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The Washington times., 1919-12-21
Santa Claus Is Coming to
Furnish Old Dobbin Banquet
Animal Rescue League Will Bring ST. Nicholas
to Cheer Faithful Horse. With.
Big Christmas Dinner
B, JEAN KNOTT.

Faithful Old Dobbin is going to
have his special Christmas dinner
Just like tho rest Of us. even though
he may be poor, old. and not OF much
use any more.
The Animal Rescue League has
completed all preparations for it's an
uual horse dinner and will serve II
Wednesday. December - at the mar
ket sheds, Twelfth and B streets
northwest, from 10 a. m. until night
fall.
A full complement Of women will
be on hand to act as Mattresses for
the ~'old faithful" and Dobbin's mas
ter will not be forgotten, either. for
he will have hot coffee and dough-
nuts at the same time.
Carrots for Desert.
There will be delicious chopped
feed. hay, oats and corn and other
horse staples. topped of with a car
rot and an apple for desert, and il
there wasn't a sugar famine there
would be a lump of sugar, too.
Last Christmas the league served
eos poor work horses with Christmas
dinner, and during the last five years
during which the custom has been fol
lowed it has similarly fed more than
1900. Every person in Washington
or vicinity having a horse which
needs a square meal is invited to
bring the animal to the feeding place
on Wednesday.
Horses being the most useful TO
man of all animals, often arc most
neglected and abused. The rack OF
bones" which used to be a common
sight on the streets OF Washington
has steadily been disappearing through
the efforts of the animal Rescue
League with the cooperation of the
Police Department, but there are
still many unfit left.
They cannot all be disposed Of
quickly, for various reasons, one OF
them is that the funds of the Rescue
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
PICTURE Brides
BANNED BY JAPAN
Nippon Government Breaks Up
Practice Protested Wig.
orousiy BY U. S.

