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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-24

Miss Sullivan's chum Tells of
Fatal Holiday Ride With
Morris.

81 had q foreboding that some
thing would happen. ! / halfway
eoaxed Marie not to make this
date. Marie pleaded with me to
make up = second couple. but ]
Gowned IN mourning and pre-
parin6 to- accompany the body
Of her roommate, Marie Sullivan,
weTaty-four.year-old beauty Of
Irish type, whose neck was
broken under the bridge at Lau-
rel early yesterday morning.
when her companion, Benjamin
+. Morris, lost control of the
wheel, Miss Audrey Hagen, a
striking blonde, at the Champlain
apartment this morning, tearfully
related what she knew Of Marie's
final holiday party"
Knew Morris Slightly.
81 am overwhelmed" said Miss
Hagen, as she gathered together
her dead roommate's effects in
preparation for her trip. Marie
did not know Morris very well. In
fact, she had only met him two or
three times. and had only met
him once"
While Miss Hagen declares that
Miss Sullivan did not tell her who
were to accompany Morris and her
on the George Washington Day
party to Baltimore, she intimated
that she would be more surprised
IL Marie went with Morris alone
than IL there had been at least one
other couple on the fatal trip.
Claims Friends Body.
When found yesterday morn.
Ing" continued Miss Hagen, that
Marie had not returned TO our
apartment here, thought that pos
Gibly she had gone directly to her
work. In the afternoon. however,
when read accounts Of the acct
dent, I realized what had happened
and rushed to Laurel to claim the
body"
Miss Sullivan was q vivacious
and popular girl, and many Of her
friends in the income tax division
Of the Treasury Department went
to the apartment this morning to
aid Miss Hagen.
Taken to Her Mothers Home.
Miss Hagen got in touch with
Marie's mother, Mrs. Thomas Sui
Ivan, at the home In Avoca, Pa,
and arrangements have been made
to accompany the body there.
Miss Hagen and several friends
left the Union station at q little
past noon for Avoca.
Miss Hagen said this morning
that Miss Sullivan made frequent
trips to her home and that she al.
ways had promised her mother that
she would come home to live"
Miss Sullivan entered the Gov.
eminent employ during the war,
and she had worked in both the
unaudited returns division and the
registration section.
Morris Is Held.
It has been determined by the
coroner's jury, which met last
night. that Miss Sullivan came to
her death in an automobile acci.
dent as the result Of careless driv-
ing by Benjamin r. Morris, while
he was under the influence Of in
toxicating liquors"
While the inquest was being held
In the State police gubstation at
Laurel, Morris. who was injured
also, lay in q cot swathed in band
ages. He was then removed to Ell
hcott City, Md, pending q pre-
hnninary hearing or action OF the
grand jury.
Denies He Drove Car.
Laurel police claim that Morris
was found wandering along the bank
OF the stream near the bridge after
the accident occurred. He was sui
fering from minor injuries, and wa
said to have been under the influence
Of liquor.
/. Norris denied that he was driving
| UARnaA o. 2arA- colunzr q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-24
MARC|NO' SLIFE
|N|TALY IS
PROBED
Alleged Bank Wrecker Said to
Be on Way to Argentine.
Taylor Under Bond.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb.
24.-Warrants were issued here to-
day for the arrest Of Joseph Mar
elmo, alleged wrecker Of the War
rem National Bank and other
banks, and Abraham Goldman,
Marcino's father.in.Iaw, by United
States Commissioner Edward r.
BrOadhurst. Frank l.. Taylor.
president Of tho bank, now under
arrest In Chicago, is expected to
start East today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-24
Morris Is Held.
Denies He Drove Car.

