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The Washington times., 1922-12-21

BONUSES
SHOW BETTER
BUSINESS
Wall Street Will Give It's En-
pIoyes Bigger Share
Of Profits.
BY EDWARD 4. PILL.
Iuternatsouol News Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The much
sousht-after revival Of trade IL here
at last.
Large profits and big business
after an extended period of strained
relations and painful silence have
Joined hands and are once more
travelling the smooth road Of better
times.
Prosperity is within haiiins dis.
lance.
Such is not an official announce
ment given out at q corporation
banquet, but q correct survey based
upon q visit to the spinal column
| Of Americas business-Wan street.
Christmas Bonuses Bigger.
Tho basis for making such state.
ments 10 that thing which Is 30
close to the worl<ingman's heart
the Christmas bonus. To the man
who takes orders. as well as the
high official who gives them. the
end of 1872 means more money IN
his pocket.
A canvass of Wall Street banking
and bond houses made today
showed that an increase from 10 to
20 Der cent. over the bonuses given
out last year will be distributed
among employees this Christmas
The reason for these increased divi
dsnds is increased business.
Every large brokerage house and
member of the New York Stock
Exchange have made preparations
to allot large proportions Of the
years receipts among their EN-
ployes.
Numerous firms which last yea,
were unable to give out gratuitiet
or bonuses to their help on account
Of low returns report that from
8 to II per cent. Of their profits
will be shared with attaches ol
their houses.
Gives Is Per Cent. OF Salary.
One banking institution an
nounced that each employe In to re
ceive q gift in the form OF 70 pei
cent. Of his salary at the end Of
this year.
Other financial houses such a,
the Corn Exchange Bank. Guaranty
Trust and Empire Trust Companies
and Henry Clews q Company are
preparing to distribute bonuses
ranging from six to fifteen PEI
cent.
Brokerage firms reported that the
last twelve months have seen .
remarkable change in trade condi
tions and has 80 affected business
a. to give II the color It once ra
dated before the war.
Clark. Childs q Company, w. j
Wollman Company, Frederic H
Hatch d Company. Hornblower
Weeks 4 Company, Taylor. Bates
some Of the largest houses on the
Exchange saw large business which
will be reiayed to the pocketbooks
of their employees.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Xmas Fsts for Children.

One hundred children selected BY
teachers Of the Abbott, Bradley,
Twining. Webster and the Atypical
schools win be feted to q Christ
mas party and dinner Sunday after
noon at the Thomson school by
the Practical Psychology clue,
There will be q tree and gifts of
candy. fruit and nuts, Music and
story telling WIN alS0 feature the
party.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
0RocERs WE'D SISTERS
At DOUBLE CEREMONY

CI.ARKgBUR0H. w. Va. Dec.
N-A double wedding In which
the bridegrooms. grocers, married
sisters, was solemnised at the
homo Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. J.
Kemper. Miss Frankie Kemper
welded Clyde W. Steele and Miss
Bonnie Lorraine Kempcr became
the bride of Andreth Robertsoa.
The Rev. J. n. Funk. pastor OF the
Adamston Methodist Episoopal
Church, oe6c1ntsd
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
ALMAS TEMPLE
I0REELEGEl
BuAN N
Only Uncertainty In BaIloting
Today = h Selection Of
Council Delegates.

