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The Washington times., 1923-03-04

Government arbitrate the issue or
act as umpire was fatty rejected
within less than two months after
Mr.. Harding's inauguration.
The nearest to participation this
country came was in Secretary
Hughes suggestion, In his New Ha-
ven speech last fall, that commits.
sion of eminent financiers should be
named to determine Just what Ger
many could pay. The suggestion
was ignored by the European pow
ers. So
When France finally. invaded the
Ruhr to attempt forcible collection
Of PREPARATIONS, the United States let
the French government know that il
did not approve of the invasion, but
carefully refrained from taking any
action which might possibly be re-
garded as interfering on either side.
CONSISTENT IN POLICY.
Adhering to the same policy,
President Harding strongly con.
demned Senator Borah's recent eff
fort to tack onto the navy bill a
rider urging him to call a world
economic and disarmament confer.
ence. The amendment was with
ing diplomatic negotiations to ex.
tend the five-power naval treaty SO
as to bring into the $3.50 ratio all
craft under 10000 tons and air.
craft prevailed. but the President
has declined to act upon it. Eff.
forts along this line would be of no
avail, he has advised supporters at
the Capitol.
President Harding's opposition
also resulted in the defeat of the
resolution of Senator Robinson OF
Arkansas, present acting Demo
cratic leader, providing for full par
ticipation by the United States in
the Preparations Commission.
ENDED PANAMA ROW.
In its relations with countries or
this side Of the Atlantic, the Hard
ing regime started off by compell
ing Panama to accept the White
award in her border dispute with
Costa Rica and end the threatened
hostilities. Secretary Hughes sent
sizzling note to Panama the day
after he took office. President
Porras then appealed directly to
President Harding, who backed ur
his Secretary Of State.
Another source of some irrita
ton in Central America was re
moved with the ratification OF the
Colombian Treaty, under which
that government got $25, 900 900 as
compensation for the loss Of the
territory embraced in the Cana
Zone. The apology designed to heaI
her wounded feelings was elimi
mated, however.
Further looking after the inter
| ests of the countries in this hem
| isphere the President brought about
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fire of certain Senators, Mr.. Harding
assumed full responsibility. A Sena-
torial investigation now is In prog
ress.
George Harvey, as ambassador to
the court of st. James, has stuck
his foot in It almost every time he
has opened his mouth" He has
caused the Administration serious
embarrassment on a number Of oc-
casions. But his chief has stuck by
/ him.
DEFIANCE rs FREQUENT.
Roland w. Boyden, as unofficial
observer at the Preparations commits.
sion, Is another one for whose scalp
the Senate has been after many
months and whom the President has
pefused to recall.
The latest appointment in face
Of vigorous criticism was that of
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines to be
director Of the Veterans Bureau.
succeeding Forbes. All the soldier
organizations protested against
Hines in advance.
President Harding has made four
appointments to the Supreme Court,
all Of which were confirmed with
a minimum OF opposition. They
1199O7
ciate Justices Sutherland, Butler
and Sanford.
OTHERS NOT so LUCKY.
Some Of his other nominations,
however, have not Jared 20 WELL
He was forced to withdraw Nat
Goldstein, of st. Louis, for internal
revenue collector; g. w. Upton. Of
! Ohio. for the Federal Trade Com
mission, and Henry L. Johnson,
negro Republican National commit
teeman from Georgia, for recorder
Of deeds in the District Of Columbia.
The Senate rejected Walter Z:
Cohen, negro; for controller Of
w. Tolbert, for marshal OF the
Western district OF South Carolina,
and James G.. McNary, Of New
Mexico, for comptroller Of the
currency, are still pending without
action after q bitter fight against
them.
HERE'S WHAT HAS FAILED.
The following legislation recon-
mended or indorsed by Mr.. Harding
has failed:
Resolution authorizing loan Of
S. ,O0O, 900 to Liberia.
Resolutions proposing amend
ments to the. Constitution to pro-
hibit child labor and the issuance
Of tax-free securities.
The President opposed acceptance
Of Henry F'ordss Muscle Shoals Of
fer, which Congress has refused
to act upon, and vetoed the Bursum
pension bill, increasing the pensions
OF Mexican and civil war veterans
to $72 month. and their widows
to $50.
LIKES CONFERENCES.
Friends Of the President say his
regime win go down in history as
an Administrative by conference.
In addition to his regular meetings
with his Cabinet and the semi
annual business meetings OF the
Government heads, he frequently
confers with groups OF Congress
sionaI leaders on legislative matters.
Aside from these. gatherings, he
has called In Washington the fol.
| fcling formal conferences since he
| was inaugurated:
Dinner conference Of big eastern
bankers at the White House.
Dinner conference of western
bankers at the White House.
National unemployment confer
ence.
National agricultural conference.
Coal strike conference.
Railroad strike conference.
Conference Of twenty railroad ex-
ecutives to discuss lower freight
rates.
Conference of forty steel execu.
tives to discuss elimination of H.
hour day.
Conference of governors Of Pro-
/ hdhition.
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OENATOR SMITH BROOKHART, Of IO1UG,
~ true farmer, is also an expert rifLen1an,
being president of the National Rifle AssOcia-
ton of America. He has served in the Ma
tiOnnI Guard of IOIUG since 1894. He ICON the
World rifle championship in 1912.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

