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The Washington times., 1923-08-04
A TRUE GHOST STORY.

JContlnued from yesterday
tried to convince myself that I
had been dreaming and that this ter
FibIe vision was only an Illusion, but.
course, q vivid streak Of lightning
revealed the interior Of the church
and i distinctly saw that figure ad-
vancing toward me with an uplifted
hand. holding something that bore a
singular resemblance to q knife. The
horror of this sight appalled, me and
i am sure that no man could feel
more helpless than 1 did at that
moment. Outside the storm had de-
velOped into q Veritable tornado,
while inside something. I knew not
what. was seeking my life. Before 1
could collect my scattered wits an
other flash Of lightning more vivid
than the rest revealed that sinister
figure. WHICH WAS STANDING
TWO FEET FROM ME PREPARING
TO STRIKE. i. screamed aloud In
terror. 1 am not ashamed to con-
fess 1t. and then, In desperation, 1
jumped from my seat and bOlted for
the door with my wOuld-be murderer
In close pursuit. / unhitched Dobbin
and headed directly for the furious
waters which were boiling in q rest
less turmoil. Behind me my pursuer
screamed aloud in tones that chilled
me with fear and as we approached
the waters i decided. In my terror. to
dare all, In an attempt to ford that
stream. We plunged into the stream,
q scream followed and then 1
tainted.
When I regained consciousness
found myself at home with my
family anxiOusly seated around my
bed. After regaining my strength /
told Of my experience and asked II
any further news concerning my
pursuer had been obtained The
"GhOst" proved to be an Insane
woman who had escaped from the
state Asylum. A searching party,
becoming alarmed because Of my
absence, had been organized by INV
friends and they had discovered the
stranger, DObbin and myself, all un-
conscious in the middle Of those
waters. After q trying ordeal we
had nll been rescued. The ghost was
returned for a prolonged visit to the
asylum while i slowly recovered from
nervous breakdown.
JOE III. HOLMAN,
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
HOLD INQUEST OVER
MAN SHOT IN SCUFFLE

An inquest will be held at the
morgue today over the body Of John
Marshall, colored, 1926, C street
southeast, who was shot two weeks
ago when police were attempting to
quell a disturbance at Fourteenth
and G streets southeast. Policeman
G.. w. Abshur, of the Fifth pre-
cinct, who is alleged to have shot
the negro, was attacked by several
negroes, and in defense of his life
he shot into the attacking crowd.
Marshall died at Casualty Hos.
pital. He had been shot In the alb.
| domen.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
LORE \.
7 D PAY
HONOR
10000 From Fairgrounds
May StreW Casket's Path
way With Flowers.

Children of the Washington
playgrounds-among them many
of the crowd which some months
ago stampeded President Harding
at the annual sing in the ball
park-will pay homage to the late
Chief Executive on the day of the
funeral.
All To Bring Flowers.
Early Wednesday morning the
children, girls clad in white and
boys in dark suits, will gather in
front of the District building and
occupy a space especially roped
off for them by the police.
Each child will bring a flower or
two. Just before the funeral pro-
cession passes the children will be
permitted in the streets to strew
their flowers in the pathway of
the procession.
II Col. C. o. Sheriff., in charge
Of the funeral permits, the chill
dren, under the direction of Robert
Lawrence, will sing President
Harding's favorite hymn and the
Star Spangled Banner.
Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, super
visor of Fairgrounds, is making
the arrangements. Ten thousand
children are expected to take part
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
D. C. FRESHMEN WILL
PLAY BALTIMOREANS

The second annual outing of the
Web Pressmen's Union, No 6, will
be held tomorrow at Turner's
Beach, Baltimore
The program will include a base
ball game between the Washington
pressmen and Baltimore Union. No.
81. A crab feast will be held at
the beach. Automobiles will leave
Fourteenth street and Maryland
avenue northeast at o'clock to.
morrow morning.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
GUARDSMEN IN CAMP
FALL IN FOR REVIEW

National Guardsmen at Camp
Simms, Congress Heights, will fall In
line for a parade reveiw at o'clock
tomorrow night. The guard band
will play.
Infantry drills and engineer field
work will feature next weeks pro-
gram. Rifle range practice was
finished today, when Company c
left the field. ~
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
POSTAL CONFERENCES
IN AUGUST CANCELLED

Out of respect to the memory of
President Harding all postal CON
ferences throughout the country
have been ordered cancelled during
the month Of August, in orders is-
sued today by Postmaster General
New.
Three big conferences had been
planned for this month-in Yer.
mont. New Hampshire. and a Joint
Massachusetts-Rh Island confer
ence at Boston
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
SCOUTS TO PLACE WREATH
ON CAISSON OF HARDING

