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The Washington times., 1923-11-01
OKLAHOMA NJ y
RECOVER BIG
GRAF IS
One EmpIoye Turns in 1880
Check-WaIton Case to
Be Continued.
BY ROBERT 8. THORNBERG.
International News Service.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, Nov. 1.
Thousands Of dollars in public funds
Illegally secured by various State
employees may be returned to the
Oklahoma treasury, it became
known today in connection with
the legislative probe Of corruption,
graft ana bribery,
The banking Investigating com.
mittee announced "a certain en-
ploye insisted on the committees
accepting a check for $1,000 which
represented funds collected for the
State, but illegally appropriated to
the agents private use.
Fraud Intent Denied.
In offering to refund the money,
the State employee told the commit
tee he had not intended to defraud
the State, but held the money
through a misconception OF what
he should have turned in.
Some, legislators favored granting
minor employees immunity from
prosecution provided they would
voluntarily return to the State
treasury graft funds" but this has
not ben decided
Governor j. C. Walton's case will
be called in the Senate tomorrow,
when that body sits as an innpeach-
mert court.
Continuance Likely.
There seemed no doubt today
but that the governors attorneys
would demand q continuance until
early next week to prepare for
trial. Leaders in the Senate APP
parently favored giving the accused
executive four or five days more
to get ready. ~
The actual trial is expected to
begin before next Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
FOOD HELD
At FAULT FOR
MOST ILLS
Bad Cooking Is Blamed for
Wrong Thinking by Kan
sas Dietitian.
By international News Service.

WICHITA, Kan, Nov. L. We
can't be filter than our food.
With this battIe-cry, Paul o.
Sampson, widely known dietitian.
has invaded Wichita In an effort to
prevent Kansas from meeting fate
similar to Napoleon's.
Napoleon was vanquished by his
appetite, according to Sampson, else
he would have expired on the
throne of France.
Napoleon had a reasonable APP
petite" Sampson said. "The story
nf his assassination by ground glass
is untrue; he poisoned himself long
before st. Helena. He was not van.
uuished at Waterloo. but on the
table,"
Get the grease and acid out of
your brain, the food expert urges,
explaining that good thinking can.
not come from bad cooking. Knowl-
edge Of the number Of careers that
are spoiled on the kitchen stove IL
attributed to heaven alone.
Incompetence IL q regular indica-
ton Of when the gastric juices go
wrong, according to Sampson. *
cautious appetite by no means guar
antees success, he says. but an un.
wise one certainly invites failure.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
PETTICOAT GIVES CLUE
TO GIRL male" BANDIT

CLEVELAND. Ohio, New. IA
twenty-three-year-cld girl bandit
who, according to police, dressed
in mems clothes and was aided by
two men accomplices, held up and
robbed two West Side soft drink
cafes at the point of revolvers dur.
ing the night, was under arrest to.
day. Her capture was the result
of the wreck Of the taxicab in
which the band of three were
escaping from the scene of the
second robbery.
The girl and her accomplices fled,
but police arrived before the taxi
driver could extricate himself from
the wreckage. Following the Ques-
tioning of the driver, detectives
staged an early morning raid of
an East Side hotel and arrested
the girl and O man they claim
to have been one of her com.
panions in the robberies.
A petticoat, half-hidden back Of
the taxicab seat. was the first clue
that one OF the robber band was
a woman.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
SCHOOL BOARD SEEKS
NEW ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

On recommendation of r. o. VII.
marth, chief accountant, DIR. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent of schools,
today named a special committee to
make survey OF the present prop
eTty accounting system and to
recommend uniform method of
property records to be kept by &C.
counting officers.
s.. +. Kramer is chairman of the
committee and Wilmarth, secretary.
The other members are: Miss A. M.
Cooling, A. G.. Newman, Miss E. S.
Jacobs, o. w. Mcdonald, B. w.
Murch, Miss NJ. p Shedd, Miss M.
@ Young, d. 1. Ronfro. Miss A. B.
Newmeyer, r. H. Ashton, Miss NJ.
<. Steinle and Miss NJ. L. Mason.
The committee is author lied to
consult with officers, teachers. and
other employees and to hold confer.
ences with any or all of them in the
pursuance of it's work. All employees
of the Board of Education are asked
to cooperate fully.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
GOOD IN
ALL SECTIONS
OF j. 8.
Department Of Agriculture
Finds Eastern Harvest Bet
ter Than Expectations.
D CosmopoIItan now servlee.