Tuxedo and coat styles, in wool and
fiber silk and wool; all colors and COM
binations. Very unusual values. All
sizes for both women and misses.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

Heavy quality all-silk Jersey Petit
coats. Plain and Paisley designs. Also
radium silk and combination. Pleated
and fancy ruffles. All lengths.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

THE NEW MODES LOOK TO ANCIENT EGYPT FOR THEIR
IDEAS-AND WE'LL NAY FOR THE STRIKING EFFECTS
DERIVED FROM THE MULTICoLoRED FABRICS IN THE OLD
EGYPTIAN DESIGNS ARE so OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT
THEY DEMAND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION..
OUR ASSORTMENT OF COSTUMES BEARING a TOUCH OF
EGYPTIAN TENDENCIES'a IS EXTREMELY LARGE; SO
VARIED AND so DIVERSIFIED THAT NO PARTICULAR STYLE
PROMINENTLY. INVITE TNSPECTTCIs TC1fOD
ROW, WHILE ASSIGNMENTS ARE COMPLETE
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register before enforcement was
made more difficult because some
of the people did not have the proper
patriotic attitude" toward the law.
The Washington times., 1923-10-13
MORN|NGSNOKE
ALLOWED To.
POLICE
New Order Says They May
Puff Between Midnight
and 6 O'clock.

. If you happen to be up and out.
doors between midnight and
o'clock in the morning and see a
policeman in uniform putting away
at a cigar, pipe or cigarette, don't
be surprised.
The new police manual, which
becomes effective November 1,
grants this privilege to the police-
man. It's part of the departments
plan to humanize police work.
The manual says that policemen
on beats and those on desk duty
shall be permitted to smoke be-
tween these hours.
1t was explained today that the
committee which framed the manual
felt that such concession was
proper because it would help to
break the monotony of the early
morning hours.
Another section Of the manual
clears UP all question regarding the
respective authority of officers of
the department. It provides that
If one superior gives to a subordinate
an order which conflicts with an or
der given by another superior. the
subordinate shall so inform the Sec
ond officer. After the explanation,
and If the second officer insists his
order be carried out, the subordinate
shall do so. The subordinate is re-
lieved Of the responsibility of carry
ing out the first order.
The Washington times., 1923-10-13
STRUCK
BABY, MOTHER
CHARGES
Health Officer Fowler Told
Child Spit in McLendon's
Face.
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treatment who fail to obey their
orders.
Both Of the stories agree in. the
fact that the youngster spit in the
Doctors face" provoking him to
smack him snartly on the cheek.
The story told by the mother at
the Fifth Precinct station Wednes-
day after the unfortunate incident
occurred, was that her boy had spit
involuntarily.
The story supporting the physi,
clan is to the effect that the child
developed an ugly frame of mind
and deliberately spit on him.
Father Is Policeman.
It is understood that Mrs. Rees
has made a written report Of the
affair, now in the hands OF DIR.
Fowler, and that 1t exonerates DIR.
McLendon.
Mrs. Rees ready report OF the
affair to the police, it is said, was
due to the fact that her husband is
a policeman here in the District.
Commenting on the splitting and
sTnacking" act today, which oc.
Cured at the diet kitchen located
at EWelfth~and * streets southeast,
DR.. Fowler stated that he had in.
vestigated it and requested DIR.
MeLendon to visit Mrs. Rees and
tender his 1orIna1 apology. It is
learned that DIR. McLendon has
done. this and that Mrs. Rees is
thoroughly appcased.
7 DR.. Fowler today called attention
to DR.. McLendon's admirable rec
ord as a children's specialist in
Washington and, pointed out that
he has for several years sacrificed
his private practice to render free
treatment, without compensation at
diet kitchens in Washington.
Other health officials at the Dis
trict building made 1t plain that in
their opinion DR.. McLendon's i'm
petuous act should not be held
against his professional record nor
develop public sentiment against
him.
The Washington times., 1923-10-13
MAS SHOOTING
MOTIVE HELD.
JEALOUSY !.
Mrs. Ida N. Leslie and Chem
ist Tell Conflicting Stories.
He Will Recover.

