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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
WOMEN READY
To BES|EGE:
: CONGRESS
immigration Restriction, Uni-
form Divorce Laws, and
Equality Among Demands.
KEYSTONE PHOTO
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

What will women want and de.
mand from the new Congress which
meets in December?
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, presi.
dent general of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution, said the
daughters are chiefly interested in
immigration law, for. said she,
this is because our first interest
is Americanization; therefore. we
feel that immigration should be re-
stricted.''
The National Womens Trade
Union League will fight for a
minimum wage law that will be
constitutional, or an amendment to
existing laws, said Ethel Smith,
secretary Of that organization.
The General Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs, will go in for uniform
divorce laws, according to Ida
1aftord, secretary, who said. "Wo.
men are tired Of the lax divorce
law, we want the Capper uniform
divorce bill passed. Our millions of
cIubWomen mean business on this -
The National League of Women
Voters said they will press for a
world court patterned after the idea
or Hughes, Harding and company,
The National Woman's PARTY.
through Alice Paul, it's vice nrasi.
dent, said, concerning an amend.
ment to the Constitution tn nro.
vide equality for men and women
before the law, 1--WE are more hone
full than ever for favorable action
on our amendment. We are now
busy with plans for the meeting at
Seneca Falls, N. Y, when the
narty's board will draft it's amend
rnent.' The one thing upon which
they are all united ard are lining
up for is a puncture-proof child
labor amendment to the Const:tu-
ton. NoIl0s.'U
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
c. OF c. OUTING
To HEAR WAR
Of WORDS
Debate on Reckless Subject
Promised by Women at
Chesapeake Beach.

A battle royal has been promised
at the 1923 outing Of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce, July
20, at Chesapeake Beach, it was an
nounced today by F. A. Van Reuth,
chairman Of the committee in
charge.
This event will be in the nature
of a wild debate on q reckless
subject" by women guests of the
organization. The subject of the
Conflict is being withheld until the
last moment but it is declared to be
one which will stir every feminine
heart to the quick and over which
women are. divided into two bit
terly hostile camps. Referees, buck
cts, and sponges will be provided
when required.
Van Reuth has been putting in
two eight hour days in each twenty
four hours lining up the talent and
handling the details of the banquet,
song contests, athletic stunts,
prizes and the sale of tickets.
He announced today, much to the
establishment of the committee, that
lady members of the board were
the most enthusiastic supporters of
a proposed battle royal between an
assorted collection of huskies, one
Of the proposed features of the
athletic program, and an adjunct
to the ladies' verbal battle royal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
JUDGES GIFT To
MAKE GERMAN
G|RL.R|CH
Harrison Sends 81 to Fraulein
Who AssaiIed Him in Letter
For Speeding.

Gus Buchholz, we1l-known Wash
ington restaurateur, will sail for
Germany on the Leviathan tomor-
row with 81 bill tucked away in
a special compartment of his pocket
book-the gift of former dice
Judge Robert Harrison to a. Berlin
fraulein who "bawled him out" by
mail.
When Judge Hardison, himself a
strict discipliner of speeders, was
fined recently for smoking up
Maryland roads, he thought pay
ment of the fine ended the episode.
The judge reckoned without the
newspapers, however, The wire
services carried the tale to Ger
many, where, considerably exag-
gerated, it appeared in a Berlin
newspaper.
Fraulein Joanna PETER, of the
German capital, after reading the
magistrates eScapade, took it upon
herself to write him a scolding let
ter in her own language, concluding
with a request for financial assist
ance.
Judge Hardison brought the letter
to Mr.. Buchholz for Interpretation,
and the contents Of the missive were
revealed. AS Mr.. Buchholz was pre-
pairing to leave for abroad, the judge
gave him 81 to present to Fraulein
PETER. At the present rate of ex-
change 81 means 100000 marks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
BRYAN LOOKS To
FARMERSFOR
PEACE
Hopes to Pledge AgricuIturists
to Principles Of World
Disarmament.

