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The Washington times., 1924-02-25
VENETIAN CLASS.
IS RARE AND
COSTLY
Connoisseur Tells History and
Character Of This *
q0isIte Ware.

Venetian glass IL almost a by.
word Cor exquisite beauty 90 far &c
products In this material are con.
cerned and real Venetian glass IL
indeed rare and commands q high
price.
The chief seat OF the Manufacture
Of glass and personal ornaments Of
the greatest beauty and excellence
Tor many generations was Venice.
Much obscurtty remains az to when
the glass works were first estsb.
lished there, but there can be little
doubt that the taking Of Con.
stantinople in 1904 gave the
VenetiaIE the opportunity OF az.
art.
During the fourteenth century.
beads, false stones, and limitations
OF Jewels, rather than cups and the
ike, seem to have been the chief
productions OF the Venice workman.
Among the best and earliest known
examples Of Murano workmanship
are cup, Of blue glass enamelled
ana gilt with portraits IN medal.
lions. Gliding and decorations III
enamel are frequent on Venetian
glass OF this period, and scaIewOrk
or an intoxicated pattern In rold
with points OF enamel colors IN
Imitation Of jewels 10 q char.
acteristic style.
venetian glass IL usually Of en-.
treme thinness, being nearly always
blown, and there Ii an endless
variety to be found In the shapes
and In the application Of color.
Glass blowing, like throwing clay
on the potter's wheel, induces
beautiful curved forms ana tenuitv
OF substance, and az q rule Venetian
glass 10 consistently charactor1xed
py adherence to the natural rug.
gesttons Of the material.
venetian glass 10 arranged into
the six divisions: 1.Vessels Of color,
less or Transparent glass or OF
single colors. the latter being gem
orally blue or purple. 2. Gilt and
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
MILLER Sells.
HIS BETHESDA
INTERESTS
Merchant Paid $4,000 To-
Girls Father After Sem
sationaI Trial.

Charles 3. Miller, head Of the
Bethesda Coal Company. which
bears his name and against whom
the father Of Jeanette Decker, Nil
ler's stenographer, recently obtained
9 $4,000 verdict. has sold his bust.
ness Interest to the Griffith Coal
Corporation, Of this city, Il was an.
nounced' last night.
Mr.. Miller was the defendant in
suits totalling $150,O0O brought in
March. 1928, growing out OF alleged
relations with Miss Decker. Srit
for 100000 was filed by th0 gril's
father, Elmer G. Decker, OF the
fire department at Walter Reed
Hospital. The young woman gave
birth to a child, Of whom she
claimed Miller was the father, and
suit for $4,000 was filed in her
behalf.
During the course of the trial at
Rockville, lin which sensational ties.
timony was given, threats were
made against q young man whom
Mr.. Miller's attorneys imported for
the purpose Of assailing OF Miss
Decker's character.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
PERSONNEL WAR.
COMING To
HEAD
House Committee viii Start
Hearings IN Fight on
Reconsideration.

The fight to abolish the Personnel
classification Board ana to emf the
whipsaw fight Tor control Of the
welfare Of 10000 Government en-.
pioyss between the Civil Service
Commission and the Bureau Of Ef.
ficiency win come to head in
the House today when hearings win
open before the House Committee
on Reform in the Civil Service.
The committee has up for con.
sideration the bill to wipe out the
Personnel Classification Board, and
to turn Its functions and powers
over to Civil Service Commission.
It is charged that the Bureau Of
Efficiency now wields the balance
Of power in the board, and that
the Civil Service Commission has
been eliminated az q factor.
During the past three years there
has been q bitter fight for the con-
troll Of classification Of Government
employees for salary purposes. The
Bureau OF Efficiency has consist
emily stood for classification
which means no practical increase
over the present schedules. The
commission advocates a classified.
ton with ignores departmental lines
and bases salaries upon the r0eDongi-
biltttes and capabilities Of the en-
ployes.
The committee has summoned a.
witnesses at it's opening session to-
day z. J. Bailey, Guy Moffett and
III. N. Graves, members Of the
board; Gen. H. M. Lord, director
Of the budget, and Herbert D.
Brown, chief Of the Bureau Of III.
ficiency. Congressman Frederick
r. Lehlback, chairman Of the COM
Tnittee, and author Of the bill to
abolish the board, win preside.
Read Elsie RObinsOn'S article on
the editorial page today.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
TWO BROTHERS UNITED,
BUT CAN'T CONVERSE

