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Evening star., 1923-01-01
For Propriety's Sake.
a.. a. ~ v,,t T.it.,

Montague. in the New York Tribune.
. We don't know where the deposed
Sultan Of Turkey Is going, but mas
much as his wives are all about TO
get married again we should think he
had better go to Reno
Evening star., 1923-01-01
zoe Yard-Wide
Percale, 12Ac

Neat assortment Of pat.
terms and eolotingn IN
lengths fyosa B to 20 yards.
Fine ceunt,
Evening star., 1923-01-01

Fine grade OF Bates Rip
plette Bedspread, size 72x9o;
hemmed, ready to use.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
PR|Z BEAU IS
BACK AGANNA As
An ACTRESS
Jean Moore, Now at Cosmos,
Won Times Contest Sew
eraI Years Ago.

Under the stage name of Jean
Moore, many Neutrality-suspicious. Will
recognize the dainty principal II
q Cosmos Theater hit this week as
Miss Mae BucIxIer, former District
girl and winner of The washington
Times first beauty contest several
years ago.
Miss Buckier or Miss Moore, as
the profession lists her--is the
daughter Of Major George b. Buck.
Ter, who Il remembered here az
president OF the Shakespeare So.
ciety. Harry Buclxler, her uncle,
is playing with Robert ManteIl at
the New National Theater.
She Is q graduate OF the WASH
lngton College of Music, where she
developed the soprano praised by
managers and audiences. Prior to
going on the stage, she sang
at Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Among the musical successes In
which Miss Moore has played are
Maytime," ''Buddies," ''FIoney.
moon Town" and ''The knight OF
the Road"
She Is now sharing applause at
the Cosmos with her versatile part.
ner, Joe LaceIl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
TEACHERS MEET
To FIX PLAN
Of STUDY
Curriculum to Be Arranged
for Junior High Schools
at Conference.

Detailed plans for the junior high
school system, to be adopted IN
Washington public schools, are to
be announced to principals ana
teachers interested in the work by
Superintendent Frank w. Ballou.
in the AUDITORIUM of the Franklin
School, at 4 o'clock today.
With two new schools OF this
type scheduled to open next Sep.
tember. and more in prospect, a
gradual reorganization OF the cur
riculum In advanced grades OF the
elementary schools, to meet che
changes brought about by the new
plan, will be necessary.
According to the present arrange
ment, the seventh and eighth
grades, together with the ninth
grade and the first year OF high
school, will comprise a junior high
school. it's purpose being to bridge
the educational chasn between ele-
mentary and secondary studies.
Teachers for the new schools, 1t
Is expected. will b selected from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
PU On RIAL
FOR SH00 TING
OVER Girl
CoIored Men, 81 and So,
Fought Fatal Pistol Duel
Over Teacher, 1e.

Hugh Mitchell Smith. colored. sixty.
one years old, los Howard road south
east. was today placed on trial In
Criminal Court No. 2, Justice Bailey
presiding, on q charge of second
degree murder In connection with
the death September 8 last of Peyton
Sayles, colored. sixty-eight years old,
4 Sheridan road southeast, whom II
81 alleged he shot during q quar-
rel over a nineteen-year-old school
teacher for whose hand both were
Duit0rs.
The police declare that both men
fought pistol duel In front OF the
Eleventh precinct station, Nichols
avenue, in Anacostia. Lieutenant
Ready. hearing the shooting, ar.
rested Smith az he attempted to get
into an automobile. The police say
the two had quarreIed earlier in the
week over the school teacher and
renewed the fight when they met In
front Of the station house. The girl
an the case lives in a nearby Mary
land suburb. She told the police that
both aged SWANS had proposed ia
her, but that she had no idea that
they contemplated q duel.
Smith was tried before, but The
jury disagreed February last.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
Mrs. Hearst To Name
Biz Ferr boat
For Husband

NEW YORK, March 15.
The William r. Hearst, the
first Of the series Of three steel
ferryboats, the last word IN
the construction Of such craft
to Be used BY the city Of New
York between Manhattan and
Staten Island, viii Be launched
At the yards Of the Staten Is
land Shipbuilding Company SAT-
urday. Mrs. William r. Hearst
will christen the boat as 1T
slides down the ways.
The ferrybOat, which is 30
feet long, 40 feet beam and
~ feet drsugllt, will cost $3.50, s.
OOO. when completed.
The Hearst and the other
two boats which are to be
placed on the ferry are es-
pecially fitted to carry We.
hicles, and are equipped with
four runways instead of two
as on other ferry boats plying
the harbor. There is also q
spacious salon deck above. The
boats are to be electrically oper-
.ated with turbo-electric engines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
Of DRY
LAWS URGED
ON STATES
Experts Work on General Code
to Be Submitted to Con-
ference Of Governors.

