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The Washington times., 1922-05-17
What's Doing Today
and TOMORROW

tmal School, Eleventh and Harvard
streets northwest, s p. m.
Meeting-Saranac A. c. Park View
School Newton and Warder streets
northwest. p. IN.
Tomorrow.
Meeting-Takoma Park Baptist WON
ems Mission Society, the home Of Mrs.
Charles G. Royle, ?07 willow avenue,
Takoma Park, =. m.
Convcnton--The American Fedora tion
OF Arts, New National Museum, $40 a.
m. and p, m: Pan-American building,
$50 p. IN.
Chicken luncheon-By the District OF
Columbia Federation OF Woman's Clubs,
Now Masonic Temple, 1890 to 2 p. m.
Club dinner-Arts Club Of Washington,
2nl7 I street northwest, Mrs Margaret
S. Timmele. hostess; Miss Hermine
SChWed, speaker; p. m
prisoners. New Masonic Auditorium.
Thirteenth street and New York avenue
northwest, s:l6 p. m
Moeting-MichlEan state Society. Con.
gressman John {, Ketcham. speaker
Wilson Normal School. Eleventh and
Harvard streets northwest, p. m.
outdoor performance -- Shakespeare re =
As You Like u" with Edith wynno
MRtthison, women's National Founds
ton AmphItheAter, Connecticut and
Florida avenues northwest, S.tS p. m.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
Today,

Today.
MeetinE-South Washington Citizens
Association, jefferson School, p. m,
MeetinR--Chevy Chase Citizens Asso-
citation e. V. Brown school s y. m.
Weekly lunCheon--Lions club, New
Willard Hotel, I y. m
Meeting-Board of Education, Franklin
School, 2;30 p. m
Ladies' night-George Washington Post,
American Legion, Interior Department
auditorium, Eighteenth and streets
northwest p. IN.
Bazaar-women's city Club, to 10
y. m
Mseting-Connecticus Avenue Citizens
Association, meeting In charge OF the
women, men invited, All Souls Parish
Hall. Cathedral and Connecticut avenues
northwest, Z y. m.
Meeting-Mt Vernon Lodge, No g..
knights OF PythiRs, PythiAn Temple, 1912
Ninth street northwest, .. m.
Conventton--The American Federation
Of Arts, Corcoran Gallery Of Art, morn
ing session, 9:3O a. m; afternoon. 2 p. M. /,
reception to delegates at the White House,
y. m.
Recitsl-Dy Miss Anita r. Gauges,
Miss Edna r Lee and r. Frederick
Fr"und lobby. Y NJ G A, 1895 q street
northwest S:3n n. m
Meeting Illinois state Society, Thorn
son school. Twelfth and l. streets north.
Meeung ng-Lonesome Club. Wilson Nor.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
$3.50 Saved To Meet
Hospital Bill
Is Stolen

Mrs. Elizabeth F. BRYANT. an
invalid. who lives at 625 VI
street southwest. has discov-
cred to her sorrow that trunk
is not a safe place to bank her
savings.
She made the discovery, on
Monday when she was confront
ed with a hospital bill for treat
ment and an operation.
Before going to the hospital
two weeks ago, Mrs. Bryant
gave her sister. Mrs. Charles
Hunter Sorrill. 1916 Sixth street
southwest, $3.50 to keep for her.
Mrs. Sorrill put the money in
trunk at her home.
On Monday when Mrs. Bry-
ant was ready to leave the hos
pital she sent for her sister and
the money. Mrs. Sorrill said
she had searched her trunk. but
found the $3.50 had disappeared.
Detective Sergeants Sprirgman
and Darnall are making an in
vcstigation. They arrested Mrs.
Sorrills husband and accused
him of stealing the money.
After several hours questioning
Sorrill. who cares for the b~ers
and lions at the National Zoo
logical Park. admitted the theft.
He said he had taken the money
from the trunk in small
amounts, playing the races and
buying liquor. He is held on
charges of grand larceny.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
ENGINEERS UNION ASKS
EXTENSION OF RENT ACT

