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The Washington times., 1923-08-09
.USEANTHRAC|TE
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With Shortage of Coal Certain,
Consumers Are Urged to
Find Relief.
BY TOM EVERRITT.
CoemOpoIitan News Service.


What the people should do at this
time, with only a few weeks left In
which to do it, Is not to buy anthra-
cite coal unless the dealer will give
fair prices; but to buy substitutes.
such as coke, lump bituminous coal
or briquettes, before the prices OF
these substitutes are advanced, was
the positive advance hint today OF
coal specialist in one Of the Govern
ment departments.
Confronted with an actual short
age Of 81 ,216,0 900 tons Of anthracite
coal on September /, If the strike is
called and the men go out, and
shortage Of approximately 100000
tons on January 1. 1924, II the strike
is not called, it was pointed out that
the use of substitutes for anthracite
is the only way out Of the difficulty,
except that of suffering from the
cold.
The purchase of substitutes in
sufficient quantities to last at least
three months will amount, in effect,
to insurance against the results OF
strike and against the results OF
the January 1, 1924, shortage, 1t was
said.
However. the problem of securing
such substitutes is apt to become
serious one, because retail dealers
are never anxious to supply them,
for the reason that it has never been
customary for them to handle coke
or lump bituminous coal and their
yards and business machinery are
not equipped to enable them quickly
to improvise methods for the han
of nd
ing them to their trade.
1t was also pointed out that an
thracite mine operators are not in
terested in encouraging the use of
substitutes for their own product,
and for this reason it is very likely
that these operators. instead OF
promoting the use of substitutes,
have fed their dealers up on prom
ises of future deliveries Of enough
anthracite to supply their require
ments, and this in the face of an
actual shortage.
This, of course, 1t was observed
by the same specialist, might have
the result of discouraging the re-
tailers in laying in stocks of SUBJ
stitutes, and it did work out that
way in some localities during the
anthracite shortage in 1922, and
the actual effect was that retail
ers were caught without either an
thracite coal or substitutes. 1t was
the experts view that the anthra-
cite operators, by this device.
gained what they sought, which
was to prevent substitutes break
ing into their anthracite sales.
In the face Of this recurrent
strike menace, and the apparent
limiting Of production by anthra-
cite operators to the actual con-
sumptive demand for domestic
sizes Of anthracite coal, it would
appear, as one of the experts
viewed 1t, to be vitality necessary
that an educational campaign for
the use of substitutes for anthra-
cite should be carried on. through
local coal committees, far enough
in adv NJ of the beginning Of
c~'' ''>er to enable consumers
- see the importance Of insuring
themselves against suffering by
the buying of such substitutes.
Hence, a very careful, wise and
clear plan for distributing these
substitutes should be at once or
ganiZed.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
Of
j. s. WORKERS
SEPT. 8
Seventh Annual Meeting Of Ma.
tionaI Organization Called
at Denver.

The seventh annual convention of
the National Federation of Federal
Employees will be held September 8,
in Denver, Col, 1t was announced
today by James P. McKeon, secre-
tary-treasurer of the federation,
which is made up Of Federal
workers throughout the nation.
The convention will again bring
up the question Of Standardization
of positions and salaries through
out the Government service. Recog-
milton by the public Of the high
ideals of the average Federal en-
ploye will be stressed.
National officers Of the federation
are: President, Luther C. Steward
Of Washington, D. c.; vice presi-
dents, John Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn,
N. z: w. c.. Carpenter, Of Spokane,
Wash; Gertrude M. McNally, of
Washington, D. c.: M. J. Hines, of
Leavenworth, Kan; s. Tyson Kin.
sell, Of Philadelphia, Pa; Charles
L. Wiegand, of Baltimore, Md;
W. T. Scully, Of st. Louis, Mo-; L.
]. Tierney, of st. Paul, Mimi; Lee
r. Whitney, Of Milwaukee, Wis.
and secretary-treasurer James P.
McKeon, Of Washington, D. c.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
COOLIDGE LIKES
AUNT MARY'S''
COOKING
New Willard Chef Worries and
Prays for Power to Equal
Her Mayonnaise.
By ELEANOR EARLY,
International News Rerxica.


