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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-26


These jewel brokers are all over the
city-iu Maiden Lane, on the BOwery,
up around Fifth avenue-all kinds,
for all kinds Of misunderstanding or
selling. Tacy're 4 wise crowd, They
have to be. They get some dangerous
propositions put zip to thcm-and
some wild ones. particularly in hard
times.
They had some extra wild ones in
thai financial cave-in after the war
especially the Fifth avenue ones. Half
I the upper West side was fighting to
drive the wolf from the new limousine
door.
2 1t was year ago last March-at
the worst OF it-when this one I'm
telling You Of drIfted into Harry
No!p2's place on Fifth avenue-in the
late afternoon. Yolpe was alone in
the office. staring down out of his sec
o2d-Story window on the two streams
Of automobile tops on the avenue.
/ You the proprietor?" asked this
stranger back of him at the. entrance
"a biz. rcd-faced husky. with big
shoulders and small nose and a red
necStie. Volpe figured him right
away then as some sort of a CON
tractor.
3 Sure" he said coming over, dust.
Ing his hands. "Whatu YOU have?"
My names CooSan-Dan Coogan,
said the biz man. introducing himself.
Clad to know YOU" said Harry
NoIpc, sizing him UP. what can j
DO Tor you?"
What would YOU say this was
wovlh:" said the stranger. reaching in
aad dragging out Il biz diamond neck
lace that seemed 70 be Tying loose.
without any case. in the right-hand
lower pocket OF his coat.
what you paid for it-or what you
could realiZe;' Noipe asked him. still
sizing him Up-the way You have to
= in that business And went over il
with his glass ana told him what he
might probably get-if he got buyer.
; "But you'd have hard work finding
one just now Tor anything as big MS
that. l know wouldn't buy it-not
now!"
You cOuldu't-not jC you wanted
to-" said the other m@0. Il Wouldn't
sell it for all the money in Wall
street"
And he looked rs if he meant it.
"But here's the thing l want ia
Know" he said. Could You pull out
enough stones from this To stand Tor u
pledge for a ten thouSaud,dollar
loau?"
"Why yeS-probably," said Volpe
Though we don't generally want 70
handle unset stones. Because-you
know!"
They're apt TO be stolen. huh2 Is
that it?' said the biz man.
Yeah. They break them up out 81
their settings. so they can't be identi
fed"
"But you've got your setting here"
81 wasn't talking about this Sail
NOlDc. II was Just telllnS YOU
well. about how many would yor
say?' the customer asked him.
And he told him about a third OF
thea.
Now the next thing" said the man
satisfied apparently, "is-could you
take this; could YOU take that amount
Of stones out u their settings and
pnt back substitutes in their place
good ones, So they wouldn't be no
tlcpdT
Why yeS-pycbabiy. II I had the
time"
"Now tfor another tb'n-," he said
fixing Ills little blne-Sr;ly eyes ON him
AS l. this was Important. "uow long
would &c Tie sl.2r;eS, taae You coall
dc ii inf yc@ had .ever~tA:n- ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
List of HeirlOOS1s for
Exhibit NoGU CornnIefe.

The exhibition of heirlooms and
historical relics at the home IF Mrs
Minnegerode Andrews. 1892 Sly
)teenth street, on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday Of this week, has ns.
sumed such proportions that the
chairman, Mrs. Aurelius Rivaa
Stands has had to announce that
the list has been closed, owing to
limited space.
Mrs. Thomas Lockwood is show
ing several pieces of a very beau.
tlful tea set, which was used bv
Washington and Lafayette when
they were entertained at the home
of Frederick Thomas (great.great-
grandfather Of Thomas LOCKWOOD
at his home in Newark, N. j. Mrs,
Lockwood has, too, an unusually
large ivory miniature of the wife
of Frederick Thomas.
One Of the very interesting ar.
ticles on exhibition is a. Saint
Menin's gold miniature on glass Of
Caroline, daughte- of Gov. Robert
Bowie, and a Saint Menin's steel
engraved miniature of Gov. Robert
Bowie.
There is miniature Of Col. VII.
liam Lee, who was on General
Washington's STAFF, and miniature
and shoe buckles of Lieutenant
Tillinghast, naval officer, VINO
went down on the Wasp.
Mrs. William Bowie has contrib.
uted gold-topped beaded bag,
brought from Dalhousie Castle.
Edinburgh, by John Ramsay, and
an embroidered yellow mantilla,
made in a French convent about
200 years ago. In this collection is
a piece Of English chintz 200 years
old.
A very small crude pitcher, worn
down to the clay bottom and
brought over in the Mayflower by
Elder Brewster, also a candlestick
used by the Bradford family Cpil
grims on the Mayflower), some old
jewelry, a small painting, which
WAS exhibited IN Buckingham nal
ace. in 1893, are among Mrs. Al
bert Bags collection. The paint
ing is of the grea- grandparents o.
Mrs. Sppel-Richard White and
Sarah Eleanor Perry. Richard
White was the first cousin Of Ed
mund Burke and founded the first
Latin school I'm Philadelphia in 1S10I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
j. s. TO DISPOSE
Of WAR-BU|LT
VESSELS
W. L. Marvin Says Private In
terests viii Replace Govt. in
Transatlantic Trade.
BY w. S. COUSINS.
Copyright. 1923. by Cosmopolitan
News Service.