Boy Scouts will place a wreath
on the caisson of their honorary
president, Warren G. Harding,
while his body will lay in state
at the Capitol, according to Ed.
ward d. Shaw, local Scout exec
utive.
The Boy Scouts probably will he
on duty assisting the police ia
keep order during the funeral pro.
cession.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
COAL ADMINISTRATION
SEEKS r. r. COOPERATION

The National Coal Association to-
day named a committee to cooper
ate with representatives of the rail-
road carriers in taking steps to fore
stall the danger of a coal shortage
in the country.
BY cooperation the association
hopes to increase the output and
perfect the transportation of soft
coal from the bituminouS mines OF
the cOuntry.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
VETERANS POSTPONE
MARSHALL HALL OUTING

The outing of the United States
War Veterans Association to
Marshall Hall for the benefit of
the Home for Widows and Orphans,
scheduled for today has been
postponed until August IL, H. L.
DEAN, president of the organization,
announced today.
The association adopted a special
order expressing grief at the Presi-
dents death and coincidence to Mrs
Harding.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04

YOU CAN IMAGINE.
1 SAW a young couple
IN THE Corcoran Art Gallery
SUNDAY Afternoon and they
STOPPED in front Of a
PAINTING Of some cows at
PASTURE and he murnured
HOW BEAUT1FuL~
AND THE young lady turned
AND LOOKED at him just
AS HE was glancing at
A FLAPPER and she said:
"CoME ON! don't think
1 CARE for this place."
so HE did, and what
HAPPENED afterward
/ DON'T know.
THE UNKNOWN.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
P. o. OFFICIAL PLAN
TO CLOSE WEDNESDAY

Plans are being made by the
Washington city postoffice officials
for closing Wednesday in honor
of President Harding, it was an
nounced today
The service will be brought as
nearly to a halt as possible with
out hardship to the city. 1t is
probable that the regular holiday
schedules will be followed.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
H. Schaefer Hit by Auto.

Henry Schaefer, fifty-two years
old, Of 146 Adams street northwest,
was knocked down by an automo-
bile at the intersection of Four
tenth and X streets northwest, last
night, he told the police. He went
to the Freedman's Hospital for
minor injuries. Mr.. Schaefer said
that the driver of the car failed
to stop after hitting him..
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
HUMOR IN POLITICS.

Dear Bill: 1t seems to me that
your noted corner of cGchiniG-
ton missed the httmIor of the
statement By John T. Adams,
chairman of the Republican ma
tionuI committee, that Mime
sofa Democrats made a mighty
poor showing in the recent cleo
ton. BILOXI BILL.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
THE VILLAGE JOKEsM1TH.

Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
the village jOlxesmith stands;
His eye is gazing into space, Q pen
poised in his hands.
The paper resting on his knee IL
filled with nouns and verbs,
And now and then, with writing
face, he illustrates his. blurbS.
nenino ms Dack Wen glance at his
What Is the meaning of it all-whaA
causes us our Rlee:
miniature refOrmer's phix. o bride
and groom entrained,
phone booth scandaIOusly small n
suit when 1t has rained,
"A fIapper talking with q batch Of
suitOrs looking dumb.
hick policeman with hIr hard =.
broken flask Of rum,
His workshop where the Jokes doth
Al hatcL-they seem a sorry lot;
cemetery plot.
JACK HARLAN.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
KEEPING TRACK OF MOVIE
ACTRESS HUSBANDS

4A AANO 4nXACh OF MOVIE
ACTRESS HUSBANDS
1t might be a good idea for
every mtoVie actress to take ont
license number for each of her
husbands. wv
Then, sOheneVer ann star lost
one of her husbands, other stars
could check up their numbers to
see aOhether he had got nsired in
a0ith theirs.
Sometimes q star tUould find
that she hadn't any husbands
except those that BELONGED to
her. There are bound to be dis
appointments in life.
Stars 1could haze to haze diff
ferent numbers for their dogs
and their husbands. No star
1OOuLd toGnt to advertise for her
pet dog and get back one of her
1910 husbands.
MIKE HENRY.
GLOW much are the hot dogs?"
Five cents"
II have only three cents. Give
me a puppy"
HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
At CAPTTOL
FOR EIGHT
3se
HOURS
+ss.
Funeral Arrangements RI
sembIe Those Made for
Unknown Soldier.

