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understand, before TO late, the
dangers they are inviting. I think.
however, it is better to prevent a
girl meeting with misfortune than
to rescue her afterward. OF course.
there is no limit to be put to the
efforts to accomplish the latter. but
prevention IL worth tons of cure IN
this case"
Run Employment Bureau.
Finding employment for men and
women In need Of work IL some.
thing more than merely xettins
jobs for them. according to Mrs.
Farling.
ITO make a man or q woman
successful you must get them work
they like. Work in which thew
take an interest and which in turn
will provide q little more at least
than mere living wage. That lit.
tie surplus above bare living ex.
penses Is the lifeline, the nucleus
which in time grows and becomes
the greater incentive to industry,
So We try to secure work they ike
for people, and we find that when
placed In that way they generally
make good"
Last year the Big Sisters secured
S0St pO0AtAOub AOT IlECy men and
women in Washington. In addition
they placed several girls at St
Roses Industrial School for Voca,
tional Training. One woman was
sent to Mt. Hope for treatment
Four girls were placed in Catholic
schools, while scholarships have
been secured for two additional
girls. The organization co.operatee
with an organization OF the same
name formed by Jewish women, the
two bodies exchanging annual re,
ports.
Expenses Are Slight.
A special report has been pre-.
pared, copies OF which will be placed
in the hands OF each of the 400
members who will take part in the
membership campaign. The Big
Sisters employ but one paid work,
err who deVotea her entire time To
field work. Her salary constitutes
the principal item in overhead ex
penses. The headquarters of the
organization are at Eleventh and @
streets.
Among social workers the Biz
Sisters are recognized a. one Of the
most efficient factors in the Local
| field. and the prediction 10 freely
made that when the activities OF
the organization become more wide
| ly known there will be little diff
Guilty in pushing the membership far
beyond the thousand mark.
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Ice for Acute
Rheumatism

'''1ce locally applied to in
volved joints, and sometimes
to chest, abdomen and spinal
column to relieve fever and
pain. Handbook of Medical
Science.
Ice has long been used to
reduce inflammation and fever.
1t should always be used under
the direction of a physician.
american Ice, made from filtered
sCdter frozen in samitayy plants and
deltUered tn clean IVagons-irs The
safe ice for the siekroom. Zee d,
the Sickroom"-o series OF sUhich
this is No. 3.
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NAVAL VETERAN,
mill HEALTH,
k|LLSSELF
~ Can't Stand It Any Longer.
Forgive Me-" Says Note
to Wife.

Believed to have been suffering
from severe mental strain. Andrew
Ward Galley, thirty-two years old.
q patient at st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital, shot himself in the head last
night at his home, Is Central
avenue, Cottage City. Md. he died
at Casualty Hospital shortly after.
wards.
A note which was tucked inside
Gailey's shirt read, 81 can't stand
this any longer. Forgive me-"
When his wife heard the shot she
hurried to their bedroom and dis
covered her husband lying on the
floor with blood flowing from his
temple. Beside him lay q .26 auto
matte pistol.
Galley had been suffering since
he was discharged from the navy,
in which he served during the war.
He was released from st. Eliza
beth's Hospital on condition that
he would report back to the institu.
ton occasionally for treatment. The
veteran leaves no children.
Constable Thomas H. Garrison,
of Hyattsville, Nd, Investigated.
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Vermont Alumni to Meet,

The annual meeting and dinner
of the University of Vermont
Alumni Of Washington will be held
tonight at the Franklin Square
Hotel. Members OF the Congress
sionaI delegation from Vermont will
be the speakers. The association 10
now one of the largest alumni
In Washington.
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RIRTEHS.

wiiliam p. ana EIiaabdtl r Smith
girl.
Paul and Gertrude Jefferson. girl.
John N. and Phoebe Beau, boy.
Hugh and Helen Cross, boy.
Joseph Al. and Louise Darneille, girl.
Granville H. and Amy !. Jacobs, girl.
Joseph r.. and Mary p. Gibson hey,
Emidio and Mariantonia Pinto, girl.
Albert Z. and Mary G. DeLucien, boy.
william e. and Louise N. Barnes, boy.
Preston b. and Hardtnia Pannell, boy.
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.Ab MEN GATHER
for OPENING
SESSION
Exhibition Of Autographs and
Posters Feature of Big
Meeting.

