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The Washington times., 1924-02-06
INVENTORSEEKS
SILENT BLAST
INVENTION
Or. Munroe, of Bureau Of
Mines, Is Responsible for
SmokeIess Powder.

This man-Dr. Charles E. Nun.
roe, Forest Glen, Md, Of the United
States Bureau Of Mines-is working
on an invention which will make it
possible for a nervous woman to
live next door to a rock quarry.
There will be no noise. Also, when
his work is done. the blasting out
Of Easements for city buildings win
no longer interrupt baby's nap or
send the pup scampering under the
bed. A noiseless blast Is the thing
on which DR.. Munroe is at work
and which he believes he has al
most completed.
If some men were at work on
this task, it might provoke a smile.
But DIR. Munroe is the man who
invented smokeless gunpowder, now
used by every nation and by almost
every sportsman.
The secret of how the noiselesE
blast is to be accomplished will not
be made public, of course, until
the work is completed and possibly
not even then. The invention may
turn out to be of tremendous i'm
portance in warfare. In that event
the method of accomplishing it will
remain one of the Governments
military secrets.
Copyright, 1924. William Pickett Helm. }
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
3 CHILDREN ARE
INJURED IN
TRAFFIC
Boy of 3 sur Is Run Down by
MotOAst, Who Speeds
Away Unknown.

Children Of four, eight, and fit.
teen years, and a man Of fifty.five
years have been added to the ever.
increasing list Of casualties caused
by congested traffic in Washington.
Raymond King, four, was playing
at the curb in front Of his home,
514 Eleventh street southwest, last
night, when an unidentified motorist
ran him down. The child's leg and
ankle were badly bruised. Police
are seeking the driver.
An automobile ran into Mary
Margnotter, eight, AIT Ninth street
southwest, who was crossing the
street near her house. She suf.
fered little injury and was removed
to her home for treatment.
While trying to board a street
car at Nineteenth street and Penn.
sylvania avenue northwest, Charles
Graft, fifty-five, 1850 Minnesota
avenue southeast, was hit by a
motor vehicle. He refused hos.
pital treatment.
Pitched from his seat when the
truck In which he was riding was
in a collision. Arthur Strother, col.
ored, fifteen, 1416 Q street north.
west, was cut on the hands and
body. His condition Is not serious
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
D. c. TAX CASES
INCREASE To
HUNDREDS
Appeals on Personal Levies
Are Being Held at the City
Building by Officials.

Appeals from personal tax assess.
ments are now being heard in the
District Building daily from to )
o'clock. They will be continued six
weeks.
Nearly 300 persons appeared be-
fore the board of appeals yesterday.
William P. Richard, District tax as.
SCISSOR, said today that he expects
to receive at least 400 appeals d
day from today on.
Twenty-Five thousand residents of
Washington were notified recently
that having failed to file a personal
tax return, they have been assessed
for personal property. 1t is the
appeals from these assessments
that are being heard.
Those who are hearing the ap
peals are f. A. Bunther, c. A. Rus
sell, John Bardroff, Alexander Nc
Kenzie, Fred Allen and j. s. John
son, assessors.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06

Apartment DWeIIers Rush to
Street in Early Morning
Three-AIarm Fire.

