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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
White Couple Want
CoIored Minister
To Marry Them

The marriage license clerk at
the Court House is made the
confidant Of peculiar requests,
and today Colonel Below, who is
acting in the place of Colonel
Knoll, who is on vacation, chalk
ed up another odd incident to
his experience as Cupid's IL
termediary.
Otto A. Kropp, thirty, of Tux
edo, Nd, accompanied by Mrs.
Laura O. Lewis, thirty-one, Of
this city, applied for q license.
Being asked by Colonel Below
whether they had arranged with
q minister for the ceremony,
Mrs. Lewis said that she would
like to have the Rev. William
j. Howard, colored, pastor of
the Zion Baptist Church, to tie
the knot, notwithstanding the
fact that both she and the
groom are white. Mrs. Lewis
said she had known the Rev.
Howard for some years and
preferred to be married by him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
TEST
ARRANGED FOR
MOTORISTS
Association Committee Will
Have Corrections Made Free
For Members.

In order to effect a remedy of
existing defective headlights OF
District motorists the Motor. We.
hicle Lighting Committee of the
National Motorist Association, an
nounced today that arrangements
had been made to have the head.
lights Of it's members corrected
free Of cost.
Tests made by the Bureau of
Standards, in conjunction with the
N. M. A. and the A. A. A., show
that over 80 per cent Of the auto.
mobiles in the District are not
complying with the law regarding
the proper headlight focal adjust.
ment.
Twelve States, including Mary
land and Virginia, have headlight
laws, similar to those Of the Dis.
trict and motorists are warned that
they run a risk of being arrested in
these States, aside from the dan.
ger to other motorists and them.
selves due to defective lights.
Arrangements have been made
by the association at the following
garages for it's members to secure
headlight tests, free of charge,
while motorists not members Of
the association, can secure the test
at nominal cost:
Barretts Garage, oath and M
streets northwest; Brookland Ga.
rage. 1000 Michigan avenue north
east: Collegeman Service Station,
$3.50 Georgia avenue northwest;
Congressional Garage, 626 Pennsyl.
vania avenue southeast; Creel
Brothers, 1912 14th street north
west: Gutridge Garage. 1919 L
street northwest: Irving Street Ga.
rage, 1925 Irving street northwest;
Liberty Garage. Florida avenue aid
You street northwest: Ninth street
Garage, 1894 9th street northwest:
New Royal Garage, 1915 L street
northwest; Packard Service Station,
t707 Kalorama Road northwest;
Stoneleigh Garage, 1907 L street
northwest; Washington Accessories
Co., 18th and L streets northwest,
and Wayne Smith & Co Garage,
2201 M street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
CEMENT BLOCK FALLING
~ STORIES KILLS HORSE

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. pa
horse was instantly killed when II
was struck by a 100-pound concrete
block which fell from the seven
teenth story of a building under
construction at Fifteenth and Chest
nut streets. Hundreds of persons
were in the vicinity when the block
fell.
Blocks were being hoisted to the
top Of the building. One Of them
slipped in the tackle at the seven
teenth story and pointed at an
angle toward the street. Mounted
Policeman John Lowler, who was
watching the ascent OF the block
shouted a warning, and as he did
80 the block slipped and fell. II
struck the horse. hitched to a
wagon at the curb. The horse
was owned by Scott Brothers, con.
tractors, who are in charge of the
work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
CALLS new YORK
GREATEST Of
CITIES
German Lecturer Declares
Skyscrapers surpass Build
ings Of Europe.
BY JAMES X. POLLOCK, Jr.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

