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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
RIG HOLLOW NOTES.

Misses Cutie and Beulah Prue Woo
Gins was here Wednesday visiting their
uncle, Elzeber TOmpkins. They stop
Ted off ON their way from FL PaSO TO
Kansas City, where they Will appear
this week with the Pat Sheedy's Pink
Pansies Company.
Wash Burns, Louie F0ggenheimer.
and 6igsbee Maine Wimpus called on
Misses Cutie and Beaulah Prue WOO
gins at the home Of Elzeber TOmpkins
Wednesday. taking them over to the
train at Granville that evening, In the
Wimpus Ford Automobile.
Miss Prucie PiIlsbury Is visiting in
Granville this week, the guest Of her
married sister, Mrs. Rev. Rescue ID.
Peerishing, and family.
william Snubgrass spent Thursday
night In the calabO0se. as q result OF
having drunk something he found In
road.
Mrs. Hay and daughter. Miss Bala.
visited Monday afternoon with Mrs.
Burns and daughter. Miss Gazzalene:
During the afternoon Mrs. Matchwell
and chatted awhile.
Little Sweetie Murphy burnt her
tongue ON q hot potato last night, but
Doc Tick dressed the wound and says
IL no complications set in her tongue
will soon be running again on high
gear.
Mrs. Wimpus got an elegant postal
card this morning from her daughter,
Miss PatriOtissa, who IL visiting in
Pink City. GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
JOBS PLENTIFUL
HERE, RECORD
SHOWS
Employment Bureau Has More
Vacancies Than Applicants
for Positions.

Flirting with jobs and positions
with a view of sharing one which
promises to supply the necessities
and maybe luxuries-of life is to-
day a dead pastime!
Reference by public speakers to
the vast army of unemployed" is
at present nothing more than a
platitudinous phrase and decidedly
''old stuff"
Precisely speaking, Old Man Job
is now on the offensive and out
searching for competent masters.
This change, a significant sign
Of good times" as contrasted with
the old order when every wage
was announced yesterday by Miss
Katherine Smith, in charge Of the
United States Employment Bureau
for the District of Columbia,
located at 141O Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
While these statements are &C.
curate as compared with the un-
restful war period and the person
mel of the Pennsylvania avenue
bureau. has been cut in half since
that time no hasty deductions
should be INDUCED in.
Too Many CLERKS"
"For instance there are two
chronic conditions in Washington,
Miss Smith pointed out this morn
ing, which. she declares, ARE far
from solved
eff we could solve them both"
Miss Smith continued. I'VE could
make the National Capital happy
city, indeed.
First, there is that band of
men and women who, unfortunately
can class themselves only as clerks.
Clerks, those who apply for
strictly clerical positions and don't
know shorthand, typewriting, or
even how to operate a labor saving
device. are truly insignificant per-
sons to the average employer who
is generally loaded up with them.
We have such a difficult time filling
'clerkships' that our waiting list
is never free from this class OF APP
plicant.
1.-THE Government departments
and Washington's business houses
have a surfeit Of them and I
recommend those who fall in this
category to take steps to get out
of this class Immediately.
Shortage Of DOmestlcs.
Second, there is serious
shortage of domestics, particularly
white domestics, and no matter how
Continued on Page 20D
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
SPEAKER IS
DEAF To
PLEA
Blocks Focht's Motion to Sus-
pend Rules for Considera-
ton of Local Measures.

Efforts of members of the
House District Committee to have
District Legislation considered in
the House today failed.
Congressman Benjamin K.
Focht, chairman of the local COM
mittee, made a plea to the men,
bership of the House, but he was
unsuccessful. Instead of District
day, this is suspension of rules"
day.
FOcht Pleads for Bills.
THE District Committee has been
at work constantly in recent weeks"
said Focht, and we came here to-
day with the expectation that some
Of the important District bills would
be taken up. Our members are all
assembled and ready to do BUSH
ness"
Speaker Gillett, however, ruled
that legislation on the calendar for
District day could not be considered.
Congressman Focht then at
tempted to have the House consider.
by unanimous consent, measure
permitting the use of public space
at the Shrine convention here next
June. =
Speaker Gillett would not permit
the House resolution toF come up.
District day was swept aside to-
day through a misunderstanding
House leaders planned to make to-
day District day, but they took this
action contrary, it was said, to plans
of the Speaker. AS the result, sus-
pension of rules by unanimous con-
sent was the order Of fha dav
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
CAPACITY AUDIENCE
HEARS SUNDAY CONCERT