ST. MARYS, Pa, Feb. 25.-Lynn
Sedgwick, Of Elk county, and his
brother. Olaf, Of Hoynell, N. T., who
were recently united after being
separated for seventeen years, are
unable to talk to each other. Lynn
was born in Sweden, but speaks
only the English language, while
Olaf, born In Chicago, can talk only
In Swedish.
After Lynn was born his parents
moved with him to Chicago, where
Olaf was born. Later the parents
returned to Sweden, taking Olaf
along, but leaving Lynn with rela.
tives In Chicago. Each learned to
talk the language Of his home.
which accounts for their present.
inability to converse with each
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
Births, Marriages, Deaths
MRS. 8. RUegEIL BOWEN.

Mrs. 8. Russell Bowen, wife OF
the vice president Of the Washing
ton Railway ana Electric Company
and for more than twenty-five years
Q resident OF this city, died yester-
day at their home at 1915 Delafield
place northwest, ct the age Of forty.
six.
She IL survived by her husband
ana two sons, Robert and s. Rus
sell Bowen, jr. Funeral services
were conducted from the Epearc
undertaking establishment today
under the supervision Of the Rev.
Harry Evaul. pastor Of the Iowa
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.
She will be buried at her birthplace,
Whitesboro, ". Y.
Mrs. Bowen was past regent Of
the John Lindsay chapter, D. A. r.,
vice president Of the Excelsior
Club. vice president of the Columbus
Heights Art Club and q leading
member Of the Washington Shake
spearian Society.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
Ma gistrate Says Real
Bad Boys Do Not
Exist

LONDON Feb. 26.-f there
are mothers unable to make up
their minds on the subject,
they may be interested to know
that there II no such thing AZ .
''bad boy" After ten years
experience with all classes and
types Of youth at the Old Street
Police Court, Magistrate Clark
Hall says q really and in
herently bad lad does not exist.
Boys are great ''show-offs,"
they are subject TO the gang
spirit" and they never want to
take q dare; hence they often
get into trouble, according to
the magistrate.
His remedy, = he says, Ii TO
keep them busy, to direct their
simple enthusiasm and fullness
81 spirit into creative lines, Of
usefulness, not to let them
drift aimlessly with other boys.
He recommends this to the
mothers.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
SEEN
IN DOUBLE
Staying
Rivalry Of Competing White
Slavers May Be Parallel Mo-
tive in Couples Death.
BY International News Service.

ny AnGeEnoCaOnoI News Service.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Jealousies
aimed at both John Dougherty, alias
Duffy, Philadelphia gunman, and
his valentine day bride, MaybelIe
Exley Duffy, today were held with
rivalries Of competing white slavers
as possible parallel motives in the
puzzling double Staying.
Find Dolly" was one order sant
out by Assistant States Attorney
Harold Levy, after questioning Ruby
Downing, Of Louisville, KY, under
world intimate Of the murdered
couple.
Is Former Sweetheart.
Dolly" was described as a blonde
nurse, Duffy's sweetheart before his
swift romance with pretty Maybelle
Exley, Of Norwalk, Ohio, led to their
wedding February IA, little more
than a week before Duffy was shot
to death and pitched in a snow.
filled ditch and his brides body
was found in their Carmen avenue
apartment.
The gang which Duffy headed in
Chicago trafficked in women as well
as whiskey, according to Ruby
LOWING. She was brought back
from Louisville early today by
Stase's Attorney Levy and taken
to the detective bureau.
THE Downing girl was hysterical
and broke down several times en-
route" Levy said. "She was in an
automobile accident in Cleveland
recently. A man was killed. Pres
emit circumstances have put a ter.
rifle strain on her."
Man Is Sought.
Another sought for questioning
was James Zoller, until a year ago
a wealthy promoter for a Nashville
and Memphis firm. He was said
to have sacrificed his financial and
social position for Miss Exley.
Ruby Downing said Zoller and
Miss Exley were intimate in Column
bus, Ohio. after Miss Exley left her
Ohio farm home, and that both
were arrested there. Zoller served
q short Jail term, she said.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25

