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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-12
STATES ASKED
To AID INDIAN
WELFARE
Secretary Work Wants Them
to Assume Responsibility
for Health.

States having Indian population
were asked to assume responsibility
through their State boards of health,
school superintendent and boards OF
welfare for the Improvement and
supervision Of restricted Indians, by
Secretary Of the Interior Work today.
Addressing meeting Of the advisory
council Of 100 on Indian affairs,
recently created by him, Work said
that with the Decentralization of many
of the Indian Bureaus activities
among the States the bureau would
then only administer treaty rights.
land titles, and collect the Indian
funds.
Work said there are nearly S4o,-
900 Indians distributed among 200
tribes, living in twenty-eight States,
and that 100000 Of these are in no
sense wards Of the Government.
During the last fiscal year 2,072,-
ia was expended by the Indian
Bureau, two-thirds OF this total be-
ing distributed and paid to the
Indians in per capita payments,
the other third being expended for
support, disqualification, irrigation,
etc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-12
GEN. RICHARDS PRESIDENT
or s. A. r. HERE AGAIN

i Gen. George Richards, u. 8. NJ.
c., was reelected president Of the
District Sons of the American
Revolution at q meeting last night
at the Army and Navy Club.
Other officers elected were: G. A.
Aspinwall, vice president; Charles
p. Light, secretary; Major EDWARD
Riggs, treasurer: Col. George G..
Saffarrans, registrar; DIR. Thomas
Edward Gren, chaplain; f. s. Hight.
Thomas w. Lockwood, jr.; DIR. Mar
Gus BENJAMIN and Mervyn c. Buck
ey, members Of the board OF mana
gers. Speakers at the meeting were
Senator Selden p. Spencer, Missouri.
and Charles Colfax Long.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-12
JEWELS or SPANISH VIRGIN
SToLENIN BISHOPS PALACE

OVIEDO, Spain, Dec. 12.-Thieves-
broke into the bishops palace and
carried away the jewels of the Vir.
gin OF Covadonga, which were a
gift from the Austrians In America
In 1918.
The crowns Of both the virgin
and the child, which were adorned
with 9,O45 precious stones, some of
them OF considerable value, were
stolen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-12
You Will Save Money

Direct importation in quantity enables to obtain
lowest market prices. You buy On : costto-us-plua-
one-smaI-pr profit basis-and that means many dollars
saved. Protection well economy, too, for
guarantee is backed BY 50 years Of honorable deal
ing here We can recommend these diamonds not only
as diamonds but investment. s-A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-12

A Shipment Of 1857 Diamonds
Direct From Antwerp, Belgium

early part Of
But they the old Custom House
ysterdaysent diamond cutting firms
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-12
13O1-13O3E Street NV. Cor. 18th and E Sts)

The "GREASON HOUSE," an his
toric old landmark at 18th and e
Streets N. W., will be opened to the
public on Wednesday, December IL,
as the future home of 1.-THE COM
BINED FOOD SHOPS" where the
choicest FOOD and the best SERVICE
may be had at REASONABLE prices.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
CAPE JAcKALs.
Yearly Loss Directly Traeeahle %
Then,, s7,soo,ooo.


Them, $7,5oo,ooo.
During . discussion on jaelrals in
the Cape House of Assembly recently
Mr.. Eubidge gave figures based on
sntelligenk and recorded observation
OF the depredations caused by 3acksla.
In one year the losses caused to hds
stock amounted to 10 per cent Esti-
mating on a basis CT $4,000. 900 sheep
and goats, the number of the fiocke in
1895, ne worked gradually UP to a
yearly loss OF 10000 pounds direct
~ traceable to 1ackals. Mr.. Garlick
called attention to the fact that the
present estimate Of the focks Of sheep
and goats stood at 100000, and
with that number as a basis the Cape
AT gus works as follows up to Mr..
Rubidge's figures.
Allowing for a loss Of 5 per cent.
instead of 10, the annual destruction
of gmall stock would be $50 600, equal
at IS. per head to 212,00 pounds, and
at As. each for the loss of wool or
hair to 10000 pounds, or together
3S2. 900 pounds That is the first item
in the tale of destruction. Next there
came the estimate of loss caused to
the veldt and to the fiocks by the
kraaling system. II there were no
tackals, the flocks would run free at
night with a great advantage in the
manurdng of the weld and an increased
value In the quality Of the wool Mr..
Rubidge estimated the loss from the
enforced kraaling at pound weight OF
wool or hair per animal, and taking
cd. as the average price, this accounts
for further loss on 100000 sheep
Of $425, 600, bringing the total loss
90 far to 1000 pounds. But that
does not end the indictment against
the tackal.
1.-THE kraaling system has reduced
the dropping of lambs from 80 per
cent. to so per cent, and Mr.. Bubidge
estimated the loss on 100000 900 sheep
from this cause at 100000 pounds
or, say, about $25O,0O0 on 100000.
bringing the figure Of annual loss up
to 1,057, 900 pounds. Now, in 1902 the
colony exported wool to the value Of
1880, 227 pounds'-so that the loss
caused by the jackal, according to the
estimate of practical farmer. who
speaks from facts, amounts to one
half of the total export Of wool.
when we remember that wool is
our staple article, it will be admitted
that if this industry suffers annually
a loss amounting to one1half its export
value, the matter is one for the most
serious considerations of Parliament"
South Africa.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
rME NATIONAL FLAG.

