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The Washington times., 1923-10-19
BOY WHO BEAT
MOTHERST|LL
MISSING
Ten Police in Search Find No
Clue Yet-May Resist
Arrest.

Four headquarters detective SER
geants, four precinct detectives from
the Sixth precinct, and two police,
men of the same precinct, have been
assigned the task of locating James
Depew, the fifteen-year-old youth
who yesterday beat his mother into
uncOnsciousness with heavy club.
Police fear that the boy may re-
turn to kill his mother and they are
making every effort to apprehend
him before any further harm has
)een done.
Mrs. Williams, mother of the boy,
gho is confined to her bed at her
ONE, 207 Fl street northwest, as a
esult' Of the attack, told the police
hey would have to be cautious in
rreSting her son. She said that he
I'd often Dragged that no police
an would dare to arrest him. She
cleared that she feared James
Duld try to resist arrest and might
zen go so far as to attempt to
yht his way 10 liberty il he were
irrounded.
. No Clue Found Yet.
so far the ten men who are look.
for James have failed to find a
ngle clue as !. to his whereabouts.
has made a clean getaway, TAX.
: with him clothing and about $50.
Fears Second Attack.
There is no doubt that Mrs
llliams fears heI son. While re.
orters were talking to her she
turned anxious eyes toward the
steps leading up to her bed room
every time the boards in the floor
creaked. And when the doorbell
rang, as a friendly neighbol
sought adnnittance, she Quaked lest
it be her son.
That James may have sought tc
kill his mother because he wai
named beneficiary in an $500 in
surance policy was suggested by
Mrs. Williams. She said that she
intended changing the policy to
her husbands lame, so that II
would forever be out OF the reach
of her son.
In Trouble Before.
James was until recently an in
mate Of the industrial school al
Redbank, Wis. He ran away from
there a month ago and came tc
his mothers home. Plans were
made for sending him to Gonzag4
College, but ne would not attend
school.
Mrs. Williams was married two
years ago To .. H. Williams, for
mer member cf the Wisconsin
State senate. lie is now employed
at the Government Printing OF
ice. Young Depew was placed on
rotation by the Juvenile Court
iere last Tuesday after investiga'
ion of charges against him OF
orging his stepfather's name 10
NO small checks.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19

Women Who Forfeit Collateral
After Arrest Had Ingenious
Box Continuance.

A new trick in use by shoplifters
was discovered yesterday by Mrs. G.
A. Clark, of tho Women's Bureau,
when she arrested Alberta Christian,
colored, and her daughter Willie, in
a downtown department store. They
were charged with larceny Of a dress
valued at $25 and released on $25
collateral, each, which they forfeited
in police court today.
Mrs. Clark says that she observed
Alberta walking around the store
carrying q pasteboard box. The
box was addressed and carried can
celed stamps, indicating that it had
just been received through the mail.
1t was held under the arm and con
cealed against the body was NOV
able flap, held in place by the pres
sure. When she thought no one
was looking, according to Mrs.
Clarke, Alberta took a dress and
stuffed it into the box, proceeding
on her way. The dress was found
in the box and returned to the owner
today.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
MAN TWICE TRIES TO DIE
BENEATH STEAM ROLLER

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 49,
Ellis NJ Nichols, thirty-seven, be-
came violently insane and made
two Intellectual attempts to end his
life by throwing himself in front
Of a steam road roller on Madison
street while mis- brothers were
bringing him from a physicians Of
flee. The police were called and
Nichols was locked up.
Immediately after being placed
in a cell, he tore his clothing from
his body and announced he was
ready to be reborn" He then
shouted fire" at the top of his
voice. His cries were heard in the
municipal courtroom and caused ex-
element among spectators and pris-
oners. MANY rushed from the room
fearing the building was af.re.
AT the police station he was
examined and committed to the
State Hospital for the Insane at
Farnhurst.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
NO SMOKES FOR WOMEN
IN COLORADO'S PRISON

DENVER. Col. Oct. 19.-Female
prisoners in the Colorado State
Penitentiary are no longer per-
mitted to smoke, according to Ward
en- Thomas lyman. The male pris-
oners are to be allowed to continue
In answer to protests against his
action, Warden lyman said: "It
doesn't look well to see women
smoke. If they want to smoke. let
'em keep out Of the penitentiary.
Four-fifths of the women inmates
of the Colorado Penitentiary smoke,
according to statements made by
investigations. A regular tobacco
ration is Issued to the male pris-
oners.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
LIBRARIANS TO HEAR
TALK BY DR.. KELLOGG

