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The Washington times., 1922-01-01

While the guest Of state. my own
monu consisted for q time at the
Savoy Of such items AZ the follow
ing:
Breakfast-A small hunk Of biack
bread, a little butter. two glasses Of
tea. with sugar. but without milk.
Midday dinner-A large plate Of
soup. a small hunk of black bread,
and large bowl of boiled beans.
Supper-A small hunk of black
bread and butter. small portion of
dreadful fish held In much honor
there called selodlta, a kind Of her.
ring from the volga- This was serv.
ed up cured. as they call 1t. or. a. /
felt inclined to say. raw.
Now. a. detested beans and Ioath.
ed selodka. this regime does not
seem very stimulating. but I found
myself quite timber and spry I'm
Moscow. It. was not until after
reached lands Of fairness that I begsr
to get indigestion again. and when
I reached London I thought my re
naturalization completed by the ap
pearancs of q violent cold in tn
head From all these things had ]
been free in Moscow.
Tho air In the city there, excepr
IN q few streets. II as free and pure
as In the fields elsewhere. and on /:
sunny day the blue sky gives thai
soft. ethereal. dreamy vision such
~ I had not found since left Aus
traiia- The people in the street,.
90 far from looking starved AM
hassard. had q healthier appearance
and better compilations than thos,
I had seen in London.
WOMEN LOOKED WELL.
The women especially looked well
and ~ they wore short dresses. ano
are physically stronger than In most
other nations. they gave one III.
appearance not only Of health, hut
OF solidity. Once. walking along the
streets. Tneditating. there fell within
my limo Of vision two slim legs; ]
looked up instinctively, expecting 70
find a foreign face, and In this !
was not mistaken. The young cir;
seemed to have come either from
the boulevards or Bond street.
How absurd. then. in Moscow, do
the stories read Of the furnished
people throwing themselves on cab
horses. killing them and eating the
flesh raw, In the street. I have seen,
far remote from Moscow, In the
heart OF the famine district. hungry
soldiers guarding consignments Of
foodstuffs. while near by hungry
workmen were unloading other
bales and bags; II never seemed to
occur to one Of them to open any Of
these bales or in any way to seize
upon the food.
On the other hand. to balance
everything again, once saw some
grain. about a cupful, fall out Of a
bag In the street near the KremIin.
and Immediately q woman kneit
down and scooped up from the mud
all the grain she could gather and.
mixed with the mud, put 1t In her
pocket.
The reality in all these stories
always seemed to be more interest
Ing, and even more impressive. than
the crude imaginations Of the tup'-
penny dreadful sort so often circu-
lated by the grave and responsible
press Of London.
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

viction In their minds the German
people are buying to the limit of
their ability.
This, IN turn. results In repeat
orders being given to all the Ger.
man unanufacturers-r soA
The Washington times., 1922-01-01
TWO CELEBRATED CHURCHES

THE ornate, dramatically
L beautiful Church Of st.
Basil, shown below, h ono
Of the boasts Of Moscow.
Built for Ivan tho Terrible By
an Italian architect il has
become q legend that the
Cxar ordered the architects
eyes torn out because DO
boasted he could build an
even more beautiful edifico.
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

In Germany today the great
masses Of the people are convinced
that prices OF all commodities are
at their lowest ebb, and that with
each succeeding week and month
prices viii all rise. with this con-
The Washington times., 1922-01-01
BOZ SHEVIKI CHIEFS
DO NOT INTERFERE
WITH THE CHURCHES

Vast Treasures In the EdificeS Are Safe and
Worship is Unrestricted City is Clean, All
Glasses Seem to BE Very Devout, and If Virtue
is I'm Proportion to Genuflection Fair Sex
Stand High.
The Washington times., 1922-01-01
TALES OF HUNGRY
MODS EATING CAB
HORSES ARE DENIED

Goose is Plentiful, BUT inc People DeSplse 1T as
Food-There is No Social Evil i'm Russia and
/. Girls and Women Walk Through Dark Streets
UnmoleSted at All MourS of the Night.
The Washington times., 1922-01-01

THE splendid Temple Of
= Our Saviour, in tho
western district Of Moscow.
shown at top, was built to
commemorate the disastrous
attempt Of Napoleon Bona
parte to conquer the EN-
pire Of Russia. Under Its
five domes, Of solid gold
which cost more than ST..
OO0, 900 seven thousand Mt
tend mass.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
AUTOS, LIQUOR
AND SUSPECTS
ARE CAP PTUREO
Two Cars Seized, Seven Per-
sons Arrested in Several
Police Raids.

