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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10

OF America 8 great nero.
Answers in the washington Times
Limerick Story Contest are begin.
ming to come In numbers that
promise busy time for the judges.
There is widespread interest in this
test of educational skill for $50 in
gold prizes and. free theater tickets
for the janice Meredith" film
masterpiece, starring Marion Davies,
now showing at Loew's Columbia
Theater.,
Remember this, boys and girls
You win not be eligible for !, the
prizes unless you answer one Of
the limericks and send with It an.
accompanying 150-word story. You
must send both limerick and story.
It's all very easy and every boy
and girl pupilnin the Washington
schools who Knows American his
tory has an opportunity to see this
film masterpiece as the guest OF
The Washington Times, and Incl.
dentally compete in q contest OF
educational skill In which prizes Of
$25, SIS, and $40 viii be awarded.
Just see how easy 1t all is. Be-
low is an historical limerick. Fill
in the missing line. Then write a
brief 15O.word story on the life Of
George Washington or incidents In
his great career. Send in your Inner
ick and accompanying story to The
Washington Times Limerick Editor.
For the best answer to the linz.
eriCk with accompanying story, The
Washington Times will pay $25.
For the second best answer with
accompanying story. The Washing.
ton Times will pay SIS.
For the third best answer with
accompanying story, The Washing.
ton Times win pay $40.
To every contestant complying
with the rules i'm sending in hts
or her answer, The Washington
Times will present . ticket Uf adj
mission to the Marion Davies prO-
ductt0n Of Janice Meredith" at
LOew's Columbia Theater.
It is not necessary to see the
picture before entering the contest.
Janice Meredith" IL q thrilling love
story Of the American revolution
and pictures In graphic and enter
tanning form the. soul-stirring in
cidents which accompanied the birth
OF this Republic. Critics have
labelled It the finest and most
skillful blending of history and ro-
nance ever screened.
This picture, Janice Meredith"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
CONTEST RULES

Any history pupil In the Wash
ington schools (public. private or
parochial) is eligible to. compete.
Essays must be limited to $50
words and written plainly on one
side Of the paper.
It L. not necessary to use the
limerick blank printed here but
contestants should copy the full
limerick on q separate sheet Of
paper, Il not using the blank.
All answers and essays must be
in The Warrington Times office by
6 p. M, Friday. December IL.
Contestants answering the lin
erick but emitting the essay, or
vice-verBa, viii not be eligible.
All decisions OF the judges will
Judges viii be Mark Gates.
manager Of Loew's Columbia
Theatar; Lawrence Beatua, man
ager Of Loew's Palace Theater.
and The Washington Times Linn
erick Editor.
Address your answers plainly
to The Washington Times Linn 4
ertck- Essay Editor. Give full
name and address, age and school
attended by contestant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
BAZAAR To AID
COMMUNITY
CENTERS
Affair to Be Staged December
1s at Dunbar High School.
Annual Event

The colored community centers
Of the fifty.two colored schools Of
the District Of Columbia win com.
bine in giving a pre- Christmas re.
ception and bazaar at the Dunbar
High School, December IS, at 8
o'clock. =
The bazaar is an annual affair
OF the centers, operated on. a much
smaller scale during previous years,
according to the secretary in charge,
Mrs. g. Pelham who announced to.
day that nearly every known article
suitable for Christmas gifts in the
way Of wearing apparel, drapery,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
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END RHEUMATIC PAIN
WITH new POWDER
FROM ITALY
Shake Volta in Your Shoes.
No Medicine to Take.

