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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-10
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You can be sure of satisfactory
evacuations every day if you will
take a spoonful of Syrup Pepsin
Evening star., 1923-03-29
GEN. O'RYAN TAKES
UP BUREAU PROBE
Counsel for Senate Committee
Makes Preliminary Survey
of Situation.

Taking charge personally of the pre-
Bureau, Maj. Gen. John F. Organ,
counsel for the Senate committee
which will probe the bureau concern
ing charges Of alleged waste and mis-
application of effort, has spent several
days with notebook and pencil going
through the procedure followed by vet
erans from the time they make appli-
cation for relief.
While it is expected that Gen.
Organ later will appoint a board or
staff of assistants, it was learned to-
day for the first time that the general
has even dispensed with Stenog-
rapher during the preliminary survey
of the situation.
He has taken his own notations,
and. according to those in close
self to be thoroughly conversant
personally with every detail of sol
dier relief offered by the Veterans
Bureau organization at the present
Gen. Organ, in fact. has spent al
most a week in the various offices at
the bureau and in conference with
officials in charge. He has been ac-
corded complete cooperation every
where by direction of Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, director of the bu-
reau.
His most recent consultations yes
terday were understood to have been
with chiefs of vocational training
and the medical division. How far
he has gone in his preliminary sur
vey was not revealed.
Gen. O'Hyan left Washington last
night for New York. where he is
conducting part of his work in con-
nectIon with the Veterans Bureau
but is expected to return some time
early next week.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
BANK CLERK GETS
$88 "FR0M LEMON"
Trick Of Raymond 0tterbach Fea.
lures Meeting Of the 0p-
timist's Club.

Raymond Otterbach, a local bank
clerk, entertained members Of the
Optimist Club yesterday by pulling $88
which he had collected from those
present from the center of lemon"
The exhibition by Otterbach, who is
a sleight-of-hand artist, took place at
the weekly meeting of the organiza-
tion at the City Club. Mr.. Otterbach
collected the $Ss from members pres
ent. announcing that the forthcoming
exhibition was to be 4 true test of
optimism.
He then produced lemon, which
was exhibited to all members to be
tested as to soundness and natural
condition. Then he drew q knife over
the lemon and the $88 which had been
collected was found within. ''.
That's what you business men
should do" said he, when you get a
lemon in Commercial transaction"
Lee L. Herrell, ringmaster of the
organization, put on a series of en-
tertaining novelties in addition to
the lemon and money exhibition by
Mr.. Otterbach. Dr. w. A. Atkinson
was presented with gold fountain
pen and dswriting pencil contributed by
George Killian for the ,"best booster"
present at the meeting. DR.. c. r..
Hancock acted as cheer leader, and
Fred Quinter, A. NJ Fisher and G. ".
GteSe rendered solos,
Evening star., 1923-03-29
READS BIBLE AT LAST
OF MIDDAY SERVICES
Rev. B. H. Melton's Feature Fol
lowed by Address of Bishop
Harding on, Lenten Tragedies.

At the final meeting Of the midday
Lenten services today at keith's
Theater, DR.. l.. w. Glazebrook presid-
ing, the Rev B. H. Melton read from
the Scriptures. Ambrose Dirkin sang
Calvary" and the Rt. Rev. Alfred
Harding, Bishop of Washington, de-
livered the address.
Bishop Harding dwelt upon the
tragedies which surrounded the cru
cifixion, especially the great tragedy
of Peter, whose strength was not
equal to the demands made upon it,
and who denied Christ only to repent
in bitterness of spirit and expiate his
wrongs by unflinching devotion to
the church of which he later became
the head.
with these tragedies In mind"
said Bishop Harding, "all of them
coming from lack of loyalty, II
is fit that at this time we ask our
selves, we who profess Christianity,
if we are always loyal. Is the re-
ligion we profess, the songs of praise
we sing, and the prayers we utter. a
part of our daily lives, or do we not
also sometimes fail in loyalty to our
Master?'
While this was the concluding serv-
ice of the midday Lenten meetings,
1t was announced that the cantata
"Atonement" will be sung at keith's
from IL to L o'clock Saturday as a
musical close to the season of de-
yotfon.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
SEEKS u. S. PROBE
OF COLONEL'S ACTS

