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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
4 INDICTED FOR
TAX RI. URNS
PERJURY
Auto Dealers Charged With
Making False Statements
Of Income.

Joseph McReynolds and William
e. McReynolds. automobile dealers
OF 1882 4 street northwest. were
indicted yesterday by the grand jury
on charges Of perjury in connection
with their income tax returns,
alleging that lthey misrepresented
their respective incomes in 1920.
Presentnent in these cases were
submitted to the grand jury a few
days ago when two other indict-
nlents were returned against them.
Other indictments include: Leroy
Chambers Barron. violation Of the
postal laws in connection with
stealing & letter December %, 1921
addressed to Oscar Durham, 1907
Sherman avenue northwest; John
L. Hayes, joy riding: Daniel Moody,
assault with q dangerous weapon
in connection with attacking
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
Boy, 5 Years Old, Is
Youngest Traffic
Cop In World
BY TnternatIonnl News Service.

MAIDEN, Mass, March 15.
Only eight years old and the
youngest traffic officer in the
world. This distinction is held
by Joe Macarthur, Of Willow
place.
When the senior officers are
having their relief periods Joe
never misses an opportunity 70
be in the center Of tin busy
business squares to direct the
heavy traffic. The youth has
become first-class traffic Of
ficer and his instructions are
followed carefully by truckmen
and other drivers.
Ever since the lad was able
20 walk it has been his am
bition to become a cop.
Recently he was given hell
met and lost no time in adding
other things to his wardrobe,
until now he has complete
policeman's outfit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15

There are right ways and wrong
ways of preparing and serving Seald-
sweet Florida grapefruit.
The right ways will be demon
strated and explained at our store on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
DEMONSTRATION DISPLA'
FRIDAY and SATURDAY

Come to see the showing of Seald-
sweet grapefruit right from some Of
the fine citrus groves Of Florida.
Learn how genuinely good they are
when properly prepared and in how
many ways they may be eaten.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15

Charles WtIkerson, February "a,
last, with razor; Elijah Edmond
son, housekeeping and larceny;
Howard Lee Cooper, alias Howard
Lee Davis, grand larceny, and VIII
liam Webb Fickling, nonsupport.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15

q = a l.
r. you have . severe cough M
Or chest cold, soreness, throat III
tickle, hOarseness or difficult IN
breathing, or il your child wakes II
mp &C night with Group and you |
want quick help, try this reliable l
old home made cough remedy. Any
druggist can supply you with 21s
ounces Of Pinex. Pour this into q
pint bottle and all the bottle with
plain granulated sugar syrup. Or
use clarified mOlasses, honey, or
corn syrup, instead Of sugar syrup,
AZ desired. This recipe makes 3
pint of really remarkable cough
remedy. 1t tastes good, and in spite
of it's low cost, can be depended mp
On to give quick and lasting relief.
You can feel this take hold Of q
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raises the phlegm, stops throat
tickle, and sOOthes and heals the
irritated membranes Of the thrOat
and bronchial tubes with such
ease and promptness that It 10
really astonishing.
Pinex is 8 special and highly
concentrated compound of Norway
pine extract, and is probably
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overcoming severe coughs,
throat and chest colds. p4kl
There are many worth. 4
less limitations Of this MI
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appointment, ask for IN
12E ounces Of Pinex
with full directions and -
don't accept anything
else. Guaranteed to give =
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money promptly res ~
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
RULING Of RENT
COMMISSION
ATTACKED
Retroactive Reduction at Pei.
ham Courts Claimed In
constitutional.

Constitutiona1ity of a ruling OF
the District Rent Commission was
attacked today in the District Su-
preme Court by attorneys for the
Radnor Trust Company, owners Of
the Pelham Courts apartment house.
2115 p street northwest.
The owners appeal from the rent
boards decision of March last,
which reduced the income Of the
property approximately $4,000 a
year, was heard today before Chief
Justice Walter I Mccoy, and Jus.
tees Bailey and Hoehling, sitting
in a general term.
Attorneys H. Rozier Dulany, IT,.
and G. B. Barnett, who represented
the owners, held that the decision
of the Rent Commission was uncon-
stitutional in that the determine
ton allowing reduced rents is made
retroactive in proceeding brought
by the commission on it's own in
itiative and not on the complaints
Of tenants.
The lawyers also told the court
that the rent board had set u
valuation of $225.000 on the prop.
erty when the evidence showed it
worth between $3.50, 900 and $275, 900
and that the rentals allowed, on
the basis of the real value, would be
less than 6 per cent. Attorney
Chaplin Brown appeared for the COM
sion
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
Housewives Who Know How1
to Make Delicious Summer
Drinks May Win a Box Of
Choice Fruit With Little
Effort in The Washington
Times Contest.