Helen Ware, American violinist
and composer, and Eugenia Bruman,
pianist Of the Russian Symphony
Orchestra, received an ovation from
a capacity audience in Central High
School auditorium last night, when
they were featured in the Com
munity Music Associations fifteenth
free concert.
Robert Lawrence, director of the
concert, announced that the artistes
intend to become permanent addi-
tons to Washington's growing
musical colony.
The house likewise acclaimed the
brass quartet from the Times Herald
Newsboys' Band, who contributed
two numbers. Two selections were
played by the Washington Com
munity Orchestra.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
DENIED USE OF BASEMENT
HE SUES, ASKING $4,000

John Richard Ihrie, trading as
the Red Star Messenger Service, to-
day filed suit in the District Su-
preme Court against Philip G. AZ
fleck, trading as the Affleck Realty
Company, for $4,000 damages, al
leging breach of contract.
Through his counsel he alleges
that January 8, 1922, he made an
agreement with defendant whereby
the latter agreed to rent to him a
basement at 1916 Fourteenth street
northwest for one year, at a monthly
rental of $50. Ihrie declares that
Affleck refuses to carry out his
part of the agreement. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
TOO DRUNK TO BITE, HIS
PLEA; IS FINED $25

Entering a plea Of "drunkness'
against a charge Of assaulting, by
biting, Policeman Nash, of the
Fourth precinct, BENJAMIN F.. Ather,
3416 o street northwest. colored,
today in Judge McMahon's court
won the assault charge, but lost on
the drunkenness plea.
Couldn't have possibly assaulted
the gentleman" Ather pied, 1T
was too drunk"
"Then We'll let it go at that, -
the court replied, filming Ather $25
on the admission of being drunk.
The assault was alleged to have
taken place Saturday night when
the policeman, attracted by screams
of Ather's wife, separated the fight
ing pair, and was himself bitten on
the hand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
who Won The War;
Argument Leads
To Shooting

Ollie Pace, colored, charged
with the shooting last Saturday
of Abraham Wallace, also
colored, was today held for the
action of the grand jury under
$4,000 bond.
The shooting, which occurred
in BANDS Court, northeast, was
the elimination of an argument
over who won the war, testi-
mony of the police showed,
when Pace was arraigned in
Judge McMahon's court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
FUNDS ARE SOUGHT
FOR SICK AND NEEDY

Appealing for additional funds to
take care OF needy families in the
District, officials of the Associated
Charities and the Citizens Relief AS
ISOLATION remind that "the general
prevalence OF illness has caused
many families that are self-sup-
porting when all goes well, to be-
come dependent when the wage
Garner is stricken"
Milton e. Allies, chairman. and
Howard S. Reside, 923 ri street
northwest, treasurer of the Joint
finance committee, announce that
contributions sent to them or to
either association will be gratefully
acknowledged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
Tells of Red Cross Work.

Miss Lucy Graves. speaking before
the meeting of the National Woman's
Party, yesterday afternoon at head
quarters % First street northwest,
told of her extensive Red Cross
work with Clara Barton. She
described the work of the Red Cross
in Cuba during the Spanish-Ameri-
can War. and explained the hard
ships encountered in fighting fever
there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
VAMPIRE MOTHERS.

Mother" the sweetest word in
the English language; mother, the
dearest being on earth, makes
home the next thing to heaven.
But in these modern days we are
confronted with the vampire
mother, whose child is just a tool
in her wicked hands, to further
her own interests. What a noble
thing for a good mother to mold
the life of her child in the right
way; what an ignoble thing to
mold it the wrong way.
LULU M. SCHULTZ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
WORK STARTS THURSDAY
ON DIVISION MEMORIAL

