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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
DUTY OF CITIZENSHIP

There has been complaint about
people not taking sufficient interest
in elections to go to the polls to reg
lister their will. There is cause for
complaint, but this fact should not be
overlooked, that there is also cause
for the apathy towards voting.
question that they are really inter
ested in and the polls will be crowd
ed. Even permit the 'wet" and "dry''
issue to come before them and rec
ord vote will be registered.
1t is customary to complain about
the people not doing what they should
do. 1t has been the common cry that
people don't care what becomes of
this country and its institutions, and
to sustain such assertions the apathy
to vote-which is the highest duty of
any citizen-has been pointed to.
The people are all right, but they
have frequently made the mistake of
trusting the politicians and reform
ers." They have, alphabetically, per-
mitted the busybodies to get control
of the government, and a government
by busybodies is the worst form Of
government.
There is humor in the situation, to
be sure. The greatest question of the
day-that would bring out the voters
as no other question would-is sewed
up so that the people themselves have
no way of expressing their approval
or disapproval of the way in which
the matter is handled.
Let US give the people chance to
vote on all questions that concern
them! Until such time we have no
right to murmur about their lack of
interest.
Is this truly a democracy? Are
we in reality a self-governing people,
as long as the "reformers" tell US
what questions we must consider set
tied for all time?
Are We not, as an American peo-
pie, kidding ourselves?
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
GOVERNMENT BY HALF THE
PEOPLE

About 25,000,000 so-called Ameri-
can citizens never vote at elections.
About one-half of the qualified voters
of the United States are habitual bal
lot box slackers.
Simon Michelet, Washington law
yer, making a study of political
apathy, uncovers these facts, and
finds this evil is more or less COM
mon to every section of the country.
The largest vote ever cast for pres
ident was in 1920 The total vote for
all presidential candidates that year
was 26,713,832. This was 100000
more votes than were cast in 1912.
Yet for every 100 votes cast for pres
ident in 1920, there were 96 stay
homes or absentees, and the total
number of these Stacker voters is 25,-
715,063.
There can not be government by
The people and for the people with
only half of the people voting. Every
legal voter should be willing to vote
at every election. Not only vote, but
vote intelligently. If he does not,
then he ought to be jailed for kicking
about results.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18

Every Newark man is boss of his
own home-when his family is away.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
THE TAXATION PROBLEM

The Ohio Council of Retail Mer-
chants has taken steps to suggest re-
forms in Ohio's muddle of taxation
laws, evidently despairing of any con-
structive action by the general assem-
bly,.
Very wisely, the council has en-
ployed an expert to gather facts be-
fore formulating any definite plans.
Prof. Henry Waldradt, of Ohio State
university, will direct a comprehen-
sive survey of the tax situation IN
other states, with particular atten-
ton to features not in the Ohio tax
laws. In New York state he will first
study the working of the plan which
abolishes the personal property tax
and substitutes a state income tax.
A survey of other plans in various
states will follow.
The Retail Merchants association
forms strong and influential body IN
Ohio, and it is just possible they can
help to get some results in the re-
form of the inequitable tax laws of
Ohio, in spite of the politicians who
for years have bungled the job.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
RECORDS IN A NUTSHELL

This brief statement of the attitude
of the three Presidential candidates
on matters affecting Labor is given
in reply to inquiries on that subject
from Leader readers:
]. w. Davis, Democratic candidate,
is a splendid corporation lawyer. SO
splendid, in fact, that he is personal
attorney to J. P. Morgan.
"Hellen Maria" Dawes, the domln-
ant individual on the Republican pres
idential ticket, is a lawyer, banker,
financier and rabid labor hater.
Senator La Toilette, independent
candidate for president, has spent his
entire public life fighting corruption
in government and battling for the
farmers, workers and small business
men.
There are the three candidates.
And there are their records.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18

thusiasm, and they serve to show
that, no matter our station in life, we
know our one vote counts and that
we still have a hand in the making O.
a president. We are just as much
interested here in Newark as are the
citizens of any other community in
any of the other AZ states in the
union, and we ought also to be just
as willing to settle down now that it
is over and talk business and transact
business and boost for still more bus
mess. Most of us know that our vote
at the polls will count far more than
all the street argument we can in
dulge in-and it will leave us with a
lot more friends than the man usually
possesses who resorts to argument.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
WISE OLD NOAH