2 Are you ''cashing In" on the
Orange and Lemon Summer Drinks
Recipe Contest The Washington
Times is conducting?
The chief object Of this contest
is to give the housewives an op-
portunity to add to their cook books
q set Of beverage recipes using
oranges and lemons that have been
tried and proven to give excellent
results. The contest includes recipes
for punches, fruit cocktails. fruit
cups. frozen punches and other
dainties.
Hundreds Of recipes have been re.
ceived by The Washington Times
Contest Editor. While all Of these
will not win the boxes and half.
boxes Of oranges for the winning
recipes, nevertheless, each ana every
entrant will receive handsome sur.
prise In the form Of a beautifully
colored and lavishly illustrated recipe
booklet, the gift Of the California
Fruit Growers Exchange.
Rules of Contest.
The rules of the contest are as
simple as can be.
Simply write from one to five
recipes as you choose on plain white
paper, using one side only. Write
clearly and legibly, and follow the
usual form Of your cook book.
Following is an example Of the
form you should use:
GINGER ALE PUNCH
level cup sugar.
/ cup hot tea infusion.
Acup Grange juice.
1.3 cup lemon juice.
1 pint ginger ale.
/ pint Manitou water.
Several slices of oranges.
Pour tea over sugar. and as soon
as sugar is dissolved. add fruit
juices, strain into punch bowl over
large piece of ice. and just before
serving add ginger ale. Manirou
water and slices of orange.
This is merely to give you an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
JUDGE. DECIDES
CANADA NOT
ENGLAND

Canada is not England, according
to Judge Stafford, who today SEN
fenced Henry Foster. forty years
old, who pleaded guilty to larceny
OF three suits 81 clothes belonging
to II. S. Omohundro, tailor. for
nerly Of SIS + street northwest, to
ten years In the penitentiary and
placing him on probation under the
condition that he Immediately re.
turn to England and remain out of
this country"
Brigadier Stitt, of the Salvation
Army, promised the court that he
would see to it that Foster left for
MS native country at once. Shortly
thereafter Probation Officer Steele
informed the court that arrange
ments were being made for Foster
going to Canada and not to Eng
land. Justice Stafford called Brigadier
Stitt before him and told him that
he had promised the court to send
Foster to England, and not to
Canada. The court set aside his for
mer sentence of ten years with the
parole and committed Foster to Jail
for further consideration.
Foster has four medical aliases.
to wit: DR.. Wood, DR.. Smythe, DR..
Mace and DIR. Hughes. The evil
dence showed that the accused
brought cloth for the suits to ONO
hundro, who made up the suits and
sent them out by the delivery boy,
who, II Is alleged, was deceived
into handing them over to the &C
cused and was left waiting for the
check. The offense occurred Feb
ruary 6, 1922.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
PLENTY Of
WORK BUT
NO HELP
D. G. Employment Bureau Says
Workers Prefer Jobs in
the City.

Farmers are in the Washington
labor market with a demand fo1
help far exceeding the local sup.
ply, according to Miss Katherine
Smith, superintendent of the Dis
trict Of Columbia employment
bureau.
"There is plenty Of work in the
country for men and women
willing to get away from the
bright lights Of the city," said
Miss Smith today. eve can place
all the applicants coming here
willing to do farm work.
Favor Work In City.
But according to the bureau
statistics the lure Of the city is pre-.
ing work from taking advantage of
the opportunity offered in the coun-
try.
Out of 1922 applicants for EN-.
ployment filed with the bureau be-
tween January /, and June 80, H.
315 were placed in positions. One of
the interesting comparisons between
applications and placements shows
that while 2,412 laborers applied for
work, $500 were placed in jobs. This
is accounted for by the same person
being given several places as the
demand for his service ended in one
job after another and he found him
self out of work.
Persons applying for clerical work
Jared worst of all in securing en-
ployment. While places were secured
for 632, more than 1000 applications
were filed. Any white woman Of
competence wishing to do domestic
work can be placed by the bureau
without delay, said Miss Smith.
AS against all applications filed
during the first six months Of the
year, the statistics show that Is 500
opportunities for work were listed
with the bureau. While 1875 per-
sons were placed in positions, 14,604
applicants were referred to pros
pective employers.
Demand Continues.
80 far as we see there IL little
falling off in the demand for
workers" said Miss Smith, "only 1t
is more difficult to find work for
clerks just now than before the first
of the year. That is a condition
which will correct itself, I believe, a.
the fall approaches and business
shows the coming winters activity.
But what is needed just now arc
men and women willing to go to the
country and work on the farms.
The farmers are preparing for the
| harvest. The country wage 10 good
| and there is no reason why any one
qualified to do farm work should be
| out OF a job from now on"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
OPEN-A|R FETE
To DRAW BIC
CROWD
Concert and Dance Carnival
Will Be Given at Central
High STADIUM Tonight.

