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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-10

BARS
To STOP.
DEATHS
Plunge Of Albert 3. Seip Brings
Safety Devices for Windows.
Crowds Below Endangered.

Will it be necessary to install
set of iron bars in the .observa-
ton window at the top of the
Washington Monument in order to
make it "fool proof" even though
these bars will mar the pleasure
Of thousands of sightseers to the
Nations Capital each year?
Col. G. o. Sheriff., superintend-
ent of public buildings and
grounds, will confer with E. G..
Marsh, superintendent of the
Washington Monument, today and
decide this question.
Fear that other persons with sui
cidal intent will follow the example
of A. Birney Seip, who flung him
self from the observation window
of the memorial obeiisk yesterday
and cause an epidemic OF WASH
ington Monument" suicides is caus-
ing the officials to confer on the
practicabiIity of placing the bars at
the window today.
Fear More Attempts.
'sI have been impressed with the
fact when one woman jumped from
a window in Washington, said Col-
onel Sheriff. this morning. WiInln
a few days several other women loi-
Iowad her example winding up with
the washington Monument esca-
pade. 9....a that
wa must expect that others are
going to pay with their lives pe-
cause they make the spectacular
lean from the Monument.
personally am opposed to the
,,,acinp OF bars at the windows.
Colonel Sheriff. continued, because
I know it is impossible to make
the structure fool proof and that
# is impossible for anyone TO ac-
cidentally fall from any portion
of it,"
Colonel SherriIIs Views.
Colonel Sheriff. said that there Is
always a guard on duty at the top
IF fhe Monument, and while his
duty is to preserve order, he VIII oe
re.i1structed this morning to be
extremely vigilant in the future
over persons who may be trying to
scramble up the four and nalI
foot high wall with the determine
ton of flinging themselves to their
death.
Il am surely glad" Colonel Sher-
rill said today, that there was not
the usual line of sightseers waiting
at the base of the Monument to go
I'D. as there usually is on a fair
day. If there had been. probably
several would have been injured
and probably one or two killed"
Verdict of Suicide.
A verdict of suicide was given
last night by Coroner ]. Ramsay
hewitt in the case of Albert Rirney
Seip, twenty-five years old, 1894
Lanier place, who yesterday leaped
from the Monument.
Seip was a grandson of a former
United States minister to France
and lived with his widowed mother
at the Lanier place address. The
woman is Frustrated with grief over
the death OF her son.
The young man had been sui
fering from nervousness for some
time, but in the last two weeks
had shown signs of improvement.
Funeral services for Seip will b.
held on Monday from his home
1894 Lanier place northwest. Inter
ment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery
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TEACHING MORALITY.

Dear Bill: Regarding this anti
ftirt campaign, may I say:
Morals can not be taught by
badge giUem GOGy on the streets.
The teaching of morals and right
tUimg begins IN the home, and
that's the place for the exhibition
of enthusiasm in behalf of right
acting and hVing. If more
mothers really took an interest
IN their boys and girls there
a0ouLd be no need for cunepnions.
I think ethics should haze a firm,
understanding in the home and
school. d, K. r
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FAMOUS FABLES-(No. o..

Sam Arnold had q winning way,
love making was his art; ne mas
tered novels through the day per-
| tanning TO the heart. This man was
| quite q gallant knight, that much
none could deny; but, strange to
say, both day and night, the
Tnaidens lodged this guy. The
raaidens scOrned this lover bold;
twas all to no avail; although he
tried plans new and old, Sam
seemed TO always fail. So finally,
in great distress, poor Sam be-
moaned his fate; the maidens liked
him less ard less, they all gave him
the gate. "I'm going to leave them
all alone" protested our l0vin' Sam.
'Tls little wonder that I moan;
this game 10 but q sham" And SO
Saa, guided by this rule. ignored
the naidenN fair; he needed not
their ridicuIe, he didn't seem TO
care. He sought their company no
more. his action caused surprise;
thus startled maldens by the score
sayv sam in his new guise. He
passed them by with great dIsdain.
much to their conformation, for
now they tried with might and
main to gain his admiration. His
little ulan worked well, IL seems, for
n1aidena fair are humming; Sam IL
the idol Of their dreams, and leap
year coon 10 coming.
MORAL.
II some fond plan does not succeed
Don't faIteF to dismay.
such action il quite vain, indeed
just try some other way.
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Marcus Garvey to Speak.

