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The Washington times., 1923-10-17
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IN Vain
Two White Members of Force
Try to Help colIeagues-An-
other Near Death.

Despite the fact that two white
policemen, Robert Carroll and Ir-
wing Rosenberg, submitted to a
blood TRANSMISSION last night at
Emergency Hospital in an effort
to save the lives of two colored
policemen, John w. Purcell and
Horace R. Crawford, Policeman
Purcell died shortly after noon
today. Crawford is not expected
30 live.
Shot BY ''Hi-Jaclers."
Purcell and Crawford were shot by
Q gang of negro hi-jackers' who
were attempting to break into ga
rage.
Policemen Carroll and Rosenberg
volunteered to sacrifice pint each
Of their blood to save the two. Car
rolls blood was transmitted to Pur-
cell and Rosenberg's to Crawford.
DR.. Daniel Borden, police physician,
performed the transfusions.
George Ludley, colored, held iii
connection with the shooting Of two
policemen Monday night, died last
night at the Casualty Hospital stead
lastly denying that he had any part
In the affair.
Ludley is believed to have died of
q bullet wound inflicted by one Of
the policemen when the fire of the
negro gangsters was answered.
Denies Any Guilt.
Shortly before Ludley died, Tn
spector of Detectives Clifford Grant
dispatched Detective Sergeat Howard
Vermillion to the hospital to get a
statement from the dying man. Lud-
1ey's only comment was that he was
innocent of any implication in the
shooting.
The shooting occurred in an alley
In the rear of the new Bell school,
near Sixth and D streets south
west. Purcell and Crawford were
patrolling their beats in civilian
clothes when they were shot. They
had gone into an alley to investi-
gate a group Of negroes who were
acting suspiciously.
Four negroes have been arrested
by Detective Sergeants Mullen and
Murphy and a fifth is being sought.
All are being held on a technical
charge Of investigation.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
BALLOU DEFENDS NEW
PRIMARY SCHOOL HOURS

DIR. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent Of schools, yesterday afternoon
defended the changing Of the school
day in the primary grades from
three to five hours before the Con-
gress of Mothers and ParentLTeacher
Associations meeting in the New LIB.
bitt Hotel.
DR.. Ballou pointed out that tn,
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
WISE LADS. THOSE OF MONEYS

This is the only address
EVERETT put on a letter,
10hich reached Heard and Seen
on schedule time. IncLosed Oas
a Drawing of SAMBO, EVER
ETTS clever creation, 1Oho is
rapidly becoming nationally
famous for his quaint and ,Uitty
sayings. "ChG git 1t, BiUN
SdmbO 1OGs saying.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
ANTICIPATION.

I sGa0 my SaOeetie roll her ovn
In nineteen t1Uenty-twO;
Her dimpJed knees and siIee1
hose
Were Uery much in View.
/ SGO her garments heightened
In nineteen taOenty-three,
But then her lovely arms were
barred.
For all the 1OorLd to see.
This story is not new, of course;
You've heard these things be-
fore,
But, 1OhGt, ask you, 10iU then
1UeGT
In nineteen teOenty-four?
0. HOWE WISE,
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
We Want to Know

When ladies will stop making
baggage rooms of their restaurant
chairs.
Whether Spark Plug is a relative
OF Fire Plug.
When pictures of golfers will
show them In another attitude than
that of striking out.
Who will be the first motorist to
make a strike" with those black
and white safety tenpins on Four
teenth street.
Ann HOWZER BUSH.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
VERNON S. SNOW.

NO, IT DOESN'T.
It doesn't
Improve bad prose
So very much
To chop 1T up
Into short lengths
And so arrange 1t
As free Verse.
. ibid.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
CATHOLIC U. RECTOR TO
BE GUEST AT RECEPTION

Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, rector
Of the Catholic University, will be
the honor guest at a reception to
be given by the Washington Coun.
ell, Knights OF Columbus, at their
hall. 91S Tenth street northwest, at
8:45 o'clock next Tuesday night
The student body of the univer
sity also will be entertained.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17

zoe COLLEGIAN'' seeks to
crash into the column on the
strength of a verse about.
speeding 6ootIegger. He prom
Uses to do better in the future.
Welcome, Joe! Do 1T.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17

HOWZER BUSH, which again
demonstrates the alertness Of Post
master MONEYS men. The letter,
mailed at noon and delivered the
next morning. bore merely this
address, In GlariDg caDltalS:
o y NO HOO.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
Policeman Dies From Gangster, Shots
THE GOAT AGAIN.