GREENWICH, Conn, Oct. H.
jealousy was probably the motive
for the shooting of Milton A. Mas,
millionaire New York :, chemical
manufacturer, while on a visit to
Mrs. Ida M. Leslie, at Sound Beach,
the authorities concluded, after an
all night preliminary Investigation.
Particular significance is at
tached to the discovery that on the
night before the shooting three men
we're seen in New York automo-
bile drawn up in front of Mrs.
Leslie's secluded bungalow.
Jealous SuitOr.
Mrs. Leslie was summoned to the
prosecutors office and remained
closeted with him under examine
ton as to the circumstances attend
lng the shooting. Information OBJ
tanned by the police was to the
effect that a man who had D3el
lavishing attention on Mrs. Leslie
was responsible for the sooting.
Conflicting stories concerning the
events Immediately preceding the
shooting are told by Mas and Mrs.
Leslie. The former is In the Stan-
ford Hospital, where he Is in a
serious condition, but expected to
recover. He is vice-president OF
Mas & Waldstein Co., IS John
street, New York, and maintains
residences at the Hotel Ansonia and
in Asbury Park.
Mas Story Conflicts.
Mrs. Leslie lives alone with a
housekeeper and one maid. She
has lived at Sound Beach about
fifteenk years. At Stamford Hos
pital the bullet was removed from
Mr.. Mas shoulder. It was not
known then whether he would re-
cover. After coming out of the
anaesthesia Mr.. Mas, who is re-
puted to be a millionaire. told this
story, according TO the police:
81 had just arrived and was en-
tering the hallway when I heard
Mrs. Leslie scream from one OF the
rooms. Suddenly two men entered
the. hallway .om the living room
and one of them opened fire on me.
went down at the first shot. THAI
is all remember"
The Washington times., 1923-10-13
Mrs. Stokes Ends Visit
to Boonville, Mo-, In
Eight to Clear Name
InternationaI Newa serriee.

International News Service.
BOONVILLE, Mo-, Oct. 13.-Mrs.
Helen Elwood Stokes brought her
fight for her good name to this
little mid-Missouri town today.
She arrived hours before dawn IN
q cold drizzle of rain. With Mrs.
Stokes was Mrs. C. A. ; Meservey,
Of Colorado Springs, Colo, her
travelling companion, and Isador
Shapiro, one of her counsel.
Here live Arthur and Wilbur Wal
lace, partners in the BoonVille Ice
and Laundry Company, their wiveS.
Martha and Louise, and Nanr1
Wallace, another member of thA
family. It is the family Of EdgRS
T. Wallace, mining engineer now
of San Francisco, on whom w. Z.
d. Stokes, seventy-three years old
New York millionaire hotel owner
and turf man is concentrating his
charges against his wife in his
second divorce suit.
All have been subpoenaed by At.
torney Shapiro to appear today be,
fore commission appointed ny
Supreme Court Justice Mahonev,
trial judge. The hearing is before
United States Commissioner Roy
ID. Williams. George d. BrownfieId
a local attorney, represents Stokes
The proceedings today are the re.
suit of the painting OF an alleged
scarlet chapter in the life of Mrs
Stokes when she was just sixteen
years old-the pretty red-haired
Helen Elwood, of Denver, Colby
two women witnesses for Stokes on
the witness stand in New York last
Monday, the opening day Of the
trial.
The two witnesses are Alice Mihs
and Miss Catherine Kramer, both
Of Kansas City, but formerly 81
Buneeton, a town of 900 population
seventeen miles southwest of here
where the Wallaces also lived, ties
titled that in 1904 Helen Elwoo6
visited the waIlaces at Bunceton
and was seen on the street with
Edgar T. Wallace.
She was supposed to have taken
a ride on a ta1iyho with him.
Mrs. Stokes declared she never
before has been in Boonyille or
Runceton. She says she had not
met Wallace in 1904. The two
brothers here have denied knowing
her or ever having met her. The
purpose of the dispositions here IS
to get a legal statement of the
Wallace family and of any other
witness Stokes may produce. Mrs
Stokes, despite the strain of the
trial and the avalanche Of charges
against her, is IN high spirits
She left New York at 4:50 p. m
yesterday. thirty minutes after
court had adjourned, and expects
to be back in New York Monday
for another gruelling session in the
court. room.
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TELLS HIS
SIDE Of
STORY
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The old man who believes he still
, holds charm is a fool---I have been
q fool.
Youth makes a bargain but
doesn't keep it." he said. cage
must pay-I am paying now"
Is Not Deceived.
The aged millionaire is not de.
ceived. He feals confident his suit.
now on trial in Supreme Court JUS
tice jeremiah Mahoney's court, will
go against him. He says so without
Qualification.
But he intends to fight.
They"-Stokes referred to Sam
uel Untermyer, one Of New York's
most brilliant attorneys, and his
aides-"have run my witnesses out
of town." he charged. "They have
Threatened those who know my wife
was untrue to me, with prosecution
and jail. But I'm going through.
Ill fight-fight to the end"
Stokes denied 1t was the millions
his wife asks of him he begrudged.
Wants His Children.
81 want my chiIdren-nothing
MORE" the aged nliIlionairs. declared.
There were tears in his eyes as he
spoke. ~ 81
"Just tell my side of the story
the story of an old man who
thought he could buy love with
gold-just tell it once" Stokes con-
cludeds his first interview
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TRADES|NEN 0 T
13THSTREET
To MEET
Association Planned to Seek
Appropriation for Widening
of Thoroughfare.

