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The Washington times., 1919-03-18
SEEK TWENTY TONS.
OF OLD CLOTHING

The District Chapter OF the Red
Cross is planning to collect twenty
tons of old winter clothing from the
people of Washington during the week
beginning next Monday.
This amount has been designated
as WashingtOn's quota of a 1O.OO0-ton
consignment of old clothes which Is
being collected by the national Red
Cross organization for the relief Of
the destitute populations OF Belgium,
northern France, Serbia, and other
allied nations. Mems, women's, and
chiIdren's clothes are needed, the only
restriction is that they be winter
clothing and in fairly good condition.
Arrangements have been made by
officials Of the District Red Cross
Chapter to have the police stations
and fire houses act as receiving sta
tions for the garments, and those
with old clothes TO donate will be
asked to deliver them TO the nearest
police station or fire house Re-
liveries may also be made at chap
ter headquarters. 1880 Connecticut
avenue. and at the warehouse. Della
ware avenue and c street.
Mrs. John A. Dougherty. chairman
Of the salvage committee, is in charge
of the old clothes drive for the Dis
trict chapter.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
BOY TRAVELLER
HAS MENAGERIE

A bundle OF boxes followed by a
dog aIighted from a Southern train at
Union Station.
Detectives SpringnaE and Hugh
lett saw a small boy emerge from the
pile and scratch his head as if IN
doubt as to which direction to take
and how to carry his burden.
The detectives offered him assist.
ance to detective headquarters. Today
the boy, who is Herbert Glare Normile,
twelve years old, is at the house of
detention awaiting word from his
parents.
His boxes were opened and it was
discovered they contained a skunk,
two white mice. a rabbit and a chick en-
in addition 20 the dog, which the lad
had brought from Tampa. Fla. his
home.
Herbert explained that his father
was in the candy business in Los
Angeles, Cal, and that his mother and
himself were engaged in the same
business in Tampa. He said that re-
Gently his mother left him in charge
OF her candy wagon and went TO Blr-
mingham, Ala. for a rest. His job
grew tiresome. and he decided to go
to live with his aunt, Mrs. J. H. Greg
oTy, Holmsville. n. Y.
He packed up" boxed his menage-
rle and boarded a train. Between sobs
the boy told the officers that he had
decided to see Washington before con-
tinuing his journey TO New York.
At the detention house, Herbert is
offering his skunk to visitors as a
gift. No takers
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
PREFERS
COLD TEA TO BOOZE

Cold tea is not nearly as bad for
the stomach as bootleg whiskey,'
says Major Raymond w. Pullman. in
bulletin for policemen, entitled
Vinegar and Tea" published today
Major Pullman adds:
DO not waste sympathy on the
person who has paid a dollar for q
half-pint of vinegar. cider. stale
uear-beer, which bootleggers are sell
ing for whiskey.
''If a man gets tea instead of boot
leg whiskey. tell him he is lucky
even il he did part with perfectly
good money.
persons selling vinegar or tea for
whiskey should not be charged with
false pretenses; vinegar sellers hurt
bootleg business almost as much as
prison sentences.
The 'rummy' who encourages
bootleEging is as useless a citizen as
the bootlegger. Both are parasites,
disgraces to the community"
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
TAKE
70 PICKETS
At RALEIGH.
Nineteen Men and One Woman
Are Arrested for Carrying
Signs Without Permit.

Nineteen striking walters and q
woman sympathizer. picketing the
Raleigh Hotel. were arrested at 4
o'clock this afternoon by a squad Of
police from the First precinct sta
tion on charge Of carrying signs with
out a permit
The walters have been eonducting q
picket about the hotel since they were
locked out OF the establishment q week
ago.
The strikers were released altar
each had put up S25 for his appear
ance in Police Court tomorrow.
The one woman arrested. Mrs. An
ME Degelman, wife OF one OF the
strikers, also was released on coli
lateral
The raid on the procession OF ban
ner-bearers was conducted by Cap
tain Fathers. Of the First precinct
station. Assisting him were Sergeant
Woodstock, Precinct Detective FORT
ney and Bicycle Policeman Dierkoph.
The arrests were made during the
lunch hour Of scores OF the hotels
patrons, many OF whom left their
tables 20 watch "A crowd OF several
hundred clerks on their lunch hour
gathered around the Officers and the
prisoners.
Policemen were stationed about the
hotel to see that the strikers did not
return with banners to resume their
picketing.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
HOLD EIGHT MEN ON
TIRE THEFT CHARGE