The practice OF importing picture
brides" under which nearly 4S.ooo
Japanese women are estimated to
have come into the United States In
the last eleven years. will be brok IN
up by the Japansse goverbment Am
bassador Shidehara declared in a note
to the State Department last niTAt
These Japappese picture bridex~
have been entering the United state.
at the rate of from 5000 10 1000 a
year since the ''genticmen's agree
ment" was reached between the INIT.
ed States and Japan, in 1911. and a,
the rate Of more than. 5000 annually
the past three years II was estimated
The announced intention Of the
Japanese government to break up the
practice follows several months of
vigorous Representations to that end
by the State Department
Members Of the California delega-
tion IN Congress predicted today that
the concession OF japan undoubtedly
would clear UP the matter for all
time, and said that IL would obvixte
serious complications between Japan
and the United States. State Depart
ment officials commented favorabiy
on the friendly spirit shown by the
Japanese government In making the
concession.
The picture bride" scheme was de-
vised after the Japanese government
stopped issuance of passports to the
United States to lAborers- At that
time there were $4,000 to 15o. 900 Jap
anese In. this country.
would send his picture back TO Japan
and the picture bride" would de-
clare before the authorities that this
man was her husband. On this dcclA-
ration q passport would be given her
to join her husband" In most cases,
the man had never seen his bride"
and often the girl had been born after
her husband" had come to this coun-
try.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
CENTlLE TO HELP RAISE
JEWISH BUILDING FUND
Special Committee Formed in New
York to Push the
Campaign.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Announce-
| n:ent was made here today of the or
Eantzation of special committee Of
nationally prominent Geutiles to aid
the united building funds campaign
fol- fund OF $1o,o0O,Ooo with which
TO extend the activities and improve
the buildings OF thirty-four Jewish
Institutions.
The work OF this special committee
is to be directed from the Hotel Penn
sylVania by Col Arthur Woods, for
merry assistant to the Secretary of
War and ex-police commissioner Of
New York, and w. Ward Smith, who
conducted the successful actors fund
drive. The committee includes George
Gordon Battle, president; Nicholas
Murray Butler, of Columbia Upiyer-
sity; President Newcomb Carlton, of
the Western Union; r. Fulton Cut
tlpS, John Hays Hammond, Hamilton
Holt. Charles Evans Hughes, Arthur
Curtiss James, George Foster Pea
body, Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Franklin \. Roosevelt, Gov. Alfred Il.
Smith OF New York, and Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood.
tlon, the special committee made this
statement:
Leading Jews OF the country have
made vigorous cffo. rs TO raise a slO.-
100000 fund with which TO improve
some thirtyfour Of their public in
sttutions. many OF them nonsect4riau.
including hospitals. orphanages. day
nurseries, neiGhborhood centers and
settlement houses.
Because their funds were devoted
in war to war purposes, those ipstitu-
tions are now In financial distress.
The Gentle committee believes there
could be no ftter expression Of our
good will toward men than the MAX.
- UP by Gentii"s Of the sum Sill 70
Ue obtained"
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
VETERANS FURL FLAG.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles, william Jones,
Sefs- Geo Charles @. Long, Con-
Eressnan Yates OF Illinois. and Rob
ert Fl. Wood were the guests of honor
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
TOLD TO PICK HER
GRAVE, WIFE SAYS
Baltimore Woman Asks Divorce
When Minister Sues to Re-
cover Money.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 21.-Whiie prose
cutting suit against hts wife of SLY
months, Carrie B. Ruth. in circuit
Court. No 2. yesterday. the Rev.
Charles W. Ruth was sued by her for
a limited divorce ia circuit court. The
couple were married April 80 last aud
separated October IS The age Of
each was given as fifty years in the
marriage license and each had been
married before. The Rev. Ruth's suit
against his wife is TO recover $i.60l.sS
be, says he advanced his wife to pay
on a home.
According to Mrs. Ruth's bill Of
complaint, hr husband treatde her
with great cruelty, harshness and
brutality, at times striking her. his
conduct finally becoming 50 intoler-
able that she had to leave him. By
bis threats OF violence. she also al
legged. he prevented her returning to
her home and has contributed nothing
to her support.
Mrs. Ruth asserts that her con-
duct has always been above reproach.
She also alleged that her husband.
owned q large amount Of property,
while all she had was the residence at
2750 Riggs avenue subject to u
ground rent Of SIS. Bonsal 4 Lee arc
her attorneys.
Mr.. Ruth alleges further that his
wife left him on October "a and that
he continued to live in the house until
October 80. when he found that the
locks on the doors had been changed
and he could not get in He gained
an entrance. bowever. he states, but
his wife and her son suddenly ap-
peared and ordered him to leave. upon
threats OF having him arrested. He
asks that the property be sold IL
necessary for him to get his. money
back.
In the answer Of Mrs. Ruth and her
son to her husbands suit, II Is alleged
that Mr.. Ruth illtreated his wife 90
that she was on the verge Of . nervous
breakdown and that she had to leave
the city to recupefate.
In the trial Of the case yesterday
Mr.. Ruth admitted that two days at
ter their marriage he asked his wife
where she wanted to be buried. He
explained that the remark was made
after his wife had taken him on q
walk to the Western Cemetery.
Mr.. Ruth is Methodist clergyman
without any special charge.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
LIQUOR EXPORTERS
CANNOT GET SHIPS
Insurance Companies in Ken
lucky Refuse to Write Policies
on Alcoholic Beverages.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-With mil
lions OF gallons OF whiskey and
| liquor waiting to be exported from
this and other ports, before January
I16, when the national prohibition
Amendment becomes efectice. dis
tiilers ana other owners Of alcoholic
beverages are meeting with great diff
flculty in getting freight and cargo
space.
Shipping men declare that IL is ex-
tremely doubtful whether cargo space
can be obtained for more than COM
paratively small percentage Of the
liquors offered for export, although
some have announced a Willingness to
give preference to liquor shipments to
help distilIers and others out of their
difficulties.
Customs house officials state a
heavy export movement already is
under way.
Export of liquor to Cuba is said to
be much smaller than generally re-
ported. It is pointed out that the
heavy import duty on LIQUOR in that
country, combined with the fact that
the space in bonded warehouses and
storage plants there is greatly linn
tied, has forced exporters to seek
other fields. Last minute shipments
| probably will be made to Bermuda,
Mexico. and Central and South Ameri-
can ports.
Harris and McGill. agents for the
Dixie and Merchants and Miners
| Steamship lines, report they have
| prepared TO transport 5000 900 gallons
of whiskey from Norfolk and Balti-
, more.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
SP00K PARAPnRNAIlA
SALE EXCEEDS SUPPLY
Psychic Wave Swecping Csutsy
Causes Rs DensMd fer
Ouija boards.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2i.-A suieksnsu
interest in the psyckic 10 sweeptnx
the country in wave, n was rs~eol
ed today through informatioa that th.
sale of ouiJa boards and book a
spirituAlism had increased inmeasur.
ably In the last few monthe
Shortly after the movement begss =
attain popularity rtvalling that IN
England, ~her~ ~ reeeivsa its fuoap-
tion. ouiya boards were a. q prp-
ment stores are exberseneihg diffycxa-
ty In obtaining enough 10 supply the
demand
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
AMERICANS WED ABROAD.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec 21.--S. b.
Noomaw, OF London and Virginia
was married here to Mrs. May Old.
endorf. widow of Major +. H. Olden.
dorf. and daughter OF Mr. and Mrs
William Downs, OF Artillery Man.
sions. London. says a copyrighted dis
patch from London to the Philadet
phia Public Ledger.
Capt Norman A. r Spencer. o.
British Columbia. was married her'
to Ruth, daughter OF the late Clar
ence Starr and Mrs. Starr. of viii
minston, Ohio. and San Diego, Cal.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

