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The Washington times., 1924-01-26
MEASURES HEAT.
IN EARTH'S
INTERIOR
Dr.. II. L. Adams Says Tenn
perature There Goes Above
$500 Degrees.

DR.. n. L. Adams, OF the Carnegie
Institution, has just obtained q
good working idea of the tempera'
ture Of the lower regions. 1t is
somewhat more than 1890 degrees
Fahrenheit, according to DIR. Adams
rsci ming, working out by artifi-
eiall, reproducing in his laboratory
heat conditions as they exist In the
bowels Of the earth. His indicators
have recorded 1890 degrees.
such extreme heat cannot be con.
troilad except under exceptionally
high pressure. For that purpose,
DR.. Adams has devised q bomb
capable of withstanding a pressure
Of 100000 pounds to the square
inch The bomb, Of course, may
explode at any time under such ter.
rife pressure. DR.. Adams and his
assistants work behind a wall Of
steel plate reinforced by two thick
nesses of heavy oak boards. The
bomb has never exploded, but the
wire introduced to measure the tenn
perature frequently blows out with
the speed and force Of a rifle bullet.
The unprecedented temperature OF
2,90t degrees is obtained in q double
furnace. : The interior furnace 10
won I'D with fine platinum wire
thro agh which terrific electric cur.
rents are sent. y Around both fur.
naces but inside the steel bomb
flows liquid carbonie gas-the same
kind Of gas that is used to make
the fizz in soda water-under pres
sure ranging from $4,000 pounds 10
the inch to the maximum possibility
Of 1000, 900 pounds to the inch.
The combination of heat and pres.
sure obtained by DR.. Adams alp
proaches very close to the condi.
tons believed by scientists to be
necessary for making synthetic dia.
monds.
Copyright. 1924, william Pickett Heinz
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
BETTER POLICE
PROTECTION
SOUGHT
Southwest Civic Association
Also Asks for School Lights
and Street Paving.

Repaving of First street frum
Canal to M southwest, and the paw.
ing of First street from M to N
southwest, was requested in q reso-
luton adopted at a meeting Of the
Colored Southwest civic AsSotia.
ton last night. The resolution viii
be forwarded to the District Com.
rf1issioners.
The resolution also will ask bet.
ter lighting OF several streets in the
southwest, especially F street be.
tween Four-and-a-half and Third
streets.
Better protection for the citizens
Of the Fourth police precinct was
asked In another resolution which
was sent to Capt. Ira Sheets.
Crowds leaving Fishefmen's Hall, the
resolution stated, have become dis.
orderly, troublesome, ana danger
ous." Gangs Of rough men and
youths" loiter habitually at the COR
ner of First and f streets, II also
was charged.
A third resolution allowed ftv ~
meeting requested the installation Of
electric lights In the FAirIax
School. r. H. Cunnell presided ut
the meeting.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
N KELLAR Gets
5-CENT FARE
HEARING
Will Urge Reduction in D. c.
Before Senate Committee
Again Monday.

Senator Kenneth Mcclellan Of Ten
nessee will make D second appear
Hnce before the Senate District Conn
mittee Monday morning In defense
of his proposition to impose q 8 cent
street car fare on the traction lines
of Washington.
Following him William r. Ham,
president Of TIRE Washington Rail.
way and Electric Company, and
George q. Hamilton, president Of the
Capital Traction Company, will take
the stand in opposition to Senator
McKellar's proposal.
Further plans for the continuation
of the traction hearings have not
yet been made by Senator bali,
chairman Of the Senate District
Committee.
It IL understood that the general
subject Of consolidating the two tfacs
ton companies and the bus lines win
be the subject Of the hearings by
the committee.
The Public Utilities Commission
will be called Upon to testify before
the committee at an early date.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
D.C.VETS To
DRIVE FOR
BONUS
Plan Series Of Meetings in
City During Week Of
February 10.

