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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-04

Step with pep and go with Gopher
Marching club on it's third moonlight
excursion Monday evening, August 6.
Good music, a good time, good re-
freshments. Tickets 80 cents.
Don't fail to attend the moonlight
boat excursion to be given by Cor
inthian Temple No. 1872, S. M. T., on
Monday evening, August Is. A good
time is guaranteed everyone. Music
by Stevens special six. Tickets 80
cents.
Mrs. Cherry Hatton, head matron
at the Emporium Department Store,
was painfully injured by mattress
falling on her head while at work
Friday of last week. Mrs. Hatton is
getting along nicely and is able to
be at her work.
Friedrich Douglass Lodge No. 1905,
G. u. o. of o. F., entertained large
number of guests and members Mon
day evening at Union hall with a
very enjoyable smoker. There was
a good program of several numbers
presented.
Mrs. Anna M. Pope Malone OF
Poro college of St. Louis and party
en- route to Yellowstone Park stop
ped over in the city Monday and or
ganized a Poro club with Mrs. Hen
rietta Coins, 40 Carroll avenue, as
secretary. ,
Walter Minor, son of Mr.. Robert
Minor, All w. Central avenue, played
his way to the semi-fnals in the city
tennis tournament on the Dunnlng
field courts. Mr.. Mior was eliminat-
ed bv F. Gosewich, who in turn was
defeated in the finals by M. Flanna-
gan. Miss Gladys Gardner was ar
entrant in the women's tournament.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-04
EVERYBODY INVITED

who is to leave next week for Cali
fornia. Nine guests, all old friends
of Mrs. Weir, were present: Mrs.
Plummer, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Madison
Jackson, Mrs. Henry Richardson,
Mrs. Pope, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. DR..
Burton, and Mrs. J. E. Johnson. The
ladies presented Mrs. Weir with
leather travelling bag as a token of
friendship.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-08-04
ST. PAUL
WEEKS RECORD OF HAPPENINGS
IN MINNEsoTAs CAPITAL.
The "SaintIy City" and Sanity City
FoIks-Newsy Items of Social, Re-
Iiaious, Political and General Mat
tiers Among the People.

THE APPEAL ASKS AS A SPE-
.-IAL FAVOR THAT ITS READERS
1--WE PREFERENCE TO THE AD-
yERTISERS WHO, SEEK THEIR
PATRONAGE BY ADVERTISING
IN 1T. SHOP IN THE APPEAL
BEFORE SHOPPING ELSEWHERE.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
BlJNDING|N
D. c. NOT
0 HALT
Hoover Recommendations to
Postpones Work on U. s.
Projects Exempts Capital.

No Federal projects in the Dis
trict Of Columbia will be affected
by Secretary of Commerce Hoov-
er's Recommendation to President
Harding that all Government
construction work be postponed
for q few months.
Water Project Not Affected.
There are no great building
projects to be initiated by the Gov
eminent in the District during the
coming fiscal year. The only con-
struction work of Importance now
being done in the District Is the
from Great Falls to the city, and
1t will not be affected by Secretary
Hoover's policy.
Labor and materials conditions In
the District are so entirely different
from what they are elsewhere, how
ever, that even ii there were a
number of large projects for the
city authorized in the new appro-
priation bills 1t is probable that
they would be made an exception
to- any general rules for the post.
ponement OF Federal work.
Shortage of labor and the sharply
rising costs of building materials
are assigned by Secretary Of Com
merce Hoover as the reasons why
the Government should not enter
into competition with private build.
ers at this time. He. says that
wholesale prices for building mate
rails were % per cent higher in
February of the current year than
they were in the corresponding
month last year.
Construction Is Active.
Despite this advance in prices,
construction activity is still on the
upgrade. Building permits in the
twenty-seven States in the north
eastern section of the country
reached a total of $447 ,271 900 in
January and February, as compared
with $343, 6S5,O00 in the same
months in 1922. Virtually all labor
in the building trades is now enjoy
ing. full-time employment, and sthe
result has been a tendency toward
higher wages with an actual short
age of common labor in prospect.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
THE TEACHERS PET.