Two automobiles and eight gal.
Ions Of whiskey were seized, and
six men and women were arrested
by the police on charges of viola
ton OF the prohibition laws.
The automobiles were confiscated
when whiskey was being transport
ed in them. One Of the cars be-
lonEed to James P. Taylor. colored.
1920 U street northwest, who, when
taken into custody, was alleged to
have been drunk and to have had
four gallons of corn whiskey in
the machine.
The other car was the property
OF Toni Capi. thirty years old, of
Philadelphia, who was arrest ed
with John Studevant Colored, Of
Prince Georges county, Maryland,
and Francis Fidd of Hopewell, Va.
while driving into Washington with
a gallon OF whiskey in the auto.
mobile from Prince Georges county.
Two quarts of whiskeY were
taken from Max kaplan. 1888 Sew.
enth street northwest. when Lieu
tenant Davis, Sergeant McQuade
and Privates Mansfield and O'Day
raided his place.
The same officers seized two gal
Ions OF liquor when they arrested
Bertha Robinson and Walter Jones,
both colored, Of 4 Alexander court.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
FRESHOUR IS
INDICTED HERE
AS B|GAM|ST
Alleged He Deserted Wife and
Family; Also Held for
Grand Larceny.

Marion Freshour. alias James H.
Dryden. was today indicted by the
grand jury for grand larceny and
bigamy. The accused who is also
known as James Harris Freshour is
accused OF desertinE his wife and
eighteen-months-o old baby and elOp-
ing with dancing instructress.
Freshour is twenty-four years old
and was formerly employed at 1927
F street northwest He was arrested
June 81 last in Richmond and
brought hack to this city with his
second wife.
The accused is alleged to have ad.
mitted TO the police of having de.
serted his wife at Bladensburg, Md,
and Of coming to this city and aC.
cepting a position as caretaker at
the + street address. He met Bertha
Lillian Harris. a dancing teacher at
one of the local academies and they
were married last March Mrs.
Freshour No. I appeared at police
headquarters recently and told the
police that she was without funds for
herself and baby. Before leaving
Washington for Richmond, the &C.
cused Is alleged to have robbed the
rooms Of five occupants of the hoUs"
where he was living OF articles val.
ued at approximately $500
Other indictment include: Cha rles
s. Williams. Raymond p. Fries. Nor!
man W. Jones. William Green. Joseph,
F. Smith. william r. Sincernsv
Clifford Jucket. Robert A. Ryon,
Edward Dyson and Lawrence Madi.
son. nonsupport; Robert Lee Baker.
James O. Cooksey. Carl Bell alats
Floyd Bell. Peter Monroe. Clifton
Taylor alais Buzzard and Mae Fitz.
simmons. violation Of the anti.nar.
ootic law; Lillian l.. Redmon, gra nd
larceny: William r. Robey. emboz.
Element; Matte Brown. robbery:
Charles N. Coates, assault with dan.
gerous weapon; Laurence p. John.
ston, larceny after trust, and Harry
J. Williams and Charles A. Seebold
ioyridinR.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
WOULD CHANGE ASH
COLLECTIONS RULING

Free ash collections from all ex-
cept large apartments will be again
recommended to Congress by Morris
Hacker, superintendent Of the Dis.
trict street cleaning department. he
said today.
from occupants for three family flats
throughout the city, questioning the
ruling in regard to ash collections.
According to the present building
regulations, such collections cannot
be made from flats housing more
than two families. Occupants of
these flats must make their own pro.
, visions for ash disposal.
" IT think that the general taxation
sshould cover this work" said MIR.
Hacker, "and intend to include this
Feature in my estimates. At pres.
sent I can only abide by the building
regulations.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24

The Washington Times offers
the District OF Columbia an oppor-
tunity to select the young LADY
who Is considered most representa-
tive OF this community. She will
he selected by ballot OF the readers
of The Times. and will represent
the District of Columbia in the
selection Of the typical American
girl, EDal selection to be made by
the Pageant OF Progress organiza.
ton on August IA in Chicago.
There are no strings to this Sc.
lection. There are no subscrip.
tions to obtain, no coupons to
buy, no work to do. II is merely
an attempt to select the young
lady most typical of the District
of Columbia. The Washington
Times will defray expenses OF a
trip to Chicago for the young lady
and a chaperon.
Pictures OF Young ladies nomi.
mated for the honor will be pub
lished in The Washington Times,
beginning today. Entrans may
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
CARTER REPORT URGES
CUT IN PRINTING BILL

Recommendation of the perman-
ent conference on printing looking 20
the reduction of Uncle Sam s annual
printing bill are contained in the re-
port Of the conference made puoll"
today by George II. Carter, Govern.
ment Printer, and chairman OF the
committee.
A general revision of the system of
ordering print work by heads Ct
Godvernment units was urged. one
of the biggest cuts ordered was tha.
the scheme of distribution OF printed
matter. In the future, inst"ai oL
indisCriminately broadcasting Gov
ernment publications, this service
will be restricted to the following.
Collaborators and Co-Operato"s
with the departments in their inv"s'
legations. organizations exchanging
like Courtesies, libraries, educational
and scientific institutions. govern.
ment officials and newspapers.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
Z BOYS ESCAPE
FROM HOME IN
THEIR N|CHT|ES
Leap From Window of Ma
tionaI Training School
and Disappear.

