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The Washington times., 1923-11-23
DEAD LETTER SALE Is
WARNING TO CARELESS

AS an object lesson to Christmas
mailers who do not exercise suffi.
cient care in packing and addressing
Christmas parcels the Postoffice De.
partment has decided to hold a pre-
Christmas dead letter sale.
The sale will take place all day
Tuesday at c. G. Sloan & Co., 715
Thirteenth street northwest. Mer
chandise ranging from diamonds ia
automobile tires and handkerchief
to hosiery will be sold at auction.
Articles to be sold will be placed on
view at Sloan's Monday for the
benefit Of prospective purchasers.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
RUM SHIP SEARCH PACT
ARRIVES IN CAPITAL

Announcement was made at the
British Embassy today that the
text Of the Anglo-American liquor
smuggling treaty had been re.
ceived from London and that It
would be presented to Secretary Of
State Hughes during the afternoon.
The treaty. which was approved
in London by the British Council of
Pren1iers before the departure of
Ambassador Harvey for the United
States, gives American prohibitith
agents the right to search British
rum ships outside the three.mile
limit.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
PosToFFIcE is PREPARING
FOR THANKSGIVING RUSH
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Preparations have been completed
at the Washington, p0stoffice for
the expected influx of Thanksgiving
parcels post matter Of perishable
nature. During the past few years
the postal service has been called
upon to handle large quantities of
turkeys and other farm produce
dispatched by the mails.
The volume aof this sort of pro-
duce is expected to be larger this
year than in the past and 1t must,
of course, be handled rapidly: The
bulk of the mailing OF this type
is during the two days preceding
Thanksgiving and every branch
of the service will be speeded to
permit the detailing Of men for the
increased parcels post service, ar
cording to present plans.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
ARGUMENT 20 YEARS AGO
BRINGS COLLEGE 100000

CHICAGO, Nov. 23-A friendly
argument twenty years ago. was
indirectly responsible for William
s. Mason, Evanston banker, giving
100000 to Northwestern Univer-
sity to endow a chair in history.
Announcement of the gift has been
made by Dean James Alton James,
head of the history department, des-
ignated by the donor as the first
professor to hold the new chair.
The argument was between Ma
son and a friend who contended
that Benjamin Franklin was a
great scientist, the banker main
tanning he was not. Later Mason
studied Franklin's life and assem-.
bled what is said TO be the largest
private collection of Franklin relics.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
NJ ADOO'S SON IS.
DIVORCED IN
PARIS
IlI-Starred Society Wedding,
With Wilson Present,
Recalled Here.
Another Of society's elaborate

Another Of society's elaborate
weddings, performed in June,
1913, with President and Mrs.
Wilson as honored guests, has
gone on the rocks, according to
word received; today from Paris,
the European Reno.
Washington's social set is mildly
"agog" over the announcement
that F. H. McAdoo, Oldest son of the
former Secretary of the Treasury,
was divorced yesterday in eight
minutes by a Partisan tribunal
after he declined emphatically to
live longer with his wife, formerly
Miss Ethel Preston Mccormack.
McAdoo's mother is Mrs. Isaac E.
Emerson, the wife of Captain Elmer
son. Of Baltimore. and is a step
sister Of Mrs. Raymond 7. Baker,
formerly Mrs. Alfred Gwynec Van
derbilt and previous to that Mrs.
r. HI. McKim.
The McAdoos were married in
Green Spring Valley, Nd. on. June
81, 1918, and probably had one of
the most distinguished list of guests
at any wedding OF the year. led
by President and Mrs. Wilson and
the diplomatic and Cabinet set.
Among those who saw the nuptial
knot tied were Miss Jessie Wilson,
Miss Eleanor Wilson, Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall,
William Jennings Bryan, then Seere.
tary of State; Franklin X. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior; william
y. Wilson, Secretary Of Labor;
culture, and James C. McReynolds,
Attorney General.
Rain Spells Wedding.
Whether or not one of the cir
cumstances which delayed the wed
ding. served as an ill-omen, is u
matter OF conjecture to social busy.
bodies. Maybe SO, maybe not, but
a terrific dOwnpour of rain at the
hour set for the wedding upset plans
for an outdoor ceremony and neces-
STATED, after nearly an hours de-
lay, its performance in the rear Of
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home.
Descending suddenly, the storm
broke with such fury that time was
not even given for servants to re-
move the outside settings and the
rain in a few minutes DESTROYED
all of the elaborate decorations.
Six days before the wedding Mr..
and Mrs. McAdoo were refused a
marriage license in Baltimore be-
cause their wedding was to take
place in Baltimore county. An ex-
PLANTATION as to who the couple
were awaited them nothing, and
they went to Towson and a certifi.
cate was issued them there.
Miss Mccormack rave her age as
eighteen and the bridegroom said
he was twenty four.
The grounds on which the di.
vorce in Paris was granted, have
not rs yet been divulged. Only eight
minutes were consumed, however,
in the preliminaries and actual is
suance of the decree. McAdoo made
call yesterday morning to the
French court and stayed five min.
utes. He was told to come back
later and sign the papers which
he did and departed after three
minutes closeted with the Judge of
the tribunal.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
SENATORS TO HAVE FINAL
TRAFFIC HEARING TUESDAY

