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Evening star., 1924-10-10
SH|PMASTERF FREED
!; 0NP|RACY CHARGE.
Captain Accused of Selling
Liquor Cargo Off Rum Row
Acquitted by Jury.
by the Associated Press.


MONTREAL, October 10.-Capt.
Samuel c. Ford, New England ship
master, was acquitted of the charge
of piracy on the high seas after two
hours deliberation by jury in the
court of kings bench yesterday.
Capt. Ford was accused of having
seized liquor cargo aboard the ship
Lutzen of Rum Row, New York, in
October, 1923, after placing in irons
the supercargoes. Jack Morris of
Montreal and a Winnipeg lawyer
named IsaaCs.
The prosecution had alleged that he
had sold the liquor for between
$4,000 and 100000.
The Lutzen. which had sailed from
st. John, New Brunswick, was taken
from Rum Row to Bermuda, and there.
according to the prosecution, one of
the supercargoes had reported every
thing O. X" because they had been
cowed by Fords threats. The owners
of the LutZen filed claim soon after
ward with Lloyds for payment of in
surance on the cargo, but this claim
has not yet been met.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
DRUNKS ON DECLINE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, October 10-Due to
the fact that the work of the Wash
lngton prohibition squad operating
here has closed up many of the near
beer saloons through convictions for
violation OF the Nolstead act and is
suance of injunctions, thus making it
harder to obtain liquor. arrests for
drunkenness within the past six
months have shown a marked de-
crease. according to figures tabulated
by the Police Department.
For the six months of last year.
April to September, inclusive, the
number of arrests for intoXication
totaled 3,142, compared with 2,S77 for
the same period this year. Total ar
rests FOR the past month were 443,
compared with 574 in September, 1923.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
TAX BOARD TO TRAVEL.

Decentralization of the Board of
Tax Appeals will be started within
few days, it has been announced
by Chairman Hamel. Two divisions
of the board will leave to hold ses
sions outside of the National Capital.
One will go to the Pacific Coast.
and the other will visit cities in the
Middle West and South, each one
covering a dozen or more points.
IT is the hope that in thus sending
out divisions of the board hundreds
of taxpayers will be spared the neces-
'sity of coming to Washington to pre-
sent their cases.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
$3.50

They are wonderful values. Suits that could
be offered you only because of the heartiest CO.
operation of our manufacturers who sacrificed
a portion of their profit to help us make Mems
Week success
Dozens of patterns in Worsteds, Cassimeres,
Flannels, Unfinished Worsteds and Cheviots,
in the styles that we'll dressed men of all ages
are wearing for Fall and will wear this Winter
Single and double breasted models, splen-
didly tailored. For men who require reg
ular, long, short or stout sizes.
Clothes Section, floor.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
OVercOats, $40

To men who are as much at home on one side
of the water as the other it is enough to say
that Thexton & Wright of London made
these overcoats That tells the whole story.
They know, then that these are overcoats of
long staple f1eeces, warm and luxurious; that
they are of distinctive and unusual beauty, and
that they are of best English Workmanship.
But the thing that they never imagined is that,
at home or abroad, such coats as these would
be sold for but $40.
The English shop Second floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16

DO not COu1cs
The wire was in response to the
woman's letter asking the boy il he
wished to investigate her claims 70
telegraph her the one word: Come"
"She is not my mother" John said
today.
The boy bases his conclusion on
an investigation started when he
received first word of the woman s.
claims ten days ago. He is further
convinced, he said, by her refusal
to answer a number Of questions
which would have aided in proving
relationship.
Mistaken, Is Belief.
Likewise the boys wife, his moth.
er.in.law, father-in.law and friends
feel sure the woman is either MAX
ing a mistake or she is seeking pub.
licity. The woman is about to join
a road show in New York State.
After the first letter from the
woman, Butler wrote asking for
the date of his birth, the doctor
who attended her at birth. the To-
cation of his birthplace and other
data.
In her reply. the woman was
evasive and she ignored numerous
questions.
"All persons who might confirm
her story. she says, are dead, !"
Butler declared today. "She also Is
unable to explain how her baby
was brought from st. Louis, its
birthplace, to Washington. The
woman, who brought the child here
il dead, she says, and, she evadeS
questions as to proof that this
woman actually existed.
when I first got word from
the woman, I had ray. of hope
she might be my mother. But
since / have had a chance to in
vestigate, l am convinced she Is
either taking or mistaken. She
cannot prove she Is my mother
and asks me to accept. her merely
on the face Of her own statements.
This 1 will not do"
WithhOIds' Information.
The Kentucky woman in one let.
ter gave the name Of the boy g
alleged father and stated they
were married in st. Louis In 1904.
Marriage licenses in that city do
not record the marriage. She also
refuses to give the name of her
second husband.
There are so many discrepancies
in her story that I believe she is
making 1t all up" the boy con.
tinued, "She can give absolutely
no proof. Nor does she seem anx.
ious to heH) me get proof. 1t
is amazing to me to think that
this woman expects me to accept
her as my mother without any
proof"
In one letter, she says, her
baby was born February q, 1905,
and in another she says February
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
S LABOR CHIEFS AGAINST .
Ia TOILETTE, Is CLAIM