bath robes, residents Of the fif-
teen apartments in the Fillmore,
1929 New Hampshire avenue
northwest, were hurried into the
chill morning air shortly after
Z o'clock in advance Of a three
alarm fire.
Though confined to the dumb
waiter shaft in the left wing of
the building, the fire caused such
a volume of smoke that the entire
house was engulfed in darkness
in spite Of burning electric lights.
The street Immediately around
the three-story structure was also
smoke-filled.
Baby Is Rescued.
The twenty-nine-month- baby of
Chauncey A. Applegate, OF second
floor apartment, was rescued by Po-
liceman William /. Griffin, OF the
Third precinct, who made a bold
dash through the choking atmos-
phere. The policeman was one OF
the first to arrive. Fireman Robert
Hoover, Of Engine Company No. 2,
brought to safety Margaret Butler,
nine, who had fallen into a faint
from the smoke. Mrs. John Kolby,
sixty-five, an invalid. was carried
from the building by /. Pridgeon. Of
an apartment on the first floor.
Tenants of the apartments
through which the dumbwaiter
ran declared they heard q rumbling
sound this morning, but did not
know what it was. When Mrs.
G. T. Costello, of apartment No. /,
opened her dumbwaiter door, the
flames shot out. She ran to En-
gine Company No. S. located about
block away to give the alarm.
Mrs. Anna Butler, who lives di-
rectly above Mrs. Costello, opened
her dumbwaiter about this time.
She too was met with a mass OF
flames. Leaving her child, she
hurried into the corridor to turn in
the fire alarm. but could not
manipulate 1t, she said. Then she
dashed for the engine company.
Policeman Griffin gave the second
alarm. Fire Chief Watson and
Deputy Chiefs Sullivan and Gala.
han arrived. They turned in the
third alarm.
Lays Blaze To Cigarette.
Following an Investigation Fire
Marshall Seib declared the fire may
have been due to a cigarette being
thrown down the dumbwaiter. He
said it could hardly have been a re-
suit of spontaneous combustion.
Since the fire was kept within the
dumbwaiter. little damage was done
to the apartments. Approximately
81 500 will cover the loss, it was
stated.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
HUSBAND, ASKING DIVORCE
SAYS SPOUSE BEAT HIM

His wife beat and cursed him
and treated him with cruelty, al.
leges Herman H. Diers who today
filed suit in the District Supreme
Court against Zelma Diers, for a
limited divorce. Diers, represent.
ed by attorney Alfred D., Smith.
alleges that at the time of their
marriage defendant represented
herself to be a widow with one
child. He denies this, declaring
that she was not widow.
Mrs. Diers. according to plain
tiff. abuses him and refused to
prepare his meals for him or take
care of their home. Mrs. Diers,
he alleges, attacked him with an
alarm clock, and September Ia and
16 violently beat him. The hus'
hand SAYS his wife is an improper
person to take care of their child
and he asks to be awarded its
custody.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
CARD PARTY AND DANCE
TO AID D. C. EMPLOYEES

A dance and card party in the
front, main corridor of the District
Building is planned by the District
Government. Welfare Association, j
l.. Martin, secretary to Commits.
sioner J. Franklin Bell, announced
today.
The party will be held on the
night of March 4. Permission tc
use the corridor was granted by the
District Commissioners today.
The welfare association was or
ganized to provide ready funds foI
any District employe who may be
in Deed of financial aid. A fund oi
approximately $3.50 is already n
hand, but this Is a mere nucleus.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
ARMY AND NAVY WILL ASK
1O-YEAR PLAN PROGRAM

Officials Of the War and Navy De-
partment are working in conjunc-
ton on a program to be submitted
to Congress providing for an annual
appropriation for the air service for
the next ten years, it was announced
by Secretary Of War Weeks today.
Under the plan fixed appropria-
ton for aviation would be made each
year, to be divided between the
army and navy air services. The
first attempt to work out a suitable
program was not satisfactory to the
War Department, 1t was said, and
army and navy officials are now re-
v1sing the plan to make it accept
able to both departments.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
WOODROW WILSON.
JOE H. HOLMAN.