Work on the 100000 First d.
vision Memorial. to be erected in
Potomac Park, east of Seventeenth
Street, will begin Thursday, Febru-
AIRY IS. Lieut.. Col. G. o. Sheriff..
in charge of public buildings and
grounds, announced yesterday.
The money to erect the memorial
was raised through subs .ription by
the First Division Memorial Asso-
citation in commemoration of the
4 ,411 members of the division who
were killed during the war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
HIGHLANDS CITIZENS
ACETATE FOR STREETS

improvement Of the roadway and
sidewalks on Park avenue and
needed changes on Hamilton,
Ingraham and jefferson streets will
be discussed tonight at a meeting
OF the Sixteenth street Highlands
Citizens Association in the Sixth
Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth and
Kennedy streets northwest.
George c. Shoemaker, in notices
Of the members, reminds that fifty
new members were. admitted to
the association at the last meeting,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
ALOYSIUS CLUB PLAYERS
TO PRESENT"STOP THIEF

The play, stop Thief" will be
presented by the Aloysius Club
Players tonight at Gonzaga Col
lege Theater.
Miss Gloria Searles, assigned to
one of the leading roles, was taken
I'll suddenly Saturday night, and
her part will be taken by Miss
Agnes Payne. Direction of the per-
1ormance is in the hands Of John
+. Luitich
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

Federal control Of Conduit road
has resulted in Montgomery
county, Maryland, being made the
dumping ground of WashingtonS
undesirables!"
This startling charge is made
by States Attorney Thomas j.
Dawson, Montgomery county, TO-
day in q letter to Col. G.. o.
Sheriff., superintendent Of public
buildings and grounds, and it is
also one of the theories he adj
vances as to why Maryland auz
thorities should be permitted "a
assume control of the nine-milG
strip of thoroughfare.
Wants Question Settled.
In his letter, Mr.. Dawson prone
ises Colonel Sheriff. II shall re-
frain from taking any action In
the matter until have your views
on the question Of procedure. = He
states that he writes the letter with
a view of arranging an amicabla
and finally decide the mOOted
question of whether Marylandss
motor vehicle laws apply on this
Conduit Road.
1--WE viii thereby avoid, Dawson
points out, all unpleasantness and
friction between the War Depart
ment and Montgomery county atI-
thorities."
Dawson further states In his
letter that it is his belief that
under the act Of the Maryland leg
isIature Of 1853, which gives to
the Government of the United
States the right to acquire land in
this State for conducting water to
the city of Washington, the State
Of Maryland retained exclusive Grim
inal jurisdiction over such lands, IN
GLIDING the right to regulate and
control traffic over public high
way thereon.
Reflection I'm County.
conditions along this roadway,
Dawson cites in his letter, Gin 50
far as they affect law, and order
in Montgomery county, have long
been a sad reflection on the. ability
of those of US who are charged
with law enforcement to curb and
control gambling and other offensea
in Montgomery county, and we feel
that the exercise Of complete
criminal jurisdiction over the Con-
duit road is necessary to the proper
maintenance of law and order in
that community, and to that end
we further feel it advisable at this
time to have the matter determined
by our courts.
Control, of the automobile traffic
over the, Conduit road would serve
to keep the officers of the county
in touch with the lawless element
travelling this road to resorts In the
immediate vicinity thereof and bet
ter enable them to control and
regulate the conduct and order Of
these establishments wherein gam
bling and other offenses are car
ried on.
Haven for Criminals.
1.-THE places of that character
heretofore operated along this road
way have been open to those resi-
dents OF the city OF Washington
who indulge in such pastimes and
are operated mostly by former resi-
dents of Washington; whose estab-
lishments in that Jurisdiction havo
been broken up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR
ALIENS TO ISSUE PAPER

Published by the pupils of
the Washington Americanization
School. the first issue of the Ameri,
canization Bulletin will make its
appearance today. 1t is probably
the first newspaper of it's kind in
the United States. All Of its arti.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

dat bane a yoke on me-, said
the Swede, az the egg spattered
his shirt front.
"DIs IL going TO be goOt choke ON
me-" said Dutchie, as the n. n N
put a rope around his neck.
"De folks on me-" murmured the
New Yorker. wiping the soda water
from his eyes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
Phone Work to Be Shown.

The operation of the telephone will
be shown members of the North
Washington Citizens Association to-
night at a melting to be held in the
Sunday school of the United Breth-
rem Church, North Capitol and r
streets.
Robert M. Yost will preside to-
night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
District Day In House Is Postponed Again
SdliEaRE11toSEEkI{% 9|
-oBN BILL PRICE A\RaAA'%
A REMONSTRANCE.

