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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
STRICT. SURVEY OF HOTELS
ANDAPARTMENT BUILDINGS
ORDEREDBY DC. OFFICIALS
Towel Is Years
In Wonan's Side
Operation Results in Removal
OF Article Left BY Doc
tors Long Ago.

Mrs. Bertha Mellichampc. wife
of Rey Z. II. MeIIichampe. pastor
Of Pohick Church, Pohick. Va. was
removed to fthe Alexandra Hos
pitaI Sunday suffering from acute
Internal pains.
Examipations by n number OF
physicians failed 70 reveal the
exact cause OF the pains. and IL
was finally decided that an op-
Grafton would be necessary TO de-
termine the source OF the ailment.
The operation, performed yes
terday morning, revealed a 13-
inch hospital towel which had been
left following An operation for ap-
pendlcitis- nearly thirteen years
ago.
The towel was removed and now
Mrs. MeIlichampe is reported to be
on 4 fair road to recovery.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
REACH DEADLOCK
ON TARIFF BILL

The Senate Finance and House
Ways and Means committees have
locked horns on the question Of Amer
lean valuation in the permanent tartn
bill.
After a joint conference yesterday.
Senator McCumber, chairman of the
Finance Committee. and Representa-
tive Fordney each declared his COM
nnittee would stand pat"
The House bill provided duties
should be assessed on the value Of
imports in the American market. The
Finance Committee discarded the
Rouse plan.
Further efforts at agreement will
be made at another conference to-
day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21

been to turn the letters over TO pos
tai authorities as fast as they were
received. District plain clothesmen
were in the vicinity OF the Senate
District Committee room yesterday.
Senator Ball is chairman of the
committee and spends much, of his
time in this room.
Bullet Pierced Clothes.
Worry over the incident Is In
creased by the Senator's previous
experience. Last year he received
a number of threatening letters. He
paid no attention to them until one
afternoon when a bullet struck his
car while he was on his wav xoms
from the CapitoL
He was uninjured. but the bullet
passed through his clothing, barely
grazing his knee. r..
District police. il was learned last
night, probably will take extra pre-
cautions TO safeguard the Senator.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
GROCERY PLANT ~
DAMAGED $1,000

Fire which broke out on the third
floor Of Mazo. Brothers. wholesale
grocers and packers, sos Pennsylva-
mia avenue northwest, last night at
9 o'clock caused damage estimated
at 5000.
The blaze had gained considera-
Bile headway when discovered and
smoke was pouring from the rear
OF the building, where the fire had
broken through the walls. 1t spread
to the rear. facing on B street. Water
caused consider able damage to goods.
Traffic on Pennsylvania avenue and
b street was blocked for about forty
five minutes. 1t is thought defective
wiring causad the blaze.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
CRITICS OF TREATY
MAY PRESS HUGHES
FOREXPLANATIONS
Veil of Secrecy Deplored
BY Senators Inclined
To Query Pacts.

