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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24
.CLERGYMEN WHO STARTLE

! CLERGYMEN WHO STARTLE
Bishop Gailor of the Episcopal
Church has apparently been max
ing studies Of the "eccentricitieS
of genius among the clergymen
of New York" In a recent ad
dress at Chattanooga he reported
his discovery that the idea in this
city. seems to be that you have
TO say something striking in or
der to get into the public press.
He added: THE main desire
among some of the clergy seems
to be shock somebody" We have
long been familiar with young
writer's whose aim was to startie
the bourgeois out of their senses,
bat there is certain novelty IN
the attribution of that motive to
the pulpit.
In fairness it must be said the
-, alt, If fault it be, does not lie
holly with the preachers. Many
/ auong their hearers have devel-
cd those itching ears" OF
ich the Scriptures speak. and
ich make them unable to en-
e sound doctrine. Moreover,
. re is always in New York a
ge element among the floating
1ulation and visitors from out
town who go to church mainly
search of a sensation of some
t. The clergyman who has d
utation for giving it to them
tty reglarly is sure of a large
sndance of this particular class
II "worshippers," as the report
ers politely call them. And 81
Sacp Gailor is correct in suppos-
ing that the ordinary ministrations
/ Of he Church seldom get into the
1 prolic prints. In this realm, too
1T the exceptional, the startling,
tf is regarded as news. Yet
il is plain that, if things go on
hey are now doing, the time
ma come when preacher will
be regarded as something extra
oI nary when he discourses OF
rig seousness, temperance and
judgment to come. 1t is easy
imagine the headlines of the
4eSeted Divine DECLARES
lerse4 Must Repent Bishop
IT'S That Only the Pure in
ht 4 Shall See God" 1t all
cer DDS upon what the public
Coz iiers startling. = After geop]s
"a, bssn fed long enough ios
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24
J. r. y. CURTIN BIBLE CLASS

The J. Z. y. Curtin Bible Class
Of the First Baptist Church S. S.
will hold its regular session to-
morrow morning at $50 a. M. in
the church auditorium. Clarence
NJ. Wells, president of the class,
presiding. Rev. f. B. Jackson,
d. D., will address the class to-
morrow, his subject being Friend
ship" All men of the city not
connected with a Bible Class are
invited to be present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24
FATE OF THE SHIP SUBSIDY

With the ship subsidy bill re-
stored to its position OF. proceed.
ence of the Senate calendar, it IS
!, safe guess that the LEGS than
two weeks sof<workingF days re-
meining in the life of the pres
ent Congress will witness siren
uous fight to decide the fate of
that measure. There will be
sharp parliamentary practice. and
likely heated discussion until its
fate is definitely settled one way
or the other.
Supporters Of the proposal
claim that if the measure can be
forced to vote on its passage.
they have sufficient votes to put
/ it over. That may or may not be
true. This claim is not conceded
by the opposition. The contention
! e administration leaders that to
seek defeat of the bill by other
means than direct vote will be
10 deny the people the right to
express their will in the usual
constitutional manner is open to
some objections as being un-
sound. In so far as the people
have had opportunity to express
heir will on the proposal, they
decidedly registered disapproval
in the eiate congressional elee-
lions, in, which a large number tof
fits proponents. were defeated of
reelection. Without the votes of
these lame duck" members the
bill would not stand a ghost of a
chance of favorable action in the
Senate. Everybody admits that if
it fails during the life of the pres
ent Congress it will be dead FOR
All time Sixty-Eighth Congress
would not think of IGNORING -
expression Of the people the
polls last November by tempt
ing to inject new life int
Hence, the chances ar ;hat y
will not reach a vote on pas,age
unless its opponents fin hat
they have. the strength : lsie&t
it. The more likely actio nat
will be displaced from iee "a,
endar by the superior strength
of one or more other inca ares,
! never to- regain its pos oi or
else be filbustered to death.
There are number of iaSelEert
Republican Senators wlo aafc
announced determinatio % or
duet such a filibuster, i neee
sary, and in the ensuing par.a-
mentary tactics to whica he
may see fit to resort thev are
llikly to have the practici y
ted support of the De eer-'s
minority in all obstructive votia
II rs the one measu1 IT'D
which the. President since ha y
tered the Whites House5h; aspf-
Ily set his heart to have b ONE
flaws by combining all Of .ne -
tlrence of his official pos.lo1
with that aetialmg 10 .a.st
/ party leadership. and if lie Loses
the fight it will be a smashing
blow to his political prest &c and
severe reflectitni sh his ability
- correctly appraise publ sent
.s,-..f : ~ 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24
ALUMNAE MEETING

st. Mary's Alumnae will hold
its regular bi-monthly Eeeting
Tuesday evening, March s'&:h, At
s o'clock in St. Marys' Academy
All niembt"s are reqreste 70 at
tend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24
RITES FOR J. B. MARTIN

