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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21

Two Killed, II Injured, When
Burning Building
ColIapses.
nv International News Service.


NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Two
Aremen were killed and forty
one persons injured early today
when the roof and one of the
walls of the three-story building
housing the new Plaza dance hall,
in the Williamsburg section of
Brooklyn, collapsed, as fire was
sweeping the structure.
The dead are Raymond Farrell
and James Sullivan, both of en-
CINE company No. $50.
The building was an old land
mark and fer years was a
Masonic temple. About fifty fire
men were in the structure fight
ing the blaze when the roof col
lapsed without warning.
Roof Falls on Ffremen.
The old structure had been Quilted
Firemen had been ordered inside to
extinguish the last remaining
sparks. Then the crash came.
With roar the roof went down.
carrying with 1t one of the side
walls.
AS the great shower of debris
came down, burying the firemen be-
meath the wreckage, those outside
the structure became a maddening
mob Of rescuers. Firemen, police
and bystanders, unmindful of their
own danger. plunged into the hot
ruins. The rescuers dug and kicked
at the debris to rescue the buried
firemen.
Calls for assistance brought am
balances and physicians to the
scene.
Reports of a great loss of life be
gan to spread. One report had il
that eleven bodies had been re
covered.
AS the rescuers dug at the ruin.
imprisoned firemen.
Escaped by Quick Wit.
Hope had been abandoned for 81,
men known to have been on TIL
roof when it cavcd in. 1t SCENE,
impossible that these men couI,
have escaped from the seething fur
mace into which they had seem
ingly plunged. But one by one the
reported to their commanders, thei
eyes full Of sweat and CRIME, !
they begged for news of their con
rades.
Many firemen escaped by thei
own quick wit and GOODNESS in tn
fraction of a second that the war;
ing of the collapse came. Other
were dragged to safety by thei
comrades.
Deputy Chief O'Hara. in chars
Of the Brooklyn fire forces, WA
saved by his chauffeur, VIII
dragged him from harms way
the nick of time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
FREAKISH BOLT PUTS
LEAF MARK ON GIRL

EASTON, Md, Aug. 21-During
an electrical storm last night light
ming played queer pranks at the
farmhouse of Joseph Roske, on the
outskirts of this city. Shirley Jaffe,
aged nine, was struck by a bolt
which left a mark resembling fern
leaf on one of her shoulders and a
limb Of a tree on her right hip.
Miss Rose Goldman, twenty-one,
Of New York, was knocked uncon-
scious and the shoe on her right
foot was torn off. Joe Berman, two
years old, was painfully burned.
A goose was struck dead at the
door Of the poultry house. The chin
new Of the house was cut in two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
Commission Plans
Fuel Supply If Mine
Farley Ends In Strike

Threat of increased use of btu.
minous coal, coke and other suk
stitutes for anthracite, which woul6
mean the eventual starvation Of the
anthracite industry, Is the weapon
the United States Coal Commission
Is depending upon to force the
anthracite operators and miners to
negotiate q new wage scale to re-
place tho one expiring September
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
LITTLE GIRL FINDS SNAKE
IN BOX MAILED TO DADDY

DANVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-Cole
G.. I.anders, traffic manager for the
western Brick Company, was half
inclined to regard the mailing of
q live snake to him at his Peoria
residence address as a joke. His
little daughter opened the package.
She had enough presence Of mind
tn crush it shut when she noticed
the wiggle of the snakes tail in.
aide of the box. 1t was found to be
Of a harmless variety.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
ASKER ENTERS PRIVATE
ADVERTISING BUSINESS

CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-Albert D.
Lasker, former chairman of the
United States Shipping Board. be-
came a private citizen once more
when he resumed his duties as head
of a local advertising firm.
Although his resignation became
effective several weeks ago. Lasker
remained on duty until the first trip
of the Leviathan, when he sailed
aboard her as his last act in connec-
ton with the board.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
Will Start Night Flights.

CHICAGO. Aug. 21.--A giant
mail airplane hops off tonight at
Checkerboard Field here on the
first regularly scheduled night
flight OF the United States Mail
Service.
Ample provisions have been
made In the way OF providing for
the safety OF the night pilots.
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
THE WEATHER.

