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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY IS
FOLD OF OLD-TIME WHALING

Whaling and pies are two things
for which New England is noted,
but the two are not usually asso.
ciated.
Speaking before the National
Geographic Society last evening,
Robert Cushman Murphy told how
the whalemen, in the leisure hours
of their long voyages, made the
Juggling Wheels" which they took
home to their women folk. These
were used for the purpose of
making the corrugated crust around
the edges of pies.
The speaker described a 10000.
mile voyage he and two white com.
panions, with q crew of men of
many other races and climes, took
in the Atlantic on the hunt for
whales, after the manner of the
old New Bedford, Mass, whalers,
which have passed from industry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
BLIND SCHOOL WARNS
AGAINST SOLICITORS

The board of directors of the Column
bia Polytechnic Institute for the
Blind today issued a statement re-
GREETING that -four blind men have
been soliciting funds for the purpose
of establishing workshop for the
blind in Washington"
The board announced that IL these
persons purport to represent the
Columbia Institute, as it is believed
they have attempted to lead Wash
ingtonians to understand, they are
working entirely without authority,
as the institute has never authorized
any blind person to collect money for
its maintenance and operation.
The institute announces that Il
stands ready to provide work for any
and all adult blind in the District
both white and colored. Information
concerning the institute and its worl
may he obtained from Mrs. Gertrud,
Ryder, IN charge of the reading room
for the blind at the Congressional
Library, or from the president. II. II
w Miles
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
OYSTER T0ASK
| CAR TOKENSAT
| 8 FOR Twenty
VIII Take Case to Utilities
Commission Unless Con-
cession IL Granted.

Immediate steps 70 secure q
change In the retailing Of street-car
tokens so that patrons may puy.
chase three for 20 cents win be taken
by Commissioner James r. Oyster.
Originally urging q straight seven
cent fare when the question was be-
fore the Public Utilities Commission.
Commissioner Oyster finally agreed
to the eight-cent cash fare and six
tokens for 40 cents Ito keep peace
in the family" .-s...
II feel that my original position
gives me the right to ask for q re-
opening Of the matter" Commits
sioner Oyster said today. The six
tokens for 40 cents has the effect
Of being an increase in fare instead
Of a third Of cent reduction.
when I used the street cars
purchased four tokens for 30 cents.
Later the tokens would either be lost
or mislaid and II would make me
feel I was paying thirty cents for a
car ride. That was no doubt the
experience Of thousands Of others.
with the present forty-cent rate,
II makes the rider feel that he IL
paying 10 cents for q car ride IT.
many cases.
|. IF the traction lines do not take
immediate action to have the rate
made three tokens for 20 cents. I
shall take the matter before the
commission myself"
The three Commissioners have ex-
pressed themselves as not unfavor.
able to the change. but the traction
lines will not take such action with
out a specific order by the Utilities
commission.
Another hearing on car fares will
be necessary before an order can he
issued. II was indicated today that
such a hearing would be held early
next week.
The traction lines expect to lose
slightly on the change which Is
taken as evidence that the change
would work to the advantage OF tho
patrons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
BEDR|DDEN GIRL
CARRIED OUT Of
bURN|NCH0USE
Policeman Removes Miss Shipp
III With Pneumonia, When
Flames Near Her Room.

When fire started in the barber
shop of the building at 239 Four
and-a-half street southwest early
this morning. Miss Bessie Ship,
sixteen years old. who was lying
i'll from pneumonia on the third
floor, was carried to safety by
patrolman Rosenberg, Of the
Fourth precinct.
Rushed to Hospital.
The ambulance of the Casualty
Hospital was summoned and the
girl was removed to the hospital.
II Is said her condition is serious
The blaze started in the rear of
the barber shop and smoke began
to pour through the building. A
company of fire fighters quickly ar.
rived and prevented the flames
from spreading.
Smoke POurs Into Sick Room.
It was when the smoke began to
pour into Miss Ships room that
she was removed from the house
by the policeman.
The shock and damp, cold air are
believed to have seriously affected
the girl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
Cop Serves Subpoena
at l a. m; Citizen
Complains