The funeral of James B. Mar
tin, who died Wednesday, took
place this morning from st.
Mary's Catholic Church. Servi-
ces were conducted by Rev. L. +.
Kelly, assistant pastor, and bur-
ial was in st. Mary's cemetery
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24

sensational utterances they may
come to think of commonplace
Christian teaching as a tremen-
dous sensation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24
MODERN. .J0yES.. 3. -{ls.s. :.

Steinmetz, the electrical wizard who makes
thunder and lightning in his laboratory, may
not be the only modern scientific Jeve tie
has rival in a Cornell scientist The lat
ter so lar has produced nothing bit ram
but from that ii seems short step TO thin
der. ;tiA So - -, -, tiNtS
fine Cornell man believed that a clohd
might be condensed nito> rain bys sptinkhi1lg
it with electrically Charged sand. Wfeif
tested by aviators, the theory was substant-
ated. The cloud chosen for the experiment
simply melted away in the form ef faindrops.
Suppose that we're tried by a whole air
plane squadron, operating ON large flock
OF eligible clouds Lightning. as electrical
experts have explained, is a sudden discharge
OF. static electricity from "a cloud to earth, or
from one cloud 10 another, aud, the static
charge is carised by the rapid condensation Of
the fine water particles of which clouds are
made. in the formation OF raindrops.
The production Of a lot q ram. an q. at
once. ought to result in man-made lightning
and thunder that would be not an imitation
but the real thing. When will the army !! an
corps put on a show IKE that ~ . '''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24

Great dancers, those Russians! E Wheif Hot'
want to express sentiment in Russia, you say say,
it with Your feet. Which fs'not to be wont
dered at, when YOU look at the Russian Ian Ian
.guage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24

Germany seems to have gone on an indus
trial hunger strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24

Ii was predicted that war would promote
religious reactions, and now JUS see} hesc
those war loans keep lent!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-24

Testimony before a rational building IN
dustry board shows the lofty OF petty Jul
additional disputes.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
D. c. To ASK FOR
|. BEST BOTANIC
GARDENS
Extensive Development Pro-
gram Will BE Sought
From Congress.

When Congress convenes it will
be asked to provid for a new struc-
ture for the present Botanic Gar
dens and authorize a general pro-
gram of development which will
make them the most extensive and
beautiful in the world, George
w. Hess, director of the Gardens,
declared last night.
The development project as out
lined by Mr.. Hess calls for acquisi'
ton of the entire district between
South Capitol street and Second
street southwest, now a shabby
negro residence district. Director
Hess condemned the unsightly ap-
pearance. of this area, almost within
the Capitol's shadow, and pointed
out that enlargement OF the gardens
would make over the section into
a region of parks and gardens
unrivaled anywhere.
Erection of new conservatory
Mr.. Hess further points out. will
be in line with the proposed devsl
opment of the gardens which was
begun, with the recent acquisition
of thirteen acres in the southwest
district, comprising a diagonal sec
ton Of land. formerly the site OF
old James Creek canal. Construc'
ton Of a $4,000 greenhouse will
begin shortly at Canal and B streets
southwest.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
LIQUOR HOUNDS
HAVE PASSED
IN D. c.
Dogs Which Aided Dry Agents
Gone-one Died and Other
Disappeared.

'.Hootch hounds''s have passed
In Washington, anyhow.
The two trained German police
dogs which the vice squad Of the
Police Department used in shifting
out liquor caches have gone. The
first died, and the second disap-
peared.
They were good while they lasted
too good for .Washington's boot.
logging hordes. The CANNES proved
their ability to detect an anti-Vol-
stead scent and follow 1t zip.
The first dog was presented to
Lieut.. o. T. Davis, Of the vice
squad. by Gus Buchholz, well-known
Washington hotel man. After
several weeks of constant activity,
the big dog contracted pneumonia
and died.
The lieutenant got another dog,
and this one vanished, leaving no
farewell notes or other clues as to
his present whereabouts. Second
precinct detectives said they think
bootleggers kidnapped hound No. 2.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
SHOWERS MAY
SOON COOL OFF
HEATED CITY
Weather Man Says They Are
coming-Sunday's Top
Mark Was 90.

