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The Washington times., 1919-04-17
SHOULD BOARD MEN
. SMOKE IN SCHOOL?

Is it proper for men to smoke in a
Washington school room at night?
This is the question which must be
answered by the Board OF Education.
The issue was raised at a meeting
OF the board yesterday. William H.
Linkins, OF the Mt. Pleasant Citizens
Association, asked permission for the
members to smoke at their meetings
in the Powell School.
I'VE are forbidden to smoke in the
school," declared Mr.. Linkins. while
the members are engaged in discus
sion or debate they like to smoke. 1t
makes them feel more at home"
George +. Hamilton, who, besides
being president OF the Board of Ed
ucation, is also president of the Cap
ital Traction Company, looked rather
sympathetic.
lis it the desire of the members to
chew tobacco in the school. too?" he
asked.
NO" said Mr.. Linkins. I'VE just want
to smoke"
The board was undecided.
Mrs. Margarita Gerry and Mrs
Susie Root Rhodes, women members
of the board. appeared rather dis
turbed.
Finally the matter was taken Un-
der consideration"
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
D. c. Police Efficient?
Surely! They Recover
Same Stolen Car Twice

stolen again. Can you beat IT"
CALCULATED Detective Edward KeI-
Iy. Of headquarters early ycsteF-
day morning when a stolen car
which had previously been rccoy-
cred only a few minutes before
mysterieusly disappeared from
the street at police headquarters.
The stolen machine was recov-
cred in front OF the War Depart
ment by Detectives Kelly, Scrive-
ner, and Police Chauffeur Alli-
good. Finding the car locked.
and as they could not start il. the
detectives rolled il from the War
Department to the Municipal
building.
After making the report at
headquarters the detectives went
out to examine the car only to-
find that 1t had disappeared. 4
short time later the First precinct
reported that "a stolen car had
been recovered in front OF head
quarters and had been rolled to
the First precinct station.
Case closed" murmured the
three headquarters men as they
rested and mopped their bro~s
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
Lady Dry Leader Bathed
Right Before the Public,
Along With Lots Of Men

A lot of distinguished folks had
a bath at the Capitol today.
There were George Washington.
Gen. Robert E. Lee, Gen. Ulysses
S. Grant. Daniel Webster, James
A. Garfield and a lot OF others.
They were washed by women.
too. Scrubwomen
Armed with brooms, brushes,
and rags and other accoutre-
ments, the bath-giving army
marched to Statuary Hall. and
proceeded to give the statues a
going-over that would have made
a small boy being gotten ready for
Sunday school feel he had been
mildly dealt with.
Even Sequoia, the famous In
dian from Oklahoma, was not
spared.
And as for Frances z. Willard.
the lady who said: THE saloon
must go"-well. her sex availed
her not. She was washed. along
with the rest.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
TEACHERS OF
j. S. WATCH
WOOD CASE
Back D. C. Union In Fight for
Resembling of Order Suspend
ing Miss Wood.

The support of teachers throughout
the nation for Washington school
teachers in their fight for the rescind-
ing OF the order suspending Miss Alice
Wood for her discussion Of current
events, is developing today.
Charles B. Spillman, president Of
the American Federation OF Teachers,
who arrived in Washington today,
told The Times that the Washington
teachers may be assured of the sup
port of the tens of thousands of
teachers I'm the federation.
Mr.. Stillman is in the National
Capital to study first hand the Board
OF Education-teacheFs' fight, and to
attend a meeting Of the school COM
mittee Of the American Federation OF
Labor.
Teachers throughout the United
states are watching the fight in the
National Capital with great Interest" !"
stated Mr. Spillman. They know that
IL the teachers win. they will be able
to follow the policy OF freedom Of
discussion. They know that II the
teachers lose. other boards OF edu-
cation will follow the lead OF the
Washington board and froWn on dis
cussion OF 'bolsheVism, the league OF
nations. etc"
THE teachers OF the National Cap
ital may be sure OF the sympathy and
support Of the federation"
Final FACTION By the Board. Of Edu-
cation in response to the appeal Of
Miss Wood, for the resembling
of the order suSpending her, still is
undecided today, following the failure
of the board yesterday to act on Miss
Woods request
The board. during a brief business
session, following a secret conference,
adjourned until Monday afternoon.
The case of Miss Wood was dis
cussed at the conference, but no ac-
ton was decided upon," said George
E. Hamilton, president of the board,
following the meeting. "The decision
of the board will probably be an
nounced on Monday"
Paul f. Lesh, attorney for the
Teachers Union. told newspaper men
at the meeting yesterday that he has
drafted the bills to be filed in the
District Supreme Court IL the board
refuses to clear Miss Woods record.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
SOLDIER,
BOY, Z, IS SHOT

