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impact. She died en- route to the
hospital. The accident occurred at
Connecticut avenue and Kalorama
road.
Alexander Oil, newspaper man.
living at 1880 Columbia road, IL also
at the hospital recovering from in.
1uries received In the accident. Mrs.
Gill. who was also In the car, was
taken to the hospital suffering
from cuts and bruises ON the
head and body, but was able to leave
after having her injuries dressed. Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Sinclair, of 1920
Woodley road, suffered cuts and
bruises, and Kurt o. Mentzel, man.
ager of the Peoples Drug Store at
1880 Belmont street northwest, sus-
tanned bruises. They were taken to
their homes after having their in
juries dressed at the hospital. George
Lee. SO DcFrecs street northwest. who
was passing the scene of the accident
took the injured persons to Emery
ency Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. White
will be held In Somerfield, Pa, Wed.
nesday morning. The body will be
sent tonight.
Mrs. White was the wife of L. f..
White, local coal dealer. She lived
In the Chastletos r,artments, Six
teenth and X streets northwest.
Ruth Washington, colored, twenty
years old, S18 Twenty-fourth street
northwest, while crossing the street
on Delaware avenue near d street
southwest. yesterday morning, was
struck and instantly killed by an
automobile driven by George Holmes,
colored, of 707 Delaware avenue
soutbw = Holmes was arrested and
held action Of the coron~r's
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HOTEL MEN AID
SUBSCRIPTION
FOR AUDITORIUM

With forty-five men already signed
up to sell 5000 worth Of stock. the
hackers Of the movement for q con-
vention hall in Washington today de-
clared they fen confident that the
necessary 100 men would be secured
by Saturday night.
Ross p. Andrews, president Of the
r. p. Andrews Paper Company, and
Frank 8. Hight. managing director Of
the New Willard Hotel, are the
latest to offer their services to Col.
Robert N. Harper, who Ia chairman
of the joint committee Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce and Merchants and
Manufacturer Association consider
ing plans for the hall.
Both Andrews and Hight are en-
thusiastic over the movement. They
declare the hall will I'LL a much
needed want.
Gus Bucholz, proprietor Of the Oc-
cidental Hotel and one Of the sub
scribers to $1,000, today urged hotels
to join the campaign. In q letter to
The Times he says:
IT want to thank you for your
article concerning the convention
hall. am glad to see all the news
lsapers .tl',e this matter uD, because
Il Is of great vital interest to our
beautiful city and certainly will bring
more conventions here.
1T feel that hotels and restaurants
will be greatly benefited by It, per.
haps more than any other business.
Therefore I have pledged myself to
take $1,000 worth Of stock and have
become one of the chairmen, although
my rooms at the Occidci,al are
mostly taken by per manent people.
"I hope that our leading hotels
look upon IL in the same spirit and
secure stock In proportion to the
number Of rooms they have. By
doing this our hundred chairmen, with
the support of the newspapers. would
not have any trouble in scaling stock
to other business men, not 30 d.
rectIy Interested, and I feel confident
Washington will get . convention
hall this time"
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SOLDIER WROTE
. 4
DAVIS He WOULD
SHOOT HIMSELF
Letter Of Suicide at Veterans
Bureau Complained Of Slim
Allowance.