WOODROW WILSON.
Silent in death he lies,
Our nGrtyred one; has eyes
No longer ife's turmoil sees,
Or ViesO its grandeur; death
frees
And lifts his spirit for from
these.
Peace be to him 1UhOse sOGl has
fled!
God rest q blessing on oar dead!
LULU SCHULTZ.
SCINT TILLO RAP HIS.
There is bad meaOs for firearms
manufacturers. Marriages are
decreasing.
Prohibition is not yet a COM
plete success in Kansas. Rabbits
With ho~Gs hGve been seen in
that state.
The Shenandoah is going out
again to find the North Pole.
Ice companies probably hope the
Pole Uiu be turned OUer to the
interior Department.
Young fellows 1VhO take flap
pers around are often referred to
as "poOr fish," 1t seems that
"poor food fish" sOOMId be more
appropriate.
Certain brands of lip sticks
contain honey. No1O, felLoaOs,
y0M km0eO 1Uhy you so often get
statng Ohen yoM try to steal a
kiss.
A female LumGtic recently cop
tured said she aOGs leading lady
at Hollywood. But she couldn't
proVe 1t, because she had only
five husbands.
"Bobbed hair girls nnystify the
police" says a headline. There
has to be something they can't
sOLVe bettUeem murders.
MIKE HENRY.
4s SAYS SANIBO:
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
SAYS NAME IS WRONG
IN DAMAGE SUIT BILL

Declaring that Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman is publicly known by
that name, has been in public print
under that name and is listed by
that name in the social registers
and the Blue Book, Mrs. Myrtle
McMaster, who recently filed suit
against Mrs. Tuckerman for $50. 900
damages for alleged false arrest,
today took exceptions to Mrs.
Tuckerman's claim that she had
always been known as Mrs. Edith
Abercrombie Miller Tuckerman.
The latter filed objections to Mrs.
McMaster's suit on the ground that
her proper name was not men,
toned. Mrs. McMaster's attorney
today asked ~"~niasion to amend
the bill bv ~ n'i''; all the names
of MIRA Tuck0rman.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06

that the overcrowding there is dis
graceful" He told the committee
that he would request action at a
later date.
Upon request for information re.
garding the Board of Children's s
Guardians, made by Congressman
Ralph Gilbert of Kentucky, Con.
gressman Blanton gave notice that
he is now preparing a bill covering
the board problems and that he WILL
later ask appointment Of a special
subcommittee to consider this
matter.
Congressman Zihlman appointed
the following subcommittee to con.
slider a bill providing for Increased
railway terminal facilities in the
district: Congressman Zihlman,
hartman; Keller, Gale Fl. Stalker.
of New York; Everett Kent, OF
pennsylvania. and Charles F. x.
O'Brien. Of New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
for District Day to Be Sough
Coolidge To Hear Own
Voice After 1t w as
Sent 500 Miles

President Coolidge is to hear
a reproduction Of his voice
taken 500 miles awa ay from
where he spoke.
It is the latest and most
unique experiment in radio.
On the day he delivered his
momentous message to Congress
a specially perfected radio re-
ceiving set was installed in
New York by the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany.
Attached to that machine
was a talking machine" set Of
the type ordinarily used by the
Photograph corporations to re-
cord the voices Of great musical
stars.
President Cpolidge's voice,
thus received by radio from
Washington, was recorded on
a phonograph in New York city.
The result was said to have
been splendid. The records have
been presented to the Presi-
dent, who will hear them on
a talking machine at the
White House.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
WELCOME TO REV. WALSH
RETURNING FROM RUSSIA

President John B. Creeden, S. j.,
is arranging a welcome for the
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, s. j., di.
rector of the Papal Relief Mission
In Soviet Russia, upon his return
to Washington late this week.
Father Walsh is due to arrive in
New York today aboard the steam.
ship President Garfield from Lon
don, after an absence Of nearly two
years. The faculty Of the Foreign
Service School, of which he was
formerly regent, will greet him
when he comes to Washington.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
$4,000 SOUGHT FOR
HURT BY AUTO TRUCK

Daniel Carroll Digges today filed
suit in the District Supreme Court
against Fred j. Kreig, Edward j
Kreig, Joseph F. Kreig, and An4a
M. Kreig, trading as Kreig's Elk
press, for $4,000 damages for al,
legged personal injuries.
Mr.. DiggeS, represented by At
torney Levi III. David and Harlan
Wood, says that while crossing the
intersection Of Tenth and Eye
streets northwest. December %,
1922, an automobile operated by an
agent of the defendant concern col
lided with an automobile truck
turning In over and in so doing
striking the plaintiff, injuring him
seriously and permanently.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
RE|NSPECT|ON
Of ALLEYS IS
UNDER WAY
Inspectors Report Nuisances
Abated in Homes So
Far Revisited.