A final hearing on District traffic
will he held by the Senate
District Committee Tuesday.
Major J. Franklin Bell, Engineer
Commissioner. II. r.. Carlson, of
the Bureau Of Standards, and l.,
A. Cole, Of the National Hnfelv
Council. will testify. The two latter
will make recommendation regard
Ing headlight regulations.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
RETIREMENT CONFERENCE
FOR LEHLBAcH ACT

The Joint Conference on Retire
ment, representing national and local
trade union organizations interested
in Civil Service retirement upon
annuity, held its annual meeting at
the Continental Hotel last evening.
Representatives from forty organiza-
tions were present.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President,
Robert n. Acorn: secretary, Thomas
F. Flaherty: treasurer. w. M. Col
Inns. BY unanimous vote it was de-
cided to back the Lehlback retire
ment bill, which will be reintroduced
upon the converting of Congress.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
Protest Holding Up Coal.
Nv International Naxva Gapxioa

ESSEN, Germany, Nov. 23.-Hol-
land and Italy today protested
against the action of the French
and Belgian occupational forces in
stopping shipments of German repa-
rations coal to these countries.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23

KINKAtD. H.. Nov. ga shin
brulHe suffered IN n nelghborhood
Football game today cost tho life OF
William Kenneth t'urvey. fifteen. q
hlKh school Htudehi. Complications
resulted from the hurt, causing
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
Italian Ship Long Overdue.

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Anxiety ID
being felt in italian shipping circles
for the steamship Gulielmo Pierce,
which left Naples on November s..
The Washington times., 1923-11-23
8
.. AND A PAoTo

Weather, rainy; track, slow.
The Washington times., 1923-11-23

(b)F: A. Herold and w. KeeneIly entrv
COW. b. Mitchell and Joseph Brown
entry. ri - - -
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather rainy. tryN x slow.
Evening star., 1923-03-17
Return of Scent Fare.
.om the Portland oregonian.


Seattle, having on it's hands muni-
cipal street railway, whose operation
was giving rise to many t1nanc1al
difficulties, seems to have decided
that a few more financial difficulties
could not make that branch of munf-
cipal activity any worse to bear. So
on March l the city restored the
scent fare.
It is not exactly the scent fare
of the days before the war, for the
scent fare in those days carried
with it the free transfer privilege.
The present scent fare is for ride
without transfer Tokens which
carry the transfer privilege may be
had at the rate of four for IS cents.
A single cash fare, with transfer,
costs Z cents.
Seattle bases the experiment on
two theories. One is that great
many more persons will ride at the
lower rate than at the old 1-3-cent
fare, the other is that by leasing a
large number of cars of a smaller
type, by rerouting and by the practice
Of numerous economies, saving will
be made, which, together with the
increased traffic, will put the system
on a sound financial basis.
We hope Seattle is right.
Reports on the first days results
did not bear out the increased travel
theory. The new rate was just 40
per cent lower than the old, and
the days receipts fell off just 40
per cent But the weather was
bad, and although it is admitted that
the street cars, the cheerful optimists
in Seattle say that this was bad
weather of type that keeps people
at home
Evening star., 1923-03-17
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia and Maryland
Fair tonight, with lowest tempera-
ture near freezing; tomorrow increas-
ing cloudiness and warmer, rain to-
colder Monday; winds becoming
southerly and increasing tomorrow.
Virginia-Fair tonight, warmer in
extreme west portions: tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness and warmer, prob
ably rain tomorrow afternoon in ex-
diminishing north and northeast
winds. becoming southerly ard in
creasing Sunday.
West Virginia-Fair and warmer
tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudi-
ness and warmer, followed by rain
tomorrow afternoon; much colder
tomorrow night.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer-4 pm, 60; pm, 45
IL midnight. 80; 4 am, 81; 8 am, 35;
noon, AZ.
Barometer-4 pm, 2s.77; pm,
1891; II midnight, 30.0s; 4 am, 30.16;
8 am, 1890; noon, 1923.
Highest temperature, so, occurred
at pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 35. occurred at
8 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 46; lowest, 80.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at s am. Great FallS-Tem-
perature, So; condition very muddy.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States coast and
geodetic survey.)
Today-Low tide, 2:22 am. and
2:44 pm; high tide, S:14 q m. and
S:35 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1903 am. and
1924 pm; high tide, S:52 am. and
9:l3 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 6:18 am; sun sets
GIG pm
TomDrrow-Sun rises GIT I'm :;
sun sets 6:17 pm.
Moon rises 6:22 am; sets 6:33 pm
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities
Evening star., 1923-03-17
Best Roof in Snowfall.
From the Lewiston Journal.


