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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
ATTRACTIVE CASH PRIZES
OFFERED TO BILLIARDISTS

The management OF the Grand Cen
trail has offered cash prize of 800 to
be distributed in four prizes as follows:
$40, $50, $50 and $40. to be compet ted
for by eight of the best pocket bill
lard players in the District in their
tournament starting Wednesday,
March 16, at 8 p. m, at the Grand
Central Parlors.
Pocket billiard players OF the Dis
trict will send their names to George
He'll, manager, at once, so he can ar
range the schedule.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13


I'm going to Tampa" he remarked
b us over his soup.
$50 are we,- was our sprightly re-
ply.
Ever been therer
Never"
wonder II you can get any Scotch
there" he said.
Don't know. but We can Try was
the answer.
That listens good to me- he said.
DO you know Scotch has gone up to
$50 a case in New York. It's out
rageous: that's what 1 call it. out
rageous."
$50 it seems to me-" we replied.
But I don't care much for Scotch. \
prefer bourbon myself. though 1 Get
mighty little of it"
"Why. man." he roared. that was
bourbon you Just had, and I've got
seven quarts In my suitcase"
WE EXPRESS REAL GRATITUDE.
"IN know 1t was bourbon" was our
jaunty answer. ~and I'm tckled to
know there are seven quarts yet in
the cellar. That ought to be enough
for us today. Well be in Tampa for
dinner. Then, maybe, we can get some
Scotch"
know anybody in rampar he
asked.
sure, . couple Of folks who ought
to know something"
We were thinking of Zip" Dugan
and Demon Thompson right then.
two poor fish who'd die out of water.
or likker.
That's good" he replied TIL tell
you what TIL do. II you can dig me
up, say, three quarts of Scotch to-
night I'll give you all this bourbon
I've got"
Fair enough, Noble. That's a bet
As soon as 1 get in tonight TIL go
scouting. What hotel are you max
ing?"
"The Tampa Bay
$50 am /, which makes 1t all the
more binding"
WE EVENTUALLY STOP EATING.
Naturally, we eventually quit cat
ing. We found our way back to our
own car and entered into a discussion
of woman suffrage He was against
it. We were for it largely BECAUSE
he was against it though he didn't
know that. Archie Onyun. back In
Washington. will appreciate this.
Finally it got to be o'clock. Tho
train was rafting along, stopping
now and then to let some poor Demo
crat of By that time there were
four Of us in the smoking conpart-
ment, all talking in turn. Then the
New Yorker went out to his, suit
case and returned with . choice
selection.
Hank Shnnks came In for 8 fna1
wash before turning in and greeted
US. Hanks ono Of us, you knew. be-
longs to tho commandery in Pitts
burxh and tho shrine there. tor. But
Hank had to decline an invitation,
seeing he's . ball player and we're
on our way to write pieces br tho
paper about HIM At that. It was
cary for Hank. seeing that he never
quito began tho habit of gazing at
thu stars through thick bottpmi
Tho good old SeaboArd coIttnued
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
X. O'ED. TWICE ON
SAME NIGHT

NEW YORK, March 10
Here's one that wins the dyna-
mite toothpick. Young Nc
Mullen. a preliminary boy, was
flattened in the first round of
a bout the other night at the
Commonwealth Club. He put
on his clothes, went over to the
Star Casino and was knocked
out again in another bout. A
glutton for punishment?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
Defeats w. and L.

George Washington University
swimmers defeated Washington and
Lee tankmen by 80 to 10 at the Y. NJ.
c. A. last night. Dickey featured for
G.. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
REGISTERS Nine to Dance.

The Registers baseball team will
give a dance at the Arcade March 20
to raise funds to equip the players.
T. c. Malone, 119 ID street northeast,
is manager OF the club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
Penn Wins Game.