when I ueed to 10 to school, I don't
believe broke . rule;
A model Kid used to be. when first
learned the A. b. G.
when teacher used 70 leave the room
was monitor. and very sOOn'
used to eat her lunch at noon a.
happy as could be.
oh. what an oil can now.
On each reUort that brought home,
I always got an Ice cream cone,
Like the pFOverbial dog who got the
bOne-my studies were all Es.
And after school we would rOams pick.
ing flowers far from home;
just teach" and l. g studying the
sky, the flowers, birds, and trees.
Oh. If she only knew me now.
Ono day alas, broke q rule; she said:
6'YOung man, stay after school
felt juet like q little fool, thought
was cfastised.
And me and "teach," she was . peach,
stayed after schOol-yOu'd be
surprised
And the kids ran home and squealed
on me. What would they SUR
miso7
oh, teach" IL you said that now.
When I got home It was quite late,
and father. he was at the gate,
To greet his SON he thought sedate-
he said, Look at the timew
And in distress, / confessed the rea-
son for my tardiness-
confessed to erasing the black
board, and teacher gave me .
dime.
o Teacher where art thou now.
THOMAS j. FORD.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
TAKE F|NBACK
WHALE NEAR
CAPITAL

Buried in the deep sand at Wal
nut Point, Va.,. is the body of a
young finback whale, inferred by
A. j. Poole and c. E. Mirquet
agents of the department of mann.
mails of the National Museum.
The Investigators returned today
from viewing the body of the whale
and preparing it for transfer to the
museums collection. The finback
is the first whale to be seen Sc
near Washington in the memory OF
old Walnut Point fishermen.
The museum workers brought to
washington today the flippers, the
end of the tail and other small
parts of the body. The carcass
was buried in order that the skele.
ton may be clean by fall, through
the action Of the elements and the
insects Of the Virginia beach.
Mr.. Poole expressed the opinion
today that the venturesome whale
swan. from the Atlantic into shall
low water and starved to death.
examination of the body showed
that the mammal had not eaten for
many days.
We received all the assistance
we could WISH" said Mr.. Poole
1.-TWO aviators furnished an anchor
and a long rope to drag the whale
into land. Before we arrived with
block and tackle, fifty or sixty
young men took hold of the line
and towed the body up to the
beach.
People came from miles around
to see the grounded whale, a sight
never before witnessed by any one
now living there. Armed with
sharp knives. we cut off great
strips of the blubber. which is
tougher than leather, and laid bare
the body.
eve feared that the smaller bory
parts Of the body might he lost il
we left them in the sand, so We
cut them off and brought them
along. BY September the skeleton
should be picked clean, and then
we'll go down and bring the homes
10 the museum" 7
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
Harding Addressed As
His Excelency"
By Hoover
PHOTO Bf HARRIS q EWING

In letter to President Hard
ing, dated yesterday, Secretary
Hoover falls into the error Of
addressing President Harding
as ellis Excellency, the Presi-
dent" This title is not author
lied. That it was not to be
used was decided by the first
Congress held under the Con-
stitution.
When the first Congress met
proposal was advanced in the
Senate to give the title to the
President Of president of the
United States and Protector of
Their Liberties" While the
Senate was discussing the mat
ter the House acted by address,
ing a communication to George
Washington as "The President. I"
Since then that has been the
Presidents only title.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
IRE V|VAI LOOKED
FOR At STOCK
EXCHANGE
New Blood Injected Into Local
Institution and Outlook Is
Believed Bright.

For more than forty years the
financial pulse Of the District has
been registered by the Washington
Stock exchange.
During this period there have
been high leaps in the prosperity Of
local securities, and again, dull de-
pressions. But throughout it's ex-
istence the exchange has managed
to weather the bad storms and keep
burning for those interested in
them.
The past twelve years have been
ones Of partial stagnation for trad
ing on the local market. 1t began
when unsettled conditions arose
through speculation in local securi-
ties in which a cotery of bankers
and their friends met with severe
losses. A dearth Of marginal securi.
ties followed. The business became
restricted to cash basis. This ac-
counts for the present dizziness on
the exchange
New Blood Injected.
But new blood has been injected
into the organization, and the out
look for better conditions is now
favorable. Brisk trading is looked
for in the not distant future and
some of the old spice in COMPETE
ton will again crop up, officers of
the exchange believe.
The bars have been let down by
the board Of governors so that this
might be possible. Heretofore only
bankers or those connected with
banking establishments were eligible
for membership. In 1916 the consti.
tuition was changed to admit others
than those who followed q, strictly
financial career. The revised para
graph reads:
Amy person, of good repute, not
less than twenty-one years of age,
engaged or intending Immediately to
engage in the business OF buying
and selling stocks and other securi-
ties on commission, and who will
give satisfactory assurance Of inten-
ton to participate actively in the
sessions of the exchange and to
maintain an office in the business
section of the city Of Washington.
where his transactions may be
shall be eligible for member
ship in the Washington Stock Ex-
change"
This let's down the bars and
makes possible a new life for the
Organized November 2, 1881.
The Washington Stock Exchange
was organized November 2, 1881.
The first officers were George H.
B, White, cashier, National Metro
politan Bank, president: Henry w.
Cooke, jr., vice president, and
Jacob w. Kerr, National Bank of
the Republic, treasurer. The gov
erning committee consisted of A. e.
Middleton & Co.; Charles
L. Bradley, cashier, National Bank
Of the Republic, and H. e. Offley.
Besides these the following were
d. w. Middleton, A. E.
A. K. Paris, w. w.
Barnard, ]. w. Corson, F. G. Mid
dleton, c. p. Williams and s. e.
Middleton. At the first meeting,
Jay Cooke, G. c. Glover, j. s.
Brown, B. H. Warner and ]. w.
were elected to member
ship.
The exchange first opened in the
offices Of Cooke. Later 1t was
moved to. the old Corcoran building
Continued onfPage IL. Column ~
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
MISS SPENCER TO SPEAK
FOR GOUCHER ALUMNI

