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Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13
For Road 0verseer

We are authorized TO announce A.
T. Rapert as a candidate for road over
seer of Sloan Township subject to the
action of the coming democratic pri-
mary election.
Mr.. Rapert is well known and a
prominent figure in his home commun-
ity and is well qualified TO fiji the Office
to which he aspires. He promises, If
elected, to give his best attention to
the road work of his township and asks
the voters for careful consideration
of his merits when they go TO the polls
next August.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13
Win Three Straight

The Pocahontas nine slugged its
way to an & to l victory over the
Peach Orchard team at Peach Orchard
Sunday They pounded Goldman for
Is hits while Mention, for Poca, allow
ed only 3. Swartz, playing second for
Poca, got . hits and errors; Rose,
catcher, 3 hits; Traw. third, 2 hits, 3
errors; Spikes, IS, 2 hits, both 2-bag-
gers; Davis. Of, hit; Peters. If, /
hit; Butler, first, 2 hits; Hoffman,. rf I;
Mention, pitcher, 2 hits.
A good sized crowd from town drove
over for the game.
The following day. Monday, the
team went to Hoxie where they got
revenge for the defeat received at the
hands of the IIoxie boys last week
They won this game by score of So
Continued on page four
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13
Drowned in Lard Can

Imogene, II months old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Pulllam, who
live south Of Doniphan near the state
line, was drowned one afternoon last
week in lard stand filled with water.
The can had been placed near the end
Of the porch and It is believed that
the little one crawled Off the porch and
fell into the water Some older chill
dren discovered the accident soon after
1t had happened but the baby was
taken ont too late TO save its life.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13
For Road 0verseer

The Star Herald Is authorized to
announce Frank Johnson as candi-
date for the Office Of road overseer of
SLOAN township, subject TO the Demo
cratic primary election.
Mr.. Johnson has resided In SilOam
township for about eight years and Is
well known to the people there. IL is
his desire 10 build up the public roads
In his township and If elected he
promises a faithful discharge of duty,
lie asks the support of all voters.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13
GASOLINE REFUND

Farmers and business men who use
gasoline and oil for any purposes ex-
cept automobile, are entitled to n re-
fund on all fich gas and oil used since
the first of this year. Blanks for max
ing out claims for this refund are now
in the hands of the undersigned and 1
will take pleasure in helping you to
get your refund. Bring in all invoices
you have since the first of the year.
A ot. Kern l.. Hall.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13

his age and represented his school in
various contests with other high
schools.
After his graduation he was licens-
ed to teach and was SO engaged when
the call TO arms was sounded in 1917,
at which time he resigned his position
as principal Of n school at Handbook,
Arkansas, and enlisted In the United
States Navy where he remained in
active service for more than two years.
He was honorably discharged from the
~. 5. Navy on Sept. 10, 1919 and on
Sept. 10Th or nine days after his dis
charge, he entered the University of
Arkansas 70 complete his college course
which had been his best dream as n
barefooted boy when he followed the
furrow and spoke encouragingly to the
old bay mule as he rounded the turns
Iof the hillside farm that yielded the
only income TO his rural home. He
spent nearly two years at the tniver-
ity when his funds became exhausted.
In 1921 he was elected Journal Clerk
OF the House Of Representatives, and
with the money earned In that capacity
he again attended the University. Dur
ing his days at that institution of
learning. Roy Richardson won ndmer-
our laurels as an orator and debator,
and AT the conclusion OF his last col
lege year, he was the acknowledged
foremost orator of the University. be-
ing chosen TO represent Arkansas on
the debating team sent against the
states OF Texas and Oklahoma.
"In 1923 he was reelected Journal
Clerk Of the House OF Representatives,
and served with additional distinction
throughout the regular and extra-ordi-
nary sessions of 1923. After complet-
Ing the Journal of the House of Re
presentatlves for publication he Sc
cured a position In the Arkansas Rail
road Commission, working for the
Commission In the day time and at
tending law school at night. On Janu-
AIRY 10Th this year he was licensed as
an attorney at law in the supreme
court OF the state.
Ellis ambition TO represent the peo-
pie Of the second district in the Senate
Is indeed most laudable one. and his
elevation TO this honorable station IL
sincerely hoped for by his hundreds
Of friends who have come to know him
and appreciate the patriotic impulses
that prompt him to aspire to this Inn
portant position of public trust. With
all due Difference to his opponent
whoever he may be. we cannot but feel
that Roy Richardson should be re-
warded for the manly effort he Is max
ing to build for himself name long
TO be remembered by his fellOw-citi-
zens, and II II our hope and belief that
he will be clothed with the honOrs Of
the State Senatorship when the Demo
Gratis OF Lawrence, Randolph and
Sharp go forward next August TO Sc
lect their most deserving public SER
wants. A vote for Roy Richardson is
a vote for n young man who Is capable,
honest, worthy and appreciatiye."
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13
Leans Trim Fats