Leaders in national advertising
and delegates to the District con-
vention of the Associated Advertis-
ing Clubs of the World gathered in
their respective meeting places, in
the Washington Hotel today.
The National Advertising Commits
sion went into an an-day executive
session, beginning at 10 o'clock, in
the rose room of the hotel, under
the craftsmanship of w. Frank Nc
Clure.
The District convention dole
gatess comprising representatives
from the District of Columbia,
Maryland, Virginia, and West yir-
ginia, made final arrangements
for their first session, opening to-
day at 2 o'clock.
Posters Shown in Exhibit.
a spot OF attraction was the sun
parlor,. whore an extensive exhibit
Of advertising; autographs and other
forms of posters, including displays
from England, Belgium, France,
Italy,. the Netherlands, Germany,
Japan and the Scandinavian coun-
tries, is open to the public.
+. gWholley, vice president of
the local district advertising clubs,
this morning pushed arrangements
fox the convention, with L. e.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
.KEEP.LOOK|NG YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know Dr..
Edwards Olive Tablets.

The secret of keeping young is to feel
young-to do this you must watch your
liver and bowelE-there's no need of
having a sallow complexion-dark rings
under your eyes-pinples-a bilious look
in your face-duIl eyeA-with no sparkle.
Your doctor will tell you ninety per cent
of all sickness comes from inactive
bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards. wSll-known physician
in Ohio, perfected a<vegetable compound
mixed with olive oil to act on the liver
and bowels. which he gave to his pa
tents for years.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. the sub
stitute for calomel. are gentle in their
.ctIon yet always effective. They bring
bout that natural buoyancy which ali
'hould enjoy by toning up the liver ana
clearing the system OF impurities
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are known
by their olive color. TIC and 30c.
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''GUN ToTING" HAS GOT TO
STOP, IS EDIcT OF JUDGE

Gun toting has become the pop-
ular outdoor sport, and from now
on, day by day, in every way, II is
going to- go harder with violators
of the law" said Judge John r,
Mcmahon in police court this
morning.
Ten minutes later Steve Young
negro, and Brooke A. Gibson, also
colored, was arraigned.
THE charges" queried the court
Gun toting and the carrying OF
dangerous weapons" read the clerk
1t took the court about two min
utes to hear the evidence, and then
Judge Mcmahon inflicted the maxi
mum penalty~o one year in jail.
THE practice must be broken up, -
he added, "and now is a good time
to start on the epidemic which seems
to have broken out again."
AnVERTTSEMENT
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nEATFf4.

chas. w. spates. 81 yrs. y n. Y.
I 3 Evan H. Jemison. 81 yrs, 1850 1st
william c. Leitzel. 80 yrs. 44is 18th
John H. Akin, 81 yrs. N. X. ave. NV.
Henry Clay Beers. 90 yrs. 81 18th
Mary 4. Henderson. 81 yrs, 1919 10th
John Nolan. - yrs. Home for the Aged.
Michael DeTYan, 81 yrs. 225 G 1t. sw.
Elmer r. Lfnkins. 81 yrs. st. Eliza
Guy 3. Bello, 50 yrs. sos 18th It. NV.
Mary s. Price. % yrs. lit Euclid
william Barker. 81 yrss st. Eliza
Louis Martin. 81 yrs, Emergency Hos.
Mamie Heringer. So yrs.. 1o17 Mary
land ave. ne.
Joseph caiinski, so yrs. Emery. Hos.
Jacob PoIonsISy. Al yrs, 500 K st. NV.
Elizabeth Jefferies. 81 yrs. 7IS 10th
Morris Poll, 80 yrs, SO NJ st. NV.
Chas; Jordon. yrs. 1875 Mimi. ave. BE.
I Nellie Frances Fernald. yrs. chill iI.
(iren's Hos .@f
infant OF Samuel ana Hazel Heflih.
IS minutes, Sibley Hos.
Andrew Dermont, so yrs. en- route
Mitchell Higdon, Il yrs. ST. Eliza
Lucy Taylor. 2s yrs. 4421 Kane pI ne.
Jennie Proctor; 36 yrs, Columbia Hos.
Anna b. Savoy. ~ yrs. 1888 & 81. se.
Leiney CLIFTON. 20 yrs. Tuberculosis
Thomas sedwfek. 80 yrs. rear Of 1880
Infant Of Albert and Jennie Proctor.
hrs. Columbia Hos
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1As.17ll1lsts11 0sezI1lEeaS Y elOsE - q - %
and Brussels, Choice -
attractive conventional designs in igI
dark colongs large medallion centers The Axm
seaeda others are seamless An unusual value
Md-Winter Clearance.
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Rubel, president Of the Washington
Advertising Club.
Lou e. Holland, president of the
Associated Clubs, will open the Dis
trict convention with a message, and
will be followed by Allen Frost, coun-
sci of the Poster Advertising Assoc
citation, on Poster Advertising for
the Retailer"
Entertainment Planned.
The business of the convention to-
day will be followed by smoker
and get-together meeting with the
National Advertising Council in the
Rose Room tonight. A program of
entertainment has been arranged.
The convention advisory commit
te. is composed Of Dwight Burrows,
Baltimore; RaY-G oetz, Wheeling,
w. Va: Jay Fuller, Huntington,
w. Va; james Monroe Boyer,
Clarksburg. Iva; Harry Z. Green
lspon, Bluefield, w. Va; r. e. Hotze,
Va; Irwin Blener, Alexandria; L. e.
Rubel, Washington, and K. III.
Mahool, Baltimore.l
Attending the meeting OF the ma
tional commission are Lou Holland,
president of the Associated Adverfis-
ing Clubs of the World; Jesse H.
Neale. secretary-treasurer; Carl
Hunt, general manager; William II.
Green, director Of the national vigi-
lance COMMITTEES; Harry d. Robbins,
chairman of the vigilance commit
tee; F. x. Wholley, vice president Of
the associated clubs; Charles Henry
Macintosh, ex-president; Edwin T.
Meredith, ex-president, and Herbert
s. Houston, ex-president.
Luncheon Arranged.
The members and guests will
gather at luncheon in the blue room.
of the City Club tomorrow at i
O'Clock. The meeting following this
event win discuss advertising as
an Economic Force" when the fol-
lowing prominent speakers win take
part:
Dr. Julius Klein, directr of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce.: Herbert s.. Houston,
Houston Publishing Company; Ber-
nard ]. Mullaney, Peoples Gas andI
Coke Company, of Chicago; George
+. Fowler, Colgate & Co.; =. Allen
Frost, Poster Advertising Associa-
ton, Chicago; Edward s.. LeBartz.
Wilson & Co.. Baltimore; George w.
Hopkins, Columbia Graphophone
Company; DIR. Christian +. Rosiner,
president Of the Church Advertising
Association, New York; John III.
Legeman, Outdoor Advertising AS.
ISOLATION, Chicago; and several of
the past and present national Of
ncers or the associated clubs.
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TEACHERS TO DISCUSS
PROPOSAL OF GRADING

