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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
FEARS FIRE IN
OLD c. P. 0.
Public Printer Ford Urges Con-
gress to Provide for New
Building

Characterizing the old Government
Printing Office at North Capital
and ii streets as a dangerous
building" Public Printer Cornelius
Ford. in a statement to the House
Appropriations Committee, warned
that failure Of Congress to remedy
conditions would result in total de-
struction in case of fire.
FEARS cONFLAGRATIoN.
"If that building ever gets on hre,'
declared Mr.. Ford, sit would sweep
the entire block.
at is a shame il is left there. l
have made repeated recommendations
but the wisdom OF Congress 30 far
is that there should not be a new
building there.
Wien Congress is in session we
work nights and we have so many
exits. The old building Is a course OF
considerable worry to me and has
been since ] have been in office" Mr..
Ford continued. eft will be q trouble
TO my successor whoever he may be-
Mr. Ford assured the committee
that he had reduced the patrol In
| the interests of economy. until ne
was afraid to reduce il any more.
1--WE have to patrol all those floors.
he said. 1--WE have to have some
body to watch the infammable ma
! terial.
IT might add that over in the ola
building is contained the entire paper
supply and the superintendent or
dockets' office with it's valuable
! books from the first to the sixth moor
| OF that building.
URGE. NEW BUILDING.
1--WE have an ink factory there ana
all the materials that go into the
manufacture of inks. We also nave
nostcard section that Is kept looked
ana we have to have Waterman
there. No one is allowed in there
where the post cards are printed.
II have thought a good deal aoout
this watch force" said Mr.. Ford anc
have given il careful study. and wnen
we cut il seven. think we arc doing
very, very well.
.i, we had a new building and not
that dangerous building on our
hands, then we might be able TO re-
duce II three or four or perhaps nVe
more. but under present conditlons
we cannot reduce 1t any less "iIhou'
! unwarranted danger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
FIFTH AVENUE
IN D. c. SPLAN
Connecticut Street Shops Com.
bine to Make Thoroughfare
a Fashion Center.

A consolidation of Washington
business houses for the furthering
of business interests, combined ad-
vertising work, and promotion of
trade, was effected yesterday at
ternoon. A group of Connecticut
avenue shops were represented at a
meeting at the offices of Under
wood e. Underwood, 1920 Connecti-
cut avenue northwest, at which a
combination was brought about
under the name of the Connecticut
Avenue Association.
The association will take up immc-
diately the work OF promoting Con-
nccticut avenue a. business thor
oughfarc. The organization is pat
termed after the famous Fifth Avenue
Association in New York City.
Lawrence Rubcl, OF Underwood &
Underwood, Mas appointed temporary
chairman. A meeting Of temporary
advisory committee will be held this
afternoon at the city club. and tenn
porary plans will be laid for the
business development of the avenue.
4 meeting, which all members of
the association are asked To attend.
will be held at : o'clock tonight at
the Underwood & Underwood Offices.
The houses which were represented
at the organization meeting are the
Dupont Bank, Copenhavers. thinner
mans, Underwood Il Underwood.
Magruders. Cooks Flower shop the
Dupont Flower Shop. Katherine
Louise Ogilvie Sisters. Hausler, Cor
RADIO. Louey Nenn. and the Manhattan
Cleaning & Dyeing Co.
Practically all of the shops on Con-
nectiCut avenue are in the movement,
however, and. in addition to those
named, the following shops have
aske for admission:
Pasternak. Ash. Stonleigh Court.
the Cadillac agency, represented by
Rudolph Jose; the Foss-Huges Motor
Company, Rauscher's. Demonet, Young
Grafton Hotel. Clark's, O'Rourke, the
Louise Flower shop, Emile. Wurde-
man. Keen d Collins. Towles studio.
and Chamberlain & kasc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
REVIVALIST TO FILL
PULPIT HE FIRST
USED AS BOY

