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Evening star., 1923-12-20
FUNDS FOR FAIRFAX
OFFICIALS STOPPED
Judge Brent Signs Injunction
for Taxpayers, Who Charge
Irregularities.

Acting on complaints of taxpayers.
Judge Samuel G. Brent of the circuit
court Of Fairfax county. in vacation
yesterday signed temporary injunc-
tion against the six members of the
board of supervisors of Fairfax
county, the county treasurer and the
commemorative attorney, restrain
ing them from drawing any money
from the county funds other than for
mileage and for attendance at legal
meetings of the board.
The court issued a rule on the of
ficials to show cause why they should
not give an accounting of the ex-
penditures of the road funds of the
district road boards, the chief COM
plaint Of the bill being that the su-
. pervtsors have disbursed a large part
OF the county funds lin defiance of
j the law"
The petition requesting the injunction
also sets forth that the supervisors
have directed the issuing of warrants
drawn upon the said county levy paya-
, Bile to themselves as members Of the
board of supervisors, i'll comp pansation
for attendance upon more meetings of
said board of supervisors than is al
Z lowed by law i'll any one year"
The supervisors also are charged by
the petitioners with having directed
the issuance of warrants payable to
themselves or some of them, drawn
upon the said county levy for materials
: labor and supplies. alleged to havc been
furnished by them
Calls Attention to Law.
The petition also calls attention to the
fact that the supervisors .Lr. permitted
by law to collect Sc per inec-ina for
only twenty-five meetings in one year,
and charges they have collected large
sums for meetings which were not held.
A charge of using county money
to cover expenses incident to trips
to other parts of Virginia also is
placed against the officials by the Pc
tition.
1t is further charged that no audit
of accounts of the road boards had
been kept and money was issued
without requiring bond; that in MAX
ing awards for road building the
board has not given contracts to the
: lowest bidders, as required by law.
and payment for road work has been
. made without asking for itemized
statements. affidavits and vouchers,
required by law.
The citizens petition. which was
filed through Attorney I. Morris
Wampler of Washington, makes the
following defendants in the case:
i. l.. Ballinger, George i. Harrison.
w. F. p. Reid, c. n. Stewart ID. w.
visors; Wilson NJ Farr. common
, wealth attorney, and +. w. Huddles-
ton, treasurer.
The complainants are listed as f.
NJ. Mohler. c. 5. Cooper, +. F. Thomp-
= Son, d. c. Mahoney, III. A. Sager c. NJ.
budding, b. F. Mcguire and A II.
Kirk.
Further Charges Enumerated.
: ggFurther charges enumerated In the
/. petition are:
THAT Commonwealth Attorney Farr
bad knowledge of the acts of the su-
nxyisors and failed to take any aG-
Evening star., 1923-12-20

tion. That the board has failed to
set aside one-fourth of the road
money for a macadamized system of
roads as required by law. That since
January /. 1920. practically every OFF,
cial act of George f, Harrison, rs
chairman of the road board, has been
without the sanction of law, illegal
and contrary to the express provisions
of law.
That Harrison has received large
sums for road work when the law
prescribed that no supervisors shall
be paid for such work. Warrants
for road work were issued to Harri-
son on December 3. 1919, for S1.5O0. 80
That certain warrants for $1,000,
$500 and 5000 were issued to Harri-
son and post-dated after January l,
1924. and they have been by him
either discounted or placed as col
lateral in the National Bank at Hern-
don, Va, and Citizens National Bank
of Alexandria, Va, to the credit -
himself"
That Harrison collected certain
sums of money from the town of
Herndon. Va. in payment for serv-
ices rendered by him on the streets
and for hire and use of tractor and
Evening star., 1923-12-20
The Old School.

From the New York Sun.
Governor Smith said at a banquet
in Utica:
Deliver us from the say nothing,
standpat politician of the old school
"A politician of this cautious type
was travelling in the west when he
came upon two cowboys. The cow
boys had just awakened from a long
sleep, and they we're disputing about
dim light in the sky. Was Ii the
sun or was 1t the moon? One cowboy
held to the sun theory. the other was
moon advocate. and on the politi-
clans appearance they agreed to lay
their case before him and abide by
his decision.
The politician listened carefully
to the cowboys arguments pro and
con, then he shook his head
Amt got nothin' to say, boys
he muttered I'm a stranger in these
parts"
Evening star., 1923-12-20

other equipment, the property of an
other road district, and that Harrf-
son failed to turn these moneys over
to the county.
That although required by law to
attend all meetings of the board, the
commonwe attorney has failed to
do so, and has failed to resist the al
lowance of claims, many OF which
have been unjust and not In accord
auce with the law,
That +. l.. Bailinger is a resident of
Alexandria,, ana is not qualified to
serve as board member in Fairfax.
L. w. Huddleston, county treasurer,
is temporarily restrained by the or
der from paying from the county and
district road funds any post-dated
warrants on any of the county funds
The supervisors are temporarily re-
stra lined from authorizing any war
rants upon the county funds, con-
trary to law. The treasurer is re-
strained from issuing further war
rants other than for mileage and Sc
per meeting to Chairman Harrison.
Evening star., 1923-12-20