One of the largest throngs yet
in attendance at a community
event is expected at the Central
High School stadium at 7:4s
o'clock tonight for the first Of q
series of open.air music fetes and
dance carnivals under the auspi.
ces of the Community Music Asso.
citation.
The Army band, led by William
J. Stannard, will furnish the must.
cal background, providing a special
band program, the accompaniment
for dancing and for the community
singing, under direction Of Robert
Lawrence.
Estelle Murray Dancers will give
three numbers. including the dance
given for President Harding in
Music Week.
The Washington Pipe Band will
make its first appearance in ar
association program, contributing
two typical Scotch marches. Chris
tine Campbell, accompanied on the
pipes by her father, Norman Camp
bell, will dance the Highland Fling
Among the vocal features will be
selections by the Campbell Male
Quartet. IL. McCready. Earl Car.
haugh. W. W. Gantz and Edwin
Callow.
The concert is free to the public,
but a collection will be taken to
assist in defraying expenses, and
a section of reserved seats has been
set aside for members OF the as.
ISOLATION. those holding reserved
seat tickets, and many others de.
sirous Of purchasing reserved seat
privileges for 25 cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
COMMUNITY CENTER TO
HAVE CONCERTS AND SINGS

Beginning tonight outdoor com
rnunity sings, with the songs shown
on lantern slides, and band con-
certs. will be held every Thursday
evening from 1880 to $50 p. m. at
the Cleveland Phelps Community
Center, T street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets northwest.
The Community Center Band will
play tonight. Especially interesting
will be the INSTALLATION e the songs
by means Of the stereopticon slides,
artistically colored. Prof. yelling
ton Adams will conduct the singing,
with Chester Dodson as soloist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
1000 ORPHANS GUESTS
OF ELKS ON AN OUTING

orphanages OF the city turned
their 1000 little charges over to the
Washington Lodge Of Elks yesterday
for the annual frolic at Glen Echo
Park
The party went to the resort in
special street cars preceded by the
Elks' band Of seventy pieces, under
leadership of Arthur Witcorno. In
another car was Harry Glven's clown
band.
An American flag was given each
child ard a tin horn, and was told
to do anything but be quiet. Sand
wiches. cakes and lemonade were
consumed in prodigious quantities.
More than 5000 toys were distrio'
uted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
CITY REALTORS TO DINE
AND HEAR NOTED SPEAKERS
FAMOUS SAYINGS.

The Wardman Park Hotel this
evening at 8 o'clock is to be the
scene Of one of the most important
meetings of the Washington Real
Estate Board held this season. Com.
prising a supper, entertainment
and addresses by speakers of ma,
tional reputation. the program laid
out by Fl. G. Kennedy, Chairman OF
the entertainment committee, prom.
Uses to attract a large attendance.
Reports on activities in the real
estate field here will occupy an i'm,
portant place in the schedule n,
events, after which the speakers
will address the realtors on topics
of interest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
SCHOOL ScAFFOLD FALLS,
BUT WORKMEN ESCAPE

Several workmen, engaged on the
Saint Paul School. on v street be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
street, narrowly escaped yesterday
when scaffolding on which they had
only recently been working, col.
lapsed and fell.
Tnree workmen had just descend
ca from the scaffold when 1t col
lapseo. In the confusion a fire
aIarm was turned in, then another
report that the building had col
lapSed was phoned to the eighth
precinct. the two calls bringing am
ou'ances and fire equipment to the
scene. No one was hurt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19

idea Of the form. While it il not
necessary to follow any special
form, it will simplify matters some
what if this is done. 1t is not
necessary to write any letters of
explanation, or to so to any trouble
whatsoever.
Write your name and address in
in upper right hand corner " tho
sheet OF paper and mail 1t tc the
Contest Editor. The Washington
Times.
No easier way for Mrs. House!
wife to get one Of the Fruit prizes
or one of the oak recipe card index
boxes was ever devised.
The winners names and the win
ming recipes will be published in
The Washington Times at the con-
clusion of the contest.
Write your orange AMI lemon re-
ceipe6 todAyi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
FLYING CHIPS.

