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The Washington times., 1923-07-05
ADD|CTS
To LIVE LIKE
CRUSOE
San Clemente Island Picked
As Ideal Spot to Redeem
Narcotic Victims.

LOS ANGELES, July 5. - Plans
for the erection on the rocky shores
of San Clemente Island. fifty miles
from Los Angeles, of a home for
drug addicts, proposed by the Amer
ican Narcotic Crusade as a means
of caring for narcotic users who W sh
to escape from the clutches of tho
dope monster, Rave been revealed
here.
Mrs. Angela c. Kaufman, well.
known social worker and originator
of the American Narcotic Crusade, la
firm in her belief that such isolation
would lessen by at least Is per cent
the drug addicts in the Un ted States.
The project will cost approximate
ly $5,000,000. it is estimated. This
sum. she said, will be raised through
popular subscription.
Negotiations for lease Of San
Clemente Island from the San Glenn
ente Cattlemen's Association for
5000, 900 are now pending. Recently
Mrs. Kaufman and a number of her
hackers visited the island and viewed
probable locations.
When sufficient funds have been
raised a frs, unit of the mammoth h
structure will be built, Mrs. Kauf.
man said.
1t is the plan Of those Interested
in the undertaking to erect qua rter.
to accommodate at least l 900 addict.
and then add units as thew ora
needed.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
FOR
D. c. SCHOOLS
OFFERED
District COMMISSIONER Given
Budget Believed to Be
Over 90. .ooo. 900.

The estimates Of the Board ot
Education for the fiscal year 1926
were forwarded to the District Com.
missioners today. It was under
stood that these estimates total be.
tween $4,000, 900 and $s.ooO.0 900.
Requests for new schools to take
care Of the growing population Of
the District are the biggest items In
the estimates.
An initial appropriation to begin
the erection of the new Mckinley
High School at Second and T streets
northeast is said to be sought by the
school hoard.
The pairing knife of the District
Commissioners will descend upon
the estimates in. a few. days. The
amount to be taken off depends
largely upon the limit the Budget
Bureau puts on the District govern
ment budget.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
Allies Drifting Apart
On Terms of German
Indemnity Payments
n, nAvTnsM rvErrrnrrx
By DAVID M. CHURCH,
INTERNATIONAL News eervice.

LONDON, July 5.-The negotia.
tions between France and England
over the reparations issue were at
standstill today, with little nkei.
hood of decisive action for some
days.
The foreign office continued to
maintain the greatest secrecy, and
no official hint has been given as
to the nature Of Tuesdays converse
tions between Lord Curzon and the
French and Belgian ambassadors.
1t was learned that certain ques-
tions asked the French ambassador
by Lord Curzon went unanswered
because the points were not covered
by his instructions from Premier
Poincare.
The French answers to these
questions are considered vital to
the continuance Of the negotiations,
but it is not expected that an early
reply will be made.
New Alignment Seen.
The possibility of a new align
ment on the reparations problems
was seen by some when the Italian
ambassador called on Lord Curzon
yesterday. Premier Mussolini is be-
lieved to hold the British view
against the extreme French atti-
tude that no discussions be entered
into with Germany until passive
resistance ceases.
Neither is Belgium believed to be
whole-heartedly committed to the
French attitude. .a
While it is the general opinion
in official circles that England
must break with France II she
persists in her unyielding attitude
it is not believed Premier Baldwin
will take the step until all hope OF
a settlement definitely vanishes.
The foreign office today refused
to comment on Baldwin's statement
on the debt question in the House
Of Commons yesterday which was
interpreted as Q strong hint tnas
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
ARMY BALLOON
ISR[P0|RT'ED
IN LEAD
Message Picked Up In Ohio
From PiIot-Racers Drift
in Light Winds.
By international news Service.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 6.-
Meager reports drifting back here,
the starting point for the national
balloon elimination contest, indicated
that thirteen balloons Of the four.
teen originally scheduled to take the
air, were being borne northeast to.
ward and possibly over the Great
Lakes today.
Low wind velocity throughout
last night made it appear unlikely
that record distances had been
negotiated.
Indications were that the balloon
piloted by Lieut.. Robert s. Ohm
stead, representing the army, might
be in the lead. At an early hour
today a message from him dropped
and picked up at Custar. Ohio, re.
ported him flying at an altitude Of
1000 feet. The message said he was
headed for Bowling Green, Ohio.
The message was dropped at $50
o'clock.
Across the State Of Indiana the
giant gas bags showed surprising
tendency to stick together. six hav-
ing been reported over Noblesville
and Anderson and four over Marion,
Ohio. Later, however, air currents
began to separate the fliers who, by
taking advantage of the increasing
velocity at higher attitudes, expect
ed to out-distance their competitors,
Warren Rasor Of Brookville, Ohio,
did not start. His mount failed
him because of a leaky valve, which
could not be repaired at the start
ing time.
Two Reported Down.
The city, of Detroit piloted by
Ralph Upson, and the "City OF
Akron" piloted by Jack Boettner
balloons entered in the national
elimination contest, We're reported
down at Wapakonetta, Ohio, and
Hartford City, Ind, in advices re.
ceived at race headquarters today.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
HARDING SAILS
FOR NORTH
!. TODAY
President We'll Pleased With
Result Of speeches
Made on Trip.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES.
international News Service. 3