The United States, with only one
sixteenth OF the worlds population, has
one-siXth of the worlds live stock
Evening star., 1923-12-20

Tennysou left college without TAX
ing degree.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
HAYNES STARTS
NEW WAR ON
BREWERY
Many Licensed Places Violat-
ing Law, He Says-6oo
Still Open.

Further closing down of licensed
breweries in the United States be-
cause of consistent violations of the
prohibition laws doomed as a posi-
bility today following complaints to
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
of alleged misuse of privileges by
several breweries.
During the past month, Haynes
said, he had received reports charg-
ing large breweries with possession,
manufacture, sale and Transports
ton of huge quantities of beer con-
tanning more than the authorized
11a per cent of alcohol.
THE brewery situation is one of
the most difficult problems with
which we are confronted, although
the number of breweries in the
country has been reduced from
1850 prior to prohibition to about
600 at the present time" Haynes
said.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
WILL
WEAR fine
GOWNS
Gorgeous and Costly Silks to
Adorn Girls Chosen for
Shrine Honors.

Cleopatra and the ladies of her
court during the Shrine session in
June are to be clad in magnificence
which would have made the royal
queen of the Nile gasp.
Silk in the time of Cleopatra,
Julius Caesar. and Mark Antony
was an exceedingly rare and costly
facric. In those days the trade
with distant China was just begin
ming to open by a sort OF relay
system. The merchants and trad
ers who brought the first of the
splendid product of the then ancient
Chinese Empire obtained it at the
cost of long, weary, dangerous
months of caravan travel across
burning sands and rock strewn
wastes.
kings and queens, who gave scant
heed to cost and had the wealth
OF struggling natiGn OF landless
men and slaves to satisfy their
desires.
Wonderful COlOrs.
Thus, when the Cleopatra and
her maidens of today are offered an
immense stock of silks Of all colors
from which to choose, they are in
dulging in what to the real Cleo
patra would have been a dream of
unRttainable luxury. Silks in what
have been offered for the costumes
Of the Cleopatra and her maids in
the coming Shrine week, by Lans-
burgh and Brother, 420 Seventh
street northwest.
Tho nnInrC ond 1aCfCnc fnY. tho
costumes WILDE selected by Mrs.
Marie Moore Forrest, art director
of the Shrine pageant. and Mrs.
Howard L. Hodgkins, wife of the
president of George Washington
University, who will assist in Great
ing a historically correct picture of
the days to be depicted.
The almost barbarically magnifi.
cent color schemes which character
lied the Egyptian court of those
days and which have been pre-
| served to us through the wonderful
paintings in the tombs and temples
| which have survived to this day,
| will be followed out in the de.
signs.
To Select Girls.
Selection of the girls who will
: pun lIdy Llc dlClenL queen anu IleI
| Attendants is now less than ten days
away. Competition for the honor
has brought contestants from every
| section of the city into line.
In addition to the board of judges
announced yesterday seventh
member, to break the balance in
case of tie decision. was added
today. She is Mrs. G. p Hutchinson
manager of Bachrach's Studio
! 1927 F street northwest, the official
| photographers for the contest
Applications for entrance in the
contest should be made Immediately
at the contest office, Room sac
Munsey building, which will be
open from 8 a. m. to p. M,
daily until May 10, when the con
test closes. Applicants must regis
ter in person and either bring a
recent photograph or secure an
order for free sitting at Bach
| rach'S,
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

officer in Los Angeles. DR.. Powers
conceived the idea that if such a
medical center could become known
as a selling agency for drugs, ii
would attract victims of the habits
and permit the municipal health of.
ficials to obtain much accurate data
as to the extent of the evil.
$500 Addicts Treated.
He said that the clinic attracted
more than $500 addicts in the
course of year and that the city
of Los Angeles thus obtained infor.
nation of the highest value in com
batting the secret distribution Of
dope" there. Drugs were dis
pensed to addicts in reduced ouan.
titles at Z cents per grain at a
time when peddlers were obtaining
as high as SO for the same amount
In this way the trade Of the drug
peddler was so greatly cut down
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