It's bad enough 10 have to ap-
pear in court as a witness against
your neighbor, but when a police
man bangs on your door disturb
ing your slumbers at / o'clock
in the morning it is time for
fellow to voice his objections,
thinks Morris Friedman, of 436
NJ street northwest.
So yesterday when Friedman,
in compliance with a summons
served on him appeared before
Judge Mcmahon, in Police Court,
he urged that the officer whom
he claims rudely disturbed his
slumbers be reprimanded
The policeman in question
told the court he found l o'clock
in the morning a good time to
serve subpoenas as at that hour
of the day, he was certain to find
people at home. Judge Mcmahon
sort of agreed with Mr.. Fried
man, but declared he had no
power to name the time when
subpoenas should be served.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
VETERANS WILL .
PROTEST DELAY
|N.bONUSACT|0N
Stormy Weather Causes Mon
ster Mass Meeting to Be
Canceled--Posts to Meet.

Inc various iocai posts OF eA'
service mems ORGANIZATIONS VIII as
semble IN their respective haiis 10.
morrow afternoon at . O'Clock ano
hold simultaneous protest meetings
against further delay In enactins
bonus legislation.
These indivaduai post meetings
will be held In lieu OF the JOINT.
outdoor mass melting by all the
posts. The program for the coiiec'
tive meetings was changed because
of the inclemency OF the weather,
which precludes carrying out the
original plan to hold the meeting on
the Monument Lot. As an aiterna.
tive the ex-service men endeayored
tn hire q hall in Washington but no
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
79,BEGINs
. HIS LIFE over
. WITH BRIDE, 70
oseph Pugh Says He Has Time
Ahead and Wife Is Just
Schoolgirl"

On the first floor OF red brick
house at at Twelfth street south.
west. Joseph e. Pugh. seventy.nine-
wear old bridegroom. and his seven
| ty-eight-year-old bride. of q day. are
lust starting out life. They were
married last night. ....
Pointing to numerous trunks, un-
packed boxes. wrapped pictures
standing against the wall, the silver
haired bridegroom explained that
they hadn't had time to unpack yet
what with wedding bells and orange
blossoms still dancing in their
youthful vision. -
Yes, they are going to keep house,
the old vet explained. He looked
confidently ut his seventy-eight-
year.old bride, formerly Miss Naty
Mcconnell, Of 400 Pennsylvania
II his blushing brides biscuits
live up to the reputation Of the
usual bridal biscuits, Mr.. Pugh says
he can forbear with his customary
patience. He is no amateur In
matrimony. He has just been mar
ried for the third time.
His second wife died two years
jago. Mr.. Pugh, who is q civil war
veteran. got lonesome. And then.
standing up against a high trunk,
and bashfulIy kicking at It. he told
his story to The Times reporter.
I may be an old man." he said,
but / figured I had some time
ahead of me to live. And my wife.
over there. il just a schoolgirl. /
figured Il 10 better to have a COM
panion than to try the remainder
alone.
1T was rather unexpected" said
Mrs. Pugh. IT had lived all this
time without getting married, but
you never know what fate holds
for yuo.
to learn today Is contentment," said
the new bride. And that seemed to
be an indictment of the restlessness
of the modern woman. though Mrs.
Pugh reserved her opinions on that
score.
The bride was born at Elmira,
n. Y, though she has spent the
most of her life in Washington at
the home OF her step-father. Henry
y. Dexter. II was while Mr.. Pugh
was visiting the home Of her father
that they first met. That was fif.
cen years ago. Though married
vice before, he had carried her pic
ure in his heart all these years,
and when he got lonesome he pro-
posed marriage, he says.
Mr.. Pugh is from Green county,
KY. While he has lived in the city
for the past fifteen years, 1t was
here that he spent his early boy
hood. He served in the Second Ken.
lucky Cavalry, Army OF the Cum.
berland, under General Thomas.
during the civil war. and remembers
lighting I'm several battles.
The couple were quietly married at
6 o'clock last evening at the resi-.
dence of the Rev. II. Jeffries, OF
412 Tenth street southwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
ABBOTT TELLS OF BAKING
BREAD BY SOLAR STOVE

Baking of bread and boiling OF
water by a solar stove in which the
suns rays were focused by parabLlic
mirrors, was described by DR.
Charles G.. Abbott, assistant secre.
tary of the Smithsonian Institution,
at the luncheon of the local alumni
of the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology, held yesterday in the
University Club.
DR.. Abbott told of plans for har.
Messing the suns energy to develop
power. He also described the work
of the physical laboratory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04

