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The northwestern bulletin., 1923-10-06
Committee Of Race
Women Make Call
On Pres. Coolidge
Chief Executive Tells Women He
Is Heartily in Accord With
Every Statement.
(By the Associated Negro Press)

(By the Associated Negro Press)
Washington, d. c., Oct. GA COM
mittee composed of the following
women, Mrs. L. A. Pinkney. Texas;
Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, District of
Columbia; Mrs. Alyce Duurloo, Ohio;
Mrs. Marcia Montgomery Cooke,
Maryland; Mrs. Ida Plummer Liston,
Indiana; Mrs. Eva Harvey Blake,
Maryland; Mrs. Monen l.. Gray, Illi-
nois; Miss Estelle C. Jackson, New
Jersey. and Miss Virginia L. Will
Jams, District of Columbia, represent
ing the Negro National Educational
Congress. called at the White House
and presented to the President a me-
mortal, calling his attention to the
many hardships of the American Ne
gro, and urging him to use his great
power to secure for the race every
right to which they are entitled un-
der the Federal Constitution. The
committee was accompanied by j..
Silas Harris, president of the con-
gress, and Henry e. Hagans, mem
Der of the executive committee. Mr..
Harris introduced the committee to
the President and stated the object
of their visit. Mrs. Julia West Ham
ilton read the following brief address,
which deeply impressed the Presi-
dent:
Message Read.
"Mr. President: We come from
the Negro National Educational Con-
gress. a civic organization, that rep.
resents forty-two states of the Union,
with a membership of more than
200 900, which has devoted its quar-
ter century of existence working for
the moral, the material and the in.
tellectual Advancement of the Negro
The object of our mission today Is tc
call your attention to some conditions
that affect the general welfare of oul
people, and IL possible, enlist your
sympathy and your support in the
great work in which we are engaged
After more than fifty years of free
dom, education, wonderful moral ant
material development, reinforced By
an unparalleled record of patriotism
the Negro finds himself in this, the
early morning of the twentieth cen
tury, pleading for those rights o.
citizenship that are granted othel
law-abiding people of the republic.
1--WE plead for an opportunity t.
exercise our right of franchise in ev
cry state of the Union, and for tha
political recognition to which tn,
votes of three million loyal womer
entitle us.
1--WE pray for the upholding of tn,
majesty of the law upon every foo
of American soil.
"We appeal. through you, to the
people, for the suppression OF al
oath-bound organizations whose ain
1t is to murder. terrorize and destroy
the peace and happiness of any par
ticular group Of our citizens.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
SALT INDUSTRY
Of NEW YORK
At END
Once World Famed, Business
Finally Yields to More
Modern Methods.
BY CHESTER B. Balm.
international News Service.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 31.-Once
world-famous, the salt industry OF
Onondaga is destined soon to pass
into oblivion, a martyr to progress
and economics-the result OF cheaper
production.
A lone reminder of the great in
dustry, once counted in the millions
of dollars, is the last stack on the
towpath on the Oswego canal, near
Liverpool
Once acres upon acres of the
famous salt lands bordering the city
on the north were dotted with these
monuments, where the brine was
boiled and salt extracted.
This last stack, after serving more
than half a century, is soon to be
torn down, leaving only the rotting
timbers of salt sheds and perhaps
the remnants Of the last boiling
station at GAINESVILLE, which is soon
to follow the removal OF the stacks.
Once Great Industry.
OF the thousands of men engaged
in the industry which gave Syracuse
the early names of Salina and the
Salt City there are only two
Thomas X. Gale and Thomas p.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VI IhC AdSt puIAip-
ing station in the Liverpool road.
under the name Of the Murray &
Gale Salt Company.
The pumping station, showing
well the many years Of use to which
it has been put, is now pumping
from four wells, the last Of all the
thousands once in use,
Where the salt industry annually
amounted to more than $4,000,000,
giving employment to thousands,
now its strength is measured in a
few thousand dollars, and those find
ing employment are less than 100.
Killed Off by Mines.
A movement to preserve the last
stack, the sole remaining vestige of
a great industry. Is under way, but
SO far nothing definite has been
determined. The salt wells will, of
course, remain forever, but their
production has long been forgotten.
Cheaper methods OF making salt,
discovery Of extensive salt mines
where production costs are but a
fraction Of the cost of the system
followed for nearly a century. caused
the doom of the great industry and
the passing Of the pioneers who
made Onondaga a beehive of activity
in q wilderness of thousands of
square miles.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
NJ SIS B|SCHOFF
ISDROWNED IN
POTOMAC
Body Is Found Floating by De-
tective-Had Long
Been III.

