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The Washington times., 1923-05-31
ICE CREAM AND HOOCH KILL
MAN WHO COMBINES THEM

WEST CHESTER, Pa. May al
A combination of ice cream and
hoOch caused the death of Charles
Callahan, a colored resident OF
Green Tree Hollow, a suburb Of
Malvern. according to an investiga-
ton made today by Deputy Coroner
Patrick. who found that Callahan
ate large quantity of ice cream
and drank considerable moonshine
later.
He was taken sick and DIR.
Spangler, of Devon, diagnosed the
case as one of poisoning, He used
q stomach pump and otherwise
treated Callahan, but he died half
an hour later. Whether the liquor
or ice cream contained poison could
not be determined.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
BIRTHS.

Aloysius J. and Margaret Bier. boy.
Walter N. and Blanche Hoffman, boy.
Thornton e. and Ruth A. Cropley.
girl.
Kenneth r. and Myrtle Walton, boy.
Harold W. and Cora e. Morris, girl.
Raymond and Helen Saunders, boy.
James r. and Marion Esty, girl.
MichalI G. and Edna M. Darchak, boy.
George F. and Virginia Smith, boy.
Peretz and Anna Scheinerman. girl.
Richard T. and Marie Tracey, girl.
Thomas T. and Agnes Houston, Jr.,
boy.
Samuel A. and Julia e. Davis, girl.
Carl and Elizabeth Toepfer, girl
Theron p. and Rebekah Sager (twins).
boys.
Roswell L. and Josephine A. Hamaker.
girl
Andrew c. and Marjorie wilkins, boy.
william e. and Carmela w. Lewis,
girl.
Daniel T. and Malissa Ross, boy.
Alfred e. and Daisy Mahoney, boy.
Edward and Effie Powell. boy.
Herman w. and Mabel Phynes, girl.
John and Birdie Winston, boy.
Benjamin and Theresa Mason. girl.
Lloyd and Catherine Lewis, girl.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
Entertains Angel Unawares.
PARIS PLAGUE EPIDEMIC
STOPPED BY ISOLATION

PARIS, May 31.-Five cases Of
plague, the last breaking out six
days ago, have been reported to the
health authorities in the last ten
days from st. Omen, a suburb.
Two of the cases were fatal, but
the other three are considered cured,
and the ministry of health says the
outbreak is apparently ended.
Spread Of the disease was pre-
vented by immediate isolation Of
those infected and vaccination OF
persons with whom they had come
in contact. Those stricken were
residents Of the slums, and are be-
lieved to have become infected from
a rat.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
MOVIE MEN NOT TO SHOW
UNPATRlOTIC PICTURES

CHICAGO, May 31.-The motion
picture theater owners of America,
representing approximately 10000
exhibitors, went on record here
against unpatriotic influences and
political propaganda through the
screen.
A resolution adopted declared the
intention of the exhibitors ''to re-
fuse to show any picture that
might have an unpatriotic, unwhole-
some or immoral effect upon the
life and mind of any auditor"
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
REV. John B. PLANTE.

Funeral services, in which the
entire student body of Georgetown
University will participate. will be
held for the Rev. John B. Plante,
professor at the university, tomor-
row at 8 a. M in the Dahlgren
Chapel. He died last Tuesday after
an operation had been performed on
him.
The Rev. Plante was born in
Southbridge, Mass, but spent a
large part of his youth in Canada.
He became connected with George
town University in 1920. He was
exchange professor in the language
and literature of the French.
He win probably be inferred at
his native home.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
$4,000 WORTH OF STOLEN
JEWELS MAILED TO OWNER

CAMDEN, N. j.. May 31-Dia-
monds and jewels valued at $4,000,
stolen from the home of Miss Flor
ence Simpler, Of Collingswood, and
Lillian SeynaVe, of Philadelphia,
were returned by mail to the Sim.
pier home in a candy box. The box
was addressed to Miss Seynave, but
there was no way of tracing the
sender
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
RlOTINC AS LIMA, PERU,
CHANGES PATRON SAINT

BUENOS AYRES. May 31.-A
Santiago dispatch says that the
German steamship Rapot, which ar
rived at africa from Callao, Peru.
reports several persons killed or
wounded at Lima IN religious riots
between students and workmen.
The disturbance arose out of q
decree issued by President Leguia
changing the city's patron saint.
1t is further reported a general
strike has been declared. which in
cludes the railroad employees. Man
uel Villaran. rector Of the univer-
sity. and number Of students have
been arrested
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
BERLIN PROTESTS AGAINST
EXECUTION FOR SABOTAGE