without any contest the prevent,
divan Of Almas Temple WIN b ~
elected to office 1t the annual msst-
ing and elections. under way today
In the City Club. Ths balioting b.
gan at 10 O'Clock this morning and
win continue until O'Clock tonight
A threatened contest Tor the Office
Of potentate was avsrtod BY the
withdrawal of Henry LAnsburgh.
past potentate, a. opponent Of the
present potentate. Leonard r.
Potentate stsusrt was placed ins
nomination this morning by Joseph
Milans, past grand master o. local
Masonry, who lauded the work now
being done by the divan Of Aln1aD'
Temple and the 1929 Shrine COM
mittss, Of which the potentate -
president, In preparing for the huge
Shrine session to be held here NEXT
June.
BalBoting Only Formal.
Henry Lansburgh then seoondsd
the nomination Of Mr.. Steuart and
asked Tor the privilege of the door.
He then withdrew his name from
nomination and requested that NO
vote be cast for him. either a.
pOtentate or - Q representative
from Almas Temple to the Imperial
Council. This withdrawal win re-
suit In the unanimous election of
Potentate 6tsuart. Mr.. Lansburgh,
10 chairman Of the Almas Tempis
hospitality committee. Fs'
The baIloting. consequently, be.
comes merely form, a. the re-elec-
finn NJ all - -
bers become q certainty. Despite
this lack Of contest the ballotfnR has
been heavy through the morning.
The election Of four represents.
tives to the Imperial Council u the
only uncertain element.
The present Almas Temple livan
comprises the following Officers: II
lustrtous Potentate Leonard p. Steu.
art. Illustrious Chief Rabban wis.
dom ID. Brown, Illugtrious Assistant
Rabban Harry IT. Cary, nlustrious
High Priest. and. Prophet George
Duval, r.. Illustrious Oriental Guide
III. Walter KAtsner, Iliustr1ous
Treasurer Arthur e. Cook, and II.
lnstrious Recorder F. Lawrence
The annual elections In an Shrine
Temples are being held during the
month o( December and, with these
elections out OF the way, completion
Of the iregistratton OF temples for
1 the session here next June n ex-
pected. So far 116 temples have
been registered. twenty-five more
than ever before attended q Shrine
session. This number II expected
to be Increased to LES before Feb
ruary 1.
First Questicnnaire Returned. t;
The first complete questionnaire 70
garding the Washington DELEGATIONS
Of the 116 temples 30 fAr recorded
was received today BY E1lwood p.
Morey. chairman Of the hotel and
housing COMMITTEES, from Tigris
Temple. Syracuse, N. Y.
|. Tigris Temple will be represented
There next June by 2,673 members,
II 900 Of whom will bring their wives.
The delegation will como here in
100 Pullmans, booking Of which 10
now being completed. These cars
will b held in Washington during
the week Of the session. forming
quarters for the members q the
| temple and their families.
Tigris win send its patrol a u
members, q hand Of IS pieces, q
drum corps Of 36 pieces. and forty
chAnters. II was the seventy-fifth
listed for the coming session. though
II 10 the first to send complete data
regarding the sine Of its party.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
Torpedo Runs Wild.

TOULON, France, Dec. ia
practice torpedo. badly aimed dur.
ing naval maneuvers, today struck
q small boat containing two fish-
erman. The projectile cut the boat
neatly in two and tossed the oc-
cupants into the sea- Neither Of
the men was hurt.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

his hand on q wood panel. leaving
the faintest possible imprint Of the
palm on the painted surface. Ser
geant Sandberg succeeded in photo
graphing 1t. Later, when several
suspects were brought la for identi-
fication, a palm print was made
with the result that the identity OF
the burglar was established. When
brought to trial he plead guilty.
In another instance the identity
Of a man suspected Of stealing an
automobile was established by COM
pairing his thumb print with a
thumb print found on the wind
shield, a muddy limning that n
drying down preserved the identity
of the thief.
But short time ago Sergeant
Sandberg identified and convicted q
burglar arrested in Baltimore
through a finger print found by
him on the arm Of an office chair
used by the man in reaching a
transom above door through
which he had crawled. When the
Baltimore police forwarded mis-
finger prints, no difficulty was cx-
perienced in. Identifying him as the
man wanted for the robbery here.
He is now serving a long prison
sentence. ...
Secs Check ON Crime.
my years Of experience with the
Identification bureau here" said
Sergeant Sandberg. prove that q
national bureau Of police. with its
department of Identification cover
ing the country, will be the great.
est check on crime ever effected. l
know what I have done here, and
that 10 little compared with what
such q bureau will accomplish. 1t
would become the great inter-
national clearing house for criminal
notification. 1t will be organized
From his experience as q finger
print expert--and Sergeant Sand
berg IN conceded to be the greatest
of them all in the country--he In,
sists any national bureau OF police
should be q department by itself.
At present there are several bu.
reaus of Identification maintained
at different points In the country.
At Leavenworth prison. It Is said,
the best bureau Of Identification 90
far organized Is located. During
the past two years municipal police
lHIOu8hout Inc Souh'
try have supplied the Leavenworth
bureau with duplicate Identification
records. At present many thousand
sets are on file there.
New York is making an effort to
establish an international bureau OF
Identification, with the assistance
of various police departments. All
Of these factors, It IL asserted
will be gathered in and made a
part Of the National Bureau OF
Police, Identification Bureau, with
,the organization of the latter.
Barring of politics as essential te
the successful operation of the bu
reau was emphasized today by po
lice executives In their comments
on its organization. It was pointed
out that in the selection of an ex
ecutive director the greatest care
must be used. Only men with q
broad police experience and able
to see the policing problem in the
most comprehensive sense, II wal
insisted, should be considered. II
furthermore was insisted that the
tenure Of office Of the competen,
director should not be effected by
changes in administration. The ere
alton of the National Bureau VI
Police suggested by SENATOR Calder
IL II conceded, win receive the sup
port Of police departments through
out the country.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

