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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-23
WOMEN'S CLUBS FAVOR
MARRIED SCHOOL TEACHER

President Coolidge was lauded
in a resolution adopted last night
by the Federation Of Women's
Clubs of Washington for calling
the governors to the law and order
conference. They also asked that
teachers be chosen according to
their records and without discrin1-
ried.
The Home Economies Association
was admitted to membership. Chair
man Ada Rainey, of the Fine Arts
committee, announced that she
would take a delegation of the
members through the Freer Art
Gallery Saturday &fteruoons
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DEATH IN LUNCHROOM
DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES

George Hinkle, sixty-four, of 223
John Marshall place northwest, died
yesterday at the Gallinger Hospital
half an hour after having been found
unconscious in a lunch room near
Third street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt issued
a certificate Of death from natural
causes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-23
COMMISSIONERS APPROVE
APARTMENT HEAT BILL

The District Commissioners TODAY
approved a bill which will be pre-
scented to Congress in December,
compelling landlords to furnish heat
in their houses. The heat to be
sc degrees Fahrenheit, between z
o'clock in the morning and 10
o'clock at night. The bill will call
for a fine of $25 to 500 should
the landlords fail to comply with
the order.
The boil was prepared by DR.. Will
liam c. Fowler, District Health
Officer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-23
New School Named,

The District Commissioners today
named the new colored high school.
at Twenty-fourth and N streets
northwest. The name chosen 40
the John r. Francis School.
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School Grounds to be improved

A contract for Improvement Of the
grounds Of the new Eastern High
School in northeast Washington was
signed by the Commissioners today.
The improvements will cost about
S16 900
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-23

LinnenkGnsp, Viennese art
tst, has come to this country
to paint our fifteen fGirest
10 o M g n. TIL E CHI e E r
LEADER comments that it
eOoatId be Just an AMstriGm's
luck to find 'en1 already
painted.
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Winston Hears Both Hill and Hardte
6g31lENRD4r'SEEM5
Nkz1S2l14@ RY BILL PRICES c-fAa1aA"
SPARE TIRE
rHD CURSE OF GINGER ALE.

THD CURSE OF GINGER ALE.
'r.Oos ~ the BorktnO Dog Saloon
Fall np0wy long gears ago,
IN the dGys of jest
In the Golden West,
When each mons h0tr 4C6S covered
That's the tell tale you 30.
II.
Not0 Bloody Ban tc0s the king Of
'em all,
And proud he toos Of his might,
And the head Of his hair
And the terrible stare
Was see for q man to sight.
HIS Uotce sOGs 0raVf and his blue
OF man he'd make q dot,
And his horSeptSt0l grim
That he carried 10Th him
And raised, hinlseH, from q Coli.
Noto, al soent sOeH at the Barking
'Til the dGsOw Of that o,otuI
fidht,
When to totun there ran
a stranger man,
Y.
And strGt0htsOGv Bloody BSu sought
he
With heor that .Oos fierce to
curse:
"Ah, Bloody Bill.
III dead Hou XII
For better or HUerwMrSt."
VI
Thereof, alas, there RAM out shots.
6hdrp-tOned IN the airy stu,
And upon the floor,
All covered 10Th gore,
Lay the form of Bloody Bin.
VII.
Then up to the bar ron the stronger
man,
an ssosGs that Ods covered Nth
al cocG-coLo
Before die p
He ssr'eked and at once fen
HENCE
Lend me your ears, you merry meu.
TO the moral Of my t0Ie'
An0 stop to think
Oy the eUu of drink
AID lay off Of ginger ale.
1m THE UNKNOWN
Inc Unknown Il q thirteen-yesr-
O.J "sNT ntgton public school student.
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ADELE wooLARD. twelve years
old. s19 e street southeast, sends in
pencil sketch of her conception Of
as her first contribution TO the column.
Sorry. Adele, but the engraver tells
us 1t won't reproduce. II will be added
TO the Heard and Seen rOEue's gallery,
right next to that great color wash Of
the Office Goat
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HENCE
KWITE !!