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 29.-Louis
Karns Of this city, brother of Mrs
Agnes Karns Randele, whose hus-
band, Capt. Edwin H. Randele, Goth
U. S. Infantry, stationed at Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Tex, filed suit
last week for 100000 damages
against Col. Arthur l.. Conger of the
goth Infantry, alleging defamation Of
Mrs. Randele's character. announced
today that he would leave for Wash
ington tonight to demand an investi-
cation by the War Department of
Col. Conger's action.
"We have assembled all the data
on the case," said Mr.. karns, land
feel that we are justified in demand
ing a thorough investigation of Col.
Conger's actions. He has placed a
blot on a woman's name and he will
have to prove his statements. We
feel that Col. Conger has overstepped
his authority
Mr. Karns said he had wired Sec
retary Of War Weeks for an appoint
ment, and hoped to be able to see him
some time Saturday in Washington.
He said the matter also was being
placed in the hands of Senator'S Wat
son and Ralston of Indiana.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
LAUREL RUM FIGHT :.
SUSPECT GIVES UP:
Planning
CoIored Man, However, De-
nieS Participation and
Valves Extraditi0n.

Murhl Taylor, twenty-nine years old,
colored, of 213 / street southwest. to-
day surrendered to the local police In
the belief he was one Of the three men
wanted by the Maryland state police
in connection with yesterdays free
for-all gun fight in the main street
Of Laurel, Md. which netted the
police two automobiles, eighty gallons
of whisky and one of the alleged
pa articipants, John w. Hunter.
Denying that he was in Maryland yes
terday or had anything to do with the
shooting in Laurel Taylor was held at
the first precinct station, pending the
moElentary arrival this afternoon OF a
Maryland officer. Taylor said he would
waive extradition.
Following the spectacular battle the
Maryland authorities requested the
Washington police to arrest Murief
Taylor. William Cady and Joseph Nally.
Murhl Taylor admitted to the police he
knew Cady, Nally and Hunter, but
maintained that he hadn't seen them
recently.
Three Not Arrested.
In the account Of the battle in yes
terday'S Star it was erroneously
stated that Taylor. Cady and Nally
had been arrested. Chief of Police
James Albert Scaggs Of Laurel VINO
engaged in an exchange of shots with
the men, said today that the Mary
land authorities had spread "A drag
net throughout the state for the
three men mentioned, who were re-
ported to have taken part in the af-
fray. and if they are still in the
state their arrest is expected to oc-
cur momentarily.
According to a picture of the shoot
ing obtained today from Chief Scaggs.
he was standing on the porch of
store in the center of the town when
he heard what he thought was an
automobile backfiring. He was dis
illuSioned, hC said, when bullets be-
gan whizzing past him, followed by
driverleSs touring car. another car
in chase, with several men in il and
one man running for his life.
Car Found Abandoned.
The chief of Laurers police force
| rushed forward to defend the man who
was running away, only to be met with
shower of bullets fired point blank at
his face. He ducked for shelter and
emptied his automatic at the men.
Meanwhile. one Of the men in the pur-
suing car, leaped from it and into the
driverless touring car, which had stopped
against the drug store curb. This man
churned the self-starter in a vain en-
deavor to get the car going, Scaggs said
Scaggs, who had gone for reinforce
ments. returned with Sergt. Sharpe of
! the state police. to find the stalled car
abandoned and the men gone Hunter
| later surrendered at police headquar-
| ters in Laurel and gave the police an
account of the fight, which began, he
said, when one car held up the other on
! the Baltimore boulevard and resulted
| in a wild chase over several miles of
the pike. The other car afterward was
! found abandoned near the District line,
| it was stated.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
DEFEND TARIFF LAW.

