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The Washington times., 1921-07-06
SALES TAX FAVORED BY
CHAMBER DIRECTORS

Adoption of sales tax to replace
war excise taxes on business, trans
portation and communication was
unanimously favored by directors Of
the Washington Chamber OF Com
merce last night. Collection of 81
200. .000, 900, now provided by the pres
ent method OF taxation, should be &C
complished through a process of taxa
tion on turnovers rather than by a
tax levied on retail sales OF merchan-
disc only, the directors believe.
Two new directors-Henry c. Cole
and Frank @. wilkins, were elected,
and the following were added to mem
bership; r. o. Beckham. Wallace d.
Blick, stephen Chaconas. Ralph A
Davis, Adams II Gaddls, b. ]. Hamm,
Fred Il. Kissinger. william Tyler
Page, Joseph W. Pollock, and Guy
Stark Saffold. Albert Schulteis pre-
sided.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
MERCHANT
FLEECES M|LL|NER
Of LARGE AMOUNT
Store" Here Only Vacant of'
flee, New Yorker Finds-Al-
legged Crook Brought Back.

George Cohn, a wholesale milliner,
of New York, passing through Wash
ington yesterday, he decided to drop
in on Samuel ID. Pierson. who had
ordered a week before a large amount
OF dry goods and other articles from
his shop in New York.
Going to Eleventh and G. streets
northwest. where he thought Pierson
had a big store, Cohn found a vacant
office. He also found that the goods
ordered by Pierson had been received.
but that they had been taken to Bal
timore.
1t dawned upon Cohn that he had
been feeced, so he walked to police
headquarters and made a complaint
to Inspector clifford l.. Grant. chief
of detectives. Pierson was arrested
In Baltimore and was brought to
Washington this morning by Detec-
tive Sergeant George Darnall. He is
chnrged with grand larceny.
According to the police, Pierson
came to Washington several weeks
ago and engaged an office in the
building at Eleventh and G. streets.
ordering from a number OF nrms
goods TO be shipped to him on ap-
prevail
1t is said that several thousand dol
lars worth OF articles were shipped
TO Pterson, and when he was searched
following his arrest he had a large
number of protes I'D checks used as
payment for the articles he purchased
from the Wholesale houses in New
York.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
DISABLED YANKS
ASK QUICKER USE
OF RELIEF MONEY
Only Sixth of Hospital Appro-
priation Spent, Vet Head
Tells Senate Committee.

Speedy action on soldier legislst on
now pending in Congress was urged
yesterday before the Senate COM
mittee investigating Government
agencies dealing with veterans, by
Capt. Robert s. Marx, of Cincinnati,
national president of the Disabled
Veterans of the World War.
Captain Marx urged larger sums for
disqualification work and quicker dis.
bursement of the s1s.OoO,e0O which
was appropriated four months ago for
that purpose.
you mean that the committee hav-
ing the selection of the hospital sites
has only expended s3,00O,O00 OF the
amount appropriated" asked Senator
Walsh.
EYES," replied Captain Marx, "the
full amount authorized has not been
spent. In other words, the commit
Zee has approached the subject as II
the men for whom the hospitals were
TO be provided would be hurt In five
or six years. Instead the men are
today virtually where they were left
en- the field OF battle.
"The committee has carefully
weighed and carefully considered and
calmly judged. which was a, very
proper and right thing to do, but II
has failed to exercise speed. Con-
gress acted with considerable speed
when IL once became aware of the
situation-it made available an ap-
preparation.
One of the FIRST things in our pro
gram, therefore, is to secure the ex-
penditure of the money that has ac-
tually been appropriated and to have
IL spent in the same way that we
tackled the problem of getting ready
for war"
Pomerene whether the organization
represented by Captain Marx had re-
duced to concrete form any new leg
islation which II proposed, Marx re-
ported that he had come direct from
the organizations national conven-
ton to give to the Senate committee
frst-hand Impressions of the conven-
tion.
Marx argued that the number OF
offices of the War Risk insurance
Bureau should not be limited. He
said he believed IL wrong that an
ex-seryice man seeking adjustment
of his compensation claim should
have to come to Washington to get
his case Strengthened out.
The man ought to be able to go to
some place near his home and pre-
sent his case so that he Is not a
mere file card, mere index. but
a human being" he said.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
WIFE SEEKS HUBBY.
MISSING 3 DAYS
WITH ARMY CHUM
Police and Times Are Asked to
Locate R. r. Smith,
Chauffeur.