What Librarians Can Do for
Science" will be the topic of DIR.
Vernon Kellogg, Lead of the Ma
tional Research Council, in an ad.
dress to members of the District
of Columbia Library Association in
the Grace Dodge hotel tonight.
DR.. William M. Steuart, director
of the census bureau, will take up
the relation of the public library
to the bureau of which he is chief
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
LABOR OFFICIAL oUSTED
AFTER "a YEARS AT JOB

TRENTON, Oct. 19.-After twenty
four years as an official 1T the
national Brotherhood of Operative
Potters, Frank H. Hutchins. Of this
city. has been voted out OF office.
BY a vote of potters in the East
and West the office of counsellor
held by him was abolishes by q few
votes.
It is understood here In pottery
circles that Hutchins' defeat was the
result OF bitterness arising from the
loss of the potters' strike here. Rad
ical members of the trade placed
the defeat of the strikers on
Hutchins.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
FAVORS
ARLINGTON
BOND
Homer Ferguson Says Propos-
ed $50, 900, 900 Issue Only
Way to Get Good Roads.

CLARENDON, Va, Oct. 10
Homer Ferguson, president of the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, and ex-president Of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, addressing mass meeting
of the citizens OF Arlington county
at the court house last night, in sup
port of the $50, 0O6, 900 bond issue for
roads, told the people of Arlington
county that the State of Virginia
row is following the pay-as-you-go.
plan and still the State is today
without good roads. He says tha'
good roads would be worth $4,000
900 year to the State, and that n
big undertaking such as building
roads can hope to be put over Wit
out bond issue.
Thomas r. Keith, of Fairfax, ]
few brief remarks before introdrc
ing Ferguson, said Arlington count,
was one of the most progressive ir
Virginia, and he felt confident thu
voters in the county would supper.
the bond issue.
A maps meeting to hear the car
didates for sheriff will be held 20
night at o'clock at the Arlingto.
county court house under the aus
PACSS VI the ORGANIZED w omen VO
ers League of Arlington County.
DR.. j. w. Cox, health officer o
Arlington county, announced toda>
that he will hold q special meeting
at the Clarendon Clinic on Sunda,
morning at 10 o'clock, to discuss
with the chairman of the sanitary
committee from each citizens asso
citation the general program to IL
carried out on Tuesday, October 23
"a, when Arlington county will Le
visited by a delegation of doctors
from the Health Section of the
League of Nations.
Columbia Lodge No. 285. A. +
and A. M, will hold a special meet
ing in the Masonic Temple at CIar-
endon tomorrow night at 8 O'Clock
The Washington times., 1923-10-19

INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL.
NG00 En- Ana orr,
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
An Identity Complex.

AN AucntICy OOmp1eX.
Pennsylvania avenue traffic
had the right of way, Your
Honor, when the defendant came
down Ninth street and stopped
with his car on the cross walk,
so pedestrians had to go out into
Pennsylvania avenue traffic and
get killed or wait for him to go,
and be late to work and get
fired. His permit was issued to
G. l.. Moon, >|but he told me his
name was William. He said the
permit belonged to his brother. =
A Dark Mystery.
''Yo' see, Yo' Honah, me and
IA brothah is twins an we look
Jes 'zackly alike. People gets US
mix up, an we don't bothah to
;traighten EN- out no mo- Don'l
10 no good. They calls us both
Jawge and Willum insuscrimi.
nately."
Rule Of Thumb.
de only way anyone could be
sure which wuz me and which
wuz Jawge wuz that All had a
mole on ma thumb, an Jawge,
he didn't have no mole. One
.ay we went swimmin' an Jawge,
he smash his thumb off with
oar: An after de 'citement done
over, All 'scovered All didn't have
no mole on ma thumb. So when
folks called us Jawge or Willum
"a never 'sputed 'em. De evI-
dence done gone"
What's that got to do with
Using your brothers. permit"
Tain't his'n, Yo' Honah. It's
ma own permit"
What name is on the permit"
"Jawge Moon. That's me-"
Complications Set In.
The officer says you told him
that Jawge was your brother"
Yes, sub. Two years ago,
fo' Honah, ma brothah, he done
got married, an he thought we
better 'stablish some way to tell
rothah fun which. So we tossed
up TO- it, an Willum, he won.
that's how come ma name
Jawge."
We'll, which one are you?"
Lost Landmarks.
When All looks at ma thumb
an they amt no mole dar, All
thinks Abs Jawge, an when All
looks at ma thumb an sees 1t
amt gone, like Jawge's, All
things Abs Willum. When All
gets cited All don't look at ma
thumb nobOw, an All don't
know who All is. All was cited
when de ossifer stop me-"
What is your baptismal name?"
Ma what-tis-mal name, Yo'
Honah?"
Your baptismal name. You've
been baptized, haven't you?"
Missed Fire.
"Oh, baptize.' Yessuh. All
wuz baptize' when All wuz in de
ahmy, but it didn't take. De doc
tor, he done baptize' me TO-
times"
Have you birth certificate?"
License Bureau OVerlOOks a Bet.
+. Nav sub. All got a hackers
license, TO- Jawge Moon, jes like
that' an All got ma drivers per-
nit. But All amt never took no
zamlnation TO- a buth 'stiffykit."
witness: II am the defendants
employer, Your Honor, and I've
known him for ten years. The
name he gives is correct"
well, I guess We'll have to
get along with that Identification.
You must have been full, Moon,
when you mistook yourself for
your brother"
Nav sub. Can't afford that.
Abs married. too. They's goin' to
be a new Moon 'roun' de house
TO- long"
Il don't want to see you round
mere again for blue moon.
Case dismissed"
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
PARROT DIES IN THRILLING
BATTLE WITH RODENT