The republican national committee,
In public statement, charges as clot-
ted nonsense" the assertion that the
increase in price of sugar is due to the
new tariff law. The increase. the state
ment asserts, is due solely to gambling
dn sugar, which is held to be reprehen-
sible. The statement says. in part:
The present speculation in sugar
is no more attributable to the Ford
ney-McCumber tariff than was the re-
cent speculation in Pfggly Wiggly
stock. The present tariff on sugar Is
from x to IA cents greater than the
Underwood tariff. To assert that an
increase in tariff of cent a pound
pound in the price of sugar is to give
utterance to clotted nonsense.
Sugar Up Abroad.
'If the unwarranted advance in
sugar were due to the protective tar
if, how can those who make that
claim explain the fact that in Canada,
which has no Fordney- McCumber tar
If, sugar is today wholesaling at 10
TO II cents pound? Or that in the
Clyde sugar market at Liverpool
granulated cane sugar is quoted at IL
cents a pound. and in the London
market 1t is quoted at 1853 cents a
pound?
sugar Is being speculated in today
Just as other foodstuffs, such as
wheat, are Speculated In, without any
justification from the standpoint of
economic conditions. Sugar was
speculated in under the Underwood
tariff quite as much as under the
present tariff. Sugar, in common with
all other food commodities which are
listed on boards of trade and in eX-
changes is the constant victim of
speculation. irrespective of tariff laws
oriany other legislation.
Would End Gambling.
SAs the reports of the Department
OF! Commerce clearly show. there is
no justification whatever in the pres
ent price of sugar. 1t Is price Who'll
ly attributable to gambling in that
commodity 1t Is a reprehensible prac-
tice. There should be stop put to
gambling in food products. The re-
publican Congress just adjourned en-
acted a law for the purpose of stop
ping gambling in grain. There is no
reason why this law should not be ex-
tended to operate against gambling in
any foodstuffs to the injury of the
consumers and producers"
Evening star., 1923-03-29
IL GALLONS WHISKY
SEIZED IN ARREST

Paul Clements, thirty-one years old,
giving his address as Allies Hotel,
yesterday afternoon was arrested by
the vice squad on charges of violation
of the Volstead law, 1T being alleged
that he sold and had liquor in his
possession Seizure of twelve gallons
of whisky was reported.
George r. Butler. colored, twenty
eight years old. 1890 6k street, was
arrested and charged with Illegal
possession. Police reported the seiz-
ure of five gallons of whisky in con-
nection with his arrest.
Seizure of two quarts of whisky
was reported by police of the fourth
precinct. in connection with the ar
rest Of Rhoda Campbell. colored. 1903
Van street southwest. Charges of
selling and possession were. preferred.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

teen years old, through her father,
Frank Faust. The husband filed a
counter claim, asking limited di-
vorce from his wife on a charge of
desertion. He is represented by At
torney Bertram j. Murphy.
Jackson says he did not know when
the ceremony was performed that his
wife was only sixteen years old. He
says she was then employed as a teIe-
phone operator and he took for grant
ed that she had to be at least
eighteen years old. according to the
rules of that company. He never told
Evening star., 1923-03-29
SUES FOR TRESPASS.

Suit to recover $4,000 damages for
alleged trespass on real estate was
filed today in the District Supreme
Court by Meyer B. Newman against
Giuseppe Cristaldi.
Newman says that June / last the
defendant broke down a fence on
Newman's property and dumped gar
bage. trash and ashes upon the land
He Is represented by. Attorney w. w.
EdHards. .s.s.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
WILL ADDRESS REALTORS.
Harmon C. Metcalf to Trace Early
History Of Washington.

Development of Washington since
its early days will be outlined in an
illustrated lecture to be given tonight
by Harmon C. Metcaf at the monthly
meeting of the Washington Real
Estate Board in Wardman Park Hotel.
!. Mr.. Metcalf, who Is an associate
member of the board, will show inter-
esting pictures connected with WASH
ington'S history, and contrast them
with present-day conditions.
Matters Of a routine nature will be
taken up at the business session pre-
ceding the lecture. Entertainment
and an informal supper will conclude
the meeting.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Planning Production.
WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE.
Declares Husband Failed to Prop
erly Support Her.

filed in the. District Supreme Court
today by Mrs. Catherine A. Serrin.
minor wife of Thomas. H. Serrin, said
to be employed by the Standard Oil
Company. The suit was filed by the
father of the wife as her next friend.
Mrs. Serrin charges that her hus-
band had treated her in cruel man
ner prior to their separation in 1921,
and after that devoted his attention
to other women. The defendant Is also
charged with the lack of proper sup
port of his wife. The couple Were
married August 16, 1921. In Baltimore.
Md, and have no children. Attorney
Raymond Neudecker appears for the
wifa
Evening star., 1923-03-29
DENIES HE knew
wife WAS BUT is