Calvin Coolidge has his Aunt
Mary, just as William Howard Taft
had his Aunt Della. Aunt Della
became famous because her nephew,
Willie, thought she made the best
apple pies in the land.
Aunt Mary's nephew, Cal, thinks
her mayonnaise is the best ever;
and so Aunt Mary Whose name is
Mrs. John Hazel and who lives in
BOSTON, bids fair to usurp the Gull
nary honors Of Taft's old aunt.
AS the ex-President loves apple
pies, so the new President loves
mayonnaise. And that's why
Anthony Giasofei cannot sleep Of
nights.
The Chef Prays.
Anthony is the Presidents own
chef at the Willard Hotel. Every
day Coolidge orders salad for
luncheon, and every day Anthony
puts muscle and prayers into the
preparation Of its dressing.
II beat it and beat it," he means,
and pray re good God to make It
be nice, but re President he say his
Aunt Mary make it better. Eat
Aunt Mary she must be vera good
cook"
Here is Aunt Mary's recipe (the
President and his wife recommend
it highly.
Cream one cup Of butter very
lightly. Stir smoothly together the
yolks of four eggs, one tablespoon
NH fIYl
Of salt. Add very slowly one cup
of olive oil, and half a cup of
lemon juice and vinegar, pouring
first the oil, then the lemon and
vinegar. Or use all lemon juice
and no vinegar
Aunt Mary gave Mrs. Coolidge
that recipe, but the First Lady
never quite caught the knack Of
mixing. Mayonnaise and cream Of
tartar biscuits are the only things
she cannot make to perfectioni &C.
cording to the President, who longs
for biscuits with his breakfast. He
Is very fond too Of cereal-so fond
of 1t that the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture is seeking to
provide him with a brand new sort.
Make New Breakfast Food.
AL Ln6 GOV6IIlL1lSIlL EApCL lLIACAI
Farm chemists have perfected a
blend Of wheat and rye that prom
Uses to become nationally famous
as the Coolidge Breakfast Food"
After the grains are threshed, they
are boiled together for six hours,
then served with sugar and cream.
Enough bagfuls to last throughout
the Administration reached the no.
tel today by special truck from the
Farm at Arlington.
The Coolidges eat In the private
dining room Of their Presidential
suite, and Mrs. Coolidge frequently
lays the china and silver.
"It makes me feel more as II I
were at home" she explained as an
astonished waiter almost collapsed
when the First Lady appropriated
his knives and forks. 1T always set
my own table, and we New England
women like to cling to the old ways.
Being a Presidents wife isn't going
to make me less fond of the little
domestic things I've always loved"
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
MRS. HARDING PRESENTS
LADDIE BOY TO FRIEND

The old order has changed at the
White House, giving place to the
new. In the solemn pageantry &C.
corded the mighty who pass from
life, the dead master of the mansion
has left the home Of Presidents for
ever.
Everyone knows this at the White
House. Everybody knows that the
genial dignity Of the departed chief.
tain has left only its shadow Of
memory: everyone but Laddie Boy.
The most famous OF mascots has
become the possession of Harry
Barker, one Of the secret service
men who guarded Laddie Boys old
master. The dog and the detective
were always friends. Mrs. Hard
ing made the presentation yesterday.
So Laddie Boy, to whom military
guards and fearful eyes and the
heavy scent Of funereal flowers have
no significance, will continue to
romp on the White House lawn,
waiting for his master to return.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
PROM|NENTMAN
SLAIN WHILE
IN AUTO
Police Suspect Woman Is In
volved-Body Is Found
Shot and Stabbed.
BY International News Service.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. .. -
Charles P. Laird, aged forty!four,
superintendent of the Hampstead
Mills and prominent society man
OF Pittsburgh, Erie, and Cambridge
Springs, Pa, was found dead yes
terday in his motor car near Erie.
The police believe he was murdered
and that woman may have been
involved.
Laird was shot twice and stabbed.
Erie police are working on the
case but no arrests have been made.
They are looking toward Cambridge
Springs for solution. It is said
investigation may reveal that a
woman whose prominence is equal
to that Of Laird's figures in the
tragedy.
Laird was shot down in cold
blood as he was at the steering
wheel of his car. That robbery
was not the motive was indicated
as none of his money or jewelry
was taken.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
JEWELRY WORTH $4,000
STOLEN, SAYS ACTRESS