John j. Keegan,- former organizer
for the International Association Of
Machinists and now member of
the United States Employees Com
pensation Commission, today made
public a letter to Samuel Gompers
declaring that six of the eleven
members Of the executive council
Of the American Federation of
Labor, which recently Endorsed the
La Toilette. Wheeler Presidential
ticket at Atlantic City, would not.
vote for these men in the election.
Keegan said he heard six menu
bers of the executive committee
plainly and emphatically state that
they were not going to vote for
Robert M. La Toilette"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
NET IS SPREAD
FOR PARKING
v|OLATORS
Oyster to Concentrate Police
In Certain Sections on
Unannounced Days

Another campaign against vio-
lators Of the parking regulations is
being mapped out by Commissioner
Oyster. A plan which the Commits
sioner believes will bring quick re.
suits was recommended today to
Major Daniel Sullivan, superintend.
ent of police, and will be put into
effect beginning early next week
The plan calls for the Nconcentra.
ton of traffic policemen of the
downtown congested area In diff
ferent sections Of that area on
certain days. Some viii be in
plain clothes.
The Commissioner believes that
inasmuch as the traffic squad is
not large enough to cover the area
effectively, the next best method
Of attacking the problm Is to give
attention to sections where the
evil is greatest.
There are not enough traffic Off
GERS now to make a careful check
the concentration of q sufficient
number Of traffic policemen on one
or two blocks on different days
however, 1t will be possible to make
an exact check on the time al
which a car is parked, and just
how long 1t remains at one place
Without any previous indication
Of their plan, the augmented squad
will take posts within a chosen
section wholly unknown t.
motorists.
Commissioner Oyster thus hopes
to be able to make some cases
that will stand every test wher
they get into court, and = obtain
convictions that will serve as 8
warning in the future. About
twenty policemen will be assigned
to the task.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
DRUNK At TEMPERANCE
FOUNTAIN, IS FINED $50

Found drunk and disorderly In
Temperance Fountain Park at
Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest yesterday, Fred
Bonnelli. thirty-five, was brought
before Judge Mcmahon today In
Police Court.
He said he had been out of jail
only two days when, after provoca.
ton, he tossed his friend, Edward
G. Sinclair, over his shoulder
against the fountain. Sinclair fol-
feited $40.
Bonnelli was fined $40 or ten
days on each Of the two charges.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Il CHARGES
FACING
MAN !.
Wealthy Contractor Found
Intoxicated With Two
Boys, Claim

Eight charges filed and three
more to be filed today confront
Joseph Fred Ritchell, wealthy
contractor, alleged violator Of the
Volstead act, who was found in
toxicated with two boys, also
drunk in a garage between / and
X and Twenty-sixth and Twenty
seventh street northwest. As
sistant District Attorney Lodge
will prosecute.
Charges to Be Filed.
The informations filed charge:
Barter, delivering and furnishing;
possession; giving information how
whiskey could be obtained; another
charge of possession; giving liquor
away: two charges of keeping whis-
key for sale and furnishing and de-
livering. Three charges Of keeping
whiskey for sale and furnishing and
delivering. Three charges to be
filed today allege: Two cases Of
nuisance and one charge Of keeping
whiskey for sale in a building other
than q residence.
On August Is Ritchell was ar
rested. With. him were found
George Van SERVER. fifteen, 243l
Virginia avenue, and John Buscher,
sixteen, 2S31 E street northwest
They were both said to be under
the influence of liquor alleged to
have heen procured from Ritchell.
Two colored men. found in the ga
rage, were held as witnesses.
Mitchell was fined $40 on the in
toxication charge in Police Court
some time ago. He is now out on
a &hOn bond awaiting arraiRnnaent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
S249,000 IS
LEFT BY
WIDOW
Son of Mrs. Louise Rosine
Hensey Is Chief Beneficiary
Under Will

