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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-17

Today.
MeetinE-washingon Readers Club.
Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and
Harvard streets northwest, p. m.
Dance-Benefit OF Casualty Hospital.
auspices OF the Northeast Washington
Citizens Association. Northeast Masonic
Meeting-Jackson Parent Teacher As.
sociation, schoolhouse. 1880 p. m.
M W. strnr in the
cal Society of Washington, National
MISUNDERSTANDING Chapter. knights
Rose Croix' Scottish Rite Cathedral. 1880
Lecture - The Science of Being"
Baron Eugene Person, City Club. p m.
Meeting-National Conference Of Social
scsndants of Washington. University
Meetins-WashinEton Club of Print
ing Craftsmen. Ebbitt Hotel, p: m.
Meeting-chemical Society. Interior
Hf h.esHFe.G SEQ 3. ME- Mercer and H. H.
Hadlsy, missionaries. Church of Ascen-
chapt Ess b R R.. Rsascher S% evenRs NICE
D. A. r. Convention - Continental
Memorial Hall. ali day.
Meeting Pennsylvania State D. A. R..
New willard Hotel, afternoon.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES State D. A.
r., New Willard Hotel, o'clock
decentralization of Commerce, New
willard Hotel, o'clock.
acknowledgements Mott School Parent
Teacher Association. Lucretia Mott
Lincoln meeting-columbia Historical
Society. Cosmos Club. s:15 o'clock.
Lscfures-Dr. r, G. Donnan and DR..
James C. Irving, Interior Building, $3.50
o'clock.
Meeting-French Section, Women's City
Club, o'clock.
MeetinK-American Legion Auxiliary
Vincent B. Costello Post, District build
ing. evening
Entertainment-PhB Sheridan Post
No. 6. q. A. r. hail. evening.
Mesting-den. Nelson A. Miles Camp
B. w. ", Perpetual hall, p. m.
Dance-Kappa Phi Delta Sorority, 2&ot
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b.. MARSH
SUPPORTS
At TACK
Statements Believed to Fore.
cact Fight by Progressives
in Both Houses.

Sharp fire upon the annuity
being granted Chief Justice
Taft of the Supreme Court of
the United States by the Car
negie Foundation of New York
came from two sources today.
Pretending an attack by the
progressives in both House and
Senate, Senator Ladd of North
Dakota issued statement ques-
tioning the ethics of the "dona-
ton" to the Chief Justice, and
In fiery support of his position
came Benjamin L. Marsh, of the
Farmers National Council.
Text of Statement.
THE publicity given to Chief Jus.
tice Taft's donation of $4,000 year.
Indirectly at least. from the United
States Steel Corporation, declares
Senator Ladd, land the animated
discussion it has provoked. will nat
urally and necessarily turn public
attention to the source OF the power
of the Supreme Court to declare an
act of Congress-. the supreme func-
ton of our federation Government,
to be null and void by reason of its
repugnance to the Constitution.
Senator Ladd declares that when
Congress sees fit to withdraw, the
power which 1t has granted to the
court there will be no further inter-
ference with the legitimate exercise
of its functions He adds that ut
will not be necessary to go through
the cumbersome and tedious pro-
cedure of another amendment to the
Constitution to deprive the court of
its present power"
''Th: Supreme Court of the
United States is nominated by the
great corporations which are rob-
hing the American people of sew.
eral billions of dollars year, with
the Department Of Justice and
Congress clearly in the conspiracy, .
declares Marsh.
''ToO Modest A Retainer
1.-THE sum of $1O,OOC paid former
President Taft is altogether too
modest a retainer for a man who,
until the recent minimum wage
decision, had so servilely served the
corporations.
'"The Supreme Court has usurped
the function of Congress contrary
to the Constitution, and Taft is
no worse than most OF his fellow
Justices, but. Of course, he should
not continue to sit on cases in.
volving property rights VS.. human
rights. Nearly all important legal
cases involve that conflict. The
President serves only as mouth
piece of corporations in making ap-
pointments to the Supreme Court,
and by the Presidents power of
patronage Senators. can be whipped
into lire to confirm his appoint
Ments.
''Of course, the American people
will shortly revert to the Con
stitution and end the power of the
Supreme Court. Taft included, to
block the popular will"
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For Residents of Washington.

