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The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Police Directed to Take
Alley Dwellers' Census

Anew census of alley jewellers VIII
be taken Immediately by the police
department
This is directed. in an order issued
yesterday by Commissioner James
F.. Oyster. The police will collect
data for the information of the Com.
missioners in carrying on the pro-
visions of the alley closing law,
June l.
A complete census of alley dwell
ers Is expected to be completed on
March Is, according to Major Daniel
Sullivan. superintendent of police.
The last census, taken in November,
1919, showed that 9,017 persons live
in alleys.
Police were also ordered to cooper
ate in seeing that the alleys are put
in clean and sanitary condition
with regard to paper and rubbish.
The information to be gathered by
police will show the name and loca-
ton of each alley and court, number
of dwellings in each alley and num-
Der Of inmates and the sanitary con.
dition of each house.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
New Anti-Lynching Bill
to be Discussed Here

Plans for a mass meeting by the
National Association for the Ad'
vancement OF the Colored People
at the John Wesley Church, Four
teenth and Corcoran streets north
west, at $3.50 o'clock on the after
noon of March IS, will be corn.
pleted during a meeting of the or
ganization to be held Wednesday
night at the Twelfth Street branch
of the Y. M. c. A.
Representative l.. c. Dyer of Mis-
souri,, and James Weldon Johnson,
secretary of the association, will
discuss plans for a new anti-lynch-
ing bill to be presented when Con.
gress reconVenes.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
|DE|uBI PARTY DUE
At COLON TUESDAY
President Of Panama VIII En-
terrain for Congressional
Delegation.
InternafionaI Nera serrlce.


ABOARD u. s. s. HENDERSON.
NAVAL. WIRELESS TO WASH.
INGTON, March 1O.--Headed south
west and on the last lap OF her
voyage to Panama, the transport
Henderson, carrying Secretary Of
the Navy DENLY and a large party
OF senator's and representatives to
witness the winter fleet maneuyars
in Panama Bay, rounded the east.
efn extremity Of Cuba late tonight,
stean1ing through lazy tropical seas.
The majority or the party aboard
were nursing sore arms today. the
result Of vaccination party, held
In conformance with Panatnanian
law which requires all who enter
TO have been vaccinated within the
past year. Despite arm scratches,
however, the party was in good
spirits, due to q large extent prob
ably to the slnoothness Of the sea-
welcome change from the surbu-
lent waters encountered In the two
day storm encountered off the Care
linas, which confined many to their
staterooms
A slight delay was experienced
in the early hours of the morning
when the IIender sons steering APP
paratus became deranged and forced
half.hour stop for repairs. Tbs
trouble was soon remedied, hUw-
ever, and the vessel proceeded i'm
mediately.
Tuesday will find the Denoy party
at Colon, the Atlantic gateway to
the Panama Canal. There they will
be met with much ceremony by
high officials Of the Panamanian
government and conducted through
the canal with much ceremony to
Panama City, where President Por.
ras has made arrangements to fete
the pQrty.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
|BAIlOU SOON To END
D. c. SCHOOL TERM
Probably WIN Be Re- selected to
Post He Has Filled Here
For Three Years.
SYSTEM IS IMPROVED
Superintendent Has Worked
TireIessIy to Put City on Par
With Others Of Nation.

Before the end or the school term
In June the Board Of Education
must reflect DIR. Frank w. Bal
lou. If they wish to retain him az
superintendent OF Washington pub.
lie schools.
DR.. BalIou WAS appointed head Of
the District school system on July
i, 1920, for q three-year term. sue
ceeding Ernest T.. Thurston, who
had resigned The superintendent
OF schools here is elected upon
vote by the Board of Education.
It is expected that DR.. Ba1lou win
be reelected soon.
BORN IN NEW YORK.
DR.. BalIoil was born at Fort
Jackson. N. Y. in 1879. the son OF
Hiram and Jennie (Foster) BalIOu
He was educated at the New York
State Normal and Training School;
the Teachers College of Columbia
University: the University Of Gin
cinnatl, and Harvard University.
He has the degrees Of b. a.. M. A..
and PHI ID.
Or. Bailou began his teaching
career in the country schools Of
New York State From 1904 to
1907 he was principal Of the tech
meal school Of the University az
Cincinnati, and from 1907 to 1910
he served as assistant professor Of
education at the same institution
He lectured on educational sub
jects at Harvard University sum-
mer school from 1912 to 1916. and
from 1914 to 1917 was director OF
the department Of educational in
vestigation and measurement OF the
written several books on this sub
ject. DR. BalIou, before coming 10
Washington was assistant superifi-
tendent Of the public school system
OF Boston. From 1917 to 1920 he
conducted course Of summer lee
lures at the University Of Pitts
burgh.
AUTHOR or TEXTS.
He is the author Of High School
Organization, and THE Appoint-
ment Of Teachers In Cities, two
valuable educational works. Since
his appointment as superintendent
here DIR. Bal1ou has labored un-
ceasing1y to make the WASHINGTON
school system the best in the c0ffn-
try. He has been confronted with
numerous difficulties. the most
prominent Of them being the an
nual struggle with Congress for
sufficient appropriations with which
to run school system to the best
advantage.
Recently DR.. BalIou has worked
out plan for the systematic estab-
lishnent OF regional junior high
schools. an advanced thought In
education.
DR.. Ballou is an active member
OF the Washington Board Of Trade.
Chamber Of Commerce and City
Club.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Leviathan Comes Back
Veritable Ocean Palace