An estate valued at $249. 900 is
disposed of in the will Of Mrs.
Louise Rosine Hensey, widow of
Alexander T. Hensey, late real
estate man in this city, filed for
probate today. The testatrix,
whose will is dated January 1,
1928, died August 8 last at Luz
cerne, Switzerland, while on a
tour of Europe.
Trust Company Is Executor.
The Washington Loan and Trust
Company is named as executor and
trustee, Fred M. Berthrong. Of this
institution, who looked after tesla
trix's interests, is remembered with
$4,000.
Clarence Alexander Hensey. son
Of the testatrix, is to have the
personal and household effects, in
Guiding jewelry, together with
$4,000. A trust fund, whereby all
property Is to be held in trust Is to
be established, the son to receive
the income LnereIEOm.
One thousand dollars are set aside
for the care OF q funeral lot in Oak
Hill cemetery where the husband is
inferred aid where Mrs. Hensey
also will be buried. Another provi-
sion is for $1,000 for the erection of
handsome monument" over their
graves.
In case the. son should die, leav.
ing widow but no children, the
income from $4,000 Of the trust
fund is to be paid to the widow
Of the son, and at her death the
trust fund Is to be paid to the
committee of the Washington
Foundation for such disposition as
the committee deems fit. The re.
mainder OF the trust fund, In such
an event also will 90 to William NJ.
Rheen, a brother of testatrix. and
Edmund d. Rheim. a nephew, the
former to receive two-thirds Of the
residue and the latter one.third.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Hunt Injured" Man Who Has Vanished
Arthur Conan Doyle,
But Not Sir Arthur,
Arrested Here

A i1ar1esake Of the originator.
Of Sherlock Holmes was ar
rested toay on suspicion Of hav-
ing brought two stolen machines
to the Capital from New York
city and offered them for sale.
Detective Sergeants Joseph
A. Connors and Henry Jet ar
rested a man giving his name
as Arthur Conan Doyle, thirty
four, last night, and are hold
ing him for further investiga-
tion. They said he was trying
to dispose of two automobiles
reported stolen.
Doyle gave his occupation as
an electrician and his address
as 1416 Madison street north
west.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
LOST OPPORTUNITY.

They were married, they hadn't tar
ried,
Both had married once before;
She seventy-two, he seventy-elght,
Joined at last by the hand Of Fate,
Time had almost closed the door.
Bweethearts when young, the en-
gagement hung,
They drifted apart for years.
Each went his own way
I'LL the far distant day
When Cupid again reappears.
In two arm chairs sitting, he with
his pipe and paper, she knitting
She thought Of the time when q
blushing young girl,
Looking over her specs, she said,
Placing her thin hand on his head,
"Sug, you are the sweetest thing in
the world"
II thought when n young man you
would ask for my hand,
And limited rs much when I'D
write yer;
still you're my first and lnst love,
And now I'm your own turtle dove;
Lord LIZ knows owl; II had any teeth I'D
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
TEACHERS SALARIES ARE
PAID IN II INSTALMENTs

Teachers salaries are usually paid
in ten installments, and the teach
erS are expected to save enough
during the school term to pay their
expenses during the vacation. This
usually involves no Inconvenience,
but occasionally instances Of hard.
ship have occurred as a result Of
the practice.
An increasing number Of cities
have therefore adopted the plan Of
making salarly payments monthly
throughout the year. Among the
large cities which pursue this plan
are Boston, Denver, Los Angeles,
Memphis. New York, San Antonio,
Seattle and Tacoma.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
PROF. MUNRoE HoNoRED
BY CHEMISTS INSTITUTE

Professor Charles Edward Munroe,
OF the National Research Council,
professor emeritus Of chemistry at
George Washington University, has
been elected honorary fellow of the
American Institute Of Chemists.
Professor Munroe, a resident Of
Washington for the past thirty-two
years, is considered an authority on
explosives and has been professor
of chemistry at the Naval Academy
and the Newport torpedo station.
He is also president OF the Ameri.
can Chemical Society and the. Cos.
mos Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
GROUP PLANS HOME
FOR PROTESTANT BOYS

