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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

UNIFORMED foes of the Sales Tax say that it is
unjust because it hits the poor heavily as the
rich man, the newsboy out of work as heavily as
John D. Rockefeller.
The Sales Tax is paid by those who spend. So
long as Mr.. Rockefeller spends 1000 times as much
as the newsboy, he will pay 1000 times as much
Sales Tax.
The AVERAGE man will not be taxed 81
Many of the things for which the poor man spends
his money are exempt from the tax. For example,
farm products namely, most foodstuffs.
The tax of ~ per cent is so small that in great
number of cases manufacturers will prefer to absorb
it, pay it themselves rather than change their stand
ard prices
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
SUSPEND COLLEGE GIRLS
FOR BOBBING TRESSES

MECHANICSBURG, Pa, Feb. IS.
Irving College girls can wear
bobbed hair, but they must get the
permission of their parents before
having 1t bobbed.
That Is the attitude taken by B. f.
Campbell, president of the institu'
ton, who announced the suspension
for ten days of three girls because
they had failed to abide by Irving s
regulations In this respect. The
girls, whose names were not an.
nounced, live near Johnstown.
The college is attempting to dis
courage the practice of the girls hav.
ing their hair cut short.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
JUDGES WARY|N
NAMING SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBER
Seven Weeks Passed Since
Daniel A. Edwards
Resigned.

Justices of the District Supreme
Court, vested with the power to APP
po!nt members to the Board OF Edu-
cation, are said TO be proceeding eau
tiously before naming a successor to
Daniel A. Edwards, retired member
and president OF the Columbian In
formation Bureau. which advertised
to write essays for high school chill.
dren for so cents a copy.
With the example of Edwards be-
fore them, the justices are said to
be making a thorough investigation
into the character and activities OF
candidates under consideration before
naming the next member OF the
board.
Six weeks have elapsed since Mr..
Edwards resignation was requested
by the Supreme Court Justices. II
was revealed today, and as yet no
member has been named 10 take his
member has been OF time before
naming a successor Is unprecedented
in the history OF the school board,
IL was said.
When Mrs. Margherita Spaulding
Gerry, a member Of the board under
the Thurston administration OF the
schools. resigned. a successor was
named by the justices OF the Supreme
Court within about a week. namely,
Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins, II was
pointed out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
WESTERN UNION FIGHT
LABOR BILL IN MARYLAND

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 1S.-Officials
OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company protested before the house
committee on labor yesterday the
bill fathered by orga nized labor TO
raduce the legal workday for women
to eight hours.
Their employees seldom worked
longer, they said, but under Ger
tain conditions such restriction
might be a handicap.
Charles ]. Fox. chairman OF the
State board of labor and statistics,
supported their position. The board
has bill now before the same
committee, which would extend the
application Of the present 10-hour
law.
Both measures will be discussed
at another hearing at IL O'Clock
Tuesday morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
SANDY SANDS
CH|CAGOREC0RD
IS UNDER PROBE
Police Try to Link Cabaret Dis
trict Character With Man
In Taylor Mystery.
BY International News Service.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-About a mys-
terious Sandy" Sands, who posed
as a movie director. and who Is said
to have duped numerous Chicago
girls with promises TO put them i'll
the movies Chicago police are today
centering their activities in new
effort to solve the murder of William
Desmond Taylor, Los Angeles Him
director.
Mrs. Marguerite Snyder, Rockford
QllJ woman, u private detective, to-
day told the police OF the alleged
visit of SANDY" Sands 10 Chicago
about six months ago. She eX-
pressed belief that this man may
have been Edward F. Sands, Taylor's
missing valet.
Mrs. Snyder asserted that she
worked on Sands case when he was
touring the cabarets of the Chicago
South Side district. He reaped a
rich harvest among unsuspecting
girls, she says, who paid him sums
ranging from S. TO $2j TO put them
in the movies"
A Mrs. Mary Lamb, who Mrs.
Snyder says is a divorce, was
SANDY" Sands companion while
the latter was in Chicago. Police are
seeking Mrs. Lamb.
Mrs. Snyder also revealed the
identity Of the women residing III
Denver, who she says may be able
TO throw some light on the mystic
rious Staying. The name of this wom-
an has been withheld by the police.
Since the Taylor murder and the
resultant linking of Sands name
with the crime. several Chicago girls
who have kept up correspondence
with SANDY" Sands have been ter
ror-stricken lest their names become
implicated in the Hollywood inves.
tigation, Mrs. Snyder stated.
Mrs. Snyder and her husband
claim to have known Taylor in 1904
when he was known as William
Deane Tanner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
DR.. HAYNES NAMED
ON RACE COMMISSION