Extension of the Ball rent act was
earnestly urged" last night al 1,
meeting Of Local No. 90, IntArnn.
tional Union Of Steam and Opera. ng
Engineers. II was said that If tive
law is not extended "a great injury
will result to the poor tenants now
occupying rented property"
Copies OF the resolution. which
was unanimously adopted, were for
warded to Congressman Frank W
Mondell, majority leader Of the
House: Congressman Philip p. Camp.
bell. chairman OF the Committee on
Rules, and Congressman BENJAMIN
X. Focht. chairman Of the District
Committee.
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REFUSES TO MAKE PLEA
ON LIQUOR LAW CHARGES

Orlando Leo Cleveland. arrested
May 8 on charges of unlawful pos
session and selling of liquor. yester.
day refused to enter plea when
arralgned before Judge Mattingly Of
the Police Court on the ground that
under the law he could NOT be ar
raigned while an appeal to the Court
Of Appeals was pending.
Attorney T. Morris Wampler.
counsel for Cleveland, endeavored to
secure a writ of prohibition on the
ground that a police court lacked
jurisdiction. When the writ was de-
MED counsel apepaled to the Court of
Appeals for writ Of error.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17

GREENWICH VILLAGE LyFE.
CAS- near as | can make out,
the short-haired women and men
who flourish in the Greenwich
Villages-some of them in Wash
ington-want these things):
DUSTY" RHODES.
ON believer in free lore,
All that ! read is Freud,
! am entirely Proletariat
And detest the Bourgeois
prude.
One Of my room mates is Russian,
One is Czecho -SloUdk;
One halls from Turkey
And the other is a Poldck.
I rerer am on time
To anything at oil,
Because to be on time
Is too conventional.
No1O unless things are changed,
They ,UiU 90 from bad to worse,
All that 1Ue 1Udnt and ask,
Is free Lore, free eats, free
rerSe.
These things are necessary,
And must be taken as Uhole,
If 1Ue are to haze, ever,
Free democracy of soul.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
RAILWAY RESTORES ITS
PRE-WAR PULLMAN RULE

Restoration of pre.war privileges
on railroads is forecast by the an.
nouncement today of the Pennsyl.
vania system that, beginning May
20. one person may occupy an entire
section in a Pullman on the trains
Of that road without paying extra
train fare.
Under the present arrangement,
which was put into effect during
Federal control of the railroads. a
patron desiring exclusive occupancy
of section is required TO purchase
half.fare railroad ticket. in add.
ton to the regular fare. and pay the
Pullman charge for section. The
new regulation eliminaus the buy
ing Of the half-fare ticket.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
SPEAKERS TO PLEAD
FOR AMNESTY TONIGHT

Freeing OF all political prisoners
will be urged at public mass meet.
ing at 8l5 o'clock tonight in the
New Masonic auditorium. Thirteenth
street and New York avenue north
west, under the direction of the
volunteer committee of citizens,
Frederick G. Howe, chairman.
Speakers will be Frank p. Walsh,
the Rev. John 4 Ryan, Mrs. Dorothy
Clark, and Kate Richards O'Hare.
All members OF the Children's cru.
sade organization will attend.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

I have heard II n Thousand times,
1 'spOse they memoTize the lines.
No matter how or what i say.
They all come back In the same
old way;
"Now tell me, have you ever loved
before?
And. II so, did you love her more?"
MERCURY.
AND SHE HEARS THIS;
"SO, desrie. you are sweetest Of
all,
You are so beautiful, grand and
tall.
Your eyes are like the stars
above,
No other could command my deep
love.
grieve to think you are so
skeptiCal.
just because I once knew another
gal"
OFFICE GOAT.
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Arlington Road Closed.

The Military Road, from Hatfield,
Va, to Arlington Cemetery wall, 70
the junction leading off to AleXan-
dria, will be closed 10 trlffi2 Thurs.
day, Friday, and Satul daY for re.
pairs All sightseers and funerals
10 Arlington should enter the GENE.
tcry through the east gates.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
)URDAY FOR us WORKERS BY CHIEF
SzsIEEARD@. e I'd IS -
THE ONE-SHIRT CHAP.

