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The Washington times., 1923-03-07
THIRD ATTEMPT AT
ENTRY HIS WATERLOO

Having broken into two places
early this morning without being
detected, Joshua Brown, colored,
1417 First street northwest. met his
Waterloo when he forcibly entered
the third house. He stole nothing
He entered the basement of tho
home of Mrs. Sarah Coleman, 404
K street northwest, and then went
to the tailor's shop at 937 Fourth
street northwest where Charles
Mayer conducts the place. He en-
tered both places after he had
broken the glass in the doors. 1t
was, at the home of Edgar Stafford,
923 Fourth street. that he ceased
operations for Stafford grabbed
him. A call was sent for police of
the Sixth precinct and Policemen
Murphy, Miles and Green responded.
Three charges of house breaking
were preferred against the negro.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
THE UMPIRE

Spring is coming. bees are hum
ming. there is JOY in every cline;
Sol is beaming, kids are dreaming
of the good old summer time. folks
are voicing great rejoicing, and the
bards chant songs of glee, but
friend Browning now Is frowning-
he's an umpire. don't you see? No
more wailing is prevailing; baseball
fans are hailing spring. They're
Grating and debating the joys base
ball will bring. They're selecting
and expecting their team TO set the
pace; they're admiring and DESIRING
that their team shall win the race.
Yet jumps are weary, also dreary.
for they know sometime next June.
when teams are losing, that abusing
will replace this joyful tune. To
their sorrow on the morrow they
will hear cries OF derision: no hiss
ing will be missing when they make
close decision. Each "duffer"
makes them suffer for the loss Of
every game; they hear swearing,
quite forbearing. for they shoulder
all the blame. Fans are shouting
for the clouting. but the umpires
they are not. for perspiring and
umpiring must constitute their lot.
JOE II. HOLMAN.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
T0PROTEST
ALLEY
LAW
Housing Association Meets to
Look Into Means of Help
ing DWeIIers.

A joint meeting Of the Elmer
gency Housing Association and
Alley Improvement Association
will be held tonight in the Union
Bank building, on Fourteenth
street near G street northwest, to
discuss the alley situation.
The Rev Milton waldron. presi-
dent Of both associations. will pre-
side.
May Institute Suit.
At this meeting plans for prevent.
ing the District Commissioners from
evicting some 5000 persons from
alley homes will be made. 1t is ex-
pected that some definite action
along the line of court suit will be
taken.
This Is a most serious situation,
the Rev. Waldron said today. TT
will work untold hardships on these
people to be put out of their homes
on June / as the law provides.
DR.. Waldron said that he was glad
to hear that the Commissioners were
sympathetic. He declared it was un-
fortunate that they had no other
course to take but obey the law and
clear out the alley homes on the
first of June.
Commissioners Hopeful.
The Commissioners, in board meet
ing yesterday, discussed the alley
situation.
There is nothing that we can do
but enforce the law" Commissioner
~ Al 0zII L.
meeting. I'VE are very sympathetic
with those who live in the alleys and
wish there was some way to extend
law"
The Commissioners, it is said, ex-
pect that a suit for injunction will
be filed in court before June /, thus
delaying for time the operation Of
the law
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
AUDUBON SOCIETY HEARS
LECTURE UPON BIRDS

Pictures and peculiarities of
crows, wrens, sparrows, cardinals,
threshes, herons, hawks and many
other species of the feathered tribe
were shown and discussed by mem.
bers of the Audubon Society at a
meeting in the Museum yesterday.
DR.. H. c. Oberholser, of the Bureau
of Biological Survey, was the prin-
cipal speaker.
Lantern slides Of the birds were
shown, accompanied with explana-
tons by the eminent scientist who
also gave limitations Of their calls.
Peculiarities of their modes of liv-
Ing and the origin of some of their
names were spoken of by DR.. Ober-
holser. Mrs. Vernon Bailey pre-.
sided.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
GOSPEL MISSION PLACES
1O3 IDLE WORKERS IN JOBS