An eloquent letter reached the
desk of Secretary of Labor Davis
today. The writer was Audrey
Braun, a Hungarian, who Gerved In
the American army, and who killed
himself in the offices of the Vet
Grams Bureau here.
Davis was founder Of the Royal
Order of Moose. of which the ex-
soldier was a member. The letter
follows:
Dear Brother and Secretary:
Being unable to work and my
compensation cut down to s1S, ON
which could not make a living. I
came to Washington to see what
could be done about it, and finding
that there could or would be done
nothing in regard to allowing me
enough funds to make my living on.
have been compelled to do some
thing about myself, and wha. ] have
done is have taken my life. Would
you want to have this certified. you
call up the Veterans Bureau. En-
closed you find my receipt from the
lodge. Should there be anything duo
me, whatever amount large or small.
kindly remit II to the following ad-.
dress: George Braun. 543 Poster
Reiche Elck hungary.
ANDREW BRAUN"
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Nationwide efforts to introduce to
households and individuals the prac-
tice Of economy begins tomorrow with
the observance of Thrift Week"
Local exercises will bring to Wash.
ington q week-long message embodying
the prosperity platform Of Ben Frank.
lin. than whom there was mono
thriftier.
The Thrift Week idea originated
with Arthur M. East. Of Philadelphia
who had previous to 1917 conducted
thrift campaigns In various cities of
the country. The process Of .stimula-
ting thrift in one city at q time was
slow and Mr.. East finally developed
an organization which might stress
the value Of economy by means Of an
annual nationally celebrated Thrift
Week."
"The real purpose" explains the
founder "is to teach individual pros
perity. II IL one campaign which does
not ask people to give money. spend.
or loan, but simply to take thought
for their own well-being and future
prosperity. Individuals are sncour.
aged to measure their expenditures
by comparing the time and effort re-
Quired to earn the money with the
satisfaction which they Will receive
People are working not for money, but
for the things money will buy"
Members Of the District Bankers
Association viii open Washington's
Thrift Week program with q cello
bration at Franklin statue, Tenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
w. G. Hanson. q member OF the
IL" Club. will unofficially inaugu,
rate the campaign tonight In an ad-
dress, at o'clock. In the Central
Y. M, C.. A, lobby. Seven other
speakers, all members of the '"13''
Club. have volunteered their services
for the week.
: The speakers program il as fol-
lows:
January 1s-Lobby. Y. M. C. A., Z
o'clock: w. c. Hanson.
January 17-Kalorama Citizens As
ISOLATION, the Highlands. 8 p. m:
b. +. Leffever; Service Club. 1904 q
street northwest, $40 p. m: Charles
c. Graves.
January 1S-Lansburgh q Bro.
$40 a. m: Raymond Bresnahan.
NJ. Smith. Technical, High School,
. a. M: John F. Cremer. Western
High School, 1880 a. m: James A.
Maloney. South Washington Cit.
Gems Association, 8 p. m: Edgar
Cara.
january 1s--S. Kann 4 Sons. $40:
J: w. Worthington. United States
Navy Yard, 1880 p. m: w. c. Han
son and Major Guy l.. Withers. Bright
wood Citizens Association, 8 p. m:
A. w. Diffenderfer.
January 2o-New City Club. 7:30
p. m: w. c. Hanson. Women's City
Club, 8 D. m: Claude w. Owen and
Major Guy l.. Withers.
January 21-woodward & 10th.
rop, $40 a. m: w. G. Hanson.
January %, Sunday-Special SER
mons by pastors in all Washington
churches.
January 23-Midcity Citizens As
ISOLATION, $40 p. m: George Curtis
ahipV,
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the yellow man relatively no harm.
In fact, he profited by It.
THE yellow man looked compliment
ly, grinningly on, while the white man
annihilated himself, and contemplated
the time when he should be the white
mans master. 1t Is high time that
the white man stopped killing white
men. high time that all white men
should get together and stand togeth-
er against the onrush Of the yellow
peril.
mo good can come to the white
man from a pact with the pagan.
There Is every advantage I'm it for
the heather, but no advantage for
the Christian. The Christian has
everything to lose, nothing to gain.
on the other hand the yellow man
has everything to gain. nothing to
lose.
God told Israel not to make un-
holy alliances with heather. Solo
mon came to grief because he made
alliances with pagan nations. The
Of Christians making alliances with
pagans. God does not want this
Christian nation to form an entang-
ling alliance with a pagan nation
and Japan Ia heather and pagan.
God. Does Not Approve.
God wants us to show japan the
better way. not by political alliances,
but by teaching, example and, II
need be. by use of power, but not by
entangling alliance. II we enter into
pact with Japan 1t will not be
for moral or spiritual purposes, but
for purely material ends, and God
Will not approve and we win be
losers thereby.
1.-THE moral and spiritual conscience
Of America will meet every obligation
that may arise without putting our.
materialistic aims of the pagan.
'In fact, we had better keep out Of
ontangling alliances with all foreign
nations, such things mean simply our
loss. their gain. We had better let
foreign nations pursue their own con.
quests, fight their own wars and
manage their own affAirs.
"The common sense sentiment OF
america Is to attend to our own at
fairs and let other nations do the
same. without any political alliances
yhateYer WE haxe fed I'd clothed the
world and kept II alive Tor several
has been done from a moral sense and
a humane feeling, and no alliance
that can be formed &c 80 strong as our
moral and humane consciousness.
"All that we should do for ether
nations we win do without entagling
alliances, and all the alliances that
could be formed will never make us
do more. America does not mind
political alliances to do her duty by
other nations, as We proved by the
world war.
whats the use Of entering into =
ract with people In whose character
we have no confidence? What In the
sense of making an alliance with
Japan when the people Of America
haven't faith in her word and prom
ises? The thing for America to do IL
to make herself strong as she Il able
to do, 80 strong that she fears no
one. Let her make herself 30 strong
on the sea that she should be able
not only to protect her own personal
interests. but safeguard. II need be,
the interests and life Of white civil
zation.
Let her make herself strong. rot
to make war, but to make peacs, and
maintain 1t. In the words of the i'm.
mortal Roosevelt, let ner, Tor her own
good and the welfare Of civilization:
"'Speak softly, but carry q big
stick"
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WOMAN KILLED
: IN AUTO CRASH;
, BROKER IS HELD
Mrs. Edna White Fatally Hurt
When Mccord Pearce's Car
Skids Into Curb.