THE ONE-SHIRT CHAP.
II In this world one shirt Is all
To which l lay a claim,
Nobody but myself 1 call
Upon to bear the blame.
Such poverty ! much desplse.
But long has II been mine,
And so l wait the wind that dries
The shirt out on the line.
Until that rag Is dry and tit
For any tramp to wear,
My shirtiessness will not permit
My going anywhere.
Once every month l dOff the shirt,
And then a day lose,
Until q gold dust twin the dirt
So easily subdues.
When wash day comes 1t makes
me sore
Because ] pust undress,
But when I'm rich. two shirts or
n doubtless shall possess.
l then will in no cellar hide.
Nor under quilts recline
Until my only shirt Is dried
And stolen from the line.
WADE WELLER.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17

THE O-O-O MAN.
w NJ p gave US the other
day typOgraph drawing made
wholly of KS. Today he pre-.
Sents the 600 man:
The Washington times., 1922-05-17

Pat-YOu have been drinking
again.
Mike-How can you tell?
Pat-I smell hair tonic. It's
not on your head. either.
TOM CULHANE.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17

The hotel porter holds his Job
with u firm grip.
FIsppers should be disarmed, for
many men have fallen from glance
shots from their eyes.
HANK HAWKINS
The Washington times., 1922-05-17

"President Harding sdcri-
feed sleep for Speech" says
a New York paper. That's
nothing out Of the ordinary.
Lots of Women have done that,
Waiting for their husbands to
get in at 9 q. NJ
JULES BACKENHEIMER.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
THE GRIFFS OF I. c. c.

THE GRIFFS OF I. c. c.
Here are the Griffs. a junior
team OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and they have won
six straight games:
DONALDSON
BELL
WAPLE
HOGAN
CUMBERLAND
BUCC1
YAFFY
FEARY
STHELLBERG
OMOHCNDRO
LEFTY WIGGINTON
GLOTZBACk
UHLER
WARNER
{.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
y THE FINAL GREEN EDITION

contains last minute news, complete
racing entries and results and other
sport world happenings. Get your
news a day ahead.
The Washington times., 1922-05-17
THE PINK OF PERFECTION

The stock market close, racing en-
tries, complete financial reports and
all news in the Pink Edition of The
Times every day.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18
SPANISH 3, f f4s555A
OUBLOON : : :::.=;

ans had only TO listen TO its voice tt
enjoy In anticipation all the fruits OF
their inIquItous schemes. The sight
of the golden coins intoxicated them,
They played with the doubIoons like
children, jingling them In their cal
lOused palms. guessing at weight and
value. calculating their equivalent in
the JOY Of living. Laughter and oaths
r~esOunded.
And % the night that ! uuutter-
ably dreaded was upon us. But The
pirates still thought OF nothing but the
gold. They had exhausted their 0wn
portable supplies OF liquor. and were
loud In their denuncIatlons OF u bone
dry camp, as they termed Il.
II vas Tony who intercepted a ten
tative movement Of Capt. Magnus In
my direction, and ordered me into the
cabin with my aunt and Miss Browne.
Through the walls of the hut we heard
loud and eager talk OF the morrow and
its certain golden harvest as the pl-
rates mhde their dispositions for the
night. Then the voices tralIed of
JeepiIy and silence succeeded. broken
only by the ceaseless murmur Of the
waves around the island.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18