Continuation Of the plan for
grading teachers in Washington
public schools will be the principal
topic of discussion tonight at a reg.
ular meeting of the Teachers Coun.
ell to be held at the Franklin School
at o'clock.
Allan Davis, principal Of Business
High School and chairman of the
council believed that the some
thlrty-eight delegates will be able to
complete their plan at tonight's
meetings. Other subjects of interest
to the teachers will be discussed
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WILLIAM HAMILTON HAYNIE.

Funeral services for william
Hamilton Haynie, thirty years old,
SON of Mr.. and Mrs James II.
Haynie. Of the Farragut apartment,
who died at Asheville, N. c., January
6, will be held from the undertaking
establishment Of Adolph j. schip.
pert, zoos Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. tomorrow afternoon Ut
2 O'Clock. The Rev "A. r. Ander.
son, Of Calvary Baptist Church, will
officiate.
Mr.. Haynie served in the medical
corps of the army during the world
war and was q member OF Costello
Post of the American Legion, which
organization will have charge OF the
military honofs He was q thirty
third degree Mason and q member
of Almas Temple and Of Washing
ton Centennial, No. II. Burial win
be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Besides his parents Mr.. Haynie is
survived by a brother, Lawrence "A.
iHaynie, of this city, and two sisters,
Mrs. Ethel G. Brown, OF New York,
and Miss Edith Haynie.
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MRS. LA VERN JOHNS KIRBY.

Services for Mrs. La Vern Johns
Kirby, who died Sunday evening at
Sibley Hospital. from heart failure,
were held this morning at 8
o'clock from her late home, 424
Fifth street northwest, the Rev.
Timothy Hanlon, of st. Joseph's
Church officiating.
Mrs. Kirby was the wife Of Wal.
ter p. Kirby, an employee Of the
Walter Reed Hospital. They came
to Washington TO live three years
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Births, Rarrlagrs, Deaths

ago from Frostburg. Md. Inter
ment will be made in the family
lot at Frostburgs Besides her hus-
band Mrs. Kirby Is survived by q
sister, Mrs. Jerome Thompson.
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ROYAI 3. WmRIIR.