Fifty-four years ago a young
chap who was studying for the
ministry came TO Washington AMI
preached his hrst big city sermon
in the Western Presbyterian
Church. As a result OF this stTmon
he went back to his studies at Dick
inson College. with the title OF
The Boy Preacher" firmly fast
ened TO his name.
Nearly ten years ago, while
preaching in the same church, he
was attacked by an illness which
forced him to retire from the minis
try.
Tomorrow night the same man
will open series OF evangelistio
services at the same church In
which he preached his first and last
sermons. lie will assist the pastor.
the Rev. J. Harvey Durham, In
conducting the Watch Night Serv-
ice tomorrow night. and will con-
duct services Tuesday, Wednesday.
Thursday. and Friday nights.
The man in question Is tho Rev.
Albert III. Zimmerman, recently a
candidate for Congress from the
Eighth Congressional district OF
Virginia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

about any great increase in immoral
ity. It did bring about unrest among
the young women.
What ever immortality did develop
will soon be overcome. The older
women will take more interest in the
younger women. They will gather
together in community houses. They
will discuss politics and other matters
pertaining to the bctterment OF
women. Tho older women will real
ize a responsibility for the younger.
They will look toward the higher
things in life.
You know women get anything
they want. They are persistent lot
and now they are in politics, watch
them. They are going to develop a
better generation, starting with the
children, giving them plenty of play
grounds They then, through social
service institutions will curb what
ever viciousness exists today between
girls and boys and young men and
young women"
Tho prediction made by George Bor.
nard shaw that there would be on
alliance between tho United States.
Germany and Russia was declared as
absurd by rrof. Dealey.
But there is n possibility NJ an
alliance OF Germany. Japan ard Rus.
STA because OF their interests in the
Far East" said prof Dcal1y. Ger.
many will want to have a hand IN tho
government of Russia and tho nat.
ural tendency will be that III she dc.
sircs an alliance II will be with Rus
STA and Japan. 40, do not rurrscc
any such alliance as pred ctod by
shaw
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
;i;OAXED TO B|GAMY,
SAYS WIFE IN SUIT
oth-Tongued Wooer Made
Her Believe One Husband
Dead, She Says.

Never again will Mrs. Elizabeth NJ.
Sano believe what a man says when
e's counting.
For, didn't she pin her girlish trust
I, the words OF Gladstone Kane
chem she should have known better,
aving already been married, and
Didn't she let him per-
xuade her to march to the altar with
,imY And didn't he just soft-sosp
err into bigamy?
She'll say he did.
She said It, in fact today, in a suit
led in the District Supreme Court
asking that her marriage to Kane
he annulled.
! Back in 1894, according to the pa
ers, the lady married ono Bristol
NTH down in Jacksonville. Fla.
hey came here to live. SIX years
ter, she says, friend husband depart.
I for New York, and forgot to write
She waited seven years, and then
long came Gladstone Kane. He pro.
osed. she told him about Bristol.
y "Shucks!" said Kane, that's all
| xht. He's dead" She believed him.
Ind so they were wed.
They lived together until 1915.
whom, she says. Kane also disappear
Now. SHE says, she has discovered
Ut Kane lied to her; that her first
bland wasn't dead at all when she
rried kane-thst he didn't die
I'll two months later.
20 she's really and truly n widow
hcr first husband And now she
its to shut off Kane, too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

For instance. two OF the better
known places where you can dance
and also cat, if you want to-arc
already full-up. Every blessed table
at the cafe st. Marks and at the
Wardman Park Inn. too, already
have been reserved. And the Will
lard, the Shorcham, the Washington.
Harvey's and the others report res
crvations going fast.
All plan to serve a table dhote
dinner. some charging IS per plate.
others 81 more. All plan to scatter
favors for every guest, and TO give
en- caps. and horns. and cowbelis.
and other devices not calculated to
help. put baby TO sleep.
OUIJA BOARD FAVORS.
Down at Harveys, where the man
ager SAYS his menu, at IS the plate
Is really going to lose money for
him. there will be n distinct nov
city. This will take the form of a
ouija board for every couple. the
idea being. perhaps, that if you
haven't a flask. you can get next to
some spirits. anyhow. Mebbe. get
some inside dope on what's coming
next year.
The festivities at Harvey's will be-
gin at o o'clock. Only few tables
are left open.
At the Cafe st. Marks they arc
charging SO n plate. but they sure
plan to do things up fine. Every
gent will be given r. box of fifty Tur-
kish cigarettes. and every lady will
get favor OF solid silver. When
the clock strikes midnight. Signor
Romeo, Gaueraldi. Italian tenor de-
luxe, will start singing Aud Lang
Syne, and those of the guests who
ire able will be asked to join the
chorus. And everybody will wear a
paper hat. and blow horn.
Although the upstairs tables are all
reserved, the st. Marks management
aid today the downstairs grill would
&c kept open, with a nice big oper
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
LINGBACK IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AFTER FALL

