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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
HOLDS UP
WHITE HOUSE
y 80 W"H hHHNmt
NEWS
Machines Drown Voices Of In
tervieWed - Harding's
Effects Going Out.

An instrument Of torture, in gen.
eral resembling an electrical Ice
cream freezer, today threatens to
disrupt the informal conferences In
the executive offices OF the White
House between officials and cluster
ing newspaper men.
The function of this machine is
to give polish and finish to the
Caen stone blocks lately laid in, the
lobby supplanting the former gold.
en- maple flooring. A number OF
buffers are kept revolving at a high
rate Of speed, and the air Is fuli
of buzz and noise.
Amid this din and gentle tones OF
Andrew w. Mellon, returning Score
tary of the Treasury, were about
lost, as were those Of others who
called upon President Coolidge and
from whom news was requested upon
their exit from his office. 1t Will
doubtless be a good many days be-
fore this, and other delayed features
of the executive offices renovations
will be completed:
Big army trucks are bearing from
the residential portion of the White
House the last of the effects Of the
late President and Mrs. Harding,
This morning her two cherished
pianos and two talking machines
were taken out, the name Warren
G. Harding being stenciled in
heavy black on the sides Of the
crates.
While the chambers are ready for
the occupancy Of President and Mrs.
Coolidge, they will not move in un.
til tomorrow, at the earliest it was
learned. Mrs. Coolidge spent the
morning going over what will be her
home for at least the next eighteen
months They were also inspected
by Mr.. Coolidge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
SHARKS ARE PLENTIFUL
ALONG ATLANTIC COAST

PHILADELPHIA, August 20. -
Sharks are plentiful along the coast
south OF Cape Henlopen. Arriving
fishing vessels announce that they
are not dog sharks, but the oldtime
man-eaters, some ten to twelve feet
in length. They are evidently from
the West Indies and the Bahamas
The unusual number Of fish along
the coast is supposed to be their
main attraction. Fishermen arriv
Ing yesterday said they snap fish
from the lines after leaving the
water and before they are landed
devouring fishing lines and every
thing attached.
The fishing schooner M. P. How
lett. from the fishing banks below
cape Heniopen' arrived in port yes
terday with fcrty-five barrels of sea
bass. a small haul compared with
the usual catches under normal con
ditions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

Committee Brings Peace Over
Letter That Ended $780,
900 Fund Drive.

The controversy in Vincent B.
Costello Post Of the American
Legion, which resulted several
weeks ago in q demand for the
resignation Of Major Daniel ].
Donovan, District auditor and
legionnaire, is ended.
James c. Wilkes, who headed
a committee which sought to
bring about harmony in the post,
announced today that an agree
ment had been reached between
those seeking to Dust Major Dono-
van and those defending him.
Ends Clubhouse Fund.
Wilkes declined at this time to
make public the terms Of the agree.
ment. He said that the matter
would be taken. up by the post at
a netting to be held either Wed.
nesday or Friday night Of this
week. 1t IL understood the post
will be asked at it's meeting to re.
scind the action demanding the
outsing Of Major Donovan.
The agreement also Is said to
provide that no further attempts to
collect money for a clubhouse
through a paid agent will be made.
The posts action of several weeks
ago came following a letter which
Major Donovan sent to John Lewis
Smith, commander Of the District
Department Of the Legion, protest.
ing against a 100000 clubhouse
campaign of the Costello Post
Major Donovan pointed out hiatt
a professional money raiser was
collecting the money and was to
get a reward for his labors of
so cents OF every dollar obtained.
Success By Committee.
The executive committee acted
soon after Major Donovan's protest,
and the post was prevented from
continuing it's campaign.
Because of Major Donovan's &C.
ton, the post voted to ask for his
resignation. Major Donovan re-
fused to resign.
For the past week, the harmony
committee has been comforting with
Major Donovan pointed out tina:
Ivan, commander Of the post, and
Vice Commanders Lefferts and
O'Brien, the three last leading the
faction against Donovan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
BABY.
GIRL LEFT ON
DOORSTEP
Police Seek Parents of Infant
Abandoned in
Basket.