Playing soldier resulted fatally for
Jesse Battle, colored, aged twelve,
yesterday when he was shot through
the lungs by the accidental discharge
OF q .22-caliber rife.
The lad had just returned from TAX
ing dinner to his father, Jesse Battle,
a postofhce employe, and had gone
upstairs to play with q companion.
Frederick Smith, aged IA In at
tempting to execute the movement,
Right about face" the gun. although
believed to be unlOaded. was dis
charged. the bullet entering Jesse's
back and penetrating the lungs.
The dead boys mother says that
she was ironing downstairs when she
heard the shot and the boys voice
cry. Mother, mother She ran up
stairs Immediately TO find him covered
with blood, and he died almost at
once in her arms. Coroner hewitt
will conduct the inquest this after
noon at the morgue at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
MRS. ANNE ELIZABETH MARSH,

When one is 1O1 years old. one b
entitled to be reminiscent. philosoph-
ical, and to give advice. Which ap-
plies to Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Marsh,
Washington's oldest woman, who
celebrates her 1O1st anniversary to-
morrow and who has an important
message for the young girl of today.
Don't waste your energy on things
that are not worth while" she says.
You'll never live to be hundred if
you do. What's more, you'll never
really enjoy life. and, after all. the
satisfaction one has in life, and not
the mere length of life. is what really
counts"
Mrs. Marsh now resides at 1871
Thirty-third street, northwest, with
her only living daughter, Mrs. Charles
Stake. over the century mark, she
still takes a keen interest in the af-
fairs OF the world A woman of ma
young. she has had the greatest sat
isfaction Of her life in seeing the
end OF the world war. She says she
will die content after the last sigma
ture is put to the peace treaty and
she can feel that peace at last reigns
supreme.
Burn Candle at Both Ends.
"The trouble with the girls OF to-
day" Mrs. Marsh declares in her
good-natured, Retrospective way. lis
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
CAVALRYOF
FOR n. Y. PARADE

Led by Lieut.. Col Charles r. Mayo.
the First Squadron OF the Eleventh
Cavalry composed OF troops A, B. c.
and D, left Washington this morn
ing on the first lap OF its hike to
New York. where il will take part
in the parade in celebration OF the
Victory Loan. May 3.
Preceded by a motor train of six
OF the largest army trucks. the 253
men and twelve officers proceeded in
column of fours from the Georgetown
bridge, after leaving Fort Myer,
thence by way of N street and Flor
ida avenue to the Baltimore pike to
the first camp tonight near Laurel
Baltimore. Havre de Grace, and Will
mington are to be the first camping
places.
Just when they will arrive in New
York depends on the weather and the
state OF the roads. Cavalry marches
at the rate of about twenty-five miles
per day, and as the detachment Is
due in New York the 3Oth OF the
month. it will be taken by easy
stages
The men were equipped with full
LAGlu SBd6Gs GNGNg laNSn
real service with the exceptions Or the
gas masks.
The heavier and bulkier impedi-
menta is in the trucks. including the
office equipment, field kitchens, and
food supplies.
As a rule, the motor trucks go
somewhat faster on the route than
the column itself, so that they will
not only arrive at camp each night
before the troops, but staying in the
morning after the column has pulled
out they will clean up, pack and
overtake the men on the way.
1t is expected the squadron will be
encamped in Van Cortlandt Park, at
242d street. New York city. while
there.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
c. v. j. GIRLS CAN'T
ROLL EASTER EGGS