Something Of Interest About the
star-spansIed Banner
Many Of the early flags of the COZ
onists were to large extent pat
termed after the Uaion Jack Of Great
Britain. The flag of the Grand
Union, raised at Cambridge, 1879,
was the first used by the army that
had the 13 alternate red and white
stripes. 1t was designed at time
when the colonists still acknowledged
the legal rights of the mother coun-
try, and retained the blended crosses
of st. George and st. Andrew, chang
ing only the red field of the old de-
sign for the Is stripes eEnblematic OF
their union
AS matter Of fact, red, white and
blue. but principally red and white,
are the prevailing colors of almost
all of the national emblems of the
world. Just why this is has never
been satisfactorily explained, though
1t might seem to be accounted for in
the fact that red, which has always
been regarded as the color of deri-
ance, has figured prominently in the
banners OF armies in time of war, and
perhaps further in the fact that white
and red are the two most conspicu-
Gus colors. The stars In blue field
of the United States flag are sup
posed to represent new constella-
ton. There is legend concerning
the origin of the colors of the Amer
lean flag, that the white was intended
to signify purity OF purpose on the
part Of the revolrtionists; red, the
blood that was shed for liberty, and
blue, the canopy Ct heaven and free
dom. Whether this has any actual
foundation or not is impossible to
say.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
The Persian erlde.to.be.

An interesting custom prevails
among the nomad tribes Of Persia.
Before becoming eligible for marriage
every girl has to prove her skill by
weaving two very fine rugs or sad
dlebags. 1t is this class of work
which is particularly priced in Europe
and America. In 1904 a new law was
re-enacted by the Persian Government
by which the customs department was
instructed to seize and burn all car
pets. In the manufacture Of which
aniline dyes were used. A total ces-
sation of exports resulted, and owing
TO the hardship inflicted by this de-
cree the manufacturers obtained GER
tain period of grace in which to dis
pose of their stocks.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
AERIAL NAVIGATION VS.. LAW.
Some interesting Questions Now Bob
Up for Consideration.

Some Interesting Questions Now Bob
Up for Consideration.
Now that the conquest of the air
has been practically accomplished, at
teRt1on is being directed to the regu-
lation Of aerial navigation from the
standpoint of the criminal and civil
law.
The opportunity that the airship
viii afford the lawless to commit
crime and escape capture has been
considered, but no satisfactory solu-
ton Of the problem has yet been sug-
gested. Police airships will. of course,
have to be pressed into service, but
how far they will prove effective In
the apprehension of the airship bur-
glar or the flying murderer may be
open to question.
On the civil side of the law more
serious questions viii undoubtedly
arise.
One Of the oldest maxims of the
law is the owner of land owns it
GOWN TO the C0uL6T Oh bu0 Sc4 ia
and up to the Skies" and he has an
absolute right to resist any encroach-
ment whether the trespass be COM
mitted on the surface, under the sur
face, or "up in the air."
The consequence will be that un-
less the alrship owner, who for some
reason or other has incurred the en-
nifty of his neighbors, Ia willing to
pay damages for trespass every. time
he takes a fight, he will find that
his aerial activity will have to be
confined to his own back yard.
While the damages would be only
nominal, the landowner might make
It very unpleasant for the habitual
trespasser. The power of the in
junction might very well be invoked
in such cases, for one of the most
common grounds on which injunctions
are granted is TO save a multiplicity
Of lawsuits.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
U. S. POST OFFICE
YEARS old
First Station Organized In 1888
at Boston to Sell Wine and
Strong Water.

