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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18
COLONNA ESTATE VALUE
Is PLACED AT $50. 600

Benjamin Colonna, who died March
II, last. left an estate estimated
at about $4,000, according TO the
petition for letters testamentary
filed in the Probate Court Dy his
widow, Mrs. Fannie B. Colonna.
The estate includes the premises
at 914 1 street northwest, 633-635
South Carolina avenue southeast,
and 933 H street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18
MILK" WAGON RUM SHOP,
WOMAN OWNER HELD

BURLINGTON, N. j., March 10.
Suspicious Of the character Of the
products dispensed by Sophia Mar
tinzky, who recently took out a
board of health license for a dairy
business, police here halted her
milk" wagon.
She was held in $500 bail on a
charge of selling liquor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18
PENNSYLVANIA
OPENS NEW
OFFICE
Railroad Has Fine Quarters
Conveniently Located for
Travellers.

Following months of preparation
which involved a reconstruction
of the building, the Pennsylvania
railroad opened its new city office,
GLIB Fourteenth street northwest.
yesterday. They are beautifully APP
pointed. The lower floor is given
over to the ticket. information and
baggage departments, the second
floor being assigned to the execu.
tive offices.
One Of the noticeable features is
the lighting system Of the main
floor. Through the installation Of
some ten ground glass electric
globes in the ceiling an even light.
ing Is secured, free from eve.
straining qualities. The furnish.
1ngs are in mahogany finish. Mar.
BILE support bases are used through
out. Between the divisions ample
floor space has been left to pre-.
vent crowding even during the
bueiest periods. The location is
ideal for the travelling public, be.
ing reached by practically all car
lines.
The new quarters promise to be-
come the permanent home of the
company as the property is under
a long lease. For the past six
years the company shared offices
with the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road In the Homer building.
An information bureau, where
travellers will be supplied with facts
and figures covering prospective
trips, Is one Of the conviences pro-
vided by the company.
Although but two floors are used
by the company an elevator has
been installed for the convent
ence Of those having business with
the executive offices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18

but good look are not essential.
So you see my choice is limited
with all due respect to the men"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18
FIRES COST v. S. 1894
EACH MINUTE OF 1922

NEW YORK, March IS. - Each
minute Of the year 1922 cost prop
erty owners of the United States
1864 in fire losses. according to a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18

Best Way 70 Cook Breakfast Prunos
First, soak than over night o. for several
hours at least Second, cock SIO~Jy until tender
in tne water in which they were soaked. Third.
use plenty Of water % the fruit will be loose"
Fourth, do not cook them too long % they win
become too colt Flavor with cinnamon, diced
lemon, Or grange juice Sugar 70 taStA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18
PruneS -Ne1u
and Fresh Phone Grocers No.U

DRUNES are now one of the least
l. expensive of all foods.
Try them for tomorrow's breakfast.
Rich in energizing nutriment, food
iron and vitamines. Your doctor
knows. They start your days off right.
These are fresh, new Sunsweet
Prunes-the best you've ever tasted.
They grow as delicious blun1s in Cali
fornia. You get them in the form of
luscious trunes.
Sunsweets are selected, graded
prunes. Until you know them you
don't know how good breakfast prunes
can be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18

Sold in handy, fresh, clean 2-Ib.
cartons, or in bulk from sanitary
25-lb. boxes at all stores.
Order now for that delicious
breakfast.
Prunes are both good and good
for you. Don't 60 without their
favor and their aid.
ItlbhoNF fSr fresh, nev SsmsureS nsu.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-18