enamelled glass. The decorations
In this ware are chiefly coats.of.
arms or merely flowers and dots,
in place Of the medallion portraits
or PROFESSIONS Of the preceding age.
8. Cracked glass which IL believed
to date for the sixteenth century
and which has q rough surface
irregularly divided by ridges. 4.
Variegated or n1arbled opaque glass,
generally known as a schmelz, the
most common variety being q mix.
ture or green and purple, some
times resembling Jasper, sometimes
chalcedomy. s. Millefior1 or mosaic
glass, being limitations Of the old
Roman process, but not executed
with the same taste and success,
6. Reticulated, filigrree. or lace
glass, among which may be found
some Of the most beautiful products
Of the skill Of Muruano.
THE CONNOISSEUR
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
WILLIAM r. GUIDE CHOSEN
JUDGE OF FLOWER SHOW

William F. GUIDE. r street florist.
will be one Of the judges at the
eleventh international flower show
to be held in Grand Central Palace,
New York city, from March II to22
The list Of jurors includes both
amateur and professional growers,
leading horticultural experts, land.
scape architects, artists, sculptora,
editors Of garden magazines and
amateurs who have made q special
study of this form Of outdoor
rAcraafinn
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
70 AIIAC0NDAS'
!. ARE BORN At
\. !. zoo
Mother Is Giant Snake From
! Junglss Of BFazIIEach
"5aby" 2 Fest Long.

NEW YORK. Fab. So. onco xl1sre
was q man who, whsn his wife PR.
ssnted him with twins. rernarke0l
ia had my suspiciona. but
hadn't expected % much"
His much" was little, compaSsd
with what Mrs.. Eunectus Garinus
has presented the Bronx roo. Her
contribution Is seventy little EuneC-
tus Marinuses.
They're snakes, ana an urwency
call has been sent out for mice %
feed them. The mother a 8,
gianteas Anaconda.
Each baby snake 70 two feet lung
and an inch in diameter, and laid
end to end they would make one
snake 14O feet long. But IL they
are not laid end to end until they
are grown, and II each attains. the
length Of thirty feet, that IL the
maximum for an Anaconda, they
would make o snake 2,1OO feet long
or three times the height Of the
Woolworth building.
The birth Of the snakes was quite
an event at the roo, because 1t was
the first time In sixteen years that
any Anacondas have been born.
Provision, had been made to feed
some twenty or thirty Of them with
young mice, which IL the sort Of
thing they thrive ON, but not
enough mice have been obtained to
feed all seventy.
The Anaconda was bought by the
roo four months ago. It is Of the
boa family, although differing from
other boas In that It Is aquatic,
lying submerged in the water dur
ing the daytime and seeking It's
prey at night. OF all the boas, the
Anaconda IL the only one that IL
decidedly ill-tempered. It IL
native Of the BraSilian 1ungles.
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articles daily on the magazine page7
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
WHAT'S DOING
Today and TosssorrosD