The lean" women sprang sur
prise on their more substantial sisters
last Thursday afternoon when they
came out in the lead in their baseball
game by score of 17-16. In prac-
tice game the day before the fats led
by something like 20 to 3. Therefore
the game Thursday might be said to
have been a surprise to everyone con-
cerned.
The Young Ladies Glass of the
Methodist Sunday school, which spon-
sored the game, cleared about $50 from
the receipts.
The fats and the positions they
played, together with their total runs
scored were lined up as follows: /:
Bristow, catcher, 2 runs; Wilson.
pitcher, | run; Johnston, LIST base. 3
runs; Davis, 2nd base, 1 run Williams,
Bird base, 3 runs; Jones, IS, runs
Hand, right field, run; Turner, cen
Ter field, 0 runs; Price. left field, 3
runs; Buckley, left field, 0 runs.
For the leans" Lewallen, catcher,
3 runs, one a homer Bennett, pitcher,
| run; Meeks, LIST base, 3 runs; King,
2nd base, 3 runs: Bates, 3rd base, 2
runs; Fisher, ~, 3 runs Crews, right
field, run; Spikes, center field, o
runs ;/vermilye, left field, run; Wells,
Abbott, Bennett Rains, Forester, subs,
o runs.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13

In this issue we carry the formal
announcement of W. A. Hodges of
Newport as candidate for congress
from this, the Second congressional
district, subject to the action of the
democratic primary election in August.
Mr.. Hodges is not at all unknown
in this county, having been before the
people before rs n candidate for this
Office. Although H. has been unsuc-
cessful in his former campaigns. he is
undaunted and declares that he has II
good prospect of winning the nomin-
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-06-13

alton at this time, He is known as
a self made man, having accumulated
II competence by thrift and good busl-
ness management. He proposes to give
the public the benefit of his ability
and experience and promises, if cleo
ted to use every effort in his power
to bring about better conditions among
the people he serves.
III another part of the paper this
week we carry his platform, as he has
outlined it, together with his personal
appeal TO the voters.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
DISTRICT HEADS
APPEAL FOR
100000
Nearly Score Of Officials Ap-
pear Before House Appro-
priation Committee

The Mcclellan five-cent street
car fare issue will soon reach a
crisis in the Senate.
Although the hearings before
the Senate District committee on
the resolution are dying a slow
death, with the Mcclellan con-
tention con1batted by acres of
figures submitted by the traction
companies, the Tennessee SEN
ator will transfer his fight to the
floor OF the Senate as soon as the
District appropriation bill comes
up for consideration.
The three District Commissioners
were first heard in support of the
general bill.
Among the other witnesses were
"A. l.. Harris, municipal architect;
DR.. Paul F. May, superintendent Of
Casualty Hospital; Daniel Donovan.
District auditor; George s. Watson,
tire chief; Inspector Albert S. Head.
ley, chief of the traffic bureau; Mrs.
o. l.. Veerhoff, head Of tho ho~~l
OF trustees Of the National Training
School for Girls, anu represent aCIVes
OF the Board of Education and the
Board Of Childrer's Guardians.
The estimates submitted for IN.
clusion in the bill total nearly $780,.
600 for District needs.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
8 ARRESTED IN
. VICE SQUAD
RAIDS
Wives Aid Police In Seizure
Of Two Men and Woman
in Apartments