One hundred thousand persons
will have an opportunity to view
the body of President Harding in
the Capitol, police plans made
public today provide for. Major
Daniel Sullivan, superintendent Of
police, announced that every avail
able member of the force would
be assigned to handle the crowds
at the Capitol on the day the
corpse lies in state.
Arrange For Procession.
inspector William s. Shelby, as
signed by Major Sullivan to make
all police arrangements, conferreG
today with Lieut.. Col. c. o. Cher
i'll, the Presidents aide, who is in
charge of the funeral.
Pennsylvania avenue will be
roped off from the White House
to Peace Monument. All street
cars will be ordered stopped dur
ing the procession by the Com
mfssioners. Three hundred and
fifty. uniformed men viii handk
the Avenue crowd and immediate.
ly after the funeral procession
passes these men will be carried
in automobiles to the Capitol
Plaza. SEES
I'VE expect little, if any, diff
in hw
this day." Inspector Shelby said.
''I am sure there will be neither
disorder nor confusion. The public
of Washington in paying its re-
spects to the departed President. Il
know. will lend us all their aid
during the procession"
Rites Like Unknownss.
Inspector Shelby said that the
same. arrangements at the Capital
during the time the unknown soldier
lay in state would be observed next
day, the day of the funeral in
Washington.
"A cable line will be extended from
the east entrance to the Capitol to
First street Persons wishing to
view the body will enter between
the cable lines at First and East
Capitol. Marching four abreast
they will walk west to the Capitol
steps. up the steps and into -the
Rotunda. AS they approach the
coffin, the line will be divided. two
persons going to the right and two
to the east. They will go ont Nv
the west end of the Capitol.
When the body of the unknown
soldier lay in state 100000 persons
passed the coffin from 8 o'clock in
the morning until after midnight,
1t is expected the Presidents BODY
Will remain in the Capitol from
about 1880 o'clock until o'clock
in the afternoon.
Plans by the Police. 81
rosettes on their coats, Major sui
rosetes on their coats, Major Sui.
Ivan ordered today. A local rner.
chant is doing a rush job trying
to make the rosettes for the police.
On the day of the funeral pro-
cession, Major Sullivan and In
spector Shelby will be directly in
charge, Major Sullivan spending the
best part of his time at the Capitol.
Inspectors Charles Evans and Henry
G. Pratt will supervise Pensyl-
vania avenue.
The avenue will be closed to- all
traffic earlv in the morning OF the
funeral. Street, car loading plat
forms will be moved the day be
fore. The Avenue will be given
a thorough cleaning by forces of
the street cleaning department.
1t will cost about $500 to take the
platforms off Pennsylvania avenue
and rope the historic thoroughfare,
it was learned today.
The Commissioners have author
lied that the money be expended
from the emergency fund Of the
Police Department.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
HERES A REAL OPTIMIsT.

Dear Ed: I've been unable,
for a week, to contribute to the
upkeep of the office Goat, and,
owing to SIGnsnti1sg the Summer
Slump, haze been, like the
Eruption mrumuspies, pressed for
time. H. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04

A society ne10s paragraph IL
the Chicago Post says: "Mrs.
Perkins Bass has returned from
Fish Greek, Wis" A column
ist heads the item, 'The one that
got GIOGy."
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
SILENCE AND SOUP.

"TOm Jessup Is the most silent
man / ever knew. He never says
anything"
But you ought to hear him
eat SOUP" HI. r.. w.
The Washington times., 1923-08-04
SMILIN SAM SEE:

F. p. A. moU suspects that
1OhGt Jeremiah really said aOGs,
Eyes, zoe haze no balm in
GiLeGd."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
REAL ESTATE-SALE K BUSINESS PROP. FOR SALE ss

JEROME FUCKERS REAL ESTATE AGENCY We have for sale a very at tive property on 18th St. and West goth St. Now fair ly we'll improved and can be made to yield a much larger income by spending a little remodeling money. Has 3 street frontages, totaling 2O6 feet. believe the price offers an opportunity. Close in property on 18th St. looks all right. Great things are in store for the wise in- vestor. This property will almost carry itself now. If sold, immediate action is iln- perative as the price holds good for only a few days. Better see me Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
FOR RENT

Store and 7-room house. 6601 1st Ave; also household goods. for sale at a sacrifice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
All Display Classified

To be measured according to newspaper standard of 1l lines to the inch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
FOR RENT

FOR RENT 515 St. Charles Ave, West End, rooms, $56.
 e41 w 14th St., rooms and Sath, duplex apartment. $So. 1ls s. 9th St.. Elyton. 8 rooms. $15.
 6o7 s. 34th St., 5-room bungalow, between car lines: block and half north of golf links. $40. 1925 11th Ave-, s.; downstairs apartment. 5 rooms and sleeping porch, breakfast room, $65. 14o0 12th court, north, Fountain Heights. upstairs apartment, rooms and bath; separate en- trance; $50.
 Montgomery R. B. & I. Go. 2lo N. 21st St. Main S011.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18