AS an extra inducement these four numbers
have been especially priced for the month of March
Above all, our iron.cad guarantee goes with every
watch which means it will be kept in perfect run.
ming order one year free of charge.
Any diamond bought of us, no matter how small
or large, be returned at any time for full value
in exchange for larger one.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN HAVE ANY OF
IEE ABOVE ARTICLES WITHOUT ONE
PENNY FIRST PAYMENT WEAR 1T FOR
80 DAYS-AND THEN, IF SATISFACTORY
AND WE KNOW 1T WILL BE- BEGIN TO
PAY THE SMALL AMOUNT OF Soc PER
WEEK.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

murder Of Earl White. seventeen,
about August 21. 1921.
Information was received here
by Robert Wagner. who had =
brother in the same hospital with
Richardson at the time of his
death and to whom 1t is said that
Richardson made his confession in
which. he told how. he (Richardson)
and Elliott had murdered young
White and disposed Of his body in
a hollow near the top Of Holston
mountain In Carter county.
Sheriff Joe Nave, from Elizabeth.
ton, with a. party of searchers left
for the place set forth by the con-
fession Of Richardson to make a
search for the body OF White.
Earl White Is reported to have
disappeared about the time stated
in the. confession and is, reported
to have been seen last In company
with Elliott and Richardson on the
day of his disappearance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

ships during the period through
I.nlch the crdit Ilodl Sleu Changes
in the ownership of q mark were
frequent, for the good will in an
old mark was then, as it still is, a
substantial asset.
1t is to be feared that some Of
the earliest makers of old Sheffield
plate were not above trading in
their wares with the unwafy, as
the standard article. J They looked
like silver and If an INSCRIPTIONS
mark would serve to pass them off
as such, why the maker profite,l
and the victim was none the wiser
at the, time, or, indeed, for some
years later, for the articles wore
well.
The silversmiths alleged that
there was much fraudulent mark.
ing and with a view of checking
an abuse, the assay offices were
set up in Sheffield and Birming.
ham in 1873. There was a clause
In the enabling act, which pro-
hihited the striking of any marks
or letters on any article made of
metal, plated or covered with sill
Yer, or upon any metal vessel or
other thing, made to look like
silver"
The provision accounts for the
fact that much old Sheffield plate
is not marked at all, for the pro.
hibition lasted eleven years. The
restriction was abolished in 1885
by an act of Parliament which was
secured by the efforts of the plate
makers in Sheffield, who were not
supported on that occasion by their
competitors in Birmingham. This
act provided that wares plated with
silver made in Sheffield or within
one hundred miles thereof, might
bear the surname or partnership
name Of the maker, together with
any mark, figure or device at the
end Of the name, such figure not
being an assay office device for
sterling silver or an imitation
thereof"
The device had to- be approved
and registered by the guardians of
the Sheffield assay office, a pro.
vision which not unnaturally gave
offense to the men of Birmingham,
for the 100.mile radius clause made
sit necessary for them to register
out of their. town. Mere about
this intensely interesting subject in
our next insfallment on old Shelf
field plate. THE; CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
SCOTCH PLA|DS
ARE RAGE IN
PARIS
Spring Millinery Features
Them Strongest in All
| Accessories.
BY ALICE LANGELIER.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

PARIS, April 22.-It's' the wear
in of the plaids that's all the
rage in Paris this year. The now
millinery shows the craze stronger
than ever and Scotch plaids in all
sorts of accessories are proVlnS
the most prominent feature in tns
spring styles. ~.
Two years ago every little midtnf
cite on the boulevards had on a
bright red hat, last year 1t was
apple green and this season 1t VIII
be plaid. There are tartans aE
lively colors which tighten up the
face. Red. green and orange. tone:
are! offered in their scale of dlf-
ferent tints breaking away from
the monotony Of single and dark
colors. One OF Lewis newest
models is small straw shape VITA
the crown completely covered III
plaid ribbon in various shades OF
green and: two long streamers 81
the plaid ribbon attached over the
ears. a
Another has the plaid silk cov-
ering the brim while the crown Is
left in a solid color. Some OF the
coarse straws are woven in plat'l
designs and black satin Is sur
mounted with very perky bow IN
amber yellow striped with blue and
green.
Mademoiselle Davia in Madame"
at the Theater Daunou, wears
charming Breton shape with cock
AIDES of tartan ribbons with a mar.
ron brown ground, each cockade
being bound in with the straw like
the upturned part. The artist wears
in town the same form in other
colors.
Leontine hat Is made of many
colored taffetas edged with ruch
ings of plain ribbon to match. The
narrow scarf is original and fin
ished off with-a useful little pocket.
With all these plaid hats the proper
thing is "a plaid silk scarf to go
with them. ~Ope of the most ef
fective ones comes in Chinese red
crepe Maroccain with it's plaid de.
sign in big yellow squares.
Bags and parasols also come IN
the plaids. Bags are beaded in a
plaid design or made Of plaid bro
cade. No doubt plaid shoes will
be coming along soon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
GIVEN $40 DAYS ON
GUN AND CHECK CHARGE

