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The Washington times., 1923-12-03
XMAS. SEALS CO
. ON SALE HERE
TODAY
District Expected to Reach
Last Years Quota Of
5000, 900.

The Christmas seals, Of the Asso.
citation for the Prevention of Tuber-
culosis, were put on sale today, with
the goal, the disposition Of 100000
seals. the same as last year. The
District of Columbia ranked fourth
last year as compared with all
the States in the Union. and several
Of the larger cities in selling seals.
A letter from Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent Of the public schools,
indicates the work Of the associa-
ton among the school children.
81 note that while the records
show a collection Of less than
$500 through sales made by chill
dren, your association spent nearly
$1S,500 in support of health crusade
work, nutrition clinics, school
lunches, open-air classes, and serv-
Ice for tubercuIar children during
the year and in the summer health
camp" the letter states.
The headquarters OF the seal sale
is at the Social Service House, 1922
Eleventh street northwest, where
the seals can be purchased in per-
son or by mail or telephone. Checks
for seals should be made out to
Frank p. Reside, who Is the treas
urer of the association.
The Washington times., 1923-12-03

gold that is to be beaten into leaves
This is a delicate operation, as toe
great an alloy decreases the MALE
iabilitysOf the precious metal There
is no compensation for increasing the
weight by adulterating the pure
product, since it is sold by surface
After the alloy is made, the
gold is cast into obIong bars. about
an inch wide and. about two ounces
in weight. These bars are then
flattened into q ribbon about
1-SOOth Of an inch thick, softened
by heat and placed between leaves
of vellum piled one above the other.
This is called q clutch.
A parchment case, or shoder, is
used to enclose the clutch, which is
then placed on a granite block and
beaten with a sixteeIl-pound ham.
mer till the inch-square pieces have
been flattened out to four inches.
These are then quartered, and each
new inch placed between gold beat
ers' skin, to be again subjected to
q beating, this time with a. lighter
hammer.
A Delicate Operation.
After three beatings the two
ounces Of gold have become 2,4OO
leaves, each about 1900 .OO0th Of
an inch thick. Wooden pincers
and tool called a wagon are
used to take up the leaves. which
are placed on a cushion, blown flat,
trimmed to squares of az inches
and put between the leaves of a
paper book, twenty-five squares to
the book.
The pages Of this precious vol
ume are rubbed with red chalx to
keep the gold leaves from sticking
to the pages. Twenty books make
"a package, which is the form in
which. they are usually sold.
The Washington times., 1923-12-03
AGED PARALYTIC KILLED
AS FIRE DESTROYS HOME

CUMBERLAND. Nd, Dec. D.
Mrs. Joseph Grader. aged sixty
seven. was burned to death in q
fire that destroyed the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Seibert.
with whom she lived in the mining
town of Eckhart, near here.
Fred Fazenbaker, OF Wastern-
port, passenger on trolley car
held up by the fire, rushed into tne
building after it had been reported
that Mrs. Grader, who was q
paralytic, was inside and soon ep-
peared at an upstairs window with
her. Frostburg firemen, VINO nau
just arrived, raised ladder to the
window and Fazenbaker descended
with the body.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seibert and their
four children had barely time to
escape in their night clothes It is
thought the fire originated from an
overheated gas stove in the kitchen.
and the first warning was given by
the falling of heavy timber. The
loss is placed at $S.0OO.
The Washington times., 1923-12-03
Magnus johnson VIII
Sit By Soft Spoken
Senator Laid
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

Whether by design or not,
when Senator Magnus johnson
of Minnesota "drew straws"
for the location of his seat on
the Senate floor, chance landed
him alongside Seuator Ladd of
North Dakota.
Interest is bound to- center
around that portion of the SEN
ate chamber in which johnson
sits, and much speculation is
being INDUCED in as to how
much of q restraining influ-
ence the gentle voiced, even
tempered, and diplomatic Sena-
tor Ladd will have upon john
son, the fame of, whose big
voice and tempestnous person
atty reached Washington many
weeks in advance of johnson.
1t is known that johnson
very highly regards Ladd, and
the political sheet writer's are
figuring that they will work
well in double harness.
The Washington times., 1923-12-03
DEATH SETTLES HIS CASE,
CLAIMING MAN IN PRISON