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 9.-The
theft of $4,000 worth Of jewelry
from the apartment of Miss Myrtle
C. Bauers, New York motion pic.
ture actress, was reported to DO.
lice. The robbery occurred Satur.
day night at her home, No. 2707
Pacific avenue. The missing articles
included a seVen-carat diamond ring
and several valuable heirlooms.
Miss Bauers, who is spending the
summer here, said that her perna.
nent home was at No. los West
Seventy-second street, new York
City.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
POWERS ARE MARVELLOUS
SAYS R. F. D. MAN

Mr.. G. W. Barnes, Of r. r. D.,
No. 8, Fairmont, w. Va. says;
IT couldn't eat without terrible
indigestion pains doubling me up
afterwards. Gas forming on my
stomach burned me up, made me
belch. My liver was sluggish and
my system poisoned by constipation.
l never had a good nights sleep,
having to get up so many times
during the night my kidneys were
so bad.
1T was always tired. felt wea~
and couldn't do any work without
having to drive myself.
Now, tell a different story, dat
ing back from the time / started
taking Dreco. This great medicine
quickly drove away my troubles,
giving me strength and good health
Now I enjoy eating, knowing that
won't be bothered with pains
afterwards. And sleep-I sleep like
a log every night, getting up in
the morning feeling fine. That's
what Dreco has done for me. And
what it has done for me 1t can do
for everyone else, so don't fail to
try 1t"
Dreco is being specially intro.
duced by O'Donnell Drug Stores
and sold by druggists everywhere.
DRECO
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
Orange-Len1on Recipe
Contest Runs Onlv
One More Dav

Less than forty-eight hours re-
main for late entries in The Wash
ington Times Orange and Lemon
Recipe Contest to file with the Con-
test Editor their suggestions for
salads and desserts made from the
fruits indicated, and stand a chance
of winning a substantial prize Of
Sunkist oranges.
The answers which have poured
in to the editors office during the
past week, in response to the con-
test announcement, are evidence
that Washington cooks know food
values and want to win one, OF the
three awards Of delicious California
oranges.
All answers must have reached
the Contest Editor by 6 p. m. to-
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

morrow. The recipes submitted will
then be judged by Antonio Dole,
chef of LIE Paradis, a recognized
expert on such dishen, and the
names Of the winners will be an
nounced within the next few days.
me first prize Is two boxes or
Sunkist oranges: the second prize,
one box, and the third price. one.
half box.
In addition to these principal
awards, ten oak recipe filing cabl-
nets will be given those Washing
ton cooks whose salad and dessert
suggestions rank high. Each cabi-
net contains an illustrated booklet,
giving recipes for Sunkist oranges
and lemons. These may be obtain.
ed by calling in person at room 345,
Munsey building.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
SHERIFF is ARRESTED
ON EXTORTIONN CHARGE

LEWISTOWN, Pa. Aug. "A.
c. Rendering, sheriff Of Mifflin
county, was arrested by State pc.
lice. charged with extortion The
charge were made by John N. Fill.
man and grew out of an alleged
shake-down in the recovery Of ar
automobile.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
COOLIDGES DINE AT
THE MCLEAN HOME

Following Edward B. McLean's
departure on the funeral train last
night, President and Mrs. Coolidge
dined with Mrs. Mclean. William
w. Butler, Republican NatioI.al
Committeeman from Massachusetts,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns
Of Boston, accompanied them.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
BOY SCOUT TROOP 70
TO TAKE RIVER TRIP

A real big time, including ath-
letic games and novelties, is planned
by Boy Scouts Troop No. 73 who
go to Marshall Hall today for their
annual excursion.
The affair Is in charge Of Ben
janin Tarskes.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
Right.of.waY WeIsher.

Right-of.way WeIsher.
Il was running west on Penn
sylvania avenue, your honor. and
at Twenty-fifth street I saw this
man running south at about
thirty miles an hour. I had to
turn quick to avoid him. I'sig
nailed him to stop and he yelled,
Get the he'll out Of the way if
you don't want to get smashed"
But he didn't stop and I went
after him. At Eighteenth street
my carbureter checked and I
thought I'd lost him because he
was going too fast for me to get
his license number.
Traffic Yeggs Unpopular.
"A man in a Buick roadster
came along and said: I saw that.
Hop in We got the man at Vir-
ginia avenue and Twenty-ninth
street."
THE officer drove too close to
my car, your honor, and merely
warned him to get out of the way.
I didn't know anything was wrong
until he jumped on the running
board and hit passenger on the
rear seat"
Disobeying traffic signal, $40.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
Absent Treatment.