BERLIN, May 31-The govern
ment has instructed it's representa-
tive at Paris to present a note to
the French government protesting
against the execution of Albert Schla-
geter last Saturday at Dusseldorf.
Schlageter was convicted of sabotage
on the railroads in the occupied re-
gion.
The German government declares
in it's note that the French court
martial has no Jurisdiction over the
freedom or the life or death of a
German citizen in German territory,
which the French and Belgians un.
lawfully occupy.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
TOY BALLOON RUBBER
CAUSES CHILD'S DEATH

result of swallowing the rubber of
an exploded toy balloon, Margaret
Young, two-year- daughter of
Mrs Henrietta Young, of Cotati, is
dead here today.
The rubber lodged in the child's
throat and gangrene followed, caus-
ing death.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
LITTLE BOY ALONE FROM
FRANCE TO CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK, May 31.-When the
Mauretania locked a little boy in
French sailor suit, with a tag on
his breast, stood peering over the
rail. He had come from France
alone. and his journey is only half
completed for he is going to his
mother, Mrs. Joseph Gilbert, of San
Diego, Cal.
The youngster, Rene Inezan,
son of Mrs. Gilbert by a former
marriage, who speaks only French,
was put aboard at Cherbourg by
his grandfather,
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
MEN TAKEN
IN DEL RAY
FRACAS
Arlington Provost Guard Aids
Military in Handling Key
Bridge Auto Traffic.

CLARENDON, Va, May 31.-Two
Of Del Ray, were both arrested by
Sheriff A. c.. Clements and Deputy
Sheriff z. o. Hines yesterday, follow
ing a fracas which is alleged to have
taken place at the Taylor home.
Thomas is charged with being
under the influence of liquor, and
shooting, while Dan Is charged with
fighting and intoxication. Both men
will be brought before Police Judge
Harry r. Thomas today.
With the cooperation of troops
from FIT. Myer, the provost guard of
Arlington county and Sheriff A. G.
Clements more than 1000 automo-
biles were handled from the Key
bridge going to Arlington Cemetery
without an accident or a tie-up of
any kind.
Members of the Willing Workers
Bible class, of the Cherrydale Meth
odist Church, will hold a straw
berry festival on the church lawn
tomorrow evening"
The Cherrydale Athletic Club de-
feated the Ballston A. G. yesterday
in a hard fought game by a score
of to on the Cherrydale dia-
mond. Reese and Taft pitched for
Cherrydale, while Ball and King
did the mound work for Ballston.
It became known today that Clar-
ence r. Ahalt will announce him
self as a candidate for the office
of Commonwealth attorney. Ahalt
has the backing of a large circle
of friends, including representatives
of the Women's organizations
throughout the county.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
80 POLICE DOGS ON SHIP
BARK GREETINGS TO U. S.

NEW YORK. May 31-Twcnty
police dogs and ten police puppies,
on the forward deck of the United
States Line Steamship President
Arthur, barked in the sunshine and
made the ship seem like big float
ing dog show, as it came into Pier
3, Hoboken, with 400 passengers,
from Bremen.
Captain Paul Kreibohm, of the
President Arthur, found a stowa.
way, Wilhelm Schumacher, a Ger
man boy, on board when the ship
was about two days out from Bre.
men, and shipped him back to Bre-
men on the President Fillmore when
they passed.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
KHAN SENDS FLAG AND $25
FOR STAFF TO A SCHOOL

DELAWARE CITY, Del, May 81
Mystery surrounded the receipt
of a neatly tied package containing
large American flag by Miss
Phillis Mason, supervising principal
of the local school, until the mail
brought a letter signed Ku KluX
Khan, knights of the Realm of Del
aware, and addressed to the chill
dren of the public schools.
The letter said no flag was to be
seen flying daily over the school
house. Twenty-Five dollars accom-
panied the letter to provide a flag
staff The staff was erected and
the flag FLYING within an hour.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being a skeleton record Of
cases tried in Judge Nc
MahOn's tribunal.
Read 'En1 and Worry
By DONALD McDOUGAL.