There is one thing you've got to
give old Noah credit for-he didn't
wait for it to commence to rain before
he started in to build the ark. Some
citizens may not feel that Noah was
right in spending so long a time IN
building the ark, but they must admit
that he was a pretty wise citizen IN
one respect, and that is that he didn't
sit down and wait to see what his
neighbor was going to do.
Noah believed in preparedness. II
he had lived here, for instance, and
doctors and health officers had told
him that an epidemic would probably
sweep the land if he didn't cut the
weeds on his premises and fill up the
low, wet places where mosquitoes
breed, he'd have cleaned up. If he
saw foul spot on his premises where
millions of flies and insects were
breeding, and then carrying on their
wings and feet the filth that had ac-
cumulated there, he would have re
moved that foul spot and gotten rid
of the pests.
You can practice preparedness here
and now just as Noah did in his day
You won't need an ark to save lives
all you'll need to do is cut your
weeds, fill up the low places where
water stands after rain, clean out
cess pools and alleys, and scatter a
little whitewash and lime about
fences and outbuildings. Typhoid
germs, malaria germs and scores of
other kinds are breeding by the mil
lion now. Don't take a chance on
them-don't invite an epidemic of
sickness and death by ignoring their
dangers. Be wise like old Noah be
ready for an emergency by having
your premises clean and healthful.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
A Weekly Panorama of Events in the
National Capital.
(By Peter Keegan)

With all the entries in for the ma
tional political sweepstakes, Wash
ington is getting back to normal
again and is preparing to take its
usual important part in the presiden-
tial campaign. At least two of the
andidates-Coolidge and La Toilette
will pass most of their time in the
capital, resorting to the radio to carry
their pleas and views to the voters.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
YOUNG OLD MAN

Down in Florida, in Jacksonville to
be accurate, lives a man only 1O8
years old, and his creed, as he says,
is to eat moderately and not to worry.
He is Major Edward J. Monroe, and
is the youngest son of President
James Monroe and was born in King
Georges county, Va, in 1915. Hardly
two out of a hundred people would
say that son of James Monroe was
living if asked.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
KEYSTONE STATES NAME

Pennsylvanian's say that the ap-
pellation came to their State because
it decided the great issue of Ameri-
can independence, and they are proud
of the fact and the name. Six states
in the Continental Congress held in
Philadelphia, July A, 1776, had voted
in the affirmative and six in the
negative, so all held their breath
when the delegation from Pennsyl-
vania came into the hall from their
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18
YOU DON'T MEAN 1T!

If the government of the
United States is controlled by a
few mOnOpOlists, who pick the
pockets of the citizens and drive
them into wars to fatten on their
dead, any violence of revolution
would be justified to stop it
Chicago Tribune editorial, July
7, 1924.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18

conference and their leader, John
Morton, cast the deciding vote in the
affirmative and so became the key
stone of the great arch of liberty:
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18

Wonder if we're coming to the time
when a man will have to wait in a
barber shop for his wife to have her
hair bobbed?
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-07-18

There are many poor families now
adays who haven't drop of gasoline
for their autos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

Mary jackson and Miss Mary Cath.
crime Dorsch, wore gowns Of yellow
georgette and lace and white nea-
politan hats trimmed with apple
blossoms. They carried arm bou-
Quets or orphelia roses.
William Carlhardt was best man
for Mr.. Thomas and the ushers
were Robert A. O'Leary and James
A. Keliher, jr.
Immediately following the recep.
ton Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas left for
an extended trip through the West.
Among the out-of-town guests who
were here for the ceremony were
Mrs. Cecilia jackson, Of Ceilings
worth, N. J., Miss Della Brown and
Miss Anna Macdonald Of Philadel-
phia, and James Francis Swift Of
Corning. Iowa.
MRS. WALCOTT TO EXPLORE
WITH HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Charles D. Walcott will leave
with her husband for explorations
and geological field work in the
Canadian Rockies, where he has
worked the. past ten summers.
Last summer Mrs. Walcott dis.
covered eighty.two different species
of wild flowers near Baker Lake.
! Many Of these she sketched in water
colors and brought to this city
She named the locality the "Wild
Flower Camp"
The itinerary for the explora-
ton party this summer includes
the following: Lake Louise Station,
Baker Lake, Burgess Pass, Kicking
Horse River, Golden, British Column.
bia. The party will return to Wash.
ingtop in October ana an account
Of the seasons work will be publish.
ed by the Smithsonian Institution.
Two Washington girls, Misses
Margaret and Mary TPeadwell,
daughters of L. H. Treadwell, are
to be presented in Washington next
winter.
Mr.. Treadwell is in London with
his daughters. They will remain
for about a month, when they will
return to Paris. They have been
absent from the States for two
years and viii sail on the Beren.
garia August % for home.
Mr.. Treadwell and his daughters
have lived in various parts of Eu.
rope since leaving this country.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cuddihy, of
Grand Rapids, Mich. announce the
marriage of their daughter, Anna
Belle, to Harry M. O'Brien of this
city. the wedding taking place June
"a in Washington
X
Mrs. Arthur Foraker and her
two young daughters, Pauline and
Julie Benson. are leaving today for
Bar Harbor, Me-, where they have
taken a cottage for the summer.
They will be joined there in August
by Mr.. Foraker and will not re-
turn until October /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
FETE OFFICER
RETIRING
SOON
General and Mrs. Muir
rendered Reception
at Meade