John w. Jackson, twenty-one years
old, employed in the Post Office De-
partment. today denied the charges
contained in the suit for a limited
divorce recently brought against him
by his wife, Helen c. jackson, seven
Evening star., 1923-03-29

her to go home and stay there, as al
legged by the wife. he states
The young husband admits that hc
has not contributed "a his wife'S sup
port, but says he has not been asked
to do so. She makes $9J per month
he says, while his salary is only $133
monthly, and he is taking a prcpara
tory course at Emerson Institute.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

A railroad tunnel 1900 yards long
which will take about five years 10
construct. is to be run through Mount
Blanc in the Alps.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

Memo, Am e ri C In
Lady and r & G Cor
sets, in white and
flesh. Front or back
laced styles in nearly
all wanted lengths for
misses and women. 2
Evening star., 1923-03-29

styles OF Ladies' Gauzp
Ribbed Vests. closely knit @M
soft yarn; built up shoul - %R
ders: tubular, tailored top
bodice; crochet edge and - OAs
SIR drawstrngs Both
regular and extra sizes. Some with stay-ul
straps; pink and white.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

The most represent
ative brands of hose
are in this line, in every
new wante d color.
Whether for dress or
sport wearryour wants
can be filled. Every
pair perfect and quail
tiles worth to $3.50.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

The nobbiest styles
ynu have seen any
where this season.
All the wanted ma
trrials. Polaire over
plaids, sport m q
terials, etc, in Tan.
Reindeer. etc. Full
flowing sleeves, large
pockets and buttons
and other popular
features. Sizes 10 AZ.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Dainty Baby Bonnets

Boy and girl ~
babies' ne west
things in headwear, -
in white and col ~I
ors. G h oi ce of ~
French, high backs
and ruffled styles, with rit
mings or flower trimmed.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

Choice Of Q score
charming models made
OF soft silky ma
terials such as Can
ton Crepe. Crepe de
Chine, Flat Crepe,
Alltyme Crepe and
Paisley combination,
and Little y ellie
Kelly Jersey Dresses,
in a variety of colors.
Sizes 16 to 40.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

BLACK, flesh color Boomers of satiue ~
and in sizes for girls to IA
Evening star., 1923-03-29
SALE OF STUNNIN(
"All-Tyme"
Knitted Crepe

Silk Crepe of
terrific popu-
larity. in all
wanted shades
cut from the
full piece and
strictly perfect.
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BROTHERLY LOVE AND
CONDUCT

Rejoice with those who rejoice;
weep with those who weep" - Ro-
mans l2:l5.
If Paul the author OF the scripture
quoted above were living now, he
could hardly give advice that would
better fit this day and generation.
That which the world seems to lack
more than anything else is sympathy
on the part of man towards man
Selfishness stalks abroad in utter dis
regard of the claims of others. 1t is
not more now than before, but so it
seems. All the churches are invest
ing more money and lives in works Of
mercy and help today than ever be-
fore in the history of the world. The
Methodist Episcopal church, alone,
accepts an annual financial budget of
eighteen and one-half million dol
lars. Yet, because the newspapers
every day bring to US SO many hor-
rifying accounts Of mans inhumanity
to man we repeat that, II Paul were
living now, he could hardly find adj
vice that would reach the worlds
greatest need more completely than
when he said to the Christians at
Rome: Rejoice with those who re-
joice; weep with those who weep"
This means that we should be IN
such wholehearted sympathy with
our fellowman that he cannot have
occasion for JOY or sorrow without
our being correspondingly affected.
What blessed experience earthly
living would be if others would al
ways share our joys and if the poor
est and most humble among US need
not sorrow alonel
Why does Paul say, Rejoice with
those who rejoice" before we are en-
Joined to weep with those who
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-05-26

weep?" Because it is harder to sym
pathize with persons when JOY is
theirs, than it is to do SO when sor-
row afflicts them. The most hard
hearted are touched by grief on the
part of others, whereas in prosperous
moments they might experience emo
tons of ennity or envy. To illu-
strate: In Tulsa white people who be-
fore the race riot envied the Negroes
prosperity, after that awful holocaust
gave those same Negroes shelter, food,
clothing and all that they could to
take the sting out of their hearts.
Among the thousands of white peo-
pie who salved the wounds made by
loot, arson and murder, were some
who had. aided and abetted it all. In
order to prevent much Of the sorrow
which afflicts the world Paul says,
Rejoice with those that rejoice"
If you look for the underlying
cause OF all the wars Of this old
world, you will find it in the fact that
man has failed to get pleasure out Of
the peace and prosperity of others.
The disturbances that make for To-
cal unrest everywhere are traceable
to the same source. IF Germany,
prior to 1914, had been able to ''re-
joice with those who rejoice" there
would have been no world war. IF
capital and labor could see that their
interests are so much in common that
they should rejoice and sorrow to-
gether, the boycotts, lockouts, strikes,
arson, bombing and murders of which
they are the fruitful cause, would not
be. If the white man and black man
in this country could heed the counsel
Of the text, all race friction would
case and Old Glory, meriting its
name, would indeed and in truth wave
over the home of the brave.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-05-26
BERT WILLIAMS, SON OF
LAUGHTER"