Penn defeated Princeton 33 to %,
Dartmouth defeated Columbia 20 to
81, and Cornell routed Yale AZ to o in
the Intercollegiate League basketball
games last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-03-13
Assemblies at TampaColege Tennis Men Seek Matches
PENN ANNOUNCES GRIDIR0N
COACHES TO HELP HEISMAN

Pa University Of
definitely fall the
by
The council Of Zege George Levene Louis
A. Bell Hobart Light Dr. John Keogh
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
New Project Of
Widening 24th
Seems Assured
Koutsky Tabulates Support
Expected From Commission
ers Following Inspection
Tour-Vote Tuesday.

The widening of Twenty-fourth
street, from Leavenworth street to
St. Marys avenue, is assured. ac-
cording to statement by City
Commissioner Joseph Koutsky, in
charge of the public improvem< nts
department, after a visit to the
scene of the proposed improvement.
I'VE went over this ground this
morning." said Mr.. Koutsky, "and
Mayor Dahllnan and Commissioners
Hummel, Zimman, Butler and Hop
kins agreed to support an ordinance
which | will introduce to the coun-
Gil next Tuesday morning. Commits
sioner Henry Dunn was the only abb
sent commissioner ON the trip this
morning"
The decision to widen this strip
will necessitate repeating a pending
ordinance for the widening of Twen-
ty-fourth street, Pacific to Cunning
streets.
1t is proposed to widen the strip
from Leavenworth to St Marys ave-
nue. to 100 feet, condemning land on
the east side of the street. Com
missioner Koutsky's plan of assess
ment contemplates assessing prop
erty along St. Marys avenue to
Twenty-second street.
THE widening Of this part of
Twenty-fourth street will fit in
splendidly with the improvement of
ST Marys avenue which will he
busy thoroughfare as soon as the
paving shall have been completed"
asserted Mr.. KoutskY.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Retail Prices
Jump4Pe Cent
During August

Washington, Sept. H.-Retail food
prices increased an average 4.3 pei
cent in August as compared with
July prices, according to figures
made public today by the Depart
ment of Labor.
Potatoes increased "a per cent dur
ing the month; eggs Is per cent;
pork chops and cheese IS per cent;
butter 10 per cent; sugar 6 per cent;
ham and oranges 4 per cent; plate
beef, fresh milk, oleomargarine and
corn meal 2 per cent, and bacon,
rolled oats, rice. canned corn, canned
peas and prunes per cent.
The price of bananas dropped 5
per cent during the month. Other
decreases included leg of lamb, 8
per cent; canned salmon, flour,
onions and raisins, 2 per cent; sir
loin steak, round steak and rib roast,
l per cent.
Food prices in New York increased
during the month E per cent; Chi
cago, New Orleans and Washington,
S per cent; Kansas City and Los
Angeles, 4 per cent; St. Louis and
San Francisco, 3 per cent; Butte
and Omaha, 2 per cent; Denver,
Portland, Ore, Salt Lake City and
Seattle, / per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Banking Institute
To Start Lecture
Courses Oct. 3
Banking, Banking Law,
Speaking, Debate and Po.
litical Economy Among
Subjects to BE Taught.