Increasing Clou d Inc SIS;
showers late tonight or
Wednesday; cooler Wednes-
day afternoon or night;
moderate to fresh southerly
winds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
WAGE DEMANDS DEADLOCK
COAL FARLEY, SAYS HARD

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 21-The negotiations here between
the anthracite operators and the anthracite miners have
reached the stage which lofty neutral wisdom OF the
United States Coal Commission instantly needed. the
Commission possesses that wisdom, nowand not laer-s
the time tn dsnlav and apply it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
The Radio
Program

AS a result of nu-
merous requests from
readers of The Wash
ington Times, this
paper will hereafter
publish the daily
radio program for
Washington and vi
cinity.
1t will be in the
first column of the
double page Of comic
strips.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
BY international News Service.

HAZELHURST FIELD, Mlneo-
la, N. Y, Aug. SIC. Eugene
johnson, United States air mail
service pilot, hoped off at IL
O'Clock Eastern standard time to-
day in the DH-4-B on the first
lap of a trans-continental relay
race that has as its object the
establishment of a twenty-eight-
hour mail service between New
York and San Francisco.
Cleveland First Stop.
Johnson was unaccompanied. AT
ter circling the field he headed
due west in the direction of Cleve-
land, O., the first scheduled stop.
The plane, with a single 40O-horse.
power Liberty motor, carried sew
| enty-eight pounds of mail addressed
to San Francisco and intermediate
cities which are relay points in the
attempted record flight.
The principal relay points are
! Cleveland, where the mail Is due at
4 p. m. eastern standard time);
Chicago, due p. m. central time);
| Omaha, IL midnight, central timc);
Cheyenne, 4:30 a. m. western timej,
Wednesday,; Salt Lake City, 8 a. m.
mountain time); Reno, 2:15 p. m. pa.
cific coast time), and San Francisco,
AIS coast time), tomorrow.
In these cities planes with fresh
| pilots will be in readiness to take
the mail and hop off with as little
loss of time as possible.
| simultaneously another plane was
to have left San Francisco and the
twenty-eight hour coast to coast
mail service will be officially
started.
Three Zones Established.
In order to facilitate the handling
and movement of the mail. the
country has been divided into three
| zones, New York Chicago, Chicago
Cheyenne, and Cheyenne-San Fran
cisco. Basic rates are eight cents
for the first zone, sixteen cents for
the second zone and twenty-four
| cents for the third Stops will be
made at six stations-Cleveland
Chicago, Omaha, Salt Lake City,
Cheyenne and Reno, for mail deliv-
cries. To insure the complete
course of the service forty-two land
ing places and number of relay
stations have been designed at
strategic places throughout the
country. Extra planes will be held
IN readiness at main relay fields
TO take up the flight IL the regular
carriers are crippled.
Powerful beacon lights have been
established at the landing fields to
guide the pilots in the night flying
which will be necessary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
The Power of
Habit

How easy it is to put
something over when the
thing goes along agreeably
with the habits of the peo-
pie.
Newspaper reading in the
United States has devel-
oped into the great ma
tional habit.
And in Washington there
is a growing preference
for the national dailies-
The Washington Times
and Washington Herald.
A three-time Want AID IN
The Washington Morning
Herald, Washington Even.
ing Times and Sun day
Morning Herald will give
you a circulation of $780,
900.
Phone Your Wants to
Main $3.50
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
FlIERS OFF
TO CROSS
j. s.
One Plane Speeds West With
Mail From New York. While
Second Rushes7East.
By international News Service.

RENO. New, Aug. 2l.-The De
Hayfland mail aerOplane, plIOse1
by Burr WinslOW, arrived mere u
7:46. approximately one hour ana
fifty minutes after leaving CF1secg
Field. San FranciscO, On the nrst
f,yenty-eigflt hour cross county,
flight of plane carrying Onitea
States mail.
Pilot Blanchard left here at 7:SO
a. M, relieving Winslow. Ihe
next stop is ElkO, New. Wfncn
usually requires two hours: AS
the plane Is making exceptional
time. It is believed the DE HaVl'
land may arrive at EIkO at 0'4O'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
D.C,W0N|AN
KILLED IN
FRANCE
Another Injured as Bus
PIunges Into Mountain
RaVine Near Nice.