Vice raiders staged two early
morning raids today, arresting two
men and a woman, whom they
charged with statutory offenses.
In a raid on apartment 405, 2112
street northwest, Lieutenant
Davis and Sergeant McQuade took
into custody william r. Hesen
twenty.eight, 912 Longfellow STREET
northwest. The woman in whose
apartment he Is said to have been
found was not locked up, as she is
under the care Of a physician, 1t
was stated.
When the vice squad reached
apartment 3, 1S4S U street north.
west, they say they found Claudius
Greene, thirty, and Reveille McIvy,
twenty-five, together. In police
court today. the woman forfeited
$lO collateral. Greene demanded q
trial by jury.
Wives of the men arrested in
both raids accompanied the vice
SQUAD and aided materially, accord,
Ing to police.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
TUBERCULOSIS VICTIMS
FEWEST IN DISTRICT

The District of Columbia's white,
city dwelling wage-earners, showed
a lower tuberculosis death rate than
the general urban industrial popu.
lation of the United States, accord.
ing to death claim figures Just com.
piled by the Metropolitan Life IN.
surance Company, based on the
1923 mortality experience of IT'S
100000 industrial policy holders.
The tuberculosis death rate for
the United States was COS per
100000 white industrial policy
holders. while that for the District
Of Columbia was SS.1. The indus.
trial populations of the cities below
the Mason and Dixon line show a
higher tuberculosis rate for the
most part. than the rest of TIE
country. according TO the company.
except for Delaware. which is the
only one Of eight south Atlantic
States to show q lower death rate.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
PRICE
IS URGED
AS REAL
ISSUE
Exorbitant and Prohibftive-
Rentals, Lawyer Argues.
Constitute Emergency

Fifteen affidavits, tending to
prove that a housing emergency
still exists in the District of Co
lumbia, were read by Assistant
Attorney General H. L. Under
wood, appearing before the Dis
trict Supreme Court today in be-
half of Government clerks in the
Warren and Norment rent cases.
Counter affidavits, denying the
existence of the emergency, were
presented by counsel for Bates
Warren and Harry Norment, land
lords.
Emergency Is Denied.
In view of the fact that the
emergency does not exist, it was
contended, there remains no fur.
Their need for the continuance Of
the District Rent Commission.
The Rent Commission was rep
resented in court by Chaplin Brown,
who asserted that the court lacks
the power to proceed with the cases
in question because the tenants in
the Warren cases have not been
made parties to the case and be.
cause the Ball act takes away from
the Equity Court the power tn
grant inJunctions against a hearing
before the Commission.
JACOB N. Halper, attorney for Aba
boWen, tenant who is made de.
PENDANT in one of the suits, argued
before the court that the emergency
still exists.
An abundance of vacant apart.
ments does not relieve the situation
of this defendant if those apartments
are held at exorbitant or prohibitive
rentals" he said.
The defendant, Bowen, acquired
the apartment now occupied by him
at monthly rental of SIS" he said.
AT that time as is now the case
ne was receiving monthly pension
from the Government, by virtue of
military service in the civil war, of
$50. Since he acquired the apart.
ment his rent has been increased ito
$3.50, but his income remains the
same.
Scarcity No Factor.
1T is submitted that an album.
dance of vacant apartments held
at high and prohibitive rentals, is
as far as the tenan: with limited
means, such as this defendant, is
concerned, a scarcity of apartments,
and that such a condition is no less
dangerous to public health and bur-
densome to public employees and
others. as was a scarcity of living
quarters during the war.
Moreover, though scarcity Of
apartments might have induced the
rent legislation, the evil sought to
be remedied was the high rentals
charged. for the rent act is manifest.
~ a law to fix and determine fair
and reasonable rents and chal ges.
So that, as long as rents are unusual.
ly high, regardless of the cause OF
such high rents, an emergency ex-
lists. justifying the operation OF
rent fixing body"
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
WASHINGTON.

