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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15


With birth control it is ex-
tremely probable that we
should not have had Dickens,
and Bach, and jefferson, and
Mark Twain. Had Lincoln's
mother been for it, we might
reasonably not have had
Lincoln.
What q topgy-turvy world
it is when women can find
anything richer, sweetef, more
utterly satisfying than the
raising of whole families of
sons and daughters!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
MRS. POINDEX i Err

Red Cross. and hundreds, IL not
thousands of women repeated their
devoted service on q less ambitious
scale in every part of the country.
In one department. at least. 1t was
a wartime practice to name women
as assistant chiefs of bureaus. ex-
cept where women were already
bureau heads; in those cases men
--,cre their assistants. That. prac-
mas not survived. but recogni-
tion OF the services Of women could
not be denied.
Today Mabel Walker wiile-
brandt, Of California, Is Assistant
Attorney General, and 1t has been
said that during Mr.. Daugherty's
illness she has been Acting At
torney General. A woman-Julia
b.. Rishel-is assistant chief clerk
of the Department of Justice. Mrs.
Votaw. sister Of the President. has
had important positions in the
Veterans Bureau and elsewhere.
WOMAN WAS COMMISSIONERS.
Miss Mabel Boardman's executive
talents received official notice when
she was named to serve as Com
missioner for the District of Co
lumbia-one Of three. Her term
has now expired. however. Mrs.
Helen H. Gardener Is member Of
the very important Civil Service
Commission, and for some weeks,
at least, was the whole commits
sion. owing to the absence or III
ness of the other members.
The War Department. believe,
has only one woman division chief,
Mary s. Nixon, in charge Of re-
cords and files. But other depart
ments have more Of the feminine
influence. Mrs. Mary K. Macarty
is ASSISTANT superintendent Of the
division of foreign mails. OF the
Post Office Department. and
Dorothy e. Hung has an import
ant position in the Navy Depart
ment, while Mrs. Mabel Leroy 10
recorder OF the General Land
Office. Two women are bureau
chiefs In the Department Of Labor
Miss Mary Anderson is head of
the women's bureau. and Miss
Grace Abbott Of the childreu,s
Bureau.
ANOTHER BIG JOB.
Mrs. Bessie Parker Brueggeman
is chairman Of the United States
Employees Compensation Commits
sion, and has one OF the really
big jobs filled by women here.
Miss Boardman Is still secretary
Of the Red Cross. A position re-
curing much tact is that filled by
Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor on the
District Of Columbia Rent Commits
sion, to which landlords and
tenants Of the District bring their
differences.
But women Of national pronli-
nence have gone into business in
washington, as well az into poll
tics. Mrs. Joseph Leither has
established a shop which gets ex-
cellent patronage from Washing
ton society. and the daughter OF
an admiral in the United States
navy Is society's exclusive mod
iste-the Lady Duff Gordon of
the Capital.
She started her career very
modestly. but she was able to
win patronage by her designs
and admirable execution, and now
has a waiting list Of patrons,
am told. about a mile long. She
is able to charge almost any
thing she likes, and to refuse Gus
tom IL she prefers to do %.
Copyright. 1898. Twenty-First
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
PELE CLUB OF HAWAII
IS HUNTING RECRUITS

HONOLULU. T. H.. April a.
Citizens OF Oshkosh, Vincennes, 10.
koHo and a thousand other towns
and cities throughout America win
soon be sporting on their coat lapels
a flaming button bearing the legend,
Hui o Pele. Hawaii''-Pele Club of
Hawaii-if the hopes of the Homo.
lulu Ad Club are realized.
Hui O Pelt Hawaii is the newest
Organization OF the islands. It's sole
qualification for membership is
that the initiate shall have first
visited Halemanumau, fiery palace
OF the ancient Hawaiian goddess
Pele, at Kilauea volcano.
The first class Of initiates is be.
ing found among the tourists who
are visiting the crater OF Kilauea
this winter. Membership buttons
and certificates are being presented
TO each OF them.
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10000 TO SEE
OPENING At
BOWIE
Splendid Thoroughbred Card
Entered for inaugural
Handicap.
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ever popular Tippity Witchet, one
which won his first race as two.
year-oId on an opening day OF the
spring meeting at Bowie. will not
lack for friends and is certain Of
substantial backing in the wager
ing.
Looks Like Big Day.
washington will be well repre-.
sented at the opening, for the
friends Of Montfort and b. b. Jones
will rally to root for Rockminster
and Fair Phantom in the feature
stake. IN fact the Jones. brothers
have strong entries in several races
and are almost certain OF carrying
away a portion Of today's prize
money at Bowie.
Racing Secretary Joseph Nc
Lehman has provided a program Of
high merit with the promise Of keen
competition from start to finish.
In an, it looks like big day. q
Perhaps as much interest - be.
Ing evidenced in the special match
race between Spark Plug and Sassy
Susie as in all OF the other seven
races put together.
In response to popular demand.
Manager o'Hara announced this
morning that he will run the bic
match race between the color bear
ers Of the renowned Barney Google
and The Colonel Immediately after
the conclusion Of the second race.
Washingt who contemplate
attending the Bowie racetrack meet.
ing, viii find that the best road by
automobile is to proceed on the
Washington Baltimore boulevard to
Laurel sanitariun and then turn to
the right at spot where a large
sign has been placed. a gravel
road running southeast, divertine
from the road leading from the
Washington pike, will lead to the
race track. The journey by auto
mobile is Twenty-Five miles.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
EPISCOP AL|ANS
VOTING FOR
OFFICERS
6alIoting for vestrymen Going
On In All District
Churches.