The United States liner Leviathan
has been equipped with the most
powerful radio equipment Of any
commercial vessel afloat, the United
States Shipping Board announced
last night.
Equipment is similar to that used
on the most modern battleships.
wireless telephones have been In
stalled in all staterooms. Arrange
ments have been completed by the
Government with telephone COM
panies for connection with CONNER
cial systems.
It was announced searchlight
OF 450, 100000 candlepower is being
considered for the vessel.
Lively bidding for the use OF the
Leviathan's KAISER SUITE of seven
staterooms, is anticipated for the
maiden trip. The imperial apart
nent includes kitchen and dining
room service, private cooks and
servants. A one.way trip in this
suit will cost about $4,000.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Representative Nolan
Left Estate of $1.7OO

Representative John /. Nolan, or
California, who died November 10
last. and whose unexpired term in
Congress was finished out by his
widow, Mrs. Mae e. Nolan, died a
poor man.
A copy OF his will was filed In
Probate Court yesterday. A peti-
ton for letters testamentary filed
by the widow shows that the estate
was valued at but $1,700.
It Is probable that Mr.. Nolan
either owned his home at 1915 New.
ton street northwest or some other
parcel Of real estate. The docu-
ments, supposed to show whatever
and all he owned. do not mention
property other than real estate in
California valued at $500 and per.
sqnai property valued at 5000.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Pennsylvania Auto
Death Rate Declines

HARRISBURG, Pa, March W
Fatalities from automobile accidents
in Pennsylvania in 1922 numbered
1877, an increase of Ill over 1921 =,
according to reports OF the State
police department, announced TO-
dav Motor vehicle licenses in.
creased from 6Bs, $3.50 to 829,737.
The death rate was L. per 1000
motor vehicle licenses. the lowest
In the history of the State. The
rate has been gradually decreasing
since 1915, when. 80 persons were
killed for every 1000 licenses. Dur.
ing the past eight years S,9S6 per-
sons have been killed In motor
accidents in the State. A.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Auto Firms Sued for
NOn-Payment of Rent

The F. H. Smith Company, real
estate brokers, filed suit yesterday
in the District Supreme Court
against the Interstate Motor Supply
Company, Of 1924 New York avenue
northwest, and the Delion Tire and
Rubber Company to recover $4,000
which he claimed as rent.
Through Attorneys Dulaney, jr.,
and Mccormick, the brokers claim
that the motor company leased the
premises at the rate of $500 a
month, and that the rubber COM
pany stood as guarantor for the
rent which has not been paid for
the last four months, it is alleged.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Horse Bolts Into Car;
Driver Is Injured

Terrified when struck by an auto.
mobile, yesterday morning, horse
was stopped short in running away
when 1t plunged into the side Of q
street car. Frank Johnson, negro
fifty-five years old, driver Of the
wagon, was thrown to the street
by the force Of the impact but not
badly hurt.
The horse took fright at Fourth
and H streets northeast when
grazed by an automobile driven by
Harry White, COS r street north.
west. The horse reared and bolted,
running q short distance when stop
ped by the car.
johnson returned to his home,
1922 Gale street northeast, refusing
hOguital treatment.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Red Clara Asks
Freedom From
Fascist Terror
Universal Service.
BERLIN, March