Reinspection Of alley homes are
being made today by inspectors Of
the District Health Department.
These inspectors are revisiting
the alley dwellings to learn whether
the cleanup" notices given to
more than 1,100 alley home owners
and occupants are being needed.
Inspectors reported yesterday that
in 1S0 homes which were revisited
the nuisances have been abatad.
Prosecutions of occupants and
owners of alley homes will be be.
gun If they refuse to obey the order
Of the District Health Department,
it is said.
I'VE have visited practically every
alley home in Washington" DR.
William c. Fowler, District Health
Officer, said today, land it is
gratifying to note that since our
inspections there has been a great
improvement in conditions.
"Our work will continue until
every alley home in Washington ID
cleaned up"
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
MAGNUS JOHNSON TO TALK
FOR MAChINLSTS' LODGE

Senator Magnus johnson of Min
nesota will be the principal speaker
at the regular meeting Of Lodge No.
174, Of the Navy Yard Machinists,
which will be held tonight at 8
o'clock in Naval Lodge Hall at
Fourth street and Pennsylvania ave-
uue southeast.
William q. Gath. preside the
lodge. will preside at the meeting.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
BILL PROVIDES $4,000
TO BUY HARDING PICTURE

Purchase Of a portrait Of the late
President Warren G. Harding is
provided in bill introduced in the
House today by Congressman Hill
Of Maryland.
The painting, which is the work
of Walter l. Cox, is to be pur-
chased by the Joint Committee on
the Library OF Congress. An ap.
preparation Of $4,000 is authorized
for this purpose.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
Will Address Legionnaires.

Chief Justice Mccoy, of the Dis.
trict Supreme Court, is. scheduled
for an address tomorrow night at
the meeting of the Sergeant Jasper
Post, American Legion, at the City
Club. Commander Ralph A. Cusiclx
will preside. The mid.winter dance
Iof this post is to he given Feb.
'ruary II at the Lafayette Hotel.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
JOSH JONES' DIARY

IL deaf % IsF et nGMs .nnncr MT 81 M4o o%r HOmse. %
and when Ma asked him IL he
liked bananas he said NO, he liked
the Old-fa9hiOned night shirts.
Sometimes when Pa gets mad he
says dam and Ma she slams the
door. Pa says prObly Ma will 60
to heaven but the way thlnge look
he won't. / reckon that's what
makes him cry so when he gets Q
cold In his he'd.
Monday night Grandma PUNK
give me q set-Out to celebrate for
her bObbed hair and old man Tipp
got so full Of corn llkker that he
shampOOed the old lady with
bOtteI of mustered and she's been
hOt-headed ever since.
CHECKERS.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06

William Money, of Chicago,
paid out some the other day be-
cause he refused to tell a judge
something he knew. That aOGs
one case aUhere Money didn't
talk.
/ do not know, 1 will not swear,
But all the same l suFmt0e
That lots Of henpecked husbands
Are still wearing their Xmas ties.
ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
Robbed of SIS by Bandits.

Two masked and armed negroes
last night held up and robbed
Charles Offredo, 318 New York ave-
nue. northwest, of $55. Offredo was
on his way home. When he got to
Fourth and G streets the robbers
accosted him,
The Washington times., 1924-02-06

Are YOU reading Helen ROwIand's
witticisms on the magazine page?
Don't miss them today and every day.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
so SAYS NOOzIE:

"My mind is about to enter an
area of loU bGrometric pres
sure; my brain cell region is fG-
VOrGbLe to thunder storms"
THE UNKNOWN.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06
THOSE COLLEGEY GUYS.