Edward Lingback, OF - New York
avenue northwest, a carpenter. who
was severely injured as the result OF
fall from the roof OF the Young
Women's Christian Association build
ing. North Capitol and T. streets
northeast. yesterday morning, is re-
ported to be in critical condition at
Casualty Hospital today.
Both of hi. legs were broken. his
right heel crushed and his right arm
fractured. when Lingback slipped on
the slate roofing and plunged three
stories to the ground.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

woodfre burning. for those who wish
to drop in, casual like. These, now =
ever, Will not be allowed to dance
There won't be room enough.
wARDMAN PARK FULL.
At Wardrnan Park. where they are
charging SO per plate, they made ar
rangcmcnts to entertain 1000 guetS
They thought this would be enough
but IL wasn't. The thousandth res
crvation came in more than "A week
ago. and now they are being forced
TO send EN- back. So you might as
well keep away from there
At the Willard it is only s. per
plate, and there are few rcserVa'
lions still open. This fun will begin
al 10 o'clock. and there will be all
sorts of favors and things.
At the Shorcham they charge 80
and will open the doors at 10 o'clock
Plans have not been completed, but
the management promises something
interesting.
There will be nothing doing at the
Raleigh. except food, no favors, no
dancing. 1--WE gave that up when
prohibition came" said the manager
PLANS At WASHINGTON.
But at the WashinGton-oh' boy.
Comes 10 o'clock, and they VIII open
not only the main dining hall, but
also the Spanish garden and the Hall
Of Nations. Here, also, reservations
are still open.
The dinner will be IS the plate
and in addition to the food it is prom =
ised there"l be so many faNors the
guests will have to hire taSicabs 10
carry 'em home. Cigarettes, mowers
gee-gaws, and everything.
And. not only that, but every party
will re given whole fiocks of apoi-
linaris water.
Appollinaris. you know, goes fine
with-wen, whatever you happen 10
bring with you.
JAZZ dead? How do you get that
way?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
Opticians Lecture at Raleigh.

The oak room OF the Raleigh Hotel
was the scene last night OF the Sec
ond and final OF two lectures by
Dean Ernest Petry NJ. A. Wilder and
II. NJ. Bestcr of tho faculty Of the
Rochester School of Optomctry, un-
der the auspices of the business firms
Identified with the optical section Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. The subjects discussed
included Modal and Principal points
Lens EFFECTIVELY, Routine of an Eye
Examination, NerteX Dioptry. Dyna-
mic Skismetry and Polarization Of
Light.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
2 DAYS TO GET
VET INSURANCE
Ex-ServiCe Men Must Take Med
icaI Exam. for Applicants
After Friday.

Employees in the insurance divis-
ion Of the Bureau of War Risk In
surance have volunteered to forego
the half holiday allowed Govern
ment employees on the day before the
New Year that they may be on hand
to meet all former service men
whose opportunity to reinstate their
war risk insurance without the more
stringent requirements which will
be required on and after January /.
GOOD HEALTH EDICT.
4 recent Treasury decision pro
vidcs that II the former service man
or woman has not been out or the
service for more than eighteen months
and his or her insurance lapscd prior
to July /. 1920. he or she may apply
for reinstatement OF all or any part
OF the insurance at any time on or
before December 81, and the insurance
will be reinstatcd upon condition
that the applicant Is in as good
health as he was at date of dis
charge and so states In his written sp-
pliCation for reinstatement
ON and after January !. 1921. all
are dependent upon
tn. condition that the applicant is in
fact in good health at the time or
making application, without regard
to the condition OF his health at
time OF discharge Or at time his in
surancc lapsed. II the application is
made more than three months and
less than six months after lapse II
IL necessary to furnish a short med.
zeal certificate. and after six months
a fun medical examination Is re-
quircd to show that the applicant is
in good health.
EXPERTS TO ASSIST.
All former service men in the city
who have not rcinstated their War
Risk Insurance may avail themselves
of this opportunity to secure re-
newed benefits OF Government insur-
ance wherever possible without med.
ical examination.
Room ll9 OF the Bureau OF War
Risk Insurance. Arlington building.
Vermont avenue and II street, viii
be open all day Friday, December 81.
until $50 p. M. and expert insur-
ancc men and women will be on hand
to provide and assist in filling out
the reinstatement forms. All eX-
service men and women OF the Dis.
trict are invited and encouraged to
avail themselves of this opportunity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
CHAMBERLAIN TO GO ON
OPERATING TABLE AGAIN
Oregon Senator's Condition
Said to Be Improving.