Marcus Carney. provisional pred
dent of Africa and president general
of the Universal Negro Improve
ment Association, viii speak at.
Pythian Temple. Twelfth and u
streets, tomorrow at 3 o'clock.
under the auspices of the Universal
Negro Improvement Association.
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HIS GUILT DISCOVERED.

The preacher looked unusually
solemn as he read his text for the
Sunday morning sermon. 1t was.
What God has Joined together
let no man put asunder."
Johnny looked sharply at his
brother Bill. my gracious. Bill. =
he said. ''the preacher must have
found out about your cutting that
cats tail off" And both were
uneasy until the preachers real
ideas were developed. H. K. s.
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Halt Suicides From Monument
8glHEARD1'0SEEM}!9
ID By BILL PRICE 81 AzAz.a'p
THE COAT GOES HUNGRY.

THE GOAT GOES HUNGRY.
Dear Bill: We, Jackie, Frankie
and Billie, are three girls Of the
Falls Church, Va, school WhO
haze decided not to let the col
umn's goat stand IN our 1UGy any
longer.
We hcVe long been readers Of
the great old coIatneal, and haze
aUunted to 1Orite for 1T, but 1Oe
Uere afraid to try. If thts
doesn't salt 1t aOilL be good feed
for the o. g.:
There was q Fat lady In our town
who started in TO reducing;
But all the folks laughed at hef
For the little she was losing.
She took her daily exercise.
But she ate b right good lot;
So. though she did not lose In size.
TO make her believe 1t. yOu could not.
But. last Of all. she tried .snOozlnK.
80 She could be tall and stately,
And then one fine day she began bOOz-
And Amt been seen around lately.
j., #. AND b.
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Press reports indicate that
Congress adjourned IN "good
spirits" tom CULHANE.

"A guy tried to tell me the various
foreign countries owed US only ten
million dollars, but proved TO his
satisfaction ID was over ten billion"
You're right, but / don't see any
use making liar out of him about
49, w z. HAYGHE
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INCUBATION

The o. G.. was on q midnight frolic,
Much eIated, with feelings bucOiic,
He cayorted in manner nOndescript
And eheered highly coI0Ped Mcc..
Then had q case Of painters collie.
III. SMITH.
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The sOise men of old were
told to 90 to the ant for adj
Oice, but many young motor
lists of today seem to be get
ting counsel from the light
ming bug. OIDONO.
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BETCHA LIFE

The world sure hates q chesty coot.
When all is done and said.
Wed rather have q swollen snoot
Than have a swollen head.
OIDONO.
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DAILY TRAFFIC
CALENDAR

Fines and Collateral EOrfeitures:
Total for year 81, 872
Total for yesterday. 694
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SON S.


envy first husband" she said,
.'WRs one glorious man,
They've ceased to make that kind,
Somebody destroyed the plan"
He couldn't say 8 word,
Though he hated such gushs
Besides, he knew her first one
Was just q bowl 81 mush.
'And my second husband she put
I'm,
''Was one OF natures nObIemen;
"He treated me like . princess,
Loved me very mucIi," and then
This third husband then butted
And his words were even rude,
eyes, q cop told me the second one
Beat you up whenever he gOt
stewed."
OKLAHOMA PETE.
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A BoorLEGGER ovERCoAT.

Many bootleggers, 1t is stated,
are wearing winter overcoats that
are full and long Some of them
are OF leather In the lining there
are twelve deep pockets each cap.
able Of holding a quart bottle. II
a bottlegger is detected, and about
to be caught. he sheds his over
coat and runs.
FAMOUS FABLES-(NO. 81
The fable OF a clever plan
Which profited a certain man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-10

Running d big pipe line
around the Senate office
Building. Got folks gttessin'
as to 4chether its natural gas,
hot air or q breW Ii1te-nsGy-
be it's all of 'e1s.
HAMPERS FERRY.
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% DISMISSED PRINTERS unable TO GET JOBS
VIII Guide Shrine In,
Convention

CitV Commissioners NTH
Advisors "A ppOints
Committee To ReOW
late Affairs.
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DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY.