George Washington University
won't get a chance to roll eggs on
Easter Monday. Instead, they will
have to stay in school and bury their
noses in their books. And II the girls
want to eat any chocolate eggs
they'll either have to skip class or
DO il while the teacher isn't looking.
For the Easter holidays have been
cut at the university. The students
are going TO get only one day-GOod
Friday. And that's hardly a holiday,
for if a student wants to be half
way decent he has to spend the best
part OF the day in church.
Blame it all on the FLU" During
the Spanish influenza epidemic last
fall the university was closed for
about month. This loss Of time will
be compensated for by pairing holi-
days and extending the academic
year a week.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
TRIED TOBRING RUM
IN THROUGH WOODS

A scheme to smuEgle booze into
the District by a new route was frus-
trated by Lieut.. James L. Giles, OF the
Tenleytown police precinct, when he
arrested Frank Davis, colored, Of
Howard street northwest, as Davis
and two companions were Juggling
III half-pint TASKS Of liquor in q
gUnny sack through woods near
Somerset, Nd.
Davis today will be tried in Police
Court on the charge OF violation Of
the Reed bOne-dry law. His two
companions escaped.
Davis and his two friends yesterday
went to Rockville and from there
Journeyed to Ellicott City. Nd, in an
automobile and purchased the whis-
key. They returned in the machine to
Rockville and transferred the LIQUOR
10 a street car, which they left at
Somerset. 1t was while they were
going through the woods with the
liquor that Lieutenant Giles and Po-
licemen Stevens and McLucas took
Davis into custody and confscated his
booze.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17

that they burn the candle at both
ends and fritter their youth and
strength away on very worthless
things. A home, a good husband. and
children OF ones own are just as
much the recipe for happiness for the
girl OF 1919 as il was for the girl Of
century ago.
"A S25-a-weelS husband, with a
good heart and a clean life, Is more
Of prize for the girl of today than
all the gay young rich men who
only leave a trail OF broken hearts
and disillusiOned girls. The girls of
today want a man with his fortune
made. Instead. they should be like
the pioneer women of yesterday, con-
tent to help their husbands make
their way in the world and pull
shoulder to shoulder.
No Change In Real Things.
'!Times have changed" Mrs. Marsh
admitted readily, but the real things
OF life never change. and in spite of
all our progress. our inventions. our
feminism, love and the right man,
her own little home. and her babies
at her knee are what the girl of to-
day really wants. If they miss out
on them. they will only be restless,
dissatisfied women"
This remarkable old lady was born
April Is, 1918. in Frederick, Md, and
is the mother of seven children. all
but three Of whom she has survived
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
GUN, not SHORTY
WAS ON HIS HIP

Joseph Ellis. colored. of Spartans-
burg. N c.. will spend six months in
the District Jail as a result Of a pis-
toI having been found on him whsn
he was arrested at Union Station last
night.
Ellis was seen staggering through
the concourse and was taken :ntO
custody by a policeman on the charge
Of being drunk.
At the Sixth precinct police station
he was searched, and a big army re-
volver was found in his poclSs.-
He was sentenced by Judge Hardi-
son in Police Court today for carry
ing a pistol, and fined SO for being
drunk
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
IS NAMED
ASST. ATTORNEY

District Attorney John T. Laskev
today appointed Morgan H. Beach As
sistant District Attorney, TO succeed
Henry W. Sohon. resigned. Mr. Beach
is a former district attorney and was
also an assistant attorney in the De-
partment of Justice.
The vacancy created by the recent
death of Assistant District Attorney
Mabry Van Fleet was filled by tn. ap-
pointment of l.. Randolph Mason.
heretofore associated with the law
firm Of Berry & Minor. Captain Ma
son served a year and a half i'm the
army as captain Of infantry Both
Mr.. Beach and Mr.. Mason are well
known in legal circles
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
MADDOX LEFT S306,10o;
BULK GOES TO SISTERS

Judge J. e. williams. OF Baltimore.
has filed a petition for the probate
of the will of Samuel Maddox. a we'll
known lawyer who recently died The
estate is valued at S306.1OO. Judge
Williams was named executor.
MaddOx's stock holdings are valued
at S137,6OO; bonds at SIS, 900; notes.
secured by mortgage. $91, 900: insuT-
ance. S4.5OO; cash, S2.500. The real
estate is valued at S45,5O0.
The greater part of the estate is 70
be divided among the testator's sis
ters, Anne F. Maddox, Mrs. Cora b.
Williams, OF Baltimore, and Mrs.
Sophia NJ. Wood, OF this city. The e.
tate is represented by Attorney n.
Prescott Galley.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
Sen. Cores Talk Box"
Gets Lost In Action"
No Records" In Case