Major General Charles H., Muir.
commanding officer of the third
corps area, who will be retired on
July 1S, and Mrs. Muir, will be
the guests OF honor at a farewell
reception and dance to be given to-
night at Camp Meade by Brigadier
General Harold B. Fiske, command.
ing general of the summer train.
ing camps, and Mrs. Fiske.
Preceding the reception, a review
of all troops on duty at the camp
will be held for General and Mrs.
Muir and their party at O'Clock.
Dinner will be served at
o'clock at the mounted officers
mess and at o'clock the officers
in the white House" The pre-.
scented to the distinguished guests
in the White House." The pre-.
sensations viii be made by Lieuten.
ant J. H. Landrum, aide to General
Fiske. \
Those in the receiving line will
be General and Mrs. Muir, Briga,
der General and Mrs. Fisle, Col
onel o. 8. Eskridge, commanding
officer at Camp Franklin, Nd, and
Mrs. Eskridge. Music will be fur
nished by a composite band from
the Sixth Field Artillery, the
Twelfth and Thirty.fourth Infantry
regimental bands.
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crepe and she carried a basket OF
pink sweet peas.
Charles Griffith, of Owings Mill,
Md, a brother of the bridegroom,
was best man, and the ushers were
Lawrence Darby, brother of the
bride, and William Griffith, of
Gaithersburg; Carroll Waters, of
Germantown, Md, and Worthington
MAgruder, of Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Garry Bell, of Gaithersburg,
played the wedding march, and pre-.
ceding the ceremony Miss Kath-
crime Engle, OF Gaithersburg, sang
II Love You Truly"
Immediately following the cere
mony, Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith left
for their wedding trip. They will
make their home in Gaithersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Price Wright
will entertain informally at dinner
on Sunday.
DIR. AND MRS. CREIGHTON IN
NEW YORK; TO SAIL SOON.
Doctor and Mrs. Macpherson
Crichton left Washington yesterday
for New York by motor. They
will stop for a few days at the
Ritz Carlton. They will sail short
ly for Scotland and the European
continent, where they will tour fol
the summer.
Mrs. John w. Beale and her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
MISS OGLESBY TO WED
IN ROME ON JULY 2.

Word has been received here that
Miss Felicite Oglesby, of Elkhart
ILL.,, a niece of Mrs. Gillett-Hill, will
be married in Rome, July 2, tc
Count Alessandro Cenci Bolognetti
Of Rome. Miss Oglesby is the only
daughter of the late Richard j
Oglesby and Mrs. Emma GilIett
Oglesby. Her father was three
times governor of Illinois.
Count Bolognetti is a veteran OF
two wars. He and his father are
the last Of their line which has
always been prominent in Italian
affairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Matthiessen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln McCor.
mack, Of Irvington, N. Y, who are
motoring, are spending the re.
mainder of the week at Wardnan
Park Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
JEAN ELIOT,S NEWS AND GOSSIP OF CAPITAL SOCIETY