4 a Y Il
"DED CLARA" ZITKEN has
~ taken the Communist
throne h Germany left Va
cant by "Red Rosa" Of Lux.
embOurs, and has In her first
manifesto called upon Connrlu.
Ilists throughout Europe to
help free the italian prOleta.
riat from the terrorism OF
MussOllni's bandit govern
nieTt.' =
''Red Clara" is the head Of
the provisional international
Commun it committee formed
here for the purpose Of free
ing Italy from MnssOlini's
''murderOus Fascist" She Is
Communist member Of the
Reichstag.
In her appeal to the CO1ninu-
nlsts Of Amsterdam, Vienna
and London, she describes
Italy AZ Q ''new HortIiy Hun
gary" and calls upon C0mnu-
nlsts to aid the Italian Com
munlsts to overthrow the Fas-
cisti.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Three Giant Liners Open
Spring Rush" to Europe

NEW YORK, March 10.-Three
giant liners, the Majestic, the
Cedric and the George Washington,
sailed today bearing a host of
notables and inaugurating the usual
spring rush to Europe.
Senator Hiram w. Johnson. of
California, declaring that "in Europe
she / do nothing-except rest, "
was on the George Washington.
while prominent among first cabin
folk On the Majestic was Mrs. Vim.
cent Aston, enroute to France for
a three-months' stay, Edward Fitz.
gerald, Duke Of Leinster, was aboard
the Cedric.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
AutOist Wins $4,000
Damage Suit BY Girl

Miss Sara Amdhr, former efnploye
Of the Red Cross, who says she was
run down by an automobile operated
~ Eugene r. Jacobson, at Fifteenth
and II streets northwest, on January
81, 1919, and crippled for life, lost
her fight yesterday in Circuit Court
No. 2. for the recovery of $4,000
damages.
She alleged she spent about SIC, 900
IN the effort to be cured of her in.
5uries. At the first trial, last year.
the jury disagreed
Attorneys O'Shea and Sacks, coun-
eel for Miss Amdur, will file a mo.
ton for new trial.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Driving Over Hose Lines
Brings Police Warning

Strict enforcement OF the police
regulation which prevents motor
lists from driving over hose lines
at fires was ordered yesterday by
Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superinten-
dent OF police.
Major Sullivan's order came as
the result Of a letter received from
George s.. Watson, chief of the
Fire Department, who cited nu-
merous violations Of the law. In
some instances, the fire chief said,
the firemen were hampered in
their work because hose lines had
been cut by vehicle passing over
them.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Says Dry Act
Saves Nation
Two Billions
BUFFALO, March 10.

BUFFALO, March 10.
NIAYNE b. WHEELER,
prohibition leader, figures
the VOlstead act has saved
the country more than 81, OOO,-
OOO, 600.
He explained IL tonight be-
fore the Buffalo Club.
Saving 100000 lives BY re-
dncing the death rate for the
first three years Of prOhibi.
tIOu has added $1,000, OOO, 900
to human values In America, "
Wheeler said.
''AlIowing only 800 for each
fatal illness $50, 900 900 was
diverted from care Of the
dying to work for the living.
Reduction in the amount Of
preventabIe illness has saved
the nation 10000, 900.
''Sirce One.fOurth u the peO-
pie Of the country are wage.
earners, this meant the ctn.
tinuance Of wages for the
tl1ree-year period Of $25O, OO0,.
600.
1.-THE loss to industry through
death or absence Of the work.
or h usually figured ut two
and one-halH times the wage
loss. BY stopping this leak.
age. industry has been saved
$S75, 900, 0O0."
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Gift for DIR. G. M. KOber
Marks so Years Practice

A set of medical science books
was presented to DR.. George M.
Kober. of Georgetown University
Hospital. Tuesday, marking fifty
years in the practice of his profess
sion, by the ladies' board Of the
hospital
Mrs. Isaac Cans, on behalf of
the board. made the presentation
address, extending the fluctuations
of her organization to the veteran
physician and expressing the graft
tude of the board for DR.. Kober's
devoted service.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
LIQUOR Traffic Suspect
Freed BY Habeas Corpus

Wanted by Arlington county au'
thorities on charge of transport
ing liquor, John A. Johnson, 24lS
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, ar
rested Friday by Detectives ALI
good and Davis. was released yes
terdav on a writ Of habeas corpus.
Bond Of 50, 500 was filed.
Police accuse Johnson of escap-
ing In a liduor-laden truck, follow
ing an AUTOMOBILES collision about
two months ago.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
p. T. Moran Left Estate
Valued at S35O.OOO