Clarissa Spencer, word secretary
Of the Y. NJ. C. A., will deliver a
lecture Wednesday afternoon. before
the Washington Alumnae Of
Goucher College, 1884 1 street north
west, on Living in and Working in
Bolshevist Russia
Among hostesses for the occasion
are: Mrs. Robert c. Howard, Mrs.
Harry Blair, Mrs. Neil Leary, Miss
Rosa Maye Hendrick, Miss EuIa
Williams, Mrs. Stuart Marshall,
Miss Alice Wood, Miss Alice Deal,
Miss Irene Rich, Miss Marie Dowell,
Miss Frances Chaplin, Miss Vivian
Vestal and Mrs. Fitzgerald.
Miss Isabel Baldwin president of
the Washington Chapter, will re-
ceive. Mrs. Paul Sleman and Mrs.
Neff will preside at the tea table.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
WHITE HOUSE VISITORS
BARRED DURING REPAIRS

No visitors win be permitted to
inspect the White House during the
period that some alterations and
improvements are being made.
This may be two or three weeks,
or not until the President and Mrs.
Harding return from their vacation.
An attractive party Of students
from the National Park Seminary,
Forest Glen, Md, received this dis.
appointing news today. 1t has
been the custom for about 4 score
of girls from this fashionable
school to visit the White House
each Monday morning as part of
their education in the institutions
Of the Capital.
The same rule regarding the
White House proper applies to the
executive offices, where only per-
sons on business" are admitted
Sightseers are taboo.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
PRINTERS GIVE
$500 T0F|GHT
PEPCO CASE
Union Adds Its Contribution
to $1,000 Offered by
Times-HeraId.

An appropriation Of $500 was last
night made by the Columbia Typo
graphical Union No. 101 to the
$4,000 fund being raised with which
to fight the Potomac Electric Power
Company's 100000 valuation case
The Times Herald has offered
81 900 toward the fund, and this
added to the amount voted by the
union, leaves a balance Of 81 800 to
be raised by the civic organizations
Of the city.
The $4,000 is sought to retain the
services of Attorney Conrad Syme,
who, in the belief or members of
the Public Utilities Commission,
should lead the court battle for the
people against the power company.
He has had charge of the case
since it was first brought into
contention, but Congress refused
at the last session to appropriat e
the necessary funds for the com
mission to retain him during the
remainder of the case.
The action of the union Ia
evidence of the determination of
the people Of the District to fight
the power company and to have
Syme as their representative when
the case is resumed.
Syme will be visited by the pub
lie utilities committee of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
headed by William NICK. Clayton,
this week, to learn whether he will
accept the money being raised to
Keep him as the peoples representa-.
tive in the matter. The attorney
for the power company receives an
annual salary of $4,000, and it is
recognized that Syme will have
to make a personal sacrifice in
accepting the $4,000 offer to be made
by the people Of the District.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
HI DENIES
RIGHT TO
GIVE Up
CARS
Federation Chairman, Cues
lions Validity Of Hearing On
BIadensburg Line.

