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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
DR.. bush To GIVE
PUBLIC TEST
OF POWERS
Psychologist, at Belasco Will
AnaIyze Characters OF
Strangers in Audience.

A public demonstration of healing
and character analysis of four
strangers from the audience is
promised by DR.. David ". Bush. ap-
piled psychologist, during his lee
ture at the Belasco Theater tonight.
DIR. Bush will speak on Poverty a
Disease" incidentally explaining
how men and women may double
their efficiency and cure their finan-
cfal ills. ~ 800
IF we spend our time talking
about keeping the wolf from tie
door and trimming the fringe from
the bottom of our trousers, We are
liable, by the law OF attraction. to
attract the pack Of wolves and in
crease the fragile around our
ankles" argues DR.. Bush.
In his address on "As a Man
Thinketh,'' before q capacity audi
ence last night, DIR. Bush urged
those interested in the study of
psychology not to expect astound-
ing results the first day they begin
to practice living by psychological
laws.
1T is. a common fault to fail to
allow time for improvement" he de
clared. Thousands of men have
been almost face to face with sue
cess, but because they did not have
the staying power to retain conf
dence in their ultimate success,
have died failures.
DR.. Bush will continue his lee
lures through September IA, except
Sunday. His topic for tomorrow
night will be 1.-The Universally of
the Master Mind"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
FOUND HUSBAND, SHE SAYS,
IN ROOM WITH A RIVAL

Justice Siddons of the District
Supreme Court yesterday granted
an absolute divorce to Mrs. Mary c.
Lamster from Edward J. Lamster
on the ground of misconduct.
Mrs. Lamster testified that she
found her husband and the core
spondent together in their apart
ment when she returned from a
visit to Brooklyn.
The defendant did not oppose the
suit which was brought by at
torneys Frost and Marye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05

date needs Of the japanese people
have been met
This information was cabled and
wtrelessed today to the American
Embassy in Tokyo by Acting Secre-
tary of State Phillips in answer to
Ambassador Woods request for inn
mediate assistance.
The fund to be raised by the
Red Cross win be collected by $500
chapters in every State In the
Union, the local quotas being fixed
by divisional managers on the basis
headquarters here
The amounts to be raised in the
various divisions are: Washington.
81, 900 900: New England, $3.50. 600;
Southern, $780, 900: Central, $780,
600; Southwestern. $3.50, 000:. Pacific,
$400, 200.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
D. c. Title GOLF
PLAY NEARS
FINALS
voight, Brown, Brooke and
Mcclure Will Contest
in Last Games.
lcontinued from T1rst Page.l

CONTINUED from First Page.J
fifth, halved the sixth. and made tho
match all square by taking the sew.
enth. He then became erratic ard
dropped the next two.
Glass B Matches Close.
The tenth was halved. Mcclure
became three up at the eleventh and
then lost the twelfth. Both wore
down in skies on the thirteenth, but
Mcclure brought q couple Of his
long drives into play from Nos. IA
and is tees and won both holes, end
Ing the match. 4 and 3.
Eddie Brooke and Otto Weight
INDUCED in a ding-dong affair,
Brooke finally coming out on top
on the eighteenth green. At the
turn for home Voight had Brooke
two down, but the veteran rallied
and by some brilliant golf squared
the match on the sixteenth and
then won out on the home carpet.
All Of the Class B matches were
close and exciting. Two of the
four were decided at the sixteenth
and the other two at the seven
teenth. Crook caught Winbigler in
a slump and won 80, while Beti-
kofer was three up on Wannan
when the sixteenth was finished.
Weatherly scored well earned
victory over DR.. Laforet Bracy, 81,
as did James e. Collins over Will
liam n. Sykes, 81.
In Class G the youthful Charles
w. Cole, after being two for the
first nine, came right back and won
five successive holes from Chester
Johnston. The youngster wound
up the contest on the seventeenth
green, he then being two up.
John McEIveney succumbed to
Thomas M. Galloway only after
nu++'ng On great uphill fight
Galloway had McElveney five down
for the first nine, but McElveney
played almost unbeatable golf for
the last nire. He was not quite
equal to overcoming GalIoway's big
early lead and lost 50.
r. e. Terry scored over Bernard
M. Connolly in we1l-played match
So. while Roger Mehurin disposed
Of Watson L. McMorris. "a.
Results Of Play.
The results of today's play fo.
low:
Class A: George ]. voight defate1
-. ~. 11Ou6HtOH, To- 1lODSIl II
Brown defeated John r.. Miller. AZ
Edward p Brooke DEBATED Otto
Voight, 4 up. and William A. Nc
lGuire defeated John C. Shorey.
4-3. -
Class B: George r. CrooiS de-
faated C.. Nj. Winbiglef. 81: Robert
d. Betikofer defeated Arthur T
Wannan, 80; Arthur Weatherly de.
feated Laforest r. Bracy, al. and
James e. Collins defeated William
H. Sykes. 81.
Class C: r. e. Terry defeated
Bernard M. Connolly, 81; Roger
Mehurin defeated Watson l. M.
Morris, 40; Charles w. Cole de
feated Chester Johnston, mp, and
Thomas M. Galloway DEBATED John
A. 2 McElveney. 2-1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
800 Tokyo Hospital
Patients Cremated;
Unable to Quit Beds
BY international News Service.