That announcement of Invis.
lbIe Emperor Simmons that n
barefaced XXX order. the
knights of Kamelia, is in for
nation, sounds almost unkIannv.
IGNOBLE ISAAC.
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Hope to be any name you call me
cross my heart. and hope to drop
dead :"
well! Aw. I'm goin' to do II I"
"Ah. yes, Come on Why did
you leave me so suddenly. and only
come back in my dreams7 Come on.
Bud Tell Teller something, Bud I"
The boy looked at the open door of
the house. He stepped close to the
old party.
"Aw-well. It's nothin' much--only
she--her in tbere-that used to live
across the alley. Well. you know
just ms well as |. Aw, amt a-goin
to tell"
The old party looked gently Into
the strange boys red, shame -colored
face. Tears streaked through the
ffeckles. but he tried to smile.
Go on. Bud: I'll remember"
We'll. you remember that night
she was standing by the fence that
June evening Wien we came home
IRON Piiliken's partyf Well, dog
gone II. and killed me-kllled me as
dead ms nit, | tell youl She did
she IL In the house--she who has
been in the house all these years.
she Killed me. tell YOU"
How Why. how, BudY" exclaimed
the old party under his breath, also
iuflihely Keeping his eye on the door.
with that-that--! Oh, you know
with that first awful klssl"
Obi see!" replied the man. "And
so she"
Yes interrupted the strange boy.
she turned me into a dream and Won
INTO a man--and we parted"
As the book fell to the floor the old
party cried:
Son Son. how about that music7
Isn't 1t time for your practicingY"
Just minute, daddy I" called bach
Fourteen. I'm inventing new kind
OF alrshlp, with an armorplate bottom
Tor war! And the young man saw
visions.
Inc old party smiled sadly and
sighed as he saw the stranre hov
dragging himself slowly round tho cor.
ner to finish his evening chores linn.
ing heavily as he went. and wills.
pered: VIM"
And the old men dream dream.w
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Ing place. Why. Bud, when the old
barn went and the garage came. !
saw each timber go as one bids good
by TO an old friend.
THE very rafters were sacred !
There our trnpeze swung; there the
rings dangled on which we turned
buzz-wheels; there WAS our spring.
beard before the haypile In the man
ger; there we gave our shows !;
there we played our first casino and
seven-up, and there we learned In
whispers the great mysteries of life.
The barn was the boys Eden. He
entered II In the sweet innocence Of
childhood and played ghost there and
tnlked with voices there. and held
communion with the gods; and when
he left it-when the barn no longer
held limits creaklng doors banged
on him, and he walked past the fam
ing sword into life filed with the
knowledge of good and evil! What
will boys do when there are no more
barns?"
Come on" said Fourteen, taking
his chin from the stone railing. ia
Their Is tired"
The three sprawled on the close
cropped sward-on back or belly as
II pleased each; and the talk droned
from carburetors and a cynical critl.
clsm OF the talking movies 10 the
r,oper weight of tennis rackets. then
into the local boy problems In wire
less. and IN into the mysteries OF
the new pulmot0r over at the engine
house of the fire department. But
on the veranda the old party and the
strarge buy were holding forth on
the splendors and glories Of the Golden
Age.
And yet" returned the strange
boy. what they have-all this large
leisure Ia consider the universe. all
these store things, all this machine.
mnde pleasure and formal joy-was
what. ] hoped for, what ] longed for
most eagerly. They are as ] would
have had the angels In my heaven.
They are the visions I saw Of good
boys made perfect"
And you" repeated the old party
gently. you. Bud-you are the dreams
dream!"
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.a,d the strange boy.