Normal Protestant boys from
broken homes who need normal
home life are cared for by the Chi
cago Junior Home and Farm School
Association, which was recently Or
ganized. These boys do not receive
county aid, because they are not
delinquent nor wholly dependent.
The association charges fees rang
ing from a few dollars per month
to $50. according to the circum-
stances of the parent Contribu.
tons for the support Of the school
have. come from all parts Of the
country. The first of q series of
eight small cottages has just been
completed,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
{. F. SHARP
GONE 3
DAYS
Wife. Arrives to Help In Search.
Hurt In Auto Crash, He
Said In Letter To Her

Mystery surrounds the disap-
pearance of Elmer F. Sharp,
twenty-nine years old, radio sales
man, who has been missing from
his home at 2O26 G street north
west since Wednesday. Mrs. Net
tie w. Sharp, wife of the vanished
salesman, arrived in Washington
today to find her husband.
She had been informed, in q
letter dated August 6, in her hus-
bands handwriting, that he had
been injured in an automobile ac-
cident, but not seriously. Accord
ing to police who investigated the
case, no person named Sharp has
been treated in local hospitals re-
Gently for automobile injuries.
World War Veteran.
On the other hand. police learned
from one source that Sharp had
said he was going up the river to
fish, and from another source thai
he was going UP the river to camp
The morgue disclosed no I'M
Identified white men, and the Gal
finger Hospital is treating no cases
Of aphasia at present.
Sharp was a world war veteran,
and has been keeping up his insur-
ance at the Veterans Bureau here.
His permanent address was 1904 g
street northwest, but he hal been
staying at 2026 G street, as his
room was being papered.
Before coming to Washington,
Mrs. Sharp asked the Wilmington
police to communicate with the
Washington authorities, to deter.
mine the extent Of Sharp's in.
juries. A rookie policeman in
vestigated, became confused and
reported. back to headquarters that
no one by the name Of Sharp had
ever lived at the address given.
This information was sent to vii.
mington.
Mrs. Sharp knew better. She
had received, letters daily from the
G street house. She knew that her
husband was connected with the
National Radio Institute, and she
knew that his face was familiar
at the Veterans Bureau.
Believed to be in Camp.
SO she came to the city, and is
staying with the family Of James
H. Somerville, at 81 Rhode Island
avenue northwest. The Somervilles
are friends.
Mrs. Sharp made inquiries at the
Veterans Bureau, and at police
headquarters, but with no result.
Detective. Sergeant Joseph Morgan,
who guards the portals Of the
Detective Bureau, in Inspector
Grants office, was informed by a
feminine voice, over the telephone
today, that Sharp was a ministers
son, and was good boy.
The feminine voice rejected the
| suggestion that perhaps Sharp had
gone up the river for a rest, and
that his injury was non.existent,
or very slight The telephone
informant was sure that Sharp
wouldn't play such trick on his
wife.
Police believe that the MISSING
man Is somewhere on the Potomac
They think that looking for him
among the camps would be similar
to searching for a needle In a
haystack. They do not, hold a
theory Of foul play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
I 1000 OF HOSPITAL SERVICE
SOCIETY TO VISIT BEACH

Mckinley Council No. 992, Of the
National Union Hospital Service AS.
ISOLATION, is holding its annual ex.
cursion today at Chesapeake Beach,
with an estimated attendance Of
more than 1000 persons. The asso.
citation furnishes free hospital aid
to sick members Of the National
Union, fraternal insurance organiza.
tion.
Today's program includes bathing,
fishing, grabbing, boating, music,
dancing and picnicking. Jesse B.
x. Lee. Of S78 Eastern avenue, Ia.
koma Park, is excursion chairman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
$4,000 CHILDREN PROFIT
BY SUMMERTIME CAMPS

Nearly $4,000 children. about half
of them girls, are now in more
than 500 organized summer camps
In the United States.
In all the camps, probably with.
out exception, special attention IL
paid to physical growth and char.
acter building" with manual in.
struction in attractive forms. Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, and similar
organizations are prominent in this
field
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16