Eight men were arrested Uy TIC
police early today within an hour
after. it is charged, they broke into
the automobile accessory store o.
CHASER, Blum E. Co.. 2030 Seventh
street northwest. and stole sixteen
automobile tires.
The men are locked up at the
Eighth precinct police station on
charges Of HOUSEKEEPING. The tires.
valued at $500, were recovered.
Leon Edwards, who lives IN Jack
son Hall alley. was surprised by police
led by Lieut. Walter Emerson, OF the
Eighth precinct. who knocked at his
door at o'clock this morning. CAT
ing to the officers to wait, Edwards
climbed through skylight and at
tempted TO escape.
Edwards was caught on the roof OF
an adjoining house. Police fourd
eleven auto tires in Edwards house.
The robbery was discovered at 1:3C
o'clock this morning. An hour later
the eight men were locked up at the
Eighth police precinct station.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
COLUMBUS DOCUMENT AT
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

The Library Of Congress has just
put on exhibition a document signed
by Ferdinand and Isabella, dated six
years before the discovery Of Amer
lea, and bearing the royal seal OF the
King and Queen.
1t is the gift OF J. Alderman Coles,
NJ. D.. LII. D., Of New York. and IS
framed with a number of interesting
old portrait prints of Columbus and
the King and Queen Of CASTLE.
With this the library exhibits waht
is known as the Columbus Codex, a
copy made in 1902. under Columbus
supervision, Of his commission as high
admiral and Viceroy, and his other
powers. privileges, and grants. The
CodeK is on parchment, and, like the
Ferdinand and Isabella document, is a
beautiful specimen OF Spanish writ
ing OF the period.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
TRAP TRAPPER
Of GUARDIANS
OF "SHORTIES"
Marked Bills, Alleged EASY
Money" Cause Arrest of
Police Bootleg" Spotter.

Il am victim Of a frame-up," de-
elared John r. Cole, forty-eight years
old, guard at the District House Of
Detention and formerly a police
agent" used TO trap vioIators Of the
liquor laws, who will be tried today
On charge Of conspiring to defeat
justice i'm the case OF Julia Higgins,
awaiting trial for selling liquor here
last June.
Cole was trapped with two marked
$50 bills, given him by the Higgins
woman, who lives at 1888 r street
northwest The woman told SerRts
ira Sheets and J. o. B. Gray, of the
Second Precinct, that Cole had in
formed her she could not be convict
ed Of violation of the Sheppard law
il he was eliminated from the case
as a witness.
"If you give me $40 I will leave the
District and go West" the womah
quoted Cole. They cannot convict
you without my testimony" The
woman confded in Sergeants Sheets
and Gray, and the trap was set. The
woman was given two marked $50
bills. She went to Coles house last
night, called him to the street, and
gave him the money. The arrest of
Cole followed
Cole worked for the police last
June, aiding them to trap bootleg
gers. He introduced Lieut. Joseph
Pierson and Sergeant Benham, of the
''vicee squad" to Julia Higgins, and
they purchased whiskey from her.
Her arrest followed and her case
since has been pending.
Cole frequently has been a witness
against bootleggers In Police Court,
and his testimony has caused numer-
Gus convictions. He has been sus>
pended, pending court action in his
case. by Major Pullman. Cole came
to Washington two years ago from
Virginia.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
JENNEWINE KEPT 19O OTIS.
OF THE 'GENUINE,' SHE SAYS

Charging that he kept $50 quarts
OF liquor in the house regularly and
that he was intoxicated most OF the
time, Mrs. LOra G. Jennewine has
brought suit in the District Court
for a limited divorce from John J.
Jennewine.
The wife charges that her husband
bought whiskey with the money she
gave him to pay the grocery bills
In 1917. she had to apply to the
Juvenile Court for relief because no
would not provide for her, the wifs
charges.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
CLERK ARRESTED
FOR MAIL THEFT