1lzNE!!aaR!!D!|1 . ess!lEIE!N0

TOPICS OF THE NIGHT.
Imaginary Sayings of
Imaginary Newspapers)
Senate Irreconcilables can al
pays smell a ratification
Louisville Yelper.
WILL HAYS first book ,oiil
probably be "Wky Boys Leave
the. Cabinet."-Charleston Quack
Q,tack.
Red-haired girls haze feWer
hairs ON their heads than b'n-
nsttes. So will you haze fetoer
hairs If you peeve one OF thsm.--
London Wallop. -
The motto of Congress seems
to be TaS Vobiscam.-NeO York
Pole. ...f
French Statesman says France
can't pay us one sou. We don't
care. One sou wouldn't do us
any good any,ody.-Los Angeles
Chirper.
Lots of us would like to see
Peace Dollar, so we could appre-
ciate the many jokes about it
Boston Bookkeeper.
China evidently feels that it's
another case of jumping out Of
the frying Japan into the fire.
IN. Y. Yankee Doodle.
Gen. Pershiag says the army
needs second lieutenants. This
is pretty tough on the army
Washington Wig Wag.
The world may be getting bet
ter, but how about the people?
-Ashville Demorepubhcdn.
President HARDING may now
realize the truth of that old
saying, at makes a great deal
of difference whose treaty is
being reservationed." - Dallas
GroWler.
PAUL WHITE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
CAVALRY ENTERTAINS
RED CROSS SECTION

The canteen section of the Wash
ington Chapter, American Red
Cross was entertained yesterday
afternoon at the riding hall of Fort
Myer by members OF the Third
Cavalry and the Third Field Artil-
lery regiments with a special riding
exhibition, VIII ch was given as an
appreciation for the assistance rem
dered by the ladies to the members
of the two units who were called out
for duty at the time of the Knicker-
booker disaster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
COMMUNITY CENTER TO
DO PLAY PRODUCING

The community center department
of the District public schools is going
into the theatrical business.
A city.wide club under the name
Of the Community Players. will be
organized within the next week. All
persons with stage ambitions are
requested to report to the Johnson.
Powell community center on La
mont and Hiatt streets northwest, or
TO Marie Lenore DeGrange. of 1856
Kilbourne place, between now and
March II.
The first rehearsal will be held on
the latter date. Miss Marie Lenore
DeGrange will be dramatic direc
for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04

AROUND THE CORNER.
Spring is just around the corner,
Joy comes floating on the breeze,
And soon wen ditch harsh flan-
nels
For good old b. v. D.'s.
Dig out the rusty garden tools
From meath the cellars ashes,
And let us fill the sluggish clOd
With seeds Of beets and radishes.
And when the squash comes up,
Midst peas and lettuce green,
Let's send big bouquet Of same
To the boss Of Heard and
Seen"
AL S0RAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
WORK ASSUMES
HAYS JOB AMID
CAMERAS CLICK
Former Postmaster General
Directs Filming Of His Own
Departure From Office.

Will Hays entered upon his career
as a movie" director today at the
same time that he relinquished his
affice as Postmaster General to DIR.
Hubert Work, of Colorado.
The click and crackle of a bat
talon of cameras registered for the
screen the drama of Will Hays de-
parture and the advent of the new
chief of the postal service. The cere-
many having been performed once
with Assistant Attorney General
Rush Holland. of Colorado, admins
tering the oath of office, 1t had to
be done again a dozen times before
Director" Hays was satisfied with
his premiere production.
Hardly had DR.. Work lowered his
hand from taking oath of office that
he was requested to sign a check for
$2.599, 900, a postal order transfer,
as the first act of his new. office
DIR. Work signed the cheek and
handed il by mistake" to his wife
saying the custom of handing
checks to my wife" had become such
tradition with him that he
couldn't help having made the mis-
take"
Secretary to President Harding
Christian presented DR.. Work with
his commission from the President
which scene had to be reproduced
seven times under Will Hays di
rection before 1t was done to his
exacting satisfaction.
Hays parting statement to DR.
Work was: The grief OF leaving
office is wholly antidoted in the
knowledge that DIR. Work succeeds
me-"
DIR. Works reply to Hays was
II shall never be able to assuage
the regret of your fellow-workers
over your departure"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
MADISON PLACE CLOSED
DURING THEATER HOURS

