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The Washington times., 1923-05-30
CLEOPATRA To
TAKE SCREEN
TEST
Miss Abr Will Pose for Camera
at Keith's Under Miss
Lovely.

Miss Grace Gloria Abr, chosen
as Cleopatra, Queen Of the Shrine, .
for the great conclave Of mobiles
here, win be given screen tes.
at B. F. Keith's Theater next week,
Short scenes will be ''shot" on
the Keith stage under the personal
direction Of Miss Louise Lovely
screen star, headliner of the Shrina
bin at Keith's.
Miss Lovely has temporarily left
the silent drama, and is touring
Keith vaudeville in "A Day At
the Studio" a true-to-life bit OF
motion picture life. The properties
of the act include a miniature
studio.
Miss Airs appearance at Keith's
grows from Miss Lovely's search
throughout the United States foE
new types OF feminine American
beauty. The accepted ones may be
given an opportunity to charm mo.
ton picture audiences via the Love
ly Picture Corporation, concern
to be launched in the autumn.
Arrangements have been made by
The Washington Times and The
Washington Herald, who conducted
the contest won. by Miss Abr, to
have Cleopatra" judged by Miss
Lovely as to the formers screen
qualifications
The Washington times., 1923-05-30
lux KLANT0 HELP POLICE CAPITAL DURING SHRINE WEEK
SideIights on Shriners

Great Dane. The bird has been
claimed as an eagle, q condor, an
Egyptian sparrow and a phoenix.
The difficulty of Identifying the
figures is doubled by the fact that
the beast is painted q solid green
and the bird q dull red.
The arc-light poles In downtown
Washington, adorned with Shrine
colors and shields, afford a unique
and attractive welcome stunt.
Each shield bears the name of a
visiting temple.
Washington's center of activity
is the Homer Building, where
Shrine committee headquarters are
located.
On the second floor of this bee
hive is an office bearing the sign,
Shrine circus" Outside this door
gathers daily and hourly a swarm
Of weird bipeds. Everybody In the
world comes to the door of the
Circus to ask questions of the
ringmaster. He Is Charles D.
Warner. publicity man for the
committee, who passes out "a1l
rights" positively noes" and
superlatives to one and all. Car
ing for the cease1ess needs Of local
newspapermen and correspondents
10 a small part of his job. In
assigning Mr.. Warner to his Of
flee, the committee didn't have
time to remove the Circus" sign.
The Washington times., 1923-05-30
Grandstand Seats
For Shrine Parade
On Sale Tomorrow

Shrine grandstand seats for pul,.
lie use will be put on sale at l O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon at the Globe.
Werpicke rooms on r street, near
Thirteenth northwest, it was an.
nounced today by Thomas f..
Oeram, chairman OF the grand.
stand seats committee.
Tomorrow's sale follows days of
grueling work on the part of a
counts, and mailing clerks. Owing
to slight changes in the positions
OF certain of the stands from tnA
grandstand blueprint plans, it be.
came necessary to go over every
stand and ascertain precisely which
seats had been affected by the
slight change OF location with re.
lation to the trees growing through
the stands, statues around which
stands were built, lamposts and
other Instructions.
Detectives Coming Here,
Owing to these changes Of posi-.
tions and underestimaton of the
size OF trees and other distractions
at the seat level, it has been neces
sary to throw out approximately
1000 tickets, resulting in a dead
loss to the Almas Temple commit
tee or between $12 900 and Sic. 900
Two detectives from each large
city in the Eastern half of the
United States will arrive in Wash
ington Saturday TO form the CROOK
filter" which ia designed to elimi
nate all known crooks from the
city. These men, totaling moe
than fifty In number, were select
ed for their knowledge OF the
crooks of their own localities They
will be placed on duty at every
The Washington times., 1923-05-30
|24 CARS START
IN BIC AUTO
CLASSIC
Eddie RickenhackeF Starts
Speeders-Harry Hartz
Takes Early Lead.
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and was leading the field the sec.