Three cars in row going up
Fourteenth street. Cop at II
throws signal against them. First
car signals and stops; second car
signals and stops; third car slams
second for $25.
Second car: "I certainly gave
the signal before / stopped, Your
Honor: and l had stopped for sew
eral seconds before he hit me; but
even if 1 hadn't signalled, the
traffic sign should have warned
any ordinarily careful driver. SIS.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
SKULL OF DINOSAUR ON
EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. May 31.-The partly
restored skull Of the famed dino
saur, baluchitherium, which was
found in the Tsagan-NOr district of
Mongolia, has been placed on OK
hibition at the American Museum
of Natural History. The skull was
found by the third Asiatic expedi-
ton of the museum after a three
year search.
A perfect skull of a titanOthere
also was reported found by the
third Asiatic expedition.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
NEW YORK MODEL TAKES
POISON IN ATLANTIC CITY

ATLANTIC CITY, May 81
Damn the men: want to die"
said a pretty young woman in the
Atlantic City Hospital, who was
found lying in the street suffering
from poisoning. She said she was
Marian Dale, u model, of New
York.
A man telephoned to the hospital
and said the woman had swallowed
bichloride of mercury. Police could
not trace the telephone call.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
COP WHIGGLED SEMAPHORE
TOO FAST; HELD AS DRUNK

WILMINGTON, Del, May 81
Receiving complaints of a traffic
jam at Eleventh and Market streets
late in the afternoon, Police Cap
tain Keller started an investigation
which resulted in Traffic Officer
Willis being suspended.
Willis, according to his superior
officers, was intoxicated and kept
the traffic semaphore moving so
fast that automobiles did not know
which way to proceed.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
Why Is a One.wax Street?

Rambling east on left side Of x
street in congested district.
II thought / could drive on any
part of the roadway of a one-way
street, Your Honor We've been
doing that on the one-way streets
established before the inundation.
We've been parking on the left
SIDE of them, too. don't see how
the congestion is to be relieved if
we use only one side of these
streets" Personal bonds for 500.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
HUSBAND, AT 90, SUED
BY WIFE FOR DIVORCE

SUNBURY. Pa, May S1.-A sixty
nine-year- old husband is respondent
in a divorce suit filed in the North
band, John H. Quinn, is a member
of the Shamokin borough council. "
They were married seventeen
years when he deserted her in 1911,
she alleges.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
DEATHS.

Caroline Reeves. II yrs, 1928 Franklin
st. ne.
owen Brady. 50 yrs, 81 7th st. ne.
Frances Haslup. So yrs, 1908 o st.
NV.
Mary A. Marshall, SO yrs. 1892 w st.
NV.
Ernest Rogers, IS yrs, 81 ct. sw.
Lillian Jones, 20 yrs, Gallinger
Municipal hospI
Theodore Richardson, II yrs, 174S
Seaton ST. NV,
The Washington times., 1923-05-31

Rummy cuts corner at New Jer-
sey avenue at E and knocks all
the water out of a Ford coupe's
radiator. Snake fancier claims
he's parked on west side of New
Jersey avenue and coupe comes
across the street, hits him on the
left front wheel with rear fender,
runs back to east side of road and
dies $40
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
KILLED 8 IN KENTUCKY
MOONSHINE BATTLE
Arrested

Arrested
for stealing
a ride on a
train, this
young man
confessed to
killing eight
revenue
agents in the
Kentucky
hills fifteen
years ago.
He was one
of sixteen
children
whose father
was a
feudal baron.
There was
always
fighting with
government
agents and
the children
handled
rifles with
the skill
Of expert
rifle men.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
Case Thrown Out.

Boob cuts corner turning from
Twentieth into L. Cop halls.
Boob passes Nineteenth street.
Cop right behind. Reads speed
ometer-forty-fi miles an hour.
Boob slows up to thirty and cuts
corner at Eighteenth. Cop follows.
Boob circles Eighteenth, Nine
teenth, Twentieth, K, L, and as
sorted alleys. Cop sticks like a
splotch of soup to a fancy vest.
Gets him in blind alley off Nine
teenth. Case of hootch sails over
fence.
Entertains Angel Unawares.
Didn't know cop was behind
him; was only going fifteen miles
an hour; was circling the streets
looking for a gold cigarette case
he dropped; man in rear seat
threw out the hootch; boob didn't
know he had it.
Speeding, $50; disobeying traffic
signal, $40; cutting corner, SO.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31

Ingenue Of "Hitchy Koo of 1928"
Major Hughes has a Hollywood
complex. We women of the stage
are able to judge both men and
women, and we find 1t is the man
who does the flirting and not the
girls. 1t is the men who run
around and not the girls. / would
like to see the man who would
rehearse until 4 a. m. and then
get up and go to church"
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
Known To Police.
Ach! Der Xfmmins.

Switched off lights while wait
ing his turn at busy gas station.
Yaller haired dictation butcher n
car next door packs wicked
wink in her blue. blue eye. Boob
forgets to switch. lights on
again So.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
Births, deaths
Phone Main $3.50 Until
z p. n. Obituary Desk
MRS. NELLIE MAY DONOHUE.

Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie
NJ. Donohue, 1903 Second street
northwest, were held today. Burial
was in Congressional Cemetery. She
died Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
BLIND WAR VETERAN
WILL BECOME RABBI

BALTIMORE. May 31.-The war
left Michael Arronshon, a Baltimore
youth, without his sight. but it gave
him a surplus of spirit and ambi-
ton, so that when he returned to
his theological studies at the Hebrew
Union College, in Cincinnati, the
physical handicap meant nothing to
him.
Saturday Arronshon will be or
dained as rabbi at the annual grad
uation exercises of the college.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
WON'T SEE HIM FOR ANOTHER

WobbIinS up Fourteenth street
in a Ford delivery. Slams Pc
destrian for three yards of anti
septic bandages. Another one
gets away by clever foot work.
Scrapes a row of parked cars and
comes to. rest at angle instead Of
parallel. Moves over from drivers
seat and cuddles down for nice
afternoon nan
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
Bootleg Blues.

No, indeed, Your Honor, I
wasn't drunk. was sick--so
sick that the doctor gave me a
prescription. And a friend of
mine gave me a drink to brace
me up. Two others gave me
drink, too, but 1 wasn't drunk.
/ was just SICK
THE doctor testified that he
hadn't even seen you for q
month" SIS or thirty days.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
Views Are Different.

CHICAGO. May 31.-Charles f.
Erbstein, noted attorney, comment
ing on Rupert Hughes sta tement
that men are more moral than
women, said: "All the moral men
are in the pulpit or the jungle.
If a man can once resist the lure
Of a woman he is safe for all time.
But the ones who do this are rare
indeed. From my long experience,
] am forced to brand as utterly
ridiculous the statement of Mr.
Hughes"
The Rev. Russell Boynton. pas.
tor Community Church, Chicago:
"A woman's point of view on
morality is different than a mans
She is made of finer stuff. Her life
up to few years ago tended to
keep her more moral than a man.
but even in the same surroundings
she keeps aloof from the baser
things of life"
'Tommyrot" said Irene DeIroy,
The Washington times., 1923-05-31
WATCHFTJI, WATTINC

wasn't going any twenty
seven miles,, Your Honor. l don't
know just exactly how fast I was
going, because my speedometer
broke. The only cars 1 passed
were those that were going slow
They were all going slow"
Known To Police.
He said at the station house,
Your Honor, that he knew a lot
of officers, and that he could get
off. He said that he had got by
with it before, and he could get
by with it this time. So we lock-
ed him up to see how he was 60
ing to. manage it, $40.
The Washington times., 1923-05-31

Hyattsville soon will have an ath-
letic field if efforts of committees
of the town council, Snyder-Fa1mer
Post No. 8, American Legion and
Pierce Athletic Club are successful.
The property opposite the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion's plant in West Hyattsville is
mentioned as a possible site for the
field
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-01
FINANCIAL REVIEW.

The. financial situation continued
today to present the same general
tendencies that il has all week.
Further activity for the most part at
higher prices in the speculative stock
market, steadiness but with no signs
Of any fresh advance in the invest
ment bond list. very small fluctua-
tions in the foreign exchanges and
more evidences OF increasing specula-
tion in some of the commercial mar
kets-these were again the essential
features.
There was no change today in the
character of the stock market from
what has now become familiar, Evil
dences of expanding outside interest
were hard 10 detect. The main i'm
pulse came from the Wall street pools
and large professional traders. While
it is not easy 10 Sc! limits upon a
speculative movement like the pres
ent. the inevitable sequel is the dis
covery that il has been carried to
excess with the resulting need for
more or less drastic readjustments.
Stock exchange operations were
once more favored by the easy money
conditions. call funds renewing at i
per cent and dropping later to { IL.
The most interesting incident in the
trade news of the day was the adj,
vance in copper metal quotations 10
II cents, that is an advance of nearly
3 cents Il pound since the outset OF
the YEAR
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-01
CONFIDENT POOLS
PUSH STOCKS UP
WITHOUT LET-UP
Copper Issues Reach Ne.U
Highs as Metal Advances
to IL Cents.
BY STUART =. WEST.