In keeping with other cities
throughout the country, WASH
ington, during the week Of Feb
ruary 10, viii stage a number
Of bonus mass meetings, it was
announced today.
many Speakers Invited
While definite programs have
not been arranged a. yet, It was
said today by local American Lee
gion officials that members OF Con-
RTess will be invited to make
speeches at each Of the gather
lngs.
William r. Franklin, District
senior vice commander Of the Le'
gfon, today stated that his post,
the George e. Killeen, will hold
q mass meeting in Georgetown the
early part Of the special bonus
week.
Action by the local Legion men
comes as q result of the call OF
national Legion officers for q con.
certed drive over the United States
to impress upon the country the
LACb tIldb WA NCL1AtSh @AO 1884, ="
urgent need for and are working
to secure adjusted compensation.
Bin Is In Danger.
1.-THE adjusted compensation bill
IL in danger" John r. Quinn, Of ma
tional headquarters, notified District
officers today. I'VE must not fool
ourselves about this fact. We must
face it. A clever and a colossal
campaign has been carried on by the
wealthy and selfish interests seeking
to discredit this measure.
These interests have twisted
figures and facts to fit whatever
arguments they have needed in their
effort to Illustrate the will Of the
American people and effect q re-
pudiation Of the nations debt to its
ex. service men. These interests
have lined up In their support all
those who think first of their pocket
books ana are doing their utmost to
represent to Congress that they
represent the will of the entire
American people. For weeks they
have been engaged in an effort with
out precedent in the history Of this
country to swamp Congress with let
tiers and kilograms Indicating y
sentiment against adjusted COM
pensation. They have tried to
stampede Congress-
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
B j 8 TERMINAL
PLAN GWEN
SETBACK
Owners Like Idea, But Suffi-
Gent Cash Is Too Hard
to Raise.

Antipathy on the part Of bus
line owners here may forestall
plans OF the, Merchants and Man.
ufacturers Association to establish
union bus terminal on a down
town site.
This was learned today when
Charles ]. Columbus, secretary to
the association, annnunced that
further steps in the establishment
Of the terminal would be postponed
until spring.
The first meeting, held in the
offices of the association, WINS at
tended by about rwo-thirds OF the
bus line owners and the propO-
sition to establish the terminal
met with favor. The difficulty OF
establishing the terminal started
when the owners failed to agree
on the financial aspects OF the
proposition. The cost Of establish
Ing the terminal, building a suit
able home and installing the
proper equipment, together with
either the purchase or rental OF
ground. threw cold water on the
proceedings.
The bus owners, sixteen in all
were enthusiastic about the ternni.
nal idea. but none wanted to place
sufficient funds in the project to
make Il possible.
Further hearings viii be~ held
in the spring. Mr.. Columbus sa;c.
when the bus owners business
VIII be at its maximum and their
financial status will be better than
In the winter months.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
Wonkmen,s Compensation Bill Fqvored
Weather Man Holds
Out Hope For
Skaters

~ told you So" is what the
weather man is saying today.
The only consolation that chat
tering Washington has is that
the forecaster is just as cold as
everyone else.
He didn't know whether it
would rain yesterday or not, so
he compromised on probably"
The rain came along, and so did
a boistrous wind. So the rain
kept on going, without spilling a
drop. The wind kept moving,
too, but it didn't seem to get any
where.
All the time the city was get
ting colder and colder and-well,
that's cold enough. By morn
ing the outgoing workers resem-
bled an Arctic expedition.
There is every indication that
there will be weekend skating
on the Lincoln Memorial pool,
as the forecaster thinks the cold
wave will continue through Sun.
day.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
THE PUSSY CAT.