"DoaOn on the farm" sounds
nice to a city chap, but the
farmer Uho is getting only 90
cents a bMshel for his UheGt
feels like il is a case of "doUm
and out on the farm"
Counterfeit greenbGeks are be-
coming so numerous some one
must haze i'svemted a "kGLeo-
graph"
Some folks are "dend from the
neck up" No brains. Others
are dead from the neck do4Ot."
No action. Take your choice.
Words have both sound and
meaning, bat most people, Uhen
their o1D1t mouths are making
the noise, are content NTH sound.
sPoLiticidns doctored coal re-
port" zoe hear. They ought to
doctor the coal we're trrin1 to
burn. FRED VETTER.
.z4se 49,. 100
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
O.C.RECORD
BUYER Of.
AUTOS
1o1,543 Tags Issued in Year
Indicate City Leads in Car
Ownership.

The vast increase in the use Of
automobiles in the District during
the fiscal year just ended is
shown by figures submitted today
to Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph
by Wade H. Coombs, superintend-
ent of licenses.
1,543 Tags Issued.
During the year q total of o1,54S
tags were issued to owners, Of
which 1OO,O15 were paid for and
1898 were free, in the cases OF
members Of the diplomatic corps,
District officials, etc. In the fiscal
year 1922, the total issuance was
1856, OF which 1,491 were free.
Thus the total preponderance for
the fiscal year 1923 was 81, 997 tags
including both classes and 81 $50
for pay tags, or more than 25 per
cent.
This increase establishes a record,
and, though close figures are not
available, probably gives Washing.
ton the palm for ownership Of auto.
mobiles per capita.
S6I2, 1855 Collected.
During the year Mr.. Coombs'
office collected the sum of $619,-
855.S5 from the following sources:
Auto tags, $401,711; miscellaneous
licenses, $166,7S5.85; operators per.
mits,, $780,; duplicate operators
permits, $2,941.50. duplicate tags,
$1,S64. In the fiscal year 1922 col.
Iections were $751;, 43O.23, showing
net gain of $1oO,S75.o7.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19

Early Estimates Are Exceeded
by Nearly $500. oooeIg
Reduction in DeIinqusnts.

The increase forecast in tax col
lections for the fiscal year 1928
over that preceding was not only
borne out today by q repoF. sub
mitted to the District Commits
sionefs by Chatham N. Towers,
collector, but was shown to have
been much too conservative.
Total collections for 1923 were
1912, S74.s7, net gain Of ST.
24S4, 692.62.
Increases In Detail.
The itemized increases are shown
a. follows:
Realty taxes, 81 ,O42, 63l. II; Per.
scnal taxes. tangible. sos, S1s.1s; per-
sonal taxes. intangible, $774,3s6.Io,
insurance taxes. $20,26s.4s; specia.
reimbursable taxes, s126. 01: penalties,
$31 .734.SS; miscellaneous collections.
$176.798.90; trust and special funds,
$171 .s67.5 So; miscellaneous cOIlectione
OF the United States, 1915, S05.19. Re
payment to appropriations amounted
to $58,237.26.
It had been prophesied by the
most sanguf11e that the increase for
the year would not so above $4,000
900. Officials attribute the great
tain tn realty tax collections 70 the
inap Duration OF the serni-a1nual pay
fnent system. :. $3.50.
" Delinquents Are Fewer.
The total collections for the fiscaI
year 1923 follows:
Realty, $9,473.811.34; personal.
tangible, $2,779 ,e03.1 10; personal, I'm
tangible, 81. 723,443.1O; special REIN
bursable. $1,12e.05; insurance, $2l2..
s77.65: miscellaneous, $1,745,S10.se;
trust and special funds. $2,3S2. 40:
miscellaneous collections, United
States, $628s 27O.D7;' repayment to ap-
preparation, Sal, 261. 06.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
UNDER 81 500 ON CHARGE
OF STORE ROBBERY

Alleged to have entered the
Doubleday-Hin store, IT'S Twelfth
street northwest, and to have re.
moved $50 from the cash register,
Edward Bftzhugh, twenty years old,
was held to await grand jury action
on q HOUSEKEEPING charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
UNFAIR To
OLD men,
CLAIM
Machinists' Union Points Out
inequality As Practiced
! At Navy Yard.