Where is Raymond Francis Smith,
a chauffeur, thirty-one years old,
who has been missing from his home,
TOT 1 street southwest. since Sunday ?
In company with "buddie" he met
In the army Smith left home on the
afternoon of July 3, and his wife has
not seen him or heard of him since.
MRS. Smith, who today appealed to
the police and The Washington Times
bureau of Missing Persons to help
locate her missing spouse, says he is
about 1875 pounds, has black curly
hair, forid complexion, heavy eye
orows and scar on his forehead.
AT the time he was last seen he
wore dark suit brown oxforGs and
a blue serge cap.
The distressed wife says she 1ears
ne may have met with foul play.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
PATROlMAN ON CARPET
AS CARNIVAL DISTURBER

Major Harry L. Gessford, chief of
police, declared this morning that he
intended to probe the case of Patrol
man Henry Darneille, of the Sixth
precinct, who was arrested yesterday
on charges of assaulting and attack
ing number of persons attending
the benefit carnival of the Capital
Heights volunteer fire department..
held in Prince Georges county. Mon
day night.
Inspector Cross has been detailed
to investigate the case, and IL II
should be found that DarneiIle acted
in manner unbecoming a member OF
the Washington police department,
action will be taken against him."
said Major Gessford.
Darneille and his brother, J. Addi-
son DarneiIle, farmer of Seat
Pleasant, were arrested yesterday on
warrants charging them with assault
and battery. They were released on
bonds for the action of the grand
jury by Justice of the Peace Herbert
J. Noffat.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
TWO BALTIMORE
!. MEN HURT WHEN
TRUCK 0VERTURNS
Dewey cuffey Loses Fingers OF
Left Hand-csnpanion Re-
ceives Minor Injuries.

An accident on the Baltimore pike.
between Berwyn and Hyattsville.
about o'clock this morning. resulted
in injury to two Baltimore men.
Dewey Cuffey. 425 Christian street.
Baltimore, lost three fingers of his
left hand when his automobile truck
overturned. An unidentified man was
less seriously hurt.
Cunfey was treated by DR.. r. A.
Bennett, at Riverdale, Md. While his
hurts were being dressed the other
man disappeared. 1t is blieved he
returned to Baltimore. Cufrey was
brought to Sibley Hospital here.
The accident was attributed to the
slippery roads.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
PROBLEM FOR THE MATHS

The problem below, submitted b,
A. G. ANTHONY, was printed about q
year ago in somewhat similar form
bringing In variety OF answers, and
here's an opportunity to get the cor.
rect answer:
train leaves San Francisco
every day at Z a. m. for New
York, and train leaves New
York at the same time each day
for San Francisco. How many
trains does the New York train
pass on it's trip? tThe writer eu-
IDENTIFY means that the trip across
the continent takes seven days)
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

Rockville fair.
Application for entrance of exhibits
should be made to Charles G. Holland,
superintendent: or Edgar Reed. as
sistsnt superintendent
A balloon ascension and double
parachute drop will be a feature each
day OF the fair. A series OF folk
dances will be given under direction
of Mrs. James II. Jones, chairman OF
the women's department.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
IRWIN COBB AS HISTORIAN.

