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The Washington times., 1923-06-25
SUFFERING,
he TRIES
To DIE
Samuel A. Foose, Retired
Treasury Clerk, SIashes
Throat.

With his throat slashed, SAM
uel A. Foose, sixty-seven years
old, roomer at. 625 Massachu-
sets avenue northwest, was re-
moved to Emergency Hospital to-
day, where it is said. that his
condition is critical.
Left Note to Friend.
Foose is a retired Treasury De
partment clerk. While his condi-
ton is considered critical. physicians
at the hospital believe that he will
recover.
This morning he wrote q note to
a friend telling him, that he was
suffering and that he intended to
end it ALL The friend hurried to
the house, but before his arrival.
Foose had slashed his. throat with
a razor. In another note he wrote:
II am suffering this Sunday after
noon"
Mrs. Minnie Boylxin. proprietor Of
the rooming house. said today Foose
came here from Harrisburg, Pa.
and that he had been living at her
house about two years.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
v. s. ACTS TO END FRAUD
IN WATCH CASE SALES

In an effort to thwart unscrupu-
lous tricksters in the trade. manu-.
facturers Of gold filled watches
appeared before the Federal Trade
Commission and made recommen.
dations. which the commission
adopted. making 1t impossible to
fool the public by such inscriptions
as twenty year" and fifteen
year" watch cases. A great ma.
jority OF the watch case manu-.
facturers approved the commits.
sion's stand. =.
Hereafter a manufacturer must
put his trade mark on the case
and must have a sheet Of gold not
less than one thousandth Of an
inch in thickness on gold cases.
In a minority opinion Commits.
sioner Nugent recommended that
watch cases should bear a mark In.
dtcating the exact number of penny.
weights of gold used In their man
ufActure.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
Mellon, Not a Lawyer,
But He Gets Six
LID. Degrees

Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary
of the Treasury, failed to at
tend a law school when at the
collegiate age. But five educa-
tional institutions have made up
for it since by comforting upon
him the honorary degree Of
doctor of laws.
They are Dartmouth Univer-
sity, New York University,
Rutgers College, Princeton Uni
versity and Pennsylvania Mill
tary Academy.
The plurality Of fame came
late, but with a rush when it
started. Up to June IL, 1923,
the chief of the nations fl
nances held but two degrees,
one given him by the University
of Pittsburgh, his alma mater,
in 1898, master of arts, and a
LID. from Dartmouth. The
others were conferred as fol-
lows: Rutgers, June II, 1928;
New York, June 10; Princeton,
June 10; Pennsylvania Military
Academy, June 20.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
FOUR VENDORS OF ICE
PAY $40 FOR VIOLATIONS

Four vendors of ice have for
feited securities amounting to $40
IN the notice tribunal on charges OF
negIecting to weigh their wares be-
fore distributing them to customers.
Alleged violators OF the weisnIs
ord noea sures law are: Robert E..
DWELL. 1926 I street northwest, $15;
William S. Donaldson. 1911 Wiscon-
ain avenue northwest. and Henry
Shaefer, 4139 Gault place northeast,
S1O each, and George r. Macboi'
l32h Tennessee avenue SIS.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
UP JERSEY WAY.

Newspaper articles state that
100000 militant members Of the
New Jersey Women's Republi-
can Club are frightening the
Republican bosses.)
In Jersey towns as well as In the
sticks'
The ladies are now getting In some
ncks,
In fact they are throwing hefty bricks.
They are aiming. at the old machine,
Once oiled with graft, tawdry and
The ''bOsses" view with gloom the
While brickbats hit them on tho
"bean."
In letting women have the vote
Men took on q load they must tote.
And blithely do the Jersey skeeters
sing:
my lady's hat IL in the ring"
But nary dltty ginga the "Ring."
FRED ,VBTTER.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
$50, 900 CATHOLIC CRYPT
TO BE COMPLETED IN 1924

The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. shahan,
rector OF the Catholic University.
announced yesterday that the crypt
Of the national shrine of the I'M
maculate Conception, which is being
erected at the Catholic University,
will be completed by September.
1924.
The crypt will be 200 feet in
length and twenty-five feet high,
with a seating capacity of 1900 peo-
pie. . Sir James j. Ryan, of Phila.
delphia, gave the $4,000 with which
1t il being erected. .
The Washington times., 1923-06-25