WILLIAMSBURG. Mass, Aug.
25.-"The modern Rome" the city
which is destined to be the pivotal
point and the ruler OF the modern
world, is the way Count Harry Kess.
Ter, the German lecturer at the In
stitute Of Politics. pictured New
York city today.
"As came up the bay on foggy
morning." he said, between the
heads Of the reporters who surround.
ed me, / saw rising in magnificent
grandeur the Incompatible skyscrap-
ers of New York. l was completely
overwhelmed / scarcely believed
anything could make such an impress.
sion on me.
Makes London Seem Provincial.
after being in the city for a time,
I felt as II London were provincial
and tiny beside it. The huge, mas
sive buildings rising to the clouds
impressed me as almost too great to
comprehend. We have big structures
in Europe, but we do not have great
structures like America.
Upon seeing Broadway at night.
after an absence of twenty-five
years, was enthralled by the fan.
tastic electric displays which pro-
duce such vari-colored effects and
make streaks Of light dance hither
and thither.
But the greatness of the impress
sion made upon me by New York
city does not crowd out other I'M
pressions of America. In previous
visits have been impressed with
the splendid hospitality of Ameri.
cans, and find that this enviable
characteristic exists today even
more generally than before.
AdmireS Hospitality.
For instance, 1t is perfectly de-
lightful to be walking along and
have some persons whom you have
only seen a few times before per.
haps, drive up and ask you to join
him or his party on picnic or ak
cursion into the country. Nothing Of
the sort ever happens in Europe, or
could happen. America is absolutely
distinctive in this respect as she is
in many other ways.
American architecture is so far
ahead of European architecture that
there Is no comparison. OF course,
we have great cathedrals and the
Alhambra, but we have nothing to
compare to the Woolworth building
or the Pennsylvania station in New
York, or the Union station in Wash.
ington. The greatness is impress.
siVe."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
FLIES 300 MILES
7 D D YIN G
FATHER
Mail Aviator Knight Rushes
Through Air From Wyom-
ing to Michigan.
BY international News Service

BUCHANAN, Mich, Aug. 25.-
Flying from Cheyenne, Wyo., more
than 900 miles in two airplanes,
Mail Aviator Jack knight arrived
here at a. m. Central time), today,
to go to the bedside of his father,
DR.. N. F. Knight, believed dying.
The flight consumed approximately
ten hours and thirty minutes. knight
flew at an average altitude Of 1900
feet.
The flight was made in q Govern
ment plane from Cheyenne to
Omaha. There he mounted a private
plane. Most Of the flying was un.
hampered, but fog was encountered
at Clinton. Iowa. and at Iowa City.
The flight was almost one.third of
the way across the continent.
DR.. Knight, veteran practitioner,
is i'll OF an undiagnosed malady.
His death is believed near.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
WOMAN STEPS ON BIG
SNAKE IN BATH ROOM

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 25.-It
was friendly snake. but Mrs.
Laura Clemens, West PHILADELPHIA
does not relish the companionship
Of snakes. whether friendly Or
otherwise. When Mrs. Clemens
arose yesterday morning and went
to the bathroom she stepped on
something which coiled beneath her
feet.
Discovering 1t was a five.foot
snake, she ran screaming into the
corridor and tainted. The snake.
which was a pet and trained, evil
IDENTIFY believed Mrs. Clemens was
playing with 1t and followed her
into the corridor. When other occu-
pants of the house. attracted by her
screams, arrived, they found the
snake curling close to the prostrate
woman. One of the men quickly
killed the reptile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
Los.
800 IN RUSH
ON MO0RS
Rebels Still Hold Positi.
With Casualties Put
at 600.

PARIS, Aug. 25.-A combined 4.
fantry, artillery, gas and airpla,
attack against the Riff position (
Alhucemas proved unsuccessful Fl
the Spanish, according to inform
ton from the Moroccan front 4;
day. The Spaniards were said I
have lost 800 men. The reh,
losses were put at 600.
A Tangier dispatch reported thu
the Riffs were advancing TOWARD
Tetouan inflicting heavy casualtie
upon the Spanish.
Fighting is in progress twenty
five miles from Tetouan. ABIDE
Krim. the rebel commander. ha
cut communications between She
shoun and Tetouan. He is pre-
pairing to make an effort to car
ture Tetouan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
PROMISED BRIDE
LEAVES WITH
Hill ii
HIS $3.50
John Frinarchi Robbed by
Schemers in Vendetta
Cursed House.