to you. Thus I do not think Wally
really meant to lie to me. think
1t was more of an effort on his
part to deny to himself the pos
sibility OF his ever allowing the
drug to gain a definite foothold.
Repeated His Denial.
IT did not allow the matter to
rest with his denial. AS time wore
on. asked him again. Still he
denied the truth.
"All of his life wally has been
intensely restless. / don't believe
he has ever had what would be
termed a good nights rest. In
reading he is constantly crossing
one leg over the other and shifting
about in his chair.
This restless condition became
accentuated. The realization must
have dawned on him that he had
iailen into the pit. He began to
drink. He had never been a steady
drinker, his drinking being confined
to social occasions.
NOW, however, ne seemed sud
denly to have an appetite for whis-
Key. What was really going on in
MS conscience no doubt was the
awakening to his danger from the
drug. Eventually, he confessed to
me he was using morphine.
"AH OF my life ] had contended
tnat each person must fight out his
or her own battle. How ironic that
seemed to me at that tragic mo-
ment: Was II, after all, his bat
tie alone. or should I fight II with
him, shoulder-to-shoulder7"
In . continuation of tals Inter
view. Mrs. Reid win tell Tomorrow
how her actor hushand's present af-
nIctIon csne about through ssvhg
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
"A White Christmas

Every younester who has
written to Old Santa for . sled
is praying to wake Christmas
morning to find a snow-cov-
cred world. And grown-ups
whose hearts are still young
get q thrill as Mother Carey
picks her chickens" and sends
the snowy feathers to drop
softly on the old Earth, cover
ing drab streets and ugly cor
ners and turning everything
into . fairyland of sparkling
diamond dust. Christmas %
for remembrance = the time
when to the old the past is
entwined in the fragrance of
Christmas greens-the time for
the remembrance of those 10
whom Christmas belongs
ehildren-rich and poor, the
well, the sick, the crippled
And it's the time for covering
all heartaches gently as the
snow covers the earth and
magically hides It's scars under
q mantle Of white.
Tn Amsriess Ice Comtosv. sAsys
kssdrsds of great blocks Of sborkIiaG
Ice maize 4 always q Whits Chrid-
mas, hopes tkot ths ysSs1sfsys sviH
get fhs1 bl0sksf Of ssoes oSd wiskes
syrybody BIG osd Rftis--s NsktS
Ck~tsf,sns tsi W sgft1
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

VuttOWWtuc tsekS W uttuco hsoeA, Tse
famous film star, sOds battling the
narcotic habit, the Cosmopolitan
News Service asked his 0ife to tell
the details of has struggle. This
Is a continuation Of the exclusive
interview which she granted.
BY WILLIAM PARKER.
Cosmopolitan News Service.
Copyright, 1922. by Cosmopolitan News
Service. Reproduction Prohibited)
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 21.-
Wallace Reid, the famous motion
picture actor, contracted the NOR
phine habit in New York city. Mrs.
Dorothy Davenport Reid, wife Of
the actor, revealed this as fact
today to the Cosmopolitan News
Service.
y'My husbands present condition
came about through . sacrifice to
his art" she declared. 1T was
not in Hollywood he learned the
use of morphine to quiet his nerves.
The first morphine in which he in
dulaed to any extent was given
him in New York.
Brought On by Illness.
"wally had gone East to make a
picture, Peter Ibbetson.' While In
New York he became i'll. An expen.
sive cast Of players had been EN-.
ployed to work in the film. and he
began to worry when 1t appeared
that his illness was delaying pro-
duction and adding to the expense
"Wally has had one virtue which
his real friends know as his beset'
ting sin--his good nature. I am
not blaming those who came to his
bedside In New York and urged him
to be a good fellow and return ia
work. Had Wally remained In bed
until he recovered from his illness
I feel he would not today be . mar
cotic addict.
Peter Ibbetson' has been classed
by critics as perhaps one Of the
best-acted pictures ever made In
America. Fans everywhere have
written and told Wally how excel
lent was his work. Here was an
actor-a servant Of his art-goine
through the most difficult role OF
his career in a physical condition
which would have sent an ordinary
man to the hospital.
"It was his grim determination
and his good nature which prompted
him on. To nerve him for his daily
and arduous task, New York
physician gave him morphine.
Dual Nature Developed.
There was laid the foundation
for what the world now knows.
Peter Ibbetson' was made a
year ago last summer. When Wally
returned from the East he was not
the same Wally Reid had known
when he left Hollywood. He seemed
to possess q dual nature. To me
he had been always the affectionate
suitor. Now there was q change
For no apparent reason he would
become irritable, morose. strange.
AT first was deeply puxzled,
Before long rumors began to reach
me. A wife. as every one knows
Ia oft.times the last to hear the
truth about her husband. deter.
mined this should not be the case In
the Wallace Reid family.
"I went to Wally. Tell me- ]
said to him. 10 II true you are using
drugs7'
He replied, don't believe q word
you hear. am not
Yet, I was not convinced.
knew something was wrong and
was resolved to get at the bottom
OF II. II must b kept In mind by
the public that the use of any
narcotic 10 Responsible for strange
actions by the victim. Your clos.
est friend may be In the grfp ol
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
GOT REID
DURING WORK
ON FILM
Used Morphine to Keep Up
While III In New York,
Stars Wife Says.