Blonde Maid-OF! dear, I'm
afraid there's q man In the room.
Old Maid-S-h-h-h! Lock the
door. He mustn't escape.
III. NASH.
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----
Grand total ........ 81. 1855
Evening star., 1923-02-23

By the Associated Press
TCCKAHOE, y. Y. February "a
The bones of an unknown soldier
Who gave his life century and a
half ago In the struggle for American
independence were entombed with
honors in the Tuckahoe Town Hall
yesterday as the nation celebrated
the birthday of the unknowns great
comma nderin- chief.
Next February %, If plans of the
villagers are realized, the unknown
VIII be removed once more, to lie with
l94 of his fellows in a revolutionary
cemetery dominated by a shaft re-
citing the manner of their deaths.
The skeletons. with an occasional
metallic button from Continental
Army uniform as the only means of
identification, were found buried in a
trench at an old crossroads on the
outskirts of Tuckahoe when excava-
tions were started by building con-
tractors
Residents Immediately decided upon
a suitable memorial to the long-lost
dead, with todays ceremonies as a
beginning.
Casket Placed I'm Town Hall.
All morning the unknown lay In
state In the council chamber of the
town hall, while hundreds passed in
silent tribute before the flag-draped
casket.
School children, members Of civic
organizations in body, bent and VEN
erable villagers, whose memories
harked back to stories old men told
of the stirring days Of the revolution.
filed in procession. Ministers of the
village churches, standing beside the
bier. offered silent prayers for the
dead.
Not a word broke the silence in
which the memorial tribute was car
ried out.
In the afternoon the casket was
Evening star., 1923-02-23
|HOPE FOR SOLDIER
bonus PROVESVA
Mellon Denies Fordney State.
ment That British Debt Pay
ment Could Be Used.

The flicker of hope that sprang up
among friends of the ex-service men in
the House yesterday that adjusted COM
pensation might be put through for
those who won the world war was short
lived.
The hope arose when Chairman Ford
ney Of the ways and means committee,
author Of the measure which President
Harding vetoed, in addressing the House
on the British debt settlement said
Secretary Mellon had told him that he
money received from the foreign debt
principal and interest. in financing a
bonus for former service men after the
money had been obtained.
Mellon Denies Statement.
This hope died down when Secretary
Melons attention was called to the
Fordney statement. Mr.. Mellon said
he had no recollection Of having made
the Treasury that he adhered to his
position that the government was obli-
gated to apply at least the interest from
the debt to the retirement OF liberty
bonds.
The Treasury Secretary communi-
Gated with Mr.. Fordney by telephone
and the Michigan representative
stated later that evidently he had
misunderstood Mr.. Mellon and would
strike his remarks from the record
of the House proceedings. He added
that at the first opportunity he would
make an explanation of the matter to
the House.
The opportunity was afforded at a
session of the House last night, Mr.,
Fordney taking the floor and explain
ing that the Secretary had told him
lie had not intended to convey any
such impression as given by the
Michigan representative. Mr.. Ford
ney, saying he wished ito stand cor
rected,' obtained unanimous consent
for his remarks to be stricken from
the record
The bonus question was brought up
by Representative Fish, republican,
New York, a former service man.
Fordney's Remarks.
THE distinguished gentleman from
Michigan, Mr.. Fordney, will leave the
House in a short time" said Mr.. Fish,
land the bill which he introduced, known
as the bonus bill, will die at the end
of this session. ! wish the gentleman
would inform the House as a matter of
record about the statement that he told
me yesterday that the Secretary Of the
Treasury had made to him with respect
to the use of these funds
I'm speaking with the Secretary Of
the Treasury about the wisdom or ad-
visibility at the present time Of present.
ing to Congress a bonus BILL" replied
Mr.. Fordney. 'he suggested that before
that were done we should have an inter-
view with the President on the method
of raising the money to meet the pay
ment Of the bonus, but added that he
had not the slightest objection to the
money received as interest and princi-
pal upon those foreign loans after we
had secured that money being used to
pay the soldiers bonus That Is the
statement he made"
Does that mean the soldiers Wilt have
to wait sixty-two years." asked Repre-
sentative Blanton, democrat, Texas, re-
ferring to the time the British bonds are
to run.
THE gentleman knows that is not
the case, or he ought to know IT, re-
turned Mr.. Fordney.
There Is as much room for domestic
jars in fiat as there is in palace.
Evening star., 1923-02-23
Death Steps in,
Annuls Pledge
To Absent Wife
BY the Associated Press,