=, .now. said the strange ooy'
az should not be 70 wise 'o' liza
oce. hut living with you mas GO
- w,sed me beyond my years. 90
m venture to guess that most VI o1
heavens are behind us-when We p
forty-fse." .w laughed
,ho old marty. Some day I'm so'hs
70 discharge you-hre you--thro" YOU
out-get rid of you! wouioh . se'S
vou round but for one thing aho-
And that Is ,
and that is because II II wash'
for You I'd diel You are the GUY
bearer who brings me the oil Oh gnu
ness. p,,.t
"Ah. but you're rascal nuo
vo,,,re +. rascal; wool-dyed villain
How slow you work before sun
day SCHOOL, How long you lie oehi".
tho blackberry bushes In the oack
Garden In the shade when your noe
ing takes you past this shelter An,
Bud only one old man In all the "or'o
over knew you and loved you-Jus'
one old man"
Tho strange boy turned away and
nretended to be interested IN "na'
the Youths were saying on the grass
below
bud I've been pretty good to you
haven't I-since you came bacR' '"eh'
ty-fye years agoT :,
"Was II that long ago' "hy'
thought II was only
twenty-five years, Bud! ! didn't
miss you so much for half dozen
years; and then when you did come
back I rather"
yes. you've spoiled me probably
so far as that goes the strange boy
broke In. MADE a pet OF me-and a
fool, more or less"
But. Bud. answer me this, saio
the old party quickly. what became
of you in those years-those heauti
full years of youth? Where did you
20 and why did you gof'
The strange boy stood still and
looked at the ground.
"Do you want to know, honest
| honest?" asked the strange boy.
drumming his fingers on the cool
stone.
Honest to God. Bud
won't you ever tell-herT
"Who?" He followed the strange
boys eyes toward the house, and tie
old party went on with his oath
Honest to God. Budl Hope to die
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Thousands Have kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It


Judging from reports from DRUGGIST.
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root i
soon realized. Il stands the highest for
It's remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one Of tie
prominent Life Insurance Companies, /,
an interview on the subject, made the ls-
tonishing statement that one reason why
90 many applicants for insurance are re.
jected IL because kidney trouble Is 30
common to the American people, and tina
large majority Of those whose applications
are declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease. DIR. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root is on sale at all drug stores in bottles
Of two sizes, medium and large.
However. If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer q Co.. Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Advsrtisement.
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,o. h,mhlv returned the old man.
drawing his breath. u forso, ~
hoys are highly sanitary-apsoiu.e,s
nure! You probably never a'e 0"''
sorrel, nor or,no--
Nor sucked a grapevine In spring
nor ate rosebudsf ,oot.
bud" smiled the old parry,
lng into the blue eyes OF the s'rane ,
hoy with fond "Reminiscences VIA" n,n
is the keenest Joy of maturity ,,,'
On, remember we used to go trai'lns
through the woods, browsing Oh NV
,opng fresh twigs like gods I'D '"e
elder daysT ,,oa
"perhnps we were gods" repiieu
the strange boy. Dor n
The old party gazed mu'ely 'of q
noment across the green carpet VI
the lawn. .-..ns
eyes" he answered softly; perhaps
we were-perhaps we werel -,
"perhnps we were whatF ihsis.eu
rourteen. What are you talking
obout. Father?'
Can you make a whistle from d
hickory sapling?" replied the o'u
party. ignoring the question e"n
YOU make a horn from the stem VI "
n,mnkin leaf; Did you ever belong
10 band that went trailing oui'
single file and naked. through a
corntield. and down through the
borse.weeds of the tall timber. 10
swimming hole.
Ibid you have feet like goats IA
ther?" suggested Twelve timldly'
ayes, hard, callous. cut, bruised
sore. brown, ugly and adveh'urihs
were our feet" answered the ola
party. And those were the pipes OF
Pan those pumpkin-vine horns
those hickory whistles. Bud! Bud &c
you remember that "
The strange boys face beamed with
delight. and Thirteen cut in:
How very interesting" and then
asked: what Is a whatnot. FatherF
The old man looked his mild scorn
AT the question, but only the strange
boy saw II, and he chuekled:
"They don't understand! They
were never as we were. They are
of the higher order"
Il think" unused the man, when
the barn went the half gods went. and
these gods appeared. The barn was
the temple of earlier gods-they who
were neither brutes nor gods, but hall
of each. The barn was our real abld
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ference is considered here as lmprob-
able.
Ambassador Matthew of Chile, II 10
learned, acting on instructions from
his government. has suggested ut
Washington that Secretary Hughes
visit Chile while the Pan-American
conference Is In session.
II Is regarded rs likely that the for
elgn ministers Of Brazil and Argen-
tina will he here for nh, conference.
Plans are being made to take the del.
egates on a trip 10 the most healtbful
regions Of the country.
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East bakersfield. Calf. - "Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Is
the best tonic and blood purifier I
have ever taken. have taken and
have used Golden Medical Discovery
In my family for many Years. l find
II excellent for coughs. colds aud as a
blood purifier nnd Spring tonic. When
ever become run down OF have
tired and worn-out feeling. take the
Discovery and II builds me right up
and gives me new life. Golden Med
ical Discovery Is q very essential fam
ily medicine and can be relied upon"
Mrs. Sarah Lamb. zoos Pacific st.
Obtain the Discovery In tablets or
liquid from your nearest druggist or
send Toe for trial package to DIR.
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo. N. Y.
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SION IS a table with brass plate stat.
ing that James |, on coming in verv
s srter hunting In the adjoining
Forest, found the beef 80 appetIzIn.
that he knighted II In apnrecIa,,or
mnlle the banquetlng hall at Hoghton
.ower contains the old oak table At
"n'en James sat when he knighted
Tue s'rioin. so the visitor there n to,d
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-01-11
SPLIT OVER NEW RELATIONS
Ancient Grudae Between Chile and
Peru Shows Little Signs Of
Being Forgotten.