McCord Pearce, broker in the
Woodward building, living at 1875
Connecticut avenue northwest, today
Is under arrest at the Emergency
Hospital pending action of the cor-
oner's jury which today will inquire
into the death Of Mrs. Edna White,
thirty-eight years old, who was J. lied
In an automobile accident early yes
terday morning. 80
McCord, who is being treated for
outs about the face and body, was
the driver of the machine in which
Mrs. White was riding. Five other
occupants Of the car received minor
injuries.
The accident occurred about $50
o'clock yesterday morning when Nc
Cord lost control Of his car and II
skidded against the curb and crashed
into a tree. Mrs, White. who was
In the rear seat. received the full
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VETS APPEAL TO !.
HARDING To AID
INSANE bUDD|ES
Committee Points Out Neglect
Of Durable Cases in Crowded
State Hospitals.
ny international News Service.

President Harding was asked to-
day by q committee of ex-service
men to prevail upon Congress to use
part of the money saved through the
scrapping Of war vessels to provide
additional hospital facilities for men-
tally disabled veterans. The com.
mittee represented the Disabled Amer
lean Veterans Of the World War.
The memorial which was presented
to the President was submitted, the
committee said, In behalf Of thou
sands of incapacitated ex-soldiers.
who, unable to speak for them.
selves, are the victims of gross
neglect, callous indifference. DELHI
crate profiteering and inadequate
treatment to an extent which Ia black
reproach to the honor Of this rich
nation. 40
The representatives of the veterans
began their statement to the Presi-
dent by reviewing conditions in Ohio.
In that State. they charged, tho
Government had provided no hospital
facilities for mentally disabled ex-
service men and that these patients
had been EARNED out" to State in
sane asylums which are notoriously
overcrowded." They told the Presi-
dent that the State of Ohio 10 making
a profit of $500 year on each pa.
tient.
what is true in Ohio 10 true in
practically every State In the Union"
the committee declared.
1.-THE national magnitude OF the
problem may be grasped from the
fact that almost one-third twenty
seven per cent? of all sick soldiers
now In hospitals are mental cases.
OF the thirteen Government hos
pitfalls for mental cases. only one -
st. Elizabeth's Washington, d. Cd
was built for that purpose. All
the rest are makeshifts-remodele
schools, inebriate institutions, army
posts. soldiers homes. etc.
"These thousands OF brave Amer
leans who could be cured are today
manent insanity by neglect, indiffer.
II was estimated that 4,s72 bees
were now available for mental pa
TENTS, while 1870 beds were "ur-
gently required" leaving q shortage.
according OF the COMMITTEES. OF SOS
beds.
The committee admitted that Il
might be necessary to scrap" such
hospitals as the need for them ceased
to exist, but pointed out that I'VE
daily build naval and military arma-
ments intended to end life, which In
a few years are useless and then
strapped.
LET us appropriate some OF the
money we will save from strapped
ships to build these hospitals.
It was estimated that 16.000,0O0
would be required to build enough
Government hospitals to care for all
the insane and tubercular patients.
A bill for this purpose is now pend.
ing in Congress.
As emergency measures the com.
mittee recommended that independent
commissions of ex-service men be APP
pointed in each State to assist the
Veterans Bureau in supervising the
care of insane patients In contract
institutions, and that such institu-
tons be required to use all money
received from the Government ex'
clusively for the benefit of the ex-
service men assigned to them.
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ICRUISE OF THE GOOD SHIP