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and was leading the field the sec.
ond time around.
The cars were scattered after
three times around the course with
a pretty race developing between
Jimmy Murphy In . Durant and
Tommy Milton in q H. c. 8.
Special.
The crowd was on its feet con-
stantly during the early rounds
cheering YnadIy as the roaring
racers sped by the stands.
The first % miles saw q spectacu-
lar battle between Milton and Muir
ply. The former was leading by q
fraction of a second when they
crossed the line at this stage Of the
race at an average speed OF 81 miles
an hour. Millions time for the dis
lance was is minutes 1853 seconds.
The next cars in order OF their
position were third, Resta in e Pack
ard; fourth, HartZ in a Durant; fifth,
Wilcox, in a He's Special and sixth,
DePalma in a Packard.
Lautenschlager. the ace or Ger
man Mercedes drivers, hit the wall
at the south turn and was out OF the
race. No one was hurt in the acci-
dent, which was the first Of the
day..
Crowd Of 10000 Present.
1t was estimated that crowd OF
150. 900 persons was on hand to see
Memorial Day speedway battle. OF
this total, more than 100000, 1t was
estimated, came from without the
city of Indianapolis. The city alb.
sorbed this monstrous invasion by
filling every hotel, club and room
ing house to the limit OF possible
human comfort and by opening pri-
vate homes to paying guests"
And, in addition to the thousands
who were housed, there were other
thousands who camped, slept in
automobiles or in public parks, and
some who just stayed UP all night
and milled about the downtown
streets.
At the entrance to the speedway
last night there was O line OF cars
all night, their occupants INDUCING
in what sleep they could until dis
turbed by the roaring of the three
cars that were on the track at AS
for the final qualifying laps. These
were the automobile race fans who
are brothers under their skins to
the world series fan who camps for
hours outside hleacher gates. They
were waiting at the entrance Of the
gate which leads to free parking
inside the oval.
Autos jam ROadways.
After dawn every road leading to
the speedway, five miles west of the
city, was damned with automobiles
carrying tens OF thousands of spec
tators toward the scene OF conflict.
With the beginning Of the rush to
the track a special interurban car
left the downtown terminal every
minute. A special Big Four train
pulled out OF the Union Station
each eight minutes beginning at s
O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1923-05-30

An absolute divorce was yesterday
granted to Mrs. Bridget Mary Sulli-
van, 437 Tenth street southwest,
from William j. Sullivan, 1894
Eighth street northwest.
Under the terms of the decree,
signed by Judge Howard w. Smith,
neither of the parties are per.
mitted to marry in the State of
Virginia for six months.
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avenue Of ingress to the city. Any
known crook attempting to enter
will be met and stopped.
The possession period will not be
nared by rain, according to a fore
cast issued today by the Weather
Bureau. Clear, cool weather is
forecasted at least until Monday.
Saturday a general Shrine week
forecast will be issued.
Provision of a special guide force
in the Government buildings is con-
tenplated by the heads of each de-
partment. according to word re-
ceiVed this morning at Shrine head
quarters. This has never been done
before, even during Inaugural sea.
sons.
Vets Will Be Guests.
Disabled war veterans from the
various hospitals will be given seats
of honor in the Garden Of Allah for
the big parade Of Tuesday morning
June 5. These men will receive the
seats assigned to the Imperial Rep
resentatives> by their especial re-
quest, as the Representatives them
selves must appear in the parade.
One thousand more volunteer au-
tomobiles are needed by the com
mittee. Washington car owners are
asked to give the use of their ma
chimes for but three hours any day
of the session. The impression that
the owner is asked to turn his car
over to the committee without any
guarantee, the committee to fur.
hish a chauffeur who may or may
not be experienced, Ia thought to
have retarded the volunteering OF
cars.
Automobile oI"ners who volunteer
| their machines can and are urged
to drive the machines themselves il
possible. In case they can not drive
I the machines themselves competent
drivers will be provided.
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be without profit to the non-con-
blatant participants except as they
share in the triumphS of the
nation.
Lauds Civil War Veterans.
It will be a more grateful nation
which consecrates all to q COM
mon cause, and there will be more
to share the gratitude bestowed.
More, there will be a finer con-
science In our war commitments,
and that sublimity of spirit which
makes people invincible.
Oh, it is a glad privilege today
to utter a special love and rever-
ence for the civil war veterans
who still witness the progress of
the nation they saved, and find
new reason, from year to year. to
glory in their achievement. Out
Of their example is undyfng In
spiration, for their accomplish
ment Is measureless gratitude.
like to tell these aged veterans
before me that long after they are
gone we will be gratefully remem-
bering them, and all succeeding
generations will sing their glory.
And every time we meet to me-
norialize and honor them, every
time our successors meet to pay
annual tribute, there will be a pa.
triotic resolution in every grateful
heart to be worthy of the heritage
which these have LETT behind, each
to do his part In the making OF
q greater and a better republic,
mindful Of every obligation at
home and unafraid to play our
part In the world in which we
live.
The Washington times., 1923-05-30
WILL INCREASE
ALEXANDRIA
BUDGET
City Council and Manager
Planning to Meet Deficits Left
From Other Years.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 30.--A
special meeting Of the city council
will be held tomorrow at $50
O'Clock, when the budget for the
Ncoming fiscal year and the appro-
priation bill will be formally pre-.
sented by the city manager.
The budget has been under dis.
cussion several weeks. The city
manager has been working with
the council in an effort to take
care of a deficit which was left
over from last year.
The tax rate will be raised, 1t liz
expected. The new tax rate will
take care of every expense this
year, and help to overcome the de-
ficits which have always prevailed
in other years.
Memorial Day exercises were held
at the National Cemetery under the
auspices of the William B. Cushing
Camp, No. 80, Of the Sons Of
Veterans. John L. Bateman. senior
vice commander OF the post, was
in charge.
The following program was given:
Invocation by the Rev. Ernest M.
Delaney and a selection by a
quartet. Lincoln's Gettysburg >ad-
dress was read by Mrs. John L.
Bateman. The Rev. c. r. Stauffer,
pastor of the Ninth Street Christian
Church, Washington, made the
principal address.
The Alexandra light infantry,
under the command OF Capt. Robert
Thomas. fired a voliey, over the
graves OF the soldiers at the end
of the ceremony.
The Washington times., 1923-05-30
COURT SEEKS TO SMOOTH
OUT DISPUTE IN CHURCH