I'VE want WOrk!'
This appeal, voiced by more than
hundred men at the Gospel Mis-
sion. PA John Marshall place north
west, has been answered during the
past week when 103 jobless men
were placed In good paying Jobs
with the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road.
More jobs are available Suner.
intendent G. w. Cory, of the mis-.
sion, announced today. Enonlov.
ment for twenty-four men was
found yesterday, when this number
with their transportation paid. went
to Hazelton, Ohio, for employment
on the b. G. o.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
QUEST IONS.
by BOARD
TOREACH
100000
Redistribution Task WIZ Re-
quire Force of From so
TO 100 Employees.

A new "third degree" for all
civil service employees question
naires covering every branch of
their work-probably will be re-
quired by the Redistribution
Board.
Includes Field Workers.
The missionaries, which will
cover more than ~255,000 Federal
workers, including those in the
field as well as those in the Dis
trict of Columbia, will be Of the
most searching character, more
complete in detail than those az
sembled by the Joint Commission
on Reconsideration four years ago.
The information to be collected
is fundamental to the work of the
board, and probably many months
will be required in tabulating the
data. The Reconsideration board
will build up a force of from fifty
to one hundred employees to handle
the work.
Board Faces Its Task. ss
. The third meeting OF the board.
which is COMPOSED of w. W. War
wick, of the Budget Bureau, as
chairman Guy Moffett, Of the Civil
Service Commission, and Harold N.
Graves, of the Bureau of Efficiency,
is to be held this afternoon, at
which details of organization VIII
be further discussed.
The main task before the board,
Guy F. Allen of the Budget Bureau
said today, was to complete the
ALLEGATION of the Federal workers,
so that all of the departmental
estimates for the fiscal year 1924-25
might be made upon the new basis.
The estimates are submitted by
the departments to the Budget
Bureau during the early fall
months, and for that reason the
work of making the transitions
from the present statutory salary
roll cannot be delayed.
Efficiency ratings will continue
to be made by the Bureau of Eff
the Reconsideration Board as far
bach law contains divisions into
grades and services and requires
Reconsideration to be made upon as
exact a basis as possible. The
purpose of having rigid reclassi-
ficatiGA is to prevent manipulations
of the law for purposes of favorit-
ism. Although the Bureau OF
Efficiency experts have always pre-
ferred a more elastic system, the
Reconsideration Board is confident
of preventing any conflict between
the Bureau of Efficiency and the
system of reclassification to- be
worked out under the law.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
ICE: | AY s
|, WIRES
LOW
go
Suburban Lines and Communi-
cation With New York
Severed,

Telephone service in and near
the District is temporarily Grip
pied today, following the storm
which swept over the District yes
terday and last night. Scores of
telephone lines in and leading out
of the city are broken in many
places. Many trees have been
felled by the weight of the ice
sheath formed last night and by
this mornings wind.
1.5OO Phones Put Out.
This morning about 1900 tele-
phone stations were out of COM
mission in Washington. Service to
many points in Maryland and Vir-
GINA is absolutely cut off.
The New York Washington over
head wires, mostly used by brokers,
are down, as are lines from this
city to Baltimore. York, Pa; Rich
mond, Norfolk and scores of Vir-
g.nia and nearby Maryland towns.
Because OF the heavy accumula-
ton Of ice on wires, followed by
hieL p'ffds early today. from ten
to fifteen spans of the Frederick,
Md, leads are down, and other
leads to outlying points in the
nearby portions of Maryland and
Virginia suffered, Division Manager
c. fr. Claggett, of the Chesapeake
ard Potomac Telephone Company,
explained.
Splicing of the breaks which have
cut off the $500 local homes is
going ahead rapidly, and will be
completed today, Mr. Claggett said.
The resumption of service to near
by sections of the country will
probably be delayed until. tomorrow
or Thursday. Service to the alarger
cities, such as New York, Philadel-
phia, and Chicago, has been brought
almost to normal.
Suburban Wires Down.
Police reported that the telephone
wires were down at Mount Olivet
and Bladensburg roads, Bennings
road between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets, Kramer street be-
tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets, Georgia avenue, Sixteenth
street, Kennedy street, Blair road,
Wisconsin avenue Belt road, Tilden
street, De Russy street, Dennison
street, Ridge road near Nebraska
avenue, and Half and S streets
southwest. Four poles were down
at Wisconsin avenue ana Belt road,
two at Tilden street and Connect
cut avenue, and one at Half and s
streets southwest.
The harbor' police reported that
80 far as they knew no craft were
cast adrift and no damage was
done to property.
Under a warm spring SUN last
nights heavy ice coating, which
has damaged thousands Of trees in
the city, many of which were in
bud, is rapidly disappearing. The
weather will continue fair today
and tomorrow. the Weather Bureau
predicts, though the temperature
will be low tonight, with a prob.
able minimum of 26 degrees.
Strong northwest winds will con-
tinue through the day, diminishing
toward night.
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D. c. BANKERS.
WILL URGE
NEWLAW
Association to Renew Drive for
Legislation Lost in Last
Session.