Services for Royal e. Wilbur,
fifty-eight years old. legal advisor
to the prohibition unit Of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, who
dropped dead, while attending SER
vices at Bethany Baptist Church
last Sunday night, will be held IN
Carthage, N. T.. where the body
will be shipped today.
Mr.. Wilbur, who was q native Of
Carthage was graduated from Cor
nell University. He had practiced
law in New York before he came
to Washington in 1891 to enter the
Government service. He had been
a deacon of Bethany Church for the
past ten years. He was a member
OF Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity.
Mr.. Wilbur is survived by his
wife and two children, Burton r..
Wilbur and Herbert Wilbur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Jack cIaxton. n. ana Helen smith, 49,.
both Of Remington. Va. The Rev. Paul
r. Langhorne.
Vincent d. walsh, II, ana Florence
Dodd. 10. The Rev. =. u. Thompson.
. Clarence b. Knox. rs. ana Helen 4An-,
kin, 10. The Rev. II. r.. Downs
Donald w. GraffIus, ~, and Maria p.
Aubfn. 81. The Rev. Egan.
Charles r. Brown, as, and Frances
q. zegowitz, 10. The Rev. IA. J. Riordan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09
DEVELOP ENTS
ON COLORADO
HELDUP
Must Await Ratifications of
All States Interested, Is
Commission Ukase.
-NewSY0rka American

The Colorado River commission
will not authorize a single project
in the development Of the Colorado
river basin, until all Of the group
of seven States within that terri
tory have ratified an agreement
reached between representatives of
those States and of the Federal
government, officials Of the com.
mission said today. Delay by
Colorado and Arizona In ratifying
may hold up development plans for
many months, the commission said.
Five States have ratified the agree
ment.
The Mexican governments pro-
test that the Colorado river plans
will have the effect Of infringing
upon the rights OF Mexico, now has
no diplomatic status, officials de-
clared. 1t was regarded merely as
a development which officials here
already had counted upon and dis
counted, There are at present no
diplomatic relations between the
United States and Mexico. Officials
OF the commission denied that the
Colorado nrajeets will prejudice the
rights af populations in any OF the
northern Mexican provinces.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09
PARIS BUS LINE
GUARDS LEARN
ENGLISH
Serve AS Interpreters to
Tourists Who Know Only
AngIo-Saxon.
BY ALICE LANGELIER,
InterRatiOnalN News Service.

PARIS, Feb. 9.-"EngIish
Spoken in Paris auto buses
this is the latest compliment
which the Paris Traction Company
has decided to pay to the Anglo
Saxon visitors in the gay city.
A night school to teach English
to the guards and other employees
Of the company was started re-
Gently. Lessons in English are
given to the employees free Of
charge. Already u humber of them
speak a little Of the language of
Shakespeare, and they will attend
classes at the expense of the COM
puny to perfect their accomplish
m"nts. Men who have Il good
knowledge Of English will be en-
gagged DR Interpreters and be dis
tingnished by a brassard bearing
"int prefer"
The uutohur lines chosen will of
course be those most frequently
used by the English and Ameri-
cans, including the lines near the
railway stations.
Now nil that Is to be hoped is
that these needed persons will be
Mt hand whom the French conductor
Ii having difficulty with his foreign
pasSensera.
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COMMANDER INTENZA
is HONORED AT BANQUET

Comdr. A. =. Intenza, of the
United Veterans of the Spanish
War, was rendered a dinner last
night by Col. p. L. Rice. at the
Army and Navy Club. Guests of
honor were three commanders in
chief Of the Grand Army of the Re
public. including COMMANDMENT,
chief Willetts, of Tana, Iowa: Past
Commander Hall, of Ohio, and Past
Commander Gardner, of Michigan
Other guests included several
members Of the House and Senate
and high army officers.
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AND JAIL
FOR ALLEGED
LOOKOUT
Clarendon Stills Discovered
After People Complain of
Taste in Well Water.

CLARENDON, Feb. civilian
"Tudy" Payne, charged with having
acted as a lookout. at the Hilltop
House, raided recentely. was fined
$25 and sentenced to thirty days in
Jail by Judge William c. Cloth, yes
terday. The Hilltop is alleged to
have been gambling house.
More than 900 pounds of mash,
two stills and small quantity of
whiskey were taken in a raid on
the home Of Horace Jones, a negro,
yesterday. Jones is being held un-
der $500 bond on a charge of lille
gally operating a still.
Finding that their water had
peculiar taste, neighbors of Jones
complained to the health depart
ment. Investigation is alleged to
have brought out that Jones had
been pouring mash into an old
well, which ran into a blind sewer
and thence into other wells.
Work on telephone lines to
Thrifton was begun by the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany yesterday along Mackey street,
where thirty five foot poles are being
put up to carry the new 2OO-pair
cable.
Ballston Council, Daughters of
America, will give Valentine
party next Wednesday night at the
Junior Order Hall, on Ballston ave-
nue..
The executive committee of the
Clarendon Citizens Association will
meet at the Clarendon Community
House, at 8 o'clock tonight.
benefit card party will be given
by the Mothers Club of the Claren-
don school at the residence Of Mrs.
Davidson, III Park avenue, tomOr-
row night.
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COURT TO GIVE LIMIT
IN EVERY "DOPE" CASE