Has the curse Of q dying italian,
who swore eternal damnation on
the house in which he was slain,
come to pass?
Skeptical police say no. Italians
say yes. And these are the cir,
cumstances which lead residents
of Washington's little italy to think
that when Basilio Forcomini was
dying of q bullet shot in his neck
he called down upon Wonder
Court, the most feared curse in all
the world, the vendetta:
House Has Dark Record.
A dozen brawls, in some OF which
participants were forced to. seek
hospital treatment: two cases
wherein a resident of number Z
has been cheated out of hundreds
Of dollars; and a murder, for
have committed it was brought
to Washington yesterday to face
the gallows.
And last night John Frinarchi,
fifty, latest resident OF the mys-
terry house, was the victim Of a
trio of schemers who mulcted him
out Of $3.50. Italians point out that
the man who committed a murder
in the house, came back to the
city a few hours. before the evil
spirit. guardian Of the house, de.
creed that another should fall a
victim of it's ruthlessness.
Frinarchi told the police a trio
of Italians came to his home last
night. One of them was a woman
a 40 - $AA hnA ~
her. The fifty-year-old widower was
not hard to work, and he agreed to
marry the woman, giving her $3.50.
The Lady Sw0Oned.
The cash passed hands and she
swooned q few minutes later.
Frinarchi went for some aromatic
spirits Of ammonia and when he
came back, all were gone. It was
the second time that he had bitten
for the same game, he later told the
police.
Frank Campoli murdered his
friend, Basilio Forcomini, at s
Wonder court, March Is. They
were always bosom friends, but the
booze they drank that Sunday
night put them both In nasty tenn
pers. A fight started, and CampoIi
shot Forcomini through the neck
with a .45.caliber pistol Forcomini
died almost instantly and his slayer
fled from the city.
He lodged the police for five
months and then he fell a victim Of
the relentlessness of the law and
of the italian vendetta. Italians
knew it would be so. Had not the
curse OF dying man been placed
upon his slayer and the slayer's
home?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
JAZZ MANIA OF
j. s. WOMEN IS
LAID TQMEN
Elinor OIyn Says Male Fails to
Show Necessary Attention
to His Mate.
~ Cosnnopolitan News Service.

Los ANGELES, Aug. 25.-If the
American female Of the sex 10 more
deadlier than the male the FAULT
lies with the male, according to
Elinor .Glyn, author Of Three
Weeks and other novels. The
English author was on record today
with the unqualified declaration
that the iH1attention Of American
men to American women has sent
them wandering afield into the land
OF Jazz mania" to supply the ro-
nance they crave.
Here. in part, Is what Madame
Glyn says:
american men are not supplying
the need OF their women with food
for the imagination. IL the Amer.
lean women were left the memory
Of graceful words Of phrases to
occupy their inaginations during
their leisure hours they would not
80 in for jazz MANIA smoking ttl,-
drinking as much as they do.
Where q woman seeks outre
diversions or oddities In dress it Is
ply the needs OF wonanhood.
.'The American woman prefers
the quiet and order OF home life
and an existence where law and
order form the keynote to the Jazz
mania is practically forced upon
them.
zone does not find the women
dressing, smoking and drinking in
public In any other country as Is
the rule In America today. This Is
because the women of other nations
are not starved for the graces ni
life in the attentions and word
from their men as are women i
the United States.
Women are naturally monogan
GUS. Men are polygamous. This :
q matter Of nature. It thus /!
harder for a man to be true to
woman than for woman to
true to q man. She simply follow
her instincts in this matter while
man must overcome natural tie 4
dency and Instincts in the 9th,
direction.
at is deeds that draw q wonls
to man, but it is words viii,
hold her love for him. Once 4
man a woman loves has won h
for his wife, it is not what
does, but what he says, Whi
keeps her love alive"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
U.S.UNL|KELYT TO
RETAIN LEAD
ASBANKER
Writer Sees Little il Our Popu-
lar Viewpoint to Mark Us as
Great Creditor Nation.

By MERRYLE s. RUKEYSER.
Copyright, 1923, by Star Co. Inc,
and distributed by Cosmopolitan