Santiago. Chile.-Chile's intention OF
re-establIshing diplomatic relations
with Peru as soon as ratliicatlons of
the Tacna-Arica protocol have been ex-
changed Is believed to have changed
I'm view OF Perl's answer 10 Chile's in
y.tation to the Pun American contos-
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A TALL ONE

On board ship entering New York
harhor.
Englishman--I say. old chap. That
tall building reminds me Of our famous
London Tower
Yankee-Why. that's just one of our
tall buildings They have just COM
pleted one farther up which is so
nigh that couple met on the first
moor the other day. fell In love, stopped
on Oh the way up. and were married
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ence. In its reply. forwarded about
two weeks ago. the Peruvian govern
ment made reservations regarding the
treatment Of Peruvians In Chile.
1t Is believed here relations could
be re-established II the arbltrators Of
the Tacna-Arica award obtained In
formation that the department of state
had been made cognlzant of in
stances where Peruvian nationals
were obliged either to serve In the
Chilean army or leave the country, as
alleged in the Peruvian nore-
Peru's presence at the March con-
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EItMANY has been declared. b,

n EItMANY has been declared. by
~ the reparations commission. to be
in voluntary default In part of her rep
arations payments, namely the wood
deliveries due In 1922. This In Itself
doesn't seem to be of great Importance,
but the action of the commission rep
resents a decided victory for France,
which has contended for long time
that Germany could be placed In volun-
tary default by majority vote Of the
commission. Great Britain. holding the
opposing view, had been supported by
Belgium and Italy, but Is now deserted
by them on this issue and her repre-
sentative cast the only vote against the
action. Mussollnl appears to have
swung to the French side in me repara.
lions dispute. and II may be that In
the session of the allied premiers In
Paris this week he and 1heunls of
Belgium Will stand with Poincare, leav-
ing Bonar Law alone in his effort to
restrain the French from taking rad
ical steps to collect from Germany.
More than 60 per cent Of Germany's
wood deliveries were made, but she
said she could do no more aud that
the deliveries for 1922 must be greatly
reduced. She also announces she can.
not deliver the G0.000 tons of pure
nitrogen due on reparations account
because the German production of this
commodity is already far below domes-
tic requirements.
France, according 10 seml-oiIicial
statements. feels that unless she
cxacts forfeits from Germany she faces
absolute ruin. and consequently she in
tends to get the forfeits, even If pay
ment In full cannot he obtained. How
ever II. Poincare does not now / tend
10 seize the Ruhr valley by force of
arms. His present plan is to send IN
customs officials to collect revenues
md in this way wiring reparations from
SHINES and the other rich Industrial
ists whose resources the German gov-
crnment has so far refused to draw
upon. These manates have steadily
opposed all plans for payment of war
obligations, and at the same time have
been piling up vast fortunes In coun-
try that claims to be poverty stricken
and starving. Naturally the French
are bitter against them, and naturally.
too, France cannot stomach the British
policy which calls mainly for gentle
treatment Of Germany SO that British
trade may benefit
While Poincare's program does not
involve n military invasion of the Ruhr,
1t provides for the use of the army
TO protect the civilian officials to he
sent into that region. Judging by the
past, such protection will he necessary
GERMANY has just made a sugges-
~ ton to the United States which
may possibly meet with the approval
of President Harding. 1t is that our
government sound the European pow
ers as to their disposition to enter
into a four-power agreement to pre-