Attacking the right Of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission to pro-
coed with q hearing on the pro
posed abandonment Of the street
railway on Bladensburg road
northeast, William Mex. Clayton,
chairman Of the utilities commits
tee Of the Federation of Citizens
Association, today created q furore
IN the board room Of the District
building.
Holds Hearing Illegal.
Clayton declared the Commissions
was disqualified to proceed. charging
that one Of the most important ele-
nents in the case-the question Of
whether the Commission had the
right to permit abandonment Of the
Hne-had been decided upon By
members OF the Commission.
This is not such hearing a. Is
contemplated by the law. said Clay
ton. It appears that the Commits
sion entered into negotiations with
the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company, and held an ex parts
hearing. Only one side Eas given
an opportunity to be heard
Commissioners Eun0 H Rudolph,
presiding, In the absence Of Chair
man Charles Keller, declared the
Commission had not decided any or
the elements Of the case. He de-
clared that II any decision had been
made the Commission would never
have gone to the expense OF holding
q public hearing and bring fifty or
more persons to the District build
ing to testify.
Cites GOunseI's Opinon.
Clayton continued, and declared
he could not argue the case with
one Of the most important questions
already settled. He spoke of re-
cent opinion OF Frank III. Stephens,
District Corporation Counsel. IN
which opinion Stephens, he said. In
formed the Commission that Ii had
the right to order the abandonment
of the line. He also presented In
evidence a small sheet of paper In
which members of the Commission
concurred in the opinion by affixing
their initials.
Clayton pointed out that this was
a most important hearing and that
1t was the first time the Commits.
sion had been. called upon to abro.
gate a charter. He said he did not
intend to impugn the motives of
the Commission He said he be-
lieved they had the right to ask
their counsel for an opinion, but
advanced the argument that they
should have reached no conclusion
on the opinion until after a public
hearing.
Invites Clayton to Retire.
Clayton then renewed his objec-
tons.
At this point Commissioner Oys.
ter, who had remained quiet during
the proceedings, interjected.
IF you are not satisfied with the
way the hearing is being conducted,
then you can retire." Oyster said.
I'VE will continue the hearing"
Commissioner Ru dolph then
brought the controversy to a close
by declaring that Clayton did not
have the facts correctly. He de-
Continued on Page IA, Column %
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
CANADA RECEIVES BULK
OF U. S. COAL EXPORTS

Canada got the bulk of both an
thracite and bituminous coal ex-
ported from the United States in
January, the Department of Com
merce announced today.
Out Of a total of 356,016 tons of
hard coal exported, BAT. 900 tons went
to Canada, principally to Quebec
and Ontario. About a million tons
of soft coal out of total export of
1.O92,084 tons exported were shipped
to Canada.
The exports were approximately
80 per cent below a monthly average
in the preceding eight months, be-
cause of the domestic shortage.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
BUREAU WILL GIVE VET
TRAINEES "SICK LEAVE"

The United States Veterans
Bureau is prepared to issue an
order granting ''sick leave" to the
100, 900 disabled world war veterans
now enrolled in vocational training
schools, it was learned today.
Under existing regulations, the
compensation of these trainees is
reduced during the period that their
disability prevents them from con.
tinuing their education,
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
QUIZ SENT
To CIVIC;
BODIES
QUESTIONABLE Asks How Many
Will Pledge Support Conn
rnittee Outlines Purposes.

The feasibility of establishing
. community chest in Washington
Is being put to the test today.
"A QUESTIONABLE and statement
Of the aims Of the chest plan is
in the hands Of local civic organi-
cations, business associations and
clubs in an effort to ascertain
how many of these organizations
viii be willing to pledge them
selves to subscribe a fixed sum
to initiate the system and to
guarantee similar subscriptions
annually for three years to insure
9 fair test of the plan.
COMMITTEES in Charge.
The community chest committee
appointed recently at mass meet
Ing under the AUSPICES of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton. is conducting the survey.
The QUESTIONABLE and COMMUNE
cation have been sent to the follow
Ing organizations: Board or Trade,
Chamber or Commerce, Bankers As
sociation, Real Estate Beard, Restau-
rant Association, Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations and the
Civitan, Cosmopolitan, KiWanis.
Lions, Optimist, and Rotary clubs.
The communicative states that
"such a SYSTEM would relieve you of
no end Of annoyance and would
guarantee the fruits of your gener-
osity doing the utmost good in tried
and honorable hands
It is signed by the following mem
bers of the committee: Gen. Anton
Stephan, William Knowles Cooper,
NeWbold Noyes. John Joy Edison,
Rev. John O'Grady, George Wilson,
Daniel Garages, Joshua Evans, jr., w.
G. Balderson, Evan III. Tucker, M. A.
Leese, Rev. w. 4. darby, Dwight
Clark and Charles J.. Columbus.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
MAIL CLERK SUSPECTED
IN THEFT OF $50 BILL