THOSE COLLEGEY GUYS.
We've gone with boys from C. HI. 8.
And boys from G. W., too.
like the ones from Eastern,
The ones from Tech Will do,
But the COllegiest cOllegys Of them
all,
The boys who make the flsppers
fall
Come from GeOrgetOwn-GeOrget
"Yes, we have no bananas"
TWO COLLEGIATES.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06

Congressr'"n Stan'o" Kun. =
Illinois, criticized conditions in the
District Police Court. He declared
The Washington times., 1924-02-06

So Geological Surrey scion
tist has discovered smooth stones
at the Teapot Dome oil site that
he says aOere used By dinosaurs
10000, 900 gears ago to help
grind up the food in their giz-
cards, they haVimg been some
sort of turkey or chicken.
What the coMGtg@' is 1Uorrying
about mosO, though, is the "rocks"
that q lot of prominent men got
Out of Teapot Dome
~
STATE NOMENCLATURE.
Have you heard how the name MAS
sachusettS" came about?
Before that States cities or towns
were mapped out,
An aged slave, on an OK cart they say,
Had Q load Of tobacco leaves and
stems one day.
When asked as t. its purposes and
He said. de-" :.Ma.sa chews its stems for
dc juices"
H. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1924-02-06

Certain brands of lip sticks
contain honey. NoO, felLoaOs,
yoM kmOeO 1Ohy you 80 often get
staLug aOhen yoM try to steal q
kiss.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-25

Over 200 Elks and their wives
and friends attended the elaborate
dinnerdance, given by the Eiks
for their wives and sw letnearts
last evening at the Barbara Worth
hotel. The sumptuous dinner Was
served OF eight clock in the large
dining rooms Of the Barbara Worth,
vlnison and doves especially featur-
ing the menu. Roses, carnations
and chrvsanthemums in varied col
ors formed the lovely table decora-
tions, and attractive programs bear
ing the Elk insignia wers present
ca guests.
Exalted Ruler Charles L. Murphy,
who was master of ceremonies, for
MALE welcomed the women and Wis
itors from San Diego in brief
address of welcome
Past Exalted Ruler Carl H. He'll
bron d Sa4i aiego, who was sehe-
dulcd ts mats he response TO the
speech ef welcome was not able to
be present having been called TO
Sacramento on business. In his ab-
soilce, Richard G. Benbough, secre-
tary of the San Diego lodge and
past president of the state assoeia-
tion of Elks, responded with well
chosen remarks.
w. c. Crandan, district deputy
grand exslt,,l ruler of Southern
California, made the main speech
Of the evening and stressed the I'm
porfaisce OF every Elk getting out
to the polls on November 4. He
also urged the Elks to be more
thoughtful in their plans to in
elude the women III various activi-
tics ef the lodge and to sponsor
measure as possible.
Dancing in the lobby of the hotel
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-25
Father, Daughter
Both Drug Users,
Commit Suicide

SAN MATEO, Oct. 25. Frank
Chambers Jr., has given up his wife
to join his daughter.
The daughter, Marilouise, aged II,
died three weeks ago. She shot her
self to death.
Behind her she left a note which
told in brief lines and between them
story of jealousy between her and
her 19-year- old stepmother, over the
attentions of Chambers.
Last night Chambers came home
from Cypress Lawn cemetery, where
he had spent three hours beside the
urn which held the ashes of Mari
louise.
He started writing q note on his
his typewriter but destroyed it.
The he put honeymoon chimes -
on his phonograph and shot himself
to death.
Papers in the house, statements of
friends and details learned in the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-25
OAKLAND SIX
MAKES UNUSUAL
TRIP TO SNOW