Women members viii aid in the
election of vestrymen in Washing.
toms Episcopal churches when the
annual selection Of church officers
takes place in the majority Of
churches this evening. Churchmen
today admit they are unable to
predict the results OF tbe balloting,
many OF the, rectors declining to
discuss the election disposing Of
the subject by suggesting the an,
nouncement of the results of the
voting be awaited.
In practically all Of the churches
the election will be held following
evening services commencing al
o'clock tonight. In one or two
instances earlier voting will take
place. At st. Thomas Church
1872 Church street, the Rev. G.
Ernest Smith, rector, morning
election was held the results OF
which, the Rev. Mr.. Smith stated
would be made public later by the
church clerk. John G. Davis.
Today's election follows a custom
established in 1898 under the 90
called "VeStry Act passed Ivy the
Maryland legislature and made tc
apply to the District of Columhis
by an Act Of Congress passed ir
1901, when it was provided that the
enrolled voters of the Episcopa,
Church in the Washington diocese
should assemble the Monday fol
lowing Easter in their respective
churches and elect the Vestries for
the following year.
Those in touch with the situation
in several of the churches express
the opinion that number OF
women will be elected to vestries
as women were made eligible for
such membership some four years
ago. a number of women can.
didates are among those to be
elected at today's voting. In six
Of the churches, it is predicted, the
election of women to the Vestries Is
conceded.
Interest taken in the elections in.
dicates. it is said, that a heavy vote
will be recorded. In a few of the
churches no election will be held
although Vestry meetings are
scheduled for tonight.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
PARIS FETES TO RESTORE
VERSAILLES AND GARDENS

PARIS. April PARIS will be
gay IN the spring with celebrations
which are now being planned in
order to raise money to restore
Versailles and the gardens.
LES F'etes de France" under the
direction OF Monsieur Berard, min.
lister of the Beau Arts. will extend
over a period OF several days and
will include the best artists of
France. No definite plans can be
announced for the moment, but it
Is probable that there will be some
interesting performances at the ia.
NOUS Opera of Versailles and in the
Theater de la Refine at the Trianon
Palace. Fairly-like festivals in the
gardens amid the great trees and
illuminated fountains ought to bring
forth a jolly big crowd and beau
coup francs.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
RODS TEA ROOM
AND Sc Is IT
ATTIRE
Police Seek Thief and Fire-Bug
Following Columbia
Road Blaze.

What is believed by the police to
be q case of arson and robbery
the first in the District for several
nnonths-is being investigated by
the fire and police departments.
Flames were discovered between
4 and s. o'clock this morning in
the Mary Elizabeth tea rooms, 1873
Columbia road northwest.
After the fire was extinguished II
was discovered that the telephone
wires into the place had been cut
with a pair of nippers. The coin
box on the telephone had bean
broken open with . hammer and
the cash register Of the cafe rifled.
The damage to the place BY
flames has not as yet been defi-
nitely established but II was stated
BY the fire department that ii
would not Be large. because Of
prompt discovery OF the flames
L. ". Seih, fire marshal, after
making an Investigation, declared
that ii was Enthusiastically the
work Of q thief and fire bug. He
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
LEROY FTNAGIN.