Can a thief steal a talking ma
chine while it is playing7
Anyhow, a mahogany phono-
graph and fifty records, valued at
$500, have been stolen from the
apartment of Senator Thomas P.
Gore, 1853 Mintwood place north
west, according to a report made
TO the police today.
The disappearance of the pho
nograph is puzzling the police, as
they have been unable to learn
how the thief moved it from the
apartment
The records were mostly from
operas.
The theft was committed some
time between April l and yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
HELD FOR GRAND JURY
ON dope" FORGERY CHARGE

Victor II. Sprague, a former phar-
macist and confessed drug addict, to-
day was held for the action of tho
grand jury by Judge Hardison, in
Police Court on the charge Of forg-
ing the names of Washington physi.
clans to prescriptions for narcotic
drugs.
Sprague was arrested last week by
Inspector Saunders while attempting
to have a prescription for narcotic
drugs filled by Northeast Washing
ton druggist. Because OF hiS condi-
tion, due to drugs, SpraEue was sent
10 the Washington Asylum Hospital
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
CoNDUCTOR SUES FOR $4,000.

napolis railroad has been named de-
fendant in a suit filed by Warren
SadIeT. a conductor on the line. for
$4,000 damages for alleged personal
injuries. Sadler, who is represented
by Attorneys John c. Foster and c. r.
Colvin. alleges that a freight car
August 2l. last, collided with the car
en- which he was conductor, crushing
him and iEjuring him seriously and
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
SEEKING DIVORCE, SAYS
HUSBAND LOSES MONEY

Her husband squandered his money
at cards and other games, thereby
depriving her of the necessities OF
life alleges Mrs. Gladys A Wade
Itch in a suit for limited divorce and
alimony against George Waidelich,
who. she says. earns $3.50 a month.
Mrs. Waidelich, represented by At
torney Frank s. Palladini, alleges that
her husband January II last "be-
came enraged and without prOvoca-
tion struck her blow across the
face" She also says that he uses
stimulants "to excess"
A subpoena has been issued inform
ing Waidelich OF his wife's suit.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
2 SHOOTING SUSPECTS
ARE RELEASED ON BAIL

Elmer Cox and Wilbur Neal. botn
colored, who were arrested Monday
night while bringing 72O quarts of
Whiskey into the District, and who
were held as suspects in the shooting
OF John Metzerott, jr., today were Te-
leased on bail.
Cox and Neal gave $1,000 bail on
the boOtlegging charge and $4,000
bail for their appearance in court at
Hyattsville when the charges against
them as suspects in the shooting are
heard.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
CHILDLESS COUPLE ADOPT
e-YEAR-OLD ORPHAN GIRL

Little Veronica Metzger has become
Veronica Sandoz and il was done with
stroke of the pen by Justice Hitz
when he signed his name to a decree
permitting Auguste Sandoz and Mrs.
Jeanne SandOz TO adopt the nine-year-
old girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sandoz, i'm their petit
ton, said the parents OF Veronica
wer6 dead. that they had no children
Of their own and would be glad to
adopt the girl and make her their
heiress They reside at 1929 X street
northwest.
Veronica was born in New York
city September 20. 1910. Attorneys
Hamilton & Hamilton represented
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
PRESBYTERIAN HOME GETS
$1,000 BY VAN FLEET WILL

The Presbyterian Homo OF this city
is to receive 81 900 under the will OF
Mrs. Janet S. Van Fleet. which has
been filed for probate. other cash
bequests include 81 900 each to Miss
Mary Stewart, and to her sister, Mrs
McEwan. OF Glasgow, Scotland.
Mrs. Lizzie Miller, a cousin, is
given $4,000: William, Jean W. and
Robert Miller, cousins OF Cleveland
Ohio. are given $1,000 each. The
premises at 217 c street southeast
are included in the property devised.
Attorney Charles w. DaTr Is appoint
ed executor Mrs. Van Fleet died
April s last.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
DEALER FINED FOR
UNLICENSED MILK

Martin L. Shawn. a dairyman Of
403 II street northeast. today WAS
fined SIS by Judge Hardison in Police
Court on the charge of bringing milk
into the District without a permit
from the Health Department.
Shawn was convicted on January =
by a jury. but sentence WAS deferred
by Judge Hardison until today. In
spectors of the Health Department
testing milk received by Shawn. say
they found it had been shipped into
Washington from an unlicensed farm
in Virginia.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
AID
Of FARMERS
FOR M|LKCUT
Or. Fowler In Virginia Following
Dealers Refusal to Lower
Price to Fourteen Cents.