1 am tired Of reading words that
rhyme with Christmas;
Have q heart. o Bill, and don't print
any more.
II you only knew the gifts the Yule-
time brought me,
You would know just why the sub
ject makes me sore.
I've q pair OF. socks that my dear wife
gave me,
And my daughters thoughtful gift
was rose perfume.
My mOther-in-law placed her picture
on the mantle,
And somehow it's presence filled my
life with gloom.
Ny office boy invested his last quarter
For cigars that were made OF punk.
Ny body has been torn by indigestion
And my home IL but q storage place
for junk.
Have a heart. o Bill. and do just what
I ask you;
am glad that Christmas comes but
once q year.
" yu think the column stands Tor
cheer and sunshine.
Do not let another Christmas rhyme
O. HOW WISE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
HUMAN CURIOSITIES.

Dear Bill: once Ic'eeso
1yornnm aUho said: "Dont bother
me about the telephone ringing.
7 don't suppose its anything I'M
portGnt." FEIH'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

cles are written by students at the
school.
The paper will have the laudable
purpose of supplanting the papers
written in the native tongues Of
the immigrants, which, circulating
among them, retard their progress
in. the mastery of English.
The first issue of the paper has
been financed by the Richard Ar
mold chapter of the d. A. r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
HOW CLEAR 1T is.

ness man writes that he has
just received the individual in
come tax return for this year,
and on looking for the date as
to when it is returnable found
this:
THIS RETURN SHOULD BE
FILED NOT LATER THAN
THE 18TH DAY OF THE
THIRD MONTH FOLLOWING
THE CLOSE OF THE TAXA
BILE PERIOD"
The natural inquiry is: Why
couldn't the date be named and
some words saved?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

There was q young man who said that
He would work like q vinegar vat
n he found q soft place.
His friends said to his face
He would find 1t right under his hat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
UNDISPUTED.

Talk all you lUGnt to about s.
cent car fares, but I'U say that
the majority of Washington peo-
pie stand up for the street car
companies all the time.
PETE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

ST see Congressman LandOn is
limpfng this morning." said the
House doOrkeeper. did he have
an ACCIDENT"
EYES," replied the clerk. "He
stood on a point of order yester-
day and It stuck i'm his foot
w. II. III.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

Said the pool table: "Tdke
cue from me. Stay on the
level and there WiH alaOays be
something IN your pockets"
w. E. H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

If you haze a "flat' purse,
knock the "p' out of 1t and
you'U haze a 'fat" purse.
SAM SIMPLE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
Haven for Criminals.

1.-THE places OF that character
heretofore operated along this road
way have been open to those resi-.
dents OF the city OF Washington
who indulge in such pastimes and
are operated mostly by former resi-
dents Of Washington; whose eetab-
lishments in that jurisdiction havs
been broken up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
LAND
CON TR|a
Of WAY
ASKED
Prosecutor Demands Ruling On
Law Of 1858 as to State
Jurisdiction.

Federal control Of Conduit road
has resulted in Montgomery
county, Maryland, being made the
dumping ground of Washington's
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-27
FOOT AND MOUTH
DISEASE Control.
SEEN IN EUROPE

LONDON, Dec. 22.-HOpe that q
cure for the foot and mouth disca Sc
which is now ravishing c-.ttle herds
in England is at last at hand is held
out by the daily express Utrecht cor
respondent, who reports that impor-
tant experiments are being made
there by Professor Pfeiler, a German
and Dutch veterinary.
Professor PfeiIer, who has been
working on the subject for years, an
inounced the discovery of the pacilus
of the disease.
The professor and the veterinarian
are working out their theories in
the neighborhood of public slaugh-
ter house in Utrecht The CORE
spondent says the method employed
! is a Sub-cutanCouS injection of q
specially prepared serum. DR.. Pfciler
believes it will eventually save Eu-
rope the tremendous >Wastage she
now suffers because of the plague
Of the disease.
The question of treatment Of az
fected animals is being hotly dis
cussed in England, where there is Il
growing feeling against continued
slaughter of herds, although many
leading authorities still maintain
that the killing of the animals is the
only way to check the plague. How
ever, there have been two recent in
stances Of what are alleged to be
complete cures, and to these the
newspapers are giving great promi-
hence. The chief veterinary officer
of the minister of agriculture report
ed that he was satisfied with the
results of the tre9 tmCnt
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-27
Dalton Express Agent
Found Dead in Hotel;
Authorities BaffIed