Laurel police claim that Morris
was found wandering along the bank
OF the stream near the bridge after
the accident occurred. He was suf
fering from minor injuries, and was
said to have been under the influence
Of liquor.
>. Norris denied that he was driving
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-24

Robert r. White was turning the
rope. "Quick," shouted White, but
he was too late. Tons Of sand be-
gan caving in from all sides. Young
Easton was thrown from the rOp0
on which he was hanging by the
heavy weights which crushed him
downward.
Lumber, along the sides Of the
opening. went next. after which thu
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
CANAL LEGISLATION

Two bills have their appearance the legislature
both in reference the proposed ship canal across New Jersey
Both introduced by Mddlesex county men, One by
Asemban provides referendum vote OF the people
m the proposition to 100000 buy the right
of way for the canal from Morgan Bordenown The other is
by Assembyman provides that the that the
state the egh Valley railroad for the Morris canal
be used to buy the right of way for the canal
Both merit but the Hoffman bill practical
money ought be used for canal That is all there
proposition The state pledged to buy this right of way
The state png fast That is of the why the
bill does stand good chance of accomplishing the
sed purpose There is great deal OF opposition to issuing
and thereby png the state debt Even popu
far move the improvement the highways only scant
majority when put the people in the form of bond issue
But when the nearly million dollars handed to it
part of the Morris canal settlement there in the
world why the money should be used out the states
obligations in putting the ship canal project
There all schemes for the disposal OF this money
Norris canal question by settled Not only the
question concerning the disposition Of the much alive
hut what to do with the itself has be determined
Ths matter however that largely the secton
through canal This particularly true in regard
s the cities the bed for helping to solve her
transportation problem That part of the canal between Newark
snd Paterson readily used for high speed roe Be-
Eond Paterson Governor Szer has pointed out the canal
agss through beautiful part of New Jersey This could
be made parkway for the benefit of the whole people
things settled and the matter pressing
because the will take of the waterway and its
npkeep will be the state This small consideration In
the settlement therefore, the money received in
nection turning the canal the state must natur
ally be The idea of building canaa canal that
will be of great use naton-wh the money
abandoned canal perfectly logical Mr. Hoffman
should press his bill and he ought have enthusiastic support
people interested hearing should be demanded and
delegation of waterway ought to be present the
claim of the ship canal for this canal money.
While the be received from the Lehgh Valley rail-
sufficient buy the entire right of way is enough
to make big way the would
easy This ship canal project receiving much attention else
link necessary make the inland waterways
along the Atlantic complete Once convinced of the
good faith buying the right of way there every
believe that the action will be taken build the canal
Both bills pending in the legislature along the right line
Hoffman bill stands the better chance of getting results
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
SAMBO'S SONGS

church hymn dealing with sweeping into popu-
larity in southern negro churches Maybe it's an old
born after the Civil War and resrrected {er long
Sleep Anyway it's timely. And negro congregations
singing (or channg with such vehemence and enthusiasm
that it's obvious element of the worfs population
that's fed up regardless OF what Erope may be
thinking and doing.
The hymn sounds like thls
TIM gonna Law down nah war tools down by kde rbber side
Down by de ribber side. down by de ribber S1de
I'm gonna lay nah TOOLS down by DE rlbber side
Amt a-gonna study no more.
CHORUS:
Study NOR, study war no mo study war no mo
Stndv war no mo- study war no mo, stuay-study
ro had ID WA eV cannot get Europe singing this hymn.
Neoro mnsc with it's seductive rhythm @nd none-such
a1od sonds ont unioue among all other mWc 1t reflects
prmeva spirit of the jungle.
The white man. beginning shortly beoref the sank
to the jungle state Rro9aby that at why white man
Some authorities tell you that comparatively
in R1enos New Orleans
IN years apo R 100 per cent azz cnsider this old
time negro slave song:
Old guinea niggah wild a head full o. kh howedge
Redder go to free school dan any othaH college;
Little chunk ash cake, little piece fat ab
De w'ite folks grudge i'm eff he git enough o. dat
Old Jonah, lax er fool got as stubborn al er mule,
So de whale made i'm disappeah;
Jonah swope lis out, cut de whale irS two
An he floated into shore on his
Before it is too late should collect and pub
lsh for postery the best of the negro folklore songs
And while we're the subject the psychological cond
ton of nation always reflected in the people
singing Soldering up from the war, getting away
from jungle state of mind fading ou of popularity
While the future may be sealed book You can get adj
vance information the national drift By watching the
kind of music that to replace jazz we may be in
for another of religious revival. Watch the songs
They'll tell you.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
LOST YOUR APPETITE :?
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splendid medicine for 0ervous and rum
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body to normal health. also always
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ances of the stomach. They clear and
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Smith. 143 Old Rose st.
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liquid ct your nearest drug store OF send
lOc to Dr.. Pierce's lnvalids' Hotel in
Buffalo, N Y, for trial pkg, or yrits
for free medical advice.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
THE REFEREE
(By Albert Apple)