READING, Pa, May S0.-Wft.
nesses who started to review an.
eient history leading up to the
Robson Union Church fight, heard
by Judge Barber, of Maunch
Chunk, were sharply admonished in
settling the case.
The fight involves the use Of the
church and hall and arose over
conflict in hours for the union serv.
ices ad the separate meetings for
Lutherans. The court objected to
testimony that would merely IN
cresse bitterness Of feeling over a
situation which was declared de
plorable."
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Naturalization ceremony will be
held by Kolumbia Khan No. II.
Other local klans are said to have
planned for meetings during the
next few days.
A member of the khan which
gathered at Takoma Park last night
while refusing to give his name
or the name of his khan, admitted
that steps had been taken at the
meeting to uphold the good name
of Washington. He said that men,
bers Of the klan.~ unknown and I'M
observed, would be scattered
through the crowds during the ses-
sion and that any attempt to mo-
lest or infringe upon the rights
of Washington's guests during the
session would be "summarily dealt
WITH
1--WE also contemplate putting
khan guards over the automobile
camps and Pullman parks if pos
sible." he said. 1.-THE loyalty OF the
khan to American ideals and the
principals of justice have been
questioned and we are determined
that no effort shall be spared to
prove that we are true American
citizens. sworn to uphold the rights
and happiness of our fellow citi-
Zens.''
There will be no open gatherings
OF klansmen during the session,
according to present plans, he indi.
Gated.
Caravans on Way.
Taking advantage of the national
holiday today many hundreds Of
automobile parties are reported to
have started for Washington from
q score Of nearby cities
The transcontinental automobile
caravan is today en- route from
Indianapolis to Dayton. Ohio, and
the Southbound caravan which
concentrated at Rochester, N. Y, is
now In Pennsylvania. The two
caravans will meet Sunday at. Fred
erick, Nd, where they will be met
by an escort from Washington and
escorted into the city.
Assembly of the army Curtiss
racer, the fastest airplane in the
world, is being completed today at
Boiling Field. The famous ship
was sent to Washington by rail
from Dayton. Ohio, earlier this
week. Visitors will be given en-
opportunity to examine the plane
and to obtain Information about it
and other equally famous planes, TO
be on exhibition at the army flying
field.
Daily Races in Air.
Daily races between four Of the
most famous airmen in the world;
the two speed champions and the
two endurance champions, will be
q feature of the army air service
plans.
Lieut.. r. l. Vaughan, army air
service, who now holds the world
speed record Of more than 24S miles
an hour over a measured course,
and Lieut.. Lester j. Maitland, opera
lions officer at Boiling Field, who
held the record shattered by
MAughan, and who pushed that
officer for the world speed record,
are the two speed kings who will
vie for honors with Lieuts. John
McCready and Oakley Kelly, heroes
OF the transcontinentaI nonstop
flight ofthe T-2.
The four famous pilots will fly
DH4B planes over a course bounded
by the Navy Yard radio towers, the
Capitol, the Washington Monument,
and the steel plant, for the racing
championship at the greatest army
air show in the history OF the
service.
The Washington times., 1923-05-30
THREE LOCAL YOUTHS
HONORED AT COLLEGE

Word has just betn received here
that three Washington young men,
Beverly Galloway, A. p. De Gulian
and Walter E. Knouse, have been
honored at Lehigh University,
Bethlehem. Pa.
Galloway has been elected presi-
dent Of the Senators Club OF that
institution, while De Cuban has
been elected treasurer of the same
organization, and Knouse, secretary.
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
IN SOME WAYS WE'VE
NOT CHANGED MUCH
SINCE POMPEII
By HERBERT KAUFMAN.