The election of DR.. George f.
Haynes, colored, of New York, and
Will w. Alexander, of Atlanta, as
secretaries of the newly organized
commission on the church and race
relations was announced today by
the Federal Council of the Churches
Of Christ in America. DIR. Haynes
Is the first negro to be elected
to a full secretaryship of the
church body. Alexander will con.
tinue as head of the commission OF
interracial cooperation in the
Southern States.
DR.. Haynes was formerly pro-
fessor of economics and sociology at
Fisk University. Nashville, and was
founder and pioneer executive of
the National League of Urban Con.
ditions Among Negroes. During the
war he served in the Department
of Labor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
BILLS WOULD ELIMINATE
TWO w., B. & A. CROSSINGS

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 1S.-Elimina-
ton Of two grade crossings en- the
Washington, Baltimore and Annap-
oils electric lines, at one OF which
a number of children were killed and
injured about q year ngo, is being
actively sought by residents OF Anne
Arundel county.
Delegate Baldwin. of that county,
has introduced a proposed joint reso-
luton directing the public service
commission o investigate condi.
tions at crossing 200 yards west Of
Millersville, where. according to the
resolution, conditions are "consid-
cred TO be a menace to life"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
MOVE TO ExTRADITE FIVE
IN LETTER EXTRA DRY CASE

Extradition proceedings for re
moval to Virginia Of Leroy Bradley.
Edward Tanning, Frank r. CadY,
John w. Waring and William p.
Cady, alleged to have stolen S35. 600
worth Of choice liquor from the Lees.
burg home Of Joseph Leither, of
Washington. were instituted today
before Justice Hitz in the District
Supreme Court.
1t was a dry Case-eXtra dry. The
prima facie evidence consisted or
twelve part bottles Of 'Perrier Jouet
& Gle, Epernay. extra dry 1911
champagne" There wasn't a dry
eve in court as the extra dry was
carried back to the dOnjon.
Assistant District Attorney Frank
]. Kelly appeared for the Govern
ment and Attorney Thomas K. kSlth
for the governor OF Virginia. At
torney T. Morris Wampler repre-
scented the defendants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
PAIR CHARGED WITH FRAUD
IN OYSTER BED SCHEME

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Feb. 49,
William Lee Popham and Maude Mil.
Ter Popham. his wife. officers OF the
Oyster Growers Cooperative Asso.
citation, are under arrest here today
on charges of having defrauded per.
sons over the United States out OF
approximately S1,000,000 in eighteen
months In an oyster bed lease
scheme at Apalachinola, Fla.
The two, indicted recently in the
Federal court at Pensacola, were
given hearing before United States
Commissioner Sidney Diamond, here,
late yesterday and bound over to
await trial.
Under the laws of Florida, oyster
bed leases are transferable to citi.
zens of Florida.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
Of FATE
FALLS HEAVILY
ON D. {. FAMILY
Miss Mary J. Forsyth, Hit by
Street Car, Third Victim in
Chain Of Casualty.

Fate has been unkind to the For.
syth family, which lives at 1902 Bel
mont road northwest.
Last night, Miss Mary Jane For
syth, sixty-five years old, who finds
it difficult to walk because of a de-
formity, was struck by a street car
while she was crossing u street, near
Sixteenth street, and received in
juries that probably will prove fatal
She received a fracture of the skull
and attending physicians at Elmer
gency Hospital have little hope that
she will recover. An X-ray examina
ton will be made this evening to de-
termine the seriousness of the in
juries she received.
In the recent Knickerbocker Thea
ter disaster, Mary e. Forsyth, a
niece, received injuries that later
proved fatal at Sibley Hospital. She
was rescued in an unconscious con
dition, and, after being given first-aid
treatment, was removed to the hos
pital.
James Forsyth Diggs, who was in
the Signal Corps, Second division, n
the battle of Chateau Thierry, was
killed when a German shell exploded
while he and buddy were establish
ing lines of communication. His
body was blown into a well and was
not recovered until two years later
When the American forces moved up
they thought the well was poisoned
and. without examining it, built a
wall around it. Later, the French
easants moved to their old holdings
and opened the well. They discov'
cred the body of young Diggs and
notified the committee on registra
ton of graves. Examination of his
Identification tags revealed his iden
tity.
He was buried with military honors
by members of the Vincent b. Cos
tello Post, American Legion.
Diggs was a granddaughter of Miss
Mary Jane FORSYTH
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
MOTHER JONES
HA[TS CLASH Of
MINE WORKERS
TumuItous Scene Subsidies as
Aged Leader Warns Of
Labor Enemies.
BY GEORGE w. WILLIAMS,