WILMINGTON, DEL, Dec. s..
Fortunate Gag1iatO, alias Fungi. =
reputed king or the dope ped
llers, dropped dead in the cor.
|ridor OF the workhOuse, where he
was being held In default Of an.
proximately SIS 900 bail, pending
a hearing on d motion for q new
trial.
Gagliato had been complaining
of heart trouble for two weeks.
He was found guilty on two drue
charges, on one of which he was
sentenced to ten years impris0n.
ment and on the other to eight
years.
The Washington times., 1923-12-03
COLD BEATERS'
PLACES HARD
TO FILL
Six Hundred on Strike Belong
to Oldest Graft in World.
Against Pay Cut.
By JOSEPH s. FLIESLER.
Cosmopolitan News service.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Six hun.
dred workers in one of the Oldest
crafts in the world are on strike
protesting against wage cut OF
from 50 to SIS week. They are the
gold heaters of America, all members
of the National Gold Beaters. Work
in this industry must cease as there
are no strikebreakers available.
Although gold beating may be
traced back thousands Of years, thu
methods used in the craft today are
substantially those used in the be-
ginning. One family in London has
for three generations passed on the
secret process of treating mem
brane Of an OK to make gold beater's
skin. It learned this method from
another family, which had kept the
treatment a family secret since its
invention.
Copper or silver are alleged with
The Washington times., 1923-12-03
NoRFoL K FEDERAL AGENT
TRANSFERRED TO FLORIDA

NORFOLK Va Dec. s.-Thomas
J Marcy. connecsed with the Nor
folk Federal prahibition enforce
nert, department for some time
has been Transferred to Jackson.
Nille Fla, tor dsias
who vnfs sup some big
while here. WAS 3 terror to
.aobt Ihagers. and It rs said that the
cent activities Of Illicit liquor ven
I apFsb IN northern FIorida~ brought
een his transfer
The Washington times., 1923-12-03

temple IN Italy. has been discovered
among heap OF lumber in one Ct
Eghe Vatican store rooms.
The find was MADE BY Professor
AnneIunR, who recently obtained
lperinission to explore the old Watt
can store rooms for the first time
for centuries ~ 49,
The Washington times., 1923-12-03
J Large Plant Is Resun,e.

CANNONSRURG, Pa. Dec. the
STANDARD Tin Plate Company min
here, shut down for three weeks
It was officially announced. Two
thousand men win return to their
posts.
The Washington times., 1923-12-03
RARE MARBLE HEAD
DISCOVERED IN VATICAN