Shortly after II o'clock last night
the waters OF the Potomac river
washed up to the shore, near the
Hains point on the Speedway the
body of q woman who had slipped
into the water twelve hours before
to end her life. She was Miss
Pauline Bischoff, thlrty-three years
old, Of 1889 HI street northeast.
Detective J. l.. BilIman, OF the
Third precinct, was mo oring near
the point and he stopped for few
minutes to get the breezes. He
noticed a dark object floating near
the sea wall and when he investi-
gated he found 1t to be drowned
woman. He notified the morgue
and the body was taken there.
Miss Blschoff was last seen by
her brother Raymond. when he took
her to Potomac Park. She took
with her some knitting and mag.
azines and she planned to spend
the day quietly reading and sewing.
When she failed to return after a
reasonable time, the ponce were
asked to look out for her. She had
been Ill for some time.
Miss Bischoffs father is a con.
fectioner and baker n the III street
address. A verdict of suicide WIS
issued:
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
BOOTY WAVES BRING
JOY TO LONG BEACH

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Two hun.
dred cases of Scotch whisky cast
overheard in the Atlantic ocean by
fleeing rum runner were quickly
absorbed by summer residents Of
Long Beach when they was washed
ashore, according to Divisional
Prohibition Chief Merrick
He said by the time he authori-
ties reached the beach. which for
time was cluttered with valuable
drinkables, not hottie remained.
-Four steamships and eleven
schooners are at present anchored
off Rum Row 1T the entrance 20
New York harbcr, according 20
customs officers. Two of the steam
"rs are said to he British and two
french. The schooners are all
British except the Gerberviller, A
vessel of 2,O32 tons capacity, which
is French.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
SHIP
TAKES CARGO.
To LONDON
Carries Many Commodities on
Initial Trip Opening All
Water Route.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 31.-Products
OF the Middle West landed In
London, Liverpool and Manchester
without breaking cargo. Wheat
threshed from the golden harvest
fields of the Dakotas and Minneso.
Ia; fabricated steel products made
in the steel plants Of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois; automobiles from Mich.
igan and Ohio-these are but a
few Of the things in the cargo OF
the freighter Vesla, which slipped
from her pier at the Cleveland
docks September 1, bound on a
long voyage down Lakes Erie and
Ontario, the Welland Canal and
the st. Lawrence river, and then
across the Atlantic for the ports
of Britain.
In the same way the products
Of old England and the continent
of Europe will be brought back
thus, according to the men be
hind the move, greatly reducing
costs of transportation and bring
ing the markets of old and new
worlds immeasurably nearer, and
making their products far cheaper
Several Ships i'm Trade.
The Lakes and Ocean Steamship
Company, cooperating with Cleve
land Chamber Of Commerce, has
placed several vessels in this trade
and the route now established will
be maintained as long as naviga
ton remains open on the Great
Lakes. In the winter season the
boats, formerly in the West Indiar
fruit traffic, will again be trans
ferred fo that 9erVica
The ships will go up the Great
Lakes as far as Duluth seeking
cargo, but under the present plans
Cleveland with be the chief Ameri
can port. Owners of the vessels say
full cargoes for the remaining
months this year are assured.
Shipment Of products by the all
water route, without breaking cargo
has long been the dream of Mid
die Western statesmen and eCono
mists. To this end plans for the
st. Lawrence-Ontario Canal, greatly
increasing the present draft of the
Welland Canal beyond its present
fourteen foot restriction, have been
formulated. That this link eventual
ly will be built is considered certain
However, pending negotiations
now in progress between the Amer
lean and Canadian governments, the
present experiment will be watched
with interest.
Railroads Oppose.
Railroad influences popularly
are believed to be doing all they car
to prevent the consummation of the
agreement between the two coun'
tries to build the canal, which has
been declared entirely feasible by q
board or the most eminent engin
eerS.
1t has been charged also that
Montreal, New York, Buffalo and
other American and Canadian sea
board ports are doing everything
possible to delay the agreement
which will make Chicago, Detroit
Duluth. Toledo, Cleveland and other
lake ports seaports with all the
advantages that go with the cheap
water transportation.
ex-governor James p. Goodrich
of Indiana, one Of the strongest ad
vocates of the construction of this
canal, recently pointed out that
lumber from the forests of Wash
ingtOn is now transported by way
of the Panama Canal to New York
and then shipped as far West as
Indiana, the freight under these
conditions being lower than the all
rail route from the West to that
State.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
YES, BIRDS WILL I
GE I BANANA
LILIES
Expert Is Planting Them h
100, ,ooo-Acre Preserve on
the Coast Of Louisiana.
Bz co.mopolitan Nsvs Service.