that many Of his number went out
Of business.
The French ambassador, J. J.
Jusserand. made an appeal to the
conference for international coop.
GRAFTON in crushing the dope evil,
and said France would stand side
by side with the United States in a
sound, great and moral fight
Mrs. Dorothy Davenport Reid.
widow of "WaIly" Reid, the movie
star who died a victim of drug ad-
diction, was introduced to the con-
ference yesterday and will be the
guest at the banquet to be given to-
night to the delegates.
Ing brief speech made by Miss
Adele st. John, scenario writer.
Mrs. Reid was characterized as the
Jeanne dare" OF the anti-narcotic
movement.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
FOUR SEEKING ELECTION
TO GLEN ECHO COUNCIL

Four candidates are in the race
for town councilmen of Glen Echo,
Md, to fill vacancies created with
expiration of the terms of Edwin G..
Boswell and DR.. W. II. Houghton.
The election will be held May Z.
Candidates are Griffin V. Canada,
Wilbur S. Carroll, Fl. T. McCuen and
c. b. MCDANIEL. Carroll and Can
ada are runL\g on platform of
civic hetterment through business
cooperation. McCuen and McDan-
nell are officers of the Glen Echo
Citizens Association.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
BIG HOLLOW NOTES.

I.ongside Burns got a letter yes
terday from his uncle in Scotland
that he had most forgot he had,
by the name Of HeIhowie Burns.
load Of rye to a distilIeFy the other
day and was down in London spend
ing the money and while there he
run across man named Brtckley
that said he knew lots Of folks In
the Hollow. This must be the mys-
teriOus Bootleg Brickley, who has
not been here for a long time now,
as a result of which the boys have
gone to making their own ticker.
Chances are he has just been over
some of them rum runners, though,
and will be back before long with
some real stuff. We put this item
first today as It Will be interesting
to more people than anything else.
EIzeber TOmpkins was in town
yesterday. He had letter from
his niece, Miss Cutie WOOgins, who
folks. Cutie has quit the burIesque
show and will go out to Los Angeles
beauty in the next Bull Montana
picture. She will get eighty dollars
q week to start on. which shows
how high Cutie is thought Of in the
Mimic World.
Sheriff Blue was here yesterday
trying to get William Snubgrass to
tell who sold him the vanilla ex-
tract he said he got drunk on last
week. but william says he will not
tell, as they can't do nothing to him
for drinking 1t.
Sylvester SIickliIIey has been on
the sick list a few days owing to
having et some not strictly fresh
eggs he bought from a man over to
StumbledOwn. our hens all having
took IayOff for a while. Sigsbee
Maine WimpuS will stay the rest of
the week and help Sylvester till he
Is plumb well.
Miss Quita Legg covered herself
with hOnOrs as "Tabby" In the
amateur musical comedy every Bad
Tommy" which was held in the
Opery house at Granville last FRI
day night. II in rumOred that q
man who knows the man who runs
the FOllies was there and said she
was not exactly hard on his eyes.
Our girls will put the Hollow on the
big map yet.
EigOtt PhitZ Is just back from
Chicago where he said he went to
visit his aunt.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
B A K { R s
REJECT
TERMS
Striking Unionists Declare
They Will Not Recede From
Wage Demand.

Officers of striking union
bakers this afternoon declared the
membership stood unanimously
against any compromise on the
terms, refusal to accede to which
by the Employing Bakers Assoc
citation led to a walkout Tuesday.
Unionists Hold Out.
This was the word brought from q
heavily attended meeting of the
strikers at Typographical Temple.
The demands from which the union
spokesman declare there can be no
recession are as follows:
One dollar an hour for day work
and $3.50 an hour for night work.
A night pay period running from
d. m. to a. m. instead Of from
p. m. to 6 a. m.
Disseminating the practice Ba,id
to be eMSloyed in but one of the big
District bakeries, Of using helpers
on automatic mixing machines in.
stead of journeymen bakers.
The compromise terms of set.
Element were brought back from a
meeting yesterday between execu-
tive committees for the union and
the employers association in the
Bureau OF Mediation and Concilia-
ton, Department of Labor, never
had a chance for acceptance accord
ing to Charles Kamm, president,
and L. A. Watson, vice president
of the union.
This strike is won now posi-,
lively asserted Kamm and Watson
today 1--WE will stick to our de-
mands. If the employers had Of
fered to meet with our executive
committee to negotiate the new
annual agreement between April
10 and April 30. and had assented
to the compromise terms there
would have been no strike. They
made no move to do this, how
possible. At the same time, we
representatives whenever they so
desire"
Claim Three Victories.
While the union men were meet
ing, Afficers of the employers asso-
citation were comforting with their
general attorney, Louis A. S.
Steiss, at the Southern building,
No statement was Forthcoming
from them.
The strikers now claim accession
to their demands by three union
bakeries as follows:
general Baking Company, the
William p. Berg Bakery and
Charles Scheuch's Bakery.
It was announced. that the Berg
firm had phoned to Typographical
Temple during the meeting and re-
quested it's men to come back to
work. When this information was
given the membership a loud and
prolonged cheering ensued.
The strikers recessed at 1915
o'clock and appeared to be in a
most optimistic frame OF mind
Meanwhile, Hugh L. Kerwin, di.
| rector Of Cancellation, Department
| of Labor, was awaiting develop
| ments. He said he had heard moth
| ing this morning from either EN-
ployers or strikers He was to
| confer with John B. Colpoys, con
Citation commissioner, relative to
the possibility Of getting the two
sides together for a second con
| ference.
AS the union officers left the hal
| thew made this forecast:
1--WE will be back at work to
| night on the 81 and 81 20 schedule ;
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
SPECIAL MUSIC SERVICE At
ST. MARCARET'S CHURCH