~ OVDAHAWWDAAe~AA 1S~WW 0SkN1EGs
A panoramic view Of crop condi-
tons In all sections Of the United
States is given by the Bureau OF
Agricultural Economies, Depart
mont OF Agriculture. It il as fol
lows:
The East: Potato and apple crops
generally better than early expece
tations. Corn poor. Dairy produc.
ton handicapped by drought and
lack Of good fall feed. General
sentiment fairly good"
The South: s.Cotton harvest wen
along, though delayed by storms
and bad weather. Generally good
feeling among men who have been
able to make crop. South likely
to have substantially larger income
than last year.
Corn Prices High.
Corn Belt: Corn harvest in fun
swing. New corn in market. Win
ter grain in ground and much Of It
up. High price Of corn inspires OPP
timtic feeling, but many men feel
that the corn-hog disparity is not
q sound situation. Considerable
soft corn. Some uncertainty az 20
actual amount Of available grain. ?
Wheat belt: Winter wheat sown;
coming up to good stands. Spring
wheat territory in distress and still
trying to find some remedy. Also
by low prices Of POI
tatoes and incidental crops. Con-
talk Of diversification, and
especially more dairy stock
Dry Spell Needed.
Range country: Grass held
green longer than usual by rains.
Dry weather needed to cure range
through central region. Cattle and
sheep being shipped out in steady
stream. Sheep men optimistic; In
creasing nocks. Ample fed for this
Pacific Coast: Southern regions
IN better spirits than north: latter
by low prices Of wheat,
cattle and fruit. Apple harvest as
well as raisin drying hindered by
bad weather. Coast perhaps a
shade less optimistic than last fall. "
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
PRINCE GEORGES POLITICS
NEARING BOILING POINT

MOUNT RAINIER, Nd, Nov. /.
With election now a matter of
only a few days, the campaign in
Prince Georges county has reached
It's warmest stage. Rallies are be-
ing held every night by both par
ties. Tonight the Democrats will
meet In the hall at Oxen Hill, while
the Republicans will hold meeting
in the hall at Paramount Heights.
Last night the Democrats met in
Star hall here and the Republicans
in the town hall at Capitol Heights
Addressing the Democratic meet.
ing here, over which DR. Harry
Nalley presided, were Former Con.
gresham Carville d. Benson, of
Baltimore county, Secretary of
State E. Brooke Lee, of Montgom-
cry county, Joseph s. Mattingly,
of Oxen Hill the county candidate
for one Of the associate judgeships
in the seventh judicial circuit, and
others.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
TESTS FRENCH JUDGES
ON STOCKS AND BONDS

PARIS. Nov. minister of JUS
tice Colrat has decided that future
French judges must pass an exam.
nation to show whether they know
the difference between bond and a
stock before they are allowed to go
on the bench.
The minister came to the conclu.
sion that judicial ignorance OF com.
merce and finance had been carried
70 an extent where cases involving
these subjects We're bound hand AMI
Ioot 70 experts-often self.styled--
whose reports the justices accepted
without question.
In addition. the minister has
established a special judicial section
in Paris composed of magistrates
well versed in economic and finan.
cial questions.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
CASE
SUSPECT
GIVES UP
George Edward Harding Sur
renders-victIm IN Hospital
in Serious Condition.

George Edward Harding, thirty
five years old, of 1406 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, today surrender
ed to Detective Sergeants Keck
and Mansfield when he learned they
were looking for him in connection
with the stabbing Of Daniel Hen.
erickson, thirty.two, hacker, living
at 2101 N street northwest. last
night.
Hendrickson il at the Emergency
Hospital in q serious condition as
the result OF stab wounds in his
abdomen. Harding refused to dis
cuss the case with the detectives.
A bondsman appeared with him and
he prepared to. give heavy. bond
to gain his freedom. A charge Of
assault with a dangerous weapon
will be placed against him.
Hendrickson, according to the POI
lice. accompanied q young woman
to 1928 G street southwest where q.
party was being held. The woman
is said to have exercised her powers
of cantivation on Harding.
The men exchanged words and
then went out in the front yard OF
the house. A few minutes later
guests at the party were startled to
hear Hendrickson' cries Of distress.
They found him lying in a pool Of
blood. Following the stabbing Hard
ing is alleged to have gotten in his
automobile and driven off.
Hendrickson was carried into the
house where first aid was given him.
Then he was taken to the hospital.
He has two stab wounds in his
abdomen and has only q slight
change to recover due to loss OF
blood.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
POLICE CLEARED
Of DRY CASE
CHARGES
Nine Counts Dismissed, and
Similar Action Is Expected
on the Others.

