Evening star., 1923-01-09
WOMAN VS.. WOMAN
BAD DCKECK REMEDY
District Attorney Given Tells
Credit Men Good Way
to Curb Females.
INCOME TAX DISCUSSED
Organization Members at Annual
Dinner Elect E. E. White
head President.

Growing prevalence of the bad
check habit among women of Wash
lngton has so alarmed Assistant
United States District Attorney Ralph
Given that he urged merchants and
credit men in all kinds of business
last night to employ women to meet
members of their own sex wishing
checks cashed. on the theory that il
takes woman to catch a woman. Mr.
Given was addressing members of the
Associated Retail Credit Men of Wash
ington at their annual dinner meet
ing in the Raleigh Hotel
Women are getting to be the
worst offenders under the bad check
law. Mr.. Given declared. The Sc
rtouS part of it is they managed to
get away with il If these women
VINO make II a practice of rendering
checks which later are returned by
the bank marked no funds were
forced TO ask a woman to accept 1t.
am sure there would be a decided
decrease in the number of women
offering bad checks. AS it is now,
the offending women hand their
checks over to men, who haven't the
heart to refuse to take them from
the gentler SEX"
DImcult prosecute
The assistant district attorney said
that the bad check law which went
into effect last July had been of great
benefit to the merchant, but added
that as weapon OF prosecution 1t
was poor one. This was due, he
pointed out. to the fact that under the
new law the paSSerS of bad checks
usually raise enough funds when con-
fronted with the tVe-day make good
or suffer prosecution" period of grace.
If they ignore the Ye-day notice and
thus violate the laws provision, the
prosecutor must show that the Of
fender intends to defraud-a difficult
proposition, he said.
Problems connected with the in
come tax laws were explained by John
Berg
L. f. Whitehead was elected presi-
dent of the association, to succeed
Harry V. OStermayer, whose term eX-
pired. Leon Mayor was elected vice
president; Mrs. Frank II. Newham,
treasurer: Stephen II. Takes, secre-
tary, and Herbert Rich. David Sanger,
Harry V. OSterIHayer Leo Baum and
Charles keefer, directors.
Meat Platter Presented.
Mrs Newham. formerly Miss Elsie
Lee, was presented with d silver meat
platter by her fellow members. the
presentation being made by Mark
Id ISClIIIu GSluSHl OSIcT-
mayer was presented with flowers as
a mark of appreciation, the words of
presentation being voiced by Mr.
Takes. Woman members were re-
cipients of silver lockets as souvenirs
of the dinner.
Secretary Takes reported on the
success of the membership drive now
under way
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
LegisIative-Gen. Anton Stephan.
chairman; S. II. Takes and Charles
+. Noack.
Investigation and adjustments
Beatty. chairman; Charles NJ.
Keefer ana Mark Watson
Reporting and bureau service-.Leo
Baum, chairman; Mark Lansburgh,
Harry V. Ostermayer, Herbert Rich
and X. ]. Blundon.
bership-A. Coonin, chairman.
Mrs. Newham, Leo Mayor, L. 0. Cop
ley. John a. O'Rourke, Sylvan Pow
dermaker. Robert Berberich and Miss
Clarine Miles
Entertainment and reception-Da-
vid Sanger. chairman; Harry v. Os-
termayer and Charles Dietz
Auditing-Leon Mayor, chairman.
Mrs. Ida j. Cox and J. ]. Cook.
Preceding the business session q
course dinner was served. Miss Helen
Jaeger. announced as the diminutive
opera star" sang.