Disappointed by the failure of
Congress to pass the Millspaugh
bill providing for banking legis-
lation in the District of Column
bia, the District of Columbia
Bankers Association is launching.
a campaign to bring the bill upS
early in the next Congress. Il
Bankers All For Bill. I
The bill has the endorsement OF
all bankers in Washington and was
drawn up only after several years
of discussion and planning, during
which several bills were prepared
and subsequently discarded in favor
of the final bill, which, at the ex'
piration of the last Congress, was
awaiting action on the floor.
The bill would place supervision
of local banks in the hands of the
Comptroller of Currency, with
provision that all banks to- be eStab-
lished in the future must be char
tered by the Comptroller and that
all existing banks must be re-
chartered in a like manner.
The association this week is be
ginning plans for it's annual con
vention next June. President
Joshua Evans, jr., today announced
the appointment of Howard Moran
as chairman of the convention COM
mittee. Membership of the commit
tee will be announced within the
next few days The date for the
convention, which, under the by
laws must be held in June, will be
determined by this committee, which
will also decide between White Sui
phur Springs and Hot Springs, Va,
as the place of meeting.
Fosters Better Relations.
The District of Columbia Bankers
Association was founded in 1921.
Continued on Page go
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ANTI-FLIRT
QUESTIONABLE


Dear Bill: 1t all depends on how
the Anti-Flirt Society grows be.
fore we can tell how extensive
it's foundation principles will be.
The aim of the local club is to
break UP flirting, which leads to
trouble; stop the acceptance of
automobile rides from unknown
drivers, who are often hawks
seeking prey, and to prevent the
many informal meetings between
young people. So far so good!
But the suggestion that sutton
for a girls hand should file
formal application for calling priv
ileges is going far.
I happen to be a government.
clerk. Once about every six
months some efficiency expert
causes us to have to fill out new
blanks giving our life histories,
including age, etc. don't be-
lieve there are many young men
who would agree to follow this
style If they desired to call ON a
young lady.
AS / understand 1t the plan
would be this: If a young man
desires to call on an Anti-F'lirt
girl, he would file application for
calling privilege. In this applica-
ton, which she would send him
on the first intimatfon that he
was interested, or he would pur-
chase at a stationery store, he
would give his history-age, &C.
cupation. name of parents, color
, of hair and complexion, whether
or not owner of an auto, etc,
and answer questions similar to
these:
Do you fIIrt? If so. how often, and
why?
Would You try TO kiss q girl until
you became engaged to her?
DO You associate with flappers
and vamps?
n q vamp winked at you. what
would you do?
Have you ever tried to get o girl
to sit on your lap?
Do you object to cosmetics and
use of the Hpstick?
How many girls have you already
told that you love?
Have you ever read that "An
Men Are Liars?" If so, don't you
believe 1t to be absolutely correct?
WANDA w.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
NEW NATIONAL MONUMENT
TAKEN OVER UNDER WORK

