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The Washington times., 1923-07-05
HEALTH SERVICE
EXAMINES P.O.
EMPLOYEES
Purpose Is to Discover Defects
and Remedy Them-Data
Not Part of Records.

All postal employees were TODAY
invited by the Postmaster General
to avail themselves Of free physical
examinations offered by the United
States Public Health Service.
The examinations, results of
which will not, form a part OF the
employees records, are being made,
he announced, in the interest of the
employee The examinations ore be-
ing conducted in sixty-one cities, in
GLIDING Washington, each of which
serves the surrounding area.
1.-THE record is entirely confiden-
tial," the Postmaster General stat
ed, ''the original being given the
employee examined to guide him in
taking such corrective measures as
may be indicated by the examine
ton. The duplicate is retained in
the file Of the United States Public
Health Service. It is not available
to the postoffice at any time and
it does not in any way form a
part Of the employees record.
1.-THE examination is given solely
to help the employee to maintain
himself in the best physical condi-
ton and to correct observed defects
before they become serious dis.
orders.''
Nearly 1000 postal employees in
various parts of the country have
already awaited themselves Of the
opportunity, it was announced to-
day. Applications for the examina-
ton should be made with the post
master under whose jurisdiction the
employee serves. There is no charge
for the examination.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
NEW MOD|F|ES
P.O. RULE ON
PUBLICITY. :.
Data Concerning Routes Made
Available to Circular and
Other Advertising.

1t is lawful for postmasters to
furnish information regarding rural
routes for use in the mailing of
circular or advertising matter, under
revision of the postal laws and
regulations announced today by
Postmaster General New. The new
regulation follows:
"Postmasters may furnish in.
formation as to the number of rural
routes at their offices and the num-
Der of boxes served by each carrier,
after satisfying themselves that such
information is not to be used for any
improper or unlawful purpose.
persons given the information
for use in the mailing Of circular
or advertising matter should be in.
formed that each individual piece
must be addressed to the postoffice
and route number and be prepaid,
and should be requested, where
practicable, to tie those for eacn
route In a package superscribed with
the name of the postoffice and the
number of the route, together with
the number of pieces included, in
order to avoid unnecessary handling
and to facilitate delivery"
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
To BETTER
WATER FRONT
AGAIN
City Officials and Various Or
CARNATIONS Now Unite TO
Obtain Improvements.

Concerted effort to have Washing
toms water front rebuilt Il being
planned by local civic and business
organisations for the coming fan
and winter.
Following the expression OF inter-
est in the project by the new Dis
trict Enginnner Commissioner, Mai.
J. Franklin Bell, and the efforts
that are being made by Com
missioner Oyster. It 10 expected that
It will be possible for the first
time to secure serious official CO.
operation OF an effective sort in the
long fight for this Improvement.
It was stated today that the fight
will be assisted In the near future
by q special committee OF 100, which
10 now planned under direction OF
the American Civic Association.
There are several tentative plans
under consideration which IL Il ex.
pected will be whipped into shape
during the summer for presentation
these plans, II Is hoped. Il MAJ be
possible to work out r hAfinite pro.
gram.
There are two main points in the
improvement OF the Washington
harbor on which all investigators
have agreed substitution Of Q
straight front quay for the present
wharf system, and the laying out
Of q water front boulevard.
There il some controversy as to
whether the warehouses and bust
ness establishments in connection
with the river business shall be
located between the boulvard ana
the river or behind the boulevard,
which would then command an UNI
INSTRUCTED view Of the harbor.
It has been suggested by Captain
Chambers, chief consulting engineer
Of the navy In cooperation with
the arny that an elevated bouie-
ward be constructed Immediately
behind the quays, with the ware
houses behind the boulevard and
runways beneath the road.
BY this system, he pointed out.
the boulevard would command b
wonderful view Of the harbor, there
would be ample space beneath the
road for the handling of freight and
the warehouses and business acti-
witty on the quay would not act as
an obstruction to the users Of the
boulevard.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
SMALL BOY BURNS HAND,
THEN THINGS HAPPEN

POTTSTOWN. Pa, July 5.-Two
small sons of Frank Becker, who
were selling fireworks outside of
his barber shop; a runaway team,
half.shaved customers jumping from
their chairs and a rush of the fire
department to the scene furnished
some lively doings here today. One
OF the Becker boys burned one of
his hands shooting off firecrackers,
and he .thoughtlessly threw the
blazing cracker into the midst OF
the big pile of fireworks.
Instantly there was an explosion
that could be heard for blocks, and
the firemen responded. A horse
near by tore loose, but a man
climbed into the Back of the wagon
and after a wild dash halted the
runaway steed. The explosion
filled the air with all sorts of
missiles and BARRIERS and customers
scrambled for safe places. one man
dashing to the street with his face
covered with lather.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
IN
STOCK DEAL
SOUGHT
Woman Sues to Recover Sum
Paid In Candy Company
Transaction.