Clad In their nightgowns and
house slippers, two youths early to.
day leaped ten feet from a window
OF the dormitory of the National
Training School for Boys, on the
Bladensburg road. and escaped. Tne
police have been urged to make a
search for the youths. reward OF
$40 being. offered for their arrest.
The youths are Franklin Shinn
eighteen years old, and Henry
Cooper. nineteen. Shinn is described
as being about feet ~ inches.
with brown eyes and hair. He was
committed to the institution from
Illinois. Cooper Is 5 feet 10 inches.
weighs about las pounds. and has
brown eyes and hair.
II don't think they will be able 10
go very far in their nightgowns
Superintendent Sterling said.
The woodland in the vicinity Of the
school is being beaten in search Of
the fugitives.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
GIRL CALLED
INCORR|G|BLE
. ENDS HER LIFE
Nineteen n-Year-old Myrtle Hall
Chooses Death in Preference
to Training School.

Preferring death rather than be
recommitted to the National Train
ing School for Girls, Myrtle Virginia
Hall, nineteen.year-old daughter OF
William II. Hall. 643 l. street south
west. early yesterday morning swal-
lowed a solution OF bichIoride Of mer.
curry and lysol, from which she died
several hours later at the Emergency
Hospital.
Before taking the poison in the
home of her sister, Mrs. Raymond
Ryan. 924 Seventh street southwest,
the girl penned the following note to
Carl"
God says when your father and
mother forsake you, God will take
you up. l hold no malice against
my family; but thank God they can
not blame me for this! Good.by. and
Godspeed to you"
Recently the girl was paroled from
the National Training School for
Girls and a few days ago threats
were made to have her recommitted
to the institution because Of her
alleged incorrigibility. Leaving her
home Saturday. Miss Hall did not
return, and when search was made
for the young woman she was
located at the home of her sister. A
short time later she was found un.
conscious from the effects OF the
poison she had swallowed. Besides
her parents. Miss Hall is survived
by five sisters.
Police were unable to locate the
man Carl" TO whom the girl wrote
the letter just before she took the
poison.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
NURSE IN AUTO
CRASH IS NEAR
To DEATH HERE
Father Rushes to Bedside OF
Robie lawhorne in Emer-
gency Hospital.

1t was said at Emergency Hos.
pital today that Miss Robbie Law
borne. eighteen years OF age. nurse
OF Washington Asylum Hospital.
who was badly burned Satur-
day evening in an automobile
wreck, could not recover and
her death is but a matter OF hours
During the night and early morn
ing her condition gradually grew
worse.
DR.. Benjamin karpman, OF the
ST. EIizabeths Hospital staff. who
was in the machine with Miss Law.
horne, and who was also injured,
is not in serious condition. He
was cut and bruised on the body
and face. An X.ray examination
will be made today to determine
whether there are any broken
bones.
Miss Lawhorne and the doctor
were riding in an automobile at
Cathedral and Connecticut avenue
when the car skidded into the path
of a north. bound street car. In the
impact the gasoline tank was
punctured and the escaping gas
ignited. Miss Lawhorne's clothes
caught fire. and before she could
be rescued she was burned praC.
tically all over the body. II is
feared that she inhaled some of the
fumes.
Robert n. I.awhorne. father of
the nurse. arrived from his home
in RoCkfish. Va, last night and
went direct to her bedside in the
Emergency Hospital
The Washington times., 1922-07-24

send in their own pictures,
or they may be nominated by
others. Accompanying this article
will be found an entry blank, which
must accompany each photograph.
Pictures and blanks must be sent
70 the Typical Girl Editor, in care
OF The Washington Times.
A voting coupon will he
published in each edition of The
Times. and will continue until
August 8. All photographs
must be in the hands Of the
Typical Girl Editor by August
4. The young lady who is select.
ed to represent Washington will he
announced on August g. Her se.
lection will rest entirely on the
number of ballots cast for her.
This Is not a beauty contest.
The Young lady selected must be
the typical Washington girl rather
than the most beautiful Washing.
ton girl
OF course. the typical Washing.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
WHAT'S DOING
Today and Tomorrow
Today.
IN NJ + NJ o RI A NJ.