IRWIN S. COBB makes thousands
of Americans laugh with his droll
and amusing stories; interests them
immensely with his serious writings,
but something was wrong with him
the day Of the big fight. He wrote
his impressions of the fight for many
papers, including our venerable con-
temporary, The Evening Star. Here's
Cobb's first paragraph, from the
Star:
NEW YORK, N. Y, July Att
is recorded that once upon a time
Aaron Burr, being challenged by
Alexander Hamilton. bade Hamil-
ton meet him over in Jersey and
there destroyed his enemy This
afternoon, also. New Jersey his
tory. in a way of speaking. re-
peated itself. which Is a habit
to which history Is addicted.
Challenger and challenged met
and again the challenger lost the
issue.
Was it the heat or the anti-prohib-
ition parade? History says Burr was
the challenger, pursuing and practi-
cally forcing Hamilton into the duel,
killing the latter.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
OUR zoo INCREASES

PHIL MANSFIELD has contrib
,sed Exhibit No. to our fomous
Zoo. IT Is kroton as the jump
steady FLAPPUS, discovered IN
tAe sand dunes along the Ana-
costa riVer. IT has tconderfuI
sense Of swell, being able to de-
tect pint Of booEe toithin q rodius
Of tioo miles. Lake q bird dog,
the Fldppus at once points 10 the
booze, neper leaving the spot until
the sta1 IS located. FIdppus farms
are to be storted near Washington
and these birds sold to booze
ohasers at fancy prices.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
ELABORATE AUTO SHOW TO
FEATURE ROCKVILLE FAIR

ROCKVILLE, Nd. July 6.-The au-
tomobile exhibit at the annual fair.
TO be held here next month, will be the
most elaborate in the history OF the
county.
An automobile parade. with a num-
Der OF prizes, will be a feature. Prizes
will be offered for community and
club exhibits and the winner will be
SAINT to the Stats LAG at Timoniur-
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

Peggy o'NeilP' was a pretty
girl with Bright Eyes" and she
was In love with an "Old Pal"
He said, Deep in Your Eyes" I
can see the Love Bird" Don't
Make Believe" but DO You
Ever Think of Me" my "Baby?''
She blushed and they both said,
Amt We Got Fun
PEGGY BEE
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
PAPERS LIE
IN FL|MSy
BUILDING
Removal of Documents tc
Quarters of War Risk
Bureau Is Suggested.

The Federal Government, by
using the temporary building al
! Fourteenth and B streets northwest
for income tax purposes, is risking
the loss of millions of dollars
by fire.
This is the statement made to-
! day by officials of the Internal
Revenue Bureau. The building,
which was built during the war to
take care of the clerical forces of
the Government, is of a highly
( inflamable nature and if fire start
ed there it is doubtful if it could
be extinguished before the entire
building was gutted.
RECORDS KEPT THERE.
In the building are kept hundreds
, of thousands of tax records which
would be lost to the Government ana
could not be replaced.
1t was stated today that there is
now lyiig on a desk in the building
papers in a tax case which involves
$67 ,00e, 900. If the building was de-
stroyed by fire. the Government would
lose most of the tax because their
records would be destroyed.
This one case, it is said, is only one
of the many big tax case papers
which are kept in the building CUR
ing the process of adjucditating the
taxes due the Government.
The question of the Fourteenth
and B streets building came up to-
day in a discussion of the probable
action by General Dawes, Director OF
Hhe Budget, on the appropriation OF
the Internal Revenue Bureau.
FORCE is YEARS BEHIND.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Blair said today he did not be-
lieve that any cut would be made
in the appropriation of his bureau
because his force Is now several
years behind and are kept from
catching up because of the enormous
amount of work. He also said the
bureau is so scattered over the city
row that some lost motion was
necessary. He advocated the acquir-
ling of some large building which
would house the entire bureau.
There was agitation some time ago
to permit the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau to use the War Risk building
: and move the War Risk Bureau to
some other building. At that time 1t
was said that the clerical force OF
the War Risk was so large tsat IL
would be impossible to obtain an
other building. Now that the force
has been reduced so much, II is be-
lieved that the War Risk could fnd
} suitable quarters.
CHANGE Is SUGGESTED.
It was even suggested that the
Revenue Bureau and the War Risk
Bureau change places in the build
ings occupied. The records of the
soldiers and sailors in the service OF
the Government are kept in triplicate,
it is said, so that the danger from de-
stroying the records by fire would
not be so great. There is only one
record of income tax cases, 1T was
pointed out -
Referring to the limited space
which the Internal Revenue Bureau
has at its disposal, II was pointed
out that in the building designated
as Annex No. /, which Ia across the
Avenue from the Treasury building
and facing Lafayette auare, that 1890
income tax returns are stacked from.
eight to ten feet high on the top
floor because there Is no other place
to keep them. In addition to occupy
ing this building, the bureau is housed
in a part of the new Interior De-
partment building, at Eighteenth and
+ streets
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
CO NUN ID n U VI 8.