Chief Justice Mccoy Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court today signed
an order requiring Lawrence r.
Lee. H. c. Smith, George S. CORN
ley, r. L. Carrig and the William
Penn Candies, Inc, to show cause
July IL why they should not be
required to render an accounting to
Mary V. Ford in connection with
q certain sale Of stock Of the candy
concern and the payment therefor
by Miss Ford.
The order was issued as a result
Of a suit filed today by. Mary v.
Ford in which she tells the court that
on April rs last she was the holder
of two real estate notes dated Octo-
Der IL, 1921, payable in three years.
to the amount of $4,000 each.
They were made to the order Of
Clarence r. Norment and were Sc
cured by deed Of trust to Charles
w. Simpson and Odell s. Smith
conveying certain real estate prop.
erty at Washington Heights. -
The notes, she declares are in the
custody of the Metropolitan Ma.
tional Bank Of this city for secur-
ity for a loan made to her.
Plaintiff, represented by Attor,
neys James T. Lloyd and C. Lari-
more Kelley, allege that on April
20, last defendant Smith came to
her. representing himself as agent
OF the candy concern, offering to
sell her stock and stating that de-
PENDANT Lee had invested $50, 900 in
the company and that the latter
was a man Of large financial in
terests. She was told, she Gays,
that the value of the stocks was
one dollar per share and believing
what was told her was true she
subscribed to $4,000 shares, at one
dollar per share paying therefor.
Plaintiff alleges that she has as
certained since that misrepresenta-
tons were made to her in con-
nection with the sale of the stock
and the value, and she asks that
defendants he required TO disclose
the property and moneys and that
the sale Of stock to her be rescinded.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND
BECAUSE He SLAPPED HER

CHICAGO, July 5. - "I begged
him TO be good, for when he was
good we were happy: but he slapped
my face and laughed at me, so I
killed him.
This is the simple explanation
made by Theresa Contursi, twenty
four, who today slew her husband,
Doninick, as he slept, putting three
bullets through the back OF his
head. Mrs. Contursi il the mother
Of a. seven-year-old son. She ex-
hibited bruised arms and a lacerated
face to prove her claim that
Dominick came home full Of moon
shine and beat her.
when the booze put him to
sleep I got the gun from his hand
ana shot him." she testified. ssI
knew he would kill me IL I didn't. !"
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
SMILING GIRL BoRRoWS
QUARTER TO BUY POISON

NEW YORK, July 5. Richard
Willburger was arranging the roses
in the window of his florist shop
when Helen Bestedo, nineteen years
old, came along, all dimples and
smiles, and asked him whether he
would lend her quarter.
Willburger knew her. She had
forgotten her purse, she explained.
He lent her the money. Presently
she returned. She touched flower
and closed her eyes to enjoy all of it's
fragrance. She wandered to the rear
Of the store.
Suddenly she cried out in pain and
fell to the floor, writhing. An empty
iodine bottle lay near. He forced
her to drink milk and an ambulance
was summoned. She was taken to
Bellevue Hospital, where she said
her sweetheart had broken their en-
gagenent. Her condition is not
serious. *A fw
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
INVESTORS
OPPOSING
MERCER
Feel Value of Securities VIII
Depreciate for Prosperous
Carriers.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