@ News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-The war
reshuffled the cards in the game
Of international finance. and left
the United States at the head of the
table. Financiers are wondering
whether this country win retain its
new role as banker or creditors Tor
the rest Of the world. and IL so. to
what extent.
AS result OF being in the credi.
tor position. America found the tides
of trade shifting during the early
months Of this year, when the bal
ance of trade became 'unfavorable.
The country imported more than
Europe, In other words, the rest
Of the world shipped an excess Of
goods here for the purpose of help
ing pay off its debt TO US.
Whether the United States re-
mains a world banker depends
partly on the degree to which Great
Britain, formerly the worlds finan-
cier, will come back. and also the
rate of economic development in
this country. Until America gets
more completely built up. home in
iustries will compete actively with
foreign. borrowers for funds, and,
from the standpoint of safety, the
domestic interests win have the
call.
England, though depressed in
dustrially because Of the low pur.
chasing power of Europe, in the
throes of the reparations dispute,
has gone far in the financial re-
cuperation. bringing the pound ster-
ling close to parity. Moreover. az.
a result Of lower interest rates than
those prevailing here, 1t has already
to a considerable extent regained
its primacy al banker for foreign
countries and, merchants.
In my opinion. America seems
destined to play much larger role
in foreign financing than before the
war, despite the present hesitation,
but it will not participate in foreign
financing to the exclusion OF home
development and will share the op.
portunities of international money
lending with London. which seenls
better adapted to performing such
q service. ',
An interesting study Of the sub.
ject has been made by G. e. Griffin,
Of the University Of Michigan, who
thinks 1t possible that America will
play smaller part in world finance
in the future than since 1915.
There els little in our national
politics and popular point Of view"
he writes in the Journal Of Political
Economy, that marks us as a great
creditor country. We still view
foreign investment as q temporary
makeshift to enable embarrassed
customers to buy from US. We are
constantly concerned with the re-
payment Of these investments. A
creditor country does not expect !,
collect its principal; 1t Is only con-
cerned with the annual interest and
expects to reinvest its capital as
old loans mature
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therefore, our country would not be
laid waste, as it would by France
were she our enemy. Moreover, &C.
cording to all human reckoning, the
victory of Franco German alliance
over England would be practically
certain.
"It would be in the interest of Eu-
rope, and for Germany in particular
1t would be great good fortune, II
the Anglo-French war could be avert.
ed, Whatever be the outcome, lts
effect would be devastating. Tho
economic disintegration of Europe
would be fastened by it and the need
and misery in all lands would neces-
sarily rise.
"Yet 1t seems extremely doubtful
whether any statesman in England
or France can avoid the clash be-
tween the two powers whose vital in
terests conflict, apparently irrecon-
cilabIy."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
PRETTY IRISH GIRL
BEATS QUOTA LAW

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.--Miss Bir-
die Lawn, comedy Irish girl from
Castlerea, County Roscommon, has
emerged winner in a game Of tech.
nicalities on Ellis Island and has
begun her new life in the house.
hold of her aunt, Mrs. Nora Jonn-
ston, in Newark.
It took several days for the i'm.
migration officials to reconcile the
GIRLS status as servant" with the
declared intention Of adoption by
the aunt, but Miss LAWN finally
convinced them that she had as
much right to be adopted as a do.
mestic servant" as she would have
to be adopted as an heiress or 10.
cietY belle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
COOLIDGE HEARS
FARM CREDIT
PLANS
Calls Bureau Heads, Who As
sure Him Growers Will
Be Cared For.
By n. X. REYNOLDS,
international News Service.

President Coolidge tackled the
agricultural problem in earnest to-
day, comforting at the White House
with members Of the Federal Farm
Loan Board, the financial agency
which is charged with providing
credit facilities for the farm-to-
market crop movement this fall.
Headed by Chairman Robert A.
Cooper, the board reported on the
progress II had made In establish
ing the twelve new intermediate
credit banks throughout the coun.
try, and assured the President that
there would be no difficulty in
carrying out the plans of Congress
for an adequate farm credits system,
despite the pessimistic reports on
economic conditions from some pro-
ducing centers.
Chairman Cooper said the inter.
mediate credit banks were function.
ing well. though up to- the present
time the total loans have not been
great because sufficient time has not
elapsed since the establishment of
the banks Tor producers to take adj
vantage OF the new Federal credit
system.
The President was informed that
the board, through the flotation Of
bonds, planned to increase the re.
sources Of the intermediate banks
by at least $60,0OO,0 AS soon as
this money Is available it will be
placed at the command Of the farm.
ing interests.
Hope for Wheat Raises.
Members of the board were Of
the opinion that the big wheat sur.
plus would be dissipated when the
crop actually began to move to
market, and they were said to be
In accord with the belief Of the
Federal Reserve Board that there
would also be natural price ad.
justment which would improve the
financial conditions of the farmers.
It was stated at the White House
today that no practical plan for adj
ditional agricultural relief legislation
had been presented to the President
and that he was still opposed, there.
fore, to the calling of an extra
ordinary session Of Congress to con.
slider the problem OF the farmers.
Any new plan which the Admin
istration may adopt to help the
farmers will be worked oiit under
the direction Of Secretary of Agri.
culture Wallace, who 10 likewise con-
WINGED that nothing could be gained
by enacting price-fixing or other
legislation Of an arbitrary character.
No Price-F Fixing.
Governmental price.fixing has
never been successful" Wallace
said today. ''To fix the price OF
wheat, for instance, at a price sure
to give the farmer q margin OF
profit would mean so large an in.
crease in wheat acreage that the
supply would far exceed the de-
mand. Should the Government it.
self guarantee the price, huge ex.
penditures would be necessary.
For the Government to fix wheat
prices and buy all wheat at that fig
ure that could not be sold else.
where would mean that it also would
have to limit the acreage, and that
would involve 1t In a multitude Of
problems more vexing than those
with which it Is now confronted"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
STREET CAR STRIP FARE
IS. RAISED IN CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND. Aug. 25.-Street
car fares here will be advanced
from eleven tickets for so cents tc
five for % cents, effective Septem.
ber I, 1t. was announced by the
Cleveland Railway Company TO-
day.
The increase, due to automobile
competition and increased wages
for employees, will affect only the
rate at which tickets are sold. Cash
fares will remain s cents with a
penny for transfer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
BRICKLAYING CLASS
STARTED BY Y. M. c. A;