Leroy Finagin, twenty-three years
old, president of the Business High
School Alumni Association during
l921.1922, died at his home, 1909
Seventh street, Congress Heights,
Saturday night. He was taken III
last Tuesday with pneumonia.
Finagin graduated from Business
High School in 1918. He was in
the marine corps during the war,
stationed at Paris Island and Guam
tico. He. was a member Of the
Edreins Society, Congress Heights
Methodist Church and Costello Post
Of the American legion.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
from his home.
Finagin is survived by Mr. and
Mrs. Joshua B. Efnagin, his father
and mother; Mrs. Walter NARROW.
sister; Mrs. Raymond Hunt. a
sister, and Archie and Walter Fina-
gin, brothers.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
AKRON PRISONERS MAR
JAIL LOOKING For Raj

AKRON Ohio. April I'm the
hope of saving the Dashboard at the
counter in the county jail's registry
room Jailer Carl Repp is consider.
ing the advisability of fastening a
footrail to it.
$50 many men brought in here
have been in the habit of placing
their feet on a rail when they stand
before a bar that they just natural.
" cannot overcome the habit when
they stand before this bar---I mean,
this counter" Jailer Repp ex-
plained. "In searching for the rail
they paw the bottom and have
ratched all the paint and varnIsh
off"
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WIFE GIVES HER
SIDE Of ARMY
SCANDAL
Mrs. RandIe Bares Amazing
Persecution She Charges
Against Colonel conger.
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ing, who had not been invited. re-
ported US to the regimental adju.
tarlt.
Colonel conger ordered an in,
vestigation, particularly OF a charge
that we had served liquor and that
improper incidents had occurred
The officer who investigated could
find. no evidence to support these
charges Nevertheless Colonel Con
ger later publicly reprimanded
Captain Randle and began his
systematic persecution of my hus.
band and me.
HE told Captain Randle our
automobile was disruptable junk
heap and could not be kept with
the cars of other officers in front
of regimental headquarters. Colonel
Conger also found a pretext for
ordering Captain Randle back to
his quarters to shine his shoes and
puttees.
Colonel Conger told Captain
Randle the honorable way out OF
the difficulties was for Captain
RandIe to resign. The captain pro-
tested. Colonel Conger told my hus'
band If he would divorce me he
could solve his problem that way.
My husband was indignant.
Recalls Conger's Words.
On March ., Colonel Conger read
before the assembled officers OF the
regiment a public reprimand of my
husband, and ordered him and mem
bers of his family at Fort Sam
Houston not to associate with or
attempt to associate with other Off
GERS of the regiment or members of
their families. He further directed
the officers not to associate with US.
Colonel ConRer also ordered my
husband restricted TO the post. He
also gave instructions in particular
was not to visit the house of our
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Cald'
well. saying he gave this order SO
he might protect Mrs. Caldwell
against my possible visits when she
was out of town.
1.-THE insinuation that I would
entertain or have an affair with any
man is absolutely ridiculous. Our
friends have often commented upon
our continuous honeymoon
yet poor little me. poor little
Mrs. Randle. through the antag.
onism OF an army officer, is made
tho object of wagGing gossips'
tongues.
Have Been Ostracizcd.
mo ono has called on us since
this persecution began. l have
learned that few OF our friends
were real ones.
THE change of the public atti-
tude is reflection of Colonel
CoMgers attitude. When we joined
the regiment year after our
marriage we bad not been given
wedding present by our regiment.
Captain Randle had been on de-
tachcd service. Colonel Conger per-
sonally circulated subscription
list to give us handsome wedding
present"
The Washington times., 1923-04-02

lean voter took one look at Gov
ernor Cox, after President Wilson
said they were of one mind, and
buried this excellent Executive
timber in the deepest political
grave ever dug for an American
Presidential candidate.
So President Harding became a
political accident, for the American
voter does not take kindly TO the
third party idea.
Evidently the American voter has
decided to punish the two old
parties in turn until he gets rid OF
the nonprogressfve leadership in
one or both of them. Witness the
1922 Congressional elections which
cut so deeply into the ranks OF
the Republican conservative ranks.
The only conclusion, therefore, Is
that the American electorate has
Enthusiastically indicated to Presi.
dent Harding that he must mend
his Administration ways. or woe to
him and to the Republican party
two years hence.
The handwriting on the wall last
fall was truly ominous.
The doom that fell upon the Taft
and Wilson administration 10 held
suspended over President Harding.
A period of grace remains to him
within which TO heed the warning.
If he turns to the progressives of
the House and Senate, they are
willing to help him make good.
This is what President Harding
must do, in the opinion of progress.
sives, to get back into step with
the people:
1. Set his face like flint against
foreign entangIements; Gle Is now
supporting the move to get US into
the back door OF the League Of Ma
tons by joining the world courtJ
2. End of profiteering which still
dominates the land;
3. Oppose the special interests:
4. Call off his Secretaries OF War
and Navy from the nations pocket
book. for these se1f-nagnifyins
military machines are now spending
upward OF billion dollars annual.
ly. n
II President Harding will dc
these things, he will do much to re.
gain the confidence of the people.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
DEAD" VETERAN RETURNS
TO FIND WIFE REMARKED