Thunder showers today are held
out by the Weather Bureau as a
pleasing possibility to parched
Washington.
Sultry. humid weather, with
tropical temperature, is to continue
indefinitely, SO far as the forecasteT'
is able authoritatively to assert.
Optimists were advised today not
to let their glee run wild over the
prospects of cooling showers. Wet
weather was possible yesterday,
too, but 100000 well-wrung hand
kerchiefs are mute testimony that
something went wrong in the sky
and the, rain failed to make. it's ap'
pearance. =,
The populace flocked to the COOL
spots in and around the city pes.
terday.~ A record crowd OF 5000
bathed in the Tidal Basin ard
Hams Point was alive with autoists.
River craft were many and various.
The temperature mounted to 3d.
but no heat prostrations were re-
ported, showing that the Capital
Is becoming used. to it's summer
weather. -'-y.. -.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
FASHIONS
GIVEN VOGUE
IN PARIS
Shantung Silks Are Used in
Charming Frocks of
Varied Design.
BY ALICE LANGELIER.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

PARIS, June Is. After Egypt.
China is to have her turn at
furnishing models for the fair sex.
Shantung silk is going to make
some of the smartest summer
gowns on the Rue de la Paix.
Real Shantung is one of the
prettiest of all silks, having about
the same weight and body as crepe
de chine, but with great advantage
over this material in that it Is
much lower in price. 1t has a
pretty irregular weave like all ex-
otto silks and Is so light and fresh
that 1t is an ideal material to wear
In hot months.
Shantung comes for many charm
ing sports costumes. It Is durable
and cleans well. They are cut on
simple chemise lines with a pleated
panel or two or an apron pleating
in front.
The natural color is most In
favor with trimmings of bright
colors. or printed silks. France Is
showing natural colored Shan
tung which is crossed in front and
closed by a large button. On the
side a wide red gros grain ribbon
borders it to the bottom of the
hem and a loose panel files out on
the side.
Another model in white has the
skirt entirely pleated with corsage
of dark blue with a band of the
pleating set In above the leather
belt A white fichu passes beneath
long buttonhoie at the throat
and white borders the short sleeves
Worth uses Shantung for sorne
delightful walking costumes, One
In apple green IL made in Russian
blouse effect with black belt and
white organdie cuffs and collar
In flapper style. Another Ia a
chemise robe with a collar and
front band down the corsage of
rose terminating at the belt with
the wearer's monogram. The cuffs
have the same band Of blue gath
cred into cuff and the skirt has
two pleated panels in the back
with little apron strings.
MolyneuX uses Beise Shantung
to make his smart walking costumes
and shows parasols to match,
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
.MUR|EL SEEKS
LOVE BEYOND
GRAVE
Miss Mccormick Tries to Get
in Touch With Spirit Of Dead
World War Hero.
BY H. C. HAMILTON. s
International News Service.
Copyright. 1928. by International

se
CHICAGO. June 24.-Muriel Me-.
- ~ H' u0us -
f1arolo r. mccormick the Har'
vester magnate, is the spiritual at
finity of a youthful war hero whom
.ba. ,avo,. Eno,y - xa.I s,,eo I.A,,.
sAe ~ W. Ao =. - ca liAe
George AIexanaer Mckinlock, scion
OF one OF Cnicagos wealthy Yaml-
iles, VINO oied on french battle
field, Is the posthumous lover OF
the society glrI whose lack OF al
fairs or the heart has mystified her
friends for years.
Thus TO-DAY was explained MISS
McCorm1ilckS almost daily pilgrim
ages % Lieutenant MckinlooK,H
TOMB, IN Lake Forest, upon Wnlcn
she places offerings OF cut Towers;
ner uesefLlon Q! the Otner TAOS and
fancies which long have kept her
In the public eye, her recent inter
est IN splrltuaHsm ana visits TO
mediums through whom she and
Lieutenant Mcktnlock's mother are
said to be striving to get into com
naunication with him. ~
Estranged from her own mother,
the daughter of John D. Rockefeller,
by the divorce OF her parents. Miss
MCCORMICK mas cOnrlded to friends
that she has found q second mother
in Mrs. Mckiniock. They are to-
gether constantly and the remark-
able devotion and faithfulness which
the young hero's parents have
shown to his memory are said to
have fired Miss McC ormick's mag.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25