BY Cosmopolitan News Service.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. s1.--''Yes.
we have no banana water mics.
Edward Avery McIlhenny, LOuisi-
ana sportsman. who is developing
100.000-acre game preserve on
the southwest Louisiana coast.
would not dare make that remark
to the ducks and geese which come
from the Arctic every fall to hunt
the islands and bays.
If he did, his grounds would be
shy several million feathered visi-
tors every tall.
The birds like widgeon grass,
wild celery and. coontail. but ba-
mana water lily Is the 'piece of
no resistance" with them.
McIlhenny. who has been instru.
mental in organizing $40 square
miles Of game refugees for the
State, with the assistance OF the
Rockefeller, Sage and Rainey es-
tates. only recently acquired 100, 900
acres Of ground for a new private
preserve. He announced today
that he is importing thousands Of
banana water lily plants from Cen.
trail America, and will SOW the
plants in the seven lakes, count.
less ponds and miles OF canals and
bayous that thread his 100, ,OOO-ac
! tract.
The banana water lily is an ire
sistible tidbit with the birds. It
grows very rapidly and very thick
ly in the warm coastal waters OF
Louisiana, and Mr.. McIIhenny ex-
poets his waters to be covered 30
thiclly that the birds may almost
get up and walk on the plants IL
they tire of swimming in the water.
This, he says, by the time north
ern frosts and freezes drive the
birds south again.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
JERSEY MAYOR DEMANDS
COMPANY RUN TROL LEY

NEWARK. n. j.. Aug. 81. A
conference today between mayors
of New Jerseys leading munich
palities, officials Of the Public Ser
vice Railway Company and repre-
.ntstivti< of tns t.a,ds ii -..eSss ta
to an abrupt close with the pas
sage of a motion by Mayor Frank
Hague, of Jersey City, that consid-
GRAFTON and discussion OF the com
pany's peace plan." designed to
end the strike, be abandoned until
after the company had resumed
service. The trolleys have been
idle since the WaIk-out of $500
workers August 4.
The motion was passed after Vice
President Edmund w. Wakelee Of
the company reiterated that service
would not be resumed until tlaa
-.osssce san" liaad ktei, ad,iDteI.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
NEW ROCHELLE LANDLADY
CUTS RENTS $40 A MONTH

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Mrs.
Charles E Guy, of New Rochelle,
announced yesterday that she will
reduce the rents of tenants in her
three family house beginning Sep
tember l. Mrs. Guy, who is the
house on Mayflower avenue.
wife of a travelling salesman, occu-
pies one floor Of her three family
The tenant on the second floor.
she announced, would have the
rent reduced from $50 to $40 n
month, while the tenant on the
third floor will have reduction
from $85 to $75 Mrs. Guy has
made all repairs asked for. 1T IS
hard enough now for some people
TO get along without having their
rents raised" she explained.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
HAIR COAXER IS
SUED BY BOLD
PATIENT
Chicago Grower" Says 90
Days Must Expire Before
Sprouts Show.
BY ROLAND KREBS.
international News Service.

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-If Max s.
Touff grows so much as one soli-
tary hair on his glistening bald
head before September 80 he can
kiss SIS goodby forever.
How Touff took twenty treat
ments from a Chicago hair grow
ing concern for SIS with the under
standing that his peak would be-
come covered with thick vegetation
and how he continued to be as
hairless as a dimes worth Of calf's
liver now is history.
Touff brought suit to get back
his seventy-five meg. once con-
vinced that there never would be
any more hair on his head than
there is split pea soup in Lake
Michigan.
The manager of the hair coaxing
establishment said he would be glad
to return Touff's money only after
their agreement was carried out.
The agreement was that he guar
anteed hair to grow where none
grew before within ninety days.
The last time the Touff skull was
annointed with fat herbs, oil and
other sauces was June 80. So saith
the hair wizard.
He insists that before Max s.
Touff can collect so much as a
cent he must prove on Sept. sc
that there vast a sprout.
The patient used to worry great
hollows under his eyes because he
had no hair.
Now he doesn't care IL he nevei
has any-at least for ninety DAYS
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
WARSHIP IN LAKE Is NOT
LIABLETO ONTARIO DRY ACT

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 81
The Cuban cruiser Patria, anchored
in Lake Ontario, off the grounds of
the Canadian National Exhibition,
is outside the jurisdiction Of the
Ontario temperance act, so her of
ficials may serve wine and liquor
aboard without interference. w. D.
Nickle, attorney general, has de.
cided.
forth by reports that provincial
officials would prefer charges
against the Cuban ships person
mel because intoxicants were served
to dinner guests aboard the craft
last Monday.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
WIFE IS AF TIER
HER FIFTH
DIVORCE
Husband Answers Plea by
Charging He Was Lured
Into Marriage.