News Service.
NEW YORK. Oct. II. - Private
enterprise will eventually supersede
the United States Government in
the operation OF transatlantic ships
of commerce, said w. l.. Marvin,
vice president and manager OF the
American Steamship Owners Asso-
citation, today.
1.-THE negotiations now being car
ried on between the Shipping Board
and 6he Franklin and Hartman In
terests," said Mr.. Marvin, indicate
q complete change of attitude BY
Government officials regarding the
disposition of the war-built vessels.
The Shipping Board has done good
work In demonstrating the feasible,
ity of operating a number Of ocean
lines, under the American nags ana
displays good Judgment in preparag
. to reliquish the ships to private
operators"
Purchase Probable.
1t is considered probable that
either the International Mercantile
Marine Company or the United
American Lines, Of which W.. A.
Hartman is chairman. will purchase
from the Shipping Board a number
of passenger and freight steamers,
as well as, the boats of the United
States Lines. The famous recon-
ditioned Leviathan belongs in the
latter group, as does the George
Washington, of peace-tre3ty fame.
"In American business circles the
belief is universal" said Mr.. Marvin,
that the interests of any promi-
nent American shipping company
will bring to the liners q higher de-
gree of efficiency than has been pos
sible under Government direction.
Under private operation the masters
of the ships will be free from many
of the restrictions which so ham
pered them in Government service.
Prefer American Ships.
The experience of the past sum-
mer, Marvin declared, proved that
American tourists and commercial
travellers preferred to make their
Journeys on vessels flying the Ameri-
can flag decision not in the least
affected by the strict enforcement
of the prohibition law.
'"The promise of better world con-
ditions," he said, has been an i'm
portant factor in influencing the
shipping men to close negotiations
for the immediate acquisition of
these ships. The exchange of COM
modities between the civilized ma
lions of the world will increase as
normal conditions are restored, and
American shipping interests must
be alive to their responsibilities. It
is well to remember that purchase
of Government ships adds no new
competitors to the companies now
operating, and puts no new ships on
the ocean"
Shipping men are pleased with the
attitude Of members OF Congress
with whom they have discussed the
regulations contained in the La Fol-
lette shipping law, Marvin declared.
On invitation of influential mem
bers Of the National Legislature, the
American Steamship Owners AS
ISOLATION has appointed a committee
to draft q general revision of marine
laws and regulations
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
WHAT'S DOING
Today and Tomorrow
Today.


Banquet-RoyaI order of Scotland
Scottish Rite. Ebbitt Hotel, 1880 p. m
Meeting-Areme Chapter. No. 10, u
E. s., Masonic Temple. evening.
Masonic meetings - Washington-Cen.
tennial. No. IA; Osiris, No. rs: East
Gate. No. "a; Columbia, No. 1, +. NJ. and
M. r. M; Brightwood. No. 8, r. A. e.;
Potomac, No. 3, X. T. c.; Joppa, No
~. o. 4. S.; Loyalty, No. 90. evening:
Luncheon-Rotary Club. Willard Ho-
tel, 1890 p. m.
Luncheon-Lions Club. Willard Hotel
1890 p. m.
Dance-Almas Temple Patrol. Willard
Hotel midnight.
Observation-Disclosures Academy Of OPP.
Technology ana Optic LaryngoloGy
Willard Hotel, all day.
Meeting-st. stephen's Club, 2422 K
street northwest. p. M.
MeetIng-Ch emicaI Society of George
Washington University, medical school,
p. M.
Flying circus Airmen at Boiling
Field, afternoon.
Rehearsal-Motet Choral Society, ST.
Johns Church parish, Sixteenth and II
streets northwest, 1880 p. m.
Rehearsal-Choral Art Society. Wash
ington College OF Music, TIA Seventeenth
street northwest, p. IN.
Neutrality-suspicious. dancing C ! a s g.
Park View Community Center, $3.50
d. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
EDWARD l.. WESTON.
THEODORE EDWIN wARD.

