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The Washington times., 1924-01-15
F FRENCH FIND
j. s. HOTELS
WELL RUN
Impressed by Large Scale on
Which Everything in
U. S. Operates.
By HARRY FLORY.
international News Service.

PARIS. Jan. 15.-Parts hotel FRO.
prietors who attended the Interna.
tional Hotel Mems Convention in
the United States came back con-
verified to the American skyscraper
idea.
II wouldn't object to skyscrapers
being erected in Paris, Georges
Barrier, newly elected president of
the international Hotel Mems AL.
lance reported.
M. Barrier made the reservation.
however, that the skyscrapers
should be built on the outskirts of
the city, replacing some of the
ancient Notifications, and not In
the artistic. center of Paris.
Seven Stories Highest in Paris,
At present the tallest building in
Paris has only seven stories; al
though permits have been issued
for the construction Of two nine.
story apartment houses.
The wife Of one Of the hotel men,
proprietor Of a small Paris estab.
lishment, was very much thrilled to
learn that her husband was living
on the eighteenth floor of a New
York hotel.
"Yet you complain when 1 nut
you on the fifth floor here" She
told two of her American guests,
Her husband had failed to comment
on the efficiency of American ele-
vators.
The hotel men were particularly
impressed by the bigness of the
American idea and the huge scale
on which American hotels are OBJ
Grated. In spite of the bigness OF
the hotels, however, they reported
ficiency Of the service was ALWAYS
100 per cent perfect, while lacking
the intimate, personal touch which
they believe, is always evident in
French hotels.
"No city in America that we
visited was as beautiful as Paris, .
declared Frederick Armbruster
Everything is sacrificed for prac.
ticability, and furthermore, every
thing Is on too large scale to al
low. us to put into effect many OF
the American IDEAS"
American ice water had a ne
culiar faculty Of always tasting
like French wine, declared one no.
tel man who cannot be identified.
American food received neither
appreciation nor condemnation. Al
one Of the men explained. YOU
can't expect as good from a kitchen
turning out 1000 meals a day as
you can from a French cuisine
which serves probably 200,
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
BOT TOM
WITHOUT HOLE,
SAYS HARDY
Navy Commander Knows Deep
as Well as Farmer Does
His Meadow.

The sea gives UP It's secrets to
one man as to no other. This man
is Lieut.. Comdr. F. H. Hardy of
the United States Navy. most Of
whose working life has been spent
in getting acquainted with what
lies on the bottom Of the ocean. To
him the blue waters are trans
parent; he knows the oceans fields
as well as the average farmer
knows his own meadow.
After a lifetime Of surveying the
bed Of the ocean, Commander
Hardy says there's nothing to the
old song. There's a hole in the
bottom Of the sea-" At least, he
never found 1t: and he has studied
land that lies six miles beneath the
waters surface.
Commander Hardy Is assigned to
the Coast and Geodetic Survey. He
has recently been engaged in
studying the oceans bottom off the
California coast in connection with
the earthquake work done by the
Government. He works, from the
deck Of vessel, with piano wire
wound on q drum. To the loose
end, he ties q big cylinder of cast
iron. In the cylinder are delicate
instruments that record the facts
of the deep.
The cylinder plunges down through
the water. the wire singing az the
drum whirls. Somewhere, fathcme
deep, It strikes bottom. A trigger
trips. The cylinder IL left there
forever, to rust away in the ocean
ooze. but the trigger trips a valve
and q bucket comes up filled with
whatever lies on the bottom. A
Thermometer records the temper
allure Of the water at the bottom
and another cylinder fills itself with
water.
The instruments come back on
the piano wire to Commander Hardy
on the deck Of his vessel, giving
him the information he wants.
Copyright, 1924. William Pickett Helm J
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
~ POLICE TRANSFERRED
BY MAJOR SULLIVAN

Transfers Of fourteen members Of
the police department were an
nounced yesterday by Major Daniel
Sullivan, superintendent OF police.
The changes are being made for the
good of the service, Major Sullivan
said. They follow:
Sergt. Edward s. Allen, from
Eighth to Third precinct: Sergt.
James H. Luton, Third to Eighth;
Private John w. Lewark, railroad
crossing to First; Motorcycle Private
Clarence r. Robinson, to foot patrol
at Seventh; Bicycle Patrolman Ed
ward M. Brown. from First to
Seventh; Privates Alexander MCKEE,
Eighth to Tenth; J. ]. McAuliff,
Twelfth to First; Joseph A. Kolb,
Third to Ninth: Mortimer J. Geary.
Sixth to Twelfth; Earl L. Weeks,
First to Sixth; Henry Verr, Eighth
to Tenth: Precinct Detective Charles
A. Berry, Seventh to Eleventh.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
CHICAGO CHIEF
PLANS CURB
ON CRIME
''Hard-boiIed Cops" Warned
to Enforce Laws, but Go
Easy With Youth
By ROLAND KREBS,
international News Service,

CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-The way to
get at the roots of crime Is to pre-
vent the breeding of new criminals.
The Chicago police department 10
demonstrating its belief in this
theory by taking every precaution,
under q new policy framed by Nor
gan A. Collins, it's chief, to protect
young girls and boys arrested for
first offenses.
Collins has ordered his force to
cease acting "hard boiled" to first
offenders and to stop herding them
into cells with toughened criminals.
Wisdom Required.
EFT 10 the duty Of policemen, :"
the chief said, ito act with wis
dom, not with severity, toward
first offenders. Many young girls
fall in with bad company in q
big city like Chicago. They 60 to
dances and to cabarets, ignorant
Of the character Of the places In
which they find themselves.
when there Is a raid q lot of
youngsters are hauled off to q po-
lice station. That's bad. It makes
the youngsters hard. / do not sub.
scribe to 'mollycoddling,' but neither
do believe in hard.boiled" behavior
toward young people, whose only
crime IL that they do not realize
what they are doing"
In announcing that policy, Col.
Inns figuratively banged his fist on
his desk and told his policemen
one or two other red-hot things.
Privilege Denied
One was that policemen need not
think they are privileged persons.
They were told quite plainly that
they were servants OF the people.
not masters. Brutality. drunken.
ness, "pull' and special privilege
are done with In Chicago police
circles, he said.
Collins told his policemen to
bring all violators Of the law to
police stations, regardless Of any
protests that they have drag up
above"
IT know the captain" no longer
will be synonymous with i'm
munity.
IF man gets away with break.
Ing the law because he knows the
captain" the chief told his force.
the captain viii be looking for
work."
Collins warned the department
that traffic law must be better en-.
forced. Speeders must be arrested,
he said, even If hundreds are locked
up every day. Every violator OF
the traffic laws will be brought to
court II his orders are carried out
to the letter. In finishing his little
sermon, Collins said:
TITS going to be tough on the
policeman who thinks this IL a
joke. There1l DO no monkey bust
peas.h
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
JOINING OF STATISTICAL
LEAGUE IS FAVORED

President Coolidge yesterday recon-
Ynended American participation IN
the international statistical bureau
at The Hague.
In a message to the Senate he
urged an appropriation Of $4,000 to
cover the charges of Joining. The
bureau, he said, collects world sta
tistics on trade. commerce, finances
and population.
The President said he acted on
the recommendation Of the Score
tariea Of State end Commerce.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
HARDING MEMORIAL QUOTA
EXCEEDED BY PORTO RICO

Porto Rico 10 the first one OF the
States and Territories to report over.
subscription Of its quota in the
Harding memorial campaign.
Residents of the island have CON.
tributed $1O,771 OF to tn fund. &C.
cording to information received to.
day by Gov. d. r. Crissinger, chair.
man OF the organization COMMITTEES
of the Harding Memorial Associa.
ton, from Emilio del Toro, chief Jus.
tice Of the supreme court OF Porto
Rico. Ten thousand dollars was the
quota which the islanders vOlun.
tartly set out to raise
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
IN FOURTH VA. DISTRICT

PETERSBURG, Va, January IL.
The Fourth Congressional District
Republican convention will be held
at Burkville February 4, according
to an announcement from leading
Republicans today. Delegates to
the Republican State Convention
which will be held at Roanoke, Feb
ruary Fifth will be selected.
One Of the boldest robberies that
has occurred in this section in
months, was, discovered yesterday
when the members OF the family Of
w. H. whitmore, Carroll Avenue,
Colonial Heights, Chesterfield county.
returned to their home to find
that a burgler had rifled the house
of everything Of value. Entrance
was gained by smashing o glass in
a rear window. Clothing, silver
ware, jewelry end $146 that was
hidden in q silver tea pot, were
stolen.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
co
ISW|THOUT
FUNDS
Board Of Supervisors Will Seek
Law to Permit Bor-
rowing.