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CHILD HURT IN AUTO
GETS AWARD OF 500

Katherine /. Cobb, the six-years
cd daughter Of Josiah N. Cobb vas
today awarded q verdict OF $500 by
a jury in Circuit Court No. 3. Jus.
tice Hoeglihg presiding, In her suit
against Charles Harris, for personal
injuries she claimed she received IA
collision between an automobile IN
which she was riding and the ma.
chine owned by the defendant.
The accident occurred at Fifth
and 0 streets northwest, June IA,
last.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-17
"OLD PLAYGOERS" TO
HONOR PAULINE LORD

LONDON, April 17.-Lord VIII
loughby de Broke will probably
preside at a dinner in honor Of
Pauline Lord which will be given
on Sunday. April 20, by the Old
Playgoers' Club.
The Sunday papers and the week
~ papers all eulogize her charac-
terization of Annie Christie.
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To Lecture on Capital.

Washington, Our National Shrine, I"
will be the subject of an illustrated
lecture to be delivered by Charles
Colfax Long in the auditorium Of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, on Friday
afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock.
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SENATOR LADD DEN0UNCES TAFT ANNUITY FROM EST
NOTES OF THE D. A. r.

Alternates met with all kinds OF
disappointments yesterday in the
| opening hours OF the convention,
First they experienced difficulty In
ascertaining If they were to be ad.
mitted to the main floor of the au.
ditorium. When they learned this
was reserved for delegates, and
that they would have to be salts.
fled with gallery seats many OF
them protested vigorously. They
contended they should be seated
though they did not participate in
the activities Of the convention.
Most Of them stood up in the lobby
or found seats in State rooms and
the library.
That a mistake was made when
the new. building was added to the
hall, before enlargement OF the au.
ditorium was effected, was the ex,
pressed opinion of many delegates
yesterday who witnessed the I'm
possibility of accommodating such
gatherings as are drawn by the ma.
tional congress. Double the seating
capacity" said one Of the Chicago
delegates as she squeezed through
the crowded doorway land then for
heavens sake, use those side exits. "
Scores OF delegates in the crowd
jammed lobby Endorsed the recon.
mendation. 1t failed, however, to
reach official ears.
"Oh, I've been here. before" re.
marked a Kentucky delegate as she
opened dirninutive dress suit case
and let her friend peep in at the
row of sandwiches. thermal bottle,
and collection of delicacies. Have
one?" she asked as che slipped 9
sandwich across. They packed 1t
for me at the hotel"
A few youngsters, little girls all
OF them, Of course. yesterday re-
ceived their initiation into the con.
gress they will be expected to at
tend some time in the future. II
was interesting to note they were
almost invariably attended by their
Rrandmothers. Nearly all Of them
were members of the Children Of
the American Revolution.
No corps OF women workers on
duty in Washington yesterday was
as busy as the pages in attendance
at the convention. From In the
morning UNTIL last hight lhSy wei
on the hop-skip-and-j jump con.
tinuously. Dressed in white they
reflected in their faces the realiza-
ton they were performing pa.
triotic service. They gave a dash
of vivacity to the assembly which
would have been sadly missed had
it been absent. They are just
perfectly dear" said an elderly
delegate who frankly stated she
had attended more than thirty-five
congresses, They seem to be able
to do anything for you. you want
done. now don't they" She was
quite right.
Indications today suggest that the
disposition to smash states Is spread
ing. Apparently 1t is confined to
minor offices for the present, but
it may prove epidemic before
Thursday. II like a free hand, !"
said a Minnesota delegate. Lets
eliminate politics some and get
down to just plain voting for those
we would like to see in office. A
little politics may be all right, but
there is such a thing as getting
too much of it in an organization
which is primarily patriotic and
historical in formation and aims"
A number Of delegates who over
heard the remark nodded approval.
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Nv GEORGE FRANKLIN.