II saw this man at a. m,
your honor, running down Colo.
RADIO avenue In an aimless kind
OF way. hailed him because
his rear light was out. He said
he'd been driving five years and
never had a light go bad on him
before. asked him for his per-
NIT and he said he didn't have
one because he was learning to
drive. He'd got separated from
his teacher about 10 o'clock and
hadn't been able to locate him."
No permit, $40; defective
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
And Nothing to Win.

Eight p. m. on Pennsylvania
avenue Tuesday night. Big Peer.
less tries to cross at 9Th street
and stalls. Crowds gather, motor.
men clang gong, boob pulls every
lever, turns every screw and
pushes every clutch in the
manual Cop comes down from
7th street.
He told me he had been driv-
Ing for two weeks. your honor,
but when I asked him for his
permit he said he didn't have any
because he was under instruction.
The man he said was teaching
him didn't have a permit, either.
30 got the car out Of the way
and placed the defendant under
arrest"
There were three men in the
car with me, your honor, and I
TOOK 1t for granted that one Of
them would have a permit"
When you drive a car without
permit in your pocket you are
taking an awful chance" SIS.
The Washington times., 1923-08-09

YOU need not wait to
save your dollars to buy
a Used Car. We gladly
lend you the money to
purchase any car in the
house and lend it without
brokerage fees or finance
charges and on convent
ent terms.
The Washington Cadillac Company
1138-1140 Connecticut Ave.
Frank. 5000, 1901, 1902
OPEN EVENINGS
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
Try This ON Your Pocketbook.

He was running north on 7th
street at 8 p. M, your honor, with
all his lights out. When I told
him about 1t. he said he'd for.
gotten to switch 'em on. Then 1
asked him for his permit, and
he'd forgotten that, too"
1T was a warm night, your
honor, and I left my coat at
home, forgetting my permit was
in the pocket"
He evidently needs a memory
stimulant. Take him to the
finance office and see that he
doesn't forget to pay IS on each
charge"
The Washington times., 1923-08-09
Don't Spring This One.

II was running on Rock Creek
Church road, your honor, when
this man shot across at Warder
street in truck at q speed that
I estimated at between twenty
five and thirty miles an hour. So
I paced him to see how near right
was. He went around corners
and over cross streets to New
Hampshire avenue at twenty five"
Something was wrong with the
engine. your honor, and I was
hurrying to the garage. When 1
reached Warder street my &C.
celerator stuck"
Speeding, Sic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
MEXICO POST To
CREAGERSEEN
AS LIKELY
BY III. X. REYNOLDS,
International News Service.

President Coolidge had a long
conference at the White House to-
day with Rentfro B. Creager, OF
Brownsville, Tex, and is reported to
have offered to make him the Amer
lean ambassador to Mexico, con
tingent upon the expected recogni-
ton of the Obregon government.
This diplomatic appointment was
promised to Creager two years ago
by President Harding, but plans for
recognizing Mexico at that time did
not materialize.
While the President and Creager
were discussing Mexican affairs al
the White House, Secretary Hughes
held further conferences at the
State Department with Charles
Beecher Warren and John Barton
Payne, the American representa-
tives in the negotiations recently
concluded at Mexico City.
A feeling of optimism over the
Mexican situation prevailed in AID
ministration circles, and it was
generally expected that only a short
time would elapse before formal an
nouncement is made that diplomatic
relations between Washington anC
Mxico City will b resumed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21