The historic piece of ground in
Utah and Colorado set aside by a
proclamation of President Harding
as a national monument, has been
taken over by the Interior Depart
ment. 1t was announced by Secre-
tary Work.
The ground contains four separate
groups OF prehistoric towers. pueblos
and cliff dwellings that were decay
ing and being destroyed by relic
seekers when the Government took
II over. 1t embraces 2S5 acres.
The name given the ground is
Hovenweet. an Indian word mean
Ing deserted valley"
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
100 MOTORISTS ATTEND
SEMMES AUTO SCHOOL

One hundred persons. despfte the
Indictment weather attended the
spring opening of the owners serv.
ice school conducted by the Sennres
Motor Company, at 613 G. street
northwest.
Motion pictures and addresses nv
j. B. Haviland, Edward 3. Semmes
and ID. c. Wilkerson were on the
program.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
MILITARY COLLEGE MEN
OPEN CONVENTION HERE

At 10 O'Clock this morning the
annual session of the Association
Of Military Colleges and Schools of
the United States was opened in
the Washington Hotel. The SEES.
sions will close tomorrow.
Col Thomas H. Russell, Staunton
Military Academy; Col. e. V. Bur.
too, Missouri Military Academy,
Col. T. D. Landon, Bordentown Mil.
itary Institute, and Gen. William
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
COL. SHERRILL'S OFFICE
TO BE IN NAVY Bull DING

The office of Col. c. o. Sheriff..
superintendent of public buildings
and grounds, will be moved from
the Lemon building, on New York
avenue, near Seventeenth street, to
the Navy Department building, in
the next few days.
District residents desiring per.
mits for recreation privileges. etc
will find Colonel SherrilIs office in
the Navy Building probably in the
"a" wing. The first four floors of
the Lemon building will be occupied
hereafter by the income tax branch
Of the Internal Revenue.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
CAR WINDOWS MUST BE
SHUT WHEN 1T RAINS

When sudden rains arise in the
future, motormen of oneyman cars
will stop their cars and put all OF
the windows down.
Orders to this effect went out
yesterday by Washington Railway
and Electric Company officials as
result of complaints received
from patrons of their lines.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
Shocked on Street Car.

While on top of a street car at
avenue and Portland street
southeast today, Kenneth Alexan.
der, twenty-one years old, 2422
North Capitol street, received on
electric shock when he was at.
tempting to adjust a trolley and
was thrown to the street. He was
injured about the back, but not
critically
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
ZlONISTS TO DANCE
FOR NATIONAL FUND

A dance will be given by the Nor
dau Zion Club. newly organized
Junior Zionist club, Thursday night.
at s o'clock, at Liberty Hall, Fifth
and II streets northwest.
The proceeds of this affair will
be for the benefit of the Jewish
National fund, which aims to re-
deem the soil of Palestine as the in
a'ion"ble property Of the jewish
osople.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
OF GERMAN ORIGIN
"WhOse bread | eat
His songs / sing"

His songs l sing"
recently noted by Damon Ru1yon,
is an old German proverb. 1t
is not very altruistic, but eminent
ly practical. Praise the boss
from whom all blessings, or
curses, flow.
FRED VETTER.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
AFFLICTED WITH BREVITY

Verbeck, st. Johns School, Man
Illus, N. Y, will speak this morn
ing.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
THE NEWS IN JAZZLOID.