The educational program Tor the
coming season Of the Omaha chap
ter OF the American Institute OF
Banking was adopted at a meeting
Of the board OF governors Friday
night,
Beginning October J. weekly Mon
day lectures will be held through
the winter until May in the assembly
room ot the Omaha National bank
on subjects covering aecoun,aney,
commercial and banking law. nego-
table instruments, money and bank
ing, elementary banking. political
economy. public speaking, parlia-
men,ary practice aud debate
Elementary Banking
The committee in charge OF the
educational program includes {. w.
Mead, secretary OF the Omaha Trust
company. chairman. w. p. Mcbride.
First National bank; Edward HUI
waldt, assistant cashier Live Stock
National bank. and Harry o. Palmer.
counsellor aud educational director.
Elementary banking will'be taught
by Mr. Huwaldt each Thursday night
from 3 to 9. John +. Foley. repre-
sentative OF the bureau OF internal
revenue, will teach accountaney each
Monday night. Harry o. Palmer
will lecture OIL commercial and bank
ing law and negotiable instruments
each Wednesday evening from $50
TO 7:30, money and banking from 8
to 9 each Wednesday evening, and
principles OF political economy each
Thursday evening from $50 10 7:50.
Course in Speaking.
Mr.. Palmer also will conduct a
course in public speaking, parlia-
mcntary practice and debate. Pros
pcctive debate program Tor the com-
ing year includes New York City,
New Orleans, Detroit, Minneapolis
and Des Moines. Omaha won the
national championship this year.
Roy Brownell. chairman of the
membership committee, announces
the annual membership campaign
will be launched this week. John L.
Kennedy, president of the United
States National bank, wip speak on
the banking system of Scotland at
the first of the monthly open meet
ings, which will be held the middle
of October.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Jimmy Cosgrove
iii From Cancer.
Loses z Pounds
nmv CosRroye is all in.

Jimmy Cosgroye is all in.
He's suffering from cancer of the
stomach down at the Iowa prison
in Anamosa, according to his
brother, Max, taxicab driver st the
Paxton hotel, who received letter
from him.
A Three-Year Jolt.
Jimmy has been in prison long
time now and his parents are maxi
ing every effort to get him trans
ferred from the prison to hospital
in Omaha for treatment
Jimmy's doing a jolt of three
years for his scare of little high
jacking party on an Iowa farm on
which charge he was convicted after
lodging Omaha and Council Bluffs
police many times on many counts.
Once Pudgy Youth.
He was a pudgy youth when they
put him behind the bars.
But his illness has made him lose
u pounds. so that now he weighs
but 120 pounds, according to Max.
So far the authorities have turned
a deaf ear to the pleadings of his
parents to have him removed to
hospital here.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
World Champs
Take Lead in
American Race

New York, Sept. ia former
member of the New York Americans
Pitcher Urban Shocker-helped to
pull that team from first place in the
American league yesterday. Shocker,
now with the St. Louis Americans,
pitched against his old teammates
and won, 10 to :.
While this was happening at the
Folio grounds the Cleveland worlds
champions, continued their winning
streak, defeating Washington, and
today are leading the American
league, two points ahead Of the New
Workers.
The New York Giants increased
the lead to three and a half games
in the National league by winning
the first game of a series of three
from the Pittsburgh Pirates, their
nearest rivals. 1t was the Giants
ninth straight victory and also the
ninth straight over Pittsburgh.
New York has II more games to
play and by winning FIVE and losing
six of them would finish the season
with a percentage of .6l0. Pitts
burgh to equal this must win III OF
IA remaining games.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Americans Pay Heavy Jack
For Drinks in City of Berlin

Berlin, Sept. H.-What the visits
of unwillingly Eighteenth-amended
Ame-;c ms with pockets full of dol
las mean for proprietors Ct wet
goods emporiums has just been gra-
|phically illustrated by prosecution
brought against the owner of such a
resort for attempting to bribe two
policemen.
The policemen entered the place a
quarter of an hour after closing time
and ordered that the guests be eject
d and the place closed. The proprie-
tor took the two men aside and
whispered to them that rich Amer
ican had but recently entered the
place and ordered large quantities of
champagne for his guests. II the po-
lice would go away and not bother
for another hour, they should have
10000 marks apiece
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Eight Guests Of
County Depart
To Penitentiary
Sheriff as Host Became AT.
tached to Them-They
Leave attached" to
Deputies.