That it pays to be punctaal was
impressed on scores of delegates to
the National d. A. r. Congress yes
terdayS when they failed to arrive al
Continental Memorial Hall in time to
secure admission before President
Harding delivered his address. No
amount Of pleading would bulge the
door keepers, who informed the be-
and there was no chance of tavorltes
being excepted.
Remodeling of the entrance to the
D. A. r. hall auditorium is now be-
ing advocated by hundreds of dele
gates who yesterday experienced
for the first time the ordeal of en-
tering and leaving during the crush.
And the worst, they say, is yet to
come, for the peak is expected on
Thursday when the election of off,
GERS takes place.
Delegates predict the liveliest con-
test in D. A. r. history when the
battle Of the ballots opens on Thurs.
day. A trio of candidates is in the
field. Yesterday. as quickly az they
could do so after the opening feat
ures of the program had been given,
they began their floor campaigns.
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook. OF
Pennsylvania, was in conference
with her campaign managers during
the entire Afternoon. The An
thony Wayne" Hicket, as it became
known, was declared to look like a
winner.
Information leaked out from the
Mrs. G. Wallace Hanger campaign
conference, on during the afternoon,
that clever politics liz being PLAYED
by her supporters in effecting ccrn.
binations which indicated a will
ingness to make concessions
Just how they planned to put the
deals" through was not gwen out,
but the Hanger forces declare they
are confident Of putting their candi-
date over.
Fully as optimistic were the re.
ports permitted to escape from the
conference Of Mrs. William Story.
HS AASA| OIl tAlC AdIIOA IL 40 o1Aul
viii be keen, directed largely by q
faction which believes it has past
grievances to settle. Suggestions of
Developments along that line were
met with smiles by the Story sup.
porters. You can just take il
from me that all such talk lie
ridiculous" said q delegate close
to Mrs. Story. 1--WE are m the
fight to win and win we will"
Western delegates. it is declared,
are inclined to form a combinaf ton
and get behind a promising dark
horse, against the three candidates
N the field. They declare that the
d. A. r. will grow more rapidly in
the West and that throughout that
section there are hundreds of women
who should have been affiliated
with chapters before this. A West
ern president general is regarded
by them as essential to bringing in
this membersh. p.
Twenty-three delegates from the
State OF Washington are attending
the convention. They declare that
Washington, the National Capital,
is lovely enough to grace their own
garden-land State. While here, they
say, they intend seeing everything
of historical value in the District Of
Columbia, even "Laddie Boy"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-17
CLUB WILL
BUILD NEW
WHARF
AIexandria Is Welcoming Dele
gates to FraternaI Con-
Yentions There.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April IT,
At the Old Dominion Boat Club
smeeting in the Chamber of Com
merce building last night, John M.
Reed, George Hoy, Carl J.. Mueller,
D. G. Grillbortzer and e. e. Law
Ter, jr.. were appointed to arrange
the details of the house warming
to be held May Is. 1t was also de-
cided to build a wharf, eighty by
fifty feet, which will connect with
the clubhouse and will cost $1,000.
This wharf will be used as a land.
ing for motorboats. and float will
be placed at the end for the land
ing OF canoes and racing shells.
The membership dues were in
creased to 81 q month, effective
May 1.
City Manager Wilder M. Rich
stated this morning that he has is
sued police order to disregard the
present parking law after o'clock
in the evening.
Rich has lately made an attempt
to strictly enforce the thirty-minute
parking law on King street. After
warning the violators several days,
he ordered the arrest of several of
them. 1t became evident at this
Investigation that thirty minutes
was not sufficient, Rich put this
police order in effect until ne is
able to present before the city coun.
ell q new regulation with one hour
as traffic limit.
The delegates. to the State con.
vention of the Order of Fraternal
Americans, who arrived in this city
last night and this morning, were
met by a glad.hand committee ap.
pointed by the chamber Of COM
merce,. with r. Clinton knight,
chairman: Walter C. DTSlry. Robert
F. Downhann, Llewellyn Dyson and
A. s. ManIin.
The glad hand committee ap.
pointed by the chamber of COM
merce to meet the delegates to the
state convention Of the Royal Ar.
canum is X. Kent White. chair.
man; A. X. Baker, c. C. Batch eIler,
Thomas E. Dyson and e. A. Seldt.
keller.
James p. Preston, for seventeen
years acting secretary and treas.
urer of the chamber OF commerce
of Alexandria, left this morning for
Remington, Va, where he will
speak before the newly organized
chamber of commerce there.
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"Oh, I've been here. before" re.
marked a Kentucky delegate as she
opened diYninutive dress suit case
row of sandwiches, thermal bottle,
and collection of delicacies. Have
one?" she asked as CHE slipped q
sandwich across. "They packed It
for me at the hotel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-17

( Twenty-three delegates from the
State OF Washington are attending
the convention. They declare that
Washington. the National Capital,
is lovely enough to grace their own
garden-land State. While here, they
say, they intend seeing everything
of historical value in the District Of
Columbia, even "Laddie Boy"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
12-Foot Kansas Corn.