Patrick r. Moran, former presi-
dent Of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce and prominent
Georgetown feed dealer. left an es-
tate valued at more than $3.50, 900.
the petition for letters testamentary
filed In Probate Court yesterday by
his widow, Mrs. Anne T. Moran.
OF 1859 Mintwood place northwest
shows. Moran died in Baltimore,
Nd, on February 20 last, follow
ing q long illness. His widow Ia
the sole HEN
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Ivy City Resident
Held Up and Robbed

Held up late last night at a
lonely spot near the intersection
of West Virginia avenue and
Florida avenue northeast, Isaac
Jefferson, 5 Capitol avenue. Ivy
Citv northeast, was robbed Of 500.
Jefferson gave the police a de-
tailed description of the negro ban
dts who held him up.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Young Woman Accused
OF Passing Bad Check

Blanche r. Garrison, TWENTY-FIVE
years old. 1920 Sixth street north
east, was arrested yesterday by De
tectives Cox and King on the charge
of having passed worthless check.
She was held at the House Of De-
tention.
Police say the woman had been
arrested in Philadelpia and New
York for passing bad achecks.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Famed Alienist to Talk
About Mental Hygiene

DIR. William A. White, superin.
tendent Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital,
will deliver the fifth lecture of the
series on public health, under the
auspices of the Women's Welfare
Association at the auditorium of
the National Museum, Tenth and
b streets northwest, at $3.50 this
afternoon.
The lecture, which will be free
TO the public, will be on the sub
1ect Of Mental Hygiene"
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Friends Hunt Girl After
Father Dies in HOspitaI

Efforts are being made to locate
Miss Carrie Martin, whose father,
Harry C. Martin, 1926 Kramer
street northeast, died Friday night
ut Washington Asylum Hospital,
aged seventy.six.
Miss Martin Is said to be in
Washington, but efforts on the
part Of friends to communicate with
her have so far been fruitless. Her
last known address 10 233 Sixth
street southwest.
The Washington times., 1923-03-11
Wife Who Tried to Die
nv Gas Gets SIS AlimOny

J. Reed Cheseldine, sued for q
limited divorce in the District
Supreme Court by Mrs. Rose H.
Cheseldine and blamed for her at
tempt to end her life by gas, was
ordered, yesterday. by Justice Sid
dons, to pay his wife SIS q month
temporary alimony.
He Is also directed to permit his
wife to see their child ut al rea'
sonable times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
LOS ANGELES
CONVENTION
MECCA

II OS ANGELES.-Los Angeles
has been selected as the
- convention city" by TWEEN
ty-one organizations for their 1928
meeting place, it has been re-
vealed with the publication Of a
convention list by the chamber
of commerce.
The Women's Benefit Associa-
ton of the Maccabees recently
closed it's Marathon Meet" here
with a large attendance, and the
International Bible Students have
chosen September 2-8 to hold
their conferences here, it was an
nounced.
The American Association for
tht Advancement of Science will
congregate here in it's national
conclave September 1919, with
more than 1900 persons from all
over the country present. In this
convention 1t is expected that
seventeen affiliated bodies will
attend, including astronomers
from all over the world, who will
observe the eclipse of the sun
along the Pacific coast.
Prominent in the science con-
vention will be Harold j. Stonier,
Of the University OF California;
B. E. Livingston, Smithsonian In
stitution, Washington. D. c.; w.
w. Sargent, California Academy
of Science, San Francisco, and
other noted scientists.
The Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference of Southern California,
Nevada and Arizona, with a dele
CATION of 1000, also will be held
here in September.
The State convention Of the
Modern Woodmen of the World
will convene here September l
for three days.
A huge attendance of people
from every walk Of life, and es-
pecially from the motion picture
field, is expected here for the
American Historical Review and
Motion Picture Exposition to be
held in Exposition Park in Au-
gust.
More than $50 delegates Of the
Women's General Missionary So
ciety will gather here the latter
part of this month.
Other conventions slated for
Los Angeles this month include
the State Building and Loan AS
snciation, the national meet Of the
Phi Mu Sorority, the America n
Proctologic Society and the Pacific
o-Ophthalmological Society.
The National Association of
Masters of Dancing will gather
here August 20-26, the California
Academy of Social Science in
September and the American Guild
Of Organists in August.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN
WYE are all strong enough to
" bear up under the mis-
w fortunes of other people.