Material errors, not the fault of the advertiser, will be adjusted by not more than one gratis insertion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
JEMISON 6 co. MANUFACTURING SITES FOR SALE

Il lIkO | OxS 1AAAAA3 L. & N. RAILWAY AND BIRMINGHAM MINERAL RAILWAY:
 275 feet on L. & N. railway, close in, near Gate City electric car line; fine loca- iton for factory site. ..91H acres on Birmingham Mineral and A. c. s. rail way; also near the s. A. L. railway; good location for large industry.
 SOUTHERN RAILWAY & A. G. s. RAILWAY:
 4921a fit. on Southern rail- way near 9th Ave. road and East Lake electric car line; good location for coal yard or small factory.
 26O acres on A. G. s. rail- way, also near L. & N.; fine location for large industry. FRISCO RAILWAY:
 24Ox1OO, Frisco and Belt railway trackage available. this is very close in; several electric car lines reach this. 119 acres on Frisco railway near Birmingham Belt and Illinois Central railway; fine, close-in location for large industry.
 SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY:
 900x4OO it., on Seaboard railway; also Southern and A. G. s. trackage; fine, close-in factory site.
 MANY OTHER LOCA- TIONS, LARGE AND SMALL
 Let MT. Otis show you.
 JEMISON & co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
H You Want To Buy Or Seu Used Ca Here's Your Chance
REAL ESTATE-SALE K BUSINESS PROP. FOR SALE ss
INVESTMENTS

s2o0. .000--A large corner lot, cx- tremely well located; with q quick. sure growth in value. Have eN- cellent tenant in hand that will pay q good net rate of interest 1T 2 improved.
 s1S0, ,000-Locatcd in the best block in the city; as good tenant as can be had and pays nearly per cent after allowing for taxes and insurance.
 s26. 6.O00-A large. well located Northside corner: rental s3.24o per year.
 $25,0o0-A large corner lot at the intersection of two thoroughfares; pays ground rental. above taxes. of per cent for 21s years; the next two years little above per cent and taxes. This is a good investment and speculation com bined.
 s2A,ooo-A we'll located Northsde corner, only partly improved; rental s1S5 per month. sure money maker.
 s1s.Ooo-A we'll located Northside corner. 10ox190 feet; store and dwellings,; rental $1.soo. s15,500-5ox140, 4th Ave, near 22d St; sure money maker. s.5oo-Another excellently To- cated larger corner lot on Avenue G: can be improved at cost of about s12.50 and made to pay $, about s3,600 rent per annum. s11.ooo--A well located S. Fist St. corner fine for garage or small stores; pays now $s0 per month.
 s1O,500-A well located Avenue corner, can be improved with brick stores and made to pay 13 per cent on the investment. s3.00e-A Southside broom cot tage, on alley corner 46xl0o feet; pays $390 rent per annum; nlce small investment or good home.
 See R. MCCONNELL. Pres. Mcconnell -White-Terry .oes sd Ave. Main 3S72
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
HOUSEHOLD GOODS

FURNlTURE-We buy and sell second hand furniture and stoves Jackson Furniture Co. 23o3 2d Ave. M. 6oos.
 FOR SALE-Bucl Rrange (coai burner), in excellent condition. Phone Main 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18
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, 1923-03-08
Petroleum for AIrplanes.

What appears TO some MS an epoch
making event in the development Of
alrplane and automobile motive power
is the recent successful trip neal Cop
enhagen, Denmark, of an airplnne MS
ing petroleum as engine fuel. II wus
observed by experts vino witnessed the
test that the plane flew just ms well
ms with gasoline, that there WIS less
vibration and no SCOT formed, nor was
there any self-ignition in the engine,
which ran 100 less revolutions than
normally-Popular Mechanics Maya
viup
, 1923-03-08
HOW PHONE SYSTEM BEGAN
There Were Only Eight Subscribers
and the Switchboard Was by
Way of a Joke.