Behold
Everything that happens has a
meaning. You are reminded Of this
when you study news items. Like
these:
Stylemakers, at their national con-
vention in Chicago, announce that
grandma's old shawl will return to
fashion this spring. Life is a revolv-
ing wheel, humanity travels in a cir
Gle, everything repeats.
Another item, from Lubbock,
Texas, says Sheriff Bud Johnson will
arrest people who play dominoes on
Sunday. The west, once wild and
woolly, now is tanner than the east.
Tobaccomakers report that Ameri-
can production of cigarets last year
was 545 millions more than in 1921.
That looks bad for the nations
nerves, for the cigaret Is a nervous
mans smoke.
Widows
The census shows America has
over three and half million widows.
You'd have lost money If you had
been betting on the total without
knowing 1t.
How many of those widows and
their children were left amply pro-
vided for when the man of the house
passed on?
Most husbands and fathers do a
fairly good job, at providing for their
families, on this side of the grave.
Few of them carry enough insur-
ance, probably because death seems
| far off until a few hours or days be-
| fore the last heartbeat.
Mistaken
Our so-cal1ed flappers "a word
now almost obsolete) are the pro-
duct of the dry climate of America.
| So claims Mrs. Beatrice Forbes
| Robertson, English writer and ac-
tress, arrived in New York on a lee
| ture tour. She thinks our dry, slim
| ulating climate keeps us keyed up
too highly.
| Didn't we have the same sort of
| climate when grandma was a quiet
| and demure young lady? However,
Mrs. Forbes-Robertson's idea will be
gladly accepted by many, especially
| the ones who are always seeking an
alibi outside themselves.
Movie
A movie explaining the Einstein
| theory is given it's first American
showing in New York. Most of the
audience went away with the theory
still as clear as mud.
However, the film will bring the
public step nearer the truth. Quick
est and easiest way to get knowledge
| is in pictures. One intelligent car
toon says more than a page Of edi-
| torials. The movie will be the great
est future educator. Right now 1t is
plaything, a toy-on account or It's
novelty.
Death
/ Only SS Americans and Canadians
died last year out of every 10000 of
the total population. 1t was the low
est death rate of any year on record
except 1921. The figures are fur
nished by Louis I. Dublin, statistics
expert of Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company.
Had 1t not been for an outbreak OF
flu. the death rate in 1922 would
have been lower than the year be-
fore. Rockefellers scientists, for
tunately, have made the first real
step toward the conquest OF hu, by
isolating the germ. If this leads to
a preventive, as it probably will, a
still lower death rate lies ahead.
The low death rate is good news.
Even the people who wall most
about the miseries of life do not
seem anxious to leave.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
CAPITOL
* JOKES
Nv HENRY L.. MYERS
S. Senator From Montana