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. IS. -
Mother" Jones interrupted tumul'
tuous demonstration by supporters
of Alex Howat against John l..
Lewis and other officials of the
United Mine Workers in the coal
miners convention today.
Appearing at moment when
charges of padding the list" were
being hurled across the hall as the
absentee vote was being called In
the test of strength between Lewis
and Howat. the aged woman, who
for more than half a century has
been a guiding light in labor move.
ments, told the miners to quit fight.
ing among themselves.
THE enemy Is burrowing from
within" she said, land you are
putting into the hands of the enc.
my the weapons 20 fight YOU"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
Sign Here:
SAVINGS BANK BILLS
FILED IN MARYLAND

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 1S.-Forty per
cent OF the total deposits Of saw
ings bank would have to be invested
in real estate mortgages, or bonds
based upon such mortgages, under a
bill introduced in the House yester.
day and referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
The measure would restrict the
proportion Of deposits to be invested
in any class of railroad or industrial
securities.
Increase Of the guarantee fund re-
quired to be maintained by savings
banks from per cent to per cent
also is provided for in the bill. This
guarantee fund would be set aside
at the rate OF one.fourth Of l per
cent annually instead Of one-eight
Of / per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
WEEKS ASKS $225,ooo FOR
OHIO CANAL SURVEYOR

Secretary of War Weeks today
transmitted to Congress the report
of the rivers and harbors engineers
on the proposed extension Of the
Lake Erie and Ohio canal in the
States of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The report, which was prepared
by Major General Beach, chief OF
army engineers, recommends the ap
preparation Of s225,000 to cover the
cost Of surveys in selecting the new
routes.
Among the routes to be consid
cred are those from Pittsburgh to
Youngstown and from Pittsburgh
to Ashtabula.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
OIL WELLS BRING WEALTH
TO SAPULPA POOR FARM

TULSA, Okla, Feb. IA "rlch'
poor farm is the Sapulpa institution
for the poverty stricken near Bris
tow, okla, on which section sec
ond oil well, reported to be produc
ing 700 barrels daily, has just been
drilled.
The first well. drilled some time
ago, is making" more than 1000
barrels daily, county officials say
This combined production has an
estimated daily value OF $500, the
officials added. one.eighth Of which
is paid to the county as royalty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18

The average man will not likely pay over 81 per
year in sales taxes
Will he feel it burdensomey?
In Canada sales tax of per cent, twice as heavy
as ours, is the one tax to which nobody objects.
In cases, say, there is an honest fear that
the Sales Tax will crush the plain people.
However, the argument is being heard loudest, not
from the plain people, but from Big Business, which
does not want the bonus passed
We recall that it was Big Business that persuaded
Congress to give bonus of $3000,00O'0O0 to manu-
facturers after the armstice to pay profits on war
contracts never fulfilled.
That was tax of $50 laid on every one OF the plain
people whom Big Business wants to protect today.
We recall that Big Business urged the Interstate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
POLICE LOOEY'
WILL Be NAMED
RA|DCH|EFT|AN
Major Sullivan to Have Special
Liaison officer to War on
Booze and "Bookies."