Out at the Founding Hospital,
1715 Fifteenth street northwest. a
smiling blue-eyed baby girl today
began the life in an orphans in
stitution that. it's parents decreed
for it when they left it in a basket
on the steps Of the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph B. Pannill. SIC A
street southeast, Sunday morning.
That the baby may again see its
mother was indicated by the con-
tents of a hastily penciled note that
was found pinned to the baby's
clothing.
The note reads: please take care
of me. l am four weeks old. My
mother is not able to take care of
me. My name is Baby Ruth.
Please keep me until my mother
comes for me-"
But, the police pointed out, If the
mother only wanted to have the
baby kept for a short time she
could easily have taken the baby to
an asylum where it would have been
cared for.
The infant, carefully wrapped and
placed in a market basket, was
found by Mrs. Pannill after she had
traced the infants cries to her
front porch. Mrs. Pennill, herself
a mother Of four children, gave the
baby every care and attention that
any woman could have. She nursed
and fed the baby and when It's cries
had been stilled she notified the
Fifth precinct.
Search Birth Records.
Detectives Wise, Hildrup, and
O'Donnell, Of the Fifth precinct
were assigned to the task of finding
the parents. They will search the
birth records today. and will in
quire of doctors and hospitals in
an attempt to locate the mother.
In the cold, drear rain that swept
the city Saturday morning, plans
were made for abandoning the baby,
police say. At that time an expen-
sive touring car drew up in front
Of the Pennill home and a woman
and two men could be heard in
heated argument When Mrs. Pen.
mill lighted the light in her room
the car drove off. 1t Is believed
the trio later returned and left
the baby.
Could Hear Voices.
Mrs. Pennill said she could easily
She said that the woman seemed
to be bearing the brunr Of verbal
attack from the two men who want
ed her to do something she did
| not wish to do. Watch out" Mrs
Pennill heard one of the men tell the
woman when he saw Mrs. Pennill
watching them from her room. A
few minutes later the car drove off
Ruth Is described by Mrs. Pen
mill as a beautiful baby" IF 1
did not have four children myself.
certainly would have loved to
have kept Ruth" she said.
Police do not believe the rag
which was found in the basket
| contained narcotics. They point out
| that narcotics on a rag would not
have any effect on keeping the
baby quiet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
VICE SQUAD RAID
NETS VARIETY
OF WEAPONS
Proprietor Is Arrested on
Gambling and Dry Law Vio-
Iation Charges.

Weapons that would do justice to
an armefy were captured last night
when the vice squad, headed by Lieu
tenant Davis and Sergeant McQuade,
assisted by a score of policemen,
raided the premises at 7S P street
northwest and arrested Mary Ella
Brown, colored proprietress. She
was charged with selling and illegal
possession of liquor and conducting
a gambling house. She was released
on 81 800 bond.
Police say that when they entered
they found twenty in the first room
shooting craps, while there were a
number of persons. both white and
colored, in the kitchen drinking. The
windows on the first floor were
broken out and the back door broken
from it's hinges in the mad rush for
escape.
Pistols, blackjacks, razors, knives
and slungshots were abandoned,
while it required two trips of the pa
troll wagon to take all Of the pris-
oners to the station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
Spirits Lead Man Into
Weird Antics And
Police Hands

Modern spirits, bottled,
prompt their victims to do
strange things. Richard But
Ter, colored, drank an unknown
concoction, walked into a shoe
shine parlor and stole $2.25,
went back and gave IS cents
back, took the street car and
rode to No. 6 precinct police
station alone, gave the sergeant
the remaining $3.50 and told
him that someone was "mur-
dering a policeman up the
street"
Butler pleaded guilty to both
larceny and intoxication in
Police Court today, and was
fined $50 or thirty days for the
drunk, but Judge Schuldt took
his personal bond on the lar
ceny charge, saying that Butler
did not know what he was
doing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
CENSUS BUREAU GIVES
STATISTICS IN COTTON