y :
The achievement Of universal
peace by getting the agricultural
classes of all nations pledged to
the principal Of world disarma-
ment is the plan of William
Jennings Bryan in his capacity as
chairman of q commission which
will represent the Southern Com
mercial Congress in the tercenten-
NAL exposition at Gothenburg, 1t
was revealed here today.
While Bryan will not accompany
the commission to Scandinavia, he
will serve as it's chairman and the
members will report back to him
when they return to the United
States. He has prepared an adj
dress to be read at the opening OF
the exposition.
Discussing the economic plight Of
farmers throughout the world and
their relation to world peace, Bryan
said:
The condition Of the farmer is
pathetic when considered from the
standpoint of his suffering, and
alarming when considered from the
standpoint of the worlds welfare.
The farmer tolls longer than any
one else, and receives less in re-
turn, and yet the farmer feeds and
clothes the world.
1.-THE profiteer, operating through
private monopoly, Is the greatest
enemy of the farmer. The farmer
sells on a low price level, and buys
On a high price level. This means
q decrease in the number Of home
owners, and an increase in the
number /of tenants. What can be
more of q menace to any nation?
1.-THE farmers, being too numer-
Gus and too scattered to combine
successfully for their own protec-
ton, are the helpless victims Of all
the combines formed for the limit
ing of production and the increas-
ing of prices. / trust the Congress
tat Gothenburg) will in strong and
uAequivoca1 terms declare against
the profiteer, and against private
monopoly, the instrument of tor
ture which he employs.
Besides being the victim OF
economic injustice, the farmer is
also the victim of military oppres-
sion.
"War robs agriculture of its
strongest men-its best producers,
and overburdens those who remain,
by mortgaging their toll to raise
the money spent by army con-
tractors, who, because they make
fabulous fortunes out of the slaugh-
ter Of the masses, encourage Ill
feeling among nations, and fan the
flame of passion and prejudice.
II trust that the Congress will
put the agricultural classes on rec
ord in favor Of world peace, in
favor of world disarmament as a
means Of securing world peace,
and in favor Of the cultivation of
the spirit of brotherhood and CO.
operation as. the only basis Of dis
armament and peace"
The American commission has
forthy-three members; representing
all parts of the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
WILL Wal YEAR
FOR IDEAL
HUSBAND
Young Woman Just Divorced
Not in a Hurry to
Marry Again.

DETROIT, July 3.-Mrs. Tessie
A. Leihgeber, twenty, has a whole
year in which to find an ideal hus-
band, and she says with some sar-
casm that it will take that long or
longer.
Mrs. Leihgeber was granted a di.
vorce by Judge Joseph A. Moyniha n
on condition that she will not re-
marry until she is twenty-one. She
was SEVENTEEN when she married
Leroy Leihgeber in 1920.
Mrs. Leihgeber admitted she will
marry when the year is up-if she
can find the right man.
II haven't any man right now,
you see," she explained. "Of course
want to get married again, but 1
am going to wait until the ideal man
comes along. / will have a whole
year to find one and I am going to
be mighty particular, too"
Her husband left her a week after
they were married, she said, and for
this reason, she hasn't a very exalted
opinion of husbands. Recently she
received a letter from him, telling
her she had better get divorce.
II don't mind waiting a year." she
said quite airily. II think it Was
nice of the judge. I haven't had
much married life, but what 1 did
have makes me cautious now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
t,O0OLOSEJ JOBS
IN FEDERAL
SERVICE
Temporary Employees Reduced
for Fiscal Year-Others Hit
by Reorganizations.

A considerable number of tenn
porary employees were dropped from
the pay rolls of the Federal dpart-
ments today with the opening of the
new fiscal year.
Officials of the Budget Bureau
were unable to estimate the num-
Der, but it is believed above 1000.
Among employees on the permanent
civil service rolls, there was little
or no reduction except in cases
where reorganizations were put into
effect.
One Of the units in the Pension
Bureau has been abolished, involving
the dismissal Of number of per-
manent workers. The personnel
being carefully guarded, but it is
believed that within the next few
months a strong effort will be
made to effect at least a 10 per cent
reduction.
Officials Of the various depart
ments today reported that in the
main appropriations for the new
fiscal year enabled them to carry
their present personnel. Wherever
possible reductions will be made in
accordance with the instructions of
the director of the budget, Gen.
H. M. Lord.
These reductions, it is believed,
will be gradual and conservative,
and no sweeping cuts are contem-
plated.
Frederick J. Bailey assumed his
duties today as the chief of the
personnel classification board, sue
ceeding Judge w. w. Warwick, who
resigned sometime ago. Bailey
plunged Immediately into the detail
Of the work and probably will call
a meeting of the board tomorrow.
The classification work remains
in status quo until all of the de-
partments have completed their
ALLEGATIONS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
French War Hero Pays
Tribute to Courage
Of Men In Ranks
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.