Theodore Edwin Ward, youngest
son of Mrs. Ellen Madison Ward
and the late Horace e. Ward. died
in Philadelphia today after a finger.
Ing Illness contracted as a result of
his war service in France. He was
born in Washington on February Is,
1885 and received his education, in
the public schools here. He was
employed in the Department of Agri-
culture for a number OF years. Dur.
ing the war he served as a corporal
in the Three Hundred and Twenty
sixth Infantry and was among the
last OF the troops to be brought
home from France. His brother,
Major Lyman Casey Ward. was
killed in action on November 9. 1918.
two days before the signing of the
armistice.
Funeral services will be held from
his mothers residence, 4406 Kansas
avenue northwest, Friday afternoon.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
BENJAMIN G. HBMPHREYs.

Funeral services for Benjamin
Grubb Humphreys, representative
from the Third Mississippi District.
author, poet, composer of music,
orator and lawyer, were held this
afternoon at his home in Greenvilie,
Miss, where he died OF heart fail
ure.
Mr.. Humphreys, was not only a
brilliant lawyer and representative
in Congress for twenty years, but
an author who had contributed
many articles to the Saturday Even
ing Post and other national publlca-
tons. He wrote and recited negro
dialect, his wit and sense Of humor
making him an entertainer of I'M
usual ability. He also wrote poetry
and had recently composed and
dedicated to the Confederate Home
Of Mississippi. "Dilcy," a compost
ton that has been played by the
Marine Band and was to have been
broadcasted over the radio. He was
a student OF the life of the Choctaw
Indian, and at the time of his death
was compiling his work among the
Negro and Indian races
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
HENRY c. BERGHEIMER.

Funeral services for Henry c..
Bergheimer, manager Of Gait and
Brother, who died Monday in At
lantic City, were held this morning
from his residence, 1915 Allison
street northwest. Interment was at
Congressional Cemetery.
Mr.. Bergheimer was born in Rich.
mond, eighty-three years ago and
had been connected with the jewelry
firm since he was a young man, be-
coming manager fifteen years ago.
Members of the Washington
Merchants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION attended the funeral Of
Mr.. Bergheimer, after a brief meet
ing in their rooms to pay a tribute
to his memory.
"In point of years of service and
in the character of that service Mr..
Bergheimer made a place for him.
self that will forever stand as
shining example Of fine character.
lovable disposition and an upstand-
ing business man of the highest
order Of merit. He gave dignity
and purpose to the retail jewelry
trade Of Washington during the
nearly half century of service in
our midst" they declared in their
last tribute.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
STANDARD OIL CUTS
GAS" PRICES IN EAST

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Following
closely the reduction in gasoline
prices by the Gulf Refining com.
pany, two Standard Oil companies
announced cut of two cents a gal
Ion in gasoline today.
The Standard Oil Company of
New York cut tank wagon prices
3 cents, from 1872 to 1914 cents. and
filling stations from 81 to 10 cents
in all Of it's territory.
The Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey reduced it's tank wagon
price on gasoline to 1914 cents
gallon, but advanced it's price on
export kerosene u cent. White
Rose kerosene is now cents
gallon in bulk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
POLICE HOLD TWO AS
FOOTPAD SUSPECTS

After being attacked and beaten
last night, William E. Mason, OF
$50 Twenty-second street northwest.
was robbed Of $38 by a trio of colored
men at. Eighteenth and l. streets
northwest. An hour later two sus-
poets were arrested by police of the
Second precinct. Money alleged to
have been part of that stolen was
recovered.
The suspects, Frank Hebron. of
Queens alley, and John Morris, 1919
Thirteenth street northwest, are
being held pending investigation.
Police say they were partially identi-
fled, but there is no charge against
them. A third man Is being sought.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
MATHEWS RESIGNS AS
CRUCIBLE STEEL HEAD

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE resig-
nation of DIR. John A. Mathews, as
president was announced today by
the Crucible Steel Company OF
America. e. C. Collins, formerly
assistant to Horace A Wilkinson,
chairman OF the board, was Sc
lected to succeed DR.. Mathews.
DR.. Mathews is a metallurigist.
He has been serving the company
in that capacity. His resignation
was to relieve him of administra-
tive responsibility so he could pur-
sue metallurgcal research.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
TURNED HAPPYLAND CAFE
INTO BATTLE-GROUND

The Happyland Cafe, on Seventh
street, was turned to battle-ground
last night when Charles Churchill
and Cleveland Shaw, colored, had
fight that resulted in their pres
ence~ before Judge Gus A. Schuldt
in Police Court today. They were
fined $40 each.
Charles told the court that he
had % cents and Cleveland coveted
half of it. Charles needed it all
for himself. he said, so Cleveland
Soaked" him in the jaw, and he
roared like a wild bull and sailed
into him. Cleveland said that
Charles hit him first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
MRS. DORA RAUM.