Some people buy motor cars to
see the country. Many rich
young men do 20, but they drive
50 fast they can't see the scenery.
Some see the inside OF jails In
stead, but 1t helps them socially.
They meet traffic cops they would
never have met In any other way.
Occasionally they kill people,
but they are made so comfortable
In prison that nobody ,dares to
cross the street when any of their
friends are coming.
II II were not for pedestrians q
lot OF motorists would sell their
cars and 90 back to bowling.
MIKE HENRY.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
OUTING AT
.-.- CHESAPEAKE BEACH

A special program Of athletic
events for children will be one of
the features of the annual outing
OF the District Board and Ladies
Auxiliary of the Ancient Order OF
Hibernians tomorrow at Chesapeake
Beach. Three thousand excursion
lists are expected
The committee in charge Of ar
rangements Is composed Of Daniel
M. Stanton, chairman; Joseph A.
DAILY, State president OF the Hiber.
mans; Miss Catherine A. Breen,
State president Of the ladies' auxil-
larry; and the officers Of the sew.
eral divisions Of both organizations.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD FINAL MEETING

The Mid-City Citizens Associa-
ton will hold tonight their last
meeting until next September, at
the Thomson School, Twelfth and
L streets northwest.
A. ]. Driscoll, president, an
nounces that reports will be heard
from the streets and alleys com
mittee and the executive committee.
The latter committee will report on
the question of reducing the weight
of a ton of coal from 1880 pounds
to 1000 pounds.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
REAL THRIFT.

Bill: Every time / see q bank
advertisement spreading the doc
trine of thrift, I'm reminded Of the
Scotchman who awoke one morn
ing to find that his wife had
passed away. He excitedly leaped
from his bed, ran into the hail..
and called to the general house
hold servant, in the kitchen:
Mary! Mary Quick!''
Yes. sir. What is it? What's
the natter"
boil only one egg for breakfast
this morning.
CICERO RAPP. !.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25

CURIOUS RELATION OF NAMES
The column conductor for the
Milwaukee Sentinel is reprint
ing some of the poems Of the
late HELEN I. HOPPIN, pro-
claimed by him "as all that is
implied by genius" We never
read any of these poems before,
but the name Of the author is
singularly like that Of the noted
gentleman, Mr.. HELLA POP
PIN, who has created a stir in
more fields than one.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
THAT SPIRITS BURGLAR.

AS John was trying to sneak to
bed after being out till 2 a. m.
he accidentally knocked over
chair. His wife awoke, screamed,
and said it was a burglar.
Don't worry. dear" said John,
consolingly, II just gave that bur-
glar a lickin' he'll never forget"
and went to bed.
Getting a few whiffs of his
breath, his wife remarked: Il
should say you did more than lick
him to produce a breath like
that"
LULU VI. SCHULTZ.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25

51IEARnyoSEklI{8
70 ny BILL PRICE,
THAT MODEST PARIS JUDGE.

THAT MUUEST FAttAS JUICE.
Dear Bill: There Is 1T least
one Paris judge sOho sOiH haze
the hearty approval of sOonten
generally. He's the chap sOho,
IN rendering a verdict IN fGvor
of Mile. CbenGL, sOhO refused to
pGg a silk stocking bill for $500,
because the stockings did not fit
her perfect legs, declined to Gc-
cept the Iudy's offer to demon
strGte her proof to the Judge.
Doubtless he Is a married man.
/ feel thGt If the same thing
had happened IN the Police
Court of Washington, presided
0ver by Judges MCMAHON and
SCHULDT, these sage, modest
Judges mould not haze insisted
on an actual Demonstration.
PETE.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
MPL0YES
SEE HIM
I A K [
OATH !
New D. c. Chief Favors City
Beautiful Faces Busy
Program.