Does justice to the miners require
that the price Of anthracite coal
shall be raised to the consumers?
John Lewis, the leader Of the
miners, an extremely large man
with an extremely large face and an
extremely large head of hair and an
extremely large hat, is quite spaci-
ously convincing to the effect that
large numbers Of mine workers are
not at this time getting the "ade-
quate wage based on American
standards which the United States
coal commission demands for them
in it's recent report.
Demands Would Raise Price.
Meanwhile S. d. Warmer. the
leader Of the operators. a slender
and trim and acute man, who plays
the role of rapier to Mr.. Lewis's
role of battle axe, - ingeniously
persuasive to the effect that the
present wage demands of the
miners, If granted In full, would
necessarily raise the price OF
anthracite coal. whereas one of the
demands OF the United States coal
commission in it's recent report Is
that Goal be delivered to the
patrons of the industry at lower
nrices than those now charged.
The only neutral observers here
present are the newspaper CORE
spondents. On their behalf, though
without asking their permission,
this writer admits that they are
as unable as Mr.. Lewis and Mr..
Warmer to come 10 any agree
ment as to how to raise the miner
to a higher human lie ana no" 70
drop the consumer to lower Aue'
cost simultaneously as per tne ue'
mands or, rather, Cne aspAt a'lo"s >
and suggestions-of the Onlteo
States Coal Commission.
r. the commission knows how
tn do It. there is a universal cur
ojsitv here to know It's recipe.
The fact is Nat Lewis and War
Continued on Page 2. Column -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
SAID
To HINGE
ON PAY
RAISE
Takes Precedsnce Over Prob
lem Cf Check OFF, III SEC
- 90, sAsarIce
BY JACK CARBERRY.
r.t.rnaf,onal rxa,ra Service.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug.
21.-With strong belief pervad-
ing conferences circles that the
operators "are about to offer
something which will prevent a
strike" representatives Of the
anthracite miners and operators
today went into the second ses-
sion of their resumed negotiations
in an effort to effect peace in the
anthracite field before the present
wage agreement expires Aug
ust 81. -
Compromise Expected.
Samuel D. Warmer. chief spolxes-
man for the operators, continued
to maintain the attitude that the
anthracite industry cannot stand a
wage increase, but despite his view
the report was prevalent that the
employers are prepared to suggest
q compromise advance in wages.
It was expected that the opera
tors offer will fail considerably be-
low the 20 per cent increase de-
manded by the miners.
Armed with documents and data
to substantiate their claim that the
mine workers are entitled to the
20 per cent increase for contract
miners and 81 day for day work
ers, John L. Lewis, president OF the
United Mine Workers Of America,
and other union officials were
ready to fight out demand No. q"
as they call it. The check-off issue
temporarily has been put in the
back ground.
Yesterday the operators gave US
no encouragement in our wage de-
mand," Lewis said, land today we
will continue to press for its set
Element in order to take up the
other demands that must be dis
posed of before an agreement is
effected"
Would Add to Cost.
In support Of their resistance Of
the wage demand, Warmer and
the other operators representatives
had amassed an array of figures
to show that concession to the de-
mand as proposed by the miners
would add 50 q ton to the cost of
anthracite to the consumer and
would represent a cost to the en-
ployers OF $500, 000. 900.
The Government Is maintaining
an intense interest in the negoti-
atoms. In addition to the daily re-
port sent out to the United States
Coal Commission, an agent of the
Department of Justice is said to
be watching. the proceedings and
making detailed reports.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
JOHN D. DISTRIBUTES
NlcKELS AND ONE DIME

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-John D.
Rockefeller, ST., made an impromptu
gift of nickels to the crowd gath
cred outside his church in Pocantico
Hills Sunday morning.
Henry r. ,Macht, a real estate
broker Of Manhattan. happened to
be passing the church toward the
end of the service and stopped to
watch Mr.. Rockefeller leaving. Mr..
Rockefeller noticed a strange face
as he emerged from the church
and, returning Mr.. Macht's bow,
stopped and conversed with him
for few moments.
When about to go, Rockefeller
asked the New York man If he
would like to have a token Of their
meeting. Upon Macht's acquies-
cense, Rockefeller handed him a
new dime.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21
Fliers Are To Picture
Sun In Eclipse Up
10000 Feet
.s8:ssssssssssssss;s ::s3::

The War Department. today
approved the project Of Mai.
Gen. Mason NJ. Ratrick,-chief-
of the air service, to photo
graph the solar eclipse from an
airplane at an altitude of 20, 900
feet on September 10.
Lieuts. John Al. Macready
and A. w. Stevens have been
ordered to Rockwell Field, San
Diego, CAL, which will be in
the area of the total eclipse.
Macready will be the pilot on
the trip. He now holds the
present worlds record for alti-
tude. Stevens is said to be one
of the most expert photogra-
pliers in the army air service.