CITY of parks, crystal domes,
And avenues cGMopted Nth leaves 4;
No matter 1ohere tho erile roGms,
He still remembers, still believes,
That foremost, and indeed, alone,
OF c1ttes fGtr, IS Washington.
Withim the U. s. oWtposts sotde
Arc cities caster far;
Their Oirth and tDorth iMtIdte our
pride,
Tremendous as they are:
IrSNfnphS of art, in steel and stone,
But crude compared Nth Wdshtm0t
Leagues m0nifoId beyond the seas
Proud cities t0Gne or 0rOtO
But I, allied to none of these,
TO none allegiance Que;
The Queen of cities Is my otom,
The tcorId-tvtde-em Vted Washington.
They boast Of London on the Themes,
They sing OF gay PGree;
OF Ner0'S Rome, consumed In NoS,es.
But none of these for me.
Nor ancient, sinful Babylon,
But modern. graceful WASHING tor.
Ftotoer-jet0eIed city. city sublime!
A laureate yet to be
may sing your praise in haunting
rhyme
To all humanity:
HIS measures partly may atone
For your mute ntiNstreIs ,WdshtnOton
THOMAS DICKSON.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
TIRE BLOWOUT
BRINGS FIGHT
IN SHOP
One Man Hit on Head With
Hammer, Taken to Hos
pitaL-Foe Arrested

An argument over a tire in a
shop at 1905 Thirteenth street
northwest, led to a fight today
Owen w. Burgess. thirty one years
old. Of Berwyn, Md, was hit with
hammer and was later treated
at Emergency Hospital for lacera.
tons on his head.
Headquarters Detectives Thomp-
son and Darnall 'arrested Enoch
Martin, coiored. thirty-one years
old, of 929 v street northwest
They took him in custody in the
rear of the Evangeline Booth Ho-
tel, 1889 l. street northwest, where
he is a house man.
Martini Is said to have purchased
tire at the shop Saturday. The
tire blew out yesterday and he re-
turned today for an adjustment.
1t was then the argument is said
to have started.
Burgess was not badly hurt, 60
ing to his home after treatment
at the hopsital. Martin Is locked
up in the Second Police station.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
AMNESTY ASKED FOR
POLITICAL PRISONER

President Coolidge was asked to.
day by the joint amnesty committee
to liberate Nicholas s. zogg, who
has served six years in the Atlanta
Federal prison and who is said to
be the last remaining political
prisoner"
zogg Is sixty years old. He was
convicted in California in 1918 of
violating Of the espionage and con.
scription acts.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
WORK
F(JNDSARE
LACKING
Estimates Before District
Commissioners Ask $780,
900 for Functioning

Estimates asking an appropria-
ton Of 100000 to take care Of
the proper functioning of the
District Rent Commission during
the coming fiscal year are today
before the District Commissioners.
Burden Is Slight.
Chairman Whaley, Of the Rent
Commission, today made it plain
that the work Of the commission
has been seriously hampered in the
past by lack Of sufficient appropria-
tions and that inasmuch as $40 900
Of this sum will be paid by the Fed,
eral Government and the other
5000 il virtually made up by f4es
obtained by the commission Itself
that 1t will be little tax burden on
District residents.
Point was made today that at
present high.grade workers at the
commission are receiving only
81 ,440 whereas they should be get
ting at least 81 800. Included in the
estimates II the creation Of a field
engineer for the commission at a
salary OF $500.
Seriously Crippled.
Last year the commission was
forced to function on an appropria.
ton Of $61 900, and as a conse.
quence was seriously cripple1.
When the commission was com.
posed Of three members two years
ago an appropriation Of SIS. 200 was
authorized by the Budget Bureau.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
BACK TO SPRING HILL, KAN.