U, S. Senator From Montana
The United States Supreme Court
lis the most augustly dignified body
in the world. When the judges en-
ter in solemn, black-gowned process
sion, all in the court arise, and as
the justices are seated, the balllf1
booms out in a deep and solemn
voice: Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!
The honorable, the Supreme Court
of the United States is now in ses-
sion. All having business with the
court draw near and make 1t known
God save the United States and this
honorable court"
1t is a highly impressive occasion,
and OF all the judges who have
helped to make it so, perhaps Chlef
Justice White was the most dlgn1-
fed, the most impressive.
On certain day this august pro-
cession, headed by Chief Justice
White, filed from the side door into
the court as usual, while all the at
ltendants and spectators arose. Out
into the aisle stepped plainly
dressed, white-haired old farmer,
and with hand extended and face
Wreathed in smiles, he accosted the
chief justice.
"Why, howdy, jedge!" he said.
A gasp went through the court
room. The judge, thunderstruck,
frowned portentiously; then, of a
sudden, he grinned, shook hands
with the old man, whispered some
thing to him and went on his way to
the dais.
Later he left his seat, came down
Ii into the court and talked for some
time with the farmer. who was an
old friend from his home town.
There isn't any particular point to
this story, save that it shows that a
supreme court justice has a sense OF
democracy and of humor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08

than New York ?-fs. e. e.
A. Down to 1920 the city and
county of Philadelphia was greater
in population than New York,
though the population of the city
proper was smaller.
@. How long have we had phar-
ma cists in this co,untry?-D. P.
A. There is ND evidence that
pharmacist, as nbw known. existed
| in America preceding the Revolu-
tion. The first American pharma-
liam Brown at lancaster. Pa. 1t
was little work of 80 pages Tor
the use Of the military hospital of
| Washington's Arnhy.
@. just what Ys ships hug
band" please? o.
A. A ships huAband is one VI
attends to the requisite repairs o.
ship while in p9rt, and does al
the other necessary acts prepara-
tory to a voyage.
| Q. What Is meant by "allongo
when the term isl used in connec-
tion with commercial paper ?-H. E.
A Allonge is a French word for
the paper pasted DIN note or bill
of exchange to permit of more ea-
dorsements than thA note or bill It
sell has room for.
Q. How is the disb sblacement for
fiat bottomed boat figure in pounds
and inches ?-W. T wv.
A. The displacement tonnage oi
ship Is equal to tho weight of s.a
water actually displaced by the
vessel. It is computed usually ny
calculating from drawings of the
ship by the naval architect the
cubical contents of the immerse1
! hull in feet. and (adding to that
figure the number of cubic feet III
the propeller, the s)hatting exterior
Of the hull and the submerged poe-
tion of the rudder. The total is
divided by S5, SINCE IS cubic feet of
sea sea water weigh almost exactly ole
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
FIELD FOR CITY HISTORY
SEEKERS IN VIRGINIA
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

communities. a place to be included
in a tour by q distinguished visitor
such as Lafayette. Lit boaSted STOCK
company of it's own, pretentfous the
aires, a race course, even a fleet OF
it's own sailing from Appomattox
harbor to England and the tropics.
Aaron Burr lived in one of the
Petersburg taverns at the height OF
his career. John Daley Burk, the
brilliant young Irtshman, who wrote
one of the most famous histories OF
Virginia, was attracted to Petersburg
and became one of the remarkable
little group of intellectuals at the
beginning of the nineteenth century.
Site of Early Colonial Fort
This Virginia town was a center
of colonial trade and culture. 1t has
also figured in history because of its
strategic location. In 1645 one OF
the first colonial forts was built near
the banks of the Appomattox river
where Petersburg was to stand. In
cidentally, Petersburg got it's name
from old Peter Jones, who built
trading station near this fort about
1875 and traded with the Indians.
After almost two and a half centur-
les his station, a venerable stone
Arthur Kyle Davis, who Is the au-
thor of monograph on Petersburg
and who Is now writing history Of
the city, explains that the full sig.
nificance of Petersburg as strate-
gic military point has not been suf-
fciently stressed by historians.
1t was after Cornwallis attacked
Petersburg that he turned back to
IN hA Twill 70
again, Petersburg was besieged, this
time by Grant, in the longest and
most important siege fought in Am
erica. The city was the center OF
operations for Grants army during
the entire last ten months of the
Civil War, and the battles here are
said to rank with Verdun as the
bloodiest fights in history. After
Petersburg fell, the Civil War lasted
only another week.
A different phase of the city's his
tory. generally overlooked, has been
brought to light by Mr.. Davis. This
is that Petersburg had one of the
very few Lancasterian schools in
America. The Lancasterian plan, he
explains, was a famous English
method of education, about a CEN
tury ago, when illiteracy among the
poor was common. Lancaster evolv-
ed a scheme by which he claimed
that one teacher could teach several
thousand pupils to read and write
inside of three months. The teacher
gave special attention to the bright
est pupils and each one of them
taught little circle of 10 or IL other
pupils. In 1921 Petersburg had a
bequest of $500 a year from one of
its wealthy citizens and a free Lam
casterian school was esta ablished.
Mr.. Davis says that no city is more
closely connected with the critical
points of American history and that
each era has left its stamp on Pet
ersburg.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
@. Why are golf balls dimpled?''