Alessandro Volta, the weil.knowr
4eAlian physicist for whom the
estctric volt was named, has dis
covered a powder that drives out
the agonizing pain Of rheumatism.
Up thousands OF sufferers in this
country It has already brought rO.
lief from pain so quickly that 1t
seems miraculous,
This amazing discovery is In the
form Of fine powder which, when
shaken into the shoes, seems to
be absorbed immediately into the
blood stream through the myriad
pores OF the feet. This Is due, no
doubt, to the fact that in the feet
there are 10 times az many pores to
the square inch as in any other
part OF the body. And, intended TO
act at once on the Uric Acid which
causes rheumatic pain, Volta DOW.
der brings speedy relief In even the
worst, most painful cases.
The use OF Volta powder has
demonstrated such astonishing re.
suits In literally thousands OF cases.
many OF which were considered
hopeless, that the American dis
tributoFs have authorized local
druggists to dispense Volta to rheu.
matte sufferers In their city with
an unqualified guarantee to return
the full purchase price on the first
box in any rare case where the
rheumatic pains are not wonderfully
rSlieYed.
All who suffer from rheumatic
pains, no matter how long.standing
their case may be, should take i'm.
mediate advantage OF this liberal
offer. You can get Volta powder
With this guarantee from Peoples
Drug Stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10

millinery, ETC., have been made dur.
Ing the year by women members
Of the centers and will be offered
for sale during, the bazaar. The
proceeds from the sale will be
given to the different colored cen
terH to help the work which has
suffered severely this year because
OF the cut In the. appropriation for
community centekS. work.
One Of the features Of the pro-
gram will be a swimming exhibit.
ton by the colored boy scouts Of
Washington ana members Of the
Twelfth street branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Mus
ical numbers, by members Of the
community centers, Y. M. c. A.,
and scouts also are scheduled. Ad.
mission will be free.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
LOVELY COMEDIENNE
GIVES GIRLS ADVICE
GrGce 'OGs IN all her steps, HeGven
N her eye,
II every gesture, dignity and loVe."
Milton.

Just as the glare Of the calcium
lights would show up the defects Of
q movie actress complexion so sun.
shine shows UP those Of the women
ID ordinary life. Women who at.
tempt to cover up skin defects by
quitting on a heavy coat OF powder.
or rouge only deceive themselves.
The smooth. clear and lovely
completion. you 90 often see and
envy In women Of the movie world.
- NOT q matter Of good fortune or
accident" says Miss Madeline Hur.
lock, ono Of the fairest Of Mack Sen.
nettg famous beauties. at IL the
result Of giving their delicate skin
the proper attention every night by
cleaning all the days accumulation
at powder and dirt out Of the pores
with q good cleansing cream.
Il think the Black and White
Cleansing Cream Is the most salts
1ActoFy, have ever used. never
really gave these Beauty Creations
aAy serious thought until saw the
quality Of the creams and powders.
And the low popular prices at
which they sell surprised me-"
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
WILL CHARGES
INTIMIDATION
To SISTER
Testament Of Hannah .. Lan-
ham. Filed for Probate,
Revokss Other Papers

Revolving and cancelling each
and every win ana testament or
codicil,, Hannah D. Lanharn, In
her win OF october Z. last, and filed
FOR probate yesterday says:
'sIf the past, due/ to flattery,
coaxing,. and then intimidation,
coercion and threats Of bodily
harm to me if / did not do IS ]
waS told by my sister, Jesse
Beard, and her son, John Beard,
both residents OF S471 Fourteenth
street northwest, / have ct their
instance and the instance of each
OF them, made numerous wills, be-
Qlleathink and devising my prop
erty, real and personal, to dit.
1erent relatives.
II am now, and have been for
q long period Of time, away from
such baneftal surroundings, and in
q position to exercise my own dis
erection, untrammelled by others
and uninfluenced by my relatives"
The testAtrlx, who died at Ken
nIngton, Md, November 10 last,
was superannuated employe OF
the Interior Department and left
10 Annie Wright Hixsoi1, OF Ken.
siagtOn, Ma, 500; to Ella Chewn.
Ing. a friend, $500, and TO the
testatrix's sister, Seheska Lanham,
IN income Of $50 per month to be
derived from the estate.
Florence Hixson Davis is named
executrix and she filed a petition
TOR letters of administration today,
stating that the testatrix owned
premises at S741 Fourteenth street
northwest, valued at $9,3SS, and
that there were debts amounting
%, about $4,000. Mrs. Davis says
that relatives have employed coun-
sel to contest the will. No disposi-
ton iS made in the will of the re-
manning estate. Attorney John
Murphy appears for the executrix.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
MISS HELEN MccARTY
ELECTED HEAD or "NETS'