Alleged 10 have been trapped pock-
citing a decoy letter containing S4
which had been placed in the mails
Br0die Fl. CoakIey. twenty-eight years
old. a clerk in the city postoffce. was
arrested and today was held in bonds
for the action Of the Federal grand
Jury by United states Commissioner
Isaac r. Hit.
COakley, who has been employed in
the postoffice for three months. is
charged with the theft OF money from
the mails. He was arrested last night
by Postoffice Inspector Charles H.
Saffel, who laid the trap.
ITS the first letter ! ever stole,
was the only statement Coakley is
said u have made.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
SEEK THIEF WHO STOLE
1900 COFFIN NAILS"

The police today are looking for
the thief who entered the basement
Of the Washington Hotel and stOls
1000 cigarettes valued at more than
$500.
Morris ]. Goodman, manager of the
cigar stand at the Washington Hote,-
told The Times today the cigarettes
were stolen by some one familiar with
the hotel.
whoever the thief was" Goodman
said, che walked into the hotel. went
down the stairs to the basement. en-
tered our storeroom, put the ciga-
=ettes under his arm and walked out
Of the hotel"
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
Absent Minded Man
'FOrgets" 4-Year-0Id
Son on D. c. Street Car

r. w. Sinclair. conductor for
the Capital Traction Company,
believes he has discovered the
most absent-minded man in the
world.
The man boarded Sinclair's car
at Seventh street and Florida
avenue northwest with his four
year-old son. At Eighteenth and
L. streets the man alighted, leav-
ing his son on the car.
About two hours later the
father dashed INTO the Seventh
street car barn and found that
his son had been PIT TO bed.
He said he had just forgotten
the boy"
The Washington times., 1919-03-18

Here's the record
Scorpion COnstantnOpe, Turkey,
harbor four years and months
Escape cut by mil nets
mistaken for the Sultans imperial yacht.
Boehmer, men, received piece of mail in
from his mother Every
Hugh Mcdonald received mail at all.
They given every weeks,
provided-they paid $3.50 for civilian suit of clothes.
They guarding embassy the began
Turkey suspected communicating
and confined the ship.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
FATAL KICK BASIS
FOR $4,000 SUIT

A kick in the stomach alleged TO
lave been given January u last by
Joseph 'Dodson, the seventeen-year-
old son Of Joseph Dodson, to Kermit
=. Neverson, the thirteen-year-o old
son OF Alexander Neverson, as a re-
suit Of which young Eeverson died
January % last, is made the basis Of
= suit for $4,000 damages filed to-
DAY by the latter's father against the
father Of young Dodson.
Neverson. represented by Attorney
J.. G. Grossman, alleges that his son
was placed under the care of a phy-
stefan and taken to Georgetown Uni
,crsity Hospital. where he was op-
Grated on, and that he died January
% as a result Of the fatal kick.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
SUES FOR MAINTENANCE.

Mrs. Grace ". Grant today filed suit
for maintenance against Dudley fl.
Grant, who she says is employed n
the Bureau Of Chemistry at an an
nual salary OF $1,740. Mrs. Grant,
represented by Attorney 7. Morris
Wampler, alleges. that her husband
has subjected her to a systematic
course of ill-treatment and abuse"
and that he deserted her, leaving her
without support.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
BITTEN BY DOG

James e. Norris, seventy years old.
OF 6405 Blair road northwest. was
bitten on the left hand by an un-
muzzled dog today while walking in
front Of his home. The dog was shot
by Marshall Smith, OF 6401 Blair
road northwest. Norris wound was
cauteriZed by his family physician.
The Washington times., 1919-03-18
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The FIRST ROUND
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Always ready for use, il takes littls
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The Washington times., 1919-03-18
LEAVES ALI TO WIDOW

Mrs. Minnie D. McBee is named sole
beneficiary and executrix of the esta: e
of her husband. Randolph McBee. who
died March 10, last. and whose will.
dated January =. 1910. was filed for
probate today.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06
BOMB OUTRAGES

r OVAL citizens everywhere will
IL hope that the dastards who
placed the bombs in the mails
at New York recently will be caught
and punished to the extent of the
law.
So far the only victims have been
a poor negro maid who lost both
hands opening one of the Internal
machines, and the wife of a United
States Senator who was injured
while standing nearby.
The United States Department of
Justice has been entirely too lax IN
it's treatment of foreign radicals
Repeatedly, it is said, its agents
have declined to investigate condi-
tions that have been reported to
them. On more than one occasion
men could have been caught red
handed had the government con-
sented to act. There has been en-
tirely too much leniency, perhaps
for political reasons, in the depart
ment's attitude toward these das-
tards and the public has reached a
stage where it is demanding that
stringent measures be taken to
break up the outrages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06