Boston.-Two hundred and eighty
four years ago the first post office In
the United States was established In
Boston, and the celebration of the
anniversary this month recalled the
manner Of its rounding.
It had been the custom in those
days for the citizens of Boston to
troop on board the packets which ar
rived from overseas In quest of let
tiers and other tidings from England.
That was all very well for while,
but as the population grew the habit
became nuisance to the shippers,
who objected TO having their decks
made impromptu delivery offices and
the none too spacious quarters below
crowded with men and women.
First Postmaster Named.
SO the general court Gas the Massa-
chusetts legislature always has been
called) stepped in. In 1888 1t ruled
that Richard Fairbanks ION the site
of whose home the Boston Globe
building now stands was to take
charge Of and distribute letters from
abroad
''For preventing the miscarriage Of
letters the quaint order read. and
1t is ordered that notice be given that
Richard Fairbanks his house in Bos-
ton Is the place appointed for all let
tiers which are brought from beyond
the seas, or are 10 be sent hither,
are to bee brought unto An bea lis
to take care thar they bee delivered
or sent according to their directions.
and bee Is allowed for every such let
ter penny"
Given Liquor Permit.
John Winthrop was governor when
Fairbanks was appointed. The latter
had permit to sell wine and strong
water" and over his bar the men of
Boston slipped their ale and read their
mail and talked Of the tidings from
Tar away.
Fairbanks acted as postmaster I'M
I'll 1877. In January, 1913, the general
court made provision for a domestic
postal service, the carriers to be paid
three peace Der mile for their serv-
Ices. Twenty years later the Ameri-
can post office vas established and In
1896 coach and man service was be-
gun between Boston and Hartford.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27

THE READER AND GLASSES.
Valuable Hints BY a Specialist on
Care of Eyes.

Valuable Hints BY a Specialist on
Care of Eyes.
Don't read in a dull light. It Is
poor economy to save on the gas bill
at the expense of your eyesight.
Don't read in a gla4 6, or facing
the light.
Don't read unless the light falls
over your left shoulder It may take
a little contriving to manage this,
especially If one is in an office, but
it pays to make the effort.
Don't read when you are tired or
sleepy. You do not take in what you
are reading and you are taking it
out Of your eyes.
Don't read and rock at the same
time. 1t is delightfully."- American,
but few people in the world patronize
the occulists as do the Americans.
Don't read on the cars if your eyes
are inclined to give you trouble.
There are some persons whom this
practice does not seem to hurt, so it
is impossible to make hard and fast
rules.
Don't read lying down unless you
can elevate your book to It's usual
position opposite the eyes. Many
readers break this rule with I'M
punity, but it is taking big risks, es-
pecially when one is a convalescent.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
What Spanish TItIes Cost

Spain has 100000 titled persons; that
is to say, about one in every thirty
eight inhabitants. But such titles are
held as less than nothing by the orig
inal peerage of the country. These
are known as the grandees, and form
an aristocracy entirely of birth, some
Of them-like our old landed gentry
having no handles at all to their
names, and yet entirely refusing to
mix even with dukes of new creation.
To become a Spanish baron four hun
dred pounds is sufficient A viscoun-
ty costs double that amount, while to
be made count payment of twelve
hundred POUNDS is necessary.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
London Police Showered
With Gifts by Admirers

London.-The interest and courtesy
shown by the London police in the
welfare of the public constantly brings
It's reward. This Is usually expressed
In requests to policemens funds, hos
pitfalls and homes by persons of vary
ing circumstances, who at one time OF
another have been aided by police
men.
The banner day occurred recently
when seven sums carrying from 800
to $4,000 were left to these organisa-
lions. One donor sent the following
note with his gift:
II do this because I have always
admired the unfailing sympathy and
tact Of the police to both rich and
poor alike"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
Gypsies, Beggars Barred
by ConstantinopIe Police