The Presidents idea of the en-
forced consolidation of railroads
Is running on the rocks. One
great gale has hit it from the In
sterstate Commerce Commission.
Another is brewing in the minds
of great railroad investors and
may bring the whole enforced
consolidation project to a stop
through fear of a railroad Sc
curities panic.
Interests Awakened.
The Presidents Kansas City
speech has awakened certain nu-
nerous interests to the direct finan-
cial loss which the Presidents pol.
Icy would impose upon them. A
gentleman second TO none in shrewd
F and successful dealings in securities
and commodities in the New York
markets said to this writer on the
telephone today:
IF you hear ruInors that we are
not asleep. you can verify them by
simply watching what is going to
happen.
1--WE own securities in strong rail-
roads. We now learn that the
value Of these securities is going to
be diminished by taking the income
from our strong railroads and using
it to support the outgo of weak
roads. We learn that there is to be
q great experiment in blood trans
fusion and that we are to furnish
the blood.
: THE question is-will Congress
pay US for it? Or is it going to be
possible for Congress to take our
income and our property and give it
to soPebody else without compen-
sation?
eff so, what has happened to tho
legal basis of property in this coun.
try and what are our securities or
any railroad securities worth?"
Expressions of this state OF mind
have reached Washington so numer-
ously that in the most responsible
official quarters dealing with rail-
roads a quite new sentiment Of APP
prehension has appeared. The
President, when he returns from his
Western trip, will find that enforced
railroad consolidation il no longer
being considered simply as a trans
portatton operation question. It is
being considered also as question
involving possible collapse Of con.
ddence in billions Of securities. The
President will be warned that a
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
GIRL CHASED TO STREET,
SANS GARB, IS ARRESTED

ELYRIA, Ohio, July 5.-Attired
in Dame Natures garb, Sarah Ar
mond, twenty-three, was arrested.
She explained to the police that the
man, Johnnie Wise, with whom she
had been living. drove her from
their home during fight. When
policemen went to the home they
found Johnnie had disappeared
with all Of Sarah's clothing. As a
consequence the local September
Morn" used a bed sheet as a dress
when arraigned in police court.
Pending arrangements to have
Sarah cease her residence in the
colored district she was returned to
prison, enveloped in nothing but
the bed sheet.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
FIRE CRACKER VICTIMS
FEW: FIRE WATER MANY

PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-Al-
though casualties from fireworks
in this city were virtually nil. this
morning victims Of fire water" to
the number Of 344 faced magistrates
in various parts of the city as the
result of a wholesale roundup by
police of inebriateS.
No arrests were made, police Of
ficials stated. unless the person In
volved was too far gone to navi-
gate, or was disorderly. Cell ca.
pacity Of several Of the station
houses was taxed.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
DARLING BOMB
PLANE READY
FOR TEST
Ne wTerror of Air Built for
U. S. Army Weighs
10000 Pounds.
BY DEAN NORRIS.

DAYTON, Ohio. July 5.-Will the
Darling bomber, known as the big
Bertha of the Air" be able to fly?
That question is to be answered
within few days when the giant
bomber, the greatest fighting plane
ever conceived or finished, will be
taken on it's maiden trip. The fin
ishing touches are being applied TO
the air monster today on Wright
field. where it stands in the open.
no hanger being large enough to
accommodate it,
II the claims of its designer and
builder, Walter Henry Darling, are
justified, this type of new terror
of the skies will enable American
aviators in the next war to blot
out entire cities within a few min
utes. Compared to it's destructive
powers the German air raids over
London during the great war will
appear as child's play.
The new air monster was con.
structed by Darling under a con.
tract with the American War De-
partment. Darling, himself an Eng
l1shman, has taken out his first
American citizenship papers, so the
bomber may properly be called an
enormous tires for the landing gears
come from England,
On the theory that great bombs
must be dropped on enemy cities dur.
ing warfare, either for direct do.
structive purpose or to break tho
morale of the inhabitants, Darling
assisted in building the giant plane
for England in 1920, known as the
Tarrant plane. The Tarrant plane
was fiasco, killing several men in
it's test flight.
The Darling bomber is designed to
have seven machine guns mounted
upon 1t. These guns are capable OF
being fired from any angle. The
bomb hangers, attached underneath
the plane. can be equipped with one
bomb OF $4,000 pounds, or a number
of smaller bombs.
The wings Of the plane are 100
feet long. The fuselage is a huge
cylinder. ten feet in diameter and
sixty-five feet in length, inside
measurements.
1t Is driven by six 450-horsepowar
motors, connected direct with as
many propellers, four Of which are
tractors, the remaining two being
pushers.
1t Is what is called a "two-and.a.
half planer." for the reason that the
middle plane is narrow, but as long
as the ones above and below it.
The speed of the giant Is com.
puted at ninety miles an hour.
1t will be piloted by two aviators,
Lieuts. Harold r. Harris and Leigh
Wade. In addition there will be a
chief engineer and a crew of seven
men.
Weighs 10000 Pounds.
Inside the fuselage which is full
Of mechanical apparatus and con-
trolls there is a tank having al ca.
pacity Of 2,120 gallons of gasoline.
Another tank carries 1913 gallons Of
oil.
When ready for flying, the mon.
ster will probably weigh 10000
pounds.
All motors may be operated in
dependently from the central con.
troll station.
In case Of accident, every man
aboard Will step into a parachute
slide, drop out into space, and float
downward to safety, by means Of
the parachute.
The test, to be made within a
week, Is being watched with keen
interest by the Government aviation
service and others interested in
flying. The Government air service
may order an even bigger bomber If
the tests show the Darling monster
to be practical
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
CHILD is NOT LAUMElER'S;
COURT CENSURES Ex-WIFE