Today.
toncert-Navy Band. Dupont circle,
7:30 p. m.
ConCert-Chevy Chase Community Cen
ter. f. v Brown School. s:15 p. m.
Meeting-PraCtiCal Psychology Club,
Gunton Memorial Church, 1880 p. m.
Carnival - St AIMS Infant Asylum.
$500 X street northwest, 7 p. m.
Meeting Co., National Woman's Party,
First and streets northeast, 3 p. m
ConCert--United States Marine Bani,
Marine Barracks. $50 p. m.
Meeting-Mens Good VIII Club, 30n
Homer building, s1l Thirteenth street
northwest, p. m
Concert-United States Soldiers Home
Band, band stand. $50 p NJ
Meeting - Cslanthe Lodge. No II.
Pythian Temple. 2 p m
The Washington times., 1922-07-24

ton girl will be beautiful. but in
the final selection OF the young
lady to represent the typical Amer
lean, beauty will be combined with
intelligence, popularity, poise. gen.
eral attractiveness and winning
personality as requirements.
No money is needed to enter the
contest or to vote for any of the
participants.
The only requirements are that
the young lady be a resident of
the District Of Columbia and that
the photograph submitted to The
Times be OF such nature as to be
readily reproduced.
Small kodak pictures do not
reproduce well. Photographs
should be good likenesses, clear
and sharp" In order to find
how a picture would look in a
newspaper. pace IL in a dim light,
shut one eye and squint the other
eye. Unless the photograph shows
up clearly under this test IL will
not reproduce we'll. We advise
everybody TO send pictures early.
The Pageant of Progress is
national celebra ton held annually
in Chicago. Every State in the
Union participates in the pageant.
and each sends a daughter rep
resentative of the State to enter
into the selection of the typical
American girl. Washington's
entry therefore will be pitted
against girls from every other
State in the Union.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
BOTH SIDES.
STAND PAT
ON ISSUES
Joint Meeting May Be Called
to Try to Iron Out
Difficulties.

The District Commissioners today
will receive letters from the trustees
Of the Industrial Home School and
from the Board of Children's Guard.
tAns, in response to the communEa
ton of the city heads, setting forth
their views on the advisability of
keeping open the home school.
The trustees, il was learned, will
not depart from the stand they have
80 far taken-that is, that the
trustees must have charge of all
children in the school. when sent
there by the Board Of Children's
Guardians. The officials also will
stand by their other recommenda'
tions. made some time ago. but will
reiterate their willingness to submit
sthe question to a joint meeting of
the two boards before the Commits
sioners, for definite settlement.
The trustees feel that the dis
agreement has been prolonged past
the point Of sufficiency. and it is
Indicated drastic steps will be taken
by them If the matter does not
soon result in an agreement.
The guardians board. it is un-
derstood. will tell the Commission
ers, In effect, that the board is
backed by law and will not retreat
an inch from the stand they have
taken in the controversy.
When the Commissioners wrote
to the two boards last week, en-
closing copies of the report made to
the city heads by Daniel f. Garges.
who Investigated placement homes
used by the guardians board. the
factions were informed that the
Commissioners were desirous of end
ing the affair as soon as possible.
and some definite suggestions as 10
an agreement were made.
The possibilities of a joint confer.
ence in the near future were doubt.
ful today, although it was stated at
the District building that II the
boards come together on this sub
ject, Commissioners Oyster and Kel-
Ter will not be deferred in their
action through the absence, on vaca-
ton, Of Commissioner Rudolph,
chairman OF the board.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
WATERMELON TINE.

The day IL hot and sultry,
I'm nodding off to sleep.
When i hear a loud discordance
A down the dusty street.
And then, as 1t comes nearer.
most stentorian roar
OF ''Watermelons' WatermeIons:
Ripe to de core!'
! see a wagon laden
With fruit just right to pickle
Not like In ole Virginny,"
Where they make your palate
tickle.
A patch OF luscious melons,
Ripening in the sun;
Some cooling in the spring house
To eat when day IL done.
And you only eat the middle
And throw away the rest
Those are REAL watermelons,
One can wallow In with zest.
While way down at the cabin
Pickaninnies find a seat
Around the door on Mother Earth
And have all they can eat.
They burrow toes In the cool dirt.
Eyes roll in ecstasy,
The juice drips down their pima
fores-
Oh, heavenly fantasy!
Oh, Virginny 10 the country
Where the watermelon grows,
With Its rind OF shaded jade
And Its center like a rose.
Where the Bob White plaintive calls
And the honeysuckie blooms,
The banjo all night twanglng
The good old Southern tunes
That's where watermelon
'Is ripe to de core
Not like those here in the city
You see pass your door.
A. AMSDEN.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
Z WIVES CLAIM
MAN ARRESTED
FOR DESERT|ON
Former Navy Yard Mechanic
Faces Bigamy Charge,
Police Declare.