Ccnstantinople.-s Since the munich
pal authorities have taken control Of
this city they have effected the aboli-
ton Of many abuses that went un-
touched during the years Of the allied
occupation.
Most striking is the crusade against
beggars who have always infested
this place. Under strict police efforts
they have begun to disappear, and It
is now possible to walk the streets
without filthy men. women and chill
dren Juggling at ones coat In inpor-
tunate impotence. Now the order is
eut that the city is to be rid of it's
sypsies who are said to constitute the
majority of the Reggars, sneak-thieves
and plckpockets that have infested
the thoroughfares
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
Women Demand Right to
Be Arrested Like Men

Omaha, Neb.-Women of Omaha
are demanding the right to be arrest
ed and sent to jail Just like men.
The police department received or
ders not to arrest women traffic law
violators. The women, in a petition
to the police, demanded equal rights
with men. Whats good for one is
good for all" the petition said.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-12-27
Four-Fi fths of Babies
in America Cow Fed

Pittsburgh, Pa.-"Eighty per
cent Of American babies are
COW, fed" said Mrs. Dora Stock
man, member of the state
board Of agriculture of Michi-
gan, speaking recently before
the National Grange. She is the
first woman in the United States
to be appointed on state aEi-
cultural board. She added this
warning:
mo improvement can be
hoped for until women than
selves are impressed with the
sauetity and importance Of the
home and domestic life. Future
generations must pay for pres
enf-day conditions, and the toll
Wili be Obdprate and tsrribie."
Evening star., 1923-05-06
LESS NEW BUYING
IN NSTEEL MARKET
Copper Quiet-Lead Prices
cut-LittIe Interest in Tin
During Week.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 5.--The steel mar
ket Is considered to be in a strong,
stable position. with products well
sold ahead i'll many lines. Railroads
have been making further purchases
Of rails for forward delivery, but on
and there is less competition for quick
delivery. The action of other com
modities and securities. with warnings
against overinfiation, is causing some
uneasiness and served to check the
demand. Pig iron production Is heavy.
but new buying is slow. and the mar
ket as whole quiet but steady.
Copper has continued quiet and
more or less unsettled, owing to Of
ferings OF small lots by second hands
at further concessions. These cheaper
offerings appear to have been pretty
well absorbed, however, and the mar
ket became a shade steadier. The
large domestic consumers are believed
to have pretty we'll covered their re-
Quirements up to June or July. and
are showing little interest at present,
but producers anticipate better de-
mand from small consumers in the
late spring or early summer.
Tin was irregular. and only small
interest was shown by consumers.
Although the worlds visible de-
creased 2.506 tons during April. the
trade is not anticipating further re-
ductions in the near future
Lead was cut to $50 by the leading
producer. following weakness abroad
and a scant demand from domestic
buyers. Stocks are enlarging at the
west, but supplies here are light.
Zinc ruled frmer at moderate ad-
vances in response to an increased de-
mand from consumers.
Antimony quiet and easy, owing to
reselling by recent buyers.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
WILL TRAIN DETECTIVES
FROM ALL NATIONS HERE
New York Police Department
School to Have Pupils From
All Parts Of World.

NEW YORK. May 5.-The new de-
tective training school of the New
York police department will receive
pupils from all the great nations of
the world, Police Commissioner En-
right announced in an address be-
fore the international police confer
ence. No limit was placed on the
number of admissions, but the COM
missioner suggested enrolment of
not more than one or two men from
each foreign police force. who could
act later az instructors in their own
countries.
Commissioner Enright said it was
his intention to mako the detective
school the foremost scientific institu-
tion Of its kind In the world, to which
the pick of the detective forces of
other nations could be sent for train
ing.
The conferene closed its session
with tho reelection Of Commissioner
Enright as president and the choos-
ing of New York over Montreal for
the convention.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
URGES AUTO FEES
ON WEIGHT BASIS
Maj. Besson Suggests Regis
tration Charge of so Cents
Per Hundred Pounds.