Critics of the four-power Pacific
treaty VIII ask that. Secretary of
State Hughes appear before the SEN
ate Foreign Relations Committee to
ell about conversations leading up
to the agreement on the pact.
This was learned after President
Harding had informed the Senate
yesterday. in response TO the Hitch
cock resolution that 1T Is literally
impossible to furnish" the records
sought by the fesolution.y
Senator Hitchcock, author OF the
resolution and ranking Democrat on
the committee, thought an EFFORT
now will be made to obtain informa-
tion from Secretary Hughes. A veil
of secrecy" is thrown around the
four-power treaty. hitchcock de-
clared. He thought the Presidents
reply would cause delay in raufy-
ing the treaty.
senator johnson IronicaI.
Senator johnson. Republican ir-
reconcilsble OF California, COM
planned that literary gems and i'll
Illuminating illustrations are meticu-
lously preserved" sho quoted some
of the conference oratory.
These charming and informative
paragraphs constitute part Of the
secret proceedings" said Johnson
NO word have we. however. Of what
happened in relation to the four
power treaty except the brilliant
prose poem Of Senator Lodge, and
the general report to the President
of the American delegates.
open diplomacy has given US
every scrap of information concern
ing every subject dealt with by the
conference except the all-important
one whereby the Angio-Japanese al
lance was superseded by the new
qradruple alliance.
1T may we'll be that Il was i'm
possible to preserve any record Of
what was done by the four nations
in this regard, but II IL were impos-
sible. IL was most unfortunate. APP
parently the Senate, without rec
ord evidence. must construe and
act upon the documents"
Have, "MentaI- Reservations.
The Foreign Relations Committee
voted to report out the Yap treaty
with only Senator Ashurst, Demo
crat. of Nevada. voting no. SenR-
tors said. however. there was a
mental reservation" that certain
points of the treaty would be set
tied on the floor
Chief among these was the be-
lief of some Senators that in event
of dispute over Yap between Amer
lea and Japan, IL would come under
jurisdiction Of the four powers sig.
natory to the Pacific treaty. This
they feared. meant the surrender
by the United States of sovereign
rights.
The objection was based on a dec
laration in the Yap treaty that "ex-
listing treaties between the United
States and Japan shall be applica-
bic to the inundated Islands"
There was further opposition 10
the treaty on the grounds that un-
der IL America would surrender 70
Japan her undivided one-fifth inter
est in all former German islands in
the Pacific.
Discovery of the alleged Joker
created something Of a furry In
the committee, and was the subject
of protracted discussion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
BRITISH OFFICER
SLAIN NEAR DUBLIN

DUBLIN. Feb. 20.-Lieut. W. Mead,
a British offcer. was shot and killed.
and a quartermaster sergeant was
dangerously wounded while riding in
an automobile with two other SOL
diers on Mas road about seven miles
from Dublin this afternoon.
The Britishers were attacked by
about twenty men Lieut. Mead was
shot through the heart, while the
sergeant was wounded in the head
and is not expected to live. The
reason for the attack is not known.
Coepyrisht, lsaa.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
WHOLESALE PRICES
SHOW SLIGHT DROP

Wholesale prices in general were
slightly lower in January, than the
month before, accordingto the Bu-
reau OF Labor statistics.
The bureaus weighted index num-
ber. comprising S27 price series,
stands at 14S for January, compared
with 14s foI December and III for
January. 1921.
The greatest decrease in wholesale
prices since the period of reSdjust-
ment set in. according to the Bureau
fs that OF house-furnishine goods In
which prices have fallen more than
"a per cent in the last yeF. =
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
U. S. Will RATIFY
QUICKLY, HARVEY
ASSURES BRITISH
Balfour Stresses Tie of
Common Language
Binding Nations

LONDON, Feb. 2o.-"The most
significant achievement of the
Washington conference" Arthur
Balfour declared at the Pilgrim
Society dinner welcoming him back
to London. was not an achieve
ment. but a revelation-a reveIa-
tion of the simple fact that what
ever benefits one English-speaking
people must inevitably be helpful
to the lother.", q. :, s..ts..,-s.s, -
xnibassIdor sifarreSss n. his speech
of greeting. not'oDly expressed CON
fldence in the results Of the con-
ference, but declared that the
United States Senate would ratify
the treaties much sooner" than is
commonly anticipated.
"Ne sacriaee Made
Asserting peace in the Pacific lis
assured for all time" the Ambas-
sador continued:
when say assured. speak
which is beyond question. The
the British parliamnt is no more
certain than the ratification by the
United States Senate"
10 lHG
by the powers. Harvey asserted
that America made no sacrifices"
since the scrapping of warships
demonstration, but a world move
ment.
Stresses Common stock.
CompIimenting Balfour on having
become "enshrined in the hearts of
the American people" Harvey con-
tinued with praise for the Ameri-
can delegates. who. he said. "are
descended as directly ard cxclu-
sively from British stock as the
British delegates themselves"
President Harding's decision TO
call the conference. the American
Ambassador said, was reached
quickly. but was no hasty deter
nination.
I'm one respect" he said. "the
President bears striking resent
rlance to the elephant which SYM
bolizes his party. He tests with
painstaking caution every plank
while crossing a bridge. but when
he is convinced of a firm footins.
over he goes"
BaIfeur Declines Peerage.
Arthur Balfour, IL has been re-
vealed, has been offered a peerage
for the fourth time since his re-
turn from Washington, as a reward
for his work at the arms confer
ence.
Balfour declined. however, pre-
ferring to remain a commoner. II
is also reported that the King Of
fered to confer the order of the
Garter on him. an act which is
almost without precedent for any
man below the rank of earl. but
Balfour again declined the honor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
BILL FOR 3 NEW
PARKS is PASSED