Eight young gentlemen who have
been guests of Douglas county in
Sheriff Clark's department for the
last few months, departed for Lin
coin yesterday.
Sheriff Clark has become much at
tached to the men during their stay
here and he sent them on to Lincoln,
each attached>to deputy sheriff by
steel handouts.
Word came Friday from War.
den Fenton that the crowded
condition of the penitentiary had
been relieved sufficiently to permit
the admission of eight candidates
from Douglas county. Fourteen men
under pentitentiary sentence are still
in the county jail here.
"a Years for All.
The aggregate maximum sentences
of the eight men taken down by
Deputy Sheriff Pat Welch and eight
deputies yesterday is "a years.
Hans Barsballe, Benson carpenter,
found guilty on April 20 of forgery,
has papers admitting him to the "big
stir" for a period of one to 20 years.
Two automobile thieves are in the
merry party: Carl Walters with a
one-to-seven-year sentence, and
Clyde Farrow, who goes for one to
five years.
Joe the Ungrateful.
Joe Denny, the Ungrateful, faces
fiat sentence of seven years. Joe,
paroled because he got scarlet fever
in the county Jail, later stole $50
from his nurse in the Emergency
hospital and departed. He was de-
tected in crime few weeks later
and now is reaping what he sowed.
E. A. Lacy, convicted of forgery
and sentenced for one to two years
and paroled, broke his parole, was
caught and now is under sentence of
three to 10 years.
Ross Sigman, for breaking and en-
tering, is sentenced to two years,
and William E. Harris, for the same
crime has sentence of one to 10
years.
The party includes only one col
ored gentleman, Robert Montgom-
cry, who will not be back for one
to three wears.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
2 Bandits Hold Up
Store Proprietor,
Loot Till Of SIS
Negro ''Stickups'' Raid Leav.
enworth Street Establish
ment-Prowlers Get Loot
From Office Building.

Two negroes entered the M. Ger
aelson general store at 1868 Leav-
enworth street, about 8 Friday night,
and held up the proprietor and Mrs.
Geraelson with revolvers while they
looted the cash register of $45, &C
cording to a report made to the po-
lice.
Robbed in Cafe.
August Nabor of Wisner, Neb.,
complained to the police Friday
night that when he went into cafe
at zoos Capitol avenue to get some
thing to eat, negro strong-armed
him and robbed him of $40.
Prowlers stole a diamond neck
lace, ring, S. gold piece, $40 in
cash and several checks from the
office of Mrs. L. Hampton in the
Securities building sometime Fri
day, according to a report made to
the police. Mrs. Hampton, who
lives at 612 South Eighteenth street.
valued the stolen property at $500.
Prowlers Enter Homes.
Prowlers also got 81 cash from
the home of G. B. Stryker, 617
South Thirty-first street, and $40
from the home of August Peterson,
3011 South Fifteenth street. Bur-
glars broke the rear door at the
Rendle Auto Repair shop, 802 South
Thirteenth street, and stole $500
worth of automobile tires.
At the Joseph Bauer hardware
store, Twenty-fourth and CASTELAR,
streets, burglars who negotiated a
basement window. skipped ou! with
$500 worth Of tools and hardware
of various sorts.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Autos Cause of
Only One Death in
Omaha in August

Only one death in Omaha during
August was caused by automobiles,
according to vital statistics of the
health department. During July
motor vehicles caused four deaths
and in June there were three. April
brought a toll of six fatalities caused
by automobiles and motorcycles.
The total deaths this year caused by
motor vehicles has been 20.
There were two honicides and no
murders last month.
Deaths from accidental causes
during August were as follows:
Gunshot wounds, two; skull frac-
lures, two; one from each OF the
following causes: Gas, bichloride.
covered with coal, fall from shed,
arsenic, insect bite on face, fall from
scaffold and drowning.
The records show that two deaths
were caused from defective teeth
and two deaths from sleeping sick
ness.
Pneumonia continues to hold first
place in Omaha as the cause OF
death. 2l deaths having been caused
by this disease last month.
Last month q infants less than
year OF age died.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Industry Mortgage
To Meet Germans
Debt to the Allies