Annual registration fees for auto
mobiles should be based on the gross
weight of the vehicle at so cents per
hundred pounds. Maj F. S. Besson.
acting Engineer Commissioner, de-
clared in an illustrated lecture before
the local branch of the Society of
Automotive Engineers at the Cosmos
Club Friday night.
At the present time motor vehicle
fees in Washington are based on
horsepower, and the Commissioners
have a bill pending in Congress to
substitute the tax on gasoline used
for the horsepower system. Maj.
Besson indicated last night, however,
that he favors the gross weight
method,
Discusses TraMc Problem.
The acting Engineer Commissioner
covered every phase of Washington's
traffic problem and discussed pos
sible remedies.
In accordance with the data fur
rished by the manufacturers" said
Maj. Besson, the license bureau
should make certain that the per-
. oS'> "SiS ilNS die pdllNcu
ON the sides of all cargo vehicles and
fees should conform to these gross
weights.
1T is believed fair TO base regis.
tratfon fees for the time being or
gross weight alone. at so. cents per
hundred pounds. Passengers should
he rated at $50 pounds each Thus
the usual fve-passenger car, weigh
ing loaded. about $500 pounds
would pay fee of SIC. A Ford road
Ster about $40. heavy limousine
probably $50. ~ ton truck. gross
weight about 2S.G00 pounds. $40.
These fees you will find equal
about the average paid throughou,
The United States, when you consider
gasoline. personal and all other taxes
combined.
For Nationwide Tax Method.
Maj. Besson said he favored a uni
form nationwide method of taxing
automobiles but he believes gaso-
line tax by itself would prove made
qGate unless the tax per gallon
should be made very high.
ITO get SIG from the average
pleasue vehicle. using 4 little more
than 800 gallons per year. the ia.
would have to be cents per gallon.
said the acting Commissioner.
The major estimated that his sys-
tenn OF hasing the charge on gross
weight of each vehicle would net the
city s2.000.000 Of revenue annually
Evening star., 1923-05-06
By L. A. FLEMING.

From June 1s. 1922. until his re-
tirement from the office OF controller
of the currency. d. r Crissinger
granted permits to sixty banks author,
| to the number Of ninety-seven. all To-
Gated within the limits Of the cities
where the main Office operated:
The Hartman National OF New
! York city was recently given its per
Bowery section. while the Chemical
, ablish twelve branches in Manhattan
| and Brooklyn. the expansion program
to be completed in two years. -
Connecticut has enacted law to
prevent branch banking from inter-
| fering with the present method OF
doing business. by making 1t 1ilegal
| for any bank to establish "branch Of
| fces or agencies" Opponents OF the
! additional Offices expness the belief
] that 1t is necessary to prevent their es-
! Establishments due to action Of large
metropolitan banks who would set up In
! this country banking system pattern
| ed after the Canadian system whereoy
| tie final resources of the country would
| be controlled by small number OF
/ banks in the chief cities
! Attempts will be made to enact laws
against branch banking in many otner
! states OF the Union.
/ In this connection it is noted that
| some of the local banks authorized 20
! open on Connecticut avenue are little
| slow in taking advantage OF the per
init 1t may be that investigation has
made the outlook less promising. with
(, the chances that the overhead may
more than eat up the increase III ousl-
ness.
| that branch banking by national
banks is not lawful there will still
! remain the opportunities OF buying
F, hanks and making mergers as means
/ OF expansion.
| Controller of the Currency Dawes
! was busy during the last week getting
| down to the routine OF his once He
| has taken the big office formerly oc-
/ cupied by Deputy Kane, while D. X;
i, Crissinger, as head OF the Federal
Reserve Board. retains the same office
] used while controller.
! Ded6ing Pay Roll Trouble
| The Corn Exchange Bank of New
I York city has refused to make de-
liveries of pay roll currency. claiming
| that it cannot legally perform thas
| ing business be transacted only a,
place o. business of the bank.
Chicago and other New York bank
ers might well make the same con-
| tention and not only save much wor-
Try but lots of actual cash that may
| otherwise fall into the hands or the
Gunmen.
! The Corn Exchange would solve the
pay roll trouble with pay roll checks
which may be cashed al special pay
check window of the main bank and
at any of the banks fifty-three
branches.
Walter L. Frew. president of the
Corn Exchange Bank, is sustained In
his opinion by George V. McLaughlin
superintendent of banks: Francis NJ
Scott and Frank c. Laughlin. eX-
judges Of the New York supreme and
appellate courts. and by James w
Girard. former justice of the supreme
, court.
Wageworkers do not like the idea
Of pay checks. even though involving
very little personal effort in the mat
ter of cashing checks. but united
i effort on the part of bankers would
force the issue and leave no alterna-
! tive.
The only ones really disappointed