Miss Helen McCArty has been
elected commander Of the U. s. s.
Jacob Jones Post No. OF the Amer
lean Legion. n
Other new officers are: Senior
vice commander, Miss Annette Bur-
ton, Junior vice commander, Esther
Hale; historian, Mrs. Ethel Rule;
chaplain, Miss Blanche Sinclair;
sergeant.at-arfns, Sadie Crumb;
color bearers, Miss Martha Witcomb
and Miss Rachel ParhaYl1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
CLYDE J. NICHOLS NOW
HEADS JoPPA LODGE

Clyde ]. Nichols has been elected
master of Joppa Lodge. No. IS,
F. A. A. NJ, it was announced to-
day.
David L. Pitcher has been chosen
senior warden: William H. Boyd,
Junior warden; George CT Dietz, sec.
rotary; Harry A. Beck, treasurer;
William J. Buehn, senior deacon:
Charles J. Arrnhruster. junior dea.
con; Doctor Arthur NJ. Trtvett, senior
steward. and Samuel B. Trwolla.
junior steward.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
Find Whisky SO Years Old

CARMEL, Dec. 10.-Workmen tear.
ing down the burned part Of the
court house in Carmel found in the
partition bottle Of pure Scotch
whiskey which had evidently been
there sixty-eight years. Sheriff Wal.
lace Secord Was notified, but as the
whiskey is regarded as a relic it was
not seized.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
Hundreds Seek Free
Tickets and Gold IN
Times Contest
When Colonial leaders decided
That . new kind Of. flag DO providet
Betsy Ross up and said:
"Cive me needle and thread

Washington boys and girls show surprising knowledge Of
American history. i
Among the many to the historical mericks with
the accompanying story Of $50 words the life Of Washington
major incident in his career intimate anecdotes
the Father of His Country which that the school
children OF the National Capital well versed in the career
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-10
Press Club to Hold Election

The annual election Of officers and
members Of the board Of governors
Of the National Press Club win be
neld in the clubhouse, Albee build.
lnk. next Monday. Polls open from
10 q. m. to Z p. m.
ADVERTlagMENT
New Britain herald., 1924-01-24
A Stubborn Cough
 Lo0scns Right Up
This home-made remedy is . won- der for auirk results. Easily
 sBd chesply made.

Here is a home made syrup which mil lions of people have found to he the most dependable means of breaking up stubborn coughs It is cheap and simple. but very prompt in action. Under it's healing. soothing influence. chest sore ness goes, phlcgm loosens. breathing be- comes easier. tickling in throat stops and ybu get a good nights restful sleep. The usual throat and chest colds are con aiiered hv it.in 24 hours or less Nothing better for bronchitis, hoarseness. croup, throat tickle. bronchial asthma or win ter coughs.
 To make this splendid cough syrup. pour 2is ounces of pinex into a pint bottle and i'll the bottle with plain ersuulated sugar syrup and shake thor oIghlv. lf vOu prefer. use clarified mOlasses, honey. or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup. Either way. YOU get a full pint-a family supply-of much better cough syrup than vou could buy ready made for three times the money. Keeps perfectly and children love it's pleasant taste.
 Pinex is a special and highly concen- trated compound of genuine Norway pine extract. known the world over for it's prompt healing effect upon the mem branes.
 To avoid disappointment ask vour druggist for -2is ounces of Pinexs with full directions. and don't accept any thin. else. Guaranteed to give absolute satisfaction or money promptly re funded The Rnex Co. It Wayne, Ind.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-24
DRINK WATER IF
 KIDNEYS HURT
Take Tablespoonful Of salts If Back
 Pains or Bladder Bothers.