Major j. Franklin Bell was
sworn in as Engineer Commits
sioner Of the District by Daniel
E. Garges, secretary to the board
Of District Commissioners, at 1:30
o'clock this afternoon.
Fav0rs Beautiful ID. G.
A few minutes later. Major Bell
was sworn in as a member Of the
Public Utilities Commission by Nor
gan Beach. clerk of the District SUI
preme Court.
the Board Of District Commission.
ers. presided at the formal office
taking, which took place in the
board room Of the District building,
with employees of the District gov
eminent in attendance.
I am extremely interested in the
plans for the Identification Of the
National Capital" Major Bell de-
clared today in an interview with
newspaper men prior to his being
sworn IN.
During the several years / have
been IN Pittsburgh have been deal
ing with city planning and harbor
Improvement, and feel certain that
this experience viii stand me in
good stead in Washington.
MAJOR Bell said today that he has
noticed one error which has crept
In the press concerning him, and
that he desired to correct it.
II am not a nephew of the noted
Gen. j. FRANKLIN BELL Many times,
90 -
General Bell and while / believe
which settled in Virginia / am
certain there is no blood relation
ship, certainly not during the past
$50 years"
Looks for Quarters.
Arriving in Washington early this
morning, Major Bell spent the early
part OF the day in looking for an
apartment in company with Acting
Engineer Commissioner Major F.
S. Besson. He then came. to the
District building and met District
Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster
who pledged him their hearty co-
operation during his term Of office.
Major Bell said that he has lived
in Washington twice before, in 1908,
after he was graduated from West
Point. and during 1909-12, when he
was on duty in this city. He said
that his daughter was born here at
the Washington Barracks, and that
while his wife and daughter are both
in Paris at present. they will join
him here in October, when he will
provide home for them.
rn~o,- D,,AIs.sx.,
Major Bell told newspaper men
that he has always enjoyed relations
with representatives of the press,
and that he believed. that fullest pub
hcity should be given the subjects
in which the public is interested, as
this will insure accuracy and obvi-
ate needless misunderstanding
The new engineer commissioner
has a busy summer ahead of him
for he comes to the District service
In time for the biggest task of the
year-the preparation of estimates
to Congress.
The new head Of the engineer de-
partment also will find that he has
become boss over a large municipal
building program, including a num-
Der of school buildings, a police sta
ton and a proposed home far feeble
persons. AS he looks further
into the work baskets Of his new
office the commissioner will find
that Washington code Of building
are to be revised this
summer.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
Citizens Group to Meet.

The North Capitol and lexington
Citizens Association will hold what
will probably be it's last meeting of
the summer In the Emery school
building tomorrow night
The Washington times., 1923-06-25

Connie Son, you sure have q
clean-loOIxihg bunch Of twirIers.
DOnie-Huh! Ought e be-
tn frequent the showers enough.
HARPERS FERRY.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
STARTING TO WORK.

STARTING TO WORK.
Sam-I've started to work dig
gfng bitches. The boss gave me
my choice Of work.
Ed-He gave you your choice?
San1Sure. He said, Take
your pick" OIDONO.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-29

fades away down the big road, and
the last thing. we sees as we turns u
wistful farewell look over our should
ers is them two man-eaters raging
back and forth inside the fence, and
the old, guy standing on the steps
laughing.
"Se we plies along through the viii
lage of Plentiful Valley without stop
ping and walks on and on and on
some more, until we observes large.
prospcrous-looking building Of red
brick. like q summer hotel. with a
lawn in front and high stone wall
in front of that. A large number Of
persons of both sexes, but mainly fe-
males, is wandering about over the
front yard, dressed in peculiar styles.
Leaning over the gate is thick-sct
man gazing with repugnance upon a
lettuce leaf which he is holding in his
right hand. He sees us and his face
lights up some, but not much.
What no. comrades he says,
whats the latest and newest in the
great world beyond?
Mister l says. 'how's the pros
poets for a pair of foot-sore travellers
to get q free snack of vittles here?
Poor he says. very poor. The
diet here he says, 'is exclusively veg
eterrible. You wouldn't scarcely be-
lieve it, he says, but we're paying one
good money for this. Some of us is
here to get cured of what the doctors
think we've got, and some OF us is
here he says, because as long as we
stay here they amt so liable TO lock
us up in a regular asylum. Yes he
says, pensively. we've got all kinds
here, That lady yonder,' he says,
pointing TO large female who's dress
ed all in white and amt got no shoes
on. she's getting back to nature. She
walks around in the dew barefooted.
And that fat one Just beyond her be-
licves in reincarnation.'
Might I nsk.' ! says. what is
your particular delusiol? Are you a
striped cabbage worm or pet white
rabbit?
II wns thinking about that lettuce
leaf which he held in his mitt.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-29