TIM goIn' back to Spring Hill. Kansas,
Some @ these days, pretty soon:
Coin back to old romancee,
And to dreams beneath the moon.
Coin hack to Hetty Ransom
With the wiggly little cuFls-
Say, I'm tellin' Won she's handsome,
Purifier than other girls.
She'll be waitin' at the station,
All lit MP and full o. Joy,
PrOuder than the hull darn nation
O. her rOvin', F0amin' boy.
I been traveIin' q plenty,
From Gibraltar to Suez,
And I'm tired; why. Jeemlnenty!
But I'm sick o. robe and fest
I'll be stayin' here q little;
Then I'm amin to 70 home,
Git little stick to whittIe,
Settle down, no more to roam.
Where there amt 90 much a-dOin':
Well a-pumpin' on the lease,
And dove or 30 a-cOOin'
IL my big idee o. peace.
Coin back to Spring Hill, Kansaa,
when the sunflOwers are in bloom,
Amt a-taktn' no more chances,
Git q bride an be o groom.
For my Hetty's little chances
When the sun n faIlin' low,
Call me back to Spring Hill, Kansas,
And I'm figurin' to go.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
CHARITIES CAMPS WILL
OPEN EARLY IN JUNE

Camp Good Will and Camp Pleas.
ant will open the first week Of
July. 1t was announced today by
the summer outings committee Of
the Associated Charities.
1t is announced that the com.
mittee has in hand $500. which was
collected last season for the build.
ing of a swimming pool at Camp
Good VIII. This sum was found
not to be sufficient to do the work,
and appeal is made that special
contributions may be made to sup.
plement this amount in season for
the pool to be built before the
camp opens.
The headquarters of the commit.
tee Is at the new social service
house, 1922 Eleventh street north.
west.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
THREE ARE SENTENCED
FOR LARCENY AT "PARfY,'

Emma Bell and Harrison and
Lorena Davenport, all colored.
arraigned on larceny charge
before Judge Mcmahon today, were
found guilty and sentenced to
serve thirty days each in jail for
the theft OF q watch, chain and
- from James e. Williams, colored.
At the end Of a party, during
which two quarts Of liquor were
consumed. Williams went to sleep
and upon awakening found his
valuables gone. he said. Each Of
the accused pleaded not guilty. as
the watch had been found on a pile
OF newspapers In the room a iow
days later. Il was testified.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS

wv, PRESIDENT Coolidge. according to a
White House spokesman. IL not ar.
pSc.eo 70 attend the ball game this
aLIernoon between the Nationals
anu the t2uantico Marines for the
Denetit OF the Olympic representa-.
tives Of this country.
~ also was. announced at the
Wnte House that the President
necessarily has cancelled his an.
pointment with several hundred
oelegates OF the Independent Order
OF Birth Sholem VINO were SEIZED.
uIed to shake HANDS with him ct
1870 o'clock today.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
DR.. WILLIAMS TO CONDUCT
PSYCHOLOGICAL SEMINAR

Doctor Tom A. Williams, begin.
ming tomorrow, will give a psychol.
ogical seminar on mind and health.
under the auspices Of the Washing.
ton Psychological Society and the
Woman's Welfare Clinic.
The seminar will continue on
alternate days for six periods. The
subject Of the first lecture will
be perception. Conception, Aztec
ton and Emotion i'm Relation to the
Functions Of the Nervous System =
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
GERMAN RELIEF WILL
APPEAL TO SCHOOL 6