The District Commissioners issued
an order yesterday closing Madison
place northwest to southbound
vehicular traffic between the hours
Of D. m. and midnight to relieve
congestion during theater hours.
This order Is the result Of the
arrest of Percy Marshall. former as
sistant to the corporation counsel.
who was arrested recently for refus
ing to obey a policeman who ordered
him not to drive south on Madison
place. There being no regulation
to prevent southbound traffic on the
street in question, Marshall won his
case in court,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
Chanel Of the TRANSPORTATION.

Lenten services at the Chapel OF
the TRANSPORTATION will be held
daily at a. M, on Fridays at 4
and p. m, and on Wednesdays at
7:30 and IL a. m. and y. m. The
subiect for the sermon at the IL
o'clock service tomorrow morning
win be Dangerous Teachings: Free
Thought. Spiritlsm, New Thought
End New Sciences"
The Mems Club monthly forum Of
the Chapel OF the TRANSPORTATION
will be held Monday night at 8 p.
m. In the parish hall.
st. Margaret Guild for young
women of the Chapel OF the Trans
figuration, which meets weekly, has
announced that the subjects for dis
custom during the month will be,
''Great Christian Painters" Great
Christian Architects, Sculptors, Com
posers, Writers and Poets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
$3.50 Against Race Tracks.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March A.
A petition, purporting to be signed
by $3.50 residents of Baltimore
city and urging the general assem-
bly, to pass the bill prohibiting race
track betting, was received by the
senate yesterday. Similar petitions
were received from 432 residents of
Hartford county and 251 members of
Baldwin Memorial Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
Paint Firm Bankrupt.

The Mansf eld.Shaeffer Paint and
Glass Company, OF 7l9 Seventh
street northwest, has filed a petit.
ton In the District Supreme Court
10 he adjudged in bankruptcy. Their
liabilities are listed ut So, 6S0.72. and
their assets at SOS ,352.73. Attorney
Charles w. Arth appeared for the
defendants,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
Dentists Win Damage Suit.

A jury in Circuit Court, No. 1,
Justice Stafford presiding, today ex.
onerated J. w. Pollock and Henry A.
Moss, local dentists. of a charge OF
careless and negligent extraction Of
the teeth of Frank McClear, who
had filed suit for $1,000 damages
against them. alleging that while at.
tempting to extract several teeth
they had left particles In his Jaw
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
EXTENSION OF PACKER
DISPOSAL ORDER ASKED

A petition for an extension of
one year within which to give
individual holders of stocks in the
meat packing interests an opportun.
ity to dispose of their holdings, was
today filed in the District Supreme
Court by N. w. Borders. of Chi,
cago. general counsel for Morris &
Co., packers.
The petitioners declare they have
disposed of their plants at New Or.
leans, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore and other places, in &C.
cordance with the decree of the
court. and that they have also
sold their grocery branches for So
OOO, 900, suffering a loss there of
l.O25. 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
Woman Sued on Note.

Mrs. c. VI. ID. Gulick was
named DEF t In a suit filed to-
day in the jtrict Supreme Court
by Samuel d. Hecht for 1892. SO
for merchandise. Plaintiff, repre-
scented by Attorneys Swingle &
Swingle, alleges that Mrs. Gulick
gave her a three months promissory
note for the amount October %,
last, drawn on the Union Trust
Company, but failed to meet II when
due and refuses to pay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
MILK COST
BLAM|EDON
agents
Distributors in Capital, Not
Producers, Keep Price Up,
Lampert Committee Told.


