The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13
Attentions of Bootblack Ar
fists TO Young Woman
Are Resented.
HER FRIEND mick"
TAKES UP CUDGEL
Battle of Flower Pots Follows
and Lands Seven of Con
testants in Station.

When Greek meets Greek. then comes
the Jug OF war.
only il was a battle royal among a
dozen of them up on Fourteenth street,
near the corner of II, this morning. 1t
vas a battle Of sticks. fists. licwerpots,
and every other available missile that
was handy Cars were stopped while
passengers jumped of to see the ex-
element, and in a few minutes, the
crowd got 50 large that the police had
TO clear a passage SO that traffic could
be resumed
Somewhat the worse for wear, ana all
displaying cuts and bruises, six men and
one woman finally landed in the First
precinct station, after the police had
used their sticks freely. II was some
time before the police learned what
started all the trouble, but the Greeks
finally decided to talk a little, and adj
mitted that II was a woman.
Simon Lambros is the proprietor of IL
shoe shining establishment at 752 Four
teenth street. Next door. at 734, is a
lunchroom, conducted by Greek.
whose name is Nick
Like American Girl.
The employees Of the shoe shining
place and the eating house nave not
been on very good terms. It seems, be-
cause of the persistence Of he bootblach
artists in the efforts to pay attention
. a Miss Miller. an American sIrl who
hands out sandwiches ana coffee baCs
of the counter IN the place next door
This young lady was the only one
who showed any disposition 10 tax
when a reporter tired TO find out wEat
had happened.
Now. 7 m a stranger here-Ouly beer
in Washington four Weeks-and the only
boy I know real well is Nick" she said
It should be explained that this Mich
Is not the Mex who owns the place
He is Nick Pcrres, who works in ths
lunch room just at this point OF tnS
Interview, Nick, the proprietor, came
running in, threw up his hands, anC
said his business would be ruined IL D
got in the papers
Miss Miller Explains.
Miss Miller. however, explained to hin
that it was better 10 have the real facts
stated, and Nick Gained down
Now, TO continue, said Miss Miller
ever since I've been in Washington
those boys in the bootblack place have
been annoying me I never said any
thing about it until this morning, wher
/ told Nick" This time il was Nick
the friend. and not Nick, thu. proprietor
soon as I told Nick, he goes neNl
door TO tell them they must stop bother
ing me He didn't go in there TO nght
He ,tust wanted 10 tell them pedceTu
like that they must quit bOtheriug me.
Miss Miller didn't know how the ngh
started. 1t began in the bootblack place
and ended on the sidewalk. All INT
Greeks in the neighbOThoOd got into ]
before long, and by the time Policemen
Messer. Farquhar, Holmes, and Conner
got around Piood was flowing freely.
Flower Pots Fly.
Andrus .Dracos. who also works III III
lunch room, was apparently getting
little the worst Of IT, when his wife
Erena. ran out and picked up howe
pot. The flower pot did its work 70
after that the lunchroom contingent be
gan forcing the shoe pOlishers dow
Fourteenth street. ETena told the polio
that she was only defending her bette
half when size pitched the flower pot
but the hluecoats charged her with as
sault. and made her put up 50 collaJeTd
for her appearance In the Police +oui
tomorrow. Nick PeTres, and Andfu
Dracos also had 20 put up 50 each
Simon Iambros deposited SO for aim
self and $ each for James Lambro
and STAN Fellow, who work Tor hin
Ares Cont0us is also credited with $
on the bIotter at No. l, but il WASH
made very clear just how he figured /
the affrav.
Lambros was cut on the arms and fac
End had TO 60 TO the Emergency Hos
aital for repairs. None Of the other
was badly hurt Half an hour after IN
party was released from The static
thev all went back to their respectiv
places Of business, shining shoes an
Is r7FHa r4fEe Z
conCernedlv al If nothing had happened