Too much meat may produce uric acid. says a well-known authority, Hho warns us to be constantly on guard against kidney trouble.
 The kidneys do their utmost 10 free the blood of this irritating acid. but become weak from the overwork: : they get sluggish; the eliminative tis- sues clog and thus the waste is re- tained in the blood to poison the en- tire system.
 When yonr kidneys ache and feel like Jumps of lead. and you have stinging pains in the back. or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or the bladder is irritable. obliging you to seek relief during the night; when you have severe headache. nervous and dizzy spells, sieeplessness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad weath- er. get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts: take a ta- blespoonful in glass of water before breakfast each morning. and in a few days your kidntys may act line. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice. combined with Iithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys. 10 help neutralize the acids in urine so | is no longer source of irritation. thus often ending urinary and bladder disorders.N
 Jad Salts Is inexpensive and can not injure: makes delightful efTer- Nescent lifhia water drink. and mo- body can make a mistake by taking a fltfle occasionally io help to keep the kidneys clean and active. Drink plenty Of water al all times.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-24
OBJECTS ID USING
 OLD RAID WARRANT
Lawyer for Steve Prestas and
 Wife Makes Futile Plea

Steve Prestas of 193 Grove street
 was fined s10O and his wife an ad- ditional s25 on charge Of selling police court today. Their home was raided yesterday by Detectives O'Mara and Feeney and Motorcycle Patrol man Hayes, and a five gallon can al- most full of alcohol was found as were several bottles and glass. Mrs. Prestas admitted to the policemen selling liquor for 20 and 25 cents glass. In court she denied this ad- mission but said she sometimes treat ed her relatives and they gave money to the children.
 Judge F. B. Hungerford, represent ing the defendants, objected to the legality of the raid on the grounds that it was conducted under a search warrant issued October IS, 1923. He said the warrant was based on the allegation that there was liquor in the house on that date. Testimony submitted showed that the liquor seized in the raid was purchased January z, 1924. Judge W. C. Hun gerford on the bench denied the ob- jection and permitted tho trial.
 Steve Meadow of a Grove street, pleaded guilty on two charges, that of selling liquor and of keeping liquor with intent to sell. He was raided yesterday by the same trio of police. men. Two five gallon cans of liquor and several bottles were seized. He told the police he was getting 75 cents a bottle.
 It was testified by the police that l Steve's place has a bad reputation. 1 Detectives o'Mara said men go in i there and go into private rooms, get | drunk and fight.
 In reply to queries by the court | Steve said he had been selling booze | for two months and that one month | ago he quit his job at the Stanley | Works and has not been working | since. He was fined sl50 and costs t on each count, making a total Of | about s320 he will have to pay.
 Careless Driver Fined s5
 John Jwanauskas was fined s and \ costs in police court this morning by | Judge W. C. Hungerford. for failing \ to put out his hand as he attempted ! to turn his car around on Park street yesterday. He had been delivering \ goods in the lithuanian cooperative store at the intersection of John and Park street and was just starting out to go down John street. Leaving the curb he was forced to make sharf. turn to avoid striking a horse and wagon. Hen eglected to put out his hand as he turned and was struck by Harry Holland driving west on Park street. Both cars were damaged. He was arrested by Detective John Stad- fer. He was represented in court by Thomas J. Cabelus. In inn posing the fine Judge Hungerford stated that it is very dangerous to start out from the curb without look ing around carefully.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-24
RAID WEALTHY MAN
Prohibition Agents Get 22.2O0 Quarts of line Liquors at Home of Rich Resident of New Orleans.

New orleans. Jan. 24.-Prohibition enforcement officers last night raided the home Of Peter Fabacher in one Of the most fashionable residential districts Of the city. and in nine trucks hauled 22.200 quarts of fine wines, whiskies and champagne 10 the storeroom of the custom house building.
 O. s. Jackson, federal prohibition director stated a charge Of selling and possessing liquor would be filed against Mir. Fabacher today.
 Mir. Fabacher. with several brothers. formerly operated two Of the city's most noted restaurants.
 The agents reported they found the liquor in bedrooms. kitchers, halls. and stored on porches. and in two sub-ceIlars, one of them 30 or 70 feet underground. Counsel for Mir. Fabacher declared that he had legal possession of the liquor and that no sale was made from the residence.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-24
TRADE SCHOOL HERE l READY FOR OPENING
Institution Throws Open Doors to
 Public Tomorrow Night