BOSTON, Aug. 21.-One Wash
ington woman was killed, another
was injured and q third rniracu-
lously ese4ped- death when q tour
lists big sightseeing bus crashed
over the edge Of a mountain high
| way near lie Panier, not far from
Nice, France, and fell 300 feet
into a ravine.
Announcement to this effect was
made here today at the Boston Of
flee of the agency which was con-
Quoting the tourists through
Europe.
Casualties From Capital.
The Washington casualties fol
low:
DEAD:
Mrs. ID. s. White of Wardman
Park Hotel, wife of D. S. White,
vice president of the Capital
! Publishing Company.
SLIGHTLY INJURED:
Mrs. w. w. Spade of SO Bryant
street northwest, cOIlar-bOne
broken.
UNINJURED:
Mrs. Meta Mooney Of the Bur-
lingtOn Hotel.
According to the Boston agency
four were killed, five seriously in
iured and five slightly injured.
The other dead are:
| Charles H. Gray, Gardiner, Me
| Rev. and Mrs. H. Grant Person
| Newton, Mass.
Mrs. Alexander Sondheimer, Mus
kogee, Okla.
Seriously injured.
Alexander Sondheimer, Muskogee
Okla.
Prof. Russell B. Miller, 83 Oak
hill avenue, Delaware, Ohio.
Robert T. Person, Newton, Mass.
Carlton G. Person, Newton, Mass.
Francis A. Rugg, Boston, Mass.
Slightly Injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Strayhorn, 81:
Geer building, Durham, N. c.
| Mrs. w. A. Hooker, 368 Ninth
avenue southwest, Roanoke, Va.
Miss w. Beaumont, New Yorl
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Coffey, Dex
ter, Kan.
Will Be Sent Home.
BY International News Service.
II NICE, Aug. 21.-The American
consul today began arrangement
to send home the bodies of fiv'
Americans who were killed when {
sight seeing auto bus crashed Ovcl
1.-The edge of a mountain highway ned,
LIE Panier, falling into deep raVine
Thirteen injured persons Were
brought to Nice.
Town Hall a MOrgue.
The town hall in Guillaume wa
temporarily converted into
morgue. Word was received from
Paris that an embalmer was beinl
sent by airplane to take care Of tn
bodies.
The dead are the Rev. and Mrs
H. Grant Person, Mrs. Alexande
Sondheimer, Mrs. D. s. White
Charles Gray and Louis Balliro,
French guide.
The bus which was owned b.
the Paris, Lyon and Mediterranean
railroad, was operated by Tempt
Tour, of Boston. The Europea
tour, which was arranged throug
the Boston agency. was in charge Q
Prof Russell B. Miller, of the I'm
versity Of Chicago.
One Woman Escapes.
\ Among the injured were Prot
Miller, who was unconscious toda
and not expected to live; Mrs. Wi
\ liam M. Beaumont, Mr.. and Mrs. W
r. Coffey, Mrs. w. A. Hooker
Carlton G. Person, Robert T. Pei
son, Mrs. w. w. Spaid, Isaac I
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21

september issue of Vanity Fair or
sale today.-Advt.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Preservation of Fish Nets.

According TO the United States bu-
reau of fisheries the efficacious meth
DDS of preserving fish nets are tanning.
tarring and c%reosoting. In the tan
ming method the nets are left soft and
pliable. After the nets have been
dipped into the tan liquor 1t is well
to give them a treatment with BIZ
chomate of potash, which increases
the preservatiSe powers of the tan
ming materials. such as querritron.
catachu. gambler, etc. Hemp threads
are afforded protection in this way as
well as cotton threads. but not to so
high a degree. Tarring the nets is the
principal method used in the United
States. 1t consists simply of passing
the nets through hot tar, removing
the excess tar and then partially dry
ing. This is a very effective method as
the coal tar used is an antidote
against qualification. Creosote oil is
also used for preserving nets. II is
a good representative and causes little
shrinkage. The principal objection to
IT'S use is that it washes out too read
ily or eyaporates from the net.-Scien-
tlfc American.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
WOMEN BUY MEMS APPAREL
Purchase Eighty Per Cent of Haber.
dashery-Necktie Joke Used
to Hide True Facts.