With the arrest this morning OF
John Harrison Davis, thirty.four
years old, of 225 Indiana avenue
northwest. former mechanic at the
Washington Navy Yard, Detective
Sergeants Pat O'Brien and Living.
stone uncovered an unexpected tri.
angle love affair, involving two
wives and three children.
Since July ~, Detectives O'Brien
and Livingston have been search.
ing for Davis on comp ain of
woman who said she was Mrs. Ida
Davis, of the Indiana avenue ad-
dress The woman claimed that
Davis. her hysband and father OF
her year-old son, had disappeared
on July 5, leaving her destitute.
A trap was laid for Davis and
he fell into il this morning. When
brought to police headquarters, it
was discovered that Davis has an
other wife and two children living
at 41S Third street southeast. This
wife six months ago had him in.
dicted by the grand jury for fail
ing to support her and their two
children. 1t was while detectives
were hunting Davis on this charge,
that Wife No. ., with whom the
avenue address, came into the cen.
tral office and complained also Of
having been deserted.
The detectives are investigating
the second marriage of Davis, with
view of having him indicted for
bigamy as Wife No. /. Mrs. Lulu
Davis, claims he is not divorced
from her. When brought into
headquarters this morning, Davis
wore white flannel trousers, blue
serge coat. panama hat, making a
dapper appearance.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
Will Auction Estate
For Delinquent
Taxes

"No Gain" the estate of
John J. O'Neil, in the Griffith
addition to Chevy Chase, Md,
and property at 1881 and 1888
M street northwest, also owned
by O'Neil, will be sold at auc-
tion on August 8 by the col
lector of internal revnue, it
was announced today.
The auction will take place
at the O'NeiI home, Brookville
road and Williams lane. The
property is being sold for non
payment of income taxes, esti-
mated to be about $4,000.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
WHO is THE
TYPICAL
WASHINGTON
GIRL?
Times Readers Asked to Decide Who Shall
Represent the District in Selection
of Typical American Girl.

The early bird catches the worm. and the early enrant
catches the early The Times campaign Wash
ngons typical girl to send the Pageant of Progress
Chicago.
This mornings mail began bringing for the young
ladies whose pictures appeared yesterday Times 1t also
brought of the who taking advantage
the offer to count the entry blank 1000
This offer holds good for only three Sunday Monday
and Tuesday-and it behooves woudbe representatives of
Washington to these blanks
The coupon accompanying this article worth votes
that the entan today send the entry blank the
from todays and her photograph and the
pagn with LOO
Available photographs will be published the order Of
their receipt The earlier they published
they will be likely to get. Send them in NOW.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
RENOVATION OF INCOME
TAX BUREAU STARTED

Complete renovation of the local
income tax bureau at 1922 Pennsyl
vsnia avenue began today with the
arrival of score of steel filing cases
and other office equipment.
Director II. Clay Powell stated
that the office plan would undergo
radical changes in the case of eff.
cheney. Painters, carpenters and ex.
perts on office interiors will be AT
work in the bureau within the next
few days.
Business as usual during altera.
tions, Director Powell said TODAY
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
GETS SIXTY DAYS FOR
ASSAULT ON COPPER

Thomas A. Lynch was sentenced
to serve sixty days in Jail by Judge
Hardison in the United States
branch of police court this morning.
charged with assaulting Officer j.
T. McLarney in resisting arrest
while intoxicated.
Lynch testified he did not know
what he was doing when he resisted
the officer, and exhibited a banda ged
head. alleging he had been beaten
with a club. He was fined SIS on
the intoXica ton charge.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
REVENUE COLLECTOR TAFT
MAY UNDERGO OPERATION

Galen l.. TAFT, collector of internal
revenue for Baltimore. today is in
a serious condition at Emergency
Hospital. where he may undergo an
operation for appendicitis.
Mr. TAFT was taken i'll in his Balti-
more office Wednesday. Specialists
are watching his case.
The Washington times., 1922-07-24
Moore Calls on President.

Alexander p. Moore, Pittsburgh
publisher, called at the White
House today 10 say Rood.bv 20
President Harding before leaving
for Europe. He lunched with Con-
Eressnnan Porter, chairman OF the
House Foreign Affairs Committee.