Appointment of a lieutenant and
sergeant who will report to Major
Daniel Sullivan, new chief Of police,
and who will have authority to call
upon precinct captains for aid in
raids and emergencies, is a part of
the program of the new superinten.
dent to speed up police department
activity. These men will work on
rowing commissions, under the in.
struction Of Inspectors Pratt and
Evans, in charge of the two divisions
into which the city has been divided
Major Sullivan commented this
morning upon his program for rid
ding Washington Of bootlegging and
handbook making. II do not expec;
Washington will be cleaned up in a
day." he said, but we are going 70
do all we can to make this a model
city and to drive law violators either
out Of town or to work.
MY men know pretty well the
character of the men and women on
their beats and there are some who
will be under surveillance from
now on.
Speeders As Dangerous.
"a great deal has been said about
bootlegging and handbook making
They are two evils which are diff
cult to combat, but we are wedding
out the violators of these laws. But
another type of law-breaker is extant
and am going after him. He is
the speeder. To my mind the man
who operates his machine at an
excessive rate through the streets is
just as dangerous as either of the
two violators Of which / spoke
Every member Of the department
has been instructed to bring them to
justice. and any member failing in
this respect will suffer severe con
sequences.
1T is gratifying to me to know
that the department as a whole is
working in harmony. Petty jeal-
ousies seem to have been dissipated
in the ranks and every man seems
satisfied with his job. For this l
can be truly thankful"
Find Whisky i'm Raid.
In raid on the premises at 1925
Holmes and Precinct Detectives
Lowry and Mansfield and Internal
Revenue Agent Rose arrested
James Griffin, colored on the
charge of selling and illegal pos
session of corn whisky. One pint
of whisky was seized. Captain
Brown said this morning that the
house has been watched for some
time and that Government agents
have made three purchases of
liquor.
Walter Cole, twenty-five years old,
926 f street northwest, was arrest
ed last night by Sergeant Moran
and Policeman Kane, of the First
Precinct, on the charge of permit.
ting gaming on his premises. When
the policemen entered the garage
in the rear of the home they found
several men engaged in a craps
game. The bones and SIS was
seized. The penalty for this offense
is a fine that ranges from $40 to
5000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
.V0Lk DECLARES
.EX-S0LD|ERS To.
PAY OWN BONUS
Trend in Congress Is SWING
ing to Sales Tax, Is
Claim.
BY LESTER ID. VOLK,
Member House OF Representative, Chair
man Bonus Drive Committee.

man bOnus Drive committee.
The difficulties in which the lead
ing figures in Congress and OF the
Administration find themselves re-
garding the best methods Of financ-
ing the soldiers bonus is now being
used by the opponents of this bene-
fetal leg .slation to confuse the
minds of the American public. 1t Is
evident, however, that the present
trend Is now swinging to the sales
tax.
Whatever method Of taxation is
ones who will ultimately pay a large
share Of the bonus will be the ex-
service men themselves-the sup
porters and defenders Of the nation.
Congress is concerned only with the
most feasible and logical method OF
raising the money TO pay the bonus.
As to a Bond Issue.
1t Is amusing to see well-meaning
individuals, leaders In their own line,
agttating the issuing OF bonds, guar
anteed by the Government and predi'
Gated upon the payment OF the for
eign debt by those powers who are
now on debtors.
These bonds are to be offered for
sale to the public and the bankers
and financiers will have an oppor'
tunity to show their advertised pa
triotism. Ingenious, but not convinc'
ing.
The yelled threat and the open at:
tack upon the honesty Of purpose and
honest convictions Of the members
of Congress by an opposing ana an
tagonistic press Is too sordid to need
an answer.
The sales tax offers a means OF
overcoming all objections to the pay
ment Of a bonus. Hundreds OF mil
lions Of dollars will be put In imme'
date circulate because OF the needs
of the families of the ex-service men.
thousands of whom are in actual
want. Every purchase made will go
toward increasing the industry-of the
country.
Bigger Spending Power.
Every dollar spent means so much
additional revenue to the Govern
ment through the payment BY the
ex.seryice men OF the sales tax. Thus
the ex-service man will In great
measure be paying his own bonus.
The dollar patriots" of the war
man. I'VE are behind you" when
separated from the field of battle by
an ocean 1000 miles wide, are out in
front shouting. I'VE are in front OF
you; you are raiding the Treasury,
now that the payment Of the bonus
is a possibility.
Reduction of armament will save
the Government S200.000.000 this
year. Scrapping of surplus war ma
terials will bring another S250,0CO.
900. The stress of economic depres
sion which prompted the President to
oppose the bonus last July Is passing
We are facing a better era. Shall
we deny to our own soldiers what our
debtor allies have granted to their?
The payment of the bonus is a
moral debt, not as a payment for
patriotism, but as a reward for pre-
venting a raid upon our Treasury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
HARDING SIGNS FARMERS
COOPERATIVE MEASURE