guilt. Mrs. Glover and the chill.
dren will Temain for the summer.
Mr.. Glover will come directly
back to Washington and return to
Nonquitt in July.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman
viii leave Washington today and
motor to Bass Rock, Mass, where
they win pass the summer at the
Moorland.
Doctor and Mrs. James f..
Mitchell have opened their summer
home on Eagle Lake road, Bar
Harbor, Maine, ana have with them
their children, Miss Eliza III.
Mitchell and Messrs. James F., jr.,
and Harry Dorsey Mitchell.
Mrs. Alfred Rawlings johnson an.
nounces the marriage Of her daugh-
ter, Carol Hart, to Joseph Franklin
Schaeffer on June 25, in Christ
Church.
HINES ARE DINNER HOSTS
AT CONGRESSIONAL CLUB.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph III. Hines
were among those who entertained
at the dinner dance at the Congress
sional Country Club last evening,
Their guests numbered twenty.
Mrs. Walter A. Bloedorn, wife Of
Lieutenant Commander Bloedorn.
q. 8. N, will entertain at dinner on
the Willard roof tonight. She will
leave in Q day or two to Join Com
mander Bloedorn in Newport.
Miss Laura Wilcox and Miss
Helen Burns, of Pittsburgh, are
spending few days at the Hamil-
ton.
Cyrus e. Woods, former ambassa.
DOR who Is at the Willard from
his home In Greensburg, Pa, en-
tertained informally at dinner last
night on the roof.
Mrs. A. w. Erwin and Mrs. Free
land, both Of Columbus, arrived yes
terday at Wardman Park Hotel for
visit.
M. L. Freese on his way from
Oklahoma to attend the Democratic
convention in New York, stopped off
IN washington for q visit to his
mother. Mrs. H. B. Freese, Of
Massachusetts, avenue.
\ 4 "
Mr.. and Mrs. p. w. SPickford. who
reside at the Lafayette Hotel, have
arrived at the Chatham Hotel In
New York, where they win spend a
week.
GAITHERSBURG GIRL BRIDE
OF LAST EVENING.
The wedding Of Miss Alice Re-
becca Darby, daughter of Mrs. Clara
Darby, Of Gaithersburg, and the late
Judge Remus r. Darby, and Mr..
William F. Griffith, assistant cash
Ter Of the First National Bank.
Gaithersburg, took place last night
in Grace Church, Gaithersburg, in
the presence Of a large assemblage.
The ceremony was performed by
the pastor, Reverend A. e, Owens
and the church was decorated with
ferns and roses.
The bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, Edward Darby, If
barnesville, Nd, and wore a gown
OF white hat crepe. Her long tulle
vell was caught with orange bios.
SONS and she carried a shower
bouquet Of white roses and white
sweet peas. Her only ornament was
a platinum pin, set with diamonds,
gift from the bridegroom.
The maid Of honor was Miss Vir-
GINA Moore, Of Gaithersburg. who
wore a dress Of lavender lowered
chiffon over orchid georgette crepe
and carried a shower bouquet of
lavender and pink sweet peas. Miss
virginia Griffith, Of Laytonsville,
and Miss Antoinette Brosius, of
Lime Kiln, the latter a niece of the
bride, were the bridesmaids. Miss
Griffith wore a gown of lavender
georgette crepe and carried basket
OF lavender sweet peas, and Miss
Brosius' gown was Of pink georgette
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
fHOMAs.HORN WEDDING
SOLEMNIZED WEDNESDAY.

The wedding of Miss Kathryn
Rita Horn, daughter of Mrs. Mar
garet Horn, and Harold Dale
Thomas, of Omaha, Neb., took place
Wednesday nmorning In st. Mar
tins Church in the presence OF a
large gathering Of relatives and
friends. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Reverend Father Ar
thur A. O'Leary, cousin Of the bride.
An informal reception and we'd
ding breakfast followed the cere-
mony at the home of the brides
mother on S street.
The bride wore a gown Of white
georgette and chanti1ly lace and
carried a bouquet Of lilies Of the
valley and Bride roses. Her tulle
veil was held in a bandeau Of orange
blossoms and pearls. Miss Cath
crime Cecilia Jackson was maid of
honor and wore a frock of shell
pink georgette and white neapoN'
tan straw hat trimmed with pink
roses and velvet. She carried a
bouquet of roses.
The bridesmaids, Miss Helen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27

daughter, Miss KITTY Beale, will
leave Washington July 2 for Man
hasset, N. Y, where they will at
tend the wedding Of the formers
nephew, Charles Shipman Payson,
and Miss Joan Whitney, which will
take place July 5.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-27
GLOVERS GO TO NONQUITT
FOR SIMMER SEASON

Mrs. C. C. Glover, jr., who is in
New York, will go Wednesday to
Nonquitt, Mass, to await her chill
dren, who will leave Washington
Saturday with Mr.. Glover for Non.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
SEA-GOlNG TANK GIVEN
SUCCESSFUL TEST HERE