last sad chapter of the tale OF Peter;
Peter who had made me so intimately
his %conidante. whose love and hopes
and solitary strivings / knew all
about.
Vaguely / heard around me a babble
OF EXPLANATIONS and conjectures. Mu
murs of interest rose even from our
captive band, Then came SlInker's
voice, loud with sudden fear:
Say, you don't suppose the-the
Bones would Of got away with the rest
of the coin somehow, do your" he de-
manded.
Got away with itf' Tony contemp-
t~uously thrust aside the possibility.
'Got away with 1t how7 He sure
didn't leave the island with IL. did hef
Would he OF dug 1t up from one place
Jest to burw II In another2- Hull Must
Of wanted TO work IL he did, Now, my
notion is that this happened to one of
the guys that was burying the gold,
and that the rest Jest left him there
for a sort OF ~scarecrow TO keep other
people out of the cave"
"But the gold?" protested Slinker.
.They wouldn't leave that fora
scarecrow. would theyr-
Maybe not. admitted Tony. but
suppose that Teller died awful slow.
and went on hollerIng and clutching at
the bagsg Well, that cave wouldn't
be a pleasant place to stay In, would
lit And no one would have the nerve
10 snatch them bags away 70 bury
eena, cause a dying mar. especially
when he dies hard. can IA I'VE an awful
grip. SO what they done was just TO
shovel the sand In OF the gold they'd
slowed away and light out quick"
II the Ingenuity Of this reasoning
WAS o remarkable than It's logic.
the pirates % 0 the men TO find
fault with II. Dexirs Is the most elo-
Grant OF advocates, and the ave rum
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18

sive. The military guard of honor
stands at attention" as distinguished
men eulogize the dead. The President
Of the United States. the secretary of
war and other members of the cab
met, committees of congress. the chief
of staff and other general officers, as
Well as thousands of relatives and
friends nave attended these memorial
ceremonies.
Relatives from every state in the
Union. wen from far-away Alaska.
have come TO Hoboken to meet their
boys on ''The Pier of the Dead"
AS soon as possible after notifying
relatives of the return Of a body, prep
a%ratlons are made for shipment to It's
final destination. A telegram goes
from the transportation division of the
Hoboken Office 10 the nearest of kin,
advising of the departure Of the body
from Hoboken, the hour due for ar
rival, and the railroad by which II Is
sent. When no relative or authori \ d
friend comes to receive and accom-
pany the body to- ITS destination. 4t Is
placed In charge of a military escort
who remain as guard until the destIna-
uJn Ts reached ana tire 60d5 rs f0rmafs
~ turned over TO the family.
Another matter given careful atten-
ton is In providing the escort TO ac-
company the body home. One soldier
is selected who can speak the language
of the family to whom he Is taking IL.
1t is the duty of this military escort
TO obtain the written receipt for the
body. and the burial certificate. These
records are exceedingly important and
are carefully preserved In the GENE
terial division. because the war risk
bureau calls on the division for GER
tihcation that the funeral has taken
place. and on these records depends
imburse relatives for funeral expenses
incurred by them. II is { be noted
that the quartermaster corps bears all
expenses up to the point of turning
over the body to the nearest of kin,
at Its final destination.
Sometimes many bodies are 10 be
sent to the same city in these cases a
special train is provided for the pur-
pose and a military escort for each
car. Again 1t may be that trains leav-
ing Hoboken carry many bodies whose
destinations are In several states. In
such cases. bodies are segregated ac-
cording Il state and placed in cars
which Will convey them TO the dis.
tributieH point for that state.
There are sixteen of these distribu-
ton points Atlanta, Ga; Arlington.
Va; Cheyenne. Wyo.; Chicago. Ill.
Columbia, s c.; Columbus. o.: De
troit. Mich; En- Paso. Tex; Little
Rock. Ark: Louisville. KY; Omaha.
Neb.: Portland. Ore: San Antonio.
Tex; San Francisco, CAL; st. Paul.
Mimi. and Washington. ID. G. AT the
railroad station at each of these
points, the cemeterial division has Its
representative who keeps In close
touch with the nearest army post or
camp from which q detail of soldiers
for escort is provided to receive the
trains bearing the dead
From this point each body has It's
military escort. and IL requested. hr-
fng squads are furnished for the
funeral. provided 1t can be arranged
without too great cost of transporta-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18
CHAPTER XVI.
ron Dead Hands.