THE GOAT AGAIN.
That hardened KIuttOn, the Office
Goat,
With the castirOn belly and the poem
strewn throat,
Il training hard and getting lean
He can now do the half In 2:17.
He's racing daily at the Laurel track.
With Jockey SambO astride his back.
In preparation to run q course
With Spark Plug. Barney GOGGLES
The Goats green eyes are flashing fire
As his wind grows short and his chOler
He contrasts his present condition. you
with his former cOntSib-ed luxury.
Mile on mile and hour by hour,
With hO0fs a-Clacking and visage dOuP,
The Goat il racing to get In trim
So he can beat Spark Plug; not Spark
Plug him.
Oh. he may be mean but he's getting
lean;
His hearts all right and he's using his
So put up your sheckeIs and those Of
your wife
The Goats going to trim sparIy In
the race Of his life!
n
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
OLD FAITHFUL ERUPTS.

Dear Spare Tire:
Don't think I'm passing mp the
spark Plug Office Goat" race. I've
just been going through the thrOes Of
moving to q new apartment.
I'll oil mp the old camera, take my
car (street carr and run out to Laurel
for the latest dope on the coming
event i'm . day or two. 1 have already
interviewed q few prominent people In
the community on the great contest
and may send you their pictures with
their expert opinions.
May you never blow out!
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
NeedIework Guild Meet.

Section presidents and directors
of the District branch Needlework
Guild Of America will meet ton1or-
row morning at II o'clock in the
Church of, the Covenant.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
CABMEN's PLUG HATS, HEN.

HENRY ETA wants to know what
10 1.-the oldest object in the wroId." He
nOmlnates his wife's evening gown,
at her behest. He wants the fans to
help him keep peace In the family BY
suggesting something older.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
ANN FROTHS.

The POstOffice Department lseues
fraud orders, but the greatest fraud
order ever handed the public 10 the
famous xxx.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17

WHAT GOODS A MEMORY
Sam-What do you think Of the
long skirts the girls are wearing
nowadays?
MOsc-MAn, they can't fool me,
got o good memory.
TON CULHANE.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
THE LINGERING MTrLENNTUM,

The millennium is waiting patiently
Until the time shall come
When reform shall begin, like charity
With the people back to hum"
O. TEMPORARY MAWRUsS.
The Washington times., 1923-10-17
OUR DICTIONARY.

"COrnfod"-An amateur who may
forget her lines as written but cant
forget the lines nature gave her.
o. TEMPORARY MAWRUSS.
Evening star., 1923-11-28
BALL TO MARK END
OF JEWISH DRIVE
Loving Cups Will Be Present.
ed to Generals of Four
Foremost Teams.

Marking the successful Consumma-
tion of a drive for $3.50. 900 for Jew
ish Community Center in Washington
the Y. NJ. II. y. and Y. W. II. A. of
the city will hold a victory ball De-
cember at the City Club.
1t is proposed to bring together at
this affair all those who had any part
in gaining the quota, which was over
subscribed by about $4,000. With this
in view. Joseph Norman. in charge of
the affair, announces that loving cups
bearing the names of the four win
ming campaign teams will be for
mally presented to the team generals.
Mrs. Isadore Kahn, Mrs. Stanley
Lansburgh. Morris Garfinkle and
Joseph A. Wilmer.
Special features of the ball include
entertainment by Sol Lach of Balti-
more and a prize drawing.
Patrons include:
Morris Cafritz. Dr. Edward Cafritz,
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Garfinkle. Mrs.
and Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, Mr.. and
Mrs Isadore Freund, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Hickman, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Himmelfarb. Nil. and Mrs. Edward
HeidingSfeld. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S.
Gichner. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice kafka,
Mr.. and Mrs. Adoiph Kahn, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Isadore Kahn. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry King, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
LansburSh, Mr.. and Mrs. Hyman
Levy, Rev. and Mrs. j. F. Loeb,
DIR. and Mrs. Harry Lewis. Mr..
Evening star., 1923-11-28
The Service Station