ROME, Dee. ia head IN Par.
ian marble; believed to have form
cd part of the decorations Of the
Parthenon at Athens, and declared
to be the only relic Of the famous
Evening star., 1923-11-06
ELEVEN MORE FACE
M0REHOUSE JUDGE
Will Be Tried for Masked
Raids-Four, Including
CycIops, Found Guilty.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BASTROP, La. November 6-Eleven
citizens of Morehouse parish charged
with misdemeanors in connection with
operations of hooded bands will face
Judge Fred NJ. -Ddom, today. the sec
ond of the trial of nearly a score of
persons alleged by the state to have
participated in minor offenses prior
to the kidnapping and alleged murder
of Watt Daniel and T. +. Richard of
Mer Rouge on August 2, year ago.
Four of those to be heard today
were found guilty yesterday of car
rying firearms on the premises of an
other in connection with a raid on
the home of Alfonso Braddock, farm
er, who was suspected of making
whisky. They We're: Capt. j. X. Skip
with, exalted cycIops of the More
house parish Ku Klux K1an; Benton
I'ratt. Marvin Pickett and w. G. Me-
lntosh. Three others. Sam Eldridge
Sam Cox and "Cud'' Pickett, tried
Jointly with the four, were found not
guilty.
Laurie Calhoun. former deputy sher-
1T, was found not guilty on a charge
OF assault with dangerous weapon
ana also acquitted on another charge
OF consplring to compel a person to
teaVe the town of Bastrop." Both
charges grew out of the same Incl
dent.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, November O.
Sidna Allen, one of the Carroll
county men convicted of compile
ity in the shooting up of the cir
4. cult court for that county several
years ago, and who is serving a
term of thirty-six years on that
charge, has just completed and
sent to little Helen Turner. a pupil
in Springfield School, a wooden
jewelry box in which are $50 va
rieties Of wood. The box is the
handiwork of Allen, an expert
worker in wood.
During the last session of the
school the little pupils agreed to
send flowers to the men behind
the walls. There were no flowers
in the home of little Miss Turner,
so she sent 10 cents to buy some
for the men. The story was told
by Burnett Lewis, the superin-
tendent of the Sunday school, and
as Allen listened it was seen that
his eyes grew moist.
He has several small children
at least they We're small when the
law took him and consigned him
to a felon's. cell. He did not say a
word to any one as to what he
was doing. but when the box was
Evening star., 1923-11-06
tomac district. Her death followed

tomac district. Her death followed
a long illness.
While walking the towpath near
Great Falls, this county, Saturday
afternoon, Thomas Gordon, colored.
thirty-five years old. of Lewiston,
Va, stumbled and plunged headlong
into the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
and was drowned. A companion tried
to rescue him, but failed. The body
was not recovered until the follow
ing day. The man, it is said. had
been drinking. He was employed
near Great Falls.
Mrs. Ethel Lynch, wife of Joshua
Lynch of Cropley. this county. died
in a Washington hospital Saturday,
aged twenty-seven, years. She is sur
viyed by her husband and three chill
dren. The funeral took place yester-
day afternoon from the Methodist
Church at Potomac, Rev. Alfred A.
Watkins, the pastor, conducting the
services. Burial was in the cemetery
near the church. Mrs. Lynch was a
daughter of Samuel Bissett of the
vicinity of Potomac and was a life
long resident of that section of the
county.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
JURY BLAMES SON
FOR FATHERS DEATH
Latter Receives Fatal Injuries in
Unintentional Way in
Scuffle.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. November g.
Raymond Cavedo is held responsible
for causing the death of his father,
w. r. Cavedo of this city. The coro-
ner's jury SO decided. stating that
the injury which ended the mans life
was due to fall following a scufile
with his son.
Detectives who have been working
on the case say the injury was wholly
unintentional. that the young man
had started out of the home when his
father caught hold of him. and that
in the effort to free himself he
pushed his father. who lost his ball
ance, and in, falling struck the con-
crete with his head, the injury prov
ing fatal. Young Cavedo is to be
arraigned in court tomorrow
Evening star., 1923-11-06
AUTO STALLS ON TRACK.
Driver Severely Injured When
Train Hits Machine.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, November O.
When an automobile in which he was
riding stalled and was struck by a
train as it was being driven across
the Baltimore and Ohio tracks at
Dawson. William j. Wilson, seventy
three years old, of Connellsville, suf-
fered fractures of several ribs and
severe bruises.
His daughter, Mrs. J. w. NcCIaren.
who was in the machine also. had a
narrow escape when she jumped from
the car moment before it was
struck.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
SUSPICION is AROUSED
BY SECOND FIRE IN TOWN
Probe Leads to Belief That In
cendiaries Are at Work in
Homecoming, Md,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LONACONING, Nd, November g.
Fire in the basement of the Phillips
building within twenty-four hours after
the destruction of the San Toy Theater
has caused the authorities to believe in
cendiaries are at work.
An investigation of the Phillips fire
showed that excelsior had been used in
kindling the blaze, which was started on
a shelf above an old stove. Two men
were seen about the time of the fire
2 a.m.-coming a. from the direction of
the building. Pieces of excelsior were
found on the street from the corner of
Jackson's variety store to the Phillips
building
Evening star., 1923-11-06
GUNSHOT WOUND FATAL.