Oh. here's TO the yellow Uurp that
Ana here's to IN. big gray rat:
And here's to the creature 81 mourn
full yOSRla.
The sad-0yed pussy-cat.
She sits On the step In she dawn
A-mewIng sway like slnt
Along with the earliest sunshine day
She wants 70 be lot In.
she sinEs q duet with . feline gent
Wherever the night Is fair;
The neIRhbOFs are getting their feel-
fngs bent,
But Kitty doesn't care.
She brings In . family twice Q year
Az regular 90 the clock;
ITs always Of course when the milk
IN DEAR
But then we never knock.
She knows that We are her AFFECT
We never would do her harm;
And so In the darkness she walls
and raves
Quite free from all alarm.
Oh, here's to the baby boy that cries,
And here's to the flying baAs
And here's to the tyrant that never
The limp. lean pnasy-cat,
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
ASTRONOMY AND THIS
NEW STAR,

Just consider for a moment,
please, Betelgeuse, the newly-dis-
covered star. 1t is only 10000
900 times the volume of our sup
posedly gigantic sun. Yes, in-
deed, this Is a fine golf ball we
are living upon. How Is your
ego today?
The next time you gaze in rap
turous mood at the evening sky
and feel impelled to recite that
cradle classic, Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star" Just remember that
one Of those little stars Is Betel-
Heuse, compared with which this
earth Is little more than a good
sized pumpkin.
Beyond Betelgeuse some 49,
100000, 900 miles whats q few
naughts among astronomers)
perhaps there Is a super-Betel-
geuse, and beyond that q greater,
and SO on. At any rate astron-
ofny is the most eg-shattering
game now being played.
PAUL WHITE.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
TESTIMONIAL DINNER IS
GIVEN FOR JUDGE MOSS

Judge Mckenzie Moss, Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury. was
given a testimonial dinner last night
at the University Club by his col.
leagues who served with him on the
commission which recently visited
Canada to Negotiate arrangements
to eliminate liquor smuggling across
the border.
Those present included George e.
Boren, j. p. Crawford, James j.
Britt, Nathaniel Van Doren, Admiral
billiard and William ]. Valance.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
DENNY WILL ATTEND
MICHIGAN DINNER

Secretary DENLY, Senators Cou-
gems, Ferris and Howell. are among
the distinguished guests planning
70 attend the sixtv-second annual
dinner Of the Michigan State AS
ISOLATION, at the City Club tonight.
A reception win he held from $3.50
to 700 p. m. followed by the dinner.
Congressman Earl G. Kitchener and
John G. Katcharn are president ana
vice president respectively Of the
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
s 7 Or ! IS
TOLD. To
COURT
"OIga Anna Cumberland" Ex.
plains How She Hoaxed
Police Of Two Cities.

The story Of q wasted youth
of opportunities that went a-glim-
mering merely because Of high
strung nature-was unfolded in
the United States branchOf the
Police Court today when Olga
Anna Cumberland, known as the
girl who hoaxed the police Of two
cities, lost her adamant attitude
and became the unsophisticated
girl in her early twenties.
Had BaffIed Police.
Miss Cumberland baffled the po-
lice. She told them stories of
fake relationship with grieving
father ana mother Of missing
girl, Anna johnson, In st. Louis.
She told them numerous other
stories and each time the police be-
Iieved her.
Olga Cumberland's star began its
decline here several weeks ago.
Shortly before Christmas she went
Ito a department store and pur.
chased four Christmas gifts. among
them a $40 silk shirt for a man
and an expensive present for her
landlady against whose credit she
had had the gifts charged.
Fearful lest she be found out she
L. ASN
when she was discovered-they were
recovered.
Then it was that Olga led the
they have ever confronted. She was
Anna johnson, of st. Louis. Then
she was only Annals best friend.
and finally she was identified by
the st. Louis Johnsons as their
daughter.
Then she told the story Of having
read in a detective magazine an
advertisement from the JohnsonS
inquiring for their lost daughter.
Faces Four Charges.
She said that she replied in a
spirit Of jest-a remark that brought
sharp denunciation from Judge
Mcmahon. The thing went too far
and she began to make an ''0ut"
for herself. Before that could be
done she was under arrest.
On the four charges Of false pre-
lenses Mrs. Cumberland was ordered
to jail for a week to give the pro-
baton officer q chance to inveeti-
gate her past life. On the stand
she said that her parents were Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Petro, Of so Pacific
avenue, Of Garfield, N. J.
The landlady with whom she
made her home herr was Mr.
Grace Harding, Of 1854 Columbia
road northwest, and she was the
one whom Anna charged her Christ
mas gifts to. Mrs. Harding was to
have received one Of the gifts.
Scored by Judge.
Anna said that she left homo in
1920 after a disagreement with her
parents. She went to New York
city, coming here in 1920. Work in
various department stores provided
her with money to 1--we on.
Mrs. Cumberland said that she got
nothing out Of the faxed relation.
ship with the Johnsons. Judge Nc
Mahon scored, her for leading the
Johnsons. to believe that their
daughter was yet alive and then
dashing their hopes when they
found out THAI their daughter" was
''only fooling."
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
ROW OVER LAUNDRY
BRINGS TWO TO COURT