l drive up for a quart OF gas, upon
my costly tires; my car, of shining
tin and brass, such nourishment re-
quires. And blithe young men in
spotless white come tripping to my
van; their smiles are glad, their eyes
are bright. they love their fellow
man. They fill the works with
sparkling oil, the tank with luscious
juice, and they're exulting in their
toll, they're glad to be OF use. They
fill my tires with priceless air, they
see the wheels run true, they're
dodging round me everywhere, to
see what they can do. The young
men selling gasoline make life a
brighter thing; they have the graces
OF a queen, they chortle and they
sing. If they have grief or carking
woe they hide the same away; they
smile like Mona as they go about
my painting dray. They welcome
me, when / draw nigh, as though
were peer; and when | leave a
fond goodbye is ringing in my ear.
| burn up all the gas l can to give
me an excuse for driving up in my
old van and buying up more juice.
For | will always spend a yen, and
no regret evince, to see bunch
OF blithe young men pretend that
I'm a prince.
(Copyright.) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1923-11-28
CONFIRMATION HELD
AT TRAINING SCHOOL
Three Girls Received Into Church
With Impressive Ceremony
by Bishop.

With impressive and picturesque
ceremonies centuries old, three men,
bers of the National Training School
for Girls were confirmed by Right
Rev. James T.. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington. yesterday afternoon in the
chapel at the institution.
The ceremony, which was attended
by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. the wife Of
the President; Mrs. Wallace, Wife OF
the Secretary of Agriculture, and
Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile
Court, was performed in the presence
of the seventy-flve girls at the insti-
tuition. The girls of the school filed
In. dressed in white. and took part in
the ceremony. They were compli-
mented by Bishop Freeman for the
way in which they sang their hymns
at the service.
After the conservation Bishop Free
man, in q short address, declared
THE smarter men and women become
the more they realize the helplessness
of life without the help of Almighty
God. There is very little hope in life
unless a person believes in the Su-
Dpeme Master" The bishop urged the
children always to saw their prayers
After the ceremony tea was served
at the school. Miss A. F. Gales is SUI
perintendent of the school, and Rev
c. W. Dow assisted the bishop at the
service.
Evening star., 1923-11-28
PLEA TO COOLIDGE
ON CLASSIFICATION
Relief From Alleged Unfair
ness Sought by U. S.
Building Constructors.

President Coolidge has been APP
pealed to by the Society of Con-
structors of Federal Buildings for re-
lief from unfair classification" by
the personnel classification board
In letter to the President signed
by n. S. Thompson of this city. pres
ident. and II. G.. Richey. secretary
editor of New Orleans. the society
expresses it's dissa isfaction with the
work of the personnel classification
board and asks the President to
give this matter sufficient attention
to insure a just and equitable ciassi-
tcation of all positions. and in ac-
cordance with the intent of the act
of Congress"
Composition of Society.
President Coolidge was informed
the society had a membership of per-
sons engaged in designing, construc-
tlon and maintenance of federal
buildings, and included large pro-
portion of the professional and tech
meal employees in the supervising
architects office.
"1n the various tabulations made
puGG by ettaf ths to Soarf the Faa thf
showing the classification and aver
age salary allotted different divisions
Or groups of employees within the
OF AOiuinbld. we ma tndI
the salary given professional or
scientific employees in the supervising
architects office is $2,723. while other
similar groups are given as high as
$3.50. This society feels that. posSi-
bly, due to haste i'll preparation and
making a classification without COM
plete class specifications or deScrip-
tionS of the duties and responsible
tiles of the various positions, a proper
ALLEGATION of positions in the super
vising architects office has not been
made.
Regret for Boards Action.
I'VE also regret the abandonment
of the method under which the classi-
tication of the field service has been
proceeding during the past four
specialists in their different lines of
work and we'll fitted for preparing
class specifications and allocating
positions as required by the act of
Congress. have been relieved from
further duty with the classification
board. and it appears the same
method will now be used in classi-
lying the field service as was en-
ployed in classifying POSITIONS in the
District OF Columbia, and which is
proving SO unsatisfactory.
This society trusts that YOU will
give this matter sufficient attention
TO insure just and equitable classi-
fication of all positions. and in ac-
cordance with the intent OF the act
of Congress-"
Evening star., 1923-11-28
AD CLUB TO ENTERTAIN.