1yOW that there is every indica-
M ton that the Philadelphia
charter bills will pass the Leg
islature with a minimum of trouble,
considering such highly combustible
legislative material, it is to be hoped
that no time will be lost in ascer-
tanning the amount Of money that
can be appropriated and appropriat-
ing it as the law directs.
Valuable time has gone beyond
recall this session, it must be admit
ted, and once more it seems likely
that the end of the appropria-
tion period will be here before the
money bills are approved. But that
can be gotten around if the esti-
mates are promptly made and the
appropriation program outlined. The
State will have large sum available,
but the demands for cash are out of
all reason and there must be some
pruning. This can be handled by
the Legislature and the Governor
not only relieved from the job of
cutting, but the State government
and persons having business with it
can know in advance what they are
going to get and make arrangements
accordingly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06
Present Business Situation

A comprehensive and graphic re-
port on the present business situa-
ton has been prepared by the Unit
ed States Chamber of Commerce.
The conclusion as to conditions is
encouraging and the outlook hape-
full. 1t is pointed out that in this
country new construction and de-
velopment enterprises are necessary
to keep fully employed all the pro-
ductive possibilities of the country.
In other words, replacement and re-
pair in our domestic business upon
which we seem now to be depend
ing, if not added to by progressive
enterprise in expanding fields, would
ordinarily bring about a period of
recession. We lack in the present
situation the stimulus of building
which creates widening demand
through many other trades. The re-
port sees, however, greater activity
in the near future in construction
enterprises. But the wonder which
is emphasized is that the present
volume of business continues so
long. Some manufacturing lines
are reducing the number of en-
ployes because of falling orders,
while others are out seeking busi-
ness, as they have been doing for
several years. Confidence in the
future" says the report, "is grow
ing. Two factors dominate in the
outlook-one, the crops, with the
prospects of the very best; the 9TH
er, the European situation, which
puzzles the perplexes from day to
day." But throughout this peril
nent and intelligent investigation of
business conditions, there is no note
of pessimism.-TheB Bache Review.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06
STATE COLLEGE IN WAR

T HE important and honorable
part which was played by State
College in the great war will
not be appreciated by thousands of
Pennsylvanians until the record of
the institution shall have been made
up and given the intelligent public
ity which it merits. From Presi-
dent Sparks to the most humble
student the great college met every
expectation and performed a serv-
ice which cannot be realized by the
average person save as it is COM
pared with other institutions.
On Memorial Day, this year, there
will be a special service at the COL
lege in honor of the students and
the alumni who gave up their lives
been authorized by the general fac
ulty and a special committee is in
charge of the arrangements for the
event.
There were sixty-two deaths in
the war among the students and
alumni of State College. Over two
thousand members of the faculty,
alumni and student body entered
the military and naval service dur
ing the war, seventy-one members
of the faculty being included in this
number.
Six or seven of the Senior class
died in the military service during
the war and these were registered or
entitled to register for the bachelor
degree with the class of 1919. Re-
Gently the faculty decided that these
should be listed as graduates, both
in the commencement program and
the alumni registers and that the
usual diploma should be prepared
for each of these men and sent to
their parents.
AS further recognition of the
college in the war, it has been de.
cided that all of the 1000 or more
members of the faculty, alumni and
the students who entered the mill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06
Simplicity May Be OUerdOne

[From the Kansas City Starl
Europe has found it difficult to
believe that war can be prevented
in the future. Will Irwin, writing
from Paris to the Saturday Evening
Post, attributes this to the complex
tiles of the European mind. In con-
trast, he regards the American mind
as simple and all-daring. These COM
plexities prevent the European from
seeing how perfectly simple mat
ter 1t is to abolish war. But the
American mind, not being handi-
capped in this way, is going to turn
the trick and save Europe.
This sounds alluring-and familiar.
The last time we heard it was when
Henry Ford started out with the
peace ship to get the boys out of
the trenches before Christmas
Christmas, 1914.
Nobody wanted to fight, said Mr..
Ford. So why not stop the fighting ?
The idea that it was necessary for
the war to continue was simply a
bit of complexity of the European
mind. The direct acting and simple
American mind saw the futility of it
and said: why not stop it?"
So he sailed with his peace ship.
But it proved that ending the war
wasn't so simple a matter after all.
The European view was complex be-
cause the problem was complex. And
the simple American idea got no
where.
There is such a thing as being
too simple.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06