"Not Guilty" probably will be
the verdict of the police trial board
which is now considering charges
filed against four policemen by
suspended prohibition agents. The
trials of the four men, Lieut.. o. T.
Davis, Sergt. James E. McQuade
and Policeman William H. Ver-
million, closed yesterday afternoon.
Early Decision Expected.
William H. Wahly, chairman OF
the board. plans to call meeting
of the board as soon as the evi.
dence taken in the case is type
written. This may take until to-
morrow. A decision before the end
Of the week is expected.
The charges against Policeman
Vermillion will be dismissed, the
board has announced. They are
now considering the disposition of
the complaints against the other
three men.
In going over the charges yes
terday the board threw out nine of
the specifications against three Of
the men. They were eliminated
either for lack of evidence or be-
cause the evidence was considered
most improbable.
Perjury Charge, Threat.
Lieutenant Davis said today that
if the trial board acquits him, he
intends to seek perjury indictments
for some of those who testified
against him in the trial.
"All that will be necessary will he
10 take the stenographer's report
before the grand jury" Lieutenant
Davis said. Arrangements have been
made by Davis to secure the steno-
graphic report.
The trials of the four men opened
last Saturday. The main witnesses
were Ralph f. Ruby, George Pack
ard. jr., and Clark H. Packard, whose
activities In prohibition enforcement
are under investigation as the result
of charges lodged against them by
the police.
Uphold Vice Squad.
Two other prohibition agents
James L. Asher and Francis Hertzig
appeared before the board as wit.
nesses for the police. They offered
testimony to the effect that the vice
squads conduct on raids has always
been above reproach.
Capt. G. l.. Plemmons. of the
Eighth precinct. and Capt. w. f.
/ Sanford, of the Fifth precinct, ore
| sitting on the board with Chairman
Wahly.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
3 ROBBED OF oVERcOATS
DURING HALLOWEEN

Three Halloween eelebrators shiv-
cred last night when they went
home without their overcoats.
James Garrett, 1904 u street
northwest: Charles Diggs. 1917 8
street northwest, and Charles p
Lane, 1913 u street northwest, were
the shiverers. They reported that
their overcoats were stolen from the
Lincoln Colonnade, 1913 u street
northwest. The total value-$140.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
CHRISTlANA MAY BE
RECHRlSTENED OSLO

LONDON, Nov 1.-Norway's cap
ital may lose it's familiar name OF
Christiania and be known in the
future by it's originate name. Olso.
Ten members Of the Storthlng
have submitted proposal to that
effect which, according to the
Morning Post correspondent in the
Norwegian capital, will be adopted
by a large majority OF the national
Legislature. 1t Is not intended to
make the change effective before
1925.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
SMALL PROFITS
CITED BY
EXPERT
He Feels Outlook in Business
ls Good Despite Some Minor
Irregularities.
By j. III. TREGOE,
Secretary-Treasurer, National AssO-
citation Of Credit Men.

ny u. II. TkGEGUEs
Secretary. Treasurer, National Assoc
citation Of Credit Men.
Written for Cosmopolitan News Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. If the
public can be induced to spend sen.
stbly and IL our enterprises will
keep their inventories in a healthy
condition, there should be no seri-
GUS concern over the immediate
future Of business and a fair vol.
urne of commodities should be in
constant circulation.
No justification exists for fear or
pessimism, although conditions in
some basic and extractive industries
are far from satisfactory and small
profits constitute a cause for fire.
quent complaints. Profits must be
improved before we can feel right.
Ihere should prevail throughout
the country feeling of quiet con-
fidence.
Here is picture of conditions in
various parts Of the country:
In New England production is r..
regular. Sales on the whole are re-
naming steady or showing a little
decrease. Collections not active,
tending to slowness. Profits little
smaller.
In the East, production irregular.
sales OF seasonal goods active. In
others spotty. Collections only fair.
Profits are affected.
In the industrial Middle West pro-
auction in some commodities records
increases. In others no chance or
tending to decrease. Sales running
little irregular, but on the whole
are at fair volume. Profits affected
oy nigh costs and below normal.
In the agricultural South produc-
ton In the extractive Industries very
active, such as tobacco. Other prod
ucts show decreases but with better
prices, as cotton. Sales irregular.
Profits running small.
In the agricultural Middle West
production has been very satisfac-
tory particularly in corn, while in
wheat still highly unsatisfactory.
sales maintained In normal volume
or showing some inclination to de.
crease.
Profits are, on the whole, small
and unsatisfactory,
In the intermountain section pro-
duction shows some increase. Sales
maintained in fair volume.
On the north Pacific coast, pro.
duction largely in extractive in.
dustriek and shows material i'm
nrovement. Lumber, with some eX-
ceptions. moving in fair volume. and
salmon cannerles good prospects
Sales maintained in fair volume.
Collections showing some improve
ment. Borrowings in creasing. Profits
affected by high costs,
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
KINDNESS PAYS 100000
DIVIDEND TO HOTEL CLERK