This week the American Com.
m Hn Tor the Relief If German
CmiGren VIII make direct appeal
70 the school children of the city
lor nelp Tor their suffering school
mates in Germany.
with the approval Of the Board
OF Education, the children will be
given chance to learn of some OF
the horrible conditions which exist
among the children over there.
radio party will be put on by
station WRC Friday afternoon for
the benefit Of the fund. Peggy
Albion Will have charge of the en-.
ter,talnment in which only children
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
POLICE SEEK MOTHER
WHO DESERTED CHILD

A young mother, who deserted
her infant child at the Holy Family
Day Nursery, 515 Fourth street
northwest, is sought by police. The
woman. brought the child to the
nursery after, it is said. officials
Of the Founding Hospital had de.
MED her permission to leave II
there.
According to the police. the
woman said she would return for
the baby, who is about two weeks
old. 1t was meagerly dressed, II
was said.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19

tine station where he was taken
by authorities.
The total number of smallpox
patients since the beginning Of the
fiscal year last July /. stood today
at 1856. No deaths, however, from
this disease were reported during
the year.
The epidemic Of recent months.
Doctor Fowler said. had been OF a
very mild nature. although the
spread had been greater than il
usually the case.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
Six ManhoIes Blown OFF.

Lids of six manholes on New
York avenue between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets were blown
twenty feet In the air ycstcrT ay
morning. police report. RottinS of
wires in the main, causing a short
circuit. Is. said to nav, DeCn re.
sponsible for the explosion, which
Iesulted in no damage.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
NEW SMALLPOX
SUSPECTS ARE
WATCHED
Epidemic Is of Mild Nature,
District Health Officer
Declares

Three new smallpox suspects
were under observation by the
District Health office today.
Meanwhile Doctor William C.
Fowler, District Health Officer. was
preparing to swear out a warrant
for the arrest of James c. Jones,
colored smallpox victim. who was
captured by health officials Friday
night after breaking quarantine.
Jones was reported to he recover
Ing from the disease at the quaran.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
Fiue- Cent Fare Fight Near Crisis in Senate
35allEARDpSEE!B8
Atsi1 ~ BEL PRICE @NAlaak.Aa~
"THE MAN WHO ATE THE
POPOMACp

"THE MAN WHO ATE THE
POPOMAC."
A play has been written with the
And i isn't 8 romance filled in with
But : Chinese fruit with IN odor in
And he who eats becomes equally
"COmpaEisone are odorOus,'' 90 Shake.
gpOa1O claims
In "Much Ado About Nothing" but
mentions NO names;
Thus the odors from I'aTis, or the
OdOR Of toll
Can't Pe compared with the OdOr Of
O1L!H
Take the smell stirred mn BY the
Senate COMMITTEES;
ITS stronger than that Of the worst
And WITH "hsmil.s' honest men ar.
There's something quite rotten in our
U. 8. Denmark.
For OdoEs are varied. md it would
hardly be fair
To ss a.t1 the causes and the ef-
suppose eating monkey you got the
odOT of ''m0nk,'
dine off . SKUNK!
Tho oder Of sanctsty gives sweetness
The smell Of sunpowder indicates
30 cOmpaEieons are "odious" and
So don't Judge people and what they
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
100000 Phones
Are In Use In The
United States

More than 100000 tele-
phones are in use in the United
States, according to figures is
sued today by the Department
of Commerce. Heavy gains were
made last year.
In Florida an increase of 81
per cent was reported in the
number Of telephones in use,
while New Jersey reported SO
per cent. Pronounced gains
were made in New England and
the. Middle Atlantic States.
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
$3.50 Fire Burns Porch

The back porch Of the home OF
Morris Coltraine. 113 Corcoran
street northeast. was destroyed by
fire today. The fire of unknown
origin did damage estimated At
$50. No one was hurt
The Washington times., 1924-05-19
Will Undergo Operation

william Shoenberger. morgue ma 3
ter. will he operated upon at Geor,
Washington University HOspiin
morrow. I learned to,I.
ShOcnl erg ,rinR frOm a "a,
nation ON the leg.