NEW YORK. Aug. 31.-Four
times divorced. Mrs. Marguerite
Dietrich made application yester-
day before Supreme Court Justice
Carswell. in Brooklyn, for $3.50 a
week alimony and $1,000 counsel
fees. pending trial of her suit for
divorce against her fifth husband,
August Dietrich, a real estate
broker, of 18 Church avenue, that
borough.
Dietrich filed a counter claim
for annulment. He said that he
married his wife March 8. 1922,
after she had induced him to go
with her to New Jersey and had
later threatened him with prosecu-
ton under the Mann act. He mar
ried her, he said, as the only means
he could devise of escaping from
her power and control"
MY wife has painted me as a
man of the meanest and lowest
caliber." Dietrich added, 'and I
feel, therefore, justified in pointing
out to the court certain incidents
which will help determine what
credibility should be given to the
I'm 1900 she was married to one
James Bennett Pugh, whom she
divorced. She was later married
to one Porter Highly, whom she di.
vorced by a judgment entered in
Kings county, September II, 1913.
Three days later she married Robert
Nichol Clyde, whom she divorced
about the 23d day Of June, 1920.
She then married ]. Ira Seebacher,
from. whom she was divorced by
the Supreme Court, Kings county,
on the Sth day Of October, 1921.
She then married me, as alleged in
the complaint, and by this action
now seeks to divorce me-
In her suit Mrs. Dietrich alleged
that August 8, last year, she fol-
lowed her husband and another
woman to the Colonial Inn, Coney
Island. He begged forgiveness the
next day, she said, and they were
reconciled. She alleged that May
8, last, she followed her husband to
the home of another woman IN
Jersey City. Then they separated.
He denies her charges.
Mrs. Dietrich denied that her
marriage with Dietrich was brought
about through duress or that she
lured him to New Jersey or threat
ened him with prosecution under
the Mann act.
This indictment is purely and
simply a product Of the defendent's
imagination" Mrs. Dietrich said.
Until their separation she and her
husband lived at Irvington place,
Brooklyn. She alleged that he is
heavily interested in real estate
and is wealthy.
In reserving decision Justice
Carswell said Dietrich cannot legal
ly maintain a counter claim for
annulment in his wife's suit, but
must bring an independent action
for that relief.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
WHAT'S DOING
Today and Tomorrow

Today.
Circus-Children of Virginia Avenue
Fairgrounds. Virginia avenue and Ientn
street southeast. 1850 p. m.
Moonlight excursion-Musicians ana
concessionists at Marshall Hall, Steamer
st. Johns. 7:15 p. m.
Tomorrow.
Celebration - Bradley Day" Girl
Scouts, at Camp Bradley, all day:
Catholic Church. North Beach, Md,
p. m.
Excursion-American Legion OF the
District of Columbia Marshall Hail.
all day.
Concert-Marine Band, Ellipse, p. m.
Dance-Honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Hess, jr., Franklin Square Hotel, S:SO
p. m.
Memorial services-Veterans of For
eign Wars tomb of Unknown Soldier,
afternoon.
Outing-Loyal Order of the Moose,
Clarendon, all day.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
COPELAND MADE
$1,000 IN FIRST
INVESTMENT
Senator Says Real Estate or
Government Should Take
Youths Savings.
By ROYAL 8. COPELAND,
United States Senator From New York
Copyright, 1928. by Cosmopolitan


News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Real es.
tate, as an investment, attracted
me when I was a young man.
invested the first $1,000 / saved
in It.
Ny choice proved wise. The
house and lot I bought in Ann
Arbor, Mich, I improved and not
long afterward I sold them for
twice what / paid. Then I bought
more real estate and sold that, too
at a profit.
To a young man who has saved
81 900 my message is:
Put 1t into sound real estate, Civ:
ing a mortgage for the balance, II
your initial capital is not sufficient
to pay for it.,
The average youth, quite natu,
rally, doesn't know much about
real estate values, so before you
risk your money take the advice
of some one who has had expert.
ence in that line. AS you go along
learn all you can about the real
estate business. so that when the
opportunity comes you will be in
q position to act on your own judg-
ment.
t The reason / favor property of
that kind il that you can always
go and look at It; you know where
1t is, and that 1t cannot disappear
overnight, as money invested in
many other ways may easily do.
If, however, young man has no
business aptitude, the safest thing
he can do is to invest 1t In Liberty
bonds and let the United States
Government earn money for him.
The interest paid may not be az
great as might be obtained from
some other source. but there will
be the assurance that the money
is absolutely safe. I prefer Uncle
Sam az my banker to any other
in the world.
Success may be defined in differ.
ent ways. II the object is to make
money, there can be no doubt that
the big city offers the best induce
ments.
But success will come 20 no one
unless he possesses good health, in
telhgence and education.
There are other qualifications,
too, but these are the most impor-
tant. A young man should have
good principles, Of course. Without
them he may succeed for a while.
but the probability is that in due
time he will fail.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
7 COUNTY OFFICIALS PAID
! BY VANDERBILT TAXES