ST, LOUIS, Mo-. July 5.--A de.
cision that Henry, three-and-"ne'
half.year-old son Of Mrs. Byrd Shoe
maker, Of New York. Is not the
son of Herman Henry ,Laumeier'
wealthy sportsman and real estate
operator, has been handed down IN
circuit court here. The child has no
claim to Laumeier's property, the
court held.
THE decision asserted Mrs. Shoe
maker. divorced wife Of Laumeier.
was attempting to extort monsy
from the latter by the paternity
claim.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
UPSHAW SAYS AMERICA
HAS BEEN ON A DRUNK

NEW YORK, July William D.
Upshaw, Representative from At
lanta, Ga, who once challenged
official Washington to obey the
prohibition law while enforcing it,
sailed on the Stockholm today to
address the international confer
ence at Gutenberg, on THE Eco.
nomic Value Of Prohibition"
England's attitude has changed
since a few years ago when her
back was against the wall" said
Upshaw, adding that America has
been on the drunk for so long it
is natural she, like a drunkard,
should take a long time to sober
up."
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
MAN SLASHES AUTOIST
WHO "HOCGED" ROAD

FALL RIVER, July 5.-Hugh NJ
McGettrigan was badly slashed about
the head and neck by a five-incf,
knife.
Joseph Correiro, who claimed that
McGettrigan "hogged the road and
refused to allow his auto to pass.
was fined 5000 for slashing him and
for carving q concealed weapon,
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
DING PLAN FOR RAIL CONSULTATIONS MEETS OPPOSITION
YOUNG BRIDE KILLED
WITH HUSBAND DRIVING