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-For
kindnesses extended to a lonely
bachelor twenty-five years ago in a
hotel in Norristown, John Fl. Xieg.
Ter, of Jeffersonville, near Norris
town, has received the income of a
legacy OF close to 100000, he has
been notified.
Aeigler was the clerk in the
Farmers Hotel, and went out of his
way to make the guests feel at
home. Brooke Adams uyaaJflv
bachelor, of Norristown. who was a
guest at the hotel for a time. told
Zeigler he would never forget the
treatment has had received and
would repay the clerk some time.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
MEMORIALS PLANNED
FOR TWO COMPOSERS

Workmen are busy changing
wahring Cemetery In Vienna, where
Beethoven and Schubert are buried.
into a memorial park. It was de-
cided in 1910 to make the old ceme-
terry into park, but the war in
tervened.
Now it is possible to carry OUT
the plans and recently the COM
mittee in charge ordered the WORK
begun. Only Beethoven's and Schu-
bert's graves are to be left as they
were and the park being laid out
around them will be a beautiful
and lasting memorial to the two
great composers buried there al
most a hundred years ago.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
CONVICT ESCAPES PRISON
WITH AID OF BROOMSTIcK

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Nov. /.
Sliding forty feet over slender
electric wires on an improvised
roller made of broomhandle, then
leaping thirty feet from the wall to
the ground, Arthur Kench, twenty
two. of New York, escaped from
the Missouri Penitentiary here.
Kench's break was described by
prison officials as one of the most
spectacular in their experience.
Guards said they saw the convict
on the roof of the shirt factory,
but supposed he was an electrician
making repairs. They did not shoot
as he alighted on the wall because
they were afraid of hitting the
tower guard.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
KRUPP Won BOHLEN FREED
TO START ESSEN. WORKS

BRUSSELLS, Nov. 1T was au-
thoritatively reported here today
that the Franco-Belgian military of.
ficials in the Ruhr have suspended
the remainder of the prison sentence
imposed upon Herr Krupp Won Bob.
len as a reward for signing an
agreement with the occupational au.
thorities for resumption of the
Krupp works at Essen
Herr Kupp Won Bohlen was SEN
fenced to fifteen years imprison-
ment on May 8, last, on the charge
Of conspiring with the directors Of
his plant to obstruct the French.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Howe Sour On Modern
Girl, Bull Follow
EN- To Hades
, COsmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, Nov. Ed
Howe, Kansas editor and phil
osopher, who is sightseeing in
New York, talked about women
today.
"I hate the modern girl !"f he
exclaimed when accused of being
q woman hater. "The lip stick
ing, corset parking, sock rolling
vamps of this cosmetic age don't
appeal to me. The old-fashioned
girls were better in every way.
They made virtues of mother
hood and housekeeping, but the
girls nowadays are travelling too
fast.
"But if they're going to hell,
why, I'll go with them.
81 love women. Some Of my
best friends are women. There
are bad eggs, and there are good
women, just as there are good
eggs. And there are plenty Of
good eggs around-even today"
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
PROFANITY Is PRESCRIBED
BY PATCHOCUE p. M.

PATCHOGUE, l.. l., Nov. l. -
Profanity in the post office here
has brought from Postmaster Harry
T Weeks, who also is superinten-
dent OF the Methodist Episcopal
Sunday school. an order that all
swearing by the twenty-five post
office employees must stop.
1t Is said that the small person
mel were overworked in handling the
mails and that mistakes due to the
rush evoked the surplus profanity.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
The w ant
AID Way"
By J. Il. D.
Broadway & Main St.
Very Personal
Losers, Weepers?
By }. 3. D.