WYE are all strong enough to
w bear up under the mis-
w fortunes of other people.
Thinking is one of the best
means to retard senescence. The
youngest odd people are those
whose minds are keenly exer-
cised upon subjects of deep in
terest.
Where is the use of the lips red
charm,
The heaven of hair, the pride of
the crow,
Unless we turn. as the soul
knows how,
The earthly gift to an end divine?
r.. Browning.
Love and friendship beget
love and friendship.
Who seeks a friend without
fault remains without one.
Who masters his tongue saves
his head.
Calumnies are answered best
by silence.
A mans best things are near
est him, lie close about his feet.
The only disadvantage of hon
est hearts is credulity.
Hate and mistrust are the chill
dren of blindness,
Could we but see one another,
'twere we'll!
knowledge is sympathy, charity,
kindness,
Ignorance only Is maker Of
hell. Watson.
Be faithful, that is all;
Go right on, and close behind
thee
There shall follow still and find
thee
Help sure help.-A. H. Clough.
Copyright, 1923. by Newspa per Feature
Service, 1nc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
NapOleOn's
Brother

TN 1903, Jerome Bonaparte, Ma
poleon's brot h er, nineteen
wears of age, arrived in New
York, and soon afterward, while
visiting Baltimore. fell in love
with Elizabeth Patterson. They
were married with great cere-
mony by the Catholic bishop of
the Baltimore diocese. In 1905
he started for France, leaving
his wife to follow. An order
was issued prohibiting her from
entering France Mt any place.
and she saw her husband only
once after his departure. Ma
poleon had the marriage OF his
brother annulled. and forced
Jerome to marry the daughter
of the King of WurttemherE.
Six days after this ceremony.
the young prince was made
King OF Westphali0. .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
Age of Animals

ELEPHANTS are perhaps the
longest lived members of the
animal kingdom. averaging be-
tween 100 and 200 years. There
are records Of eleph; Is living
800 years. Most natura. IS allow
the whale about the same length
or life as the elephant. The
camel comes third, averaging
about seVenty-five years. The
average life of a lion and tiger
Is forty and twenty-five years re-
specuValy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06

X rEANWHILE East and West, North and South urge
MI revision of those tariff schedules which do not
ANA profit their peculiar local interests. Railroads.
complain that Interstate Commerce rulings too
strict and shippers protest that they not drastic
enough
Mr.. Coolidge nherits cares proportonate to his
honors.
Sentimentality and propaganda advise interven-
ton yonder; common sense experience, tradition and
Treasury balance sheets unite in supporting stay
at-home and mind ouro wn-affars policy No outsider
do for Europe what she not willing to do for
herself.
But racial groups and commercial greed, thinking
only of distressed kinfok and DISTRACTED opportunity
plead together with reckless emotonasm for the futile
and sureto-be- disastrous interference of America
Contrary opinion will, before, seek Presidential
and tug at Presidential heartstrngs.
Organized minortes shall again presume to possess
influence than they actually represent.
Washington, since Armistice the real World Capital
already overhears intrigue whispering and prepares for
the replac of several ambassadors =
New brooms call for handles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
Cities in 1870

THE eight largest cities in 1870
l. were: New York, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, ST. Louis, Baltimore,
Chicago, Boston and Cincinnati
The population of New York At
that time was 926,341, while thar
of Chicago was 297 900. The non.
ulation of Brooklyn was 1896 800
and was not included in New
York at that time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
SAP AND SALT
u n ~
BY Bert Moses

Dancing is popular because no
intelligence whatever is required
TO learn how.
A trouble doesn't amount to
much until you stop work and
think about it.
There is more cheating in mar
riage than in trading secondhand
cars.
Fame is a simple matter of
getting your name spread across
two columns On the first page.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-06
Gsms go. HENRY
A TREASURE TRovE OF HUMoR FROM HIS
NEWLY DISCOVERED NEWSPAPER WRITINGS
A VuLAINOUS TRICK.

by the
necessary write
w during the performance Of play it read
the words aloud he writes them 1t is to do
this that the audience appraised of
otherwise the might be obscured The
ing of letter the therefore, generally has
upon the situation being presented
the aloud what writes
of the audience.
Monbar' in Houston
of the heavy
advantage of situation of this description cowary
In the Mantell Monbar writes
the lines
them The hides behind the curtains of couch
of the letter
Mancl confidence the audience He then the
information this underhanded further
devilsh designs.
Mr. Mantell ought to allow this who is
his company doubt drawing good salary
should be taking advantage of stage
cality.