Senator Chamberlain OF oregon
who underwent an operation last
week, today was reported to be i'm
proving. A second operation will be
necessary, physicians say. The oper-
alton will be performed, probably to-
morrow, IL the Senator'S condition
continues to improve.
Senator Lodge, Republican leader
Of the Senate, is at his home suffer
Ing from n slight attack of bron-
chitis. 1t was stated at his ohice he
is not seriously i'll.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
Hot Water Used on Wrong
Dog Brings $50 Fine
For Peacemaker

\ hot dog appeared before Judge
Hardison in Police Court yesterday.
As result william T.. Lane, 3lo5
Nineteenth street northwest, was
fined $50 by Judge Hardison II
WAS stated that Lane was the man
who made the dog hot. He poured
a Kettle Of scalding water over the
animal. the police say.
Lane said that the dog which be-
longed to Eldrldge \. Ashwood,
3116 nineteenth street northwest.
got into "A night with his dog and
that he poured the water I'm order
to stop the battle. tic declared he
didn't know the water was hot
enough to hurt the dog. II stopped
tho hght.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

So spoke this morning, Prof. James
J. Dealey, head OF the social and po-
liticaI science departments OF Brown
University. Or. Dealcy is also prcsi-
tent of the American Sociological So
,icty. which is in conference at the
Washington Hotel
Through women being given the
light OF suffrage" declared Professor
Dealey, they will take keener in
terest In the younger folk. They
will bring about supervision OF tho
lance halls. eliminating Jazz music
md such dances az the bunny hug.
Iazz is a low standard OF music and
Il will be displaced by a higher
'tandsrd.
The trouble began with tho war.
which was disastrous to tho sex. II
brought about viciousness which
'oon will be overcome through the
work OF the sociologists and the
women voters.
ATTRACTED FROM HOME.
"In recent years, mere girls in
heir teens, of poor education, left
he schools and went to work. This
vas due principally to the war, their
brothers and fathers being called
nto service. Many OF their homes
we're barren. There were no social or
EDUCATIONAL communities to attract
hem. They wanted activity. Then
same Jazz and other things which at
tractcd them from tho home.
Fashion also brought tho short
'kirt. THOR modcsty at wcsring the
hort skirt vanished after thirty days.
\ condition OF looseness cam" along
But ] do not think the war brought
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
DC. Cafes May Be Dry
But They'll All Jazz
1t Up NelU Year Eue

Either bird who lowed how jazz died with Old King
ootch incorrectly informed, there are III OF hip
pocket flaSks in this fair city.
Go to the cafes and hotels ask EN- about New Year
Eve plans and be convinced Not in the best OF the good OLD
DAYS when with $4,000 year could ahord 10
drink with never thought of spying pocewomen were plans
mnrc elaborate or the prospects capacity crowds brighter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

preparing Harding inaugural ball which,
be in Building
building
of
Pension f6ce Buldin in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
Finds Strains of Jazz
Doomed in u. s. Along
With Extreme Skirts

Jazz low standard music and is doomed go. So
Ire short skirts those of the type being by
The Younger women will become modest in their dress
ard actions within year Why? Because women are
be power in politics and will bring about higher social and
jicofo ctapdo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
To Lecture on Mark Twain.

y. II. Fasin VIII address the Modern
iterarY and Social Club on Mark
" ain this evening, at tho Y. VI. n.
headquarters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
DANCE PAVILION BURNS
AT CHEVY CHASE LAKE

The lower dance pavilion at Chevy
Chase Lake, Md, was destroyed by fire
last night. The damage is estimated
at $4,000. Employees of the Capitol
Traction Company's power house
fought the blaze with their apparatus.
They prevented the flames from
spreading TO nearby buildings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30
ISABELLA HART,

ToHBELLN HHNlI OHe OF
Washington's youngest horse
women, is shown in her riding
habit prepared for a gallop on
one of the city's many bride
paths. She is the daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. 4. c. Hart. Of
1866 Twenty ninth street
northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