oy the hSsOcldteu lrtSs.
ASHTABULA, Ohio. February -.
Because of an agreement entered
into last October between DR.. II.
Milton Brown and his wife when
the latter started on a tour around
the world-to write each other
only cheerful letters-Mrs. Brown
is unaware that her husband is
dead and buried. News of the
agreement was disclosed by friends
today.
DR.. Brown was sick for ten days,
but he never broke his promise.
Il cannot write because it would
ruin her trip" he said.
Several days ago letter was re-
ceived addressed to him in which
Mrs. Brown implored him to for
get that foolish promise" as she is
sick with anxiety.
But DR.. Brown never saw the
letter. He died on January 25, call
ing for his wife, who is somewhere
on the Indian ocean.
Relatives. knowing of the agree
ment. decided to write the man
ager of the tour at his New York
office, inclosing a letter with the
news 10 Mrs. Brown. which she
will not receive until she arrives
In New York. probably In a month.
Dr. Brown had been preparing to
go to Bermuda when he became Ill.
He was fifty-siN years old and
previous to coming here to prac-
tice dentistry had founded a dental
school at Cleveland. which later
was merged with Western Reserve
University.
Evening star., 1923-02-23

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Evening star., 1923-02-23
U. S. DEPUTY SAYS HE
SPURNED $4,000 BRIBE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa. February 23.-
Declaring ne was offered from 100000
to $4,000 If he would allow Austin
II. Montgomery of New York city.
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud to the extent of $4,000. 900, to
escape while en- route from Los An
geles. Calf. to New York city. Dep
uty United States Marshal w. II. Less
ner of Los Angeles related the de
tails when he arrived here to present
to United States Marshal James c.
McGregor a solid gold badge, the gift
of the marshaps office of Los Angeles
which Marshal McGregor recently
visited.
While leaving Greensboro, ". c.
Lessner said. Montgomery offered him
$4,000 II he would allow him to es-
cape. The deputy, fearing Montgom-
cry might make a break for liberty
said he promised to consider the Of
fer. When nearing New York. Mont
gomery. Lessner said, raised the offer
to $4,000 and produced $4,000. The
prisoner was safely turned over to
the marshal at New York.
Evening star., 1923-02-23

without jurisdiction, because the
reservation had not passed into the
full control of the government at the
time of the shooting.
Davis G. Arnold, an attorney Of
Providence, r. l.. acting as counsel
for Pothier. began today's proceed
ings Pothier is without funds,
Arnold said in an application to the
court to consider the case under rules
which would relieve Pothier from
certain filing and other court charges
and to direct the release of his client
on bail.
Evening star., 1923-02-23
HONOR BONES OF UNKNOWN HERO
SLAIN IN REVOLUTIONARY VAR

lowered, still without II spoken WORD.
into a crypt beneath the town hall
floor. there to rest until the more
elaborate memorial plans can be car
ried out.
Was Revolutionary Irregular.
The unknown, according to the
most authentic historical data, was
one Of detachment of revolutionary
irreguIars who had been foraging in
the vicinity of Tuckahoe.
The troops had stopped at an old
inn near the crossroads, when they
were surrounded by a detachment oi
red coats.
The captain of the irregulars, the
story runs, went to the inn door with
a white flag and offered to surrender
When the British officer declined his
terms the irregulars shot him dead:
The British troops then opened hre
on the inn and in the ensuing battle
195 of the irregulars were slain.
The British inferred the bodies In
a trench. marked the spot with a
stone and moved on.
Evening star., 1923-02-23
SPEEDER FINED $50.