o.-why is the world like a piano?
A.-Because there are so many nsts
and sharps in it.
Q.-Wby 10 a lady's belt like an ash
cart?
A.-Becsuse IL goes around and
gathers the waste.
Q.-What do we often catch but
never see?
A passing remark. VA.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
AN ARGUMENT

First Man-If Dempsey and will
lard ever fight again II will be a
rough and tumble affair. because
both men are tough and great
scrappers
Second-Aw. Dempsey amt tough.
He's cake-eater and wears bell
bottoms. FORGET -ME-NOT
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
SECRETARY HOOVER.

The young newspaper woman
wrote of an interview with Secre-
tary Hoover: His staccato-like re-
plies are hsltingly given, although
without hesitation"
Suffering Ike, who read II. re-
marked: "Wi-wi-wisht he-he-he he'd
puh-puh-put me neh-neh-next, hi-hi-
hill k-k-k-cAn't halt
thou thou thou thout heh-heh-heh-hesi-
tatin'" 1. c.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
r A DIOG PHI S

III "A ~ OU III ~ A III .
A fns.iIiar college yell, G. o. D.
call on dad'
An excuse is the sext door neigh
bor 90 a Iiel
Skirts make the wowsen look
shorter and the men lopGeri
Your looking glass will tell you
what your own friends won't!
OF all the weII-known names,
O'Hell seems TO be most popaisri
some women are more interested
In twin skies than In six-twinsesf
Your head shouIa be done Of
thought, not a mere rendezvous for
hair.
Some people ARR >~raxy 10 marry.
while others WE'RE ernxy TO get
married.!
Some people blow out the gas.
Others step on IL. Either way will
get You there! HARRY G. FISK.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
BAND CONCERTS.

UNITED STATES CAPITOL
TO-DAY AT P. NJ,
BY THE
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND
TAYLOR BRANsoN,
(Secend Leader).
asrch, 'semper psrstuS .Bloddsett
cornet Solo, willow Echoes"
Musician Arthur 8. witcomb.
Grand Scenes from ''Maritsns-"
Characteristic, 'rRonde Tuique,"
waltz suite, Spring, Boau,iiaI
Grand March. "I'he President"
The stsr-spsngled Banner"
AT $3.50 p. NJ,
UNITED STATES AS s6EbrpRs s5H HOME.
SOLDIERS HOME BAND.
JOHN s. II. ZIMMERMAN, Leader.
March, 'Porter's Catalina Band"
McCsughey
Overture. 'Luriine" wallace
Patriotic Fantasia, America For.
Grand selection from opera, "as.
CThs only grand opera whioh
was ever written especially for
Adelina Pstti)
Fox trot, 'Caresses'' treauested),
wsI.. ..,,. ,DssrmsasO, Inter. ,I. "Hsysii.n
r,sn, ,M9cnnshr in;.;,;'''''. kliekmsn
The stsr-spsnsied Banner"
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
BERwYN's FAMOUS SAYINGS.