DO you want 10 rent a room? Turn
70 the Want Ads" now, for a big list
Of vacancies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

CHARLES J. MORGAN,
former captain in the
army, under criminal charges
here. was granted leave by
Justice Gould to spend the
Christmas holidays with his
family at Norfolk. He re-
turned to Washington yes
terday and surrendered him
self to the United States mar
shall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-30

The Washington Times Covers
Washingt"n Like the Sky.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-01-16
EDITORIAL SPARKS

1t is surprising how slow watch
can run in church.--Chicago News.
Miss May Cupp: Beauty is only
skin deep. Miss Digg: Sometimes it's
no deeper than the powder.-Boston
Transcript.
Men are trappers in order that wo-
men may wear furs, and women wear
furs in order that they may be trap
pers.-Galveston News.
"Smith is very proud of his looks,
isn't he ?" said Brown. eyes," agreed
Jones. "He has more gold in his
teeth than he has in the bank
Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
"That fellow is some hustler. He
stays in one place only long enough
to borrow money" u see. A case
of touch and Baltimore Ameri-
can.
First Scout: What's the difference
between a cold in the nose and a
street car conductor? Second Scout:
A cold stops the nose and conduc-
tor knows the stops.-Boy's Life.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-01-16
DAIRY AMATEUR BREAKS
A STATE RECORD

at is not often that a young breeder
is able to break a State record with
the first COW he ever tested for an Of
fetal milk and fat record" says C. W..
Turner, superintendent of official
testing, of the University of Missouri
College of Agriculture. That honor,
however, goes to L. P. Finck, of st.
Charles, Mo.
Mr.. Finck has just begun to breed
purebred Holstein cattle, in fact he has
been in tie business only year and
half. A heifer, Bona Clothilde Par
thtnea, which he purchased from N. A.
Benoit, also of St. Charles, at four
months of age for 1925, recently broke
the Missouri State milk record for
Holstein heifers under two years OF
cge. In seven days she produced
1925 pounds of milk containing 1850
pounds of fat at one year and eleven
months of age. This is the first year.
ling Holstein tested in Missouri to
produce over 400 pounds of milk in
seven days, the former State milk
record being held by Woodcrest EN-
press Josephine, owned by Harry Cook
Maysville, with a production Of $685.
pounds of milk and 1872 pounds of fat
Her fat production also places, her
fourth in the list of records made by
cows under two years.
After taking the short course at the
University of Missouri, Mr.. Finck
went back to his home farm. Up to
this time grade cattle had been kept
but Finck decided that though the cat
tie were good producers, the only way
to make progress was to get into the
purebred business. This he is gradu.
ally doing. In a short time he will
have a purebred herd of tested cattle
Although the first record made was
for seven days, the seven-day test is
being used mainly to acquire expert
ence in testing. Next fall Mr.. Finck
expects to start testing his herd for
yearly records. Not only is he going
to test his cows but he is going to
make records that will be credit to
the Finck farm and to Missouri.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-01-16
LIVE STOCK SHIPPERS
TO CONSIDER STATE CO.
OPERATIVE ORGANIZATION

The formation of State organiza-
ton of cooperative live stock ship
ping associations in Missouri is to be
taken up at Farmers Week in Column
bia, January 81. Association mana
gers at meeting held on the Kansas
City market last November decided TO
take steps toward forming such an
organization. A State organization
can find much to do in solving the
common problems of Mi9Gouri's in
creasing number of shipping associa-
tions. Among the problems to be
solved in the cooperative marketing
of live stock are those of legislation,
better transportation facilities, and
better systems of accounting in the To-
cal association. All Missouri ship
ping associations should be repre-
sented at this meeting to discuss their
common difficulties and to begin to
meet them by joint action.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-01-16

pearance, and the Government obtain
ed the use of more than a billion dol
lars through the sale Of these sccuri-
ties. and the individuals have saved
like amount.
With the century now a sturdy
youth, just out Of its teens, and with
the lessons Of the last half a decade
fresh in the minds Of the people, the
second period of the Twentieth Cen
fury will atone for the mistakes Of the
first two decades, and in the future the
finger Of the world cannot be pointed
at the United States to scorn as 4 ma
ton of spenders and as examples Of
criminal extravaganza.