BY Mabel Rowland, Published by The
English Crafters, II West 69th ST.,
New York City. Price, $500. Post
age 10c.
In these days when publicity must
Be done quickly if it be done at all,
one understands the reason for this,
hastily flung together book. 1t is called
IA symposium Of tribute" and is
hodgepodge Of biography, anecdotes
and praise. But hastily conceived as
it is, it gives us a picture not soon
to be forgotten of a gentle, kindly
man, never given to dispute, modest,
retiring, who by his genius brought
laughter, the happiness of the moment,
to millions OF his fellow men. A West
Indian OF gentle heritage, reader and
collector Of rare books, an accom-
plished musician, Bert Williams be-
came the best portrayer of the SHIFT
less, down South "darky" that the
world has ever seen. An ordinary
man can be tragedian, but it takes
a man of large culture to be great
comedian.
Like most artists, Williams had his
initiation in poverty and failure. This,
however, did not last long and with
George Walker as his colleague he
soon achieved success. In 1908 he
was in London playing before King
Edward VII and winning admiration
and patronage. He was frequently
entertained by the king and we are
given a delightful picture Of how he
taught that monarch the game Of
craps. Williams and Walker intro
duced the cakewalk and "all fashion
able London was cakewalking and do
ing buck and wing and shuttle step.
This was during the an Dahomey
Days" then came "Abyssinia," and
last. "Bandanna Land" when bon
Bon Buddy" was the most popular
song of the winter. Later the Bert
Williams of the Follies was often very
amusing, but he never had such inter-
esting work as with Walker, when
Jesse Ship directed, Alex Rogers
wrote lyrics and VIII Marion Cooke
gave his incompatible music.
Miss Rowland occupies consider
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-05-26
BOOK CHAT, BY MARY WHITE
OVINGTON, CHAIRMAN, BOARD
OF DIRECTORS or THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE
MENT OF COLORED PEOPLE.

able portion Of her book with appre-
Citations. / quote two Of them.
wv. @. Fields said of him: Bert
Williams was the funniest man ] ever
saw and the saddest man / ever knew.
often wondered whether other people
sensed what / did in him-that under
current Of pathos" And this from
George Conan: Bert Williams was a
fine fellow, a great artist and a true
friend-I know of no man in the
theatrical profession who was more
highly respected or better liked. /
never heard Bert say an unkind word
about any man or woman and by the
same token / never heard any man or
woman say an unkind word Of him.
/ was proud of his friendship What
finer tribute can one man pay an
other?"
We learn in this volume that we
lost the chance Of seeing Williams in
the moving pictures where we might
still watch the smile slowly light up
his melancholy face because, after it
was planned that he should appear in
some of Irving Cobb's stories, the re-
leasing agencies were unanimous in
their decision that the southern terri
tory would resent and would not ex-
hibit the pictures Of a Negro star.
This was in the Birth Of the Nation"
days, when Griffith was preparing the
way for the Ku Klux Khan of today.
Well, Williams was philosopher and
loved to ponder Aristotle's question,
which we, too, may take to heart: is
there any such happiness as for a
man s mind to be raised above the con-
fusion of things where he may have
the prospect of the order Of nature
and the error of man?"
His wife speaks of his beautiful
hands. 1t was always a grief to her
not only that he must use burnt cork,
but that his hands, whose beauty had
led an English sculptor to model them,
must be covered with grotesque
gloves. At the last rites, she wanted
them to be seen, but the Masons
gloved them, according to their cere-
monial. How much of the inner life
Of this colored actor was hidden from
Us all. If we might not know the
whole. it is for US to give thanks that
the jeste rwore his cap and bells.