Lampert Committee Told.
Washington milk consumers are
charged 4 to- 6 cents per gallon
more than Baltimore consumers. ,
This was the statement made to-
day by Dallas Berry, president OF
the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association, before the
Lampert investigating committee
ut the Capitol.
Pay More Here.
The milk distributors here pay the
producers only half-cent a gallon
more than do the Baltimore produc-
ers, Mr.. Berry added. He said. how.
ever, that the health law require
ments in Washington were more
rigid than they are in Baltimore.
1.-THE Washington distributors
keep their price at such figure that
the local consumers must pay sew
eral cents more per gallon for the
milk" said Mr.. Berry, than IN Bal
timore, but the producers for the
Washington market do not get any
benefit from that increased price.
Charges Unfairness.
]. H. Barnsley. of Olney, Md, a
former State senator, accused Ralpn
Fort, who manages a dairy laoora.
tory at 154l New Jersey avenue or
discrimination against the farmers
in his report of butter fat pressure
which he has given the distributors.
There is no doubt in my mind
that Fort favors the distributors,
said Barnsley. "Inasmuch as we
are allowed one.fourth of a cent
gallon for each one-tenth of a gallon
OF butter fat, this is extremely i'm.
portant to us. have known OF
many cases where milk has been
charged with a smaller amount OF
butter fat than 1t actually pos
sessed. This is a condition which
ought to be remedied."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
PARK VIEW SCHOOL Is
EMPTIED IN 80 SECONDS

When a steam cock blew off in
the basement of the Park View
School, Wardner and Newton
streets, yesterday afternoon. filling
the basement with steam, a fire drill
cleared the building Of LOO pupils
in one minute and twenty seconds.
An alarm called out a fire com.
pany, though no damage was done.
Glasses were resumed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
N. E. CONFERENCE WILL
CONVENE HERE MAR. 2a

The Baltimore conference. NJ. f,
Church South. will convene March
20 at the Mount Vernon Place
Church in this city.
Another convention OF interest to
Washington clergymen, that Of the
Baltimore conference. NJ. E. Church,
will open at Grace Church. Balti.
more, March %. with an Epworth
League night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
CENSUS SHOWS SLEEPING
SICKNESS DEATHS ON WANe

Fourteen persons died Of sleeping
sickness in Washington during 1920.
the bureau Of census, Department of
Commerce, announced today. In
1919 only two deaths occurred.
In the entire country this disease
caused 1,505 deaths in 1890 as
against $50 I'm 1919.
Most of the deaths, says the an.
nouncement, appear for persons be.
tween twenty and twenty-nine years
old. y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
ANTI-pRoWNlNC DEVICE
WILL BE SHOWN NAVY

Keep your head out Of the
water; you can't drown with your
feet" Z.
This is the motto Of G. Fl. Pal.
lady, Californian. who IL In Wash.
ington this week to have q new
type of life preserver tested by the
Navy Department.
The new preserver. TO be worn
around the neck. holds the chin
out of water and makes II impossi-
BILE to sink the nose and mouth.
even II The swimmer has cramps or
becomes uncon scious, Pallady claims
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
Get Four Years for Theft.

Minnie Washington and Ellie
Brown, both colored, were sentenced
to four years each in the peniten-
tiary by Chief Justice Mccoy. of the
District Supreme Court, for robbery
and larceny. John b. Besll received
three-year term for robbery and
assault with attempt to kill Clyde 8.
Bushnell In June, 1920. Earle viii.
hanson, convicted In connection with
Beall of the same crime, will serve
thirty.two months In the peniten'
tiary,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
WITCOMB WELCOMED
HOME BY ElKS' BAND

The Elk's Band OF Washington
Lodge last night welcomed home
their leader, Arthur s. Witcomb, re-
Gently returned from visit to his
parents in England.
James Ward acted as POSTMASTER
at a banquet. and presented to Lee
Sanford. temporary leader during
Mr.. Witcomb's absence, an Elk's
tooth mounted on a gold chain.
Both Witcomb and Sanford made
short addresses
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
Dante Is Eulogized.

The "Clrcolo Itaiiano di Wash.
;ngton" heard high tribute to
Dante's poetry last night from
Thomas Nelson Page, honorary
president Of the organization. At
The gathering in the ballroom OF
the Italian embassy. suggestion
was made that a movement be
started to give a better location to
the Dante statue unveiled recently
on Meridian Hnl. Music followed
the speaking.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-04
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES TO
URGE PACT ADOPTION

Prompt ratification by the Senste
Of the treaties signed by delegates
to the arms conference will be urged
in a series Of meetings to be held
throughout the country under the
auspices OF the Federal Council OF
the Churches Of Christ in America.
The first meeting will be held IN
Washington at the Calvary Baptis:
Church on the afternoon Of March 12