< CLARENDON, Va. Jan. 49,
Members Of the board Of super
visors of Arlington county, hold
ing their first meeting at the
Arlington county court house yes
terday found themselves without
funds to carry on the affairs OF
the county. Chairman e. G.
Turnburke stated that immediate
action would be necessary to con-
tinue business Of the county gov.
eminent. After some discussion
Commonwealth Attorney William
c. Cloth, legal advisor to the board,
and w. J. Ingram were instructed
to go to Richmond and ask state
Senator Frank L. Ball and Dele
gate Charles T. Jesse to introduce
a bill in the legislature giving the
board authority to borrow money
necessary to carry on.
Edward Duncan, member OF the
board from Jefferson district.
strongly opposed the borrowing Of
any money. He said the people
are opposed to the present heavy
expense Of the county and he
would vote against any increase.
DR.. J. W. Cox, health officer,
informed the board that before
they would be able to obtain q
man to fill his office it would be
necessary to state his salary, his
term of office, and the amount Of
his budget. It was decided to al
low the present budget Of 81, 900
to stand until July /, and the
board Of health was instructed to
appoint a man at a salary not to
exceed $4,000 a year.
The commonwealth attorney told
the board that under the law they
could not appoint a county man.
ager. A resolution offered by w.
J. Ingram was passed that the
board appoint a superintendent Of
roads. The board will hold y
special meeting on January %
when the appointment will be
made.
The commonwealth attorney was
authorized to prepare and publish
an ordinance against the sale Of
fireworks in Arlington county.
Cloth stated that it will become q
law after appearing in the county
papers for two weeks.
The organized women voters Of
Arlington county will hold their
first meeting of the new year to-
morrow in Clarendon Citizens
Hall. The meeting will start with
luncheon served by the Martha
Wilson Circle, at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Catharine M. Rogers, pres
ident, stated that conditions in The
county will be discussed.
The regular monthly meeting OF
tho Woman's Civic Club Of Clar.
endon will be held tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock at the Clarendon
Citizens Hall.
A bin regulating the public dance
halls of Arlington county was in
troduced in the State senate by
Senator Frank L. Ball, today. It
is understood that II will be neces.
sary for permits to be issued by
the Judge of the circuit court.
Charles T. Jesse, delegate IN the
house from Arlington county has
been appointed on four of the i'm.
portant committees, schools ard
colleges, general laws, claims, and
public property.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
JOKE IS PLAYED
ON COUPLE At
ROCKVILLE
Westinghouse Are Held Up
by Phone Message From
lrate Father.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Jan. 15.--Ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. H0r~
bert Gill, Of washington, who were
married here only a few months
ago, William H. Simmons and Miss
Alice Dickey, young Washington
ians, came out to Rockville yester-
day and were married by Rev, 8.
]. Goode. pastor Of the Christian
Church, at the home Of the minister
It looked very much, at one time,
however. as II the matrimonial plans
Of the young couple had been &rus-
trater by an ''irate" father. Shortly
before the young couple reached the
courthouse in quest OF the license.
Preston B. Ray. clerk OF the cir
cult court, received telephone mes
sage from Washington. which Dur.
ported to be from young simmons
father, requesting that the couple
be refused q license on the ground
that the boy was under twenty.one.
and asking that they be turned
over to the police for safekeeping
until the arrival Of Simmons, sr,
who would motor out at once.
Mr.. Ray did not turn the pair
over to the police, but he did make
them wait until the young mans
father had time to reach Rockville
and when the "old man" failed to
put in his appearance within
reasonable time accepted young
Simmons explanation that some
friend had perpetrated a joke. The
license was finally issued and the
little party, after visiting the home
Of DR.. GoOde, returned to the city.
In the presence Of a large num-
Der Of the members OF the post and
others, and under the direction Of
Harold C. Smith, Of Rockville, who
Is vice-commander of the Maryland
Department, the recently-elected Of
ficers Of the Cissel-Saxon Post,
American Legion, were installed at
Silver. Spring as follows: Com
mander, Buhrnard s: Leizear; first
vice commander. Ralph G.. Collins;
Ealin; adjutant, Daniel Mears; H.
nance officer, Marcel Zimmerman:
sergeant-at-arms, John s. Elliott;
executive committee, Charles Shoe
maker, Joseph G. Cissel, George A.
Hood, Lawrence R. Smoot and
Joseph W. Shade.
Following the installation, a pleas
ing program was rendered and re-
Treatments were served. The Sill
yer Spring post has a membership
Of about sixty-five.
Clarence Magterson, colored, OF
Washington, arrested several nights
ago on a charge Of entering the
cellar at the home Of Philip NJ.
Kemon, at Chevy Chase, where ne
was formerly employed, was found
not guilty by Judge Samuel Riggs
in the police court here.
For violation Of the motor w.
hicle regulations, the following have
paid fines in the police court here.
William D. Putnam, So; W. I. Ger.
mand, $12.25; Elmer Markley,
$11.50: W. B. Nrfat, $7.26; Gilbert
Trtbby. T. T. Keane, Edward Wells
and A. L. Kleiver, 81 each; Preston
Marines, 1925; A. 8. Workman.
$3.50; Walter A. Clarke, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
PASTOR VIOLATES AUTO
CODE, ASKS TO BE FINED