Funeral services for MRS. Dora
Raum, victim of the tragic accident
at the Washington Monument Mon
day afternoon, will be held at the
home Of her father Isaac Merren.
blum, 227 South Eden street, Balti-
more, today. The body will be in
TERED in Rosedale cemetery.
Mrs. Raum died in heroic effort
to save the life of her three-year-
old son Mark. Coroner j.. Ramsay
hewitt advanced the theory that
Mrs. Raum's son slipped towards
the elevator shaft in the monument
and Mrs. Raum frantically grabbed
him to keep him from falling. She
is believed to have lost her balance
and fallen down the shaft more
than 100 feet. The jury returned
verdict Of accidental death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being a Skeleton Record
Of Cases Tried in Judge
Schuldt's Tribunal.
Read EN- And Worry
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
Dumb.

Alibi Man standing on Grant
road drinking in the scenery along
Connecticut avenue. CWas going
to suggest nothing else to drink"
but such thought didn't fit well
with that eruption of beauty)
The fall styles for trees this year
are gasp-raising. Looks as though
an aviator had punctured a rain.
bow and all the. colors splaShed
down on the landscape, Take a
spin over Calvert street bridge and
run your eye up Rock Creek val
ley and say, "Afr' like the doctor
tells you when you have a sore
throat.
Opposite Harry Wardman's
walled city along by the Zoo,
there's high bank with a mass
of billowy trees flaming thereon
that would make Joseph's fancy
vest look like a flivver-butcher'
patched unioualIs And standing
out in front of all. at right center,
is a spreading, tapering, simmer
ing mot shimmying) blazing yellow
beech tree like a premiere danseuse
bowling an encore. And at the
foot of the bank there's a line OF
granite stones posing as the bald
headed row.
But ~returning to Grant road:
Two motorcycle cops ran by on
the wrong side of the street. They
had to do that because they're dig
ging up the car tracks there again.
One cop was about twenty feet
behind the other. Pacing him!
Getting the goods on him!
In court tomorrow" thought
the Alibi Man, it'll go something
like this:
About 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, your honor, got behind
this man at Connecticut avenue
and Albermarle street and paced
ahim to. Grant road at thirty miles
an hour. He wouldn't stop for me
and / had to shoot him"
Boob: He told me to pull up to
the curb, your honor, but there
wasn't any curb, so / kept on
Then up and Spake an Italian
laborer. He, was a little over
feet inches high and a little
under that broad. He had 4
90-pound slab of iron on one
shoulder and n 60-pound crosstie
on the other. a sack of cement in
his ARM and was mechanically
chewing a pi,:k-handle the while.
Work was Lttle slack at the
moment, so he stopped to while
away the time.
"Deesa man. he Prayseedenta
Coolidge?" he asked, splitting out
the pick-han1Ie.
,,No-o-o-o, not exactly. He's q
traffic COP, though"
mo, no. no. Data man in da
beega ma-shin. He Prayseedenta
Coolidge" And he passed on.
Looked up the Avenue at the
big shining car. There was
Prayseedenta Coolidge and his
Secret Service bcdyguard.
Feels like there's moral here
somewhere, bit don't know just
what it is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
TEN STOWAWAYS ARRIVE
BUT ONLY ONE ADMITTED

BALTIMORE, Oct. Hidden in
coal bunkers and curled up between
punches of bananas, ten stowaways.
eager to become citizens of the
United States, arrived on five diff
ferent vessels. Nine will be de-
ported.
Five arrived on the banana boat
Runa from Jamaica; two on the
Missouri from Hamburg, and one
each on the West Niska and West
Cohas from London. Leo Martin,
stowaway on the Steelore from
Porto Rico, was admitted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
A little knowledge.

He was running down. Blair
road so fast that I thought ia
better pace him. I was halfway
up the block on Rittenhouse
street. I had to run at so miles
an hour for :. block before
could pick him UP. He was do
ing 85."
Second cop: SGT arrested the de-
PENDANT last July for speeding on
Blair road in the sama locality,
your honor"
Boob: Il was only going 20,
your honor"
What speed can you get out OF
that carr"
"55."
How do you know"
? "Why-er-uh-um what
that they tell me- $50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
PEA IN WINDPIPE CAUSES
DEATH OF YOUNGSTOWN MAN

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Oct. IT,
A pea lodged in his windpipe caused
the death of Charles D. Evans, ST.,
a prominent citizen. in a taxicab
while being taken to a hospital,
where throat specialist was pre-
pared to remove the obstruction.
Two physicians made futile at
tempts to remove the pea, which
had almost completely shut off pas
sage of air to the lungs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
BIRTHS.