by international News Service.
TOXIC, Sept. 5, via Pekin -
The terrific earthquake and subse-
quent fire took a toll of 150, 900 lives
here, it was estimated today by the
Metropolitan police after a prelim-
mary survey. The homeless were
listed at 100000.
The same source estimated
casualties in Yokohama at 100000.
The only newspaper not totally de-
stroyed In the capital city was the
Nichi Nichi. The machinery was
damaged to such an extent, how.
ever. as to make publication impos-
sible.
Eight hundred bedridden patients
at the University Hospital were
cremated without a chance to save
themselves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
POLICE CAPTAINS ACT
AS "BREATH-SMELLERS'

WILMINGTON. Del. Sept s.
Police captains Of Wilmington were
designated as official breath smell
ers by Judge Daniel o. Hastings. in
Municipal Court. Every night for
ten days John Berowski and Ell
wood BARLEY must report at the
police station and give the captain
in charge a Whit of their breath.
II either has INDUCED they will
be arraigned again before the court
The verdict came after the wives
Of the offenders had testified that
the men came home intoxicated and
caused nightly disturbances
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
PINCHOT ASKS STATE
TO GIVE AID TO JAPAN

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. S. -
Governor Pinchot has issued 4
proclamation to the people of Penn
sylvania urging assistance to the
stricken people of Japan. The gov
ernor suggests that contributions
be sent to the American National
Red Cross at Washington, to local
Red Cross chapters or to the
Governor Of Pennsylvania at Har-
risburg.
The proclamation said: 1.-THE peo-
pie of Japan are suffering under
a disaster whose Vastness we at a
distance. can hardly appreciate.
They needout assistance, and we
would like to help"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
VISITOR HAS POCKETS
PICKED WHILE IN JAIL

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. s.
When John Golding complained to
the police that there were pick
pockets in the county Jail. the only
reply he received was that the
county Jail was the place for pick
pockets; but when John went on to
explain that the pickpockets were
working at their trade behind the
bars he received an attentive hear
ing.
John alleged that he went to the
Jail to see friend. They were con-
versing in the visitors room, he
said, and during the conversation
somebody lifted" Johns wallet,
containing $3.50 and personal papers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
Manila Sending First
American Assistance
To Devastated Janan

While officials of the American
Red Cross were perfecting plans to-
day for their nationwide campaign
to raise $3.50 900 for relief work
in Japan, word went out from the
State Department to Ambassador
Wood at Tokyo that the first quota
of food and medical supplies were
being rushed across the Pacific
from Manila.
The Army transports Merritt and
Meigs will carry the first American
relief supplies into the stricken
region, and the movement of food
stuffs. clothing and other material
will continue until all the imme.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
POP TRIES SKATES At So;
HE'LL PROBABLY RECOVER

BALTIMORE, Sept. s. There's
many a slip
Edward Curran, fifty-six years
old, undertook to show . group of
genuine "old time technique" In
roller skating yesterday afternoon.
The sidewalk sprang up and smote
Edward right in the middle of his
ESQ pounds. Result, trip to Johns
Hopkins Hospital, followed by cor
tege of youthful admirers who con-
cluded that skating in the old days
was a neglected art. Doctors treated
Curran for a fractured right wrist,
body bruises and panied dignity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
PICKED UP DRUNK TWICE
IN 4s HOURS; GETS S DAYS