The Senate decided yesterday that
the gates standing at the north end
OF Sixteenth street are to go to the
Hayes Memorial Museum at Free
mont. Ohio.
Three new parks for the District
were provided in a bill which was
passed by the upper House.
-. = park project carries an ap-
preparation of s1.024.30 for the pur-
chase of the Klingle Ford Valley
tract. the Piney Branch Valley Park
asd the Patterson tract lying on the
ucrth side of Florida avenue.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
COMPLETING PLANS
TO CLIMB EVEREST

BOMBAY. Feb. 2o.-Gen. Bruce ar
rived at Bombay yesterday to COM
plete the last details Of the British
expedition which leaves Darjeeling
on March "a to ascend Mount Ev-
crest. -
Gen. Bruce says that oxygen will
be used after the climbers leave an
altitude Of $4,000 feet. kits similar
to those used by ayiators are being
adapted to the needs of the climbers.
Only one OF the party. George NAL
lory, who took part in last years
attempt, will be a member OF Gen.
Bruce's expedition. ' 80
(cspyriEht, ls1a.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
EXPLAINS SILENCE
. ON OFFER TO EGYPT

LONDON, Feb. 20.-Lloyd George
told the house of commons today that
he would announce the governmept's s
Egyptian proposals to Parliament, Feb
ruary 2S; 1t las been agreed that
pothing would be said here until the
proposals were submitted to the Sui
tan of Egypt by Lord Allenby.
IL they are accepted by the Egyp-
tians they will have to be ratified
by legislation as In the case OF the
Irish settlement. he said.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
FOUND
ARMED MUST DIE

CAIRO, Feb. 2o.-A new proclama-
ton issued by the British authoI1-
ties announces that hereafter Egyp-
tians found in possession OF arms
will be liable TO the death penalty.
The police are authorized TO search
buildings harboring suspects. and 10
shoot all persons who resist the
search
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21

CASE WINS DELAY

DEDHAM. Mass, Feb. s0.-Coun-
sci for Nicola Sacco and Bartholomew
vanzetti were today granted until
February IS ito complete the.<bill OF
exceptions taken last summer when
they were convicted Of first-degree
murder in the South Braintree pay,
roll robbery. -
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
$4,000 Left TO Taft.

SIOUX CITY. Iowa, ,~Teb. 20
William Howard Taft, chief justice
of the Supreme Court. is beoucath"i
$4,000 by Mrs. LuciR W. HcrGc e.
son, IL 20 revealed in a probate ~
her will made here. TAFT was
classmate at Yale Of Mrs. Hender-
sons FIRST husband, Edgar II. stone.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
MORE ROBBERIES
YESTERDAY THAN
ANY DAY In YEAR
Maj. Sullivan Blames
Crimes on Labor
Situation.