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15.-The
Rev. c. N. McCandless, pastor Of
the Campton Methodist Episcopal
Church, has a touring car and a
flivver, but only one set of license
plates. He rose to find the water
pipes frozen and the engine Of his
touring car afflicted with bron-
Chitis.
With no thought Of wrong.doing
he transferred his license plates
from the ailing car to the flivver
and hurried for a plumber. He
learned that he had transgressed
and he FASTENED to Justice of the
Peace George Stuart. He was ac-
cOmm0dated for $40.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
THIS TOWN HAS BUT ONE
PUPIL IN ITS SCHOOL

SHARON, N. H., Jan. 15.-Thia
town pays but 50 az a State school
tax. The last census shows there
is but one child Of school age with
in it's boundaries.
Sharon was a thriving town nifty.
or sixty years ago. At that time It
had population Of about 500.
There are but twenty persons here
now.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
FREDERICK WILHELM RUNS
FOR PRESIDENCY OF REICH

BERLIN, Jan. 15.-German Ma
tionalists plan to nominate former
Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm for
president of Germany on Friday,
The Nationalists are planning q
mass meeting on that date.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
ROOT IS RECOVERING
FROM AN OPERATION

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.--The con-
dition OF Elihu Root, former Secre-
tary Of State. was today reported
as "satisfaotory" at the hospital.
Mr.. Root IL recovering from an op-
aration for gall stoneA
The Washington times., 1924-01-15

The girl, according to the police,
had been visiting a friend and was
on her way home when the assault
occurred. She was without a COM
panion. AS she crossed Marion
street a. colored man dashed in front
Of her and pounded her on the head
with heavy weapon.
Screaming. and on the verge Of In
sensibility, Miss Cohen fell to the
sidewalk. Just then a motorist drove
up and the assailant fled into the
dark street. She was placed in the
machine and taken to her home,
The Washington times., 1924-01-15

suffering from a deep dissertation.
Later she was removed to Garfield
Hospital for treatment.
Police are convinced the attack
was made with a blunt instrument
such as a black jack. The girl
carried only small handbag con-
tanning a vanity case and small
change.
Working on a description fur
nished by Miss Cohen police began
search for the negro. She declared
she would be able to identify him.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
THEATER TAX IS
URGED To PAY
BONUS
Curtis Offers Proposal to Bring
Peace In Mellon Plan
Fight.
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News gervlCe.s