NORRISTOWN. Sept. 3.-H. e.
Royalty, a Japanese beetle inspec-
tor, was twice before Burgess Pot
ter Within the last twenty-four
hours. each time for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. One police
man found him lying in the public
square, in the heart OF the town.
The Burgess allowed him to go
with a reprimand.
But leniency was misplaced. Tor
Royalty was again before the bur-
CESS, having been brought in by
the police who found him in the
very same spot ne had been ap-
pretended before. He was sent to
Jail for five days to sober up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
Six Warships Arrive
With Aid for Stricken
Thousands in japan
By LLOYD LEHRBAS.
international News Service.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 5.-With the
re-establishment of partial COM
munication in japan, the unprece-
dented disaster which has stunned
the world and rendered millions of
persons in the island empire home
less, with a loss of life variously
estimated at from 100000 to $780,.
go. Is being slowly unfolded to ian
anxious world in dispatches today
which are trickling through direct
from the stricken country for the
first time since the earthquake,
conflagration and tidal wave laid
waste to an area said to be 100
miles square.
The property damage is incalcu-
liable.
"a Foreigners Dead.
Twenty-four foreigners, including
several Americans, are known to
have lost their lives i'm the calamity
at Yokohama
The number of dead in the capital
city Of Tokyo, which was almost
completely destroyed, is unknown.
Earlier reports indicate the foreign
quarter of the city was demolished
with possible heavy loss of foreign
lives.
Electric lights in the Tokyo wards
OF Hongo and Koishikwa were turn
ed on for the first time in almost a
week. Seven of the wards or sub
urbs were opliterated. A portion of
the water supply system in the re-
naming wards has been repaired AMI
these communities are being served.
A Tokyo reporter of the Asahi, a
newspaper. escaped in the height of
the seismic disturbances at Yoko-
hama Sunday night, and after three
days and nights travel by foot
reached Osaka today. He reported
that all towns and villages between
the two cities had been demolished
with an appalling loss of life. These
communities included Hachioji, At
suki, Hiratsuka, Kodzu and Totemba.
Confirmation has been received
that the populous island Of Oshima.
with its $4,000 souls, has been in
undated, with not a trace re-
naming.
Banks Destroyed.
Oshinna was the largest island Of
the Idsu group.
The Far Eastern review here re-
ceived a cable from the stricken
country indicating that its offices
were destroyed, but the fate Of its
personnel was not given. The cable
added that all banks in Tokyo and
Yokohama were reduced to debris
and funds were unavailable.
From Peking came reports that
10000 refugees who had taken
refuge in the military depot a.
Tokyo were burned to death.
All cities, towns and hamlets of
Idzu, Tokaheo, Boso and Miura
peninsulas were wiped out. The
total population of the peninsulas is
more than 100000.
216 Shocks Felt.
Two hundred and sixteen distinct
earthquake shocks were felt in
Yokohama and Tokyo last Saturday.
Fifty-seven Of the tremors were felt
in three-hour period, from s to II
a. m.
Six warships, laden with inmedi-
ate necessities, have reached Yoke,
hama harbor from the Japanese
naval station at Kure.
Only an approximate estimate of
the loss of life will ever be known
In many cases the devastating fire
entirely obliterated all trace Of hu.
manity. Thousands were drowned
in the. engulfing huge tidal wave.
Navigation Blocked.
Navigation in the harbor at Yoke
hama is impossible. The floor of the
hay has been raised to such a DEGREES
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
SIX MEN TO BE TRIED FOR
FOR VETERANS MURDER

VIVIAN, Ca, Sept. 5.--Fin;,'
preparations today were under wa,
here for trials in Coweta circuit su.
perior court tomorrow Of six men
charged with murder in connection
With the abduction and Staying OF
MilIard Trouton, world var veteran,
on August 10. Only the definite
order of procedure remains to be ar
ranged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05