One switchboard, with a capacity of
eight subscribers statlons-that was
he beginning of telephone service. the
first step toward the commercial de
velopment of the late Alexander Ora
ham Bells now famous invention. A
crude switchboard had been used in
Boston in 1877, but only for expert
mental and demonstration purposes.
Its chief function was to convince the
people of Boston and casual visitors
of the utility Of The telephone and of
Its future possibilities, says Telephone
Press Service.
The ancestor of the modern CONNER.
cial telephone switchboard was in
stalled in New Haven. Conn, in 1878.
From its eight lines has beer evolved
the network of wires and cables which
covers the country from coast to coast.
From a single switchboard the num-
Der of central offices within n city has
increased to over 100. From less than
a dozen subscribers stations, the total
within the limits of a single city has
mounted in several cases to over 1OO,-
600 and in one case to over 1000, 900.
Under one root as many as 10000 lines
are switched and central Offices are
now planned with n capacity of more
than double that number.
, 1923-03-08
ENGINEER SAYS IT
is WORLD-BEATER
"My Digestion Is Sound as a DOL
lar Since Taking TanIaC," De-
ClareS Buffalo Citizen.

"There is no doubt about it, Tanlac
does all they claim it will do-nnd
more" was the positive statement
made recently by Richard II. Lawson,
well-known engineer, of 1907 Elmwood
Ave, Buffalo, n. Y.
81 used Tanlac for a combination of
troubles and it put me in splendid
condition all the way round. First, l
had a bad case of stomach trouble,
was simply chock full of sourness and
gas, had a general distressed feeling
and a burning pain in my stomach that
/ couldn't get rid of. With my appe-
tite wrecked and digestion gone l be-
came awfully weak, nervous and run
down and could get scarcely any rest
or sleep at all.
"Tanlac answered every demand
made upon 1t In my case and today
my digestion is sound as a dollar, l
have an immense appetite. and with
every ache and pain gone, l am sleep
ing fine and feeling strong and ener-
getic as of old. Tanlac is 100 % good"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Over 80 million bottles Sold
Advertisement.
, 1923-03-08
INF0RMATiON DEPARTMENT.
TOURIST TRAFFIC TO
BREAK ALL RECORDS

Denver. unprecedented tourist
travel the coming ummer throughout
the Rocky mountain region and es-
pecially in Colorado may be conf
IDENTIFY looked for" declared Archibald
Fries, vice president of the Baltimore
* Ohio railroad, in charge of traffic
and commercial development depart
ments, who is making a nationwide
tour for the purpose OF investigating
general business conditions and visit
ing agencies not properly on the rail-
road itself, and who was in Denver
the other day.
Mr.. Fries said that the American
public was coming to realize the value
of Rocky mountain Fairgrounds Us
never before, M that the tourist
bureaus, railroads and the like which
were responsible for this education of
the public were greatly to be praised.
Railroads are rapidly overcoming
:he car shortage which so embarrassed
the Colorado farmer last year, he said,
more capital being expended for
locomotives and other rolling stock
than in any previous year of railroad
history. Mr.. Fries predicted that by
June l the Baltimore x Ohio will be
in as good n position for handling its
share of the nations traffic as at any
time in its history.
, 1923-03-08
BUSINESS MEN LIKE OTHERS
Somewhat Prevalent Error Is in Con-
sidering Them to Be Something
Of a Race Apart.

Orators N literary folk of u GER
tain widespread school seem to lmag-
inc that business men are all alike;
that is, dishonest and prosperous
from robbing the poor. The truth is
many business men are themselves
poor. Many of them fail because of
u~nreliability. idleness. extravaganza,
lack of intelligence.
Business men are Ike my other
class of men; some of them capable,
reliable, industrious and successful,
and some of them the reverse.
Thousands of proletarians are in bust
ness, MS thousands of our best men
are working for wages and In training
to occupy the big positions and en-
joy the big incomes. In any group of
business men, most of them do not
amount to much, as is the case In any
other group. The rich were robbed
in Russia because they were aristo-
Gratis by birth. 1t cannot be done in
the United States because here the
well-to-do come up from the ranks,
aud are the best fighters as well as
the best money makers.-From Il. W.
Howe's Monthly.
, 1923-03-08
SEEMS TO BE TOO ExACTIMG
Character in Novel Would Appear to
Demand a Whole Lot From His
Fellow Men.

Thus in Forrest Reds "Pender
Among the Residents the hero slides
from adventure into criticism:
MY idea of poetry, you see, is of
Il mysterious thlng-a kind of mixture
of enchantment and music-something
immensely primitive-a survival-old
odd as Egyptian magic.
THAT kind of poetry obviously can't
be taught. and everything Trefusis does
has been taught TO him. | don't mean
to say technique isn't of great i'm
p%ortance, and, of course, it is quite
proper that Trefusis should learn
something about rhyme and meter !;
but rhyme and meter, however, daz-
zlingly handled, in themselves are no
more than the walls of the house.
81 mean. unless it is Il haunted house
there is for me no poetry
When the ghost walks for Pender,
we suppose II has to he not with
measured. but with metered, tread
Chicago Journal.