THE NEWS IN JAZZLOID.
Prohibition may be q failure,
but it's q cheap fool 1Uho drinks
himself to death to prove 1t.
Billy Sunday says that one of
the books he aOouLd take, If cast
awny on an uninhGbited island,
aUouId be the Congressional Rec
ord. An GoOful pen0nce!
It's alwoys fair weGther When
good CGlJorniaes get together.
According to Poor Richard:
A silUer tongue means golden
purse.
Principle is the best principal.
PAUL WHITE.
AFFLICTED WITH BREVITY
Hello, grille, you look as sweet
as a peach today"
Nevertheless, feel like a
pie"
"'Crusty,' presume?"
mo. I have only four quar-
ters.'"
And how are your"
II feel like a soda cracker"
"A bit dry, 1 guess?"
mo, just bit short like
yourself"
HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07

/ think zoe all agree that
If money could talk fem peo-
ple would bother to c4iticise
It's grammar.
SPARK PLUG.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
800 Phones In The City Hit By Storm
1l1EARID.toSEEM{17
80 ny BILL PRICE c-fAAaz4as~
TCH OF
NUT-BROWN HUE

THE PATCH OF
NUT-BROWN HUE
Two girls met . boy one day,
His legs were bFter scratched;
His clothes were Of blue, but q nut
brown hue
Marked the place his pants were
They laughed with JOY at the blue
clad boy,
And his patch OF nut-brown hue.
"Why don't you patch with color to
niAtch?"
They said: "Why not with blue?"
"DOr's be coy, my blue-claA boy;
Speak up." And they laughed with
glee.
when he hung his head ~ he bash
fully sald,
s'That ain't no patch; that's mel"
FLORENCE n. HOAGLAND.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07

A new "third degree" for all
civil service employees question
naires covering every branch of
their work-probably will be re-
quired by the Redistribution
Board.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07

FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Honors u. D. G, Delegates
4 From State of Oklahoma

Mrs. Forrest F. Vrooman enter
tanned Thformally at tea on last Wea-
nesaay afternoon frem to o'clock
in honor of the Oklahoma, delegation
to. the thirtieth annual convention Of
the United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy, held during the week at
the willard, " 80. -,
Those assisting her We're Mrs.
James v. McCIintic, wife of Repre-
sentative McClintic; Mrs. +. b.
swank. wife of Representative
Swank; Mrs. Thomas. wife Of Rep
resentative Thomas; Mrs. q. N. Bad
field, state president; Mrs. Korn; Mrs.
Harry A. Coley, Mrs. wallace Street
er Mrs Frank Morrison.e Mrs. WI
liam ]. Oates Mrs. Willie Isabelle.
Mrs Frederick a. Ollie, Mrs. Hyatt,
Mrs. James n. Spindle, Miss cara
Sterzing Miss Kate Sexton and MISS
Julia Scott. Mrs. Morrison gave TWO
solos.
The decorations were chrysanthe7 ,
NUNS, autumn leaves. ferns and car ,
nations. with the colors of the Cnited
Daughters OF the Confederacy.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Senator and;;Mrs. Dale
!. Well Known Members
OF Official Family
Long Residents. Here While
the Senator Served in the
Lower House Of Congress.