Death from unknown causes
was the verdict returned by a corO-
Aer's jury which investigated Mon
day morning the death of w. Rhodes
Speck, Southern Express company
agent, of Dalton, Ga, who was
found dead Sunday evening about
6 O'Clock in his room at the Prince
ton hotel, according to police reports.
Following the inquest, the remains
were taken to his home, accom-
panied by his uncle. the Rev. j. r.
SpeclI, Of Atlanta, Cor funeral serv-
ices and interment.
1t was thought at first that Mr..
Speck had died of a hemorrhage
of the lungs, as there was a pool of
blood on the bed on which he was
found, and blood stains were found
about his mouth. a doctors eXami-
nation failed to support this theory,
according to Coroner Paul Donehoo,
and the death was ascribed to I'M
known causes. There were no signs
of violence or indications of suicide.
Mr.. DonehOo stated.
According to the police, Mr.. Speck
was found partially dressed on his
bed in the hotel room, which he had
rented Saturday night He is said
to have registered under the name
of q J.. Travis, Chattanooga,
Tenn" Identification was made
through a hunting license found in
the pocket of his coat.
Mr.. Speck was one of Dalton S
best known young men, and his ia
Their, w. Fl. Speck, is a prosperous
merchant of Dalton. He was twenty
five years of age. Surviving him
are his widow, one small son, his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Speck;
one sister, Mrs. Murray Whiteside;
one brother. /. 4. Specll, and his
uncle. the Rev. J. r. Speck.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-27
Frank Campbell Finds Face
Is His Fortune When
Bread Line Looms as Last
Resort y

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Not every
mans face is his fortune, nor is it
given to many men of 6S sufficient
ambition to force from derided OPP
portunity the success tossed away
in youth. But that is the happy
circumstance in which Frank Camp
bell finds himself.
Certainly 1 make my living by
my face, or perhaps l should say,
by what grows there" says Frank,
as he strokes and combs with kna RI
ed and stubby, yet caresSing, fin
gers the carefully groomed mass Of
hair sweeping down upon his breast.
Five years ago things were not
SO good with me. l was 63 years
old, too old to do the work L had
followed all my life. that of coal
miner and lumberjack.
"I had wound up in New York,
and was doing such odd jobs as
could find to keep myself out of
the bread line. 1t wasn't so easy.
People don't seem to think that old
men are good for much.
zone day while I was sitting in
the park wondering what [ was
going to do next, n fellow asked me
if [ wouldn't like to work as an ex-
ira in the movies. Seems that he
wanted man with a beard like 1
had to take a character part.
THAT gave me work, and also an
idea
eff my beard was worth money
in a movie, it was worth money for
other things.
christmas time brought me work
as Santa Claus, in the stores. Chill
dren liked the real beard better than
the cotton imitation.
Artists became another source Of
income. L posed as Rip Van Wrinkle
for Starl5weather. I have also sat
many times for Joseph Leyendeck
er. The artists were kind They
secured me engagements as model
at various art schools.
when the spectacular revival
of the Merchant of Venice was stag
ed in New York last year, L played
for twenty weeks in it as a Mag
nifico.
a part in the Miracle the play
which is to open about Christmas
time. There L play the part of a
patriarch!
'To do it has meant to give up
many of my engagements as a mod
ell in the studios.
THE things that I neglected in
the days Of my youth and strength
are to be atoned for, and I know
that 6S years old or not, L shall yet
make my mark in the world.
Most poor old men are pitied.
Not for me.
"I'd rather be envied than pitied
and some day folks will envy me.
For I feel that L still have
chance to rise-that through my
beard I shall eventually climb to
the top rungs of the ladder Of sue
cess"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-27
National Junior Order
OF American Mechanics
Pounds NC. Orphanage

GREENSBORO, n. c., Dec. 24--
The new National Junior Order Unit
ed American Mechanics orphanage
will be located at Lexington. N. c..
according to telegram received
last night by J. T. Hedrick, of Lex
ington. from J. d. Tunison. of
Washington, national council Of the
order.
Initial expenditure for the con-
struction of the orphanage will be
around Il half million dollars, ard
will provide for 500 children.
Eventually the size of the institu-
ton will be increased so that 1000
children may be cared for at cost
of an additional $4,000 making a
total investment of $1.OOO,000 in the
institution by the National Junior
Order council.