EN- ROUTE WITH PRESI-
DENT HARDING TO TACOMA,
Wash, July 5.-President Hard
ing sails for Alaska today, highly
pleased with the results Of his
two weeks speech-making across
the continent.
The President has travelled
5000 miles from Washington, de-
livered more than fifty speeches
outlining Administration policies
on score of important problems.
made an almost daily appeal for
American adherence to the inter
national court of justice, and vir-
tually written the Republican
platform for 1924.
No Issues Neglected.
Not a single issue of major i'm.
portance has been neglected by
President Harding in his epochal
journey across the country. He
has handled the controversial pro-
hibition question without gloves,
putting his party definitely and ir-
revocably in the dry column: he has
pledged his party to a program Of
regional consolidation of the rail
roads; he has challenged the Senate
on the world court issue; he has
talked farming to farmers. mining
to miners, business to business men
and he will board the United
States transport Henderson at
Tacoma today, tired but well salts
fled with his fortnight's experience.
Not a single untoward. event has
marked the progress of the Presi-
dent westward in his first trip be-
yond the grain belt. Everywhere he
has been greeted by tremendous
crowds and respectful attention.
There has been little of wild en-
thusiasm of campaigning days. but
Continued on Page 3, Column ~
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
LIGHTNING HITS PIER,
BUT BIG CROWD ESCAPES

ATLANTIC CITY, July 5.-Holi.
day crowds along the Boardwalk
were given thrillewhen lightning
struck the edge of one of ths
structures on the Steel Pier and
set it on fire during a heavy elGc-
trical storm. The blaze was exun-
guished by volunteers. The dam
age was small.
Although the bolt struck when
the pier was crowded, there was no
panic and no one was injured. The
hand kept playing and members OF
the Janeway Camp, Sons of Vet.
Grams, who had been firing salute
from the end of the pier, assisted
in calming those among the crowd
who were alarmed. E.'
1t was the third fire on the pier
this season. The first was during
the Northern Baptist convention
and the second a week later.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
21 DEAD, 80 INJURED, TOLL
OF OHIO'S JULY FOURTH

CLEVELAND. Ohio. July s.
Twenty-one were dead and eighty
injured, a dozen probably fatally,
today as the result of Fourth of
July celebrations, accidents and sui.
cides throughout Ohio.
Automobile accidents accounted
for ten, drownings three, fireworks
three, falls and suffocation two
suicide one. accidental shooting one,
while one man died of wounds in
Elicted by a policeman.
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s. ! 3 ! II 4 s.st
SHERIFF 5.
ARREST
ASKED.
Clements Is Scored for Action
IN 6urying Baby With !.
out Inquest.
With a preponderance Of appar-

With preponderance Of appar-
emily reliable information in hand
proving that the. JaEz Beach
llbeby'' was 1t least four months
old and that twill be identi 1ied
within the next forty-eight hours,
pfAssurs Il today being brought On
Commonwealth Attorney Frank I.
Ball to arrest Sheriff A. c. Glenn
ents, who admits burying the baby
on his own responsibility in shall
low grave near q public highway.
Towel Is Identified.
Crandal Mackey. former Common
wealth Attorney Of Arlington coun-
ty, announced today that after a
/, tl1ree-day canvas of Washington
laundries he has positively iden'
titled the owner Of the towel which
was used as the shroud Of the
Jazz Beach baby" He declared
/ that the owner, who Is a local rail-
road man, admits the towel Is his
and has pledged his cooperation In
finding out who used it and how
it got to the beach.
II am in sympathy" Colonel
Mackey declared, with the efforts
Of Arlington County residents who
desire Sheriff Clements be brought
to task for violating the Virginia
statutes.
II promise you, and my record
supports this statement, that nc
such irregularity would have been
permitted had 1 been in authority
In Arlington county"
Teeth As Evidence.
Colonel Mackey says that not
only has he identified the towel
but that he has In his possession
one of the teeth of the Jazz Beach
taby," which is positive proof that
the infant was not still-born az
contended by Sheriff Clements land
the hand-picked coroner's jury"
In the interview with the owner
OF the towel yesterday, Mr.. Mackey
says he learns that while the rail
road man has no children of his
own, but that he has a stepdaugh
ter, who is at present in Culpepper
Va, and that he will visit this
woman next Saturday. 1t is said
that her husband Is an instructor
in the public schools of this city.
With the finding of the latest evil
dence regarding the towel, the theory
that the body is that of a grand
daughter Of Mrs. Cecilia Osborn, of
New York. has been placed in the
background. However, Mrs. Osborn
in her tour Of Arlington county yes.
terday found in Alexandria, a home
where her daughter and baby had
roomed, and from this clue she hopes
to learn her present whereabouts.
In the meantime, the remains of
the Jazz Beach baby" lie in Ives
undertaking establishment SO that
they can be seen by any who believe
they can aid in Identification.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
FOUR DEAD
IN HOTEL
B[AzE:
Eleven Guests Are Unaccount-
ed For in Disastrous Me-
Keesport Fire.