Earl r. A, and Lille M. 6choo boy.
Ambrose J. and Leona @. Walsh, boy.
Erick p. and Jane Planer, boy.
Isaac G. ana Marion Craddock, girl.
Jacob C. and Eva NJ. SCHNEIDER, hoy.
Nathaniel g. and Josephine M. Chase,
ooy
Joseph T.. and Anna Smith boy.
Raymond r. and May r. Granger, girl.
John and May Mattare. boy.
George W. and Caroline SklltoA. boy,
Aston and KAthlAan CLARK RiEl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17

Meeting-French class B. Y. Brown
Community Center. 3;l6 p. m.
MeetinB-East Washington Community
Center Orchestra, East Washington
Community Center, D. M.
Meeting--Book Review section. Wom-
ems city Club clubhouse, p. m.
Meeting-Free and Easy Auction Club,
Women's City Club, clubhouse, 1880
p. m.
Catholic Daughters Of America, Raleigh
Hotel, 1880 p. m.
MISREPRESENTATION Academy Of Op.
thalmology n d Optic Laryn8ology,
Masonic meetings-Naval, No. 4;
Hiram. No. 10; La Fayette. No, 10: Will
lam r: Singleton. No. 80; Congress-. No
81; Adontram Council, No. 12. n. A. c..
Esther. No. s, O. n. a., evening.
Meeting-Mt. Vernon Camp, Woodmsr
of the World, clubhouse evening.
MeetinG-Chau Society, Eighth
Street Temple, 9 .. M
panca-R p O. e.. EIkB Halls . p M
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
KNIGHTEN PARKS.

The funeral Of knighten Parks,
fifty-three-year- carpenter, OF
Seat Pleasant. Md, who was killed
by a train near Darlington, Md, on
the Popese Creek line, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, Monday, will be
held today in Bladensburg. Inter
ment will be in Bladensburg Gene
terry.
For many years Mr.. Parks work
ed at his trade in this city, and was
well known in labor circles. He is
survived by his seven children, one
of whom is a resident of Washing
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
Births Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50, Obituary Desk

John, jr., and Mercedes NJ. Boyle. boy.
Harry C. and Memo NJ. Edwards, girl
Joseph and Rebecca Rushner, boy.
ElRin r. and Eleanor V. Dyer. boy.
Michael and Tinnie C. DeBaPnard, girl.
Samuel e. and Mary B. Bowman, girl
John r. and Fannie p. Nalley, girl.
PRIEST M and Janet e. Boss, boy.
Clarence w. and Estelle l.. whitney
oy.e
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
A six-CyIinder Drink.

e"It was about o'clock in the
morning, a week ago today, your
honor, that I saw a car running
south on Sixth street without any
lights. I stopped the machine
and found the defendant in there
pretty drunk. He didn't have any
money for collateral, and he's
been locked up since"
"I was coming from Mont
gomery county, your honor. |
had six drinks of cider before I
left, but felt all right until 1
passed prohibition headquarters.
Then / goI worse and worse until
the officer stopped
This dcIving while drunk has
got to stop. $150.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
CounIe Ouaah Divorce

Hattie Peake and her husband,
Edwin A. Peake, today Joined ind
an application to the District SUI
preme Court to revoke decree Of
limited divorce which had been
awarded to the wife November 3,
1921, the couple having become
reconciled. Justice Hitz granted
the request. Attorney W. A.
Coombe appeared for the petition
ers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
MICHAEL WEsTLEY KELLY.

Services for Michael Wesley
Kelly, who died Monday at his
home, 116 Sixth street northeast.
were held this afternoon from his
residence. Interment was in Glen.
wood Cemetery.
Mr.. Kelly was born in this city
April 10, 1897, and had been en-
ployed by the Washington Gas
Light Company since he was
twelve years OF age He belonged
to the Macabees. Surviving him
are his wife: his mother, Ms.
Margaret A. Kelly; one brother,
Frank Kelly. and one sister, Mrs.
Mary A. Sizer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-17
QUEENSLAND MAJORITY
REJECTS PROHIBITION

MELBOURNE. Oct. 17.-Queens-
land has rejected prohibition by a
majority of 1900 votes. 1t was an
nounced today following the official
count of tho recent election.