smile, just to while away the time be-
fore breakfast, s'posc you make
small bet with me regarding the pres
ent whereabouts of said ace
THE party with the WHISPERS gets
up; and now. when he speaks | sees
that in spite Of him wearing q brush
arbor. he amt no real rube.
To. thini,' he says, more in sor-
row thin in anger, to think that me,
who helped Cnnhdy Bill sell the first
gold brick that ever was nodded in
this country, should in my declining
years have a couple of wooden-fin-
gered amateurs come along and try to
slip me the oldest graft in the known
world I'll try to forgive YOU he says.
but at this moment your mere pres.
cnce offends me. On your way out
he says. kindly latch the gate behind
you--the chickens might stray off.
Furthermore he says; I would
offer you a word Of advice. Beware
he says. of the constable in the will
age beyond. You'll recognize him by
his whiskers.' he says. Alongside of
him, l look li,ie an onion in the face.
INn gtuis dttf cSycsg tAat WI
stable swore a solemn cath not never
to shave until he'd locked up a thou
sand buns. and he says, hes now on
his last lap. Keep moving he says,
till you feel like stopping, and then
don't STOP -,..a
"Then edifying smells has made
me desperate. ,.--
we don't CO. says, until we
gets bite
"'Oh! I'll see that you get bite.
he says. 'Sato,' he says. calling off
stage kindly unchain Ophelia and
Ralph Waldo. Ophelia,' be says, turn
ing TO us. is lady Great Dane,
standing four feet high at the should
ers and very n1orose in disposition.
But Ralph Waldo is a cross-breed-
part Boston bull and part, swapping
turtle. Here they come now. Sick.
EN- pups"
Sweet Caps starts first. but beats
Rim to the gate by half length.
Ophelia and Ralph Waldo finishing
third and fourth, respectively. We
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
TEMBLOR TUMBLES
 RESIDENTS ANGELES
 FROM THEIR BEDS
HALL OF RECORDS AT SAN eER-
 poo BADLY DAMAGED-sEV-
 ERAL PERSONS HURT =

LOS ANGELES, July 23-Residents of this city were hurled from their beds and fled to lawns and sidewalks at 11:28 last night when all of South ern California was rocked by earth quakes which lasted from to II sec onds and caused considerable damage. A number of persons were injured, and the Hall of Records at San Der nardino was badly damaged.
 The shocks continued until one this morning, of sufficient violence to shatter plate glass windows and send tons of stone and brick tumbling from lofty buildings.
 The temblors were heaviest in San Bernardino and Redlands, where sey- sral dead artesian wells started to gushing.
 The shocks were the heaviest ex- perienced since the great quake in 1906, and caused intense alarm in all parts of the section affected.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
KUSKOKW|M RESIDENT
 RETURNS WITH BRIDE

Arriving on the last boat on their way to their home at Bethel on the lower Kuskokwim river, were Mr. and Mrs John A. Fielder. They will leave the railway at Nenana, travelling by boat to Holy Cross, on the lower Yu- kon, thence by polling boat 75 miles down the Yukon to the Yukon end of the Yukon-Kuskokwim portance, sev- en miles below Russian Mission on the Yukon, and then down the Kus- kokwim river 100 miles to their home where MT. Fielder is engaged in the trading business.
 The last Mrs. Fielder is a sister of the two former wives; the first dying, leaving little girl; the second Mrs. Fielder came to Seward, where their baby was born, later going Outside, where she contracted the influenza and died at Seattle.
 MT. Fielder went out over the ice, married the third sister and will reach their home some time in August.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
HARDING SPENDS TWELVE HOURS IN
 ANCIENT CAPITAL
SHAKES HANDS WITH THE OLD TIMERS AT THE PIONEERS
 HOME AT SlTKA

SITKA, July 23.-President Harding spent twelve hours in Sitka, the last Alaskan town to be visited on his present itinerary. He came ashore at 500 o'clock yesterday morning in a small boat, and during reception, shook hands with several venerable survivors who witnessed the cere- mony when the United States took over Alaska from Russia.
 MT. Harding and party visited the school founded by Sheldon Jackson, and spent some time in the old Rus sian cathedral.
 The President was given a basket of Alaskan grown strawberries and Mrs. Harding was presented with a gold bracelet engraved, in the shape of a whale killer or orca. The pre- sentation was made by Thlinket chieftain.
 The President stated that in his two weeks visit he nas received a new vision of Alaska He has prom ised to do his uttermost to bring about the fullest development of the Territory.
 The Henderson with the Presiden- tial party, departed for Vancouver, B. C., at 500 o'clock last night. He expects to arrive in Seattle July 27.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
PROMINENT kUSkOKW|M
 RESIDENTS IN SEWARD