The educational department Of the
Y. M. G. A. has recognized the
ancient and honorable art of brick
laying. Courses in the trade, 1t was
announced today, will be opened
September 10, under supervision 81
e. A. Drum.
The study includes lectures
demonstrations and individual in,
struction in the laying Of common
brick and hollow tile and the mixing
Of mortar.
The announcement Of the Y. NJ
G. A. indicates that the trend Of the
times 10 away from white collar"
jobs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
BERRYPIcKER FINDS
MAN HANGING ON TREE

YORK, Pa, Aug. 25.-The body o.
SIN unknown man devoid of clothing
was found hanging from the branch
Of a tree in a woods on the farm of
Benjamin H. Bowser, near New Free
dom.
The gruesome discovery was made
by Charles L. Frey, who was picking
blackberries. 1t is believed that the
suicide was a former service man.
who had been seen in New Freedom
with the uniform of a soldier during
the last several DAYS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
THREATEN SACRAMENTO
WITH REIGN OF TERROR

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. 25.-
Sacramento is to be subjected to
a reign of terror" by the Indus
trial Workers of the World, and
members of the organization plan
to give the city 1.-The same kind
Of dose that was administered to
Centralia, Wash.,'' State autnori-
ties who are investigating the 40.
ttvities Of the organization In Cali.
fornia report.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
NOW THEY ARE SLOWING
LIQUOR IN LOBSTER TRAPS

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Aug. U.s.
Lobster pots are being used for
liquor caches along the Connecticut
shore of Long Island Sound, &C.
cording to officials.
A seizure Of $4,000 worth of al.
cohol on 3 truck near this city is
said to have been accumulated from
lobster traps.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
New Mascagnl Opera,

ROME, Aug. 25.-Pietre Mascaa.
nj, composer Of the world famous
opera. "Cavalleria Rusticana," an.
nounces that he Is just finishing an
opera entitled "Vistilla," which he
started when a youth of eighteen.
Mascagni will be sixty next month.
The new work is a three-act Roman
story OF the imperial epoch. staged
In Rome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
BAYONNE MAYOR WARNS
COPS TO STOP RUM SALES

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Mayor
Talbot and Commissioner of Public
Safety O'Connell Of Bayonne hav"
warned policemen to stop getting
drunk on post" cease bootleggins
activities" and paying money in
the form of campaign funds to the
higher ups"
Each of the 100 men on the force
was called to the City Hall and told
the same thing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
MOSQUITO BITE FATAL
TO PENNSYLV WANNA BOY

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. U.s.
Harry Wiley, sixteen years old, of
Dillsburg, died at the Harrisburg
Hospital as the result of a mosquito
bite received three weeks ago.
The boy scratched the bite and In
lection set in, which resulted in
blood poison and later meningitis
which caused his death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
Coolidge In Student League.

NEW. YORK, Aug. 25.-President
Coolidge has accepted honorary
membership in the Pan-American
Student League, an, organization
of students of the American re.
publics, designed to foster good will
among the nations of the Western
Hemisphere by promoting under.
standing among the younger gen.
GRAFTON. it was announced at inter.
national headquarters Of the league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
MarshaIL's law Partner Dies,

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, Aug. 25--
William F. McNagny. former law
partner Of Thomas r. Marshall, for
mer Vice President and a member
of Congress from the. twelfth In
diana district in 1892. is dead at his
home here today at the age of
seventy-five. He is survived by two
sons,