From generation to generation. here
in New England. our ancestors, in
building their domiriles, tended TO
steep-pitched roofs. They had learned
from their experience that the SHOWS
played havoc with houses where the
pitch of the roof was not sufficient to
carry away the surplus blanketing.
But nobody had then eXperimented
with the fiat roof BY all ordinary
logic. one would expect the fiat roof
to pile up trouble for the house-own-
er Surely such a man would have
his HANDS full shoveiing the accumu-
lated drifts on such a building, rea-
soned the folks.
Today we behold a host Of new
structures with fiat roofs; and if you
have been obServant the last feW
winter seasons. and especially this
winter. when the SHOWS have been
deeper than usual. the flat-roof
dwelIers have never been caught
shoveling off these levels. The only
shoveling they have had to do is to
keep the tops OF the verandas cleared
on the lee side.
The reason? II is perfectly obvious
On these exposed roofs the wind has
a clear sweep and It has proved a
thorough snow remover. Here's
where the old folks, who stuck so
conservatively to pitched roofs for
three centuries. in snowladen eli
mate were really tricked out of the
advantages of the fat-roof house.
They didn't believe anything but a
roof with a steep pitch would work
we'll
Evening star., 1923-03-17
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

KANSAS CITY, March 1.-THE de-
mand for farm labor in the fields of
the middle west will be far ahead Of
the supply this spring. according to an
nouncement by the local branch of the
United States farm labor bureau today.
ATLANTA, March 17-Cotton plant
ing is well under way today in the
southern section of the southeastern
belt. although weather conditions have
not been specially propitious. The fer
any time since the war and sales of
planting machinery have been unprece-
dented.
PITTSBURGH, March 17.-Whole-
salers today are shipping straw hats to
retailers in larger volume than last
year. The largest demand is for low
and medium prices, but more costly
hats have also found ready market.
Wholesalers say retailers have bought
with a confidence that has not been in
evidence for several years.
EAST ST. LOUIS. March 17.-Trad-
Ing in horses and mules in this mar
ket is exceptionally brisk today.
Volume of transactions again is on a
normal basis and shipments of stock
are going freely to the southeast and
southwest and to New England.
CHESTER. Pa. March 17-The Mer-
chant Shipbuilding Corporation has
resumed the manufacture of pipe.
The plant is now working on an order
for New York city water supply ag-
gregating 10000 tons of pipe eight
feet in diameter.
PHILADELPHIA. March 1.-THE
silk manufacturers in this state are
steadily increasing their producing
capacity AronSon & - announced
today they would start new factory
at Christiana employing 200 workers.
Evening star., 1923-03-17
CHARGES FRENCH :
PLOT FOR POWER
Bavarian Newspaper Saws
"PutsCh" Was Part of Plan
for New League.
URGED CUNO DOWNFALL
Army Officer Declared to Have
Pushed Conspiracy Barred
by Arrests.
URGED CUNO DOWNFALL
By the Associated prnss