POTTSTOWN, Pa. Oct. 49,
Henry Herb, proprietor of the Gresh-
vile Hotel, mourns the loss of a pet
parrot, which lost it's life this morn
ing in combat with large rat. Herb
saw the last few moments Of the
fight waged in the parrots cage.
The rat, covered with blood, ran
feebly towards a hole and escaped.
The parrot breathed it's last with a
beakful Of hair, which it had pulled
from the rats back. Polly" was
eight years old and known as the
village gossip"
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
BEER BRIBERY
RAID |NV0L YES
POLITICIANS
New Jersey Men Held in
SIS, 900 Baltimore Ar
rests Expected.
By Insernatlonal News Service.


NEW YORK, Oct. IGNORE ar
rests were expected today III con-
nection with the alleged beer
bribery conspiracy which burst like
a bombshell In political and .finan-
cial circles OF New Jersey.
Eleven men were apprehended
following a raid by Federal agents
on the Hotel Pennsylvania The
State of New Jersey, it was stated
today at the office Of United States
District Attorney William Hayward,
will be looked to by the Govern-
nent to continue the campaign
launched by the Federal prohibition
forces.
One of those held in. the case
was T. Harry Foley, state superin-
tendent of weights and measures in
New Jersey, former secretary TO
Governor now United States Sena-
tori Edward /. Edwards, and POI
tent in fraternal circles. Officials
Of four New Jersey breweries also
were seized.
Hayward's men charged they had
frustrated conspiracy to monopo-
liza the New York bootleg beer
market to the exclusion of for
eign" beer from Pennsylvania.
Huge Sum Involved.
The men were arrested in
room where they had gone, it is
alleged, to pay bribe money.
Hayward said he had in his pos
session $4,000 paid to Governme-...
agents for protection" This sum,
he declared, was turned over to the
agents in three months for Mauhat-
tan alone More than 100000 is
said to have been paid in brfbes in
the past year.
Hayward said information in the
hands Of the Treasury Department
and prohibition officials Indicate
Shocking md sensational eOnd
tiOns in Ney Jersey which involN
officials, pol cal leaders, brewer
warehouse OWNERS and others.
Held in $4,000 BAH.
mot only were Federal agen's
bribed to protect New Jersey bee
shipments" he asserted, but the.
were paid also to seize beer bro1gil
into New Jersey from the plants 0
rival. brewers in PENNSYLVANIA.
Facts in, the case will be trans
nitfed today to the United State
Attorney General" Hayward said
"Our power in the case IS some
what limited, for we can act ONLY
in bribery cases under our 1urisdic-
ton in this district"
The prisoners were held in SIS. 900
each for further hearing November
e. They face charges Of cOnspir-
acy to influence the actions of
Government officials through t.~
giving of brides.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
ACTRESS TAKES POISON BY
MISTAKE: CALLS CHARLIE

BROOKLYN, Oct 19.-Miss Betty
Ormsby, New York actress, is in
the Long Island College Hospital
suffering from poisoning. Friends
said she inadvertently swallowed the
poison when intending take d
headache powder.
Patrolman William Havacan, called
to her relief, said that as he forced
her to swallow milk she murmured
Charlie" One of her friends, said
to be an army aviator, is named
Charles. Physicians said Miss
Ormsby probably will live.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
FOOTBALL CAPTAIN PUTS
BAN ON PETTING PARTIES

WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, Oct. 10
Another petting party before a
game and we disband," he added.
Waukegan lost the last game.
Loves the soft stuff that loses
football games,' Robert Plummer,
captain of the high school football
team. told his mates.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19

accept the separate prohibition en-
forcement agency idea.
Such is the negative side, it is
believed, Of his position.
On the positive side, it is be-
neved, he will do two things.
1. He will exhort and effectively
persuade considerable number of
governors in tomorrow's Governors
Conference to be more jealous in
prohibition enforcement with n
their States.
2. Without saying anything too
much about it, he will little by
little, but in the end, effectively
and usefully improve the perfor-
nance of the Federal Government
in all those prohibition enforcement
activities which clearly and un-
deniably have to he Federal.
Among such activities Is the pre-
vention Of smuggling across the
Canadian and Mexican borders and
along the Pacific and Atlantic and
Golf coasts.
Improvement in such preventive
activities is going to be attempted
beyond any doubt.
On the positive side then there
viii be two things:
The stimulating OF the wide
spread multitudinous agencies of
local prohibition enforcement and
the probably and presumably quieter
but equally earnest improving of
the really Federal side Of the bust
ness.
Six months from now accordingly,
when the Presidential primaries be-
gin. the President will be able. ac-
cording to his friends, to point to
great advance in prohibition en-
forcement rigor.
He will have done 1t partly by
better Federal work but still more
largely by better local work, stimu-
lated by his talk to the governors.
Results In Six Months.
In other words, he will have done
it-so his friends claim-by pre-
cisely the line of effort which
Governor Pinchot is putting into
secondary consideration.
Pinchot is emphasizing Federal
control. Coolidge, it is claimed, by
emphasizing local control, is evok-
ing the immeasurably greater and
more immediate and effective actfv-
tiles of all the States. all the coun
ties, all the cities. all the villages,
all the townships, of the whole
country.
He will therefore be able, six
months from now, his friends claim,
TO address the electorate as follows:
There is less liquor now in the
United States than when became
President and 1 have brought it
about in my way and not in any
body else's way"
He thus, it is asserted, will ac-
complish two outstanding and, from
his point of view, most desirable
results. as follows:
One. He will have produced
greater drynes in the United States
which, 1t is believed, will please
most of the people.
Two. He will have circumvented
Governor Pinchot, by not accom-
plshing this dryness through any
or the moves especially advocated
by Governor Pinchot. He will not
have yielded to Governor Pinchot,
either in the matter of the iniuuity
of Mr.. Mellon. or in the matter of
a separate Federal prohibition en-.
forcement agency, or in the matter
OF the superior Importance of Fed
eral enforcement in comparison with
local enforcement.
On the contrary, he will have
emphasized local enforcement.
Yet the United States will be
drier than before.
He, then, as President, and as
leader of the nation, will get the
credit for it.
That is the prospect to which
the Presidents friends pin their
faith.
Copyright. 1917 Washington Press
Service)
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
WILL FIGHT
FOR STATE
ACTION
Friends Predict His Program
Is Certain to Make Nation
Bone Dry in Six Months.
By WILLIAM HARD.