NEW YORK, July 3.-"The
courage Of the soldier"
Gen. Henri Joseph Eugene
Gouraud, the ''lion of the Ar
gonne," who is making q tour
Of the principal cities Of the
United States as the guest of
the Rainbow division, gave this
answer today to the question:
"What will be the greatest
medium Of offense in the next
war;"
mo matter how perfected
mechanism becomes, no matter
what deadly weapons may be
invented or evolved, no matter
what absolutely new scientific
discoveries may be made to
make war more deadly, the real
weapon of offense and defense
is the courage of the soldier"
he said, through his interpreter,
Major A. D. Budd, who has
been assigned by the United
States Government to accom-
pany the general on his tour.
General Gouraud lost his
right arm fighting in the OAR
danelles. He also is very lame.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
HITS LAz|NEsS'
Of j. 5. STYLE
EXPERTS
Nine. SpingoId BIannes Them
For Conditions in FASH
ion World.
By ALICE LANGELIER,
Cosmopolitan News Service.

PARIS, July d. Because the
American buyers are too lazy to
create their own designs and styles.
Partisan styles and American styles
in dress are synonymous. Madame
Frances Spingold, Of Frances & Co..
said today.
For that reason, she declared,
styles in America will be different
in the fall, for they will be differ
ent in Paris.
"As to the forecast of the new
lines for fall and winter" she said.
'ft is almost impossible. never
know what my styles will be untn
I make them at the last moment.
However, there is certainly going to
be a change soon. Clothes have
been practically the same for the
last three years, and this is too
long. Maybe the skirts viii be
longer, maybe shorter. Something
is going to happen, and let's hope
it will be for the best"
The American buyers will come
over to Paris as usual, Mime.
Frances said, and copy the newest
Partisan designs, and buy models, to
take them back to America. That
is how his Discrimination to work
provides the styles simultaneously
for two continents.
"TooI1 the world over. and vo11 will
find it hard to surpass the American
woman in the matter of dress, Nine.
Frances asserted. She is well built
and knows how to wear her clothes
to the best advantage. / find the
French women fat and flabby. care
less about their bodies-with good
compilations, yes, but ugly feet and
ankles"
Nine. Frances thinks Paris ia
gradually getting back to her old
pre-war condition. The old gaiety
is coming back again and people are
taking on their former easy-going
way of living. She finds the women
much better dressed than q few
years ago, with more simple and
more sensible things, but a far cry
from the American women in ele-
gance.
She is in Paris to buy dress
materials which she says cannot be
equalled anywhere in the world. For
tissues of all kinds Paris is the finest
world center. It takes the patient
French workers to turn out the
delicate Weaves and handsome en-
broideries. The same is true of all
the fine handwo k and lingerie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
Lone Canoist Paddles
Across Lake Erie,
Setting Record

CLEVELAND, July "a rec
ord in padding a canoe was es-
tablished here when "Texas
Jack" Sullivan arrived at the
Cleveland Yacht Club after pad
ding across Lake Erie. He
made the sixty mile trip in four
minutes less than twenty-four
hours.
AS far as is known, Sullivan,
a world traveller and adventu1er,
is the only white man who ever
padded a canoe across the lake
alone. Records have been found
here where Indians have made
the trip but, so far as known,
none Of them ever travelled I'M
accompanied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
s. POST
He HELD FOR
SO YEARS
George W. Evans Feted by Eel
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
With $500 in Gold.

Completing fifty.nine years of
service in the Interior Department
which was started with the help of
Abraham Lincoln. Capt. George w.
Evans, chief disbursing officer, was
feted last night in the auditorium
at the Interior Building and given
$2Oc in gold by his fellow workers.
Captain Evans, thanked his asso-
ciates for their tribute and their
congratulations and told them that
in retiring: IT leave the depart
ment with no regrets except that
OF parting with the host Of friends
have made"
F. M. Goodwin, Assistant Secre-
tary Of the department, who made
the cash presentation declared that
during Captain Evans tenure of
office he had not only disbursed
$500, 100000 without the. loss of a
single cent to the Government, but
that he actually had saved the
Government money. He cited an
instance of check he had received
in 1906 for 40 cents which he had
saved as a souvenir Of Captain
Evans service rather than draw
that amount from the Government"
Others who spoke were G.. A.
Warren, departmental representa-
tive in the Federal Employees union,
William Montgomery, president of
the Acacia Mutual Life Associa-
ton of which Captain Evans is an
officer: DIR. William p. Herbst,
president Of the West End Citizens
Association and District Commits
sioner James F. Oyster.
A musical program of vocal Sc
lections by Leslie Coyle and Harry
p. Wilkins and selection by the
Luther Place Memorial Women's
Chorus was rendered. Dancing fol-
lowed the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
WAR-BANISHED TOPPER"
AGAIN MAKES ITS BOW