Send your name ana the number OF
children you want to help on Christ
mas and be . Coed Fellow.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
POLICEMAN KILLED AS.
EGYPT RI0TNC GROWS

LONDON. Dec 2i.--A policeman y "a
killed in a fresh outbreak OF rssttng
At Alexandria Egypt said an ux-
change Telegraph dispatch from that
city today. -
Fresh troubles arose In Cairo. where
street cars were attacked and sDa1A-
ed. Eleven students were arrested.
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
Refuses Further Liability,

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 2o.-Still with
out a plan, so far as learned. to dis
pose profitably of $4,000. 900 gallons
OF liquor. before January 16 when II
must be out Of the country, Kentucky
distillers heard q pronouncement By
the Connecticut Mutual Insurance
Company branch office here. that H.
ability for whiskey could not further
be provided by the company.
This action was taken by the
company, it was announced, because
of the fact that no valuation can be
placed on liquor now that it cannot
be sold
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
RUTH CLIFFORD LIKES RIDING

A New York paper says that a vfai-
tor in Central Park each morning
can find pretty Ruth Clifford there
taking her daily "conetitutional' on
horseback. To this form of exercise
and diversion Miss Clifford is an ar
dent devotce-
The Washington times., 1919-12-21

at a meeting OF Gen. Nelson A. Eileg
Camp, No. i. United Spanish War
Veterans. held Friday night in Pyth-
ian Temple
The farlins of the hfty-four star
service nag was followed b. dancing
The Washington times., 1919-12-21
GevernAent Responsible.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-Action of IN.
surance companies in cancelins poll
cies on whiskey and other intoxi-
eating liquor. as announced by the
Louisville, Ky, branch office Of the
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
in or out OF bond. will "prove final
responsibility Of the Government. .
and suit to recover from the Govern
ment the value of liquors prohibited
from sale will be filed in the Cour,
Of Claims at Washington next week
Levy Mayer. counsel for the National
Distillers' committee, states.
y Mr.. Mayer said the Rhode Island
suit to contest constitutional prohibi
tion before the Supreme Court would
be the controlling litigation in oppos-
ing prohibition. Other suits for films
in Federal district courts are in prep.
aration.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Hitting dlla Twelve
'' C.Eyeaarps