Mrs. Palma Diggs. nineteen, bride
of two weeks, was killed, and. two
other occupants Of the honoyemoon
party were injured near here to-
day. after an all-night drive from
BIuefield. w. Va. The car, driven
by the young husband, Sam w.
Diggs. left the road and turned
turtle, crushing the bride beneath
the steering wheel.
Mrs. Edith Love, Of Oliver
Springs, Tenn, and her husband
were less seriously injured.
further pursuit of enforced consol
idation may pull the foundations out
from under the already timorous and
hesitating security markets Of the
country.
ReIaxes Grip Of U. s.
The President will also be greeted
with the news that the Interstate
Commerce Commission in it's nickel
plate railroad consolidation decision
has already greatly relaxed the grip
Of the Federal Government on the
consolidation situation.
In permitting the Nickel Plate
and the Glover Leaf and the Lake
Erie and Western to consolidate
themselves into one system, the
Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided that II there is no VIC
latioI1 OF the Federal antitrust law
and IL there is no violation OF
State laws a consolidation may
happen without any further per
mission from the Interstate Com
merce Commission and without any
further wait for the perfecting
and publishing Of the Interstate
Commerce COMMISSIONS final gen
eral comprehensive consolidation
scheme.
AS cogently pointed out by In
terstate Commerce Commissioner
Eastman, this decision means that
consultations may, in fact, pro-
coed which ultimately may turn
out to be at utter variance with
the commissions amended and
completed recommendations.
Thus by private enterprise the
railroad map OF the United States
may take new colors; and new Sc
curities based on those new colors
may be issued and sold and bought
and laid away: and then the Inter
state Commerce Commission may
come along with its final paint box
and want to rearrange the new col
ors into colors still newer.
New Perlexities.
The new Nickel Plate consolida-
ton, for instance, which now
touches st. Louis and Peoria and
Chicago and Indianapolis and De-
troit and Toledo and Cleveland and
Buffalo, might by private enter
prise and without violating any
Federal or State laws secure a con.
nection to New York by a certain
route and then the Interstate Com
nerce COMMISSIONS recommended
tons might require another route.
The railroads are loose now to
make lot of consultations which
might greatly complica1e and
greatly embarrass the consolida.
tons now meditated by the COM
mission, according to Commissioner
Eastman and according to the clear.
facts OF the case.
The President, accordingly, will
discover that both from the private
and financial standpoint and from
the governmental administrative
standpoint the railroad Consolidation
idea, as an idea of compulsion, has
taken on new perplexities and new
perils during his absence. The con-
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
HARDING SAILS
FOR NORTH
TODAY.
President Well Pleased With
Result Of Speeches
Made on Trip.
plTrRNAnoNlL NEMe aEEL
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Continued from First Pagel
there has been. a careful attention
on the part of his audiences that
has been highly pleasing to the
President and those Of his political
advisers who accompany him.
Keen for Voyage to Start.
The President is looking forward
to his three weeks In Alaska and
it's environs with keen anticipation.
He is tired. The daily strain Of
travel and shaking hands with
thousands of persons, the incessant
speaking and the heat which has
pursued him from the Capital have
combined to exact their toll of phys
ical and mental fatigue. Mrs. Hard
ing, too, is tired. The strain upon
her, in view of her convalescsnt
condition. has been terrific. Against
the advice OF her physicians she has
stood for hours in receiving lines.
shaking hands and exchanging com.
ments with thousands Of persons.
and fatigue was plainly written on
her face today.
Six days win be spent on ship.
board, en- route to Alaska and most
Of them will be spent in rest and
recreation.
Barring mishaps the Henderson
will arrive. at Ketchikan, the first
Alaskan stop, on Saturday or Sun
day and thereafter the progress up
the Alaskan coast will be by easy
stages, with occasional stops.
Members Of the Presidential party
were still chuckling today over an
amusing incident that occurred dur
ing the visit to Portland, where,
for the first time in history, armed
British troops, from q visiting
cruiser, marched in an American
Fourth Of July celebration.
Skipper Hears Declaration.
Captain Holbrook, skipper of the
British warship, was an interested
listener on the platform from which
Mr.. Harding spoke. He was forced
to sit and listen to the reading of
the. Declaration Of Independence, q
document which expressed the fore
fathers opinion Of Great Britain
in no uncertain terms.
The humor Of the situation was
greatly enjoyed by the great crowd
and Mr.. Harding evidently felt II
was up to him to ease things a bit
for the courteous British skipper, SC
in his Introductory remarks, the
President called attention to the
epochal event of British troops help
ing to celebrate American Indepen
dence Day and then said:
1T is proof that the English
speaking world is Of one kin, and
hope, from this day on, that the
navies of Great Britain and Amer
lea will ever march together in the
proud professions Of world peace
The British seamen smilingly join
ed in the cutburst Of applause.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
CITIZENS WANT
BUS LINE To
RESUME
Alexandria City Council to
Take Up Protest of
Citizens Today.
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, July 5.-The
protest Of citizens Of Alexandria
against the discontinuance Of the
Alexandria Washington bus line
service, will be heard this afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock by the city council.
The counciIsuen will consider the
modification of city taxes in order
that the Alexandria Motor Bus Com.
pany, operating nearly a score OF
buses, may continue in business.
The abandoning of the service be-
tween Washington and this place,
the bus company officials declare,
is due to high State and city taxes
which have SO cut into their profits
as to make further operation Of the
buses Improbable.
Officials of the motor transporta.
ton line declare that if the city
taxes are modified that they can
resume operation at a profit Pa
irons of the buses will appear be.
fore the council IN behalf of the
appeal to reduce the city taxes.
Following the discontinuance of
the motor bus services the buses
were sent to Baltimore, but will
be brought back if the line is to
be re-opened.
The United States court for the
eastern district Of Virginia con.
vened at IL o'clock this morning.
Judge D. Lawrence Groner presid.
ing. One manslaughter case is up FOR
consideration and several alleged
violations Of the Federal prohibi.
ton law.
The Kiwanis Club held it's weekly
luncheon in the Westminster build.
ing at 1890 today. A few remarks
were made by the president, J. Ran.
dali Cation, but no program was
rendered in accordance with the
summer regulations of the club.
The Washington times., 1923-07-05
VIRGINIA WOMAN'S SLAYER
TO FACE TRIAL IN FALL

RICHMOND. Va, July $50
seph Enoch will go to trial for his
life October %. according to the
date fixed In court here. He IL
charged with the murder OF Miss
Celia Shevick.
The commission named to inquire
into his sanity has not yet reported.