Coming TO Washington from his
home down on the farm in Leonard.
town, John Willis, coiored. first
procured gun which he ''totedp
loaded in his pocket and then forged
q check for $40. He was returning
to his friend to cash another check
when he was apprehended by the
police.
He told Judge SchuIdt today
wnen arraigned for carrying deadly
weapons and on bad check charge,
that he was just an "unsophisti.
Gated country boy with no had
habits" The court ruled otherwise
and Willis will spend his next go
days in Occoquan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
BUYER PUzzLED
BY MARKS ON
SHEFFIELD
Data Of Old Piece Of Plate IS
Difficult, Even for Most
Experienced, to Fix.

Everybody who loves the charac-
keristic, the artistic and antique,
wishes for probably nothing more
than for few pieces Of real old
Sheffield plate" but the marks
found on this ware are stumbling
block at the outset to collectors,
and, naturally to the general pub
nc. The marks. serve only to fix
approximately the date of the piece
on which they are found.
The study of marks on old Shelf.
Held plate is rendered the more diff.
ucult by the fact that there were
numerous changes in the partner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
DINERS At SHORE CAFE
IN PANIC AS WALL FALLS

ATLANTIC CITY, April 22.-sev.
eral hundred persons dining in
Hackney's restaurant on the Inlet
section Of the boardwalk. were
thrown into a panic when the wall
Of an adjoining building in the pro.
cess of construction fell during a
sudden rain squat.
Harry Hackney. one of the pro.
prietors, saw the wall sway and
shouted a warning To the diners.
They fled to the boardwalk in panic.
The wall fell away from the
restaurant, with a crash that
brought screams of terror from the
women. several of whom tainted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
Slain In Court AS He
Faces Trial For
Killing
Rx CosnlopoILtan News seryIee.

CHICAGO, April 22.--Justlce
was robbed Of its chance to de-
termine the fate of Jack Rose,
scheduled to be tried for murder,
when an elderly man stepped up
to the accused as he was being
led from the courtroom yesterday
and fired two shots at close
range. Rose died a few minutes
later.
The slayer was the father Of
Frank Sexton, slain in Chicago's
taxi cab war June 6, for whose
killing Rose was to be tried.
The trial had been continued
by Judge Hosea w. Wells just
before the shooting of Rose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

America Whether these charges are true the future
will tell. They are published as Bergdoll related them
to Leighton H. Blood. lin May HEARTS, International
why Was Grossman the Chicago saloon
keeper Pardoned? Washington for months has been
torn wide open with Investigations. Now we are on
the eve of having liquor brought into the excitement
Louis R. Claws gives Of the Astonishing cases
that will be brought out IN Congress. in May HEARTS
International
... What Did Henry Ford's War Contracts TotaE
The quickest way to stop is to draft wealth.
we'll And Ford to prove his belief IN this plan
says Take My War Profits" Norman Beasley gives
comPlete record of Fords wartime contracts and his
ideas on drafting wealth, in May HEARTS, International
-. ne Eyes. What every one should know about
them by DR.. William Campbell Posey, My Return
to the Theatre j.. comparison of the stage
today witch the theatre of ten fifteen and twenty years
ago. by Norman HaPgood; The Intimacies Of Mary
Garden; "a outstanding features complete the May
issue of the only magazine that gives fiction as stmu-
arng articles and articles as interesting as the best
fiction of the day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
HELPED To KILL
YOUTH, MAN
CONFESSES
Alleged Accomplish Arrested
When Police Hear Death
bed Story.