Organization Of business men. OF
Thirteenth street into an associa-
ton for the specific purpose Of
bringing about the projected wild
ening of the thoroughfare is to be
discussed at a meeting in the office
of Charles f. Carusi, S1S Thirteenth
street northwest, Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
The projected association was
planned at a meeting on October
II, of Ross Andrews, Fred Lincoln,
Charles F. Crane, Richard L. Lamb
and Charles F.. Carusi: Lamb was
appointed chairman and Crane was
named secretary:
Men in business on Thirteenth
street, between F and ] streets
northwest, are eligible for mem
Dership. At the Tuesday meeting,
1t is planned, officers will be elected
and, committee will be named to
act for. the entire association.
A communication sent to pros
pective, members by the organiza-
ton committee reads, in part:
1.-THE purpose of this association
| is to forward the project OF widen
ing Thirteenth street. The bust.
ness men of this street have all
gone on record as practlcaIy unan-
imous in favor of this project.
The District Commissioners are
favorable to 1t.
Apart from the advantages 1t
Will offer to business men and
the enhancement in value it will
give to their location, the best in.
terests Of the city itself will be
served by adopting this method
of relieving the traffic congestion.
We must be in position to put
up a united front in urging this
matter upon Congress IL we expect
T, to have legislation at this coming
session."
The Washington times., 1923-10-13
GIRL WHO
RAN DOWN
CHILD
~---.'r.. s~>'"~
Speeds Away With Lap Dogs
at Side After Accident. \
Eight Others Hurt.

A beautiful young girl is being
sought by. the police today on &
charge Of falling to stop after run
ming down and perhaps fatally in
juring a four-year-old girl last night.
The Only information the police have
to work on is that the machine she
drove bore Ohio and District tags.
Marie A. Logan, of 1S47 Forty
seventh street northwest is the VIC
tim of the accident. She is at her
home suffering from serious injuries
to her head. and body. q.
The little girl was crossing the
Conduit road near the reservoir
when the machine bore down on her.
A Pelkinese dog lay contendly beside
it's mistress in the front seat, and
another lap dog was on the rear seat.
P1aymaIes picked UP Marie and
took Her to her home. DIR. n. III.
DonnaIly, 1912 I street northwest,
was called to treat her.
Escape Death In Upset.
Eight others were injured in traf-
fic accidents last night. Four per.
sons narrowly escaped death when
their automobile caught fire and
burned after It was overturned near
Beltsville, Md.
Stephen Johnson, of 1443 East
Capitol street, the driver of the car,
is the most seriously injured. He is
suffering from two broken legs and
internal injuries. He told the police
that the steering gear broke, caus-
ing him to lose control OF the lla-
chine.
The others injured were: Mrs.
Grace May Engle and Mrs. Ruby
Bowers Lynn, both of Bladensburg
Nd, and a young man known as
Slim" Barron, who was not taken
to the hospital. The other three
are at Emergency Hospital.
Child Is Run Down.
Albert Cohen, eight, of $685. New
Hampshire avenue. northwest, was
injured on the body last night when
he was run down by an automobile
in front Of $50 Princeton place north.
west. He was treated at the Garfield
hospital. Struck by an automobile
at Seventh and r streets northeast,
Franklin N. Lanahan, eight, of ZIG
Seventh street northwest, was in.
jured on his head.
! Six sailors of the u. S: S. Wright,
stationed at Solomon's Island, got
all the thrills they wanted early
this morning when the automobile
in which they were coming q
Washington turned turtle at Good
Hope road and Nichols avenue
southeast. Walter Scott, one OF
them, living at 52S Ninth street
southeast, was the only one injured.
He is at the Casualty Hospital!.
Katherine Francis, colored, of &C
Pierce street northwest, was ht'rt
on the forehead when the autofno
bile in which she was riding struck
another machine at Fifth and \
streets northwest last night. She
was treated at the Freedmen's Hos
pital for confusion of the forehead
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PSYCHOLOGIST IS
ACCUSEDOF
Staying
Death Agent 46-Year-oId Boy,
Alleged to Have Been Under
Occult Power.
BY WILLIAM BREITENsTEIN,
International News Service.