The first list Of twenty-four
foreigners dead in the great catas-
trophe in Japan did not contain
the names of any Of the several
score Washingtonians known to
be in or near the stricken area of
the Far East country.
Details and names of dead and
injured are coming in slowly from
the devastated section. It may
be weeks before communication
with particular persons in Japan
can be established. In the mean
time, relatives and friends Of
Washingtonians in that country
anxiously await word.
!. District List Grows.
Three days have elapsed now with
out direct word from any Washing.
tonian. Friends and relatives are
hoping against hope that those
Washingtonians in Japan were not
in the earthquake area.
The list of Washingtonians known
to be in Japan continues to increase.
Telephone calls are pouring into
newspaper offices inquiring regard.
ing the safety Of various persons.
Newspapers 90 far have been un.
HvaR~ ffrNvA
boarding The location OF any per-
<.
The report that Max D. Kirjass.
off, American Consul General at
Yokohama, was killed in japan has
brought grief into the home OF
Kirtassoff's sisters, Misses Rose
and Lillian Kirjassoff, at 1900
Gifard street northwest. They
however, are hopeful that the re-
port may be incorrect. With k1r-
jassoff at Yokohama was his wife
and two children.
Two brothers of DIR. j. c. Buch-
anan, of 901 M street northwest.
are thought to be in the devastated
area. The Rev. William Buchanan,
one of them, has been doing mis-
sionary work in the county tor
thirty-four years. His son and
daughter are with him. The Sec
ond brothery the Rev. Walter Buch-
anan. is president Of the Presby-
terrain Seminary at Kobe.
Others on the List.
Another Washingtonian in japan
is Capt. w. B. Sullivan Of the
United States Marine Corps. He
left Washington July Is for duty
with the American Embassy In
Tokyo. When last heard from he
was in Kamarkura, outside OF
Tokyo.
Miss Myrtle King. whose mother,
Mrs. Win X. King, lives in the
Farragut apartments, 10 also said
to be in Japan. Miss King was
hiking" around the world with
Miss Emma c. Tucker, of Balti-
more When last heard from they
were in Japan.
Word from Leighton PEBBLES, his
wife and their daughter, who are
thought to be at Tokyo is anxiously
awaited by Mr.. PEBBLES sister. Miss
A. B. PEBBLES. of 1917 Nineteenth
street northwest.
Clarence NJ. Dubose, correspond
onL Oh the OHItcu ANcWS 0cLNCc' Wdo
last heard of at the Imperial Hotel,
Tokyo, on. August Is. Yesterday
Mrs. Clare 0. Dubose, his wife.
obtained passports at the State De-
partment to go to Japan to look for
her husband.
Mrs. Charles Fairchild. WELL
known Washington society woman,
and her daughter. Miss Sallie Fair
child. were to have left Japan on
the day of the disaster on the
Steamer Empress of Australia. 1t
is probable that she was at Yoka-
hama. as that Is the main seaport
of the country.
Others reported to have been near
The devasted section are Ernest B.
Watson, a Japanese missionary for
five years and Mr.. and Mrs. S. B.
Maynard, OF the American EN-
basSy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
Japanese Steamer,
Reported In Distress,
Wirelesses She Is Safe
81 InternationaI NeWa Seryice.

ny AHtVfh~thUAlAAI AN6Wb DSEVICUs
TOMIOKA, Japan, Sept. 5.-(Via
Radio Corporation of America to
San Francisco-.-The Togo Kisen
Kaisha liner Taiyo Maru, with
about 500 passengers aboard, is
safe, 1t was revealed today when
the vessel communicated with the
Japanese radio station at Choshi.
The Taiyo Maru had been re-
ported in distress in. the vicinity of
Yokohama. The Cordova, Alaska,
wireless station picked up s. o. S.
calls frem the ship said to have
been the Taiyo Maru
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
French Envoy is Safe.

PARIS, Sept 5.-The French am
hassador to Japan is safe, the
foreign office was advised today.
He took refuge on the French
steamship Andre Lebon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-05
MORE DISTRICT
!. FOLKS LISTED
IN JAP
Anxiety Grows as Relatives
and Friends Get No Word
as to Their Fate.

LONDON, Sept. 5.-A
cablegrafn was received
today from Major Pug
rnire, of Detroit, Mich,
a member of the Saliva
ton Army, stating that
all the Salvationists in
Japan were safe.
The broad ax., 1923-09-01