TODAY
Nesting West ma Cltlsans Asgocia-
tion, Concordla xush6fan Church, TWeEI.
tieth and q streets noRthWeah ID. m.
IN, In.tsilat1s2 e 2ss.ssts a, =. .s 4
L.osurs ..ws lGssl ovssA on aas,s..
Hia. WSmsn's city Club. $40 5. 4.
Me4tlne- 1naiani state bSelsty,. Rep.
EsssSsssY ia. LSS Ss.k. bSlt;sse VA.
= LStturs-pr. WtiNkan i. white. q
st. Eiizabekhn HOSPITAL Social HyRtsMe
society. Vermont Avenue OhfletiAn
oi McSsins- - sndsh.p Ala club. rsss.
dAno9 Of Mrs. Hereey Monroe, 144l Cliff
ton street northwest. p. n.
Tea--collegs Women's Club, musical.
f.Scture--.:I n tcraturo eor DomocracJ.' =
Or. Paul Kaufman. Americas Unlveraity,
EsreIiline Bes"-Reno counoiI, No. 4s.
Junior Order Of Uplted AInerican Me-
chAnlce. Potomac Bank Building, Wis
oonstn avenue and n street northwest.
Annual Dinner- Master Plumbers. City
Meeting city Citizens Associa-
ticn. Thomson school. q. q. ,,r. ;,
consSsssnan w w B. UpSisaw Of Georgia.
First Presbyterian Church, John Marsh-
all place, p. NJ.
Lecture-"Ha in Alaska" @. J.
Blanchard Interior Building, evening.
College Woman's Club. after
Ladies. Night Potomac Council. X. Of
c., evening.
Tomorrow.
Meottng-IoWa Citisons Association,
Northminster PreSbyteriAn Church. eve.
Illustrated neeturN-"A Trip Through
the Holy Land" Mfh. Catherine A. AN
toniua, Playh0u9e, evening. i
M6eking-North Capitol and Hscklngton
Citizens Association, Emery school, eve.
Meeting washington Canadian 60
ciety. Playhouse, 8 p. m.
Meeting-Wa0hinEto branch Of So
ciety Of American BaoteriolOgists, u. 8.
Army Medical School, WAlter Reed Hos
LsctureM"fhe Shenandoah Az An En-
CINE Of Civilization" Starr Truscott,
Pierce Hall. Fifteenth and Harvard
streets northwest, auspices Of Laymen's
League Of All Souls Unitarian Church.
keSsure-'wrOasfyI Acts ana Their
Reshitn." Prof. II. d. 1dgOrtOn, George
Washington Universlty law faculty, Law
building. 1895 X street northwest. S:1S
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
Irish Population Shows Gain.

DUBLIN, Feb. 25.--An official re.
turn puts the estimated population
Of the Free State at the middle of
1898 at s,165,O0O. These figures
are approximate, but they show An
Increase In the population In ten
years Of more than 10000.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
YELLOW
CAB
CO
Connie Ediss, English
Actress, Undergoes
Gland Treatment
GIandOgen Provides Simple Method
Of Taking GIanduIar Treatment

According to recent press dis
patches. Miss Connie Ediss, famous
English actress, has undergone a
course Of gland treatment which
has restored her former vigor and
also great deal of her former
beauty. Miss Edlss claims she
feels years younger and has re-
stunned her stage dancing, some
thing she has not attempted for
years. Her gray hair is gradually
returning to it's natural shade and
former abundance. The treatment
administered to Miss Ediss was IN
the form Of q glandular, compound
taken by mouth and not by opera
ton.
Such a treatment is now obtain.
able In the form Of GlandOgen, q
compound Of the vital glands of
young, healthy animals, convan-
tenely prepared in tablet form.
Glandogen IL procurable at Peoples
Drug Stores, 16 stores.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
JEALOUS sUlToR KILLS
GIRL, MOTHER AND SELF

LAS CRUCES, N. NJ, Feb. u.s.
Steve Walter shot and killed Miss
Blanche Kell and her mother, Mrs.
John Kell, and then committed sui
eide, 1t was stated at the sheriff's
office.
Walter objected to Miss Kell keep
ing company with another youth.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
DIR. DANIEL, w. HIGGINS.