BY the Associated Press
! MUNICH. Bava ria. March 19.-.rb.
occupation Of the Ruhr and an m.
rising in Bavaria have been Darts ~
french plan for establishing a cor
tinentai league of nations under the
domination of France, according 10
the Muencher Neueste Nachrichten
which makes the charge in connection
with the arrest here Ma rch I Of Prof
Fuch. dramatic critic, and Herr
Machaus, a musical conductor, on
suspicion of treason.
The newspaper claims ii has re
ceived information that the pros
pectuS for the contemplated league
provided for the inclusion of France
Italy, the little entente. Bavaria and
seVeral parts of Austria The project
ant colonel. RiChert during secret
reasonable negotiations sometime
ago with Fuch and Machaus, the
newspaper asserts.
Advocated Bavarian ..Putsch."
Richert is alleged to have got in
touch with these men when the
French first met with stubborn resis-
tance in the Ruhr and to have advo-
Gated Bavarian 'putsch" for inde-
pendence from the rest of GERMANY
in order to confuse and break the
front Of the resistance in the Rultr
IF you don't cat now" Richert ts
said to have told Fuch and Machaus
'BaVarian activities Will have no in
terest for France any longer This
action must and will bring about the
downfall Of the Cuno government and
ment IN central Germany"
Asked to Start Unrest.
The Nachrichten asserts that Ma
chaus 1t an earlier date had been
asked by the French Col. Baque, in
Mayence to start bolshevik unrest in
central Germany, with the aid of the
French, in order TO give Bavaria the
utmost occasion for action.
Continuing the newspaper saws that
when asked why France had such IN
terest in d Munich "putsch' Richert
replied: "a new era in European pol
itics is now beginning. The Ruhr
the reparations policy. With this
step the new European policy will
be introduced"
Richert is then said to have an
nounced the plan for new league or
nations and Fuch and Machaus al
legedly agreed with it. Therefore. "
was decided to carry out the ''putsch"
at the earliest possible moment. The
newspaper adds that Richert declared
Bavaria would gain Frances graft
tude If an action should be carried
out i'm Munich in support OF tn"
Ruhr operation.
4 dispatch from Berlin March Z, an
nouuced that 4 coup d'etat planned
for the following week had been
averted by the arrest III Munich OF
fifteen persons. The ringleaderS were
mentioned as Frof. Fuch. Herr Mac
haus and DR. KuehleS, the Latter
former legal adviser to the Munich
town council. Euehles was tempo
rarily released from custody and shot
himself
Evening star., 1923-03-17
SIOUX WARRIOR DEAD.
North Dakota Indians Mourn Loss
of Charging Thunder.
From The ROst0n Transcript.

1
Old Sioux Indians are mourning the
death of the famous Indian warrior
Charging Thunder" which occurred re-
Gently on the Standing Rock Indian
reservation: His spirit has gone to the
proverhial Happy Hunting Grounds But
| the name of Charging Thunder" will
not he forgotten for il was conferred
upon Marshal F'och in impressive
ceremony at Bismarck. at the time Of
the allied commanders visit in 1921
While the name was not purposely given
! because Charging Thunder bore IT, the
old Sioux considered that il had been
taken from him. and declared that he
was dying name!ess.
Frank FiSke Of Fort Yates a historian
OF the Sioux Indians. has written an ac-
count OF the life and times of Charging
! Thunder. Mr.. Fiske's story follows in
part:
Charging Thunder took part in MANY
! an escapade against all foes of the
Sioux. on December 21. 1866. the
hostile attacks of the Sioux culminat-
ed in a general assault on the wood
train and escort at Fort Phil Kearney
on a tributary stream of the Powder
river. The post outlook had been
signaled for aid and Commander Car
rington sent out relief party of
"ighty-one men. consisting of infan-
try and cavalry under Col. Fetter-
man. The Indians were seen near
Poe Creek. having retired in a feint
! from the wood train in order to en-
trap the soldiers. Fetterman rushed
| into the amhuscade. and all were
killed. The battle. known as Fort
Phil kearney Massacre" next to Gus
ters' last fight ranks we'll among the
big encounters with the Sioux. Charg-
ing Thunder killed fifteen soldiers
! that day.
Charging Thunder. in early man
hood. had the audacity to defy the
great thunder birds. so the story goes.
After a storm had passed he saw one
of these birds Fastening to overtak g
its companions. He shot the bird and
brought it down. and has thus been
known as "Charge-o Of the Thunder
Bird" or Charging Thunder"
Evening star., 1923-03-17
MISS FONTAINE LOCATED.
Indicted for Perjury in $1,OO0,000
Breach of Promise Suit.