On Broadway or Main Street,
human wants are the same. Hap
piness and contentment are rela-
tive-aud you need not under.
stand Einstein to understand
that.
The car that was your pride
and joy a few years ago may
seem shabby and ''asthmatic"
today-yet to many others who
have yet to know the pleasure
Of . motor car, yours seems very
desirable. indeed.
This constant desire for some.
thing better-the wish to trade or
sell what one has for something
else has given us the Classified
Columns, a feature in every news
paper worthy Of the name.
In Washington, the Want Ad
Pages of The Herald and The
Times are great clearing. house,
where buyer and seller meet. Testi-
moniaI letters from pleased adver-
Users prove that the tremendous
circulation of these newspapers
is responsible for the results they
produce.
In London they call it the
agony Column" During the
war tons of heart appeals" were
daily seen in the press. mostly Of
the matrimonial variety.
IL IL a. -
the Personal column does not
run in such sentimental vein.
but does serve a very useful
purpose.
In most cases, these items are
intended for the eyes of one per-
son alone in the sea Of newspaper
readers. To get results such
message must be placed in a
paper with very large circula-
ton. That fact is no doubt ap-
preciated by the advertiser, for
such messages frequently find
their way into the columns of
The Herald and The Times.
Did you ever stop to think how
many VALUABLE dTuClGS are IOSE
every twenty-four hours? The
amount Of miscellaneous odds
and ends collected at railway sta
tions. car barns, ETC., is astound-
ing.
Add to that the many things
lost on the streets. in stores and
other public places and you have
some idea Of the total.
The fact that so many valuable
articles are restored to their own.
ers would seem to prove that the
majority Of people are honest.
From the Lost and Found col
umns of The Herald and The
Times many cherished posses
sion has been recovered.
Losers weepers, finders keep.
ers''-the old saying OF our kid
days-does not always hold true.
A Three-time Want AID in The
Washington Morning Herald,
Washington Evening Times. and
sunday Morning Herald will give
your message 100000 readers.
Call The Herald, Main $500.
Cali The Times, Main $500.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Local Stocks.
RA.IEs.

BA1AHSe
Washington Gas 6s, sSS, 100000.
Capital Traction S., S6OO@0A4k,
5000 94A.
Capital Traction Co., 5099s6.
Wash. r.. & E., conn.,, 1O@683s.
Wash. r. e e., pfd., 1O072.
District National Bank, 1OW167.
After call Capital Traction Co.,
1O099H.
Pot. Elec., cons. S., S1,O0O0e7.
WASH Gas 6s, 80. $10O010O.
Money-Call loans, SOS per cent.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01

A Three-time Want AID in The
Washington Morning Herald,
Washington Evening Times. and
Sunday Morning Herald will give
your message 100000 readers.
Call The Herald, Main $500.
Cali The Times, Main $500.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19
OAKLAND SETS NEW I
SPEED RECORD In
PACIFIC COAST RUN
Covers 500 Miles in All
Minutes-Auprage Ct
678 Miles Hour.

According to news received here by
the Koehler-Kunkel Motor company
the Oakland Six hung UP anothei
record on the Pacific coast-this time
speed record-which followed ori
the heels of the sensational victory
of the Oakland in the Yosemite
economy run in which it won both
the sweepstakes trophy and class
cup. ~
In an officially observed test run
over the Cotati Speedway recently
near San Francisco, the Oakland Six
driven by Bill Cooper and Leo Hord1
enschuld, covered 500 miles in Az
minutes-an average of CTS miles an
hour for more than seven hours of
continuous running.
The contest formed a DRAMATIC
ending of this popular race course.
as the day following the race the
course was dismantled.
The car was started on its rum
4 80 in the morning and flashed
across the 500 mile mark one mini
ute past noon. The driver at the
finish declared that the motor wasj
running more smoothly than at tka'
start and general amazement wa,
expressed at the performance of the
car.
"Coming after the remarkable per-
Torrance in the economy run when
the Oakland Six made an average of
1862 miles gallon oyer the high
Sierra Mountains, the event proves
the speed power and durability of
the car as well as its economy" said
Charles Koehler in commenting on
the feat.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19

p Jximately the same speed, after
applying his emergency brakes, was
forced to arbitrarily turn with the
truck into Eighth street, narrowly
missing pedestrian, and finally
turning half around in attempting 10
steer clear of the truck. This near
accident which he witnessed could
have been avoided, he says, had the
truck driver slowed down or stopped
before starting across Avenue C.,
which most certainly under all rules
of driving both ethical and technical,
should be considered a boulevard or
thoroughfare with the right-of- way
in favor of its traffic going both north
and south.
There is, in the opinion of Colonel
Webb, the need of several one-way
streets in the business section, as in
the adoption of this plan, he thinks
traffic could be materially alleviated
and much of the present strenuous
duty performed by traffic officers re-
lieved, and with the new signal sys-
TEN well under operation, he hopes
that San Antonio will soon work out
further details of traffic regulations
which will place it in the foremost
ranks of southern cities.