At the head Of the file. Capt. Tony
advanced through the clearing, and
what with his flowing black beard, his
portly form and a certain dramatic
swagger which he possessed. he looked
so entirely Italian and operate that
You expected TO hear him at any mo
ment burst out In a sonorOus basso.
With a sweeping gesture he hnng
down upon the table two brown can
vas bags, which opened and discharged
from gaping mouths a flood Of golden
COINS.
Slinker and the eross-eyed man
shouted aloud. They ran and clutched
at the coins with a savage greed.
Gold, gold-the real stuff It's the
doubloons. all rlght-where's the rest
OF 'em?" These cries broke from
Slinker and Horny %confusedIy as the
gold slid jingling between their eager
fingers.
''The rest of 'em is-where they is"
pronounced Tony o%racularly. Some
where's in the sand OF the cave, OF
course. Well dig EN- up tomorrow
morning.
"What was the point In not digging
'em all up while you was about itY'
demanded Slinker. lowering. What
vas the good o. digging up jest these
here couple o. bags and %quittingf
Because we didn't dig EN- up, re-
sponded Tony darkly. Because these
was all ready and waiting. Because
oil we had TO do was to say Thankee,
TO the Teller that handed 'em out. We
got these here bags of doubloons, as
l says, without havin' to dig for EN-
oncet we had found the cave. which
it's no thanks TO old Washtubs we
amt looking for 1t yet. We got these
here bags right cut of the fists of II
skeleton. Most of him was under a
rock, which had fell from the roof and
pinned him amidships. Must OF
squashed him like a beetle, | guess.
But he'd still KEEP his hold on the
bags" | turned aside, for fear that
anyone should see how white | was.
To the rest, these poor bones might In
deed bear mute witness TO a tragedy,
but a tragedy lacking outlines, vague,
Impersonal, without polgnacy. To me,
they told with dreadful clearness the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18

cathedral. Edinburgh -GIxe IS
and strengths forbearNand p~eFsevere
Give us courage and gagety and the
quiet mind Spare TO US our friends
soften TO as our enemies, bless us If
1t may be In all our innocent en.
deaxors- IL Ii may not. give as the
strength 10 encounter that which IL
to IN that we may be brave I'm
peril, constant In fribulation. temper
ate In wrath, and In ali changes OF
fortune. and down TO the gates of
death. loyal and loving to one
another
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18

When your permanent teeth are all
In place nature has finished her tooth
lob. You have your share of teeth
and n you don't take care of them
o win either have 10 do without
teeth or use artificial ones. Who
wants to do without tSetnf Certainly
YOU and we don't. Besides. 1t In not
very ples sant to have them taken out.
Your permanent teeth are q wonder
ful mechanism They mastfcnte your
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18

food. give shape and expression TO
your face and ~distiBefHess -te yeuE
voice. The loss Of even N tooth is
a very serious injury. bur the loss of
pore than ~ is a calamity. The
longer you live the more you need
ton Journal.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18


solemn Guty OF the quartermaster
corps OF the United States army Of
bringing home the soldier. dead nears
completion. More than 1900 have
been returned for burial in their home
land. About $4,000 will sleep forever
overseas, according to the wish Of
their next Of kin.
And this is the way of their coming
home OF those who are TO sleep for
ever In their homeland.
Paying its tribute of honor to the
memory OF these heroes who are near
Ing Il he-end-afl.tha lLast-jaHE !"
the Flag floats half-masted from New
.ork,s great buildings from vessels In
the harbor. As the slip moors at the
pier in Hoboken, she is met by the
military guard OF honor, two COM
panies OF the famous Thirteenth Unit
ed States infantry. and by all officers
and civilians on duty In the graves
registration Offices In Hoboken.
Hundreds of selected men under the
personal supervision of our officers
and soldiers commence the work of
ttAlVfAnk NV OtQ8tS iloh AtF bltb A
conveying them by means of electric
trucks TO the designated places on
1.-THE Pier of the Dead" A flag is then
draped over each one and stays there
until the coffin is lowered into Its
final grave. when the emblem is re-
moved and given to the relatives.
AS SOC as the bodies are at rest
on THE Pier of the Dead" the name
of each is listed. Then a telegram is
sent by the quartermaster corps Off
Ger In charge at HobokenS to the near
est OF kin, announcing the arrival of
she body and requesting a reply con-
hrming the shipping Instructions pre-
viously given TO that Office. When this
is received at Hoboken. acknowledge
ment Is promptly made by mail.
II, on the other hand. no reply Is
received to the first telegram, a sec
ond one is sent and IL within a reason
able time no reply comes. the failure
is Immediately telegraphed to the
cemeterial division at Washington
for their help In locating relatives.
After all attempts of the cemeterial
division are futile. the Hoboken Office
is directed to have the body sent to
Washington for interment In the Ar
lington National cemetery. Fortunate
ly. but few OF such cases have oc-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18
BY JESSIE DELL
Historian. Quartermaster Corps. United
States Army.)