r TT is true show per
the persons
other operators it logical that legislation
ke conditions safer should be to-day
but the pedestrian In other words why continue
gsate the 25 the per fault?
Ordinarily with the judgment of Secretary of State Hugo
his automobile matters but accord with ideas
with 10 .ne nee OF ana hcensng all
vehicles The said that this would have to be done
that only efficient the wheels Of the He
that this plan would stop killings by motorists which he said
numbered 1852 in the year just passed.
There
1918 To examine and register of these would
labor that perhaps could hardly be accomplished
Therefore, meet this situation the
persons previously registered as motor car should be assumed
Of driving and therefore should be pro orma
Thb that only the would be
this would alter the situation isn't course
believes that with the power suspend
permitted to without examination
tct Jurisdiction damage DONE they per-
drivers licenses matter
would farce Of the whole system
noicemen are a1rnoat INIT tho ho;ef
often to blame accidents than
TO curb the caresness Of the pedestrian
ay the police the they
wheel traffic There ordinance pending in this
this sort OF control but whether will become
Aonsb There too influences against the moor
tho always that 1t is the automobst always
get through law Of this Sort 1t reasonable
there should be policemen at important neraection
sa Furthermore will be have
Of pdestans especially children to teach them the principles
)niey first
opposition Of proposed
legislation that would require licensing for
New York City, and the time would
SAey will isn't any Justice in permitting man
the drive in City
would be lost in
here Rather the just way would be to insist upon the
outsider before
1uw streets.
not believe that there should partial licensing There
should be universal licensing And incidentally court
magistrates would do we'll to take Of the statistics automobile
accidents and to making careless
all
played by the foot.
logical that the pedestrian should been
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Puts Service and
Wound S,ripes on Gar

Colonel Dewitt G. Weld, who returned
recently on the transport America in
command Of the t05th Field Artillery.
sfth Division, says; zone Of tho most
Interesting things was tho wav nv
motor car, Dodge sedan, stood up, II
was assigned TO NC by tbe government
aud bore tho number le4D7,
y travelled In IL from the ST. Mihlei
sector and along the Meuse region,'apd
throughout several other places where
we had engagements, for total Of
',DDo miles, 1t stood the most severe
TESTS or high hills, deep ravines, going
aiong roads that had been dug up by
shelis. The machine never broke down
ana could be depended upon at ali
times. The very last day Of the war
when about 800 yards from the front
lines-l had often taken the car as
near as that--a shell landed n few
yards away, wounding two men and
shattering the glass shield of this car.
I'm Keeping with the occasion, had
wound stripe painted on the right
side and "A service stripe on the left
side. Unfortunately had to leave the
car in France. Me for Dodge when I
get back to civilian life"
This statement was made vo]untar;Iy
and seemed to spring from Colonel
Yields mind as one of the things that
had most impressed him during the
war. lie said that number of these
Dodge cars were in use son the front
and had remarkable reputation. Colo
mel weld is president of the firm of
we'd y Suydam, Inc, whose Offices arc
III oV East forty-second Street
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Auto Show
Turns Now
To Brooklyn
More Than $50 Cars on Dis.
play for Passenger Ma
chine Week; Trucks To
Be Shown April 8 to IL

With forty-four Of the leading makes
of passenger cars displayed in the esd
Regiment Armory, Brooklyn's eighth
annual automobile show opened last
night. The present show is by far tho
best the City of Churches has seen.
Moro than 150 complete cars and chns-
sis are displayed in an attractive set
ting. Accessories md parts arc In
booths along the walls beneath the
balcony.
Throughout the wce4 the show vii
open each day Mt noon, closing at II
p. m. On April 7 the exposition will
not be open to the public, an tho motor
trucks, trailers. tractors, etc, fer The
commercial vehicle section of the show
will be loaded into the armory nil that
day. Part IL, which is for commercisl
vehicles exclusively, will bo staged
from April 3 to ~, inclurivc.
Tho show committee Of tho Brook
lyn Motor Vehicle Dcalore' Association
In TO be complimentcd upon tho excel
lence of the exposition. The commit
tee includes A. e. Randall. chairman:
I. G. Kirkham, W. H. Kouwonhoven,
G. j. Maxson, w. A. Sellon and A. d.
CorWin.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Showers Predicts Sure
Shortage Of Cars