More robberies were committed
yesterday than on any day this
year.
Scores of residents in every Sec
tion of the city were victimized
by highwaymen, burglars and pick
dicating that thousands of dollars
worth of valuables were stolen.
received at police headquarters
The day, which during the early
hours of the morning was begun
by the Staying and robbing of a
street car conductor by an as
sailant. who was apprehended soon
after the attack, continued to be
marked by lawlessness.
BIames Labor Situation.
Attributing most 'of the crimes
to the present labor Situation in
the District, Mai Daniel Sullivan,
superintendent of police, last night
issued orders to all precinct off
ficers to take Immediate steps
toward the stamping out of law
| lessness in the city,
Prominent among the victims OF
| the day was Senator Ralph IL.
| Cameron, of Arizona, whose $1,000
automobile was stolen from a
garage at 202S Allen place north
west.
The variety of the loot is indi-
Gated by the fact that two minis>
| teriaI robes, valued at 800, were
| stolen from the home of Rev.
Ward Denny, 1888 l street north
west.
Three Negroes Beat Boy.
A 10-year-old lad, Roland Hart
man, 1884 A street northwest, was
beaten severely about the head and
relieved of a watch and small
amount of cash at Tenth and u
streets northwest, by three negro
assailants. who escaped.
Mrs. Charles w. Peckham, 156 u
street northwest, while walking in
the vicinity of Third and T streets
northwest, was attacked by negro,
who. after a struggle. escaped with
a handbag containing u string Of
pearls valued at 500 and cash
amounting to SO.
While shopping in a downtown
store, Mrs. \. +. Barghausen. i1%1
Staples street northeast, was robbed
by a pickpocket who escaped with
nearly $50.
Express Wagon Robbed.
Breaking through a door at the
home of Melvin Howe, S23 Tw=nti-
eth street northwest, burglars stole
clothing and jewelry valued at $500.
Three suits valued at 500 were
stolen from an American Railway
Express Company wagon at Seventh
and G streets northwest, according
to a report made by j. P. Costello,
special officer, for the express COM
pany.
Elizabeth Burgess, 1924 Conduit
road northwest. reported diamond
ring valued at 500 was stolen from
her apartment.
Cash amounting to S26 was taken
from the grocery store operated by
Oscar Seigel. at 1137 c street north
east. by two armed men, who es-
capped. L
FIres>a Burglar.
After breaking through the kitch-
en- window of the apartment of r.
NJ. Meredith at Second street and
Maryland avenue northwest. carly
yesterday morning. negro fled.
when a roomer, Frank Mcdowell
opened fire. The negro was seen
ransackinS a bureau drawer by Mrs.
Meredith. Her screams attracted
Mcdowell.
Thirty chickens were stolen from
the yard of j. Agula, 1921 Sixth
street northwest.
The new building at Twenty
] fourth street and California avenue
northwest was entered and tools
worth nearly 500 were taken. The
tools were the property of Thomas
a. Frazier, 7O9 Tenth street north
east.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-21
Sees Good in Shoals Offer.

Secretary Of War Weeks yester-
day announced his intention to send
to Congress tho offer OF the Alabama
Power Company Tor the government
power plant at Muscle Shoalr Ala.
While not entirely satisfac sry to
the Secretary the offer has many
good features" Mr.. Weeks said.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-16
Still Another Proof.

Another link in chain OF evidence that
prosperity is just around the corner and that
normally is hammering with both fists at the
nations front door to be let back that she may
do business at the old stand News of the re-
turn of the nickel sandwich comes from Penn
sylvania, where they have smacked the 10 and
lucent quick lunch leader in the nose and re-
duced it to the ranks, where it was before the
war and where it should have been months ago.
! For long time we have wondered how the
generalissimos Of some lunch studios and cafes
have had the nerve to tax customers 10, and
often 49, centavos for ham sandwich when
they shave the ham with safety razor to the
thinness Of paper and slap it between two
pieces Of unbuttered bread almost as thin. But
better days are coming, we wot. The nickel
ham sandwich is in the air and it's only mat.
ter of time, we are sure, when it will reach
Rock Island, where thousands are eaten daily.
OF course there are ham sandwiches and
ham sandwiches. The good, old-fashioned kind
with real meat inside and butter on, supported
and rooted by generous slices of what has been
referred to as the staff Of life, is easily worth
q dime, and few will even object to being as
sessed three jitneys for the same But that's
different It's the common or garden variety
of the ham sandwich we are editoralizing.
They've arrj1ed in Pennsylvania: they're due
in Illinois. Gangway for normally!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-16
TOmSi111SSuvS