SpeclaI Dlspatch 10 The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, November G.
Gordon McGinnis. sixteen years old.
Tunnelton. w. Va, died yesterday al
Western Maryland Hospital here o.
wounds sustained Friday afternoon on
the McGinnis farm, when a gun fel
from wagon he was driving, beinc
discharged by the jar, and the con
tents entering the lower portion -
his body
Evening star., 1923-11-06
CAPT. T. S. WEST DIES.
Former Member of Virginia State
Legislature.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, November g.
Capt Thomas S. West, aged eighty-one
years, for many years chairman of the
board of supervisors of Bedford county,
who represented that county several
times in the state legislature, died at
his home Sunday, his death being sud-
den.
He was with Company A, I'd Virginia
Cavalry, through the civil war. enlisting
in the Confederate army at the age of
nineteen and when a student at Ran
dolph- Macon College
Evening star., 1923-11-06
GIRL DIES FROM BURNS;
COSTUME CATCHES FIRE
Mother injured in Attempting to
Extinguish Flames From Hal
loween Dress.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

-
HUNTINGTON, w. Va. November s.
Dorothy Vivian Davis, thirteen
years old, daughter of Mrs. Effie Da-
Wis, is dead after lingering several
days with burns, suffered when her
Halloween masque costume caught
fire at a children's party.
The little girls mother was severe
ly burned in her attempts to extin-
guish the flames which enveloped the
child when she passed an open fire
place.
Evening star., 1923-11-06

several colored slaves were capture Il
by Brown and his men at their hon.
and taken to Harpers Ferry, wher.
they were kept for twenty-four hour
and then released.
THE deceased witnessed the Brow j.
raid at Harpers Ferry, and was &C
knowledged one of the best posted
men in the county regarding the raia
its preparations and consequences
Evening star., 1923-11-06
MAN WHO WITNESSED
JOHN BROWN RAID DIES
John Thomas Allstadt, Regarded
Authority on Harpers Ferry
Event, Passes Away.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, November
6.-John Thomas AIlstadt, one of the
oldest residents of Jefferson county.
is dead at his home at Bolivar. aged
seventy y-nine years, after an illness of
some weeks.
The deceased gained some fame in
recent years through his intimate
knowledge of connection with John
Browns operations at Harpers Ferry
before the civil war. Mr. Allstadt, his
father. the late John H. AlIstadt, and
Evening star., 1923-11-06
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md, November 6
tSpeciaD. Miss Sadie w. Perross and
Miss Minnie l.. Perross. sisters. of
Richmond, Va. became the wives of
IS. A. Nash and George A. Fletcher.
respectively, also of Richmond. at
double wedding here early Saturday
evening. Rev. S. J. Goode pastor of
the Christian Church, performing the
ceremony at his home. Although the
license bureau had been closed for
the day, the young people hunted up
one of the clerks and persuaded him
to accompany them to the courthouse
and issue the licenses.
Rev. Nolan B. Harmon, jr., pastor of
the Methodist Church, officated at
the marriage here Saturday evening
of Miss Alys II. Monk and Whitman
p. Conn, both of Washington.
Too much bootleg liquor was re-
sponsible for the appearance in the
police court here today of Archie
Melvin. young Rockville negro, on
charges of assault and disorderly con-
duct. He was adjudged guilty in both
cases and fines and costs aggregating
$50 were imposed by Judge Samuel
Riggs. Melvin did not have the
amount and was committed to Jail.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage of the following: Rich
ard S. Hartley of Anderson. Ind, and
Nellie Nj. Hartley of Bethesda, this
county; Harold X. Smith of Miami.
Fla, and Nina l.. James of Bethesda,
this county; Charles III. Eurton of
indianapolis, Ind, and Nina V. Cum
ningham of Quantico, Va; Howard S.
Burwell of Covington, Va, and Mabel
+. Herbert of Low Moore, Va, and
Edgar u. Abel and Naomi G. Taylor,
both of Riverdale, Md.
The funeral of James Sutton, for
merly of Potomac district, this
county who died in a New York hos
pital following a long illness, aged
aiXty-three years took place yester-
day afternoon from the Methodist
church, Rev. Alfred A. Watkins, con-
Quoting the services. Burial was in
the cemetery near the church. Mr..
Sutton's wife, who died some years
ago, was formerly a Miss Bell of the
Potomac neighborhood He is sur
vived by two daughters.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage in Washington Satur-
DAY of Miss Katherine o. Monday,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin w.
Monday of Rockville. to William E.
Bricker of Washington. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. ]. w.
Duffy, formerly pastor of the Rock
vile Methodist Church.
Rev. James s. Montgomery of
Washington officiated at the marriage
at Silver Spring, this county, few
days ago of Miss Agnes E. Anderson
and Melvin G. Myers, both of Silver
Spring.
Mrs. Harriet f. Eaglin Dies.
Nrs Harriet T. F,a rlin widow of
Evening star., 1923-11-06
INDICTMENTS RETURNED.
Report Is Made by Lynchburg
Grand Jury.
SneciaI Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, November O.
The grand jury in the corporation
court yesterday afternoon returned
the following indictments: Ed Green,
forgery; n. H. Martin, Major Lewis and
Floyd Jackson. grand larceny, and
Jesse Holt. John Franklin. Mamon
Johnson, Mrs. A. c. Wright, Norvell
Calland, Walter Bass and Edward
Sale. violating the state prohibition
law
Evening star., 1923-11-06