+. c. Showers, head Of the Kauf-
ann-Stowers Company, reports that
since the close of the show and the
opening of @pring his company has
not been able to keep up with the de
mand for passenger cars. In talking
about the number Of sales that are
being made, he said: "With more
money in circulation and with wages
much higher than ever before, the
demand for good motor cars has cx-
ceeded the production. Never before
have we had so many untitled orders
on our books.
'Thc thrilling sensation and tho keen
enjoyment OF the automobile ride get
i'll the blood at the approach of
spring, with result that every ono
wants car, and now the great qucs-
ton Is, When can | get my carr
We are receiving hunlber Of Pre-
mier cars from the factory, but these
are being delivered on untitled orders
as fast as they como in. Everything,
would say, points to the biggest
shortage Of motor cars in the history
Of the country"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Cord Tires
Found on the
"Averagge'' Car
Use of ThD type of Pncu-
matte, " Lssh Adds De-
cidedly To Efficiency of
Autos, Shows Increase

An observing person will notice on
the various automobiles on the street
high percentage of tires of cord
construction. This percentage, grow
ing each year in original equipment.
perhaps will cause some speculation.
II. j.. Morehead, manager of the B. f..
Goodrich Rubber Company's New
York branch, was asked his views:
almost from the beginning of pneu-
matte tire manufacture designers have
been striving toward a construction
which would at one time deliver the
maximum amount of the engines
power, be resilient to the highest de-
gree and be longlived," said Mr.. More
head. This is natural idea toward
which the tire designer should strive.
because of the tire itself being so
essential an item to the all-around
efficiency of the car-not only adding
comfort, but minimizing vibration
which would have to be carried by the
pneumatic tires, would be carried
through to the mechanism of the car,
80 the car could not hold together
nearly SO long
",Comfort, minimizing of vibration
and delivery of an added amount of
power from a given engine could be
accomplished only by the use of a
tire constructed as is the present day
cord. Automobile engineers have
found that 80 per cent of the power
generated by the motor is lost before
it is delivered in the form of speed.
Much of this power loss is through the
tires themselves. Cord" tires reduce
this loss to a minimum Cars equipped
with cord tires have negotiated steep
hills "in high" that fail on the same
hill with fabric equipment. This has
been proved scores of times and is a
practical demonstration of the addi-
tional power cord tires give a car.
There is no question that the cord
constructed tire is most efficient. 1t
may be said to add tone to the car the
car rides easier; it will coast further;
it will consume less gasoleue; it will
steer easier and can pick up quicker.
AS constructed during the last few
years, it actually has demonstrated
marvellous strength. When automobile
racing was ut It's height 1T was found
that only the cord tire could deliver
the speed and stand up under tho
severe treatment that tho racing
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Trend to Closed Cars
Is Noted by De Bear
Now That Chauffeurs Can Be
Got, More Broughams and
Limousines Are Wanted

"Another conclusive proof Of the
trend toward normal conditions in the
automobile industry" said Harry j.
De Bear, New York branch manager of
the Chalmers Motor Car Company at
1903 Broadway, "is shown in the re-
sumption Of manufacture and sales on
81 largo scale Of our Chalmers chauf-
feur- driven closed car models.
MANY Of those who, during the war;
for economic reasons and because Of
the scarcity Of ehnuffeurs, purchased
cars which they could drive them
selves, are now returning 10 the
limousine and other special outside
drive ears. Aside from tho comfort
able features Of the e1osedsiD body
during the winter season, the practiea-
bility OF this type for ail-year round
the-town work rs becoming more eyi.
dent in the largely increased numbers
Of broughams and landnuet models
seen on the city streets now at the
beginning Of the spring scason
There is now no doubt that the dis
eliminating people of New York are
convinced and hayo come TO the real
ization that in this type of car they
have nothing further to wish for In the
way OF convenience and comfort. 1t
is type adaptable to any occasion, at
any time and in any kind Of weather."
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

he is using.
"on account Of the greater cost it
necessarily has sold at a price in cx-
cess of that charged for straight
fabric construction. This naturally has
caused 1T to be used almost exclusively
on the larger, more expensive automo-
biles.
while the cord tire is still dis
tinctlve tire, used largely by the man
who wants something q little better,
there recently has been a noticeable
trend on the part Of Mr.. Average Car
Owner to take note of this particular
equipment and buy for himself the
added merit which goes with the cord
tire, and which these days may be
bought without the extreme difference
IN cost that was necessarily present
few years ago. In other words, the
average car owner is now able to profit
by the increasing popularity Of the
cord tire, which through increased pro-
duction has been brought down some
what in cost"