ASHEVILLE, n. G., Aug. 81
Taxes paid in Buncombe County
by Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt
will more than pay the salaries
Of seven county officials as shown
by completed tax assessments. Mrs.
Vanderbilt pays taxes on prop
erty valuation amounting to ST..
387,217.17.
Biltmore House, one of the fin
est homes in America, is valued
on the books at $500, 900. Sur.
rounding the residence are nearly
1000 acres Of land.
Taxes on the Vanderbilt hold.
ings will amount 20 $25.5S9.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
NoTABLES TO BE GUESTS
OF SOUTHERN SOCIETY

Receptions to President Coolidge
and Lloyd George, former premier
Of England, are planned by the
Southern Society, which met last
night at the Southern building
Dates for the affairs are to be set
by the guests Of honor.
The society will help entertain
members Of the United Daughters
Of the Conferedacy who gather in
Washington November 10 for a con.
vention as a token OF tribute to
the South.
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
Dinner Dance Postponed.

The Women's Universal Alliance
has announced the postponement Of
its dinner.dance which was to have
been held last night, until next
Thursday. The delay was made to
accommodate large number Of
patrons who have left over Labor
Day. y
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
To Honor Unknown.

The Unknown Soldiers tomb will
be decl1ed with q wreath tomorrow
when the Veterans of Foreign
Wars assemble in a memorial serv-
ice al q sequence to their conven.
ton at Norfolk. Secretary Of La
Dor Davis will address the vet
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
Concert

BY the United States soldiers
Home Band. at the oandstand
this evening, beginning AT $50
o'clock. John 8. n. Zimmer-
mann, bandmaster. Program:
March--"Love Is King" 1. Innes
overture--'.M '.Mysora" ...... wettge
Entr'Acte-
q. ''Serenade'' ..... Drdla
b. "Roguish Eyes" :. .Gruenwald
Scenes from Grand Opera ga
brielIa ............... Ptzzi
Hawaiian Fox Trot--"Ka-Lu-A, p
Kern
Waltz Suite--Youthful Fancies."
Dell Orc
Finale-''In Old California With
lou Allc tkffaAn
THE star-spangied Banner"
The Washington times., 1923-08-31
Pick Legion Delegates.

The James e. Walker post Of the
America Legion last night selected
West A. Hamilton and Sylvester
II. Epps as delegates to the depart
ment convention to be held Eext
week. Alternates named were
John II. Anderson and James B.
Lomack.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-03
has been a guide in that section
of the lake region.

has been a guide in that section
of the lake region.
Judge G. R. Williams left Mon
day morning for Havana, Illinois,
accompanied by his mother. Mrs.
Williams and children left their
Cranberry home a week ago at
the beginning of the school year.
Their home on Cranberry will be
closed until next spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fisk of Ell
gin, ILL.,, after two weeks visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Tilden at
their resort on Meta lake, left
for their home yesterday. Mr.. Fisk
was for years a regular summer
visitor in this section, and he and
Mrs. Fisk will very likely build
summer home on Meta lake next
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Koehler,
owners of Sandy Beach resort on
Big Twin lake couple miles
from the village of Phelps, were
Eagle River visitors last Saturday.
They have been in operation on
Big Twin for a couple of years
and state they had a good run
this summer. They will erect sew
eral more buildings next season.
Milo E. Westebrooke, manager
of the Coliseum at Chicago, spent
Friday in this section. He attend
ed the meeting of the Resort
Owners Association at Camp Vud-
esare where he gave adequate in
formation concerning the coming
Outdoor Exposition, at which re-
sorts and business houses of this
section will exhibit when held
next May.
Ellis O. Jones of The White
House resort on Big ST. German
lake, was a visitor in Eagle River
yesterday. Mr.. Jones new song,
Land O Lakes in Old Wisconsin, y
now on sale at Walstad's Sport
Shop, is being taken up rapidly.
1t hits the spot for the person
who loves the lakes, the streams
and the woods of Northern Wis
consin. 1t is very popular piece
of music.