An alteration hetween WaIIace
Nelson. superintendent Of the Cum.
he-land anartment house, and
Randolph Monroe. colored laundry
man, resulted in the former being
tried before Judge John p Mcmahon
IN the United States branch or
Police Court today, charged with
assault. The case was dismissed.
Monroe said he attempted to
leave the laundry for one OF the ten
ants. It was refused by the ele'
vator boy he said. He appealed to
the superintendent who, he claims.
threw the laundry out and
punched" him in both eyes. The
ewes were presented as strong evi-
dence.
Nelson pleaded self defense.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
MUST SERVE 9 MONTHS
FOR FIGHT WITH KNIFE

Justice Hitz has sentenced
Harry Smith, colored, to nine
months in jail for cutting Ernest
Lewis, also colored with a knife,
following a dispute over debt OF
SO.
Probation was extended to the
following: Russell Gates and Charles
Scruggs, charged with grand lar
Sharperson, jr., colored. for forgery,
wo years: same period for Morris
Wasserman, violating the postal
laws. Nelson Harrison, grand lar.
ceny, for one year.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
IN SHOOTING BY POLICE

Unable to reach a verdict, the cor
oner's jury, hearing testimony in the
fatal shooting Of William johnson,
colored, twenty-one, by policeman.
yesterday made request for more
evidence. The inquest was contin-
ued until Monday.
Policeman N. G. Thayer. of the
Second precinct, shot johnson in a
fight in the rear Of 221 Bates street
northwest several days ago. John.
SON died at the hospital.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
JUDGE MOSS IS FETED
BY LIQUOR coNFEREEs

Assistant Secretary Of the Treas.
ury Mckenzie Moss was guest Of
honor at a dinner last night IN the
University Club, given nv delegates
20 the American Canadian LIQUOR
Conference In Ottowa. last NNovem-
Der. judge Moss was in charge Of
che delegation.
The diners were Edward Ballard,
Of the Coast Guard; J. p. Crawford.
Of the Customs Service: James J..
Britt. chief counsel Of the prohibi-
ton unit; Nathaniel Van Doren,
head Of the special agency division,
Treasury Department: George E..
B0ran. assistant to the Attorney
General. and William n. Valance,
assistant solicitor Of the State De.
paFtmenE
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
SALE OF LOT WILL AID
BIG SISTERS PROJECT

Funds to carry on the work of
the Big Sisters Of the District Of
Columia will be raised by the Sale,
in the near future Of a building lot
held by the association at South
Washington, Va. :.
Efforts will be made to launch a
campaign for a fund to finance the
construction of a home for delin-
quent girls In Washington. Private
donations are expected to comprise
the major portion of The fund.
Both plans were discussed at a
meeting of the association last night
in the Catholic Association Chart.
ties building. 700 Eleventh street
northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
$4,000 DAMAGE SUIT
FILED BY BOYS FArhEp

Walter Huff by his father, John
Huff, has filed suit in the District
Supreme Court against Samus,
HurwitE for $4,000 damages fo
alleged personal injuries.
The plaintiff, represented by At.
torney F. Regis Noel, alleges that
while operating an automobile o.
tober I, last. the defendant ran over
the boy, inflicting serious and
permanent injuries. The accident
occurred on w street between
Ninth and Tenth streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
WILL DISCUSS SOCIAL
HYGIENE FOR DISTRICT