CRUISE OF THE GOOD SHiP
&c. O. c." AND MfSHAPS,
A. the Eo s,,, ola ;;sip VS. s. :inkins' We
A few Of .. escaped alive and We saved
TIVE: Just : ssaassl e confirm. !. IRON
The psssimists and groschss must have
sunk Into tho sea.
BIN t hsf ~ ~s s.o Ssr command;
"sam simple" and paul white" were
80, the TIVE Lookout: f: m Land; r.,rv.
While west Falls Church. and Rock
Vile Nut" watched Ger the office
The rest Of Us worked 1T the oars. and
"Nautilus" was steering.
Next day the iookorts sighted land.
W. ..ssa Sc, sa : 9: = :: .sa A..,.d
But csnnissis with ugly smiles had
s6isd rs long before.
They made us. march for three long
days TO their, VILLAGE In . closringi
A pot-bellicd chief awaited NJ and eyed
into . cage they showed rs, thsy would
For some o. us were skinny and not
quite mt to eat.
A week went by and no one knew how
Then Bin Price ses n ids.--hs framed
"wen start . Column, boys" said he.
land Keep these butchers happy.
And whsn they've laughed TN they
cant esn,.. 80 we've rot to mako II
To make fan sit mp and smile 10 work
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A REAL BIG CHANCE
FOR POETIC HUMORISTS.

C. A. SUALTY pouid like to see
the verse toriters Of the oolusnn
haze an opportanity to make things
hum, and he makes suggestion
which we've also had IN mind. IT
is "folloto-up vsrss," along the line
Of "Mary's cat" sohich recently had
many things befau it IN this COL
un,n.
We offer the first verse of q
poetical drama, and invite contri-
buttons for the second, the best to
be printed. Wen reach the third
aud fourth BY degrees. Here's the
first one, and ,ohO'H furnish the
second:
Maud 'Mulla had o motor boat;
She put IL i'm the river,
And sat beneath the steering wheel
To drive II like q flivver.
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Takoma Park Pastor Hurt.

DR.. b. Franklin Bryan, pastor OF
the Seventh Day Adventists head.
quarters church in Takoma Park. is
confined to his home. 524 Carroll
avenue, today, recovering from the
effects of a fall near his home yester-
day. DIR. Bryan received a deep lacer-
alton on his head when be slipped on
some stone steps,. his head being
Rashed by ice.
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ORANGE, N. j., Jan. 16-Three
robbers wearing police uniforms en-.
tered o house In Hulburt street to.
night on pretense Of searching for
LIQUOR. held up and robbed three men
they found there of $3.50 and escaped
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ONE OF THE VERY BEST.

doff my hat to the manly young
starter of the Washington and Vir-
gfnia Railway Co.. at 18th street and
Penn. avenue. Let a man miss a
train and he's ready and willing to
cuss about 1t too. But a woman
Oh! Bill. his ready sympathy il q
sad thing to see. Would that had
q quart I could drink TO him and
with him.
WEST FALLS CHURCH.
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Mexican Office Moved.

The Mexican embassy today an.
nounced the office Of its chancery has
been moved from 1913 street north
west to the embassy's new home,
2s2e Sixteenth street northwest.
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WHERE GONE TO THE
DEVIL" ORIGINATED.

When Adam and Eve In the garden
were walking
Admiring the flowers, and planning
and talking;
Eve spied q ripe apple that looked
good to eat.
She bet II was sour. He bet IL was
sweet.
This was what the first pair had
their first 'spat" about.
Eve went to the devil' to Try to
find out
Whether she or her husband had
won this first bet,
Folks Ego to the devil" and keep
betting yet.
SAM SIMPLE.
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NATIONAL DRIVE
FOR THRIFT TO
.0PENTOMORROW
Bankers to Start Campaign
Here With Meeting at
Franklin Statue.
THRIFT WEEK.

Tuesday, Jan. 17.+-Ben Frank.
Inns birthday anniversary and
National Thrift Day.
Wednesday. Jan. 1s.-Budget
Day.
Thursday. Jan. 1s--Life In
surance Day.
Friday. Jan. 2o.-own Your
Own Home Day.
Saturday, Jan. 21.--Pay Your
Bills Promptly Day.
Sunday, Jan. 22-Share With
Others Day.
Monday, Jan. 23-Make O VIII
Day.
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DOUBLE ACROSTICS.

II. SMITHS word diamonds and
acrostics always interest. He now
asks acrostic fans to supply the
missing letters for primal and final
acrostics to this one:
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viii Give Musical.

Miss Josephine Leonard and Miss
Ollie Trayers viii give q musical to.
night at the women's City Club.
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4-Pouer, Pact Means
YelLolU Peril, Warns
Alexandria Minister

Warning of the yellow peril the greatest of
the age the Rev. DR.. D. H. Martin 2514 Wisconsin avenue
last night launched campaign against the ratification of the
socalled fourpower pact in his at Trinity NJ E.
Church. Alexandria, Va, where he is pastor 81
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Railmen to Give Concert.