their way through the south side
streets.
Il seemed that some way or other
the police went to sleep on the lob and
they permitted hundreds OF tough
young men who should have been
promptly arrested, to climb On The TOPS
OF the stfeet cars and to keep ID !
loud noise all the time the parade was
passing south on State street their
noise drowning out the splendid music
of the bands.
The police also permitted the people
standing on the streets to rush ar
crowd the niarchers to such an extent
that many Of them we're forced u
march through narrow lane and II
appears to u that if the police would
have marched up and down the line
during the parade that they would
have been able to have prevented the
tough and the rough element from
hurting all kinsd Of coarse and insult
ing remarks At the lady Elks as thev
passed by in the long to Be remem-
bered Elks parade.
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newspaper It was headed by the
Great Lakes and Fort Dearborn
Lodges and by many coIored police
men Of this city and by colored po-
licemen from Kansas City, Mo-, assist
ing to form the escort.
Not less than thirty-hve thousand
Elks we're IN the long possession
which was inspiring and wonderful TO
behold, twenty-five real live bands
from all parts of the country joined
in i, and fully one thousand autos,
beautifully decorated with white and
purple, the orders official colors. all
flying the stars and stripes. The autos
and the floats containing thousands Of
the most prominent Lady Elks from
all parts Of the United States.
The ladies in the parade, the niajori-
ty Of them being costumed in snow
white skirts, purple jackets and white
felt hats, looked ever SO lovely and
charming and they made most won
derful impression on the minds Of the
more than two hundred thousand peo-
PIE who eagerly watched them wend
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BOTH WHITE AND COLORED PEO-
PIE SHOULD VERY CAREFULLY
READ AND REREAD THE FOL-
LOWING ARTICLE, FOR 1T WILL
DO THEM A WORLD OF GOOD.
CONTRIBUTED BY THE EDUCA-
TIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHI
CAGO BRANCH, N. A. A. C. P.

same rights as you. You have right
there the same as they, but you also
owe DUTY as citizen to the pub
lie and the individual to be neat and
clean and not make yourself nuisance
and Objectionable.
One seat on street car il all any
individual is entitled to. To sprawl
all over a car or to engage in loud
talking, eating and sleeping show very
bad manners.
Unnecessary crowds on street cor
ners and along car line streets produce
a display Of Incidence, making il ap-
pear that your time is not prohtably
utilized
Work eight hours. indulge in
VIII OIL so Me RECREATION
eight hours, and sleep eight hours in
sanitary surroundings.
Parks and Fairgrounds are places of
amusement. 1t is impossible to pro-
vide police supervision at all these
places, hence it is necessary that the
individual citizen observe proper de-
corum and exercise a DUE REGARD
for the rights Of others, not monop-
olizing all the facilities at hand in the
way of apparatus, boats. benches, ten
mis- courts, baseball diamonds, etc.
One year in the. State makes you
citizen of Illinois. BUT your CON-
DUCT every hour OF your daily pub
lie and private life determine whether
you are GOOD CITIZEN or 4
BAD CITIZEN.
A good citizen REGISTERS and
VOTESl Do you?
Friction and MISUNDERSTANDING can
be avoided to great degree BY the
use OF good common sense in all things,
realizing that people is rated, largely
and unfortunately, by the CONSPIC-
UOUS BAD ACTS performed by the
individual citizen.
Fine manners, gentlemanly and
lady-like customs speak for refinement
and culture.
Note the pleasing appearance Of
many people who ride in tile street
cars buses, elevated trains and rail-
road trains and who frequent the parks
and other public places; OBSERVE
the well-dressed girls and boys, wom-
en- and men, you see every day. MI
TATE.
a little active cooperation will guar
antee fair treatment on the part Of all
to all
Let US endeavor to become acquaint
(Continued on page p
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Lady Elks. secretary of the grand
temple, entertainment committee, well
coined the temples of the city OF Chi
cago. She was responded to by the
grand treasurer. Mrs. E. ". Kelly. At
ter Percy Fl. Ash had delivered vel
come on behalf Of Great Lakes and
Fort Dearborn lodges. the local bodies,
The grand exalted ruler, ]. Finley VIII
son, made the closing address. Mr..
Wilson defended his record in his own
inimitable way. He said that he had
been instrumental in adding to the or
der 90 new lodges during the year.
He had invaded Canada as well as
new territory for Elkdom, namely,
South Carolina. Tennessee, Arkansas
and Texas. ''If elected again. said
the grand exalted ruler. II promise
You 100 new lodges, a permanent na-
tional headquarters, factory to make
all Elk paraphernaIia and to find more
employment for all Elks and their rel
atives. /" He was loudly applauded
Tuesday afternoon the grand street
parade was held. the route being as
published in the last issue Of this