The Census Bureau announced
today that the cotton report for
the period from August 1 to July
81 shows, for 1928 and 1922, re-
spectively:
Cotton Seed-Received at mills,
3,244, $50 and $685. 5S' tons; crushed,
3,241.4 64 and 3,O07,717 tons.
Products Manufactured-Cr Crude
oil, 1,O03,025.212 and 930,474, 1913
pounds; refined oil, 910,539, 1853 and
S39, 898,417 pounds; cake and meal.
1 ,486,s61 and 1,354,604 tons; hulls.
943,595 and 936,99O tons; linters,
66S,70S and 400,37 500-pound bales;
hull fiber. 1859 and 1909 500
pound bales.
Stocks July 31-Seed at plants.
1909 and 1853 tons; crude oil.
5,036,294 and 6,9O5. 400 pounds; re
fined oil, 1S7,997,S1S and 16S,S51 $50
mounds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

country. The lecture tour has been
satisfactory. Even the American
napper meets with the approval Of
the distinguished English visitor.
Bob her hair?
why. certainly"
Roll her stockings?
IF she wants to-"
Baseball has at last found one
Englishnan who Understands and
likes 1t. This knowledge has not
been gained by sitting in grand
stands. In the rear Of the hotel is
q broad field. A game was in
progress.
With the reporter an interested
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
A SEQ TRAGEDY.

Three days before pay day I
pulled, Chris Columbus an sur
prised myself greatly by discoverin'
twenty-dollar note which was
restin' peacefully in a secluded
pocket OF my other trousers. ]
could not remember havin' seen II
before, but the facts confronted
me. 30 / decided to derive the
benefits. and did 30 by maxim q
date with the niftieet dame in cap
tivity.
After havin' secured said date 4
TAXED to her home an started my
conquest, which was a howlin' sue
cess. for she 'beamed on me during
vtncing her that I was q combina-
ton of Tom Edison and Jawn D.
After the show we devoured an
expensive menu an L decided TO
spend the rest of my coin, by TAX
ing her homo in q taxi.
Everything went lovely until four
hours later when we reached the
farewell stage and she suddenly
"oh. Philip. how about handin.
me them twenty berries that 1
handed you for safe keepin' hast
Attempting a laundering explana.
ton and faIlin' utterly in said at
tempt, she glared at me, tilted up
her nose. an said:
so that's the kind of guy YoU
are. Well, goodnight and GOOD
BYE, an IL them twenty berries
amt In my hands three days hence
it's police court for YOU"
s. JOE H. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
HAYNES, RECOVERED, TO
RETURN SOON TO CITY

Federal Prohibition Commissioners
Roy A. Haynes will return from his
vacation late this week, 1t was stated
at his office today.
Commissioner Haynes went to his
home at Hillsboro, Ohio, following \
serious illness. Reports received in
Washington indicate that he has
completely recovered and is resting
for a few days prior to his resump-
ton of duty at his office here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
FEW SAILING VESSELS
NOW, LLOYDS' REPORTS

LONDON, Aug. 20.-Sailing craft
are fast vanishing from the oceans,
according to Lloyd's, Register of
Shipping, which states that the
present percentage of sailing yes
sells to the worlds tonnage is less
than Az
Last year the worlds steam ton.
mage increased by 992, 421 tons. says
Lloyds. while the sailing tonnage
decreased by nearly 100000 tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
ROBERT L. BURGESS FILES
REPLY TO WlFE'S CHARGES

Robert L. Burgess, answering
Adelaide F. Burgess charge Of mis-
conduct in her suit for an absolute
divorce, today denied his wife's al
legations and claims that "the other
man has induced her to place wagers
on horse races"
Burgess also denied charges Of
cruelty, and. replying to his wife'e
allegations that she had to take
one of the most undesirable rooms
in the house and sleep In the same
bed with her three children" says
that his wife occupied the best room
He asks that his wife's suit be dis
missed.
The couple were married May %
1908.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

spectator, Sir Arthur stepped to the
bat.
II say now, place it where I
have at least q sporting chance"
There was crack as the bat
met the ball. Sir Arthur turned
around to the crowd. In his man.
ner there was triumph.
The hit may not excite the
jealousy of Babe Ruth. 1t will,
however, tax even the powers of
Sherlock Holmes to recover that
ball.
Loon Lake IL noted for its
scenery. Fields in which high ferns
abound are not the least part Of the
natural beauty Of the resort.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
FINED FOR STRIKING
ROOMMATE WITH CLUB

Pleading guilty to charge of
assault, Samuel Davis, colored, was
sentenced by Judge Schuldt III
Police Court today to pay a fine of
$50 or serve an equal number of
days in Jail.
Sam rooms with James Johnson.
also coIored. The latter went to
bed Saturday night, but could not
90 to sleep because Sam made SO
much noise. He demonstrated and
sam hit him over the head with a
big stick. After which, he slept
sOundly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
STEAM SCALDS is GIRLS
IN COLLISION AT NYACK

NYACK. N. Y, Aug. 2O.-Fifteen
Young women, employed by the
Christian Herald, Of New York
were injured. several of them serL
ously, when they were enveloped in
steam when a bus in which they
were passengers crashed into a
steam roller.
The stopcock of the steam roller
was knocked off, releasing a burst
Of scalding vapor The women were
taken to hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

Officials Probe Charge Of
Route Into Washington Be-
ing "Fixed" by Brides.