PARIS, July 3.-The silk top hat
rAappeared at last Sundays Grand
Prix. This was the first time since
the war that it made a conspicuous
appearance elsewhere than at the
British embassy. Has it really come
back?" was asked. Many people are
doubtful that it has, as the French
are accustomed to the more comfort.
able headgear and are reluctant to
abandon the prevailing styles.
Purveyors of dress for men arc
inclined to think That the top hat
like the stiff collar, never will be
popular again. They say the style
st1ll will be obligatory for certain 80
eial events. But despite the efforts
of arbiters of fashion such as Andre
Fouquines, who is trying to intro.
duce light gray topper. with black
band for sporting events, more com.
Portable hats will prevail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
COURT ACTS ON
SEPARATION
CASES
Judge Orders Husband to Pay
Wife's Attorney
Fees.

Clarence w. Seabright, who sued
his Wit, Anna A C. Seahright, Tor
an absolute divorce, was ordered yes
terday by Chief Justice Mccoy, OF
the District Supreme Court, to re-
imburse her for the $50 which she
has spent so far in the defense OF
her case.
The husband was recently cited in
q restraining order to cease molest-
ing and annoying his wife or her
property. He originally sued for a
limited divorce and then amended
his bill.
Mrs. Eloise Maharry, wife Of John
Maharry, yesterday filed suit for
the at1nullment of their marriage.
Plaintiff alleges that her husband
failed to divorce his first wife before
marrying plaintiff, February 20.
1913.
Mrs. Ida Kieffer, who sued her
husband, Shelley Kieffer, for a limi-
ted divorce has abandoned her suit,
according to a dismissal notice filed
yesterday by her attorney. Plain
tiff claimed that her husband was
about to GUST her from their home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
EDSEL FORD To
Y PLANT
Bon of Auto Maker Arrives in
Norfolk to Begin Six
Buildings. {"
By Cosmopolitan News Service.

NORFOLK, Va, July g. Edsel
Ford, son Of the automobile mag
nate, was here today preparatory to
starting active work in building the
100000 assembling plant Henry
Ford planned some time ago. For
that purpose, Ford acquired forty
four-acre site on the southern
branch of the Elizabeth river.
Six buildings will be erected and
q circular system of railroad tracks
built. The latter is to provide IA
cilities for loading and unloading
300 cars at one time.
AS the site fronts entirely on the
water front, Ford expects to build
terminals later, so big steamships
will be able to carry on his business
with South America and Europe.
The harbor will be dredged to a
depth of thirty-six ct.
About 1000 persons will be en-
ployed permanently in the plant.
In the construction work, between
500 and 1000 workers are needed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
JAILED ON
CHARGE Of
ROBBERY
Unable to Provide 500 Pre-
MUM on $4,000 Bail, She
Is Being Held.

Mary Willis, eighteen years old,
charged with robbing George H.
Fox, 72S Sixth street northwest,
while they were seated in the rear
seat of the latter's car, last Sat
urday night, is being held for
action Of the grand jury by Judge
Mcmahon. Bail was set at $1,000.
Unable to obtain the $10(
premium necessary on such a bond
Miss Willis has remained in Jail
for two days, and probably will be
held there until her case is dis.
posed Of.
The case was reported to the
police by Fox, who asserted that
the girl had hailed him at Seventh
and E streets last Saturday night
and had asked for a lift" to the
w. B. & A. station.
Shortly after she left, Fox told
the court, he missed his wallet and
$40. Miss Willis was arrested a
few minutes later while awaiting
the arrival of a train to take her
to her home at Glenwood, Md. The
alleged loot was not found in her
possession.
Miss Willis said she had accepted
an offer for ride to the station
from Fox, but that instead of taking
her there directly, he attempted to
force his attentions upon her. Her
repulses, she said, resulted in the
charges against her.
Miss Willis said she came to
Washington last Saturday to visit
a sister who is sick in Garfield
Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
WIDOWS name
CLEARED BY
AUTOPSY
Suspicion of Guilt Against Mrs.
Abing and Navarro Found
Unjustified.