Speeches and various forms of enter
tainm ent will feature a "Charivari'
dinner to be given by the Washing
ton Advertising Club at the City Club
Tuesday, December 4, at ! o'clock.
Speakers for the evening will in
clude Senator Arthur Capper of
Kansas. former Senator Thomas p
Gore and DR.. Harvey W. Wiley
The committee in charge OF the din
ner consists of Allen " De Ford
chairman: ]. Q. Martin, radio broad
casting; H. +. Moore. tickets; Harry
Hahn, reception committee and
ushers; Maurice Kafka, entertain
ment; Dan c. Wilkerson, program
and NJ l.. Sitgreaves. publicity
Evening star., 1923-11-28
EASIER TO READ.
New Telephone Books Have Wider
Spaces

The new telephone directory, Just
off the press, will be easier on the
eyes of Washingtonians, Charles T.
Ciagett, division manager of the COM
pany predicted.
Mr.. Clagett explained that wider
space has been left between lines
in order to make the book more easily
read
The new book also is four columns
wide, instead of three. Telephone di-
rectories in other cities are four col
umns in width, Mr.. Clagett said, and
the change here is a move toward
Standardization.
1t was estimated today that the pres
ent year will show a gain of 5000 tele-
phone stations and about 1000 addi-
tional names In the directory.
On November /. there were 109.241
telephone stations in operation in
the District.
Evening star., 1923-11-28
GAVEL CLUB TO ELECT
NEW OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Masonic Organization Also to Re-
place Part of Board of
Governors.

AT the monthly meeting of the
Gavel Club of Master Masons tonight
in the clubrooms, 719 18th street, Of
ficers ana section of the board OF
governors will be nominated for the
ensuing year. Announcement also will
be made of several events of interest
to the members TO be produced dur
ing the coming month.
Those whose terms expire next
month are clyde J. Nichols, presi-
dent; Fl. A. DOndero and II. X. Trout
man, vice presidents; Van V. Straub,
secretary; Dr. Conrad Praetorfus,
treasurer: James G. Thompson, mar
shal. and John T. Crouch, sentinel.
The retiring governors are Edgar X.
Davis, julius II. Duehring, Mt. Crouch,
A. S. Hopkins, Thomas G. Pollock,
George w. Swift, Herbert +. Swift
and Frederick w Schrumpf. A pro-
gram of music and entertainment will
supplement the business meeting to-
night.
Diogenes was banished from his
country for coming false money.
Evening star., 1923-11-28

The invention of dice is attributed
to Palamedes, about 1874 BIC.
Evening star., 1923-11-28

Diogenes was banished from hi
country for coming false money.
Evening star., 1923-11-28

and Mrs. Maurice Narcissenfeld. Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Hadden, Mr.. and Mrs
Morris Milestone, Mr.. and Mrs l. &.
Nordlinger, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred NJ.
Pelzman. DR.. and Mrs. Abram Simon.
Miss Aline Solomons, Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Stein. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph A.
Wilmer. Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Within,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sherry, Mr.. and
Mrs. ii. Niner, j. B. Shapiro, Capt.
and Mrs. Julius r. Peyser, Mr.. and
Mrs. Simon Lyon, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Wolf.
Evening star., 1923-11-28
ASKS $1,000 FOR ARREST.

John T. Boswell yesterday filed suit
in the District Supreme Court to re-
cover $1,000 damages from the Wash
ington Terminal Company. He declares
the defendant caused his arrest Octo-
ber IL on A charge which was dis
missed in Police Court. Attorney T.
Morris Wampler appears for the plain
tiff
Evening star., 1923-11-28
MISS LASKA TO SING.
Contralto to Appear at Y. M. H. A
and Y. w. H. A. Concert.

Miss Elda Laska, contralto, of New
York city. who sang with the Boston
Opera Company for some time, will
be presented in local concert in the
Y. NJ. II. A. Hall, at 11th street and
Pennsylvania avenue, next Monday
evening at o'clock, under the auspices
OF the Y. NJ. II. A. and Y. W. H. A.
This is the first of a series of concerts
and lectures to be given there during
the winter season.
Miss Laska will sing groups of He
brew and Russian folk songs She
will be assisted at the piano by Miss
Ethel Priest, also of New York, who
will give some piano groups, in addi-
ton to acting as Miss Laska's accom-
panist.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-16