McKEESPORT, Pa, July 5.-
Workers, under the direction q
Coroner Williarn J. MacGregos
and local police. this afternoon
.ver digging through the ruins
of the Hotel Schmidt, DESTROYED
by fire early today, II search OF
eleven persons who are vet uH1-
accounted for. Four are known
to be dead and twelve others are
in the local hospital, some IN 2
serious condition. Michael Przy-
'bylski, proprietor Of the hotel
told Coroner MacGregor twenty
seven guests were registered last
night, which leaves eleven un-
accounted for. The police believe
several of the missing may be
alive and possibly have taken
refuge in nearby houses.
The flames, Of unknown origin,
started in the basement, spread
through the OuLIu1A6 VAIN 9AS~~~
rapidity, trapping occupants OF the
upper floors in their rooms.
Panic Prevails.
Panic within and without the
hotel followed. While several po-
licemen hustled about rescuing
women and children, screams from
other occupants, caught on the
upper floors could be heard blocks
away.
One of the dead has been identl-
fled as John O'Hara, forty-five.
Another was David c. McCrea'
sixty.nine, a local decorator.
The seriously injured are Ben Cole
man, twenty-six; William keenan,,
forty-five; Matthew Krast. and Stan
ley Stokman.
Just as the building burst into
flames, Miss Minnie Very, night
head nurse at the McKeesport Hos
pital. chanced to look out of a
hospital window. She rushed an
ambulance and internes to the
scene. The fire victims were taken
to the hospital. One man jumped
from an upper floor and died a
few minutes later.
Police officers assisted Tony
Wrwzeneck, Of Weirton, West Va,
his wife and their four children to
safety.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
ITALIAN WORKMAN is
RIDDLED WITH RlIIIErc

CHICAGO, July 5-Another kill
ing veiled in mystery was added
to the long list in Little ItaJv :,
when hidden assassins shot and
killed Peter Pazzalo today, ten min
utes after he kissed his wife and
Two children and started to work
Pazzalo was riddled with bullets
from two revolvers, which the slav
ers discarded at the scene OF the
MURDER Learning that Pazzalo had
tit Vniy recently come mere from De
80 0e, ponce were making efforts
the Michigan city. 'uu i''
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
| IS KILLED,
) INJURED
As Lines
TIGHTEN
|tlarsher Reprisals Fellow ~
tack on Train i Which
BaIRians Lost Lives.

C0LOGlSEg Jnly 5 The Gordon
about the occupied area Of Ger
many today was the tightest Of
any time since the French and
Belgian troops moved in.
} Curfew regulations have been
established in Aix-la- -Chapelle and
citizens are under strict esurveil-
lance.
Martial law, which has been
restored in many towns since the
wrecking of the Belgian troop
train Saturday at Nuisburg, was
extended today to Ruhrort, Null
helm, Oberhausen and ,Hamborn,
towns near Dusseldorf and Co
logne.
There was another outbreak at
Duisburg today, in which one Ger
man was killed and three wound
ed. Details were lacking.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
GANG ABDUcTS A MAN,
MAKES HIM TAKE POISON

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 5.-A
gang Of men abducted James Rolf,
Of Fairfield, bound him with wire
and forced him to drink a liquid
which doctors said was poison OF
some character. Prompt action of
hospital attaches saved the mans
life
Rolf told the police that he be-
lieved the attempt on his life was a
climax to threatening letters he had
been receiving for a month. An en-
blematic ring was torn from the
mans hand after he had been
stripped to the waist and otherwise
maltreated.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
HAILSTONES LIKE GOLF
BALLS HIT MANY PLAYERS