ELYRIA. Ohio. April 2.-WiIliam
r. Tonpkins, steel worker, is In a
quandary.
He has received word from his
wife. now in indianapolis, that her
first husband. reported killed in
action during the world war. and
for whose supposed death she has
been collecting Government insur
ance. has returned to her.
The woman in this Enoch Arden
case announced her intention of re.
turning to Elyria. However. &C,
cordine to reports. she will remain
neutral until she is informed lie.
gally AS TO whether she shall live
with her first or her second hus
band.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
! HANDBOOK CASES
FOR TRIAL WEDNESDAY,

Seven cases of handbook making
on the races win 80 before Judge
Hardison in Police Court for trial
next wednesday, according to a
docket made by Assistant United
States Attorney David Aiken Hart
today.
The alleged "Dooleies'' are Robert
L. Pitts, Joseph Passero. Charles
lombard, Michael lombard
George Dilaphno, Franklin r. Lamp
kin and Leo Cohen.
I4ampkin was arrested in 1891
while the others were taken in 1922
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
PAINTERS OUT
|. ON REFUSAL Of
PAY RAISE
Demand of So a Day Resisted
by Association Until Due
Notice Is Given.
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Many big jobs have ceased because
of the action of the men. Among
them Is the Argonne apartment
House. Riggs National Bank, and
the Key Garden apartments. 1t
is said that seventy-five families
have already rented apartments at
the last-named building.
T. III. Reid, president of the Mas
ter Painters Association, gave out
the following statement:
The Master Painters Association
-ormed an agreement with the
journeymen striving to give stability
to our business in the making OF
contracts, etc, and i'm that agree.
naent there was clause which re-
quired that a notice of sixty days
be given by either side If any
change was desired. At the opening
Of the present season negotiations
were opened for continuation of
past conditions, and while the wage
conditions were more or less touched
upon, no notice of change Of rate
was given by the men until suddenly,
on March 16. disregarding all pre-
Wous negotiations. the journeymen
issued a peremptory demand that
wages be 50 per day, effective
April /.
Our contention is that the men
should abide by the provisions Of
their agreement. We will grant the
demand of an increase. but we re-
quire that sixty days notice be
given, and not ten or twelve days.
The Journeymen must recognize the
Master Painters Association and oh.
Pserve a fair agreement and thereby
enable us to establish stable con-
ditions in the industry"
Bouie said today that probably so
OF the men will return to work TO.
morrow. They are employed by in.
dependent bosses who owe no al
lesiance to the Master Painters AS
socia ton
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
BAZAAR TO AID
ALEXANDRIA
POOR
IFraternaI Orders Join With Fire
Companies for Fete to
Raise Money.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. April g.
The. Alexandria Fraternal Bazaar
will open at o'clock tonight,
under the auspices of local fra
tternal orders, which are raising
funds for charities of the city.
The organizations which viii par
ticipate in the bazaar, which will
be open every night during this
week, include Elks Lodge No. 1858,
Loyal Order OF Moose, Catholic
Daughters of America and Alexan-
dria fire companies Nos. and 5.
Entertainment will consist OF
vaudeville. beauty and baby shows
and popularity dancing contests.
Handsome prizes will be awarded
and an opportunity offered to pur.
chase many real bargains from the
score or more of booths in the col
iseum. Chairman E. j. McDermott
is in charge of the affair.
The annual election of officers of
the alexandria Y. NJ. G. A. will
be held tomorrow night at 7:30, at
a meeting of the board of directors.
Several hundred Riddles were en-.
tertained today at the annual
Easter egg rolling fete which was
held IN George Washington park
Change in the place of the egg
hunting ground was made from
Shoolefs hill to the park because
of the construction of the George
Washington memorial.
Easter celebration in Alexandria
yesterday had its elimination in
the visit of what is probably
the largest excursion crowd that
ever visited the city. More than
1,400 visitors thronged Christ
church, reputed to be the oldest
in the United States, and Worshiped
where George washington worship.
ed 80 years ago.
Public schools of the city are to
be supplied with pianos, through the
efforts OF the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation which has voted to raise