After a brief illness, DIR. Daniel
w. Higgins, prominent Washing
ton physician and member Of many
societies and organizations, died
Saturday at his residence at 118
Third street southeast.
DR.. Higgins was born in Feb
ruary, 1875, at South River, Md.
son of the late Daniel Witter and
Elizabeth Higgins. He Is survived
by his daughter, Mrs. Ellery G..
Blanchard and a sister, Mrs. John
Collision, both Of this city.
He was a graduate Of George
Washington University and was a
member Of the District Medical So
ciety and Of the American Medical
Association. He was affiliated with
Harmony Lodge, No. g.. Dorcas Re-
becca, /. o. o. F., Hiram Lodge.
No. 10, f. A. A. M, Almas Temple,
A. A. o. N. M. s. and the Junior
Order Of American Mechanics.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow from his former residence
He will be inferred at Hope Chapel,
NJ. E., South River, Md.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
stork Brings No. is.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25.-The
atork paid his sixteenth visit to the
household Of John Skolslxi, Camden,
yesterday. Skolslxi Il traffic officer
stationed at Mt. Ephraim and
Kaighn avenues. The officer re.
Ceived congratulations throughout
the day.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
Dies on Honeymoon.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-POlice
Lieut.. John J. Brophy, fifty years
old, died on q tram from Atlantic
City, as he was returning from Q
honeymoon with his bride Of q
week, Death was due to acute In
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
JAMES .. SLAYnEN.

Word was received here yesterday
Of the death Of former Congressman
James L. Slayden at his home in
San Antonio, Tex, following an Ill
ness OF several weeks.
Mr.. Slayden was born in 1853 and
attended Washington and Lee and
the University of Virginia in 1872
and 1873. He met Miss Ellen
Maury while attending the latter
and married her In 1888. She is his
only survivor.
He had served in the House Of
Representatives continuously from
1897 to 1919, declining reelection to
the Sixty-sixth Congress. He had
served in the Texas legislature be-
fore coming to Washington.
The cotton business was his chief
interest during his life, and he was
at one time the chairman Of the
American group in the Interparlia.
tary Union. He was a member Of
the World Court League and chair
man Of the American Peace Society.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
GEORGE w. ARNOLD.

Funeral services for George W,
Arnold. sixty-eight, who, according
to the coroner's certificate, died
from self-starvation at the Reliance
hotel, lie Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, will be held tomorrow
from the Wise undertaking estab-
nshment at 1 o'clock. He will be
buried In Congressional cemetery.
Mr.. Arnold was. born in Washing
ton, the son Of Joseph W. Arnold,
local retail grocer. He was at one
time an expert accountant, but for
the past eight years had been sup
ported by his brother, Leon Arnold,
local meat packer, the only sur
Vivor.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
COL. JOHN g. SLATER.

Funeral services for Col. John G..
Slater, who died Saturday at his
home at 1923 Twenty-second street
northwest, were held today from
the Church of the Pilgrims He
was buried at Rock Greek Cemetery.
Colonel Slater was born at Rich
mond, Va, and came here about
fifty years ago. He was seventy
eight at the time of his death.
He served four years in the Con-
federate army during the civil war,
and since then founded the Wash.
ington News, which was merged
with The Washington Times. He
was at one time the president Of
the Washington Gas Light Com
pany.
For the past twenty years he had
been in the real estate business at
g19 Fifteenth street northwest. He
is survived by his twin sons, Rob-
ert and Charles Slater.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
Death Notices