At st. Margaret's Church, Con-
necticut avenue and Bancroft place,
on Sunday afternoon, May 6, at
4:30. there will be a special mu-
steal service by the vested choir.
This will he the last musical serv-
ice until October next. The pro-
r0'm will include part 2 of Maun-
der's cantata. Pardon" the Sane
tive from GOunod's Messe SolenneIle,
1.-THE Radiant Morn Has Passed
Away" nv Woodward: Lift Up
Your Heads" nv Hopkins, and at
III" offcrtorY Gounod's Forever
With the Lord" for soprano and
ContraltO.
The solosts will be Mrs Marks,
Mrs. Grael, Mr. GantZ, and Mr.
Diehert, with Mr. Macleod at the
organ.
The public is cordially invited to
attend
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
Hurt on Motorcycle.

Hugh Francis, 619 Tenth street
northeast, suffered bruises on the
body when the motorcycle he was
operating was in collision with an
automobile today at Massachusetts
avenue and Twelfth street. He
was treated at Emergency Hospital
and WAS later removed to his home.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
STEEL ARRIVES FOR
NEW AUDITORIUM

The first lot of structural steel
to be used in the erection of the
new Washington Auditorium ar
rived yesterday. and is today being
transported to the site of the build
ing, Nineteenth street and New
York avenue northwest.
1t was announced this morning
that contracts for $50 chairs for
use in the boxes of the auditorium
have been let. The building is ex-
pected to be ready for occupancy
October
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
CHAIR WARMER
CHAMPIONSHIP

Dear Bill: Your cont1-ibs huU-
ing devoted considerable space
to the subject of remedies to get
rid of chair FARMERS, aVGnt to
ask your army of fans If they
know who possesses, or should
possess, the long-distance record
in Washington for cIair-wGrm-
ing? There are so many of these
chaps aoho call on girls, or hap
pen to be invited to parties, that
1t is difficult to pick the wimmer.
Some of them G.e endurance
stickers 1Oith ntnrtIt0us records.
/ kno1O one chair Wdrmer WIlo
claims that certain girl Hung
on His Words one night for S
hours, 2S minutes, 81 seconds.
. HEZEKIAH.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
Alumni to Hear Washburn.

DIR. f. w. Washburn will be the
principal speaker at the weekly
luncheon of the Washington alumni
OF the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology to be held tomorrow
afternoon a. 1880 o'clock at the
University Club.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
LAME On
Loss BY
LINES
Utilities Commission Inquiry
DiscIoses Decrease in Pas
sengers and Income.

There is. practically no hope of
an early reduction in street car
fares in Washington. Examina4
ton of the earnings of the WASH
ington Railway and Electric
Company and Capital Traction
Company today showed that both
corporations suffered losses IN
revenue and passengers for the
first two months of this year as
compared with the same months
in 1922.
Officials Study Figures.
Walter c. Allen, executive sec
rotary of the Public Utilities Com
mission, in going over the records
said that the figures do not Indicate
that a reduction in fare is near.
In 1922, figures of the commits
sion disclose, both companies re-
ported a reduction in revenue each
Of 100000 as compared with the
calendar year 1921.
Traffic this year is steadily de-
creasing. In January the Capital
Traction Company lost 121 1874 pas.
sengers as compared with the same
It =
loss was 3$1 ,074 as compared with
1921. In addition there was a rev
enue loss of $34,750 for February.
The loss was due somewhat to a
fare reduction last year, hut
largely to passenger loss.
On the lines Of the w. r. & r.
traffic for january of this year
increased 2S4,94 over January,
1922. However. this is not general
~ accepted as a real increase for
in Jafiuary, 1922, washington had
q big snowstorm during which cars
on this line were idle four DAYS. In
February there was passenger
loss of $4,000 as compared with
1922.
Decrease Is Continuing.
The passenger decrease is CON
tinuing. according to officials of
the commission
The w. r. & E. shows reduc.
ton in revenue for February of
this year of $16,908 as compared
with February last year.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