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Justices of
the court of special sessions give
warning that little Ieniency will be
shown those convicted of possessing
narcotics hereafter. Frederick Pritz,
forty -eight, who confessed that he
was in possession of 1880 Walls of
liquid morphine. was remanded to
the Tombs without bail to await
sentence on February 16.
When counsel for Pritz moved
the court to investigate his char
acter with the view to granting
leniency, Justices Freschi, Murphy
and Salmon denied the motion and
warned that a maximum sentence
Of six years awaits those brought
into court on such charges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09
800 SERVICE MEN ATTEND
MASSACHUSETTS DANCE

More than 800 army, navy, and
marine corps officers attended IL
dance given by the Massachusetts
last night. Gen, Nelson A. Miles gave
an address eulogizlng Massachusetts,
and Congressman Frederick w. Dial
linger, president of the orgnniza lion.
presided.
Further plans for tho meeting OF
mayors of thirty-nine cities Of Massn-
chuBett0 were made at u meeting
which preceded tho dance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09
G. w. FACULTY CLUB TO
HEAR DR.. A. E, WINSHIP

DR.. A. f. Winship. Of Boston,
editor Of the Journal of Education
and for forty years leader in
American education, will address
the Faculty Club of George Wash
ington University at $50 o'clock to-
night in the club rooms, 719 Tween
ty-first street northwest. Dean
George N. Henning, president of the
club, will preside.
ALI members Of the faculties of
arts and sciences, law, and medi-
cine are invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09
CHARGES DISMISSED AS
COURT BLAMES POLICE

Charges of assault against Julian
f. Timberlake and Joseph G.
Stein, a pharmacists helper in
the Navy, were dismissed in Police
Court by Judge Mcmahon yester-
day when testimony showed that
Policemen Steppe and Jackson of
the First precinct, the complain
ants, were the aggressors.
Timberlake declared that he was
taken from the Coliseum last
Wednesday night for intoxicatiOn
and on the way to the police box,
the officers beat him. Stein said
that when he approached them
the police arrested him on the
same charge.
Jackson and Steppe testified that
Timberlake was resisting arrest,
and that Stein tried to help him
get away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09
ENGINEER KILLED WHEN
TRAIN RUNS INTO AUTO

EDWARDSBURG, Mich, Feb. 9.
Robert Griffin, engineer, was
killed, and Crosby Galley, fireman,
suffered serious injuries as a result
of a collision between truck and
Grand Trunk passenger train No
Z, Detroit to Chicago early today.
The engine, after leaving the rails,
tumbled down an embankment and
Topped over on its side.
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OVERSIGHT WHEN STREET
CAR TRACK WAS REPAIRED

POMEROY, Ohio, Feb. 9,-For
some years loose joint in the street
railway track in front of George
Fick's home served as an alarm
clock, awakening him regularly at 6
o'clock each morning.
Recently the rail was replaced by
new one. George oversight two
mornings in succession.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09
JULIUS BARNES SPEAKS
TO DARTMOUTH ALUMNI

julius Barnes, president Of the
United States Chamber Of Com
merce, last night spoke before mem
bers of the Dartmouth Alumni AS
ISOLATION Of Washington who held
their annual banquet at the Lafay-
cite Hotel.
Prof. Craven Laycock, dean of
Dartmouth College. described the
benefits derived from college ath-
letics. Warren c. Kendall was
toastnaster
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-09

best informed man in Washington
on vast array of facts pertaining
to it's history, which students class
ify as 'fugitives." In this respect
he occupies the same relation to-
ward the National Capital that DIR.
Robert Catrell has occupied toward
Philadelphia. Both are certain
sources of accurate information per
tanning to innumerable events about
which little is generally known. AS
a city asset, in this respect, 1t is
difficult to value him too highly.
at least such is the opinion ex-
pressed by those who have occa-
sion to consult him on past events
in connection with the city.
For years he has been in close
personal touch with events. At
one time he was secretary to the
Governor Of the District of Column
bia and from 1874 to 1915 was
secretary of the Board Of Commits.
sioners of the District Of Columbia
DIR. Tindall is the author of a
history of the city of Washington
He has written many poems and
a number Of essays on historical,
scientific and general topics.