tary or naval service should be
granted an honorary certificate over
the signature of the President bear
ing testimony to the enduring graft
tude with which the college cher
ishes the patriotic devotion of the
teachers and students.
Military instruction is required at
State College by act of Congress and
has been given since 1867. AS one of
the result sof this training thirty
five per cent. of the students gained
commissions, while in the organiza-
ton of the army the ratio is less
than three per cent.
There was a fine patriotism in all
the activities of the institution
during the war and President
Sparks himself not only led in all
these activities, but suffered serious
impairment of health through his
zeal in aiding the Government at
Washington in important war work.
There are registered at the col
lege this year 3,195 students Co.
294 men and 901 women) and there
are in the correspondent course g.
500 students.
Pennsylvania is bound to feel the
great benefit of the training of it's
girls and boys at State College,
and the practical results are con-
stantly being manifested in a higher
appreciation of scientific agricul-
ture, the vital interests of forestry
and the development of our mineral
resources.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-06
Teach Arabs Arts of Peace
[From the London Times.1

I'll TOHl lH6 LOluOn llhlSS'1
Under General Marshall's benevo-
lent rule something of it's ancient
prosperity is returning to the Eu-
pirates Valley. But as one stands
on the Kasr Mound at Babylon, gaz-
ing over dreary expanse of crumb-
ling red brick, a feeling of utter
desolation is evoked.
The silence is broken only by the
swish of the vultures as they glide
lazily to earth, landing with the
awkward appearance of a crashed
monoplane, and by the shrill cries
of the green jays as they fit about
the ruins: in all the cavities of the
excavations are beautifully clear
pools, teeming with insect life; tiny
lizards and great horny iguanodons
dart hither and thither; a few camels
browse languidly beneath the palms;
above all there is the sickly scent of
dates and scorched earth; one is
alone with the past.
1t is fascinating to climb among
the ruins; one unexpectedly stumbles
across q wall covered with exquisite
brick bas reliefs, generally repre-
senting alternately lions and ''sirri;"
over half buried doorways are in
scribed tablets, in the depths of the
pools strange figures appear and
vanish among the shadows, till the
stiffness of the water is suddenly dis
turbed by the splash of frog.
The credit for the major part of
the work of excavation is due to
Professor Roldeway, a German arch
aeologist, who spent many years
among the ruins. He lived n a de-
lightful bungalow on the banks of
the old bed of the Euphrates; his
museum was looted, but the author
tiles were able to recover most of
the relics; an Arab custodian has
now been placed in charge, and the
house is used as a hostel for visit
ing officers.
Passing through nullah on to the
Baghbad-Hillah road, on this famous
highway, which has seen the march
of the armies of forgotten empires,
there is a strange mixture of the
old and new; an endless convoy of
/ Fords, carrying rations to the Eu-
pirates garrison, raises an impene-
trable cloud of dust; herd of weary
camels, bearing merchandise from
the mountains of Persia to the
shares of the Red Sea, wanders by,
apparently without aim; diminutive
donkey, almost invisible beneath a
gigantic LOAD OF straw, Is puSHeu
along by a villainous looking Arab,
clad only in grimy brown burnous;
overhead drones an airplane prob
ably taking a senior political officer
to the holy cities of Nejef or Kerbela
to settle some religious dispute.
What, it may be asked, are the
British doing in this strange, roman
tic country? The answer is appar-
Eent when one approaches Hindiah.
Here, as If by magic, acres of waving
corn relieve the monotony of the
desert landscape; companies of Arab
laborers toll languidly under the
blasphemous tongues of British N.
C. O.s; a train is being loaded with
rations and forage. The irrigation
scheme of Sir James Willcocks is
being completed and perfected, and
the army of occupation has become
almost self-supporting 1t seems fit
ting that those who have begun this
splendid work will be allowed to
continue it-for that is the wish OF
the people of this country.