Suspected of having extracted a
$5O-bih from the United States
Treasury mail, William A. Scott,
thirty-two years old, of Alexandria,
Va, was taken into custody by
secret service agents Saturday.
Later, after a hearing before United
States Commissioner George Fl.
Macdonald he was released in $500
bond. Secret service agents are in.
vestigating other slight irregular
ities.
The bill was extracted from a
package containing some very old
bills which were to be redeemed,
One Of Scott's duties was to omen
the Treasury mail. The money had
been forwarded by a bank in the
Middle West.
Scott was divorced some time age
and was planning to remarry In 8
short time.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
COMMUNITY CONCERT
FEATURED BY LECTURE

An address by DR.. Sigmund
Spaeth, music critic, lecturer and
song leader, was the feature Of the
twenty-second community concert
last night in Central High School.
The musical program was fur
nished by George Finckel, cellist:
Elsie Jorss, soprano; the Aloha
Players, and the Washington Com.
munity Orchestra. Community sing.
ing was directed by Robert Law.
renee.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
DR.. CHANDLER TO ADDRESS
PHI BETA KAPPA MEETING

At the annual meeting of the
Phi Beta Kappa Association in the
University Club, Fifteenth and I
streets, tonight at $3.50 o'clock, Of
ficers will be elected, to serve until
March. 1924. t...
DR.. ]. A. C. Chandler, president
of the College of William and Mary
will address the club on the sub
tect, "Phi Beta Kappa In the Days
OF the Revolution
The Washington times., 1923-03-19

Chest Plan Put To Test Here
1HEARD.roSEERIt5
BN BILL PRICE e 12aK.la'
WISE ABoU BEN BADAM.

WISE A0OO DEIN DADA1Ns
Abou Ben Badam saw his stock de-
Woke up from his dream. said .'This
must ceaseW
He phoned an agent Of the bootleg
10 come and bring whate'er he had ON
The agent came. took out pad and
wrote.
Excesdlns drought had got Ben
BAdam's goat,
So to the agent i'm the room he said,
What's biting your" The agent shook
his head,
Showed him the book, and answered
with o wink,
Five hundred names Of those who
love to drink"
'And IL mine DOWN. said Badam.
Replied the agent. Badam said, 'I'H
they'll catch Won yet. some day youn
So write me Is one who wants motor
car"
He wrote and left. and though Ben's
house was stocked.
Ono day, he saw q list that left him
shocked
The names Of bootleg clients In the
And I Si Ben Radam,s name was part
Of that host! BASIL @.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
HE HAS A CINCH.

The Cadillac, Mich, News re-
fers to a local citizen as having
an "easy job" waking up horses
each morning for a horse owner.
And yet few people know that
horses do take maps during the
night. They have even been
known to snore.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
REAL INFORMATTON.

The best tail taCister yet print
ed is the statement of mild
animal hunter that you should
neUer shoot q lio1, bat just grub
him By the tail and Jerk him
around. He'll feel so surprised
he'U run like a rabbit.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19

.sI have some good synthetic gin.
Said BootIegger Tom McFlop.
And I'll give you guarantees
It's good to the last drop"
.swell, / would like some good
stuff"
Said young Percy Bjames,
'sBut what / want to know H.:
do you keep your patrons
names?"
ST did have list" McFlop con-
fessed,
.But we've had some rude Jars,
So now we label all that list
Prospective buyers of motor
cars. JEzEBEL J.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19

Foxes are latest in the goose
country" says an old proverb. But
lame ducks, cuckoos. jail birds.
and goats don't seem to thrive any
where.
Soap box orators are the original
blowers Of bubbles, but they use
so much soft soap" somebody soon
mails their lyes." ~
Talking pictures. they say, will
soon he ready. novel thing. no
doubt, but factions speak louder
than words"
A wife may be had in Thibet for
seven goats, while over here the
man il usually the goat or the wife
gets his goat" soon after marriage.
We haven't consulted our at;
torney, but presume that legal
Instrument IL used In an operation
when the arm Of the law Is broken.
HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19
OUR BIG GUNS.

Old colored guide at the navy
yard, to visitor: Yes, dis am g
six-inch gun. One Of dem will
shoot six miles and two oh dem to-
gether will shoot twelve miles.
GEORGE NEUHAUS.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19

Because fashionable vomem at
the Florida resorts are no1O
aOeGrisg far bathing suits a COL
uns1aist aOG1ats to k1lOpU "Eosv fur
do they WeGr emf"
The Washington times., 1923-03-19

"T'm madIy in love with q tele-
phone OPERATOR,
go slow, Spark Plug. was in
love with one and she switched ON
me-" HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times., 1923-03-19

With all Europe about to fight
And their s1Oords MmsheGthing,
1t looks as If that famous bird
The dove of peGce-is teething.
FREDDIE w.