With the formal opening of the new state trade school tomorrow eve ming. New Britain will have one of the finest institutions of this kind on the Atlantic coast, and one of the largest of any eastern city of its size. The, building will be open from 1880 o'clock until 9:30 for inspection by the public. All departments will be in operation and all day students will be at their work.
 Some conception of the size and importance of this institution is gained when the fact is known that approximately zoo boys are enrolled there as students, day and night. Of these zoo. 391 are regular day stu dents and the balance consists of boys and men who work during the day and spend their time there evenings, perfecting themselves in their chosen vacations.
 The school teaches many trades. The machine trade includes general machine work. tool making, die mak- ing. eic. The drafting department gives lRe boys machine drawing. machine tool" and jig designing and architectural drawing. There is . wood pattern making department, a modern automobile repair depart mont. Il masonry department where brick laying. plastering and concrete work are taught; there is printing cpartmcnt where composition, job press work by hand and automatic feeding, cylinder press work, paper cutting and stone work are taught. In the electrical department the boys are instructed in motor and generator repairing and wiring, maintenance work. switchboard installation, stor- age battery repairing and house wir- ing Building construction. cabinet making and mill work are taught in the carpentry department.
 Present Enrolment zoo.
 The school has grown from the old building on Whiting street with it's enrolment Of l39 to it's present en- rollment of 700 in building approxi- mating in value s160.000.
 In the electrical. carpentry and ma sorry departments more than half the work is done outside the buld- ing. in various sections of the city. Today the boys arc building, plaster ing and wiring two-family house. with two brick fire places and con- crete foundation and cellar floor.
 Only commercial prices are charged. The money received from work done by the students is said 10 reduce the cost of operating expenses
New Britain herald., 1924-01-24

about 25 per cent.
 "The work turned out by the boys is not our product" says Herman s Hall, director of the school. "Oui product is trained boys-their work is a by product, and anything that ac- crues is incidental" Each shop is thoroughly equipped with up to date man-size machinery. Machinery de- signed for boys, toy machinery or any thing that is not of the latest commer- cial pattern is not used. All equip ment must be standard.
 Our purpose" says MT. Hall, lis to turn out students who after a years experience of practice are first class craftsmen"
 Steady Demand for Graduates
 Tn demand for trade school boys is greater in this city than the school can turn them out. Within the past week there has been a call for four printers, two draftsmen and two ma chinists which could not be supplied. Sixty per cent Of the boys leave and go to work at their trades after serving only 30 per cent of their ap- prenticeship.. while of those who finish the course. the percentage of those who make success at their chosen vocation is said to be fully 100. Many of them go into higher technical institutes, such as Pratt, Brooklyn, Northeastern and Worcester Poly technic.
 Although the building cost is said to be about st60,000 the machinery and equipment inside is rated at fully s300.000. The building. heat, light power and janitor service are supplied by the city. The equipment, salaries and other running expenses are furnished by the state.
 The machine shop is completely being the aim to give the boys a variety Of types. planers, shapers, mill lers, grinders, (internal and externaD, power hack saws boring mills, drill presses, centering machines, and Q complete hardening, annealing, heat treating and welding equipment.
 The carpentry and wood working utDcti lhlflll iittS iiioiDt wood working tools, paners, sur facers, morticers. circular and band saws, drill presses, mitre saws and sets of hand tools, planes, saw, chisels, hammer, squares, gauges and other things needed in making furniture.
 In the print shop are found job presses, miller automatic feeders, a hand feed cylinder press such as country newspapers are printed on, stitching and stapling machines. power punching and cutting machine cry.
 The electric department has com plete laboratory equipment with facili- ties for repairing and changing bat teries, rewinding motors and genera tors and fixture work.
 Anything that can be found in a public garage is found in the auto- mobile repair department.
 Students Wired Building
 The new building was completely wired by students, including the high tension, under ground service lines, 1 and the sub station distribution. All power, light, electric clocks, program signals and communicating tele- phones from a private branch switch- 1 board were installed by the boys as was the underground cable crossing | he street.
 Apprentices built all the work | benches, tool cribs and installed all i shaftiDg and machinery.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-24
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A southern school teacher is cred fled with the following. '@The word 'fants am an uncommon noun. be- cause pants am singular at the top and plural at the bottom. .-Boston Transcript.