NEW YORK. July 5.-Hail stones.
varying in size from a cherry pit
to those Of a golf bali. fell in
Somerville, N. j., and surrounding
communities within a mile and a
half, breaking windows and pelting
golfers on the Raritan Valley
Country Club golf course until they
had to flee for shelter.
Gardens were. badly damaged,
and in the agricultural district the
crops were hard hit. The freak
Storm lasted half hour and GOV.
cred an area of four square miles
with hailstones.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
NEW YORK LISTS 10 DEAD
IN FOURTH CELEBRATIONS

NEW YORK, July 6.-Fourth of
July activities here claimed a toll of
ten dead while scores were injured,
six SO seriously that they may die,
a check-up today showed.
Three OF the deaths were due to
explosives. An electrical storm, a
near riot at Coney Island, train
wreck and automobile accidents &C.
counted for the others.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
CLIMBED TREE EACH 4TH,
BUT DIES TRYING Al 81

DOVER. N. j., July 5.-Edgar G.
Rockwell. eighty.one, whose custom
1t was to climb an old cherry tree
every Fourth of July. climbed up
to the top branches yesterday,
slipped and fell and died an hour
later OF a fractured skull.
His son had warned him that he
was getting too old to climb the
tree, but the old man insisted that
he was just as agile as ever.
Only few days ago he finished
painting his farmhouse. Rockwell
was one Of the last three survivors
Of the civil war in this section of
New Jersey. He leaves three sons
and two daughters.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
FIREcRAcKERs CAUSE d
DEATHS IN MICHIGAN

DETROIT, July 5.-Fourth of
July accidents left four deaths in
Michigan.
TWO boys, observing the holiday
with homemade explosives and a
piece or gas pipe, were killed and
Two little girls received fatal burns
wnen their clothes caught fire from
exploding firecrackers.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
MARTIAL LAW EXTENDED
TOMORE TOWNS INRUE1R
Aged Woman Beggar,
Exposed BY Blaze,
Found Rich

ROME, July Sire in the
home of an aged woman beggar
in Mantua revealed to police and
firemen silver and bank notes
totaling 1900 lire and IT'S kilo-
grams Of copper and nickel, val
ued at 1000 lire.
There also was savings bank
book showing many substantial
deposits. The treasure was
buried in an old straw mattress.
It was returned to the woman.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
ast-To-Coast Flight
Is Put Off Until
Saturday
MINEOLA. II. T.. Jr

MINEOLA, L. l., July 81
Another days delay in the
''hop-off'' of Lieut.. Russell l..
Maughan, army aviator, ii his,
attempt to fly from New York
to San Francisco by daylight,
was announced today.
Lieutenant Maughan said he
would take off at sunrise Sat-.
urday morning. He plans to
arrive at Crissy field, San
Francisco, before 9 o'clock
Saturday night. The flight was.
originally scheduled for July.
4.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
GIRL CHARGES YOUTHS
WITH ATTACK AFTER RIDE

CHICAGO, July 5.-Accepting a
ride from three strange youths in
an automobile, Mary Kus, sixteen,
was taken to a lonely bit of forest
preserve and attacked, according to
the story she told police today after
she was found wandering among
the trees.
Her condition is serious.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
Wants to Build Road,

Application was made to the
Commerce Commission
today by the Detroit Connecting
Railroad for permission to construct
S5-miles Of railroad from Belray
(Detroit) to Marine City, Mich.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
ALASKAN COAL PUT ON
MARKET AT LOW PRICE

Coal from Alaska has been placed
on the market. and Is being retail
ed at Juneau. capita! or the north
ern territory, at prices less than
asked for British Columbia coal,
the Bureau of Mines Announced to-
day
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
I
LOVE-

A WOMAN who is cred
"A tied with being a
veritable high priestess
of love, who has prob
ably written and re-
vealed more about love,
it's wonders and it's mys-
teries, than any other
woman alive, sits back
for a few moments and
answers for Washington
girls the rapid-ire ques-
tions of a woman re-
porter who knows what
Uurn to Page 2S)
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-02