JOHNSON CITY. Tenn, April ~.
Following a death.bed confession
Of John Richardson. formerly Of
Carter county, Tennessee, who died
a few days ago in an Indiana hos.
pital, Landon Elliott, was arrested
yesterday ard placed in jail at Eliza.
bethton Tenn, charged with the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

HearstJ International seeking fiction as
stimulating as its articles, brings America
the outstanding literary event Of the season.
HeA,u5 International also is first to publish
the novels of H. G. Wells. and the short
stories of w. Somerset Vaughan and
William j. Locke. and will soon bring out
more of G.. K. CheSterton'S famous Father
Brown mystery stories.
Besides this new story by Kipling, there is
fiction as vivid as life by Mary Roberts
Rinehart, Beatrice Grimshaw, Peter Clark
Macfarlane, Inez Haynes Irwin, A. E. w.
Mason, and others: lin May Hearw,5 Inter-
nahonaL
...Bergdoll'S Famous Pot Of Gold Was Milk.
Pail He says he drove away from the United State:
Treasury down crowded Washington streets with
$4,000 in gold pail the back of his car While
Bergdol was dickerng for his he undertook to
impicate Army people very high up as beng respon
sible for his extraordinary escapades before he left
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
FIVE IN AUTO DROP IS
FEET FROM BRIDGE IN N. ]

BoRDENTOWN. N. j., April 90.
An automobile containing one
woman and four men on their way
from Camp Vail, near Long Branch,
to Camp Dix, went over bridge
that spans the Pennsylvania tracks
one mile from Bordentown.
The injured were Thomas Baker,
Sergeant Alfonso Breeham, and
Squire Vail and wife. Justice of
the Peace Heating fined the driver
for running the machine, which was
wrecked. without a license. The
injured. persons We're taken back to
Camp Vail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
LAND PATENTS
Of RAILROAD
HELD Up
Bill in House Directs Northern
!, Pacific Claim to Grants
Be Investigated. =

The Secretary of the Interior is
directed to withhold patents to the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
of additional public lands claimed by
the RAILROAD under its land grants by
a bill which passed the House yes
terday.
A special commission of five SEN
ators and five Congressman is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

authorized by the bill to investigate
the claims Of the railroad to 4,0O0,-
geo acres OF land and report with
recommendation to Congress-.
Secretaries Work, of the Interior,
and Wallace, of Agriculture, re-
ported to President Coolidge that
the railroad was not entitled to the
additional land because of violation
OF terms under which public lands
had been granted by Congress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

Rudyad Kplng has broken five years silence with group
Of new sories rugged aRodn All these will be
published in HaarH5 International Magazine First comes The
striking example Of Npngs penetrating sense of fact vivid
almost coarse in its bite and humanity interesting Read it,
in May Hearrt5 International
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
MacD Donald on Socialism.

LONDON. = April! %. - Premier
Ramsay Macdonald is shortly to
establish a book in which, he will
deliver his considered opinion on
the future of socialism. The book
will be entitled Socialism. Critical
~rd Constructive"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22
ASBESTOS, DESPITE NAME
THREATENED BY FIRE

ASBESTOS. Nd, April 22. -
There's nothing in a name.
This town was threatend with
total destruction by fire YESTERDAY
Calls fors assistance We're sent 10
nearby towns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-22

More than One-haIf Of the drug
addicfs in the United States are pro-
duced by association with addicts,
and about 0ne.fOuTth got their start
through medical treatment during
illness:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
DOPE ON GIBBONS i
CARPENTER BOUT \
THIS AFTERNOON

