vice.
president, Thomas w. Lamont treasurer
and DR.. Nathan Z. Brill secretary.
The New York herald., 1922-02-08

adorable little casaque that
was made years ago for Nor
mandy peasant and which, we
are proud to say, he presented
to us. Here it is, all embroid-
cred in the tiny flowers he has
made the hallmark of his
spring designs, in the midst of
the very patterns which it in
spired. How often does one
have the chance to make a
frock of the same materials
that the great couturieres are
using to set the fashions in
Paris?
Tweeds and homespuns, too,
from Scotland and England, in
weaves soft enough to encour-
age one to make a cape or
frock-for every one knows
how difficult tweeds used to be
to handle. And then there are
the ginghams and the tissues,
which, by the way, we are sell
ing at unusually low prices.
The eponges, in new spring
patterns, organdies, dotted
swisses, some of which boast
not only dots but faint plaids
as well; soft white materials for
lingerie and zenana cloth for
negligees.
The New York herald., 1922-02-08

Prohibition, a better standard OF liy-
ing and the size of the city's Jewish
population were cited yesterday by G.. j..
Drolet, statistician of the New York
tuberculosis Association, as possible rea-
sons for the decrease in tuberculosis
noted in New York. Mr. Drolet speak
ing at the annual meeting OF the asso-
citation. said there has been general de-
cline everywhere lately, but that in this
city ii has been so marked Il demands
explanation, as there is a desire, II not
an impatient movement, to end the
Scourge within the next few years"
Prohibition reduced the amount OF
misery, said Mr.. Drolet, and Increased
the amount of money available for food,
clothing and shelter. The resistance of
the people has been increased, he felt,
by a general rise in the standard OF liv-
ing. probably due TO higher wages, short
er hours and the improvement of work.
ing conditions.
I'm New York city il must be ac-
knowledged. 'he continued, that the
coming into the population of a large
group OF Jewish stock, noted for their
immunity to all diseases that commonly
characterize congested city life, has IN
iected a blood more resistant, which is
bound to lower the city's tuberculosis
mortality.
"A recent study of the tuberculosis
The New York herald., 1922-02-08
SKIRTS STILL SHORT,
SLEEVES VERY LONG
In Fact, Latter Sweep the
Floor at the Fashion Show
in the Commodore.
WAIST LINE TO BE LONG
All Exhibitors Had Something
on View in the New Color,
Which Has Many Names.

Many fashions, much food. miles oil
Japanese panels. cloud, of cigarette
smoke opalescent toy balloons, scores of
pretty mannequins and one white col
lie were features of the review Of spring
styles presented last night In the ball
room of the Hotel Commodore. More
than 1000 men and women, representa-
tives Of the couture division of the Ma
tional Garment Retailers Association,
which staged the fashion show--mil-
liners. dressmakers and manufacturers
and their friends-attended the review
and packed the ballroom and balcony
According to the majority of fashions
that were paraded down the runway
from the stage erected at the west end
of the ballroom. skirts are to be shors.
with side panels or trains to give length
for formal occasions; sleeves are to be
long-long enough to sweep the floor IN
some instances; tailor skirts are to be
narrow; sport suits are to have knicker-
bockers or capes, or both; the waist
line.is to be long, and sandals are TO
have only one strap for afternoon and
evening wear.
High Notes of the Show.
These are few of the high notes
touched when the spot light penetrated
the haze and showed every detail of the
costumes on display. Evening dresses.
it may be added. are to have no more
material above the waist line than in
the past, and colors are to be brilliant
with much gold or silver metal trim
ming
The new color heralded by the fashion
~ ;. ;,,tr
various names, including dent de lion.
But II w9s generally referred to as gold
or saffron. Nearly every exhibitor had
one dress or suit in the shade that man
ufacturers hope to make fashionable this
season.
There was moment of intense inter-
est when one of the manikins appeared
and paused before mincing her way
down the long leaf bordered path to
rearrange her entire outfit by lifting the
belt of her skirt to her shoulders. there
by converting 1t into a tunic, and tight
ening her boomers at the knee to give
them riding breeches curve. The
change was accomplished in less than
two minutes and she apparently had
two suits out Of one.
Sleeves Wide and Long.
a Dlack dinner dress had straight
sleeves as wide as the length of the
wearer's arm and touching the floor
when her arms were stretched horizontal
and at right angles to her body. The
skirt to this dress was above ankle
length; in fact, almost none of the
dresses reached the ankles. though often
the panels were long enough to prove eX-
cellent dust catchers.
The fashion show was preceded by
pantomime taken from "A Legend of
old Japan The costumes worn by the
Emperor in this act had fifty-two pounds
of gold embroidery. During the intermis-
sion Alexis Kosloff presented "vanite,"
an original advertisement
The New York herald., 1922-02-08
Sewing Machines

Most people buy a sew
ing machine about as often
as they buy a piano, that
is, just once, and so the
wise buy one that has a
good background.
The Wanamaker sewing
machines have many things
to commend them. They
have all the energy saving
devices known. We choose
only makes that are trust
worthy, simple to operate
and give lasting service.
A most pleasant person in
charge of the machines ex-
plains intelligently the various
workings of the attachments;
those complicated looking af-
fairs-the hemstitcher, the
tucker, the ruffler and all the
other things which are so often
never used because they seem
so difficult to the uninitated.
The New York herald., 1922-02-08
CUSTOM GUARDS CASE
REFERRED TO BANTON
Accused Had Been Arrested
for Violating Sulliuon Lou.

Justice Frederic Kernochan of Special
Sessions yesterday referred to District
Attorney Joab II. Banton the case Of two
custom guards which. when transferred
from Special Sessions to the Federal
courts. were not brought to trial. Will
lam Hayward. United States Attorney.
said he knew nothing about the matter.
The two guards. William Taggart, 81,
OF los East 123d street and Charles Ost-
man. 21, of 467 East 136th street, were
arrested In March last year for violation
of the Sullivan law. II was charged that
Taggart had revolver and Ostman a
blackjack. Last July Mullen G. Block
of 81 Chambers street, counsel for the
guards. made APPLICATION to have the
cases transferred TO Federal court The
men are at liberty under 81 900 bail
each.
The New York herald., 1922-02-08
"Needles and Pins"

To begin at the very be-
ginning, for that Is where
the trouble begins unless
the needles and pins-and
threads and hooks and eyes
and everything else in
volved in the actual sewing
are of the very best.
The Wanamaker Notion
Store has all one could
possibly need or want and
-as we do a great deal
of purchasing direct from
abroad-at unusually adj
vantageous prices. All the
thousand and one things
which modern ingenuity
has contrived to save the
modern woman's time
even to dress Innings made
up and ready to tack in a
frock = are found here,
but only in reliable quail.
ties. A poor hook and eye
may ruin a gowns debut!
The New York herald., 1922-02-08
PEGGY JOYCE LEAVES
TO WRITE IN FRANCE
She Is Through With Wealthy
Husbands, She Says.

Mrs. Peggy Hopkins Joyce. with a
hawser Of diamonds looped around her
neck and extending to her waist, enter
tained the ultramarlne reporters yester-
day aboard the Cunarder Aquitania, on
which she sailed for Cherbourg to buy
costumes to be used in a new play writ
ten for her here. and to rest and study
her part. That is what her thoughtless
press agent said at first.
Peggy said the real purpose Of her
trip was TO write book and that she
would seek a secluded and quiet place
on the Riviera with that object in view.
Tho book will be entitled either Life
With My Millionaire Husbands or
Marrying Millonaires." At least that
was her intention yesterday. and she
asserted that she positively would not
marry any more millionaires.