Card tables and chairs for rent at
Rabbits.
Finest hot cakes, waffles and coffee
at Bender's All-American cafe.
L. D. Smith and Harold Linn of
Tuba City are each driving new Ford
touring cars.
A beautiful line of boudoir' caps,
reasonably priced from so cents to
$1.50-at Mrs. Borums.
Mrs. Ira Hart and children left on
Wednesday for California to visit
Mrs. Hart's father and mother.
MIR. and Mrs. Julian Mcclure left
yesterday morning in their Ford Tor
Phoenix, where they will enjoy two
weeks vacation.
Charlie Prochnow, who had been
spending several days in Oatman and
Los Angeles, returned from the latter
place on Sunday.
Judge "Scotty" McDougal of Will
liams and Frank Johnston, brother of
the late Patrick Johnston, were in
Flagstaff Saturday on legal business.
Attorneys E. r. Byers and x. N.
Sleeves of Williams were here the
first of the week in court as attorneys
on either side of the Babbitt Thomas
son case.
Frank r. Sewart, U. S. internal rev.
enue collector for Arizona and New
Mexico, was in Flagstaff one day last
week. He was on a tour of inspec~
tion in the northern counties.
Mrs. T. E. Pollock and son, Tom,
who accompanied Mrs. Pollock's faith
er and sister, DR.. Morton and Miss
Helen Morton to California last week,
returned the first Of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leslie left on
Wednesday morning for Orange, Cali
fornia, where they will spend the
greater part of the winter. Bert Fair
will maintain the old barber stand by
himself during Franks absence.
John Brown, superintendent Of
Phoenix Indian school and former
president Phoenix Rotary club, let US
bask in the genial sunshine of his
smile the first few days of this week
He laid in a good stock of our spuds
for the school while he was up here
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Williams left
Monday night for Rochester, Mimi,
where Mr.. Williams will consult Mayo
Brothers. Since his operation few
months ago for appendicitis the wound
has twice broken open. He believes
a few weeks in the hospital will leave
him all right again.
Fred Sill, civil engineer, who help
ed build the Panama canal and who
for the last II years has lived at
Balboa, Canal Zone, stopped off here
this week on his way home, via New
York, from the recent American Le-
gion convention in San Francisco, for
a visit with Earl C. Slipher.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-02

Scout Executive Walter Myers left
Wednesday on business trip to Phoe-
nix.
New stamped pieces of very desir-
able designs being received weekly at
Mrs. Borum's.
DR.. E. S. Miller spent Sunday in
Kingman, quail hunting with some of
his cronies down there.
Mrs. T. A. Stahl arrived few days
ago from California and is spending a
few days this week here on business.
Recent visitors: Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Young, Prescott; ]. P. Kerley, Tuba;
L. w. Gieseke, w. F. Tate, z. c. Val
erius, Phoenix.
Mrs. C. w. Heiser arrived Monday
from Pasadena, where she and Mr..
Heiser are spending the winter, her
purpose in returning being to straigh-
ten out some business matters here,
especially one relating to a recent
transfer Of real estate.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-02
Noted Swimmer Here

Frank Dodge, few years ago
champion swimmer of Hawaii, who
was rodman and relief boatman with
the government party that recently
surveyed the Colorado river through
Grand and Marble canyons, spent last
week and part of this in Flagstaff.
His mother, Mrs. Anna P. Dodge
whom he had not seen in seven years,
came here to visit him, leaving the
first Of this week to return home
Dodge has gone to Texas, to work
with the United States geological sur
vey this winter, and will go to Alas
ka on the same kind of work next
spring. The fellows with him on the
Colorado river trip say that swimming
in the rapids frequently encountered
there was only mild sport for him
But he baked when dared to swim
across our River de Flag.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-02
Sizeable Storm

Weather Observer George t. Her
rington reports that the rainfall that
visited Flagstaff Tuesday night and
kept at it pretty steadily for several
hours measured 1.02 inches. There
was a storm last year, two nights
earlier, in which the precipitation was
about the same, but that time it was
pretty much all snow, which stayed on
for several days. This time there was
just trace of snow, which disappear
ed in a few minutes after sunrise.
Even the mountains got rain instead
of snow, which is unusual at this
time of year. The next night we had
another, smaller storm, more mixed
with snow, but still not enough to
last more than an hour after sunrise.
The Coconino sun., 1923-11-02

Most reasonable prices and cleanest
service at Bender's All-American cafe.
Mrs. A. ]. Mitchell has been quite
i'll for several days this week but is
recovering nicely.
Justin r. Cooper, thorough acclimat
ed to Fords, has a new one, this time
a four-door sedan.
Billy Rittenhouse of Williams,
chairman of the county board Of su-
pervisors, was a visitor here Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Babbitt returned
on Sunday from Cibecue, where they
had been hunting for few days, sue
cessfully, bagging couple of wild
turkeys.
A. w. Carson and r. II. Simpson
went hunting Sunday in Rays car,
out near Kendriek mountain. Ray
hit a buck twice, but it got away in
the woods and darkness. Carson got
a big one out Of the same bunch.