STROLOGERS, who claim that the planets rule the
n roost, must find the very much of kilter
= = lately.
The worlds all skies and sevens. Misunderstanding
suspicion violence and scandal having field day.
The has seldom recorded a
Betelguese and millennium equally far away this
afternoon.
Excavations Pompeii indicate how little folk have
changed essential characteristics PreChrstiany had
its seexpoters hypocrtes and profteers too Inscrp
tons and wall scraws there testify that history usual
repeating itself
Time does not notice much difference in traits
Progress is still largely expression of personal ingenuity
and community management. Taken singly Adamsons
about greedy and unprncped from century
another.
Each period unique in sciences machines ambitions
but there novelties In sin crime
IL deeds Of evil and Of meanness came under the
copyright laws the librarian of Congress wouldn't have an
extra hours work year.
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

GLOW and steady wins the
Self.love offended never for
gives.
What is learned in the cradle
usually lasts to the grave.
A good countenance is a letter
of recommendation.
Be not too brief In conversa-
ton lest you be misunderstood
nor too diffuse lest you be trouble
some.
He that is content with his
poverty is wonderfully rich.
Love can neither be bought nor
sold-its only price is love.
loneliness needs not the foreign
aid of ornament,
But it Is when unadorned adorned
the most. Thompson.
A man who hides his foolish
ness is better than a man who
hides his wisdom.
There are no better promisers
than they who have nothing to
give.
Buy the truth and sell it not
He is laughed at who always
blunders with the same string.
portion of their lives In making
the other portion wretched.
1t is easier to be wise for
others than for oneself.
1t is good to be firm by tenn
permanent and flexible by consid-
Grafton.
Love in extremes can never
long endure.
Let us draw upon content for
the deficiencies of fortune
If you have great talents, in
dustry will improve them. If YOU
have but moderate abilities, in
dustry will go far toward supply
ing their deficiency.
Copyright. 1928. by Newspaper
Feature Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
HEROINES OF HISTORY
Significant Incidents in the Lives of Famous Women
By MARK STUYVESANT

A THOUGH Cleopatra was
AZ born sixty-nine years before
4 - the Christian era, her per-
sonality has endured through the
ages. She has been without doubt
the most discussed woman in
history.
When Cleopatra was seventeen
years old she was left by her
father as joint heir with her
brother, Ptplemy, to the throne
of Egypt.
According to the custom of the
Ptolemys, she was expected 10
marry her brother.
brother and her guardians de-
prived Cleopatra of her rights.
But this condition did not last
long. The undaunted queen re-
tired to Syria and raised an army
to defend her title and power.
Fortune was with her. For at
this time julius Caesar, who had
recently defeated Pompey, arrived
at Alexandria.
The great Caesar, one of the
conquerors of the world, made
an unconditional surrender to the
destinations of the Egyptian
queen. So complete was her con,
quest over him that he immedi-
undertook war against
Ptolemy on her behalf
Ptolemy lost his life In this
conflict, leaving Cleopatra to
reign supreme over Egypt.
Without a doubt, Caesar would
have married this lovely Egpy
a .IIy
been married. Cleopatra bore
Caesar son, named Caesarin.
The life Of these two world
figures caused great distress
among Caesars friends in Rome,
who finally brought so much pres
sure to bear that he returned.
But the lovers could not he
separated. To Rome Cleopatra
quickly followed, hoping that in
due time she might become
Caesars wife. But her visit was
disastrous.
Caesar was assassinated by
Brutus and his band Of con-
spirators.
Cleopatra, realizing her UNI
popularity and its danger to her,
fled to Egypt.
IL Is Sdlu lDdI she was HPdIl-
broken. Bue she was young
and II three years she consoled
herself with another great
Roman.
This required skill and audacitV
to accomplish. For it was Antony
whom Cleopatra had TO conquer
this time. And before he saw
her he was antagonistic to her on
account of her friendship with
Brutus, who had killed his friend
Caesar
For this reason Antony sur1-
moned Cleopatra in a very curt
manner to appear before him.
This did not offend her. 1t
aroused her love Of conquest. To
her Antony's command was a
challenge.
Famous the world over is the
trip she made in the magnificent
barge, propelled by beautiful
men. But more beautiful
than any was the Queen of Egypt
herself, reclining on the quarter.
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
FIND ANCIENT
MONEY IN
OLD TREE