Whats that fellow laughing at
who is reading The Times?"
"He's laughing because he hasn't
sent Bill any dope for a month and
has found a cOrking good joke
which has been credited to him by
mistake" HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
Manager.-How IL the new maya
zine editor working
EditOr-Just periodically"
HANK HAWKINS.
PSYCHOLOGISTS.

It's strange hoaO oar emotions
affect as. When a girl gets
married her mother and friends
cry. When q man gets married,
his friends get drunk, If they
can.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
WITH us ALWAYS.

Commenting on a meaUs item
that Senator La FoLtette's "prize
bull persisted IN a farm fire."
a contrib says there must be
some mistake, for cas- long as
Bob liUes his bull will be Nth
us."
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
Writer'S League Meeting,

literary program has been ar
ranged for the Writer'S League
meeting to be held at the Public
Library at 8 o'clock tomorrow
night.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

GosIin, of Gr1fs team, IS
not the kind of "ducE" that
takes to mater, so he just
puts a game ON ice-gOOd
skater, that lad.
HARPERS FERRY.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

The cosmetic bill for the fair
sea- q0Gs oVer $4,000, 900 last
gear. That's laying 1t on aOith a
vengeance.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03
Urges Honesty In Drug Crusade

THE DUKES NEW BOSS.
The Duke of Yonc is aOedded,
Just like the rest of us;
No more beU be sWell-heGded-
Poor little royal cuSs!
He'll haze to be IN early
And 1oipe has feet with care;
Look not on cuties curly,
And of the booze beOGre.
He'll haze to let the chauffeur
Do all the driving 1aoaC,
And be the proper loafer,
With her to tell him hOaO!
He'll mind his p's and q'ses
And neVe7 drop has fork,
For she won't take excuses
Fen from the Duke of York!
GENE BLOSSOM
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

The felLoao wbo ltsed to stick
out his stomach IN the parade,
and claim 1t 1OGs his chest, has
disappeared Nth the feLIoW t0ho
had the red nose and said he had
skin disease or blood poison.
England may haze a monopoly
on oil aoels, but think of the
monopoly oar otOn Congress has
on gas.
EUen tomato has its good
points. Did you eVer stop to
think 10hnt you can do to an
enemy aOith sick tongnto2
THOMAS J. FORD.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

Sunday school teacher--JOhnnie,
what does your father say before
meals?
JOhnnie-GO easy on the bread,
kids, the bakers are on strike.
TON CULHANE.
The Washington times., 1923-05-03

"HildG, tell that neaO bodrde4'
he must get up earlier if he
aVGnts his oats"
The border vidette., 1923-09-29
DE Ia AUERTA TAKES VACATION

Secretary of the Treasury oil
Mexico Adclfo de la Huerta, who
recently requested leave of ab.
sence from duties, has been
granted his request by President
Alvaro Obregon and will soon
deprrt for the United States,
says the Nogales Herald.
De la Huerta manifests the de.
sire to seek rest but it is geher
ally believed that the move is
made to enable General Gales to
carry on his presidential cam.
paign unencumbered by the pres.
ence of De la Huerta.
According to the laws of Mex.
leo a candidate for the presi.
dency must remain in the country
and all those who adjourn to
foreign territory during the cam.
paign are disqualified. De Ia
Huerta recently made public his
desire to remain out of the pres
idential races and it is generally
believed that the present move
is made to enable General Gales
to receive the support that would
otherwise go to him.
The border vidette., 1923-09-29
NOTICE or ASSIGNMENT FOR BENE-
FIT or CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given that r.
Favela, of Nogales, Santa Cruz
Couty, Arizona, on September
11th. 1923, made an assignment
to Manuel Escalada for the ben.
eft of his ceditors. All credi.
tors of said F. Favela consent.
ing to such assignment shall
make known to the undersigned
assignee their consent in writ.
ing, within four CD months after
the publication of this notice,
and no creditors not asserting
shall receive or take any benefit
under the assignment.
Dated Septemb Der 13, 1923.
MANUEL ESCALADA,
9 % st. Assignee.