Legal experts of the prohibition
unit today are engaged in studying
the barbed-wire ENHANCEMENT OF
technicalities in the various State
dry laws, with a view to drawing
up general code to be submitted
to the conference between Presi,
dent Harding and governors at
the White House next month.
For the past month, State officers
have been sending to national pro
hibition headquarters data on the
various codes and regulations need
ed in the revision work. AS q re
suit of Commissioners Roy A.
Haynes instruction tour through
the States, several new laws have
been passed, and these are to be
taken under consideration by the
governors in April.
Commissioner Haynes now is in
Michigan, where he is taking uy
he enforcement question with tht
State legislature. The legal divi
sion hopes to have a first draft OF
the proposed general code for his
perusal next week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15

Continued from First Page.)
days, owing to the small majority
obtained by the government In the
House Of Commons Tuesday night.
Two Germans Wounded
in Outbreak at Buer;
French Get Little Coal
b international News Service

49,
ESSEN. Occupied Germany,
March 15.Two Germans were seri-
Onsly wounded In another outbreak
" disorder at Buer, according to
information received here today.
AT Witten the French offered q
reward OF 5000 marks for every
German policeman arrested. The
German police had previously been
disarmed and ordered expelled.
German mine officials are skep-
teal OF the ability Of the French
70 exploit the WesterhoIt state
mine. According to the Germans,
thousands Of French iaborers were
at work there Monday and Tues
day, but in that time loaded only
$50 tons OF coke. There were Co.
900 tons OF coke upon the dump.
hutS f0rseeing seizure, the Germans
removed the loading machinery and
hand tools.
The French have made no effort
to mine coal. The Germans for
the most part have contented them
selves with making repairs ana
mining only small quantities Of
coal
Officials declare that the coke
seized BY the French = not of the
best type for blast furnace use,
being too small and full Of ashes.
Asked how the ashes got there. q
German workman smiled and
Winked.
The coke ovens ST Westerholt
have been taken over BY the
French.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
SEARCH IA||V I
FOR MISSING
PRIEST
Pastors Body Now Sought Il
Mississippi Gone Since
March s.
q Yntara 1900 80 -.


ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March liz.
Searching parties who hays covered
this city and Illinois roads Tor ten
days for clues to the whereabouts
os Father John a. VFanialx. missing
pastor Ot the Church Of the Sacred
Heart. at Vlrden. III, today moved
to tho eastern banks Cf the Missis-
sippi river.
The river near Venice, Ill. Will
be searched. The pastor ID said BY
~ garage owner to have stopped
there to have his automobile re-
paired on the evening Of March s.,
the day he nlysteriOusly dropped
from sight.
Letters, kilograms, ana telephone
calls are being received from many
Parts Of the country making In
Quiriee.
Adolph Vraniak, brother Of the
missing pastor, u working unceas-
ingly to find q trace Of the priest
He has followed several anonymous
telephone calls received from towns
In Illinois. but always with the same
empty results.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
HARDING PAYS $1,000
INCOME TAX ON SALARY