&Ia ct, -. hn ~ o.,
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by justice Of the peace. They con.
tinued to the top floor. bought house
from real estate man. and by the
time they reached the bottom floor on
their return they had arranged 10
take their children to the country.
Judge.
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r. OU1SlANA'S great sation-the
IL murder OF two men by masked
mob, the finding of their decapitnted
bodies and the arrest of Il TO. mer dep
uty sheriff and ii former mayor of the
town Of Mer Rouge--begins to look like
q tempest In u teapot. So far no evil
dence has been made public thai proves
the crime was committed by the Ku
klux Khan, and though the Khan Is
strong In that part Of the state, there
does not appear. ut this distance, to be
any real need Of the state troops which
were called out by Governor Parker.
The bodies were brought TO the surface
OF Lake La Fourche by u mysterious
dynamite explosion whose authors have
been sought by state and federal au-
thorities. The former mayor of Mer
Rouge Or. b. NJ. McKoIn, was arrested
in Baltimore and charged with muir
der. lie denies guilty knowledge of
the crime and also denies having been
a member OF the Khan. though he de-
tends Its activities In his town. Both
McKoin and the Khan were avowed
enemies of the bootleggers and NOON
sinners who flourished In that part Of
Louisiana. and this fact explains much
Of the row.
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knIghtlna the Roast AZ Be-,

Hoghton tower. near Preston. Eng.
land. Is one of the three places which
claim to be the scene Of the kniebtIng
by James l. in merry mood, OF the
loin df beat. In the ball Of this man.
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DROHIBITION and other reform
movements, some of which have
been classed as obnoxious purltansm.
have lost one of their staunchest work
crs In the death Of Rev. DR.. Wilbur y.
Crafts, who for ~ enty eight years has
been superintendent of the Interna.
flOna Reform bureau In Washington.
With almost fanatical zeal he fought
the liquor and narcotic evils, Sunday
amusements, prize fights and other
things he thought subversive of morals.
and he was u familiar figure in legisa-
tive Hobbies and committee rooms In
the national capital. More liberal
minded persons objected to him as a
paid rcformer and TO his apparent In
iluence ON congress. but he always
fought back NJ them with vigor and
frequently with success. Doctor Crafts,
who was seventy-three years old. sue
cumbed to pneumonia.
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G ENAToR BoRAH, heading

G ENAToR BoRAH, heading
~ a group of mild reservation
lsts and Democrats, has offered
an amendment to the naval ap-
preparations bill requesting the
President to call a world con-
ference to discuss economic
questions and further limitation
of armament. What is your
opinion of the ACCESSIBILITY Of
this action7
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Black eyes are most beautiful when
given by nature.
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t NnoW 1er Place,
Mis.ress--'Why did you leave your
last placer" ApplIcant-"The mi.sr.
was too independent"
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NEWS review or
CURRENT EVENTS
Placing Germany in Voluntary
Default Is Big Victory for
Frances Policy.
PREMIERS IN SESSION AGAIN

Berlin Suggests Four-Power Agree
ment for European Peace-Borah's
Plan for World Conference
Mosui Oil Lands Question
May Disrupt Lausanne
Farley.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD
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lig'on or language. They are also will
Ing 10 allow the Greek patriarch to
rei.a.n in ConstantinopIe, but purely
Ia a religious capacity. The straits
question, 1t is believed. will be settled
nn the basis of an International COM
mission that will supervise the passage
Ut ships but will have no control over
the fortified zones.