COQUILLA, Ore, Oct. 13.-Awak-
ened this morning from a night
passed in the same cell from which
his brother, Fred Coven, was re-
leased yesterday on the charge of
wife murder, Arthur Covell, crippled
astrologist, who, according to the
authorities, has confessed to having
been the master mind of the plot
which caused the murder of Mrs.
Ebba Covell, on September 3, and
murderer of his stepmother. await
their appearance to enter their
pleas to the crime for which both
have been indicted.
Transferred from the county
hospital, where he admitted to e.
C. Church, superintendent of the
county farm, that he had the six
teen-year-old Alton Covell under
occult power at the time of the
crime, Arthur Covell was taken
yesterday afternoon to the county
Jail for confinement. Alton. a sal
low youth, moped in his cell last
night as he contemplated the m VI
row, when on his sixteenth birth
day, he must appear before Judge
]. c. Kendall to make his plea.
HOpelessly Crippled.
Arthur Covell is a hopeless Grip
pie who can barely move by the
aid of crutches. He is practically
confined to his bed from paralysis
resulting when a truck fell upon
him.
Mrs. Covel was killed by appli-
The Washington times., 1923-10-13
NPLETTON OF
LEE HIGHWAY
IN SIGHT
Ten Per Cent of Roadway That
Connects D. c. With Coast
Has Vet to Be Finished.

With less than 10 per cent of its
length unimproved road the Lee
Highway connecting Washington
with Southern California, over the
southern route, promises to be com
pleted within a comparatively short
time, according to DR.. s. M. John
son, director, Lee Highway Asso
citation.
DR.. Johnson has just returned
from motor trip through Arkan
sas, Missouri, Alabama and Ten
nessee, travelling over the route
followed by the highway. Durine
his trip he talked before high
schools on the advantages Of good
roads.
So Per Cent Surfaced.
"Fifty-three per cent of the Lee
Highway has been surfaced or will
be when the funds now in hand
have been expended" said DIR
Johnson today. I'm addition II
may be noted that thirty additional
per cent of the route has beer
graded and graveled. Seven pei
cent of the route is natural good
road which leaves 10 per cent yet
to be improved. The Lee Highway
cuts the running distance between
Washington and Los Angeles 30C
miles under that Travelled in taking
any other route"
Among the interesting features in
connection with the Lee Highway
1t Is pointed out are the 121 Federal
nrOiaRfo oil
route. Included is 1908 miles OF
roadway, involving a total expendi
ture of $22,66O,O0O.
AS an aid to good road education
a special course Of study including
history and applied sciences SO
correlated as to show their bearing
on roadmaking, has been prepared
and tried out in the Washington
schools. The result, according to
Or. Johnson, is that applications
Tor the course have been made by
schools in all sections of the
country.
U. s. Bulletin Issued.
A Government bulletin on the
course has just been issued. The
historical story of the highways,
!nciudlng Lincoln Highway, Lee
A|IALc I1lS IlWdy ana OIO
Spanish roads will shortly appear.
1t is planned to make it available
Tor the use of motorists who ex.
pect to make the western motor
trip.
Students Of European history in.
slst that no proper understanding
of 1t is possible unless the part
played by the highway is included,
1t has been demonstrated that the
march of civilization has always
been along the worlds highways
and that what is thus written in
the history of Europe is being
duplicated in that of America. Thus
the writing of highway history in
this country, 1t is insisted, has be.
come recognized in connection with
educational programs and a knowl.
edge of it promises to be one of the
Ilxed requirements demanded in the
study OF American history.