The dominant opinion among
the best-informed elements Of
Republican political Washington
regarding tomorrow's Governors
Conference here in Washington
and regarding the ultimate out
come of the attack made upon the
National Administration by Gov
ernor Pinchot of Pennsylvania in
the matter of prohibition enforce
nrent is as follows:
President Coolidge, it is conf
IDENTIFY believed by his closest
advisers and supporters, will make
no admission or concession to
Governor, Pinchot in the matter
of any criticism of the Treasury
Department as regards any al
legged inefficiency or slackness Of
any intentional or deliberate sort
in prohibition enforcement activi-
ties.
Express Dark Suspicious.
The prohibition anti-saloon-league
enthusiastic element, which is sup
porting and encouraging Governor
Pinchet, has expressed the great
est confidence in the integrity and
capacity of Prohibition Commits
sioner r. A. Haynes. who reports
directly to Internal Revenue Com
missioner d. H. Blair, who in turn
reports directly to Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon.
They at the same time have ex-
pressed the darkest suspicious of
Blair and OF Mellon
Mr.. Haynes, however. has out
rightly and emphatically denied
that he ever has been hampered
or over uled m any of his 2rohi-
billion enforcement endeavors by
either PER or Mellon.
Presse TO confirm the charges
agains- Plair and Mellon. as brought
forwara directly or INDIRECTLY by
the citizenship Conference" and
by Governor Pinchot, and as print
ed accordingly in the newspapers,
he not only has failed to give his
verification to such charges, but
has specifically denied their truth.
The situation, therefore, is that
Mr.. HAYNES is the trusted reDre-
sentative and star witness Of the
anti-saloon drastic element, and hel
has denied and destroyed their
charges against Mr.. Blair and Mr..
Mellon.
The President, therefore IS not
expected to he moved by those
charges.
No Concessions Expected.
Nor is he expected to make any
concession in the matter of the
proposal, as advanced by Governor
Pinchot, for a separate indie.
pendent prohibition enforcement
department reporting and respond
ing directly to the White House.
II he accedes to that suggestion
he will greatly surprise his SUP
porters and intimates.
Mr.. Mellon, IL is known, has al.
ways, ever since he became Secre-
tary of the Treasury, supported
and advocated the transfer of the
Federal prohibition enforcement
unit from the Treasury Depart
ment to the Department of jug
tice.
That transfer may possibly be
accomplished In the next Congress
and may possibly be favored ny
the President now.
II, however, he favors any sep
arate independent all-by-itself pro-
hibition enforcement agency, the
leading members of his official
family will be enormously aston
ished.
Thus on two points, it is au.
thoritatively expected, though not
dogmatically asserted, that he will
stand out against Governor Pin
chot. He will not desert MIR. Mel
lon and he will not, it is thought,
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
Charge Woman with Bigamy.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct. 19.-Mrs.
Eva Relnert Rausch, of this city,
entered bail before Alderman Bower
to answer charges of bigamy and
perjury. 1t is alleged the defendant,
on July 21, married Samuel j.
Rausch, and that she was not
divorced from her first husband,
Floyd Gaugler, until September II.
The Washington times., 1923-10-19
Baby Drinks Poison, Dies.

SUNBURY, Pa, Oct. 19.-Lillian
Bailey, two-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ammon G. Bailey, accom-
e1nied her mother to visit a. sick
riend A bottle of poison was
placed on a window ledge, The child
drank some of 1t and died q few
hours later.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-29
DAXON ASKS FOR BOOKS
TARBOX MINING Comply
COURT ISSUES ALTERNATIVE
WRIT MANDATE-HEAR
ON DECEMBER 5.

Upon application of Richard Daxon,
former president and manager Of the
Tarbox Mining company. an alterna-
tive writ OF mandate has been issued
by Judge Featherstone, of the district
court, directing the officers of the
company to permit the plaintiff or his
agent to examine the books records
and files of the company, or to appear
before the court at 10 o'clock on De-
cember and show cause why they
have not done so This action by
Mr.. Daxon is in line with his purpose
as stated in a letter issued by him
to the stockholders on November 5,
in which he alleged that 100000 shares
i'm the treasury had been optiOned to
parties on terms that would net the
company $4,000; that according to
letter from the directors giving notice
Of an assessment, there is now only
265, 900 shares in the treasury ami
that the company has an indebted
ness of S2500. to cover which the as
sessment was levied. Mr. Daxon as
sumes from this that 535, 900 shares
have been taken up under the option,
and wants to know what has been
done with the money, and why it has
been necessary to levy an assessment.
He therefore asked stockholders to
support him TO the extent of sub
scribing 81 for every 1000 shares of
stock his purpose being to ask the
court to issue an order requiring the
officers of the company to permit an
inspection of the books and to set
aside the assessment.
The Complaint.
In the course of his affidavit in sup
port of his application for a writ of
mandate. Mr. Daxon states that on
October 20 a demand in writing was
served on Herman Marquardt. secre-
tary of the Tarbox company that his
agent II. J. Hull, be permitted to in
spect the books, and that on Novem-
Der % similar demand was made
upon H. c. Mowery, president; Her
man Marquardt, secretary, and John
r. Ferguson, assistant secretary. and
that both demands were refused Mr. /
DaXon states in his affidavit that he /
is the owner of approximately 10000 /
shares Of Tarbox stock. and that as
such stakeholder he is entitled, either /
n person or by authorized agent to /
inspect any or all of said books and /
'ecords and take copies thereof. The /
rider of Judge Featherstone is di- |
ected to the Tarbox Mining company /
, corporation; II c. Mowery, Herman
II. b. Kingsbury, Geo. A.
Mortimer and John Lewis, directors;
nd Herman NIarquardt secretary
nd John i. Ferguson, assistant sec
etary.