Michigan City. Ind. May So tBy
A. P)-Salient facts OF the Gibbons
Carpenter match tomorrow follow:
Place-Floyd Fitzsimmons' arena,
Principals-Tom Gibbons or St.!
Paul, Mimi. and George Carpenter.
of Paris. France, former world 8 light
heavyweight champion.
Distinction rounds. no decision.
The referee, Emerson w. Dcker-
son, however, is sports editoG and
expects to make public his opinions
as TO the winner.
Weights: Gibbons about ! III
pounds: Carpenter about TIA -.
Purse: Carpenter $4,000 glRran-'
tee with privilege of 70 per cent OF
the receipts. Gibbons, no guarantee
but thirty per cent of the receipts.
Probable attendance $4,000 to $4,000.
Probable receipts: S25o.0Q0 to
$500. 000. according to promoters. 4
Time: preliminaries start s T. ~.
Eastern Standard Time. Gibbons
and Carpenter will probablX get
into the ring between 4 and u. NJ.
Weather: Fair tomorrow: not SO
cool: mostly northerly winds.g
Semi final bout: Sammy Mandell,
Rockford. Ills. contender fos the
worlds Junior lightweight chappion-
ship. and Paul Fritsch. French light-
weight. Weight under 1S1 pounds.
distance ten rounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
Bates Track Stars
To Carry Garnet :
In Cambridge Meet

Lewiston, May S0-Archibald and
Sanella, two of Bates brightest
track stars. will assist Mckinley in
carrying the Garnet in the National
Intercollegiate at Soldiers Field,
Cambridge. Archibald will run the
quarter and Sanella will pack the
cinders for a half mile.
Archibald is the holder of the
Maine intercollegiate 440 yard record
and Sanella is a half-miler of more
than usual f1eetness. Archy ran the
quarter in the New Englands but got
away to a poor start in the finals
and did not place. He will have an
opportunity to show his heels to a
, large part of the field in this event
at Cambridge Saturday as the en-
tries are not unusually strong.
Sanella will have to run an excep-
tional race to place in the half at
Soldiers Field as there are some I'M
usual runners entered. Foster of
Bowdoin, and Kirby and Mahoney of
E. G. are three of New England's
best entries. Marsters of Georgetown
| is chosen by many to take first in
| the event, although the University
of Southern California usually sends
| several dark horses who rank well
among the leaders in this event. AL
| though Sanella made an excellent
showing in the $50 in the Names this
year when he was the runner up to
Foster in the record breaking half
mile, many think he is better suited
| to run the mile. He intends to train
for this event after the close Of the
| present season.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
BOwdOin Plays
University of Maine
Today at OrOnO

Orono. May eff the University
Of Maine wins from Bowdoin here
Saturday the State baseball cham
pienship comes to Orono for the
next year. So Coach "Cuddy" MUIR
ply has been putting his men
through hard practice in preparation
for the big game. and predicts that
they will fight hard for a victory.
Either Pete" Perry, who has been
making a name for himself in Maine
baseball this season, or the veteran
"Crabby" Newell, will start the
game on the mound for the Oro-
mites. Saturday, according to the
coach. The other positions will
probably be filled as usual, with
George" Gruhn behind the plate.
Pierce in felt field, Captain LIB"
King, center; Durham. right; Lunge,
first; Burke, second: Stearns, short
stop; and Driscoll, third.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-31
SECOND GAME
Yankees Share
With Phil Bunch

New York, May 30-The New York
worlds champions divided holiday
doubleheader with Philadelphia here
today. New York won the first one
by a score Of to 0 and Philadelphia
took the second s to 4, it being their
first victory over New York this
season. Ruth also hit the 250th home
run Of his career in the first game.
The Athletics won the second game
with a four run rally in the eighth
inning. Miller hitting home run
with two men on base. New York
filled the bases with two out in the
ninth, but Baumgartner, a relief
pitcher, struck out Ruth with three
pitched balls.
First game:
Philadelphia
5000 900 o 0-0:5;2
New York o 4 q o 0 1850
Harris, Hasty and Perkins, Gibson;
Pennock and Schang.
Second game
Philadelphia
0lOO0 90 o 4 0-5; 90
New York o o o 2 o 2 o o 0-4;11;2
Romme1, BaHmgartner and Perkins.
Bruggy; Jones, Bush and Hoffman,.