Federal prohibition unit Of
ficials, aided by the special in
telligence unit of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, have joined
forces to run out of the Govern
ment service agents whose itching
palms are salved by bootleg
money, it was learned today.
Two agents already have been
suspended from duty in Washing
ton and Baltimore, and it was
reported today that more may fall
in the course Of the investigation.
Trailing Extent of Graft.
One of the suspended men was
questioned for more than four hours
In room of the Treasury. building
by operatives of the, special intel
ligence unit.
The object of this quizzing and of
other similar inquisitions made both
by dry officers and Internal Reve-
nue. detectives is to determine the
extent of graft in enforcement
work
Certain bootieggers in Washing
ton and Baltimore boast to their
patrons that their business is secure
10 long as agents now stationed in
their vicinity continue at their
posts.
These reports. retailed from boot
leggers' patrons to their friends.
have become so widespread that the
prohibition unit has taken an active
and aggressive part in running
down the rumors.
Beset by Temptations.
Because Of the temptations which
beset the path of duty of a prohibi-
ton agent who remains too long IN
one locality policy of transferring
men from one city to another In q
single enforcement division is In Ell
feet.
1t was learned that one powerful
intercity band of bootleggers, run
ming liquor into Washington by au.
tomobiles, declared 1t, had fixed" all
officers in its path and could deliver
without difficulty.
One Of the agents was changed, 1t
was said, and another substituted.
The new man refused to accept a
bride. and the bootleg ring, rather
than run the risk Of capture and dis
bandment, was forced to conclude its
activities until another safe route"
could be made.
Not even E. C. Yellowley. Federal
chief of general prohibition agents,
IL permitted to divulge the progress
of the graft investigation except
when arrests and arrangements take
place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

POTOMACDS GREAT FALLS.
Z By THOMAS FITZHUGH DAWSON.
Can't you hear the booming rear
Where tho waters hurtle DER
Down into the churnihk, whirllnE,
fOamlng pOOl3
There we've played the llve-l0ng
day,
And we're on our hOmewnrd way
To face . licking for our tFuancy from
school.
But NE felt the mighty call
OF the crashing. roaring fall,
And We know whore minn0ws flash
close 70 the shore.
Now we'll feel the switches sting.
And our shrieks and yells will ring
But we'n ''h00key' hack to old Great
Falls some mOrOI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
Amt IT THE TRUTH

ACTUAL. BONA FIDE NAMES,
Miss Lolita Kale jourDeyed
from Kansas City to Galesburg,
ILL.,, to get a license to marry
Page w. Douty.
The Monmouth Oily Review
records Mr.. and Mrs. E. z. Pull
len "as the proud parents IT
girl born yesterday at the hes
pital."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

WHERE WOMEN EXCEL.
WOmen's funny ways will never cease
While mankind survives this earth |;
Without her ON this old hemisphere,
or comment there would be dearth.
She talks In blue streakS. we know;
And every prize for cab she wins,
She has NO trouble about talking
With her mouth full Of halrpIns.
OKLAHOMA IKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
WHEN INNOCENCE is BLISS.

He-GOsh, / certainly am q
sIicker i'm my new suit. All the
trails are falling for me. Just
look at that one smile. NASH.
A Chicago coEumnist SOL
emnly inquiries If any reader
can remember the name of that
movie stGr UhO hasn't been d.
vOrced?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
Yes WE ann COR MO<
DARKTOWN PHILOSOPHY.

The parson called for contri-
buttons to build a fence around
the cemetery. Nose johnson pub
licly objected, and gave his req.
sons: "A fence won't do no good.
Them that's in the cemetery CANT
git out and them that is out doan
want to git in"
SASSAFRAS SAM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

Composition of a Decatur, Ill.,,
schoOtboy: niagara Falls are
very steep aud literally covered
with water"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20
MAMMALS TITLE BOY.