opy'ght. l.:S. b. the Bell Syndicate.
New York. March f.-Throughout
the greater part Of today's session on
the stock exchange there were no
signs of let-up in the forward move
ment. The pools seemed confident of
their control. and continued 10 mark
up prices in one stock after another
with theAutmost bOldnesS.
With the copper metal quoted nj
Ii cents, nearly all the copper and
smelling stocks reached new high
prices, Butte and Superior was the
leader Of the zinc stocks.
After hanging fire for several days
Studebaker was taken IN again Wig
orousoly. The short interest in this
stock. accumulated during the past
week, was said TO be uncommonly
large. International paper was am
other that came into prominence after
an interval of neglect.
Phillips Petroleum and California
Petroleum were the leaders of the
oils. the former feeling the effect of
recently published estimatS that earn
ings are running over $50 share.
New highs were made in American
Can above 1O4. and in American
Wool above 101. United States Real
~ sold above par for the first time
Public Service of New Jersey and
Philadelphia company were the strong
est among the public utilities. Sugar
stocks were quick TO move in sympa-
thy with the renewed rise in raw
sugar prices. Punta Allegro in particu,
lar, crossing 81.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-01
DEFAULTS MANY AS
AMATEURS RESUME
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Champion Tarrant Default
ed, Too-Second Round
in Afternoon.

The lapse Of two weeks, because Of
bad weather, between the qualifying
round and the first round of match
play was blamed Thursday for the
great number Of defaults in the Mid
Winter Amateur Golf Championship
Tournament at the San Antonio Coun-
try Club. In the third flight, COM
pleted first, only five of sixteen
matches were played out. There were
several defaults posted in the other
two flights also. City Champion Jack
Tarrant, who was medsliSt in the
tournament, was defaulted to BY DR..
A. l.. Curry. Other first round re-
suits in early afternoon follow:
II. W. Baker defaulted 10 Bob
Scott, c. S. Cory defaulted to NJ. Me
Clure, ]. w. Byrne defaulted to Jack
Lapham. J.. +. New won from Maj,
E. L. Parmenter. and 3; Fl. Is.
Andrews defeated Col. +. F. Wing,
3 and ,: II. f. Smothers defaulted to
Col. c. S. Lincoln, J. B. Roberts, -
faulted to c. Il. Harris. Charles Bran
non beat William Aubrey. 3 and .;
Brig Gen. Il. 4. Poore defeated f. {.
Tarrant. and .. and then lost in an
early played second round match to
Colonel Lincoln. > and 5; Robert :.
Kampmann defeated Roy Lewis. {
and :. A few matches were late COM
ing in.
The second flight. which started
last. had reported only five matches
early in the afternoon. Four of these
were defaults. i. i. Stevenson from
G. w. Henry. Charles Schreiner from
X. 3. Sullivan. j. Il. MARITIME from
]. 3. Sullum, and Val J. RothSchild
from Col. \. W. Fisher, J. ]. Kuntz
defeated L. b. Cegg, and 4.
The first round in the third flight.
complete follows: A. ". Haag won
BY default from +. X. Guea;her; f.. +.
Chandler defeated +. ]. Johnston. :
and ]; L. d. Ormsby beat +. NJ. Pow
ers, 3 and 1; DIR. L.. h. Beck won
from George J.. Hicks. one up; Dick
Bedell won from "Hcz" Mcclellan. by
default: II. Il. Baldwin won by de-
fault from II. T. Goodwin; Charles
r. Allen won by default from 4. VI.
Cullum: Capt II. Gray Won by de-
fault from William Dunshee: f. H..
Chase won by default from II. H.
Dabney: Hugh Mcclellan won by de-
fault from V. II. Prinn: I. j. Pome-
ROW beat G. H. Nichols. ope up;
W. w. Sears won by default from
C. b. Phillips; r. f. Blodsett de-
faulted to DIR. ]. $. Steele; ;. \.
Shaw won from f. J. Roe by de-
fault: ]. L. Harper Won by default
from C. w. Robinson; A. $. Graham
defeated Joe Straus, one up IN nine
teen holes. ,,
The second round in all flights and
the consultations were to be played II
the afternoon.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-01
HERE FROM HAWAII
Y. W. c. A. Worker Tells Of Work
With "Picture Brides

Miss Margaret Williamson, travel
ing city secretary of the national
board of the Y. w. G. A.. will address
the annual meeting of the ~" Thurs
day night. Election of. directors will
be held but the officers will be elected
later. Because of this Miss William
son said she will have TO visit the y,
W. c. A. here later. The purpose Of
her visits is 10 confer with the Off
GERS on matters pertaining TO finance,
organization. committees, and the pro-
gram of activity. She also outlines
the policies of the national board.
Miss Williamson recently returned
from the Hawaiian Islands. where she
served for eight months during 1922.
The work which they are doing for
the Japanese, Miss Williamson said.
is recognized by the government of
Japan. In the islands it is still per-
Missile for the japanese men TO order
picture brides" 1t is compulsory,
however. for all brides going out of
Japan to first spend few days with
the Y. W. c. A. at the port from
which they leave. Here they are taught
a few of the manners and customs
of the country which they arctic make
their home. a.. d,