Congressional advocates Of the
soldiers bonus today held out an
olive branch to their administra-
ton opponents in an effort to es-
tablish peace in the warfare over
the bonus and tax reductions.
Supported by many Of his col
leagues, Senator Charles Curtis of
Kansas, Republican "whip" Of the
Senate, proposed a bonus revenue
measure to meet the objections
raised by President Coolidge
and other administration leaders
against enactment of the bonus.
The Curtis proposal would raise
the funds necessary to pay the
bonus by a heavy increase in
amusement taxes.
Tax Bill Preference.
The Curtis measure would be at.
tached to the Mellon tax bill with
the understanding that the tax bill
would have the right Of way over
the bonus. BY this procedure, Re-
publican leaders In the Senate hoped
to eliminate all objections to the
bonus by providing q means for its
payment before enacting the ad-
1usted compensation legislation.
The Curtis plan would release all
taxes on amusement admissions up
to Is cents but heavily increase
the taxes on admissions above that
price. It was estimated the plan
would raise at least $4,000, 900 q
year, which In the opinion Of bonus
advocates would be sufficient to
meet all contemplated payments.
Proposed Bonus Taxes.
The proposed bonus taxes would
include:
A fiat tax Of s cents ON each Is
cents paid in admission fees to
amusements on tickets costing less
than 81; (existing tax 10 per cent?
A flat tax of Is cents on each
dollar or fraction thereof paid for
theater tickets costing 81 or more;
existing tax 10 per cent?.
A tax of 10 per cent on commits
sions paid hoteds or theatrical agen.
cies for amusement tickets; (ex.
listing tax per cent.
A tax Of 90 per cent on prices
paid for permanent" boxes at
grand opera, horse shows and the
, like (existing tax 10 per cent?.
A tax Of 20 per cent on "cover
or table charges" at cabarets and
roof gardens existing tax 10 per
cent?; and.
A tax Of 20 per cent ON member.
ship fees paid sporting clubs in
excess Of $40 existing tax 10 per
cent.
The bill specifically provided that
''the money, paid in under this act,
shall be set aside in the Treasury
a. a special fund to meet the obi.
cations and the cost Of preparation
and distribution Of payments re-
Quired under the Adjusted Compen-
sation Act, provided the Adjusted
Compensation Act becomes q law
bill should fail anyway, the fund
then would be turned into the reg.
ular Treasury channels.
Calls It Solution.
my proposal for raising revenues
to pay the bonus, I think, will meet
every objection raised against the
bonus" said Curtis. at would
specifically provide a means Of pay.
ing adjusted compensation and It
was lack of such a provision that
caused the late President Harding
to veto the bill passed by the last
Congress"
Republican leaders in the Senate
were hopeful the Curtis bill would
restore harmony between the ad-
vocates Of the Mellon tax reduc.
ton program and those favoring
the bonus.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
CREEK CHURCH
STIRRED BY
ROW
BYZANTINE PreIate, Elected
Successor to Miletios,
Defies Athens Rule.
BY CONSTANTINE STEPHANOvE,
International News Service.

SOFIA, Jan. 15.-While a politi-
cal crisis is holding the center OF
the stage in Greece, religious con-
troversy that has stirred the Hell
lenic peoples tremendously Is CEN
tering in Constantinople. the seat
Of the Pan-Greek religious HER
archy.
The controversy involves the
choice of a successor to the former
Patriarch Miletios, who was driven
away from his post by CONSTANT
nopIe Greeks, who charged that
he was unduly subservient to the
rulers of the church in Athens to
the dertiment Of the interests OF
Greeks in Turkey, Miletios was
practically expelled by the so-called
Papa Eutimios, known as the "Fa-
ther" Of the Orthodox Greeks in
Turkey.
The action of the Papa Eutinios
faction was supported by the Turk
ish government, which contended
that the new patriarch should be
elected by the Greeks dwelling
within the Ottoman domain. The
Athens faction still contends that
the Patriarch Miletios was illegally
deposed and has refused to recog-
nize the action taken by the Turk
ish Greeks.
Chicanery Charged.
The Greeks in Turkey, claiming
the right to elect their own patri-
arch, elected Bishop Gregory, Met
tropolitan Of Chalcedon, a typical
Byzantine prelate. It IL charged
that his election was aided by i'm
prisoning the members Of the Holy
Synod, thus depriving them Of the
privilege Of voting.
The new patriarch is Gregory the
Seventh, and IL the oath patri-
arch in the history of the ByZan-
tine Church. His election has been
tremendously proclaimed both by
the Turkish government and the
organs of the patriarchy. Gregory
himself has asserted his authority
and in a circular letter has de.
clared he will exercise that author
ity Gin conformity with the wishes
Of the Turkish Greeks" He has
refused to recognize the authority
Of any Of the Hellenic agents in
the service Of the Athens govern
ment.
Gregory Determined.
IT am here to stay" Gregory de-
clared. "Should Miletios refuse to
quit Constantinople and the Holy
Synod we will force him to do 1t.
am a revolutionary. fear no
one but God!'
Gregory translated his words into
action and caused the Phanar to be
occupied and the opposition mem
bers Of the Holy Synod to be driven
from the premises. Since Deem
Der 8 Gregory has been virtually
the religious dictator over the
100000 Greeks in the Turkish
kingdom.
The dispute over the CONSTANT.
nople patriarchy Is viewed with ap.
prehension by Greeks In many
parts Of the world, who are anxious
for the re-establishment of Hellenic
unity. 1t is regarded as aggravat.
Ing the troubles arising from the
political situation in Athens, and
the division Of the Greek peoples on
religious grounds is greatly de.
plored.
The Washington times., 1924-01-15
Girls Screams Scare
Away Assailant
INTERNATIONAL EENa REEE

Bessie Cohen nineteen and pretty 1916 New Jersey ave-
northwest attacked by shortly before last
midnight while walking street, between Marion and
Sixth northwest Her assailant boted when she
screamed