Men are popularity supposed to be
very independent creatures when 1t
ome to selecting their own wearing
apparel. Mothers, wives and sisters.
indeed. arc held to have such poor
taste in the matter that the Christmas
necl;tie joke has come to be one of
civilizations most honored and ancient
bits of humor. But there is another
side to the story.
The inevitable statistician tells us
that so per cen Of the trading done in
the country's haberdasheries is done
by women. So now the secret is out.
1t may be that the necktie joke has
been perpetuated as a sort of smoke
screen to hide the true facts. If so
per cent of the haberdasher's trade
from women, it is easy to be-
lieve that fully as much or more of the
mems furnishing purchases in regular
department stores are also made by
women.
Friend wife may not know a mans
necktie when she sees one, but she
seems to be a pretty good buyer of
shirts, socks pajamas union suits and
all the rest.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

water boy. will handle water and moth
ing else and so through the whole list
of household servants, but the wood
picker is quite willing to do odd jobs.
such as helping in the garden or
around the kitchen, for a few annas.
His needs are small. He lives chief
ly on cakes made from Indian corn.
or maize, and the clear water of the
mountain stream is his favorite drink
He is invariably a man of peace and
in spite of his considerable strength
and great activity, he is a lover of
peace and seldom quarrelsome.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
One Thina He Could Do.

Spring" burbled Mr.. Flubdub. 'gets
into the very marrow of my bones. IL
takes me back to my boyhood days
bringing fair visions of messy lanes
and old swimming holes. Spring.
gentle spring. 1t makes me think OF
the wildwood, the meadows. the bah
bling brook, the lowing kline, the pipes
of Pan, the little lambs. | am not
ashamed of my poetic fancies. ] love
a little lamb. But here ! am. chained
TO a desk. What can a desk do? Still.
] can 60 70 a restaurant andaoersI .
little lamb"
And he did. ~
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Stone From solomon's Temple.

A stone from the ruins of King Sol
omon's temple of Jerusalem arrived
in this city yesterday, and it will be
built into the synagogue house Of the
federated central and free synagogues
This is going up in West SiXty-eighth
street, near Central park west, says
the New York Times.
The stone is a gift from Sir Wynd-
ham Deedss, the civil secretary of the
mandate government of Palestine to
Rev. DIR. Stephen s. Wise, rabbi Of the
synagogues, made when Doctor Wise
was in Jerusalem a year ago.
The stone is a part Of the famous
-wailing wall" grooved and furrowed.
as legend would have ii. by the tears
of Jews who were bewailing the de-
struction of the temple.
The building which will contain the
historic and ancient stone will house
the Jewish Institute of Religion which
was established last year by Doctor
Wise.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Ruffaloes In lava

One of the favorite as we'll as uAe
of the most useful friends of the ma
tive of Java is the "karbau" or buff
falo. This animal, so powerful yet so
gentle, shares his labors. With sure
roads or along the stony mountain
paths, drawing carts laden with rice
or other products into the villages.
One of the most delightful pastoral
pictures which one carries away from
this beautiful island of the East is that
of little brown children sitting on the
backs of these creatures fiicking the
flies off them and guiding them from
one green bit of pasture to another.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

Sleep was cften impossible, and I grad
nally weakened so l could hardly at
tend TO my Office duties.
The first bottle Of Tanlac improved
me wonderfully, and each successive
aottle gave added impetus TO my re-
turning strength. l felt ten years
younger wf.e2 I finished the sixth bot
tie a short time later. Tanlac gave
me new zest n lie thai still remains
with me-"
Tanlac is Tor sEle by all good drug
gists.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
STRANGE Experience.

One day a friend wanted to go swim
ming and asked me to keep $50 for
him until he returned. l wrapped it in
a handkerchief with $40 of my own
money and pinned ii inside my dress.
An hour later l went TO the post Office
and upon returning, saw something ~
ing on the sidewalk. l picked 1t up
and discovered II to be my handker-
chief containing the $50. The pin had
come unfastened. bur had not noticed
it.-Chicago journal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Alabama Mayor Out
With Strong Facts

Judge g. ". Thomson, Mayor of
Tarrant City, Alabama, widely known
and highly esteemed pioneer citizen,
recently gave his unqualified endDrse-
ment to the Tanlac treatment.
"Chronic Indigestion brought me TO
the verge Of a general breakdown
three years ago said Judge Thorn
ason, land nothing seemed to afford
much relief. l was eating scarcely
enough to keep going on, and food
stayed in my stomach like a rock,
causing pain and extreme nervousness.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Our Air Service Is Awake.