When the ne,Os wds published
nationwide that Wallace Reid, the
famous film star, ,0as battling the
narcotic habit, the Cosmopolitan
NeWs Service asked his ,oife to tell
the details of his struggle. This
Is a continuation Of the exclusive
intervieU which she granted.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

In . continuation Of iris inter
view. Mrs. Reid win tell tomorrow
how her actor husband's present a.
nlcston came shout through sovhg
a actress frum h)ngx
The Washington times., 1922-12-21

THREE GUESSES WHO
THIS FELLOW Is
sYa ~

None other,
dear readers,
|. than the
/, Right
Honorable
Edwin
Denby,
Secretary Of
the Navy,
away back in
1896, when.
he played
center on the
University of
Michigan
football
team. He
il still an
enthusiastic
gridiron fan.
The Washington times., 1922-12-21
BY GEORGE FRANKLIN.

liberalization Of metropolitan
Police departments and other
policing agencies Of the country.
through cooperation secured by
2 National Bureau Of Police main
tanned by the Government ct
Warrington, is seen by local police
heads @ the logical outcome Of
the establishment Of the National
Bureau Of Police proposed by Sem
stor Calder Of New York TO the
Senate on Monday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-17
GERMANS EXPECT
 AMERICAN GOLD TO
 REPLENISH GOFFERS
Exchange Situation Will
 Get Boom From Money Spent By Globe Trotters.

Berlin. July "A hundred thous- an1 Americans are expected to visit Germany durng this Summer season They may improve the exchange sit uation by spending s4o,ooO.oo0 while they are here, says the Acht Uhr Blatt.
 It is estimated that if every trav- eller only stays in Germany for four weeks spending S400 during this time, as an average, twelve billion paper marks will flow into the empty DOCK cts of those Germans that get in toucn with them as hotel keepers dealers store keepers. This will enable the German Government to buy more for eign stocks, and thus improve the general exchange situat1osa
 ing over here are figured out as in cIuding a hundred dollars for per sona1 comforts, a hundred dollars for purchases, and two hundred dollars for the passage back to the States.
 The German shipping agencies. in cluding the Hamburg American Line and the North German Lloyd. an nounce that all available berths have all liners bound to Hamburg and Bremen during the Summer months These liners will be able to carry about 5000 first and second-class pas sengers within a week, so that 33,ooo visitors are expected to flood Ger many within eleven weeks. This is very low figure, as it represents a minimum.
 The rest, up to a hundred thou sand passengers, booked berths on French, British and even Scandina- vtan liners and will reach Central Europe via Holland, France and Dem mark.
 Reports from New York state that practically all berths are "sold out' for Summer of 1922 thereby verify ing the German estimates
 iS Ton about this American invasion,'' con cIudes the Acht Uhr Blatt. All these globe trotters will, of course. contribute to increase the scarcity Of goods of all kinds over here, but, on the other hand, they will make plen- ty of Germans happy through their purchases, as it is a well-known fact that Americans spend their. money freely while travelling abroad, all though Uncle Sam is a fairly thrifty housekeeper at home"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-17
HARRIS POST WINS
 SILVER CUP AT ANNUAL CONVENTION