There is plenty of speed i'll the
Oakland six Judging by a very fast
trip it made from Los Angeles ur
to Lake Arrowhead last week dur,
| ing the little furry of rain and
snow that visited that section of
the San Bernardino mountains.
"'Without any preparation of any
kind and with no reason or purpose
to set fast pace an Oakland six
was driven from the extreme west
ern section of Los Angeles to the
village at Lake Arrowhead in two
hours and 80 minutes,' says p. L.
Moore, general manager of the I'M
perial Valley Finance Corporation,
El Centre Oakland dealers.
"Leaving Los Angeles from Bron
son and Wiltshire Boulevard at ten
minutes past six i'll tho morning and
arriving at the mountain destina-
zion at exactly nine O'Clock means
that the ear had to maintain a
steep rate of speed on the level.
THE ear was n strictly stock and
privately owned car driven by Chet
Crank and the purpose of th1 trip
was merely Il desire TO get away up
into the mountains for single
day.
'.From FL Monte to San Be:nar
dino required careful driving as
this part of thu trip was made IN
a drizzle almost equal to Il rain
and the roads were intensely slippe-
nv. From the start to San Bernar-
dino. a distance of sc miles, two
hours and two minutes wcrJ re-
auired because of the dampuess.
This left but IS minutes for the
elm up Waterman Canyon and The
dash along the rim to Lake Arrow
head and to those who made tho
trip this represents some tall go
ing.
THE Oakland, according to
Crank, climbed all the way up to
Walls Ranch in high gear and
could have gone much farther ex-
cept for the fact that thu driver
always adherest to the practice of
dropping into second gear at this
point. Experience has taught him,
so he tell me, that he can beat
any other privately owned and non
professionally operated passeng II
ear up the grade by doing so. In
more than % trips up this grade
in the last two years, he tells me
that he has never been passed by
any other make of car and never
boils.
"In one day Crank made three
round trips in an Oakland from San
Demanding to Lake Arrowhead,
merely in the routine OF something
that ha had to do that required
the trips.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-25
Mrs. Hancock Entertains
Women of w. c. T. u. GrOuE

The Women s Christian Temper
ance Union met yesterday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. w. E. Hancock,
at 5SS Woodward avenue, a general
discussion of the amendments and
the election on November 4, being
the principle purpose of the meet
ing. Rev. Arthur P. Craven, was a
special guest at the meeting and
gave an interesting talk on temper
anee work. The reports of Mrs.
Sarah STACK and Mrs. c. c. Court
.iey of Heber, who were delegates
to the state convention of the Wo-
mens 5 Christian Temperance Union
which was held in Pasadena last
week, were referred to the next
meeting of the organization. Dainty
refreshments were served at the
conclusion of the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-25

Hunter near attleboro, Mass,
thought some bobbed hair was Il
woodchuck. 1t has also been mis-
taken for blockheads.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-25
ELKS' DINNER DANCE FOR LADIES
PROVES ONE OF MOST DELIGHTFUL
EVENTS LOCAL LODGE EVER HELD

! followed Immediately after the din
ner 10 the splendid music of a Sov-
en-piece orchestra. This feature
marked an innovation in the hotel 5
annals rs it was the first time
Manager Conway had ever consent
ed to turn over the lobby for this
purpose Bridge and NAH iongg
were participated in on the mcz-
canine floor by those who did not
care 20 d|nce, and delicious fruit
punch was served during the en-
tire evening.
Charles F. Ferguson. as chairman
of the entertainment committee, and
b. f. Lemons, in charge of the re-
freshment committee, along with
Exalted Ruler Murphy and all the
lodge officials, deserve much COM
mendation for the splendid success
of the affair, which is the opening
event in what promises to be one
of the most active seasons the local
order has ever known.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-25
ORANGE LAYER CAKE

Crate the rind Of one orange into
two cupfuIs Of sugar and work to
cream with quarters of 4
cupful Of butter. Beat in the yolks
of four eggs, then work in four
small cupfuIs of sifted pastry flour
and three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder. heaping saltspoonful OF
SAT- and the same OF bicarbonate OF
soda. Stir III three-quarters of a
cupful of strained orange juice and
a quarter cupful Of water. Stir un-
til very smooth and light, then
fold in the stiffly beaten whites
Of the eggs. Divide in layer pans
and bake as usual. Add a littl(
yellow coloring matter to the icing
and make the frosting soft ano
creamy. ss& sl- y