scientious inquiries among a CON
siderable number of voters in these
parts, believes that the best light
| on the first fundamental OF this
matter is furnished by some re-
marks made to him by an ex'
tremely intelligent and observant St.
Louisan, w. Boyd. who said: !,
mfr. Harding talks like q con
siderably perplexed man who is
willing to listen>to modification and
even reversals of his views. The
n,,hlic sympathizes with him. It,
too, is perplexed. 1t, too, has no
consistent solution. of anything:
Everything has turned out to y be
different in practice from what the
public was told by it's wisest lead
ers to expect in principle.
''We were told that America
could not revive unless Europe re-
vived. Then America revived any:
way. We were told that the cities
could not be prosperous unless the
farmers were prosperous. Then
the farmers remained poor while
che cities doomed.
"A hundred other instances could
be given. The net result of them
is that the public is mentally dis
iilusioned and bewildered. 1t has
no commands or mandates to give
to its public men. Nor has It any
stern denials to give them.
sit listens to Mr.. Harding with
out being at all sure that he IL
right. Usually, however, it is not
at; all sure, either, that he Is wrong.
So there you are-why changer"
Praises Rural Laws.
In other words, the mood of the
public and the mental temper Of
Mr.. Harding are just about the same
thing. Laughter rises here when
Mr.. Harding, having scorchingly
denounced the farm bloc, goes out
into Kansas and praises every sin
gle piece Of legislation that the
farm bloc ever originated and en-,
acted. That absurdity brings
laughter, but good-natured laughter.
with everybody drifting it is felt in.
vague way that Mr.. Harding is a
sort of champion drifter. who
manages somehow or other after a
while to drift over the breakers
and around the rocks into port.
He thus can't. fail to inspire audi
ences and yet succeed in gaining
delegates. He can. and does. He.
is weaker as a leader of thought
in this region than, he was when
he came out here on this trip, but
he is stronger as a candidate and
also more accepted as "a man who
seems amazingly to fit a moment
when most men are quite willing
to join Cardinal Newman in sing
ing:
81 do not ask to see the distant
scene, one step enough for me-"
Copyright, Washington Press Service.)
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
SCORESD.C CLAW
ON JUVENILE
OFFENDERS
Russell Sage Foundation Urges
Removing Control From
Criminal Courts.

Drastic revision of the law govern
ing the Juvenile Court is necessary
in order to take child offenders and
dependent minors from the criminal
classes, according to the Russell
Sage Foundation, following a close
investigation of welfare work in
Washington.
DIR. Hastings II. Hart, director of
the child-caring department of the
foundation, stated in the report that
Congress should amend the law, sub
stituting a chancery system for the
existing methods.
Criminal procedure against chill
dren has been thrown out OF prac-
tically every juvenile court in the
country with the exception of the
District tribunal, 1t is shown. Pro
gressive Westinghouse, including
Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juve.
nile Court, have constantly urged
the chancery system for Washing
ton. ..
The publication of the first chap
ter of DR.. Harris report on welfare
conditions in the District follows al
most Immediately the announcement
by Justice Frederick L. Sddons,
chairman of the District Welfare
Code Commission, that there is no
hope of drafting an adequate well
fare code for the District because Of
widely divergent views held by vari-
GUS groups Of social workers.
Public institutions have always
suffered" said DR.. Hart, regarding
the District, from the fact that
they were dependent upon Congress
sional legislation, both for Their sup
port and for their government.
This condition has been aggrl-
waited by the fact that the legisla.
ton relating to them has consisted
largely of riders upon appropriation
bills, so that their legislation Is un-
systematic, inconsistent and ineffi-
cient." ....
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
CORT'S SON WINS DIVORCE
FROM CHORUS GIRL BRIDE

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, June 25.-
John Edward Cort. Of Darien, Conn,
son Of the wealthy New York thea
ter owner, informed Judge Isaac
Wolfe in Superior Court today that
his inststence that his chorhs-giri
bride, Maude Fealy, abandon her
stage career was met by refusal
and desertion five days after their
marriage. The father of young Cort
testified In his sons behalf. The
court granted a divorce.
Cort and Miss Fealy were married
in Cincinnati In January, 1920. Cort
took his bride to his fathers sum.
mer home In Darien, but she left TO
retoin the chorus. Cort said he wrote
his wife several times, but she never
replied. His father testified there
was no reason for the desertion
other than her desire to continue
her stage career.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
Baroness Calls Hubby
Walking Stick
And Monocle
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, June 25.-"I
found after my marriage that
! had married merely a monocle
and walking stick"
Thus did Baroness Fiocondino
leila, formerly jeanne Taylor,
OF Providence, R. l., describe
today her Italian, army officer
husband upon her arrival from
Italy.
A few months ago the Baron
ess left for Rome for the ex-
press purpose of securing a
divorce from her husband, who
is the son of the vice president
of the Italian senate and a
prominent cabinet member.
The Baroness startled ship
reporters when she declared
that love for her mother-in-law
had caused her to change her
mind about 'severing her martial
DNAAASs = =
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
rs ARE INJURED
IN TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS
Only a Few Are Serious, How
ever, Among Sundays
Automobile Mishaps.,