Poor, little, delicate thingI
To think what You must 70
through!
They not only talk about 'ou
But hit yen with their fieta.
they do!
Memma'g own precious little boy.
Methinks there's no other like MINI.
And when those big fellows pound yoT
A chill goes creeping down NV
spine!
Poor, 1ttIe, delicate thing.
So sweet. weak and Nfmsey,
You are my own dear son,
Your mamma's cute Jack Dempsey.
BEN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale,
says that eyes, we have no ba-
nanas," is dramatically cor
rect If it happens to be in an
swer to the question, "Do you
have no bananas?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-20

Little girl, why are you plant
Ing those jelly beans3"
why, I'm going to raise some
lOllypOpS." HANK HAWKINS,
New Britain herald., 1923-07-31
LARGEST BANKING ROOM
Union Trust Building in Cleveland Has Savings Room Large Enough for 100 Yard Dash.

Cleveland, July 31.-The Union Trust building. Cleveland's largest, is nearing completion at the corner of Euclid avenue and East 9th street in the heart of the downtown district. The structure technically is 23 stories high and is believed to have the lar gest banking room in the world.
 Marble columns rise to the full i've story height of the main banking room, which is ''L" shaped, giving the savings department and commercial departments each wing. Around the room are two balconies, lined with of fee rooms. The savings room is long enough for 100 yard dash.
 Four and one-half floors of the building will be occupied by the bank. Beside the offices there will be cafe teria and kitchen. a complete hos pital with private rooms and two wards, rest rooms for employees and several private dining and luncheon rooms for conference dinners.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-31
DIVORCE COURTS IN
 CANADA DO NOTHING.
Arcadian Families Loyal "Tin Death Do Us Part" Tradition

Ottawa. Ont, July s1--Marriages in still are loyal to the "til death do us part" tradition. Divorces granted in the Dominion numbered only 544 in 1922, or two-thirds of one per cent of all the marriages contracted, accord ing to report just compiled by the Dominion bureau of statistics.
 Based on population, the report shows, divorces numbered seven to every 100000 persons. Divorces in the United States, according to off, cial figures for the last year on rec ord, numbered 112 to every 100000 people.
 The 1922 figures" says the re- port, probably indicate that the wave of divorce due to the war has reach- ed it's highest point and is now on the decline. Total decrees granted last year showed a reduction of four compared with 1921. The remarkably low per cent of divorces shows the stability of Canadian homes and in- stitutions."
 Of the total divorces granted. hus- bands received 316, or about 60 per cent and wives 22S, or about 40 per cent British Columbia led in de- crees issued, with 13s, followed by AL berta with 129 and Manitoba with e7. One province, Prince Edward ls- land granted no. divorces. Only one divorce has been granted in this pro- vince since 1868, and that was in 1922.
 The greater per cent of the divorc- cd were residents of cities. Compara- lively few applications were made among the agricultural population.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-31
HOSPITALS FIND BOOKS
 AN AID TO PILL CURE
District Manager of American Library Association Says Reading Keeps
 Mind of of Ills.

Chicago, Aug 3.-Books as well as pills for curing the sick are now be- ing used in the principal hospitals Of the country according to Miss Louise s;ingley, district manager for the Am erican Library association
 "Robinson Crusoe won't curt case of tuberculosis, but reading does keep q patients mind off his troubles" Miss singley said. Efforts are made to put the right book in a sick mans hands. A librarian in a hospital studies her patrons somewhat as a doctor does Everything depends on the individual case.
 Some books depress and others ex- cite. Many librarians say that whole classes of books should be tabood from hospitals for these very reasons %15ut if librarian studies her patients like the doctor, she can prescribe books for him without danger. A book that would hurt person with a certain ailment or with a certain tenn perament will be all right for anoth- CT. 2.
 "The psychology of the patient must be taken into consideration. A tuberculosis patient can undertake !. IT ore serious reading than most of the other sick people because his conval- Cscence covers a longer period of time.
 "A librarian cannot tell patient he must take one novel a week in large doses, However, she has to steer her readers without them know ing it. Later on the patient gets in- terested in some particular line of work, and after that he takes care of himself.''