NEW YORK. March 17.-The search
for Evan Burrowes Fontaine. wanted
for trial on purjury indictments. was
reported successful last night. al
though she was still at liberty
Sheriff Brown of Rockland county.
who had taken UP the trail. served
her with 4 bench warrant and then.
il was said. refrained from taking
her To jail for the night because the
dancer pleaded she didn't want ="
leave her two-year-old son alone.
Miss Fontaine and her mother, Mrs.
Florence +. Fontaine. We're indicted
by the Rocklaud county grand jury
for perjury in the daughters recently
unsuccessful $1,000. 600 suit against
Cornelius Vanderbilt tSonny) Whitney
for breach Of promise.
Miss Fontaine'S attorneys declared
the dancer would fight the perjury
charges with counter charges that
Whitneys representatives, defending
the S1.000.000 suit, had falsitied cer-
tain envelopes, letters ard photo
graphs.
Evening star., 1923-03-17
WANTED ON U. S. CHARGE.
Alleged Alley of Communists Long
Sought By Officers.

DANBURY, Conn, March 17.-Al
fred Wagenknecht, arrested by fed
eral authorities in a remote part Of
the town of Bethel, here, on the
charge of fraudulently applying for
a passport by declaring under oath
that he was Walter Frederick Bon
strup of Cincinnati, is said to be
wanted also on a federal warrant in
Michigan
Federal officers are said to have
searched the country for Wagen-
knecht, whom they had watched for
a long time, and it was only re-
cent? What they learned the man
had gone to Europe last spring on
a mission said to have been linked
up with the communists.
He has been released on $4,000 bail
furnished by his motherin-law Mr.
Matte A. Martin of Bethel, pending
a hearing March 26.
Evening star., 1923-03-17
PICKED WOMAN FOR BOSS.

From the New York Sun.
Trimming finger nails may not be
generally regarded as a profession
Offering rewards for skill and in
,lustry greater than fat tip or a
theater party, yet one young mani
curlst in the financial district has
worked herself into a position that
will be envied by all wielders of the
orange stick.
This young woman has the distinc-
tion of having held hands with almost
every member Of the New York Stock
Exchange. In her position in the stock
exchange barber shop she has lis
tened in" on conversations that might
have precipitated battles of financial
giants. Yet with true good breeding
she never repeated in one company
that which she learned in another.
Friends pumped her for tips" but
outside the portals of the stock ex-
change the manicurist talked about
the weather. The time arrived for the
stock exchange to increase its faclll-
ties and a new building was put up
that towers above the old one. In
the basement handsome new barber
shop was installed exclusively for
members. The problem arose of find
ing a trustworthy manager to replace
the old veteran retiring. One member
suggested the young manicurist for
the job. The governing committee
/
and gasped.
Some time later the dignified gov
ernorS of the stock exchange, who
met only to expel a member or to
perform an equally important duty,
in solemn conclave decided that the
former manicurist should be made
supreme boss of the new barber shop
with the full weight of the power
of the committee of arrangements to
back her up. And she is hardly old
enough to vote.
The stock exchange barber shop re-
quires the services of about ten bar
bers. Some of the men have been en-
ployed by the institution for many
years. Yet every barber is a loyal
supporter Of the female skipper.
Indeed. the men BARRIERS are fully
appreciative of the many advantages
Of having a woman over them. For
instance, one barber reported to work
with sick stomach. Instead of a
brutal remark about "hangovers" he
was heard with sympathetic under
standing and sent over to the near
est drug store to 'iget something for it :"
Evening star., 1923-03-17
PLEADS TAX REDUCTION.
Vermont Judge Cites Constitutional
Right in Letter to House.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTPELIER. Vt. March 17.-Exer-
cising his right under the state con-
stitution. Judge Harland 4. Howe, of
the United States District Court at
Burlington, has sent communica :
tion TO the House of Representatives
demonstrating against further in
crease by the legislature of taxes ION
anything for any purpose, whether
against the rich or poor He also
petitioned for reduction of taxes on
anything that is being taxed"
The communication, which was read
to the house yesterday, cited this
clause in the Vermont constitution:
The people have q right to apply
to the Legislature for a redress of
grievances by petition or remon-
STRANGE" During the day the house
killed two tax bills.
Evening star., 1923-03-17
RAIL EARNINGS DOUBLED.
January Total. $6s. 600. Com
pared to S35. .2e5.Oo Year Ago.

Earnings of railroads during Janu-
AIRY Were approximately twice as
1922 according to Interstate Com
merce Commission figures announced
yesterday. The railroads earned a
net of sGS.a41 900 in January. 1929.
against S35.265.Q00 for the same month
year ago. a large increase in the
volume of transportation was re-
sponSible for the Increased earnings.
total revenues for the first month of
the present year being $500. sc. 600.
against $295.777. 900 for January of
last year.
The figures announced by the COM
mission We're from 1914 class roads.
operating about 90 per cent of the
total rail mileage of the country.