COLBY. Kan, Sept. 5.-A stalk
Of corn, twelve feet high, bearing
two ears, the largest ever grown in
northwestern Kansas, was brought
to the Farmers elevator here by
William Gorsuch, farmer living
south of Colby. Prospects for corn
this year are the best in years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
MRS, HARDING LEAVES
CAPITAL CITY TODAY

With the same lack Of ostentation
that has marked her course ever
since the death Of her husband, Mrs.
Warren G. Harding will leave Wash.
ington today for Marion, Ohio. She
departs from Friendship. the Nc
Lean suburban estate of which she
has been chatelaine for more than
two weeks, and she will be accom-
panied by Brig. Gen. Charles e.
Sawyer, personal physician to the
late Executive and to his successor
as well.
It is said that a private car has
been placed at Mrs. Harding's dis
posal for the journey. Her plans for
the future have not been announced.
It is known that she has borne up
well under the shock of Mr.. Hard
ing's death, though, according to
those close to her, she still must
make a mental readjustment" to
her new life. A trip to California
or abroad is believed to be contem-
planted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
EXPERTS LAUD
TRIAL FLIGHT
Of Fri
Test Of Americas Largest
DIrigIbIe an Unqualified
Success"

LAKEHURST, N. j.. Sept. 81
Americas largest dirigible. the
Fri, today was pronounced an un'
qualified success by all who wit.
messed the ease and the beauty OF
the air ship. following her trial
flight when she scared ai0ft in the
dazzling rays Of the setting. sun
and when she came gracefully
down from her trial trip just as
twilight settled into dusk yesterday.
The ship behaved marvelously. u
said Capt. Anton Heinen. pilot,
former associate OF Count Zeppelin,
who tested seventy-five Zeppelins
during the war.
There was nothing that seemed
to require any major changes or
alterations. Naturally we must
have more time for tests and OBJ
servations but I think the ZR-1
lie the strongest and finest ship of
this type have ever seen or
Major P. e. Van Nostrand. U. s.
A., was highly enthusiastic over the
maiden flight OF the Fri, he was
a member Of the army inquiry
board in the case Of the ZR-2 dis
aster.
commercially and In a military
way the dirigible will prove its
worth" he said.
There is no competition between
the dirigible and the airplane.
But the former because 1t can
hover If the engines fail and can
carry its own searchlight is better
adopted to night flying. Suppose 1t
were used to take the bank clear
ings from New York at Z p. m. and
deliver them in Chicago at a. m.
the next morning. Just imagine
how many millions Of dollars in
interest would thus be saved
1.-THE completion of this new queen
of the air will do more than any
thing else to restore public conf.
dence in the dirigible. 1t shows it's
feasibility, and it's necessity will not
have to wait long for proof.
''As a mother ship for war planes,
the dirigible is without a rival. AS
1t is capable Of carrying heavy loads
over long distances, planes will be
hooked into It, These can then be
released and used defensively and Of
fensiVely."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
FLOCC|NGGANGS
|DENT|F|EDBY
ARRESTS
Terror at Macon, Ca, Ending
as Officials Take Prominent
Men Into Custody.