Sayings the young people of
Berwyn have made famous:
ARTHUR NTH be seeing you"
BERNETTA C.-"Swest daddy"
HENRY S.-"Do you still love
me~
EDNA D.-"what are you SELL
ingT'
RUTH H.-'That's peachie."
JOE W.-"Aren't you going to
kiss meT"
TEDDY J.-'Hello, good looking"
MRS. J. Y.-"Hello, Sister Mary
Ann McTrilla-" B. H
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
A RoIu-ToP sUGGEsTIoN.

II girls would roA their roll
tops" doton over O -0orter ftting
just beloU ths knee, they toouId
pepcr have to adjust them IN psb-
ho. Thof ,oopId shut up the merry
o-Stscs' chief objection, ord they
,oSH be thousand times more COM
fovtobIe ONE WHO KNOWS.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

THE idea is to equalIze accom-
plishments, for II the men let the
women go ahead and learn all about
their work and fail to study wom-
ems the women might soon surpass
them in intellectual accomplish
ments."
Mrs. Johnston believes, as we'll as
many other women, that accomplish
ment Is not a matter of sex, nor
dependent upon IL, but a matter Of
qualifications regardless of sex.
MATTER OF TRADITION.
ouline and feminine is. after all, a
matter of tradition" said the suf-
frage leader. Because men have
always been engineers or electricians
and women mothers, or stenograph-
ers or housekeepers some still
think the division of work should
be sustained. Why continue this
foolish custom?
TT is medical opinion that IL wom-
en- have pronounced positive quail
ties and men negatives, IL not in
frequently happens that their tai
ents and qualifications are reversed
despite the traditional division of
work, pointed out Mrs. Johnston.
Thus we have women lawyers,
women politicians, women bankers
and men artists, sculptors. design
ers and so on down the list. And
sometimes one hears of a woman
stevedore and the like. During the
war many women took up these oc-
cupations as a patriotic service,
realize, OF course"
WOMAN is FAMILY HEAD.
In some marriages the woman is
the man of the house, It has been
said. She Is the positive and re-
sponsible person and the man is
the negative and dependent.
I'm certain court case, in fact.
the wife was adjudicated to be the
man of the family because she was
proven to be the head OF the house.
And the child, a boy. about whose
custody and legal contest arose was
given over to the custody Of the
mother.
Il have watched the boys nere.-
said Mrs. Johnston, -and often
wondered why they couldn't be
taught to sew and do the same
things as the girls"
Mrs. Johnston referred to the
boys in the House of Detention.
She is the superintendent. Mrs.
Johnston for eight years was prom
inently Identified with the National
American Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation and was Congressional chair
man of the Equal Suffrage Associs-
tion OF New Hampshire. She was
manager of the first United States
Employment office opened in New
York City during the war.
Mrs. Johnston is the widow of
Robert p. Johnston, once aide to
former Governor Bass of New Hsmp-
shire.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
THE FATAL COUNT!

For Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these-"sepen-e eight
nire-tenr' NJ. FITCHETTE.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
ADDRESSING THE EDITOR.

Here's the way a fan addressed an
envelope to the editor, and IL rolled in
Just as surely as IL formally addressed: /:
His father called him william
His mother called hir, VIII,
HIS sister called him wIUie,
But we Just call him Bill.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
A QU STION.

Here Is a question of the heart,
That quite perplexes me,
On which ask the worldly wise
To give their frank decree:
Is II not best to love them all
And vow your love for none
Than pledge your heart TO all of them,
And love not any one7
#. J. SCHwAB
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

Caught sight of this sign in a
grocery store window: "Live, chick
ems for frying fresh fish"
BABY LOO.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
PALM d r O M E

II you scan these words below,
The last line palindrome will snow.
A mother one day upbraided her son,
Accusing him OF the truth evading;
And when her little speech was done
He said to her, in terms persuading
And not showing any signs of ire:
~RAil on, mai 1 am NO Iisr.-
y II. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

when you 0ire yoHr toVe pin
money" she's sure to "stiok" you
again. EAMON s..
The Washington times., 1921-07-06
TAX RECORDS W0RIllIL IONS ARE MENACED BY FIRE HAZA
1EARl>n5E 5EEn8a
BY BILL PRICE
HE SUPREME TEST.