Twenty-six traffic accidents were
reported to the police yesterday
but only i a few were serious.
Alleged to be suffering from the
effects. of a drug. Bernard Nc
Mahon.. twenty-six. 220 villa road,
Clarendon. Va. was cut when his
automobile crashed. into a. tree on
@ street, between Thirty-first and
Thirty-SecoIld streets northwest.
After being. treated at GEORGETOWN
Hospital, he was removed to Gal
hnger Hospital for drugs treatment.
Prior to the crash the car had
demolished O lamp post on TWen-
tfeth street, between * and L
streets. Mcmahon was taken to
the Seventh precinct station,
charged with reckless driving. ].
Anna Williams, 18a o street,
was hurt when the automobile
in which she was riding collided
with a street car at Second street
and Florida avenue northeast. She
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
r. il Sheehan, living at Third
street and Massachusetts avenue
northeast, was bruised in q fall
the, street car tracks at G. and
Ninth. streets.
Mrs. Rose Tanney, 5734 Conduit
road, was injured when her automo-
bile collided with another machine
on Conduit road near Reservoir
street.
.Benjamin @. Gibbs, colored,
twenty-four, $40 Acker street north
east, fractured both legs when a
motor baggage truck hit q post ut
Union Station. He is being treated
at Emergency Hospital
~ Six-year-old William G. Collins.
colored, .1416 Morris road southeast,
suffered a fracture of the skull and
cuts on the body when struck by
an automobile at Stanton and Elvan
roads. At Providence Hospital 1t
was said today that the boy IL in
q critical condition. Delos Tyler,
colored, 3019 Stanton road, driver of
the automobile, is locked up, at the
Eleventh precinct station.
Alice Johnson, colored, forty,
2808 Olive street was hurt when
the automobile in which she was
riding collided with another car at
Wisconsin avenue and N street.
Park police are searching for the
operator of red roadster which
yesterday knocked down Carl
Pierce, 4015 Georgia avenue north
west, in the Monument Grounds.
The boy was slightly hurt.
The automobile owned by David
Ho1Iar, l410 Thirty-fourth street
northwest, was demolished when it
collided with ! lamp post and
building. Damage to the building
is estimated at SIS. The automo-
bile. was struck by another ma
chine, Hollar told the police.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
Mothers Pluck Wins
Parole For Son,
Drug Addict

PHILADELPHIA, June 25.-
A mothers narrowing expert
ence of coming through a rail-
road wreck and refusing hos
pital treatment in order to
hurry here. to make an appeal
for the liberty of her SON won
a parole for Frank O'Brien of
Binghamton, N. r.
Mrs. O'Brien, the mother,
travelled all night from .Bing-
hamton and received injuries
in the collision Of mail-ex-
press and a local train at Allen
town. She arrived in court
with her clothes torn and
bruises on her arms.
Judge Norris S. Barratt
granted parole to the son, an.
alleged drug addict. He will
be placed on farm by the
mother.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
FRANK &. KIRK TO FIGHT
FOR REINSTATEMENT

Frank e. Kirk. dismissed Friday
from his post as acting director
Of boys activities In the playground
department, today announced he
planned to make a fight for celn-
statement.
II have retained counsel and am
going to fight to get my Job back. "
he said. Kirk declined to make q
further statement at this time and
would not disclose the name OF his
counsel.
The dismissal Of Kirk followed an
investigation into charges that he
struck several boys with a maya
phone at q recent track meet In
Central High School stadium.
Kirk was suspended Monday
morning and discharged by the
Commissioners on Friday.
The Washington times., 1923-06-25
MANITOBA VOTES FOR
STATE SOLD LIQUORS

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June %.
The voters Of Manitoba have adopt.
ed by popular vote today system
whereby Intoxicating liquors viii be
sold by the government.
Although complete returns had
not been received. Winnipeg gave
the proposal majority of $4,000
and scattered reports from all over
the province indicated that the
measure was certain of passage.