MACON, Ca, Sept. 5.-After
weeks Of intensive secret work,
county and city officials at last
have united tongues of the fear
stricken populace here, and in
formation concerning the dozen OF
more floggings that have terrorized
Macon within the past few months
is gradually leaking out. -Four
men have been made prisoners as
a result Of this information, and
| local officials said other arrests
might be expected within the next
few days.
Three men, DR.. C. A. Marlborough
prominent dentist; J. D. Patrick
| municipal court deputy, and w. r.
Delmar, travelling salesman, were
arrested late yesterday on warrants
charging assault and battery and
rtoting connection with recent fog.
ging activities. Their bonds were
assessed at $4,000 each.
Local clubs and private citizens
are bringing pressure to bear upon
officials to hasten the trial Of J. r
Alexander, the fourth prisoner, who
was arrested Friday after he had
been identified by Ollie Perry and
Gus Roberts. two victims of the
flogging gang.
Perry, an invalid, and Roberts,
his helper in running a local store,
were dragged from their place OF
business, stripped to their waists,
and whipped on August 8, result.
ing In the near death for the
invalid.
The two men identified Alexander,
at his office, as a member Of the
band that flogged them. He was
arrested, held in Jail until Sunday
night, when he was released on
IS 900 bond.
The arrest Of these four men has.
for the moment, served to divert at
tention from the three Hudson
brothers, who, according to tho
police, were taken into. custody
while In the act of seizing a negro
on O public highway August "a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
DOG SUFFOCATES BABY
WHILE ASLEEP IN CRIB

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Sept. s.
Suffocated by a dog. was the find
ing of Coroner Bausch, following
an investigation Of the death of
John, two-month-old son, Of Mrs.
Jennie De Blasce Of this city. The
child was found dead in bed by the
mother. 1t was thought to be
sleeping soundly In the crib when
Mrs. De Blasce, aroused by the
ringing OF the door.bell, went
downstairs to admit her husband.
who works nights in local silk
min.
AS she left the room the family
pet, a French poodle, Jumped from
the child's crib. and 1t is believed
that the dog slept with the baby
and 0uffocated it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
Tests OF Fri
GIVE AIR RULE
To j. s.
Equal to Four Scout Cruisers,
Expert Says, Giving Details OF
Big Crafts Success.
By COMMANDER r.. d.
WEYERBACHER.
Construction Corps q. 8. N. Manager
Of Construction and Trial Flight
Of the Fri.

Construction Corps Q. 8. N. Manager
Of Construction and Trial Flight
Of the Fri.
Copyright. 1923, by Cosmopolitan
News eervlce.)
LAKE HURST, N. j., Sept. s.
The gratifying success Of the trial
flight Of the Fri. marks the tri.
umph Of American vision.
The navy has gone ahead and
developed the first rigid airship in
this country. 1t was designed and
built here and it Is a success.
The expansion Of this new field
in aviation must be gradual; it may
not pay at once.
But suppose some one had built a
ship like the Leviathan or the Ma
jestic in 1850, would any one have
believed she would pay. Only those
who had vision beyond the present
Of a future progress then un-
dreamed Of.
Beyond Expectations.
The first flight Of the new air
marvel went well beyond expecta-
tions. I was neither apprehensive
nor fearful, nor were the other
officers or members Of the crew,
although for America it was an
adventure in the air not unlike the
experience Of the western pioneers.
After all, when one works on a
thing and knows how it Is built
and oprates, confidence is estab-
hshed. All saw was broad smiles
on the faces of the men in the
control car and the other cars.
There was no undue strain dur
ing the trip. The controls worked
we'll.
The Fri has raised high hopes
Of military and commercial con-
quests in the air
1t may safely be said a dirigible
is equal to four light scout cruisers.
The latter cost about $8,000,O 900
each and requires q crew of 800.
The airship needs only 80 men. 1t
costs perhaps 100000. Its econ
Omy Is apparent. It's efficiency in
getting quicker and better advance
information in war times is gen
orally being admitted.
There will, Of course, have to be
more tests of the Fri. If her
powers are proven. as the trial
flight seems to indicate they will
be, America will again have proven
she can keep her supremacy in the
air.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
TWINS ARE ARRESTED
BUT JUDGE is LENIENT

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Drinks
they said they took to steady their
hands in order to operate a camera
and take pictures landed Arthur
and Alexander Josephson, twin
brothers, aged thirty-one, in court
in Yonkers.
Because Alexander insisted on 60
ing where Arthur went, both were
arrested and arraigned in Yonkers
city court before Judge Morris l..
Rosenwasser, who, on account of the
holiday, released them with a sus.
nended sentence.