A protest against the admins
tration of President Harding's
Executive order giving preference
to world war veterans in navy
yard and other Government en-
ployment will be made by labor
organizations in the near future.
Complaints Registered.
Complaints are pouring in upon
District No. ~, international Asso-
citation of Machinists. to the effect
that many old experienced. and ex-
pert mechanics are being discharged
in the navy yards while the veter-
ans are being retained. The charge
10 made that the Presidents ex-
ecutive order Is being administered
unfairly and In a way which will
have disastrous effects upon the
morale and efficiency OF the yards.
The Washington navy yard Is
affected. but not in 90 great . de.
gree AZ some OF the other yards In
which there have been a greater
number of DISCHARGES.
We are not starting a fight
against the veterans." said n. r.
Atlas, head Of District No. -, of
the Machinists' Union, today. I'VE
believe in the service bonus and
believe the law should be passed
by Congress. We do not think the
country should try to discharge It's
debt TO the veterans by throwing
old, experienced men. with senior.
ity rights, out OF employment as
10 being done now"
Veterans Discharged.
Mr.. Atlas called attention to
the fact that veterans who reach
q rating Of 20 in their work have
q preferential rating and are re-
tanned, while skilled mechanics who
may have a record Of twenty or
more years of efficiency ana hon.
orable service are being discharged
under the present retrenchrnent
policy Of the Navy Department.
He thinks the preferential execu
tive order is working a great In.
justice upon the skilled workers
and should be modified.
1T must be borne In mind, 'he
added, that a great many navy
yard workers were given deferred
classification by the draft boards
during the war at the direct request
of the Navy Department. Many
of the workers now being discharged
wanted to go to the front and would
have done so If the Navy Depart
ment had not thought they would be
of greater service to the nation in
the yards"
The Washington Navy Yard is
not likely to see any further dis
charges in the near future, in the
opinion OF Mr.. Alias. Up to the
present time a few more than 100
skilled workers have been put on
- - &C. afw TSS1wy
ing to lack Of funds and also Of
sufficient work. It is pointed out.
however, that Robert Jansen. head
Of the local navy yard machinists'
union, already has been reinstated
and is back at work. It is expected
that the work AZ disrnantling the
capital ships, par Of which will go
to the seaboard yards, probably will
mean the diversion of some Of the
routine work of these yards to the
Washington yard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
QUINTESSENCE OF VALOR.

His mold was massive, his mien
that Of the hero keen for the test.
Adamant In purpose, he entered
the great emporium of drugs,
face powders, etc, walking
straight to the counter where the
potabies were dispensed. with
the ever modest bearing Of valor
he whispered an order. The white
coated purveyor brought forth q
sherbert glass, layered with con-
nectar, the mass inlaid with nut
crags, the whole suYmounted with
q bright ruby. He set It before
the Titan. With courage un-
fIinching the fearless one rushed
to the attack and, alone, de-
molished the works, coming out
unScathed. So a
THE UNKNOWN. I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
SOUTHWEST CITIZENS ASK
NEW LAWS FOR CLEANUP

Southwest citizens, including bus.
iness men and the clergy, have
united to urge upon Congress, at
its next session, the enactment of
laws to clean up bad spots" in
the section.
The citizens met last night with
the executive committee of the sec.
tional association in the Fifth Bap.
fist Church. Cooperation with the
police was pledged. Importance of
driving bootleggers from the south.
west was stressed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
HELD FOR ASSAULT
IN ROW OVER WATER

Accused + hitting his tenant on
the head during quarrel over the
use Of water. Urel Gale, thirty.four.
was. held on $500 bail for the grand
Jury, by Judge Mcmahon in Police
Court yesterday afternoon.
James Walshman, who appeared
against Gale, displayed four bruises.
The landlord was charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-19
Would Build New Railway.

Application was made today to
the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion by the Kansas City and Grand
View Railway Company, a new
corporation, for permission to con.
struct 1914 miles of railroad be
tween Leeds and Grand View, Mis-.
souri,. AT the same time the
company sought authority to issue
$4,000 of common capital stock
which, the application stated. will
eventually be increased to $4,000.
900.