COLUMBUS. Ohio, March 15.--
The first full.year income-tax return
ever filed by a President Of the
United States was in the local inter,
nal revenue office yesterday-Presi-
dent Harding's report for 1922.
An amendment to the income.tax
law making the Presidents salary
taxable went into effect when Mr..
Harding took office. However, his
return last year covered only nine
months Of his salary.
Statisticians in the revenue office
here figured Mr.. Harding will pay a
tax of $4,000 on his Presidential
salary of $4,000 a year. However,
Collector Miller pointed out that nc
information on what the Presidents
total income tax Is will be given
out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
KING ACCUSED
Of ABUSING
WOMEN
House Of David" Said tc
Have INDUCED In Strange
and Immoral Rites.
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
In the park. as well az q ZOO, a
baseball game, q band concert, and
other diversions. In many Of these,
the king is asserted to have ex-
plotted the youth of girl members
Of the colony to entice visitors.
The high priest, against whom
were lodged many charges OF mis-
treatment OF girls by young women
members OF the colony, is also &C.
cused Of violating the Sunday laws.
The cult heads, however, defend
the practice Of playing baseball and
other games on Sunday on the
ground they are innocent amuse-
nents.
Controls tho Votes.
Politically. the hold Of the House
OF David to Of major Importance
here. It's power lies in the fact,
1t is claimed. that it controls 700
votes In its colony out of $500 In
the entire township.
Officeholders, political sages point
out, are successful In just the ratio
In which they please the House OF
David.
Persons who incur the wrath OF
the pillars Of the cult, say those
who profess to know, find their
rivals triumphing In political races
Slanderous stories besmirching theil
character then suddenly spring int,
circulation.
A photographer recently refused
to make copies of a picture show
ing group OF men and women ir
their Adam and Eve state, arms
| linked together, evidently Just com
Ing out OF q bath. He said ht
thought he recognized some of the
men and women In the origina
photograph. The kindest construc
ton he could place on the picture
he declared, was that 1t was taker
at a religious ceremony of thu
| House OF David.
Mrs. Ruth Bamford Reed and
Mrs. Gladys Bambord Rubel are the
two DetrOiters who will press the
charges in Federal court against
"Kingv BENJAMIN. The Iatter's
wife. as she indicated In an excIu
siye interview with Cosmopolitan
News Service yesterday. win aid
him actively in his defense.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
SHERRILL LEADS GROUP
TO STUDY CLUB HOUSES

Col. c. o. Sheriff., in charge of
public buildings and grounds, and
reotors of the Congressional Country
Club, left for New York last night
for an inspection of the golf and
country clubs in and around New
York city.
The Westchester-Vande Club.
outside of New York will be one Of
the places visited. The trip is being
made for the purpose Of fnvestigat.
ing the furnishing and equipment OF
the clubs in New York with a view
to obtaining ideas for the completion
OF the Congressional Country Club
here. They are expected back TO-
morrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
POISONS
HERSELF IN
SHOP
Continued from First Page.)

tConunueo from First PagoJ
As she passed through the aisle
to the elevator three Of her friends
stepped toward her as though 70
have from the girls own lips 1.-THE
reason behind 1t all"
With q feeble gesture Of her hand
she waved them away and closed
her eyes In order to avoid their
gaze.
The only reason assigned for the
act, that may prove fatal. was
given by Miss Buchanan. the girls
employer. who said she must have
mistaken the mercury for aspirin.
DR.. j. NJ. Gaines, of Emergency
Hospital, expressed the opinion
that the girl has about q fifty.fifty
chance to live. Much will depend
on her constitution, he declared.
Miss Buchanan later secuted the
idea that the girl had been unfortu.
nate in a love affair or had any
known reasons for dying.
''She has been In my employe
about three years. was Of an ex-
cellent family and 30 far as we
knew had no love affairs OF either
q serious or unhappy nature" Miss
Buchanan said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
MEMS CLOTHING WILL
COST MORE NEXT WINTER

NEW YORK. March 15.-Men's
suits and overcoats next fall and
more, manufacturers said today in
starting statesmen on the road with
new price lists.
Statesmen are generally optimistic
regarding prospects, claiming retail.
ers' stocks are very low at present.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
MOTHERS, SAVE CHURCH
BY BUCKET BRIGADE

NEW YORK. March l5.-Fifty
women Of the Helping Hand
Mothers Club yesterday formed a
bucket brigade and extinguished q
fire on 1.-The roof Of an annex to
the Vermilyt Collegiate Reformed
Church, in West Fifty-fourth street.
Hundreds OF persons living in
nearby tenements cheered az the
women brought the blaze under con-
troll. The club members were in
the church when the annex roof
caught fire from a tar Dot work.
men bad left there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
MARY FAIRFAX JAILED
FOR BEATING HUSBAND

Misunderstanding, something new
in the line of family squabbles, re-
suited in the Incarceration for
negress. in Police Court today.
Brodine Fairfax, meek husband
Of Mary, charged that his wife had
taken more than a half dozen labs
at him with An icepiclI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
VIII sPARK PLUG WIS9

Dear BIZ: What's tlss sUGger-
ina ~ tlse big race Friday BE-.
es0eem Spark Plug and Sassy
SNsie, The Ke,stEcleN sC0Ndev9
10 seems % me- TIE B0s0ie spOfts
are passing up q good Opp0F-
tsenitN for gettiM0 dOsOn q fen
bets. / believe Spark Plug sUiIt
sVi,. 4-l1-t1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
Ice-Pouuder