THE SUPREME TEST.
"You ask me " lore yos," said a h1s-
band 10 his totJe,
"WsH, dear, here's yoar ansioer: You
just bet your life.
Did NOT cot oil your biscuitsf (at this
point ne gave q sigh,
And, although IL nearly killed me,
didn't eat your lemon pie"
~. r. SNOW.
Now that Mrs. VAN WINKLE
has struck the correct mote" on
Washington immortality, let her try
to put her words into. song" and
"jaxz" things up little.
EAMON O s.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

The Stillman race goes on,
and every day they bring on an
added starter, but so far Flo
LEEDS! OIDONO.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

A MARVELLOUS FEAT.
Headline In Western Paper
aBeiieve Dead Woman Jumpkd
From Trafa.- HUFFlE.
The Washington times., 1921-07-06

An All Washington Page For
All Warrington People Every After
noon and Sunday Morning in
The Washington Times.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-04
Staver Family Leaves
for Extensive Trip

Much to the regret of the entire
commun ity, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Staver, Farrell and Mariana left
today for New York, where they
will remain for two weeks before
Mr.. and Mrs. Staver sail for Peru,
South America. Farrell and Ma
riana will be placed in the Gene
see Wesleyan seminary at Lima,
New York, near relatives of the
Stavers. An old friend of Mrs.
Staver will be one of their in
structors in The seminary, which
will make ii far more pleasant for
the young people while they are
away from their parents. Lima is
about Is miles from Rochester,
Ny.
So greatly will the entire family
be missed from Idaho Springs that
words fail to express the general
regret felt, but suffice it to say that
the whole community sends with
them their very best wishes for a
happy journey, and that their re
turn to Idaho Springs will find
things in such a fourishing con-
dition that they will never care to
leave again.
Success to Mr.. and Mrs. Staver
in their far away home, and to
Farrell and Mariana in their school
work.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-04
OL|NGER QUARTET
HERE ON NOV. 8
Best Quartet in West to Give
Entertainment for Near East
Relief; You Can't Afford to
Miss This Treat; Tickets on
Sale at Deis' Book Store.

Olinger's quartet will be at the
opera house Tuesday evening, Nov.
8. to aid in raising money for the
Near East children.
The very announcement of the
Olinger quartet in any part of the
west seems all-sufficient to guar
antee full house Having once
heard them means longing for
their return. When they sang here
a year ago, so enthused was the
audience that plans were begun at
once for their return.
Extracts from the different west
ern papers claim, "This quartet is
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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-04
Let'S All Boost For the
Central City Road

Now that the Loveland pass
road is practically assured all the
people of Clear Greek county are
happy because of the great bene-
fits derived therefrom. George
town and Silver Plume are to be
congratulated for the efforts put
forth for this important highway.
If all the county will join hands
and pull for the Central City road
it can be built this winter and
every citizen in Clear Greek and
Gilpin counties will be benefited
by it. Lets keep the good work
going and increase our friendship
for our neighbors.
The building of this road may
save at least one life--is it not
worth it? 1t would be if it were
our relative or friend who might
have an accident on this road.
Let us consider those important
things.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-11-04
Matte Mining Company
to Make Improvements

The Matte Mining company is
on the boom, and a large fun e, at
cost of several thausand dollars,
will be built in the very near fu-
ture. w. A. Keelor has the con-
tract for clearing out the old hume
aud is now on the job, having
started his work Monday.
The Matte has not been work
ing for several years, but as soon
as the new Aume is completed and
other repair work done, it will be
opened up and full force of men
will be put to work.
This is another good indication
that Idaho Springs is not by any
means "on its last pegs" as it is
sometimes said by the town pes
simist.
Ell. E. Machcl spent several days
in Denver, returning home We'd
uesday evening.