Berlin, Sept. IA mortgage, it
appears, on the vast private indus
trial properties of Germany is about
to be issued by the German gov
ernment to meet its obligations to
the allies. This is expected to raise
l,s00, 100000 gold marks.
Next is expected to come a mort
gage on the private farming prop
erty of Germany, prominent among
it the possessions of the junker
class. No estimate is ventured of
the billions of marks which may be
expected from this source.
Statement Issued.
A semi-official statement was is-
sued today regarding the conference
of Chancellor Wirth with the rep.
resentatives of the banking and in
dustrial organizations of the coun-
try. The statement says that good
will was shown and the representa-
-tives offered to assist the govern
ment in carrying out its financial
projects. The industrial interests
believe they can produce credits for
about 1,500,000,000 gold marks by
using their foreign deposits and cred
its.
Bonds are to be issued on these
properties and sold abroad.
To Strengthen Exchange.
The first result is expected to be
a Strengthening of exchange now
heavily against the mark. With the
mark strengthened and returned to
fair value the government figures
that it may be able to make its own
way.
The activities of the government
in this respect are having the sup.
port of the German newspapers.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Tongue Bitten Off:
Sewed on Again
Honeymooner Suffers Severe
Injury in Dodging Shoe
Thrown at Him.

Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. H.-Frank
Wheeler OF Dexter, N. Y, who mar
ried Miss Edith Benson yesterday
afternoon, was struck by a train
and bit off part of his tongue while
starting on his honeymoon trip.
The bridal pair was followed to
the depot at Oswego by a group
of friends, who threw old shoes and
rice at them just as the train pulled
in. Wheeler, in lodging a shoe,
slipped and fell on the track.
The locomotive tossed him back
on the platform, where he landed on
his chin. His tongue was between
his teeth and about halt Of it was
bitten off
Surgeons in the Oswego hospital
today sewed it together, but do not
believe that it will stay.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Lure of Distant
Cities Draws Lad
To Death on Rails
Fascination of Mournful En-
CINE Whistles Proves Fatal
To Boy Who Falls BE.
tween Box Cars.
Edward Sedlak. 10, Is dead.

Edward Sedlak. 10, is dead.
He was ground to death under the
wheels OF a freight ear. The rail-
road had always fascinated Edward.
II held forth the lure Of distant
cities. Some day he had hoped to
be brakeman. or an engineer, or
perhaps a conductor on one of the
passenger trains which he had seen
whirling by.
Less than year ago his parents
moved from their home near Fiji
teenth and Poppleton avenue. They
feared Edward would be injured by
trains which passed near by.
Bet in their new home at $50
Homer street Edward could still
hear the clang OF engine bells. He
lay awake nights listening to the
puff OF the steam giants. Their
mournful whistles called him.
Answers Call.
Friday night Edward answered
the call. Accompanied by another
youth, he went down to Gibson. An
hour or so later he was found by
railroad employe, his little body hud.
died and quiet beside the track. He
had fallen between box cars while
stealing a ride" in the yards, ac-
cording to railroad authorities.
At St. GATHERINGS hospital it was
found one OF his legs had been
severed at the hip and the other be-
tween the knee and ankle. His left
arm was badly mutilated.
Able to Smile.
Edward was still conscious when
his heart-broken mother and father
arrived at the hospital. He was able
to smile his boyish, wistful smile at
them when they knelt at his bedside.
1t was the smile that had made his
p!aymates and teachers at Edward
Rosewater school love him.
The smile brought tears to the
eyes of his parents. Then his eyes
closed. He was very tired. His
parents went silently into the cor
ridor where they would not disturb
him with their heart-broken sobs.
Edward died early yesterday |
His body lies in the Kor-
sko Bros undertaking parlors
awaiting burial. ..I
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Two Boy Scouts
With Shackleton
On Antarctic Trip
Ship Which Will Explore I'm.
charted Sections of South
Atlantic Leaves London
on Two.Year Trip.