Nav we call the coal shortage CRATE dan
ger? Thanks.
Our shipping board threatens to build two
1,000-foot liners.
This new Turk offensive is very offensive
to the Greeks.
Some towns are lucky. Boston movie Or
ganist broke his arm.
Oyster soup is back, says our dry cleaner.
One New York hoorwalker not only acts
like a count but is one.
II you want to wake up famous sleep with
one eye open.
The school Of experience is always a high
school.
Bonus" is good" in Latin; but it has a
bad time in America.
Years and years ago men bought homes
before autos.
After our harvesting machines get through
they are needed in Germany to act as cash
registers.
When road hog meets road hog that's nice
Many father thinks he sings the baby to
| sleep when he only sings it unconscious.
The big corn crop is causing a jug shortage
Fat reducers who succeeded will be mad
about it this winter.
Movie stars seem to consider being married
sufficient grounds for divorce.
Pigiron has advanced s. per ton. Pay no
more.
The rail strike has it's bright side. Ca1
| load Of egg plants rotting on side track.
a dollar goes far enough nowadays to for.
| get the way back.
new machine makes $4,000 cigarets an
hour. Necessity is the mother Of invention.
| Charles Valentine of Yonkers has improved
the photograph, but is still at large.
Human nature is what makes q man brush
his front teeth and let the back ones 60.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-16
An Unspanked Generation.

Many critics OF present-day behavior ascribe
the trouble to the coming along of an, unspank-
ed generation. Unspanked some of them may
have been in childhood and youth; but un-
spanked they do not remain. Nature has her
own way Of storing up wallopings to be de-
livered later. And they lose nothing of their
force while waiting to be administered II
spanking is unknown in the nursery it is by
no means removed from the after experience
of the child SO nurtured. The spanking may
come the instant the youthful hopeful is re-
leased from the leading strings It may come
much further along in life But it comes.
We do not argue here for corporal punish
ment on every occasion when youth trans
crosses. Often there is some other form of
punishment or correction that is better fitted
to the offense and hence more effective One
point is that there Is no. adequate attention to
imparting some Of LIES stern realities to youth
OF the evil day that 10 hut deferred discipline
can be put off Dr. lodged for ! little while. 1t
cannot be escaped. The unspanked youth gets
his before the 'play is ended.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-16
Daily Poem
BY BERTON BRALHY.
FRIENDS,

FRIENDH,
I've read a lot and I've heard lot
OF, the fellow who lost his money,
And promptly lost all the friends he'd got
When things had been bright and sunny:
But it doesn't make me q cynic drear.
For, however misfortune hit you.
know for fact-and say it here
The Right Kind Of Friends won't quit won't
And whether you're rich or whether vou're
poor.
If the comrades that you have chosen
Are the type mean, you can be quite sure
Their sympathies wont be frozen
Because your fortunes are going wrong.
But when you are tried and troubled
You'll find the tie of their love is strong
And their loyal faith redoubled.
II It's hatterers. sycophants you want
You can fnd them, Of course, in slathers:
And they are the sort who coldly naunt
Their scorn when the storm cloud gathers
But true pals care not what fortune sends,
No woes from your side will sweep 'em,
The Right Kind Of Guy will have such friends,
And the Right Kind Of 0U YIN keen 'emi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-16
Blondy Earned Her Pension.

little sentiment is good thing in these
prosaic, mohey-chasing days. But something
more than mere sentiment is involved in little
animal story which comes from Oklahoma
Down in Delaware, in that favored state, is
mine operated by the King Coal company. For
is years, Blondy, typical mine dog, has led
rescue parties to Imprisoned miners and has
saved numerous lives by her fidelity and per-
sistence. Sometimes she has succeeded in
scratching away until the men have been able
to release themselves, but most often her serv-
ice has consisted in leading relief parties to the
exact spot wheres saveins have occurred.
Now Blondy has been pensioned. An official
edict Of the coal company DEGREES that for the
rest of her natural life-which in the nature Of
things cannot be long-she shall have ample
shelter and all the food she needs as partial
recognition of her faithful and heroic service
That she richly deserves this reward will be
heartily admitted by more than ardent lovers
OF dogs. Blondy may not accept life of idle
ness after years Of excitement, adventure and
danger. She may try to answer the call of
duty If she ever gets near enough to sniff the
scent of mans battle with nature 1t is GER
tain that the elemental instinct will survive
SO long as she draws the breath Of life
And when Blondy finally passes away who
shall say that her courageous spirit will not go
to some heaven where dogs live out the ages
of an immortality which so many Of them de-
serve SO much more abundantly than many
human beings? At any rate the taxidermfst
ought to preserve her visible remains as a con-
slant remainder Of dogs immemorial intelli-
gence and bravery.