funds for this purpose. Steps are
being taken by the association &c
improve other school conditions in
the city.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
PLAN WAR
ON Old
PARTY
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gressiye movement which aims tc
represent. not plumber, the interests
of the people.
The progressive Republican Con.
number thirty-eight, most OF them
being from the middlewest and
northwest. With those who have
promised to line up with us, there
will be sixty-four progressive Re-
publican congressman. From Wis
consin we have ten and Wisconsin
delegation alone viii represent a
balance OF power in the next con-
greSs. Voting as a unit, which we
shall, we can and will defeat the
Republican organization if it con.
tinues in its program to hand over
the heritage of this nation to the
big interests. We are going into
the next congress determined to
their real representatives-th pro-
gressiye congressman of both poIiti-
cal parties-are going to control the
government. The Republican pro.
gresgiyes in the next congress viii
represent some fifteen States-sec-
tons which gave the administra-
ton such wallop at the last
election.
Leaders In the House.
They represent an electorate. of
some 1900 900 persons.
. Leading the progressive battle in
the house will be such men as
Woodruff of Michigan. Dickinson OF
Iowa, Sinclair of North Dakota.
Barber OF California. Keller of Min
nesota, King OF Illinois, Speaks of
Ohio and Leatherwood of Utah.
The progressive move is not based
on politics. 1t is based on de-
termiied aim TO perform ma or
operation for removal from Aneri-
can life the evil effects of leglsla-
tive and governmental control such
as is exercised BY ). p Morgan s
Co, Kuhn. Loeb & Co.. and other
dominating special privilege or
CARNATIONS.
That tile American voter is grad
uaily beg inning To get his eyes open
is shown by the elections of the
past few years. He has discovered
the Big Business control exerted at
Washington. no matter which party
was il. power. Witness the juds-
meut rIt upon the Wilson Adj
m nistration.
lFNd AAN~N
captivated the public mind with
brilliant rhetoric. enchanting prom
ises and lofty ideals and. indeed, his
lofty messages on everlasting
peace" and the fourteen points"
had the world hypnctized for time.
But when it was understood why
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. had Paul War.
burg on the Federal reserve
board TO control the country's
credits and currency, why Bernard
NJ. Baruch came TO be supreme
arbiter of war contracts, and why
members OF the house OF Morgan
were placed in positions of lexeep.
tional and exclusive opportunities-
Stettinius as Assistant Secretary of
the Navy. Davidson as head OF the
Red Cross, and Lamont the con.
fidential adviser of the President
at Versailles-when the voter
learned OF these and other fEter.
twinements of the Wilson admin
istration with Big Business, cul-
Tninating with a super-state, he
went to the ballot box with blood
in his eyes. Democracy had de-
serted progressive policies, had
failed to end profiteering and
monopoly. did not condemn = al,
liances with international bankers.
did not condemn foreign entangle.
rnents that were leading the nation
into world empire. So the Amer
The Washington times., 1923-04-02

Fathers Blood Given
To Baby Saves
It's Life
By Co.meuolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, April 2.-One
of the first am most delicate
operations known to medical
science, involving the transfu-
sion Of a fathers blood into his
day-old daughter, was pro-
nounced a success today in the
case of Newton lFnessle and his
prematureIy born infant.
Three ounces of the novel;
lists blood were injected into
the baby. DIR. Lester Unger,
inventor of the blood trans
fusion apparatus, performed the
operation.
A slight incision was made in
the vein Of the infants right
arm. 1t was so tiny that there
was difficulty in inserting the
tin of a hollow needle. The
opening was closed with a
single small stitch.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02
U. s. Popeorn center.

BEACH CITY, April Alt il
claimed that this city Is the center
OF the popcorn industry IN Eastern
United States Several warehouses
are filled each fall with hundreds
Of bushels of popcorn grown large
" by Anish farmers residing in
the vicinity.
The Washington times., 1923-04-02

has ordered a thorough investiga-
ton made The matter was re-
ported to the police by Fred J.
Mersheimer, whose sister runs the
establishment, after Mersheiner
discovered signs indicating arson.