@. Why are golf balls dimpled? p
M. s.
A. The dimples are made in order
to make the ball fly straight. Prac-
tically nothing can fly well for ahy
considerable distance without a tau.
The various markings on golf balls
are the results of experiments as
to the kind of indentations that
set up friction that most perfectly
takes the place of a tail.
@. Who took the places Of Asso-
ciate Justices Clark, Day and Pit
ney?-M. T. w.
A. Two of the vacancies have
been filled by George Sutherland
and Pierce Butler. Edward Terry
Sanford has been nominated TO fill
the third vacancy.
@. When and why and where did
bootlegging begin Pm. L.
A. It would be impossible to say
Just when the Illicit manufacture
and traffic in liquor now known as
bootlegging originated. AS early
as 1901 excise laws were passed by
Congress on the third Of March,
which were held by many people
to be an infringement of the right
of citizens and an abridgement rf
their personal liberty. IllfeH traf-
fic in liquor commenced and thee
Whiskey Rebellion of 1897 wa fhe
. What does the word i .sffas' izsla'
A. The Japanese spelling IL 1u ttt4'
su. Ju means soft-probablXsI1hs-
cause no weapons are used, ana
jutsu means art.
@. What proportion Of the the ex;- x;
pense of putting up building goes
to labor ?-E. T. L. bHiLiA1AA III
A. 1t is estimated that labyr feg1
resents more than so per cenF ofnehs
cost Of building. = i9l1"
O. was Philadelphia eversla4ges
oYt n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08

A Cleveland man who stole an
auto for a jokc was found in a ditch
with the Joke on him.
Philadelphia couple may have
been married seventy-two years
without quarrel; anyway, they say
they have.
Motormeters are nice things. FIRE.
quently they are all that is missing.
Outdoor life is fine, but too many
visitors believe in open door life.
Spring will not really be here until
Babe Ruth gets suspended.
Friday is one of our seven days on
which it is unlucky to shoot craps.
Things are so peaceful in this
town you can hardly find dog mad
enough to start a fight.
There is a great deal of talk on the
political party lines.
Naming radio parts is running our
alphabet.
Very few people buy poison booze
twice.
Fine thing about getting into the
movies is after being in one picture
| you are movie star.
Never Judge a mans religion by
| what he says when his safety razor
nearly cuts his nose off.
Boston daylight robberies con-
tinue. However, they are not after
light saved by daylight saving.
Chicagos new railway station will
| be forty stories high, All the scenery
| in that town Is sideways.
In Seattle a crazy man thought he
! was Harding. Women wonder what
| the crazy men will think next.
| Los Angeles man says all of us
are three-fourths ignorant, so we say
it is one-fourth less than he is.
The chances are two to one your
merchant is only dunning you as
others have dun unto you.
We can't think UP anything more
useless than cut glass.
Never cuss a wife for pie that isn't
| like mother used to make unless you
make money like her father used to
make.
The early bird may get the worm,
but the early bud gets the frost.
Some build hot air castles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-08
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