~ ANTON, Ohio.-Three hundred
dollars in United States
~ notes, a century and third
old, were found in the heart OF
an oak tree by Harry Smith and
James McGhee, Augusta town
ship farmers, when they cut
down the aged monarch of the
forest recently.
The money Is believed to have
been hidden away by army cour-
iers in the early days of the
American republic when hard
pressed by Indian foes. The notes
were found in a cavity, but as
the air reached it the paper
crumpled into dust, although a
fragment, showing the date OF
the bills-1790-remained.
Authorities upon ancient cur
rency said that if care had been
exercised the thirty $40 notes
found would have been worth at
low estimate $1,000 apiece, and
collectors might even have bid
higher.
The theory entertained is that
the money was sent to pay some
of the soldiers in this territory
then engaged in quelling Indian
outbreaks. The tree stood close
to the famous Tuscarawas trail
that ran from Fort Duquesne,
Pittsburgh, to Marietta.
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; deck on a bower-like, shell-shaped
couch
Antony sent an invitation TO
Cleopatra to sup with him on his
ship. But proudly she repned 10
the messenger:
1T is more fitting that your
master should sup with me. :"
That was all. He bowed to her
wishes, and from the first mo-
ment Antony saw Cleopatra he
loved her. He gave up everything
for her and finally committed
suicide.
Again Cleopatra tried to con-
quer a third great Roman with
her charms But Octavius was
adamant. He wanted nothing Of
the Egyptian except to take her
to Rome in chains behind his
chariot in the triumph which was
sure to be held in his honor.
Rather than submit 20 this
humiliation, Cleopatra killed her
self by allowing a poisonous asp
to sting her with its deadly fangs.
Thus died one of the most
notorious, if not truly notable,
women of all times.
Copyright. 1923. by Newspaper
Feature Service, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
Onion Diet Cures
Serious Disease

~ ARIS.-F f t e en- days Of
onion diet have cured six
II patients in a Bordeaux hos
pital afflicted with the serious
disease of hydropsy.
Professor Paul Mongour, relat-
ing the fact to the Academy Of
Medicine. stated that at the be-
ginning of the treatment the fluid
characteristic of the disease ins
creased, making copious dis
charge.
At the end Of fifteen days solid
onion diet the fluid dried up and
the patient was cured
To all the cures" then-cures
of air, cures of altitude, cures of
mineral water, cures Of sunlight
add one; the onion cure.
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
Here Is a Novel
Time Piece

ONDON.-After three years
4 work a Poole matchmaker, G.
~ Payne, has completed a re-
markable miniature tower clock.
On the hour Of four being struck
by Father Time on a bell held
by Satan, the earth is disclosed
in a starlit armament, across
which is written. "Dost thou be-
lieve in the Son OF Cod" Christ,
escorted by angels. desce1ds to
earth, from which rise skeletons,
which eventually take human
form. Half of these are clothed
and rise with Christ, the remain
der falling below. accompanied by
Satan.
The clock was built by Payne
to decorate a weekend hut at
the seashore, but at present Is
doing service as a source of rev.
enue for the local hospital.
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
EiOI1teenth Amendment Pricks Up

TCHITCHERIN similarly gives evidence of mental insta
bility when he places the moral blame for Vorovsky
death on England, France and Italy.
AS if the would consciously thrust lighted brand
in the international powder magazine
Maxim Litvinoff, the sovet's assistant commssar OF
foreign affairs reasonable when he claims Russia
right to establish twelve-mile sovereignty limit
England herself he points out, has exceeded the tradi-
tonal threeme mark in the East Indies.
The information opens up possibilities in the fleet
situation Watch prohibition enforcement regird for the
fray.
The Washington times., 1923-05-14
'HighwaywOman'
New Menace

A TLANTA, Ga.-Atlanta Of
~ Ulcers had a new quirk in
- n hold-up methods 70 engage
their attention when a woman
bandit. working with the dizziness
and bravado of an old hand,
prowled through the fashionable
Ponce de Leon avenue neighbor-
hood, leaving several victims in
her wake. She worked with a male
companion, but he was only her
understudy. She was the leader.
She wore khaki clothes and for
concealment pulled a soft hat we'll
down over her eyes.
One couple was robbed of purse,
rings and silver card and cigar
cite cases.