The Duke of Mantua near
ly two centuries ago had q
powder which converted water
into ice. No chemicals. no
magic powders are used in
turning water into ice at
American plants. Nothing is
added to the pure filtered
water. The heat is simply
taken away from it by the
brine into which the contain
ers are lowered. Through the
brine runs pipes through
which liquid ammonia passes
slowly and expands into a
gas. AS the ammonia changes
to q gas it takes the. heat
from the brine, making it
very cold. No ammonia can
touch the water.
American has \ plants in Wash
isgton-GH MAILING pure. clean,
sore 1GG
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
RIDL ING To KEEP
PORT RICO
DRY
War Department Holds Law
Must Be Enforced IN
Island Territory.

Despite the fact that the
Philippines are wide OPEN z
Porto Rico viii remain On the
same footing as Continental
United States 50 far 6 liquor Is
concerned, under ruling made
by the legal authorities Of the
War Department and concurred
in by the Attorney General, Il
was learned officially today.
Expect Appeal 70 Court.
Appeals to the United States Su-
preme Court are expected, and
officials are awaiting them with IA.
terest, but they believe the court Of
last resort will uphold them, not
withdrawing that the opinion Il
without known precedent.
Practical prohibition has existed Ia
Porto Rico since the Eighteenth
amendment and the VOlstead act
came into effect, but thirsty Porto
Ricans have cOntended the island Is
legally exempt from the prohibition
laws and have pointed to the sits1as
ton in the Philippines as an *.
annie OF unjust INSTRUMENTATION.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
BOOZE EVERYWHERB.

"I've snselt liquor on every side
of me- scGs the porting shot of
q defMnct COMgyessnsGs. Appdr-
entity d sort of Charge Of the
(ssoon1 Light Bri0Gde::"
Booze 70 the right oe me.
Booze to the left Oe ma,
Booze encompasses me-
Both corn and rye.
The stuff they aEU 'stiIling
It's wen nigh Inan-lEllling,
And surely nOae-f filling
10 smells to the sky.
FRED VETTER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
BOOTLEG ETHICS.

Bi1nbo r didmst eee xoue unWe
publlnhod q that boOelog e0cl1A
reglBteR the ether dry
Jl1ubO-sas ! never eeEeA -
Tor publlclty md patr0nlHe = nees-
leggeg who eanse vsE!es g 81
Eixst Bootlngg Are you 6cep-
lmg q list ot the nnIneg ~ yeNS
nn1Eola9
9ecSild WnotIe can.e af@S
Wnhllahed naId a0tlIo % the 1nntIlGa
TnhWhk hurt my business neMm0lmg.
- ARIZONA IKE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15

those who show the most progress
in their capacity 40 teachers OF the
upper grades, in fitting themselves
for the new system.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
TIMES PRIZE BEAUTY
NOW AN ACTRESS

A pretty
singer who is
at the
Cosmos
Theater
this week,
won the first
beauty
contest Of The
Washington
Times some
years ago.
she is !
graduate Of
the
Washington
College Of
Music and
sang in
church choirs
here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15

l7lslRE'aS Old HARNESSES
Dear Bill: PIsase print this
and help ne Get il touch with
my folks:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
Iowa Bonus Law Upheld.

DIES MONIES, Iowa. March H.
The state supreme court has upheld
the validity Of the Iowa bonus law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-15
PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE NEW PREPARATIONS OFF
I lIEE1lRDIoS
~ BILL PRICE - -
CARP b N q = Z s


cafpesisern are : detegmInod TOT,
aNd thts ..augefD we'll for them.
When reyersee come they Just
s.brmcea Up s.btts and ss0oye
right d & taIxes constant 'sdrlll.
tns. 70 ~ abIe 20 DO that and n.
dtcatne they IRE 4 pretty level
headad bunch.
~ general fhlng they are IN.
.sasa asas1nsa t Ds'l Gomez wa''' son.
They are not very good ~ maths-s
ssad1e pretty good. hut that's al
they could '.hamnaer' into him.
1 heard Il one carpenter they
called thlck becanse he eIWayn used
Taey have their virtues ana their
.'vlees. & but they vii susnaiIt
treet yon "aqEare.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-23
REPORT irish
CHIEF SEIZED.
De Valera Said to
Be Held Among
Rebel Captives
ny GEORGE MacDoNAGH