London, Sept. 18.-By The Asso-
ciated Press.)-The Quest, the small
ship on which Sir Ernest Shackelton
will explore the uncharted sections
of the south Atlantic, the Pacific and
the Antarctic seas, left the Thames
today on the start of its two-year
voyage.
Large crowds gathered at the
docks to wish Sir Ernest and his
party a successful voyage.
The busiest, and certainly the hap
piest people aboard undoubtedly
were Norman Mooney, II, and James
w. S. Marr, IS, the two Scotch Boy
Scouts selected to accompany the
expedition.
Never Saw Train Before.
Young Mooney, who never had
seen railway train until he left his
native hills in Orkney, shyly talked
regarding the trip, but it is easy to
see that his red cheeks and blue boy
ish eyes were glowing with the Joy
OF adventure.
"What will you do on ship " he
was asked.
"Oh, anything-from helping the
stokers, scrubbing decks and fixing
sails to learning how to steer the
ship" he replied.
Garry Scout Uniforms.
"And what will you do when you
get back7"
"As little as possible" said the
boy, with fine smile.
The two scouts-Mooney was
dressed in the regulation English
scout suit of khaki shirt, with trunks
stopping above the knee, leaving it
bare until the rolled down stocking
began several inches below, and Marr
wore the Scotch uniform with tratan
and kilt.
Both boys are taking as part of
their equipment one scout uniform
and one suit Of civvies, while Sir
Ernest is supplying them with polar
equipment, warm clothes, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Brother of Devil
Anse' Now Lives
On a Shantyboat
George Washington Hatfield
First Of Tribe to Leave
Kentucky Mountains;
Still Totes a Gun.

Sistersville, w. Va, Sept. H.
George Washington Hatfield, broth
er of Devil Anse" Hatfield, central
figure in the Hatfield d-McCoy feud,
has deserted the gun-piay, bad men
and rough stuff of Pike county,
Kentucky, and became a "shanty-
boater" on the Ohio river. His
shanty boat is moored not far from
this city, at Mill Run, on the Ohio
side of the river.
Hatfield is getting along in years.
Mountain warfare is too strenuous
sport for man 76. Shanty boat
ing is much more peaceful and a
whole lot less dangerous than fight
ing from behind trees and rocks
and occasionally out in the open.
Has Squaw Wife.
SO the other day the old feudist
from Pike county, Kentucky, badc
goodby to his old Kentucky home
scenes of many joys and lot OF
sorrows-and bundled a Jew be-
longings and his fu.l-blooded squaw
wife into rickety old buggy and
drove overland.
1t is the first time any OF the
many Hathelds have forsaken the
hills and taken to the water.
Like Devil Anse," George Wash
ington Hatfield has given up his
fighting proclivities and got re-
ligion'' in his old age. But il any
body should start anything Hatfield
would just as soon shoot to kill as
not.
"I'm a law-abidin' citizen, religious
and don't aim to make any fuss, but
when one of our blood is murdered
the murderer must pay" he said.
Hatfield still carries six gun" It's
always ready for action.
Treasures Rifle and Violin.
Hatfield lives for two things-his
rifle and his violin. The rifle is an
ancient type over 100 years old and
with it he is crack shot. He plays
we'll on the violin those quaint, old
fashioned melodies and dance steps.
His wife accompanies him on the
guitar.
Hatfield, like the rest of his clan,
is a hard shelf Baptist and he
daily entertains crowds of folks
from the surrounding territory, tell
ing their fortunes from the Bible.
During the civil war he fought in
the confederate army.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-18
Correspondent in Drake
Divorce to Retain Auto

Mrs. Nellice S. Harris will retain
the automobile which Mrs. Lola
Drake charged was "given" to Mrs.
Harris by Frank H. Drake. Mrs.
Drake is suing her husband, Frank,
for separate maintenance and Mrs.
Harris for alleged alienation of Mr..
brakes affections.
District Judge Troup yesterday
dissolved an order made week ago
which restrained Mrs. Harris from
removing the automobile until its
ownership had been settled. A
bank book showing Mrs. Harris had
enough money to pay the $500 for
the car was exhibited in court. The
sale was made by Drake last De-
cember.