At the annual convention of the New York Fife and Drum association held at Yonkers, N. Y., on Saturday the fife and drum corps of the Ray mond w. Harris Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, took the first prize, a silver loving cup. for the largest num- Der competing. The men, dressed in sailor whites and the post colors fly ing presented a very striking alp- pearance. Some of the best musl- clans from Massachusetts, Connectl- cut, New Jersey and New York, as semb1ed at this meet and stiff com petition was met. The judges have not turned in the final marks as yet for the snare drumming contest. but it is expected that Sergeant Com pertz will head the list as the battle was between him and Sergeant Frank Fancher of WilGmantic.
 Sergeants Schultz and Ho1linger of the V. F. w, had a high rating with Sergeant Schultz coming home with first prize, a solid gold medal. The Bridgeport corps had 27 men in line ani received a rating of 94 and two thirds per cent. and was well cheer ed by the crowd.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-17
FRANCE DEMANDS
 STRINGENCY IN
 GERMAN FINANCE

Paris, July 17-(By the A. P)- France will demand before the rep arations commission that the most stringent control over GermanY'S finances is an absolute necessity in the future, 1t was indicated in official quarters today
 The French governments attitude toward the German separations tan gle was reflected as being that it is necessary to state to the world that Germany has wilfully gone bankrupt, that she could have avoided it and that the right of the allies to impose military economic and financial pen alties being insisted upon before there there is any talk of granting the former enemy a moratorium on her reperations.
 Premier Poincare had a long con- versation with President Dubois of the Preparations Commission yester- day and it is understood that the lat ter expressed the strong opinion that Germany's present failure is almost entirely due to wilful failure, to in- sure economy and the proper collec- ton of taxes.
 Germany is spending during the current year 7,7oo.oOO,oOO paper marks on her railways. 500, 0,0OO, 900 on workmen's houses, 2,o0o, 100000 on telegraph and telephone exten- sions and 500,000,0oo on canal works. according to information now before the commission.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-17
ENGLISH WOMAN
 HELD AT ELLIS x ISLAND WEALTHY

New York. July 17-Mrs. Margaret Moraitis, an English woman who is on her way today to her daughter, Mrs. Sappho LleweIlyn, in San Fran cisco, is probably wondering just who the joke is on, herself or the imm1- grafton officials. Although she ar rived here a week ago with $3,000 in property in Germany, Mrs. Moraltls authorities were convinced that she would not become a pubic charge.
 Mrs Moraitis said she had been told to conceal her wealth because her property was in Germany and that Americans were so bitter be cause of the World War that she might beb arred from rne United States.
 After hearing this statement Mrs Moraitis concealed her money and de eds in her clothing and tried her best to deceive the immigration au- thorities regarding her financial status without telling a falsehood.
 "I have with me about $3,Oo0 Tor expenses,' she said, but after what l was told was shy about telling or IL. I could not satisfy the inquiry board although I said I had plenty enough to live on. The officials sent tele- gram to my daughter for afhdavits that I would not become public charge. I don't know what they will think of me to get into this trouble with the immigration officials when I have plenty of money.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-17
DIR. EATON TALKS
 ON LAW AND LIFE
 AT UNITED CHURCH

"Men love home, business, art, science, but not so often do we speak of loving law" declared Dr. Edward S. Eaton in a sermon on Law and Life," delivered before the congrega- tion of the United Church yesterday.
 ''Yet dow depend on law for our liberty? The two are partners and only as they work harrnoniously is there the greatest freedom and hap piness in society. The airplane is an excellent example of the necessity for this harm ony. for if one part fails, all is in confusion.
 Law is also a condition of happi- ness. Some regard law as a shadow cast over the sunshine of the day. A tramp is the freest man, put not by any means the happiest-l The dog trainer will tell you to train youFs dog or kill him. All must observe the rules of the game. Pity the game,
 Law is a condition of power. Jenny Lind when 21 years of age had serious defects in her voice, but by putting herself in the hands of a trained teacher. she became the won derful singer that she was.
 Law is also a condition of fruit fulness. Strict observance of the laws governing the production of corn in some of our Western states, has re- suited in the doubling of many in terests.
 'How necessary that Ne should reverence law! Our nations slife is bound up with this reverence"