Social hvgiene legislation for the
district will be the subject OF. an
address to be Helivered BY Con.
gressnan Ralph Gilbert of Ken.
tuckv. at the annual meeting OF
the Social Hygiene Society, In the
hoard room of the District building,
Monday night.
An address, on "The Care rf the
Mental Defective" also win he de.
Nvered bv Gen. Mark J. White.
Col. W o. owen win preside at
the meeting.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
MASSACHUSETTS TECH
SOCIETY OF b. c. TO DINE

The Washington Society. Massa.
chuBetts Institute Of Technology,
will hold a dinner at the Hotel
Lafayette on January 80, at $50
D. m. In honor of DR.. q. X. Bur.
CESS, 90, director Of the Bureau Of
standards.
DR.. r. A. Jaeger, director Of the
Hawaiian Volcanic Laboratory and
former head of the department of
geolegy, M I. f., will give an ii.
IuAtrated talk on 1.-THE Tokyo Dis.
aster and Notes on Other Similar
CatAetropheB." Election Of officers.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
DO YOUR STUFF TO-DAY.

The clock Of life IL wound but once,
And no man has the power
To tell JUST when the hands win
At late or early hour.
New II the only time you OWnt
Live, love, toll with will.
PLACE NO faith In tomorrow,
The OlOCk may then be sttl1.
FLORENCE N. MOAOXaAND.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
M. or. b. Meets Dan. 30.

The quarterly meeting Of the w.
G. r, u. OF washington win be
held January 30 at the First Con-
gregational Church, Tenth and @
streets northwest. Among the speak.
ers will be Congressman Henry r.
RAthbone OF Illinois, and Judge
James J. Britt, counsel to the pro-
hibitioh unit.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26

There tv6s a suggestion In thts
cOltmn that too few Hsinisters
are preaching The OId-tinpe hell.
A church Sign in DsnVer, Col,
OayTiSd thts: "HeI! What and
where q u. Good nstsic." We
didn't hear the preachers sermon,
but ne do know that Il requires
real experience for a man to be
able to tell jtGet "SOhere it e."
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
Enters Reserve Corps.

Clarence Quarles Graham, Of 1851
New Hampshire avenue, today &C.
cepted a commission in the Off.
GERS Reserve Corps as second lieu.
tenant Of infantry, the War De.
partment announced today.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
NEW KIND OF JAY.WALKER.

The feIl01o 1VhO tries to coumt
all the GeriGLs in a block during
the TWsh hour, commonly called
the GNtenMd-goOf. MILO H.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
YOUR PROUDEST MOMENT.

Relative to the prONdest mo-
n1ents Of contribs aUhen they SUerS
young, mine 1Oas When I fret put
on one Of the oLd-fdshiOned shirts
Nth the stiff, detachable cMffs.
BRIDGEPORT.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26

IT'S worth while to know what's
going on In the sports world. Read
The Times snort pages, edited BY
Louis A. DOughor.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
LISTEN AND LOOK" COLUMN.

LISTEN AND LOOK" COLUMN.
H and s may soon have a rival.
Some smart gazaboos of Central
High School are thinking about
getting out a Listen and Look"
column. Before they do It,
though, we think they should
make repairs on their basket
ball team, judging from what
happened at the Coliseum.
RAYMOND AND JOHN.
The following lines were read
on the back Of a. D. c. ash
wagon, behind which q G. w. U.
student was following:
"AahO6 % aslhes,
Dust 70 dust,
n the police don't ret yea
The hospital must.
Don't crowd me"
The Washington times., 1924-01-26
RECRTMINAT1ON AMONG
THE MEATS

Just because you're q ham, you
needn't think you're Swift, That's
not all the jokes I know, for there
Armour" BEBE.
The Washington times., 1924-01-26

She--YOu remind me Of that
popular song.
He--You mean 'WOnderfuI C)nA "
She.-No, DIRTY Hands; Dirty
Face"
TOM CULHANE
The Washington times., 1924-01-26

"Love may BE- bliss" writes a
cOIumnist, "6wt marriage e tho
blister"
Evening star., 1924-11-17
PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE
TO AMERICAN DEAD
NoIIet Says They Hold Same
Place in Affections as
Those of France.