DUBLIN. Feb. 2g--Eamon Dc
Valera was reported 20 have been
captured today when FREQ State
troops surprised an inaurEent army
council az Drumcondra and arrested
five OF the principal rebel leaders,
President Cosgrave's secretary de-
MED tho report. however.
The Free states haul was eonsld.
cred most important whether or not
the former republican president was
himself taken prisoner. Tho insur.
gents captured were prominent army
men.
Liam Lynch Is another reported
,akcn. The Free State authorities
are extremely rctiecnt about the
whole affair.
Sean Fitzpatrick. acting com.
mandcr OF ur insurgents. was
among those captured when the
Free snters fell suddenly upon tho
rebel encampment.
Despite deniais. the rumor that Do
Valera had been taken. would not
die. Turnout tho morning nothing
else vas talked OF In the streets.
Every Jarycy driver had Il. fright
from the horses mouth''--''thcy'v
got he Valera"
Altho other republican leaders
have risen recently to positions OF
more active prominence IA the r0hel.
lion against tho Free State. ireland
never win consider the backbone Of
the revolt broken until Do Valera
himself - a prisoner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-23
FLAMES TRAP
FAMILIES IN
APARTMENTS
20 Escape Death in
Perilous Leaps
to Safety Thru
Raging Inferno

KANSAS CITY. Kan, FEB. %.
Thirteen persons were burned
TO death and two more were
missing In q tragic fire which
wrecked a roomlng house here
today.
Thirty.five persons were trapped
on the second floor when a combina-
ton garage and rooming house was
enveloped in flames. shortly after
midnight.
Twenty persons escaped by leaplng
from windows on the second foo.
One man. carrying a 5.year-old child
under his arm. managed TO make his
way to a flight Of stairs. AS no
reached the middle OF tn eflight the
fire ate away the under structure
and he tumbled the rest OF the way.
He'6iaggered out OF tho building in a
few minutes. blackened and scorched.
All OF the roomers were asleep when
the fire started. Some were awak.
ened by wild shouts OF a pedestrian
who found the building burning as
he was homeward bound.
When the seething mass cooled.
the work Of rescue began. Families
OF relatives were held back by police
lines.
One ambulance made continu-
Gus trips back and forth from
the scene TO the morgue a. the
bodies were hauled out from
under bed springs and other
charred and twisted pieces OF
furniture Some were found
wedged between automobiles
which had been parked In the
garage on the first floor.
Many persons gathered at the
moreue and yainly cndeavored TO
identify the blackened masses OF
flesh and bono that had been taken
from the r,iihsiof the building.
The entire family OF Loon Brown.
taxicab driver. persisted in the
flames.
Brown, his wife and four children,
were burned 10 death.
Airs. Elizabeth Colston. %. ana her
Two children, Viola, D, ana Vernon,
2, also died in the fire. The husband
and one child escaped.
Others believed dead were Mrs.
Veilla Munyon, CO, and Edgar Mum
yon. IS.
The body OF an unidentified man
was taken from the smouldering
ruins shortly before 10 o'clock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-23
DRIVER DYING; ]
Girl INJURED.
Speeding Car Turns Turtle
After Wild Ride

Jack Palmer, Oxford hotel, was be.
lieved to be dying at the city hes.
pital Friday noon and Marion Matt
land was suffering from internal in
juries as a result OF an auto acct.
dent early Friday morning.
The pair was returning TO the city
at $40 a. m. after an all-night party
at the Black Cat roadhouse. Palmer
was driving Studebaker at a speed
of 20 miles an hour along Eastlake
ave. when the machine skidded and
overturned near Edgar st, according
to tho police. Palmer received n
blow that fractured his skull and had
not recovered consciousness at noon
Friday, city hospital physicians said.
1t Is believed that the woman will
recover, altho her injuries are
serious.
No liquor was found In the wreck
ed car. A peculiar incident is that
Palmcr's pockets were empty when
he was picked up following the
crash, police reported. He had APP
parcntly been robbed either before
or Immediately after the accident.
Miss Maitlands refused to make
any statement beyond admitting
that the pair had spent the evening
ut the roadhouse, which is north OF
the city on the Bothell road.
Police said that Palmer has been
in custody OF the police on former
occasions because of violations OF tho
liquor laws, but that he used an
alias when arrested.
III Palmer should recover he will
face a charge of reckless driving.
according to Police Sergt. f.. G.
Fuoua of the traffic squad.