BOWEN. On sunday. February -. 1915.
MABEL PARK, beloved vile OF. y.
Rusaell Bowen: Funeral from ne e
street street northwost. On Monday. Tebru..
/ S WS,t. 81 g r. q. ins'rmens z
Arnold: or satuFday, EeSrussy ssi
George w. wise Company, 2geg n
street northwest, on Tuesday, Eepru-
ary e. e m Intermsnt IN Con-
BURsEY. suddeniy. on Eriday; Fsb s.S,
fSH5hNASyi i ss3tRsaESx, S SsIoSysd VIE q
late residence, siT F street northeast.
S Rela MSHSas ana s friends invited to At
tend. Interment GlenwOod CemeeerI:
6I.ATER-on Saturday. February. g.
1894, at his residence, 1898 22nd 6t:
N. W.. JOHN NJ. SLATER. beloved
husband Of the late MaStha +. slater.
q o:Ft sSs pi M Ss s elS st. SstSasn
and o Str. N. W.. on Monday. FEB
ruary IS, at 3 p. m. Iutorment IN
rock Greek cemetery. -.
THOMAs-on FeSruaTy g, 1 1g2ti Ct ia z
THOMAS, aged eighty-six. Now rest
Twenty-ninth and N sts' rl 9. w a:
FunsS ssl pri,yato c,oo NSnonH 1nt.rmen t
"a oak Hin Cemetery:
i FLORISTS
GEO. H. COOKE,
FLORAL TRIBUTES.
1102 Conn. Ave. N. W. Frank. A900:
GEO. G. EHAFFER 1 RasIS =
n1U :: Sca! SSS:l r 7i%s.'~ &c NV
APPROPRIATE Funeral Tokens
GUIDE Bros. CO., 1912 r st. N. w.
ArtiStic.-ExPreseive- -Inexpensive.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
JOHN T. RHINES & CO.
ssi rAIzd ~ Franz siss
THOS. R. NALLEY & SONS.
l31 18th st. Q. q. Phone Lincoln 4So.
uAs @"%.i;F: run.-,, T PSeIaTa'
p. j. SAFFELL,
Undertaken & Embalmer,
MAIN SS7. TSs FIFTH 81. N. W.
Andrew and Evelyn Hansborough. boy.
Thomas d. and Annie NJ. Walsh, boy.
Il. Clarence and Elizabeth A. Pos
ton, boy.
Raymond II. and Elsie w. Lecraw.
Eugene w. and Edith s. Bond, girl
James r. and Alice L. Jones, boy.
David and Ernestine Rice. girl.
George r. and Mary q. Baker, boy.
Samuel L. ana Martha A. Morton,
boy.
James W. and LIllisn e. Thomas.
boy.
William and Mary q. Smith, boy.
John and Veronica Lonesome, boy.
Charles and Jessie Watson. girl.
Arthur and Anna Ransom, girl
Madison and FIossie Faust, girl
Qfanfoa auA Carrta RIoa hox,
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
ALONzO It. MACDONALD.

Funeral services for Alonzo +.
Macdonald, former publisher Of The
Washington Times and Herald. who
died Saturday after a long illness.
were held today from his residence
at 1910 Wisconsin avenue north
west. The Rev. Charles T. Warner,
rector. Of st. Adams Church, off,
ciated. Masonic rites were accorded
him at the interment at Oak Hill
cemetery.
Mr.. Macdonald was born in
Huron county. Canada, fifty-six
years ago and he began his news
paper career as a reported on the
Stratford Beacon in 1898. He was
the publisher Of the Herald when
located on Eleventh street and was
later made the general manager Of
The Times. He was formerly at
filiated with the Hearst newspaper
in New York, taking his position
on The Times in 1920.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Clara Blight Macdonald and q
daughter, Miss Flora Margaret Mac
donald.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
BIRTHS.

Paul M. and Mary J. Connors. boy.
William y. ana Fannie J. Blake, giFL
The Washington times., 1924-02-25
DEATHS. ,


Bernard Treadwell. 30 years, Provi-
dence Hospital.
Marie X. Leissler, %. years. Provi-
dence Hospital.
Jesse B. Sloat, ~ years, George
Washington University Hospital.
Margaret Cotter,. 81 years, st, EliS-
abeths Hospital.
Charles B. Byrne % years. 21e
Third street northwest
Daniel w. Higgins. 40 years, lis
Third street southeast.
Eva Milatiner, 81 years, 1882 @
street northeast.
Annie Connors, SO years, 1917 Four
teenth street southeast.
George w. Arnold, 90 years, 110
Pennsylvania avenue northwest
Anna q. Morgal, 90 years 1929
Thirty-sixth street northwest.
Albert Brown, 50 years. Freedmen'n
Bsnjamin J. Tyler. % years. IS O
street northeast.
James i. bailey. . years. sl2 W
George w. T. Colbert, 20 years.
24Os = street northwest.
Mammie b. Fraxier, 20 years, 1909
T street northwest.
Raymond Tyler. 10 years, ST. Mary
land avenue southwest.
Encch Baker, IS years, SiSA South
street northwest.
Mary y. b. Bell. % ysara SiG ID
street southwest.
The Washington times., 1924-02-25

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Read Elsie RObinsOn'S article on
the editorial page today.