%, 1905. She declares that outside
of a physician, midwife and one
friend, no one knew of her child.
She says she does not know the
name Of either the doctor or mid
wife and asserts her<friend is dead.
The Kentucky actress had planned
to come to Washington early next
week. She said she would drop all
her plans if the boy wired her:
Come"
Butler, who lives at 1918 e street
southeast, said today that he was
no longer interested in the woman's
statements and that he would
investigate no further.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
ELECTRIC LEAGUE TO
HOLD ANNUAL OUTING

The Electric League Of Washing.
ton will hold an outing at Morgan.
town, Md, next Tuesday. About
200 persons will attend. Fifty au.
tomobiles will carry the merrymak,
ers to their destination. No other
organization will be allowed to use
the beach at Morgantown on that
date.
The outing will be unique in that
all athletic events will be Of an
electrical nature. All prizes will be
electrical appliances. Gene Beck q
orchestra will furnish music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
'FLIER's FACE IS FROZEN
10000 FEET ABOVE D. c

Lieutenant George w. Goddard,
Of the Army Air Service. was thaw.
ing out his face today. 1t was
frozen when he assembled 10000 feet
above the Capital to make aerial
photographs. He mapped fifty
square miles, but had to come down
when the temperature kept drop.
ping below zero.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Boy In Wading browns

Paul Jenkins, colored, ten, Forty.
second and Eads streets northeast,
was drowned in Eastern Branch,
where he was wading, yesterday.
His body was recovered by vii.
liam B. Jeanette, employed as a
United States engineer near the
scene Of the drowning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Martin Heads KiIIeen Post

Captain Peter D. Martin was
elected commander Of George E.
Killeen Post, American Legion, at
pa meeting last night. He will serve
out the unexpired term of Bernard
s. Burhser, recently elected Junior
vice commander of the District de-
partment of the legion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
HE WAS GREAT-BUT-

HE WAS UhEAI--bU1-.
All men praised his tact and
Judgment,
Nobody Thought him "slOb,"
But all the same the world mover
knew
That ne didn't want his wife to
bob. 10
He threatened her with his dis
OF happiness he would be robbed, !
But just. the same she went right
And had her hair bobbed.
OKLAHOMA PETE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
BELIEVE 1T OR NOT.

He ION q street car)-E1ere,
madam, you are welcome to my
seat.
She-NO, / thank you. 1 could
not think of depriving you Of
your seat. You have probably
been working all day and feel
tired.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16

Education. A leaflet containing
suggestions regarding the observ.
ance Of the week will be issued by
the Bureau Of Education In Sep.
TENDER. -.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Ad Club Directors To Meet

Plans for future activities of the
Advertising Club viii be discussed
at meeting of the Washington
board of directors of the AID Club
in the gold room at Harvey's
Monday uoous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Go ahead, Bill, Gnd get up
those B. B. buttons. The
idea is great. I WGnt one
sure. CAR CONDUCTOR.
Plan Education Week

American Education Week will be
observed this year November 1923.
Copies Of programs may be had by
GSessing the Commissioners Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
cRAC.KERJAcKs.
TIMES STATE PaoTo

A Wisconsin farmer in Chicago
met a beautiful iOomGn and gOVe
her his thOMsGnd dollars to take
care Of NosO he says thnt
beauty Is only "skin" deep.
Four bandits whO broke into
a Western bank at midmigh:
sOere foiled by the cashier. He
had Gbsconded 1Oith the money
tn the afternoon.
A Florida man sued his 1Vifc
for divorce because she knocked
him unconscious. When he got
married he probably thought it
,UouId be OK instead of KO.
Speaking of scenery, a re-
turned tourist says there are
some fine vietOs in MeSico. But
aUe bet nobody dare e1prese
them. MIKE HENRY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Convinced Actress Is
Not His Mother

INTERNATIONAL. NEWS REEL

Convinced he not the of the Kentucky actress who
claims be his mother John Lester Butler abandoned nine
years ago southeast Washington doorstep today sent
her the following telegram:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
Training School Merged

The Baltimore Teachers Training
School has been merged with the
State Normal School at Towson,
Nd,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16
LAST LINE LIMERICKs.

RICE HARTIGAN
sends in a "last line limerick"
in Capper's Weekly, the last line
having been written by herself:
A handsome young lady named Flo
Was dressed up with no place to 20.
Said she, with o shiver,
II could 60 to the river
And get me . dashlng young beau"
Here's another:
A ray young fIapper named Mish
Preferred Ice cream from q dish.
She went to the bathing beach,
OF young fellows to be in reach,
And there she caught herself q poor
fish,