So great an Offering is this
that it 1UiH be north your
,ohiLe to THINK NOW
ABOUT CHRISTMAS-as
such offers are not usually
giUen at that busy season.
OF COU r S E-immediate
delivery, if you desire.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
Sidna Allen Makes .Je,vel Box
For Girl Who Buys Him FLOWERS

finished he asked Mr.. Lewis to
give 1t to the little girl with his
compliments. and she today is the
proud possessor of the gift, which
is remarkable piece of work
manship.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
Mrs. Harriet f.. EaxIin Dies.

Mrs. Harriet L. Eaglih, widow of
Joseph Eaglin of Potomac district.
died Sunday. aged seventy-six years.
She is survived by two sons and
daughter. The funeral will take
place this afternoon from the Meth
odist Church at Potomac. Mrs. Eag-
lin was before her marriage Miss
Ricketts and always had lived in Po-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-11-13
BRYAN WOULD TAKE
PLACE IN SENATE
BUT NOT GOVERNORSHIP. EX-
PLAINS HIS ATTITUDE TO
F. DREW, OF FLORIDA.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-William
Jennings Bryan will not be a candi-
date for governor of Florida, but if
rendered a position in the United
States senate would be pleased to
consider it in the light of the larger
opportunities which such a position
would present for services to my par
ty and the country at large"
Mr.. Bryan made known his attitude
in letter to Frank Drew, of Live
Oak, who had inquired whether he
would accept the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. The letter was made public.
The governorship of Florida is a
very high Office, worthy of the aspira-
ton of any citizen, but its duties are
exacting," Mr. Bryans letter said. mo
one can live up to its great response
bilities without giving his entire time
to it. I am not in position to do
this. | am under obligations to the
democratic party of the nation which
has three times honored me with a
presidential nomination and to the
more than 100000 democrats who
have three times voted for me"
His letter further declares that a
state office would, | think, contract
instead of enlarge my usefulness to
the state"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-11-13
AN ATLANTA YOUTH
CUTS WIDE SWATH
AS GRANDSON" OF ASA CAND-
LER DREW $12,500 CHECK.
GAVE SWEETHEART AUTO.