President Harding today signed
the agricultural bloc's" co-opera,
tive marketing bill.
Present at the White House when
the bill was signed were Senators
Kellogg of Minnesota, Capper OF
Kansas, McNary of Oregon and
Lenroot of Wisconsin, Congressman
Volstead of Minnesota and officials
of various national farm organiza.
tons.
The pen with whichc the Presi.
dent signed the bill was presented to
Congressman Volstead who was the
original author of the measure in
the House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
LOBSTER HAUL BIG, BUT
PRICE FAILS TO DROP

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 1S.-By the
right Of the law OF supply and de.
mand" Holsters should be cheap sea.
food, emphatically asserts an official
statement from the California Game
and Fish Commission.
War on lobster profiteers has been
proclaimed, declares the announce,
ment, pointing out that there is no
reason why Holsters should be re,
tailed by restaurants at from GO
cents to 81 per portion.
The present season along he
Pacific Coast, it is declared, is the
largest in years.
Despite the great influx Of shell
fish, the Commission asserts, the
price to the consumer has not
dropped a single penny.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
LAW CONCERNING WOMEN
TO BE2MADE LESS SEVERE

Punishment of women convicted
OF immortality under Federal laws Is
made less severe under an amend
ment to the Federal statutes adopted
by the Senate yesterday.
The amendment provides sen.
fences TO State reformatories in
stead Of terms in Federal prisons
wherever Federal judges feel the de-
PENDANT has a chance of beating
back" 1t was supported by welfare
societies.
The measure. which originally
provided that defendants be sent to
houses of refuge, was changed upon
objection raised by Senator Watson
(DemocraU of Georgia, who declared
1t would authroize the United States
to lease out it's female criminals"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
STEAMER GOES AGROUND
TO AVOID COLLISION

BALTIMORE, Feb. 1S.-With two
tugs standing by, the steamship VIII.
faro. Captain Williams, which
grounded shortly before last mid.
night i'm the outer Baltimore har.
Dor. is expected to be refloated with
a'high tide today.
The Willard grounded to avoid a
collision with an inbound schooner.
The vessel loaded $500 tons of cargo
here for Pacific ports and is to call
AT Norfolk TO complete her 5,000ton
cargo. The WilfarO carries crew
of fifty men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
Modiste Sues D. c. Woman.

Therese Cowan and Jules Vergne
Cowan, trading as Therese French
Shop, Now York, today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court
against Margaret r. Dewey for
$2,441.9O, alleged to be balance on
account of bill for merchandise,
consisting of gowns, hats, necklace.
furs and similar feminine accoutre.
ments which defendant 10 alleged to
have purchased in 1920 and pay
ment for which she declines to make,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
TAX FALLS HEAVIEST ON RICH AND LIGHTEST ON POOR

Commerce Commission to grant the railroads rate
increase of 81, 100000 in August, 1920
That was a permanent new tax of SIS per year on
every man. woman and child in the country
Big Business wasn't trying to protect the plain
people then.
It's all right to tax when the proceeds 60 to Big
Business itself, manufacturers or railroads
But protect the dear people when the proceeds OF
taxation 60 back to them-that u.s. 60 to the 100000
men who went abroad to fight for us, Big Business
and all
The people didn't get any protection from being
royalty generous to war industries and railroads
And they don't need any protection against making
a modest expression Of gratitude toward their own
sons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
BRIDEGROOM JAILED FOR
SPEEDING TO HIS WEDDING

NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Harry d
Fisher, twenty-five, of Mt Tabor
n. j., a bridegroom and broke" yes
terday was sent to city prison fol-
the weekend for speeding to his
wedding.
Magistrate Sims fined him s25. but
when Fisher said he had just re
turned from a honeymoon in Canada
and was out of funds, the magistrate
made the alternative two days In
prison instead of the customary ten
DAVIS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
For Illuminated Auto Tag.

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 1S.-A bill au.
thorizing the substitution OF a
license tag bearing an illuminating
device in place of the regular tag
issued by the commissioner OF motor
vehicles was introduced by Senator
Mitchell. The tag must bear the
same words and letters as the
original tag. and must be approved
by the commissioner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-18
SHERIFF FOUND GUILTY
OF NOT ENFORCING LAWS

ARDMORE, Okla, Feb. IS
Sheriff Buck Garret, of Carter
county, was found guilty today by
the jury which heard the custer suit
brought against him.
He was charged with neglect OF
duty. with permitting violations OF
the prohibition laws, and failure to
suppress gambling and immortality.