By tile Associated Press.
CHAUMONT, France, November Il.
Gen. Maurice Nollet, minister of
war, presided yesterday at the in
auguration of Il monument to the
war dead
Let me do homage" said Gen.
Nollet "for the sacrifice Of $4,000
citizens OF the great American re-
public, who came across seas at a
moment when the fortune of war
still was uncertain and brought US
the assistance of their force. This
monument will remind us that France
can make no distinction between
their dead and our own, and that the
same reverential affection surrounds
their memory.
''These magnificent soldiers, who
had scarcely landed in France, show
ed most brilliant and most solid
qualities wherever the high command
summoned them--at Cantigny, in the
Relleau Wood, at NauX and at St
Mthtel-proving, as Gen. PerShins
has said, that if citizens of IA de-
lnocracy are separated from war by
interests and taste their mental
habits prepare them to wage it we'll
This is not place. gentlemen, to
recall what American intervention
was and how heavily it weighed in
the balance of our destiny: but in
any case it allows us to affirm that
henceforth there exist in the world
principles of international morality,
which none can violate without
arousing reactions the breadth and
effects of which cannot be foreseen.
1t shows us that no people exists
which is so sure Of its strength that
II can shake off these principles with
impunity. But 1t also shows us, and
50 confirms our sad experience of
three years previously. that no coun-
try exists which can find a sure safe
guard solely in its determination to
observe justice and peace"
Evening star., 1924-11-17
SIX ARCHITECT FIRMS
IN LINE FOR BIG WORK

By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE Mass November
l7.-Five New York firms and one in
Minneapolis have been selected as
winners in the first stage of the com.
petition TO select an architect for the
$5.OO0,OOO group of buildings to be
built by the Harvard Business Schoo,
under the George +. Baker Founda
ton. Howard University authorities an
nQunced.
Out Of 40 competitors the jury Sc
iected the following TO enter the second
and paid stage:
Aymar Embury, second: Raymond
NJ. Hood. Ludlow & Peabody, with
Harold +. Kellogg Of Boston, asso.
ciated; Benjamin W. Morris, with
Eric Gugler, associated. and Egertor
Swartwout. all of New York, anC
Hewitt &. Brown of Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1924-11-17
TWO NATIONS ARRANGE
TO EXCHANGE WATERS
Swiss Students Will Get Experience
in Britain and Vice
Versa.
OF the Associa ted Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON, October 30.--Swiss hotel
walters, called upon to deal each
year with an increasing number OF
English speaking tourists, will, in
the future, have an opportunity for
thorough training under famous
English masters of the profession
while English walters may have a
similar training in Switzerland, un.
der an exchange agreement just made
public by the ministry of labor.
Two hundred Swiss walters will
be sent to certain approved London
ana English resort hotels with the
definite idea of learning the English
language and methods, and a similar
number of English walters will be
sent to Switzerland. 1t is possible
that all classes of hotel servants, in
Guiding cooks and chambermaids
will be included in this years quota
Evening star., 1924-11-17
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
George 8. CARL. jr.. and Ruth c. Columbus.
Thomas W. Holder and Josephine v. Ed
wards
Walter Smith and Ella Scott.
Harry A. Furr and Rebecca Gimbel.
Theodore b. Westman of Marshalltown,
Iowa, and Dolores Z. Fernandez of this city.
Arthor Bufalari and Pauline Dickerson.
Frank Gaskins and Bessie Brooks.
Vivian v. Taylor and Mary X. Kemp.
LenoI r. Lohr and Florence j. Wimsatt