John Mcintosh was fined $50 IN the
Police Court yesterday for exceeding
the speed limit and in default was
committed to Jail to serve eighty
days. Mcintosh when told to st"p
his car By Policeman W. W. Hill. at
7th street and New York avenue. tolI
tire officer if he wanted him he wou..
have 10 catch him. The chase started
and Hill won in three blocks.
Evening star., 1923-02-23


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Evening star., 1923-02-23

The name ''Rubberset'
guarantees the quality.
The bristles are set in hard
rubber. Celluloidhandles
The brush is a mixture of
good quality bristle with
badger. Reg. $1.m. R0o
February specidlOCC
Evening star., 1923-02-23
CR0NKH|TE CASE
IN HIGHEST COURT
Proceedings to Determine if
Federal Tribunal May Try
Alleged SIayers.

Froceedings were instituted today
IN the Supreme Court of the United
states In an effort to obtain a final
oecision as to the Jurisdiction Of the
lederal courts to try the alleged mur
derers of Maj. Alexander p. Cronk-
hlte' who died of gunshot wound
received at Camp Lewis, Wash, in
1918
Evening star., 1923-02-23
CALL 10000 TOXIC POLICE
IN SUFFRAGE PARADES

BY the Associated Press.
TOKIO9 February 23.-Ten thou
sand police were called out in Toxic
favor Of the universal suffrage bill
to be introduced in the lower house
of the diet tomorrow. A procession.
in which thousands from all parts of
the empire participated. paraded the
city, and then marched around the
palace cheering the emperor.
The opposition in the diet Is sup
porting the bill, and the seiyukai, the
government party, is expected to op-
pose IT. Another demonstration is
planned for tomorrow during the de-
bate on the bill.
Evening star., 1923-02-23
Petition for Habeas Corpu..

The court was asked to grant a
petition for habeas corpus to bring
before 1t the decision of Judge Brown
OF the United States District Court
Tor Rhode Island, which held Roland
X. Rothier without bail on his alleged
confession of having fired the shot
"hich Killed Maj. Cronkhite.
shooting took place on a government
reservation over which the federal
courts had Jurisdiction, refused to
release Pothier on bail. Since that
decision the United States commits
sloner In New York city and the War
and Justice departments have held
that the federal government was
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from that system? The modernism of
women, their attainments in worldly affairs,
their financial independence as we'll as
mental freedom are responsible for feminine
progress along matrimonial lines"
Cassese called for the check. We drifted
back to subjects of more timely Importance
than our long dialogue on marriage. We
spoke of what we were to do, Antonio said
"Our affairs are in rather critical state.
We have dropped fortune. l hate to task
you to deny yourself anything, but l sup
pose we will have to economize. There
will be expensive lawyers to be paid and
all that. Perhaps you can find room
somewhere uptown with quiet, respectable
family"
The next day Ca sese told me that ne
had an appointment or two. 1 was terribly
worried over the outcome of his trial.
However, Antonio assured me that he
was going to wind this affair up with
flourish. He asked me to place my trust in
him and not to ask him what he intended
to do. | was very curious but managed
to wait patiently for Cassese's characteristic
moves. He was always a spectacular adven-
turer, and l was ready for almost any dra-
matte climax.
Copyright, 1928, by the Bell Syndicate.
Inc.)
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By Edith Stevens

had adventures in common, our tastes were
alike in many things and the trials and
tributation we went through together
drew us close to one another.
l truly think we were desperately in
love with each other. l don't know ex-
actly how the conversation began along
this vein, but we began to discuss marriage.
Marriage said Cassese, in the tone Of
lecturer instead of that of a man whose
very freedman had been leased for brief
moment, marriage is all right for some
but not for US, Edith, Ell? At least that
is what you think
eyes," l replied, II should like to marry
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to so many girls that such an experience is
getting to be almost part of the American
educational system. Some day, somewhere,
some person is going to find solution TO
this crying evil.
No matter what an unsympathetic world
may say, l am, like Xxi, "a good girl"
Nevertheless, l believe there should be some
sort of trial marriage. An honorable sepa-
ration-and by that l mean severance Of
marital ties when neither party is suited
to the other, mentally or physcally-is TO
be preferred to hateful domestic life that
makes home a prison and the inmates
therein life termers without hope, except