With an inquest at the District
morgue at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon, ordered merely to comply with
the letter Of the law, the Aiding
death mystery case will be officially
closed
Fully exonerated Of all suspicion
of being parties to a possible poison
plot in the death, June 90, of the
Filipino butler, Cleto M. Abing, at
his home, 1925 New York avenue
northwest, the frail widow, Mrs.
Eunice Adeline Aiding, and Vincente
A. Navarro, his close friend, will
attend the brief hearing.
Deputy Coroner Herbert E. Martyr
will present two reports to the jury,
one the finding of District Chemist
+. M. Price that Abing's intestines
contained no poison of any sort, and
another, that Of an expert patholo-
gist, showing that death was due to
enteric tuberculosis. The verdict of
the jury, impanneled last Saturday,
will be nothing more than a formal
vindication of Mrs. Aiding and Ma
varro.
Inspector of Detectives Grant
gave the word for the release of
Mrs. Aiding and Navarro from police
CuStOOy yeSIeEOdy dACerHOOn. WITH
their attorney, George w. Hanley,
they came to headquarters, where
they gave statements to newspaper
r4aen, received the congratulations of
Detective Sergeants Scrivener and
Kelly, and departed running to evade
q group Of cameramen strategically
placed outside.
Mrs. Abing's plans for the future
are indeterminate. She declared,
however, she would continue to &C.
cupy the little house in New York
avenue where her husband died "to
let the neighbors see she could hold
up her head" Navarro probably
will complete medical studies at the
University of Maryland next term.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE
TO CHESAPEAKE BEACH

Train service to and from Chesa-
peake Beach tomorrow will be con-
tinuous, so as To accommodate
Fourth Of July crowds, according to
announcement by Chesapeake Beach
railroad officials. In addition to the
regular trains, specials will leave all
day long at short intervals as soon
as comfortably filled.
Five thousand autoists are ex-
pected, and special arrangements
have been made to facilitate the
marking of cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
RAILROAD CLERKS SEE
END or WAGE DISPUTE

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 3.-Offi,
Gals of the New York Central rail-!
road and the Brotherhood of Rail
way and Steamship Clerks conferred
yesterday looking to the adjustment
of the wage controversy which was
referred back to the company and
union by the United States Railroad
Labor Board.
w. J. Winston, general chairman
of the clerks, said he expected an
agreement which would give a grad
uated increase of from 2 cents ar
hour up, to 10000 clerks on the New
York Central.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
POLICE PROBE DEATH
OEku KLUX ATTORNEY

DAYTON. Ohio. July 3.-An in
vestigation of the death Of Phil B.
Smythe, forty-five, attorney for the
Ku Klux Khan, who died late yes
terday, was started by the police to-
day. The death certificate stated
Smythe died from acute alc0-
holism."
The police and the county coroner
agreed as to the cause of death,
but are trying to trace Smythe's
movements for twenty-four hours
preceding his death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
Blooded Bull Stays
His Sire In Battle
Before a Crowd

LYNCHBURG, Va, July B.
Two bulls, belonging TO Edge
wood farm, Campbell county,
engaged in a furious battle.
A crowd gathered to see the
fight, and after using many
means to stop the battle, it was
finally broken by shooting the
younger bull with a shotgun
several times. The last shot
caused the young bull to quit
and then his sire walked off a
short distance, fell to the
ground, and bled to death from
the many ugly wounds from
the horns Of his son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-03
ASK FRIENDSHIP KITS"
FOR IMMIGRANT WOMEN

Anxious to brighten dreary Ellis
Island days for immigrant women
the Universal Alliance has intro.
Iuced a system Of sending friend
ship kits" to them as a token Of
the intereSt the women of this
country take in them.
Full details of the plan can be Oh.
tanned from the Woman's Universal
Alliance, 300 w street northwest
by any woman desiring to furnish
such friendship kits.
Mrs. c. c. Calhoun, president, an
nounces there is no attempt to bind
the senders of the friendship kits
down to arbitrary lists of gifts.
More sentiment will be exhibited in
original and individual selections.