The fight for 14-cent milk in Wash
ington today entered a new phase.
Following the refusal of Washing
ton distributors to bind themselves to
a 14-cent-a-quart price to the con-
sumner, DR.. William c. Fowler. District
Health Officer, today departed for
Virginia to confer with officers of the
Maryland and Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers' Association. He did not re-
veal what he hopes TO accomplish.
Refuse I4-Cent Price.
The decision of DR.. Fowler to con-
fer with the producers was reached
after a meeting in the District build
ing yesterday. in which several milk
distributors declared they could not,
and intimated that they would not,
reduce the price Of milk to II cents a
quart this summer.
The rebellion of the dealers against
the 14-cents-a-quart price plan came
as a result OF a previous meeting. in
which w. A. Simpson and H. L. Black,
two of the large distributors in Wash
ington, agreed to sell milk this sum-
mer for IA cents a quart retail.
Health Department officials OBJ
served this morning that in view of
the stand of the dealers, the Mary
land and Virginia Milk Producers
Association may see its way clear to
withdraw its offer to reduce the
wholesale price Of milk to 33h cents
gallon on May !.
This view is taken because the
producers promised to lower the
wholesale price of milk only if the
Washington distributors promised to
lower the retail price of milk.
Says II Can BE Done.
DR.. Fowler hopes to formulate some
plan whereby the tentative agree
nent of the producers to lower the
wholesale price will be kept and the
retail prices in Washington reduced
as planned.
milk can be sold at IA cents a
quart in Washington and the dealers
can still make a fair profit, If they
pay only 33k cents a gallon for the
milk" stated DR.. Fowler.
milk at II cents q quart brings
sc cents a gallon, which means a
gross profit of 22h cents a gallon.
Expenses must be paid out of this
amount, but the net proceeds will re-
turn a fair proht to the dealers"
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
SEEK ESCAPED SCHOOL BOYS.

The police have been asked to look
out for three colored boys who es-
capped from the National Training
School for Boys. on Bladensburg road
northeast yesterday. The Doys were
last seen on Bladensburg road coming
toward the city. They are Ralph
BuckueT. seventeen years old. Angus
tus Smith. sixteen years old, and Ar
thur Belcher. eighteen years old All
wore the regulation uniforms % the
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
Run INTO BY AUTO, SHE
SUES FOR 100000

One hundred thousand dollars dam
ages are claimed in a suit filed by
Nellie NJ. johnson against Mrs. r A.
Caldwell, alleging personal injuries.
Miss Johnson, represented by Atttor-
neys Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph H.
Yeatman, and T. Morris WampIer. as
serts that July 20, last, she was stand
ing on a grass plot near the White
House when Mrs. Caldwell, with her
machine, ran into her, fractured her
arm and shoulder, and injured one Of
her eyes so severely that the sight
is impaired permanently.
The Washington times., 1919-04-17
LOCKED UP WHEN
SANE, GETS $1,000
Refuse I4-Cent Price.

Frank Langellotti. who filed suit
against Reuben Weinstein and Joseph
j. Arnaud for $35.oOO damages for
causing Langellotti to be detained in
an insane asylum when he was OF
sound mind, has been awarded a YER
dict Of $1,000 against Arnaud by a
Jury in Justice Stafford's court.
The whereabouts of Weinstein is
not known, and service could not be
had on him. Langellotti alleged that
Arnaud and Weinstein, on August 10,
1917, made a sworn statement that
they had known him for three years,
and that he was not a fit person to be
about; that he should be detained in
an insane asylum. Langellotti spent
FIVE days in the asylum, where he said
he was stripped of his clothes. put in
overalls. and had to associate with
mental and physical detectives.