HE big army transport,
with it's solemn cargo,
slowly and majestically
steams up New York
harbor, into the historic
Hudson, and home Is
again reached!
Ii is the Cambria,
bringing home more than
a thousand soldier dead.
With her arrival the
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tion TO b government, or Without IN
terferlng with the duties of the men
composing the firing squad
During the past year there ave
been 1854 of our overseas dead In
tered in beautiful Arlington National
cemetery.
kilograms announcing the date on
/, which interments Will TAKE place In
Arlington. are sent to relatives by the
chief of the cemeterIal division who
further advises that should they at
tend the funeral ceremonies, Enf
should they so desire, all information
and assistance concerning hotel accom-
mediation and transportation to Airing
ton will be given them by the Travel
ers' Aid society representatives who
are on duty in the Union station in
Washington. :
The splendid. efficient and sympa-
thetic assistance of this society has
been q blessing to the relatives of the
dead.
The District Of Columbia chapter Of
the Red Cross at their headquarters
on Jackson square. receive all the out
of-town relatives and friends who
frofne ~ atfsnd efcssa=ssFvves sREE
on Mondays and Thursdays, special
iuneheDus-Hre-seryed for them. They
also provide notorious transportation
to Arlington cemetery and return.
The interest of the Red Cross does
not. stop there, for 1t has made special
arrangement with the quartermaster
--.-- - tbn oarnnfarfo oil dfviCtnn RI
have large anvas tents pitched at or
near the places where the burials take
place. Several women representing
the Red Cross are always In these
tents to receive the relatives and
friends and to make them comfort
able. or 10 let them rest until the hour
arrives for the services which is an
nounced by the measured tread of the
military companies detailed for this
duty from the command at Fort Myer.
The detail with it's hand. Its buglers
and Its firing squad. is always accom-
panied BY at least two chaplains. n
Protestant and the other Roman
Catholic. and when necessary a Rabbi
IA there. to conduct the last rites
Another touching incident connected
with these funerals is the dropping OF
flowers In each grave as the final
prayers are said. This loving act il
performed by representatives Of the
War Mothers. who never fail to=be
present when Arlington is receiving
its overseas dead.
AS we hear the sweetly doleful
notes of the band, and listen TO the
soft-spoken words of the chaplain. fol
lowed by the musketry salute, we feel
a thrill of solemn pride. u realization
that. in hours of need. our country
has ever had it's full quota of the
brave and heroic.
The bugler now steps up to the
grave, and as the notes of his trumpet
echo amongst the hills and trees.
through our thoughts pass the words
of Taps:
Fades the light:
And afar
Goeth day.
Cometh night:
And a star
Leadeth all.
Speedeth all
To their rest
And thus ends the last journey.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18

Words Of n. l. Stevenson
The following words of Robert
Louis Stevenson CISCO 18DSl. have
been placed o "A a mural monument
erected 10 hlx mem0wy In st. Giles
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18

Everywhere In life the true ques
tion Is. not what we gain but what ~
do-C@riyie4