Mr.. Porter Hinman Dale, who was
recently elected TO succeed the late
: William Pauf\ Dillingham; of Mont
pelier, who hadt for twenty years been
:. senator from Vermont, hat been IN
the lower house of Congress since
1918 and both he, and Mrs. Dale are
well. known members of the official
world. But Representative Dale, as
hetwas then, has taken on historic
Importance tin that he was one OF
r1,Cse close friends of the present
Chief Magistr;Ne of the nation, ana
who was an official witness OF his
taking over the. honors which had
dropped from tine lifeless clay of
Warren G. Harding. Mr.. Dale was
visiting Plymouth hn that memorable
afternoon of August :. and had gone
to "A house in the neie hborhood or MT
Jobn CooIidge's farm and. like all
the countryside. was aroused bs lhe'
news which had flashed from san
Francisco. He hurried TO- the COOL
idge house and was an ohtclal witness
of the oath administered TO the tHlT-
tieth President.
senator and Mrs. Da1e admit their
consuming interest in anthiueS, ana
a visit to their delightful old fa sh,
B streets northeast WIN reveal that
they have ast>;died the SSbject OF pc
riod furnitur with great proht. Ineir
home. whic they rurcnt ntStu dooul
eighteen nj -nths ago, WAS lohS la :
miliar to v ishingtonians aS the resi-
dence of Il & late Senator BA"pour OF
Virginia Gnd before his oA A,uPdhcS
was equally we'll known as tfA Ian
gertield mansion. For years u as
deserted and got that weird and for
bidding look which is always ahSo-
ciated with haunted" houses, Sor
such it was reputed to be, though tlNS
did not quench the interest OF Mn
and Mrs. Dale in it nor prevent thelr
nurchase as soon as they could get
clear title.
They have practically made the
venerable domicile over and, MhlIe II
retains it's fine lines and noble in
terror arrangements, every modern
convenience has been added ana II
nov IS q stately home of the Soutn IN
the first quarter of the nineteenth
century with every comfort when the
twentieth century has to offer The
salon, which is in reality a music
room and is dominated by a grand
piano which stretches before, a
superb tapestry depicting that lovely
scene by Boucher. the muse of music
entertaining Apollo and her sister
muses.. There are several paintings
by Boucher copies, of course, but old
and very beautifully done. Mrs. Dale,
VINO gave intensive thought TO TINS
room, is particularly proud OF the
great fireplace before which a hand
some brass railing stretches. On
each side are two of those lovely lit
tie chairs uph olstered in silver and
crimson brocade and which, in all
French salons were intended for the
small black pages. who. sat beside
the blazing logs when there was COM
pany and rep: :enished them at need.
Mrs Dale. who is tall and dark and
very graceful in manner and car
riage, is only partially a Vermonter
Her father married belle of Ken
tucky and brought his wife to live in
Boston, and here rfle present sen
atoriai hostess was born. Her maiden
name was Augusta Wood. and it was
because of her fathers delight in m.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

regarded her as such. and the ties of
affection which hind the entire family
are perfectly apparent even to a
casual observer. Of the four children,
two are married. the eldest of the two
daughters now being Mrs. Arthur
Rennett of Providence. r. /, The elder
of the sons, Timothy Dale. is married
and lives near his father on Island
Pond. The second daughter, Miss Por-
tia Dale. is with her parents IN wash
.ington, and is at present deNotlng her
self to a study of music. The second
son. George .Needham Dale, is senior
In the Georgetown University Law
School. Senator and Mrs. Dale are
attendants at the congregational
Church
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Mrs Newton Entertains
For Missouriu., D. C.

Mrs. Cleveland A. Newton's recep-
tion for the ~ p. C. delegates from
Missouri. given at her hape ON Bit
more street Friday AFTERNOON, at
tracted practically the entire con-
gressionaI representative from that
ladies who were officially in wash
ington wearing the badge of the
Daughters of Dixie. Among the out
of-town Missourians who aided Mrs
Newton in receiving her hundreds of
guests were Mrs. a. G. Meyer, Mrs
Howard Bailey. Mrs. Charles i.
Bland, Mrs. Robert Mqeulloch. Mrs.
c. X, Warner. Mrs. tZelN Gideon Roe,
Mrs. l.. c. Reilly, Mrs. JiC. Crowders
Mrs. J. Z; Higgins, Mrs. L. Rmth-
Marie Le Gear. ali %: 81. Louis; Mrs
l.. c. Hunt of Columbia. Mo. and Mrs
Hugh Miller of Kansas City.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Additional Patroness
For Shakespeare Play

Miss Flora Wilson Is an additional
patroness for the Shakespeare play,
rAnthony and Cleopatra" TO be given
by the Shakespeare Society for the
benefit of the Monticello fund at the
auditorium of the National Museum
December IL at s o'clock In the eve
ming. Mrs. Wilcox and Mr.. Beck, who
will take the leading parts. have been
asked by the Radfo Corporation OF
America to read scenes from Shakes
peare Wednesday. November %.