MT. and Mrs Frank Joaquin, and two little girls, Nellie and Rita, arriv- ed in Seward yesterday on their way to Anchorage, having transferred from the s. s. Santa Ana, to the Northwestern at Latouche.
 MT. and Mrs. Joaquin are from Ia cotna on the headwaters of the Kus- kokwim river where MT. Joaquin has been interested In mining for num- Der of year being connected with and having an interest in the Gaines Creek Dredge there.
 They left their home after the breakup travelling first by small river shallow draft craft, connecting at Me Grath with the river steamer Tana, of the fleet of three boats operated on the Kuskokwim River by the Alas ka Rivers Navigation Company, of which the old time Yukon River cap tain, Wallace Langley, is the head. i Capt George Green is master of the river steamer Quickstep of the same company.
 At Bethel, 150 miles from the mouth of the Kuskokwim river and the head of ocean navigation, transfer was made to the Santa Ana, as noted above.
 On the way down the river, MT. Joaquin and little daughter, Nellie, had an experience which falls to the lot of few. While the little girl was playing about on the barge, being pushed ahead of the steamer, she tripped and fell over the end of the barge into the ice-colG, swift-running waters of the Kuskokwim. MT. Joa- quin, who was standing by her side, ! plunged over after her, with his heavy clothing on. Both were swept under l the barge, and went the whole length of 105 feet, before emerging at the | other hand. AS he went under MT
 Joachim thrust up against the barge,
 showing himself ana daughter far
 down in the water, to which fact he
 owes their lives. As they emerged, a man standing on the end of the craft showed a pole into his hands and the nearly drowned pair were hauled to safety, little the worse for their ad, venture after they had been wrapped i in warm blankets.
 It is the only case on record where man has been swept under a tow on the Kuskokwim, and lived to tell about it.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
BROOkHART WANTS EXTRA
 SESSION OF CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Senator Brookhart of Iowa, announces that if President Harding fails 70 caif an ex- tra session of congress to help the farmers, the Independent party will throw out all the reactionaries from the committee leadership when the December session begins.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
FARMERS INVITED IO MEET HARDING
 N VASHIVCTO OIv

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Non-par- tisan farmers from all parts of the country are called by President Harding to meet him in Washington The plan is proposed by Republican leaders to meet an acute situation in the agricultural states of the west, and to head off a political revolt.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
GERMANS MAKE PROTEST

BERLIN, July 23.-German repre- sentatives in London, Washington and at the Vatican are instructed to pro- test against the proclamation of a traffic blockade between the occupied territories in Germany, according to an official statement today.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
SEATTLE CONTROLLER DEAD
 SEATTLE, July 23.-James P. Az new. chief deputy city comptroller, died here today.
JEFFRIES WILL PREACH

LOS ANGELES, July 23.-James J. Jeffries, former heavyweight cham pion pugilist, will preach in the Wo- mems Christian Temperance Union today on the subject of restoration ef Palestine to the Jews. He is said to be planning a world tour, speaking for the Union.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
WASHINGTON MEMBER OF LEGiSLATURE ARRESTED
 FOR BEING DISoRDERLY

SEATTLE, July 23.-Maud Sweet man, member of the legislature, and Edward Berger, a boiler maker. were arrested Saturday night in the Comet Apartments charged with dis orderly conduct.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
FRANCE BITTERLY
 DENOUVCES GEORGE
 FOR CRITICISMS

PARIS, July 23.-Lloyd George, be cause of his criticism of France on account of her insistance that Ger many make complete reparation, was bitterly denounced by Premier Poin- care in a speech this afternoon at the unveiling of a memorial at Villers Cotterets, before which the Second division of the American army ad- vanced in some of it's heaviest fight ing.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
ARMY PLANES TO START
 FLIGHT AROUND WORLD

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.- Announcement was made today of a proposed flight around the world by formation of six army airplanes, which will hop off from New York for the East crossing the Pacific by way of the Aleutian islands.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23

Miss Beatrice Olsen, daughter of the popular conductor, C.. E. Olsen. was Seward passenger on the s. S. Northwestern. Miss Olsen, a Skag- way girl, has been attending college at Tacoma and is making her first trip over the railroad. She will spend her vacation with her father at An chorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23
WARSHIPS ASSEMBLING

SEATTLE, July 23.-Twenty war ships including the flagship Califor- mia, under command of Admiral Rob- inson, are assembled in the harbor for review by President Harding.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23

Jack Burford, travelling representa- tive for the Burroughs Adding Ma chine people and for the L. c. Smith typewriters, arrived on the North western and left this morning for the Interior. He will return to Seward about August 1st. MT. Burford and father succeed E. s. Hewitt, former agent at Juneau.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-07-23

Mrs. w. R. Rathbun and daughter returned on the Northwestern after an extended visit with friends and relatives in the States. MT. Rathbun is head of the Telephone and Tele- graph department of the commission at Anchorage. They continued their trip this morning.