ATLANTA, Ga.-Dispatches from
San Francisco state that 17-year-old
boy, who gave the name of Walter
Richardson, of Atlanta, and who re-
Gently enlisted in the navy at that
post, is under arrest charged with
forgery.
Dispatches stated the Atlanta youth
had cut a wide "swath' in the Cali
fornia city, posing as John Gambler,
the grandson of Asa G. Gambler, the
millionaire Albanian, and buying cost
ly automobiles for a girl to whom he
is said to have proposed on trans
continental train.
Four Check Deals
Richardson was accused OF giving
the hotel a check for $500 on an At
lanta bank, to which the name of John
Gambler was forged. Richardson also
was accused of giving draft for $12,-
500 alleged to have been similarly
forged to a San Francisco agency for
a Rolls Royce car. Two other check
deals of a similar nature, both relat-
ing to the purchase of automobiles,
were said also to be checked up
against the youth.
The dispatch stated young Rich
ardson had confessed and gave the
Atlanta address of his parents. He
said he was merely trying to play a
joke on my friends, the Gamblers. y"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-11-13
WASHINGTON ELM,
NOTED TREE, FALLS
GROWTH UNDER WHICH HE
TOOK COMMAND OF CONT
MENTAL ARMY TOPPLES.

The old Washington elm, at Cam
bridge, Mass, under whose wide
spreading limbs l4S years ago, in l775,
George Washington assumed COM
mand of the continental army, crash
ed to earth as workmen were begin
ming to remove limbs which had be-
come a menace to the safety of the
public
Old Tree Was Dead.
Despite every effort to save it the
last spark Of life faded from the old
elm last summer. Shorn of most OF its
limbs by the storms of $50 years, the
solitary elm had stood throughout the
summer awaiting its final disposal
with an air of solemn dignity.
One night Wnen primers tugged too
hard on one of its ancient limbs the
rugged old trunk split and fell.
Five hundred persons soon were on
the spot. Police guarded the venera-
bic trunk, but the crowd carried off
every available piece Of bark and wood
broken off in the fall.
A policeman will guard the fallen
monarch until plans are made for its
disposal. Likely it will be placed in a
museum.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-11-13
$500 CHECK FORGER
NABBED BY CHRISTIAN
WHITE MAN WHO FORGED
WESTON MANS NAME is
CAUGHT BY SHERIFF.

PRESTON, GA lumberman
who has been working in the Weston
vicinity for several weeks attempted
bold forgery by signing the name
of Mr., W. H. King, prominent Wes-
ton citizen, to 4 check drawn OH the
Bank of Weston for the amount OF
seven hundred dollars.
The first attempt to pass the check
was made at the Richland State bank,
where it was known to be the custom
of Mr. King to sign his name wv.
H. King, Agt." and the word "Agt."
being omitted from the signature
aroused the suspicion of the banker.
The man presenting the check was
questioned as to how he came into
possession of it, and stated that he
had sold cotton to Mr.. King for the
amount of the check, which was for
seven hundred dollars, even money,
which also was suspicious, as pay
ments of this amount for cotton are
rarely for even sums in dollars. The
man presenting the check became
peeved because the Richland bank re-
fused to cash it and left rather alb
ruptly
No more was heard OF the matter
until the following day when the
check was presented for payment at
the window of the bank at Weston,
and the cashier there, also suspicion
ing fraud or forgery, held up payment
until he could investigate. To do this
the Weston cashier asked the custo-
mer to wait until the time lock of the
vault opened so he could get the mon
ey from the safe In the meantime
quick communication was held with
Mr.. King, who denied the signature
and warrant was issued for the forg-
err who was later arrested by Sheriff
Christian and taken to jail at Preston
where he is said now to be playing
the insanity dodge.