AS things are today. France and
Great Britain are going ahead ambi-
tiously with plane building programs.
The United States government is not
Indifferent to the situation. Its air
service Is efficient and constantly is
drilling and preparing for the defense
of this country against air enemies.
The United States is not as we'll
equipped with air machines as are
several other countries IN the world.
but the service has kept abreast of
the times and it knows what will be
necessary to do in the way Of prepara-
ton If the occasion should arise.
At the outbreak of the World war
it was predicted that alrplanes would
turn the tide of battle in favor of one
or the other of the contestants. This
might have been true If the service
had been upon the plane of aggressive
efficiency upon which it rests today.
The war development of the bombing
and combat machines helped mate
rally. but the planes did not reach the
point Of perfection. They are said TO
be reaching that point today. 1t would
be interesting to learn how many of
the commercial machines today are in
type virtually like the bombing and
combat machines.
Accuracy in a way did not keep pace
with other improvements in planes as
they were developed during the war.
At the outbreak of hostilities In 1914
it was virtually impossible for a bomb
ing machine to drop high explosive
shells upon any fixed and compare
lively small target. OF course, shells
could be dropped Unfortunately into
towns. cities and villages. hut as they
were supposed to take up the often
sive only against ships, Notifications
and bodies of armed men. the legiti-
mate targets were hard to hit. AS the
war went on the bombers became more
accurate. Various devices to aid ac-
curacy were invented and put to use
but no bomber, even today, can quail
ify, so to speak, as a sharpshooter.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
THE INDIAN WooDPIcKER

The Indian woodpicker, or pajhari,
comes from the hill country. He is a
hard worker. does not shirk heavy
tasks and is content with the simple
things of life. He has to travel often
a long way from the beaten paths for
his load of oak or pine wood, which he
cuts into convenient lengths and car
ries on his back in a basket.
In India, most of the people do just
one thing. For instance, the punkah
boy will only operate the punkah; the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

The lady lad just lost her husband
and had gone to a summer ho,eI 10
resi-. She often dreamed Of her nus
hand and she would sometimes get up
In the middle of the night To see II
he wasn't walking about. Any little
disturbance caused her to he fright.
ened. one night mysterious raps
we're heard Oh the walls of the sum.
mer hotel.
Great goodness" cried the fright.
ened woman in room 13. Il wonder If
thai could be my departed hushand?"
No" gro-yled the man in room IA,
ITS the people on the other floors
killing mosquitoes with their slippers"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
His Warninu,

1t was his first great speech, and he
wanted II TO be a success.
His Grafton was long and passionate
and he wished to end it with a warn
ing.
He could have couched his warning
in the old p%royerb about locking the
stable door after the horse was stolen
but that was too commonplace. He
wanted something original.
He thought of something better.
Then he shouted: Don't, I beg you
don't wait till the house takes fire be-
fore you summon the fremen."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Clear Baby's Skin
/ With Cuticura
Soap and Talcum
Starting In YOUNG,
Soap Csc, Oi.tment rs and Soc, Talern Csc.

The civics teachers at a certain
school recently required their pupils
to hand in statements showing their
schedules of classes.
One boy noted on his Slip a course
In forgery"
His teacher was much astonished.
Investigation showed the boy had forg-
Ing in one of the foundry classes
Indianapolis News.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
University Growth.

In the ten years since 1911, the
campus teaching staff of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin increased by 81
per cent the staff for public service
increased by 1876 per cent
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

afnent % "a nsw
spiritual life is
another. Between
tie t~wo#there is a
distinction with a
difference. 4 am
come III at ye
might have life.
and#thaGy might
have il N or
a~bundauuy' is de-
scriptive of the
Savior. mission
To this d.
This life, like all
other life, begins
4 i'm a birth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

Men think highly of those who rise.
rapidly in the world. whereas nothing
rises quicker than dust, straw and
feathers.-Hare.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

Be just and fear not let all the end
thou aimest at be thy country's, thy
Gods. and truth's.-Shakespeare.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

Nothing sets a person so much our
of the devils reach as humility.-Jon
athan Edwards.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Necessary Evil.

AS surely as God is good. so surely
there is no such thing as necessary
evil.-Southey.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26
Weak Men.

They are the weakest-mlnded and
the hardest-hearted men that most
love change.-Ruskin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

Lots of perfectly useless lessons
are learned in the school of expert
ence.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

If a man comes to you with an AK
TO grind, it isn't your wood he wants
TO chop.