The orchestra Of the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Associa ton
VIM give a concert tomorrow night at
s o'clock.
The Ordway new era., 1922-08-04
PUBLIC TRUSTEES SALE

WHEREAS, Charles NJ. Foster,
whose address is Ordway, Rural route
No. 2, Crowley County, Colorado,
grantor by his Trust Deed, dated May
8. 1918, and recorded May Is, 1918,
in the office of the Clerk and Record
er of Crowley County, Colorado, in
Book "a at page 119 of the records
of said County, conveyed to the Pub
lie Trustee of said County the follow
ing land in said County, to-wit:
The South Half Is of the
Northeast Quarter (NEA) of Sec
ticn Twenty-Five (23) and the
Southwest quarter (SWA) and the
South Half (S1a) of the Northwest
Quarter (NWA) of Section Twenty
four (24), all in Township Eighteen
(1s) South, of Range Fifty-eight
(58), West of the Sixth P. NJ, in
trust to secure the payment of his
principal note of even date with said
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Notice

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD IN ORDWAY DRAIN
AGE DISTRICT NO. 1. IN CROW
LEY COUNTY, COLORADO, ON
THE 14th DAY OF AUGUST, A. D.,
1922.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, That a special election has
been, and hereby is called by the
Board of Directors of Ordway Drain
age District No. /. in the County of
Crowley, State of Colorado. for the
14th day of August, A. D. 1922,
under the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of the State of
Colorado, entitled IAN Act to Pro-
vide for the Organization and Govern
ment of Drainage Districts" appro-
we'd June 2, A. d. 1911, and all
amendments thereto, for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified elect
ors of the said drainage district,
possessing the qualifications pre-
scribed by law, the question
of authorizing and ratifying the
issuance of bonds of the
said district. as provided by law, in
the sum Of Seventy Thousand Dollars
($7O,O00), for the purpose of con-
structing drainage system and nee
essary works for said drainage district
and acquiring the necessary property
and rights therefor, for the purpose
of paying the first years interest up
on the bonds herein specified, for the
purposes of paying th e
expenses of the organization and
administration of tho business and
affairs of the said district and other
wise carrying out and complying with
the provisions of Chapter 124 of the
Session Laws of Colorado, of 1911
and all of the amendments thereto
| Said bonds to mature in series as
follows, to-wit: At the expiration Of
six years after date, 10 per cent of the
whole amount of said bonds and II
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POWER COMPANY LINEMAN
AT FORD ELECTROCUTED

Rocky Ford-George Russell, 40
years old, head lineman for the
Southern Colorado Power company,
was killed by electrocution Monday
while working on high power line
in the Holbrook district He was
working at the top of pole, and ac-
cidently touched line where the in
dered imperative by water. Mr..
Russell had been an employe of the
company for twelve years. He is
survived by his widow and two child
rem. q sfss
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iated even by those who IN sherr Dre.
mixing days were afflicted with di.
gestive apparatus so feeble as to baIk
at crackers and milk. Fortunately for
the mixer. he can replenish his simple
larder at any crossroads store and
provide himself with the most nutri
tious and appetizlng food In form
that can be conveniently carried
mo single development In the prob.
lem OF food transportation for the
hunter, fisherman. hiker and all lovers
of the out-of-doors can compare with
the gift bestowed by the man who
first found the way to make con.
densed milk, thereby putting dairy
In every mans knapsack Before long
there VIII be a national association OF
mixers, and Gail Borden will be its pa.
tron saint. Such an association could do
much to encourage the spread of the
most beneficial and universal Of all
outdoor pastmes, map out interesting
routes. secure the establishment of
shelters, rest-stations, and camp sites
at suitable locations. and insure the
rights of pedestrians on country
roads"
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Pueblo, Colorado,
July 10, 1922.
Notice is hereby given that Charles
P. Sweet, of Ordway, Colorado, who.
on August 18th, 1917, made original
homestead entry, No. O34122, and on
May End, 1919, made additional stock
raising homestead entry No. O37O79,
for South half section "a, township
19 S. lots l, 2, 8 A, sec. 8. twp 20 s.,
range 5S w, 9Th Prin. meridian, has
flied notice of intention to make
three year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
c'erk of the District Court at Ordway,
Colorado, on the 22nd, day of Aug
,.st, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses: T.
Robert Wright, II. H. Dillon. Fred
Trainor, George Hetzel, all of Ord
way, Colorado.
FRED E. SISSON, Register.
First published fully 21, 1922.
Il asst published August 1s, 1922.