Do you know anything quite a stupid as a mosqnulto'
She comes buzzing around you, her hypoderm1c nicely sharp
ened. You swing for her-and miss, nine times out OIL i:
Now, you are about 5000 times as big as a mosquHo'
a strange. beast $4,000 times as large as you suddenly swung
a giant arm to crush you, you'd have sense enough 10 U"r
in the opposite direction, pronto.
But not so with Mrs. Mosquito.
She comes right back, zzzzing all the louder, and makes
another try for you anatomy-preferaby the meek. MAYBE,
after you've chased her half a dozen times, she IL stay away
for a minute until you're off your guard Then she returns
probably to death if she makes a successful lanohg a"u
begins sinking her hypodermic. -
The military mind would call the mosquitoes repeated
charges at her prey heroism in the face OF terrlhc ooos. we
call it stupidity-outright boneheadedness. ana we nav
even seen mosquitoes ahght on an auto that mas JUST s'oppeu
and try to sink their hypoderm1cs, IN the peLel a ~
must be blood inside this steel beast with the baked-enamel
skin. .4o 4. ;n+ou;-
Somehow we can't help comparing the mosquitoes lntell-
gence with the mental tendencies OF many aiNiou" Il" "0
so-called human race in general -
A lot of us are like the mosquito, escaping from dlsasCef
only to return inquisitively for another Irritation WIN trous
BILE. Like the drunkard returning to his cups, the detne
fat man to his box OF candy, the saVed-py-a-hdr "o'ol@' w
another fling at high speed. - "a
Through MANY generations, humanity has learned by DIT,
fer experience the things to avoid. But it returns over ana
over agan to danger, like the moth to the canule' ut Illus
onto to the swinging blow of its intended victim.
Our generation recently learned that war doesn pay
We might have learned as much from disasters 10 previous
generations. But that isn't human nature. we lgnortu te
exnerience of the past. And within half a century a future
generation will be ignoring what we learned-and De reauy
to pound the drum, wave the flag, fall into line anu mar'n
off to death. oonoro+ion
thinks if has a corner on wisdom, and that the OLD foiksp g
long to an obsolete era-"they don't understand now "hsS
have changed" H., forrs
Our ancestors, nursing their bruises, left plenty u warn
inc sions along the path, telling us how to keep out oI pow
ertv. most sickness and personal entangiemens. ny
might as well have saved their time and carried heAr AnoMl
odgo 70 the grave with them. When Smart Aleck newcomers
can't find any other way to ridicule the heritage OIL WIsoom
from the past, they call it 'platltudes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-16
FRANCE INSISTS ON HER CLAIM

The one big stumbling block that prevents a settlement of
European affairs is the amount of the reparation claim against
Germany. No definite amount has yet been fixed and any efforts
to bring the claim down to what is considered a reasonable sum
for Germany, is opposed by France.
There is a tendency to blame France for keeping Europe in a
turmoil because of her attitude, yet the fact must not be over
looked that it was France, together with Belgium, that suffered
most in the war. It was not a war of Frances making. It was
forced upon her by the ambitious kaiser who set out to dominate
the world. France had to fight to defend herself and she is
justified in asking that her loss, as far as possible, be made good
by the nation that caused all the destruction.
In the first place, France insists upon receiving from Ger
many twentysix billion gold marks VASTLY different from paper
marks), for the work of reconstruction. AS for the rest, according
to a statement by M. Poincare, France will demand payment
from Germany in proportion as England and America force her
to pay her Indebtedness to them. Why not? Germany forced
France to do the borrowing, why should not Germany be made
to pay the debtq There is a great deal to be said in favor o
ORANGE attitude after all
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-16
The Old Town
Street by street-Know Your City


Hartford street extends from
Buckingham venue to the tracks of
the Lehigh Valley railroad. At II
time it was a favorite spot for the
men working in the coal docks and
along the waterfront and was noted
for the fact that it had five saloons
in one block. For a time three of
these saloons were OF the east side
of the street and two on the west,
then one moved across the street,
making three on the west side and
two on the east. One of these sa-
looms, according to local historians,
was known as Boatman's Snug Har-
Dor. This thoroughfare was origin
ally known as Goat Hill and some
of the older residents of the city to-
day still call it by that name.
No one seems to know how the
street came TO be known as Hart
ford, except from the fact that years
ago many New York, New Haven d
Hartford railroad barges carried coal
from the docks to the New England
States and the name may have been
taken from these.
At the present time the street Is a
! residential one, upon which fronts
the plant of the Atlantic Terra Gotta
Company. The street has shade
trees and sidewalks, but no paving
or curbing.