With three men aboard and max
ing a speed of fifteen miles an hour.
a sea-going military tank was given
a successful preliminary test in the
Potomac River behind the Lincoln
Memorial yesterday afternoon while
leading army and marine corps Of
ficers and crowd of 1000 applauded
from the banks.
This tank is a truck on roads, a
caterpillar tractor on rough terrain
and a ship on water. The army
already has purchased the patent
rights for this and other caterpillar
designs of Walter Christie, the in
ventor, for $500, O00 The tank has
a periscope and can almost become
a submarine if necessary. 1t cost
$4,000. Among the officers who
witnessed the demonstration were
Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth,
chief Of infantry; Maj. Gen. Clarence
c. Williams, chief of ordinances; Maj.
Gen. John A. Lejeune; commandant
marine corps; Brig. Gen. Samuel d.
Rockenhach, commanding general,
district of Washington, and Col.
David D. Porter, u. S. M. c., Phila.
dephia. Twenty marine corps Off
GERS from Quantico, Va, also at
tended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
WILD; RIDE ENDS
FOR FIVE IN
!. CRASH
/, -,
HhHHV
Auto Turns SomersauIt, Bun
Two in Gay Party Stick
to Seats.

Just out for little ride-had a
little party you know"
Such was the nonchalant explana.
ton given at $3.50 this morning by
Joseph r. O'Brien, who, with four
others, lay bruised and mangled,
about Hams Point.
but it surely was some ride, with
the accent ON the "some," If the
statement Of Sergt. l.. A. Libby. j.
w. Sheedy, and r. F. Selby, arrest.
ing officers, are 100 per cent pure.
The party reached it's height over
stack O. cakes and much coffee,
imbibed at Childs' at 3:15. Then be
gan the ride, participated in by
seven occupants of an Oakland tour
ing car, bearing D. c. tags 63S99.
Cut Speed to go"
Just as a lark the driver Of the
car, Joseph r. O'Brien, decided to
break the one-way monotony Of the
Potomac speedway drive by going
the wrong, way. AS an added at.
traction he cut corners and, to
make it more interesting for the
spectators. three traffic policemen
slowed down to fifty miles an hour
Reaching the end of the point, the
car struck the curb and lid a com.
plete all-in-the-air sonersauIt, land
ing right-Side-up on its wheels
which crashed under the impact.
Five Of the seven occupants were
hurled from the car, only two .es
Gaping injury. Those badly. hurt. all
Of whom were taker to emergency
Hospital. are: 1888
Z List Of Casualties.
Joseph II. O'Brien, nineteen,
broken left arm and cuts on
hands, back and face.
John I. O'Brien, twenty-three,
brother of Joseph, living at 1852
Sixth street northwest, bruises on
left knee and Sprains.
Lucille Cox Price, twenty-One,
living at 2127 p street northwest,
cut by flying glass and badly
Ann Lynch, nineteen, Of 2I27 p
street. bruised, ON face and head.
Bernard Delivers, nineteen, Of
2127 p street, sprained left shout
der and bruises on back.
Joseph 0'Brien, driver, was
charged with reckless driving and
Is under guard at Emergency Hos
pital. The car was owned by Jos
eph's mother, Mrs. Katherine
O'Brien.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
SOCIAL HYGIENE
TOPIC Of
WOMEN
Soroptimists Hear Plea For
Super-Race Made BY
Mrs. e. n. Hooker.

Women are needed if the race is
to go on; they will and can solve
the social evil that the men have
said cannot be checked" said Mrs.
Edith Houghton Hooker, social ny.
g1ene worker of Baltimore, speaking
at a meeting of the Soroptimists at
the Lafayette weekly luncheon yes
terday
Mrs. Nina C. Van Wrinkle and
Paul .Brandstedt, president Of the
Cosmopolitan Club, and guest Of
the Soroptimists, were among the
listeners,
Mrs. Hooker's talk was entitled,
Life Of the Race" She believes
that people, and especially women,
should know more about medicine.
She thinks that women should know
all there is to know about social
disease that crouches at the door
way of life and makes miserable
humans instead of healthy ones.
She believes that sex freedom and
immortality can and will be con-
quered, and that super-human race
will evolve from the production of
hygienica1ly perfect specimens of
humanity.
In describing social hygiene. the
work which she and her husband
arc furthering, Mrs. Hooker said
that the duty Of this work is build
ing for the future with human pro-
toplasm." and that as soon as peo-
pie stopped putting the brakes on
progress and started to care more
aboht their. duty as links between
the past and the future, this work
cOII16 he anrOYnnIfShad UCto~ 49,
morality and you stop social dis
ease,3s she, said.
Pa1I. Rrindstedt. told the club
that luncheon clubs such as theirs
had 100 per cent of salemen around
their tables. He asked each mem
Der to introduce the member next
to her and classify her. When a
member slipped up on information,
she was guyed with roars Of laugh.
ter.
Mrs. Hooker asked the club to
send an ambassador to Baltimore
to organize a club there.