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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
RUNAWAY GIRL
IS FOUND IN
RAID
Marion Ficher, II, Goes Back
Home-Man Held on
Rum Charge

Two weeks ago seventeen. year.
old Marion Ficher, of Cumberland,
Nd, left the little home in which
she lived as child, and came TO
Washington in search of adven.
ture. Last night she returned to
her home. She was filled up with
city life !" she sobbed.
Hammering down the door, men,
bers of the vice squad early yes.
terday raided the house at 1857
Ohio avenue northwest about a
half street below the House Of
Detention. In small room. they
round the girl. A cache containing
about 1000 gallons of liquor was
also said to have been discovered.
Tearfully the girl told her story
to the police and promised to go
back to her home IL released. Her
mother was called on the phone,
back. :.
As the police entered the house,
a score of men made a dash for
the windows in all directions.
Ursilio. Bona, thirty-one, said to
conduct the establishment, jumped
a fence, breaking his ankle when
ne alighted on the ground. =
y Charges of selling and illegal nos
session of whiskey were placed
against Bona. He is also accused
OF permitting gambling. On all the
charges. he was given his freedom
on $500 cash collateral.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
D. {. HEADS SEEK
ADDITIONAL
S389,O00
Commissioners to Testify in
Behalf of Deficiency Esti-
mates Before Committee

The District Commissioners will
today appear before the House
Appropriations Committee to testify
in behalf of supplemental and defici.
ency estimates totaling 1889 900, to
be included in the next deficiency
bill.
They will ask the committee that
a number of important items, elimi-
mated from the, annual appropria-
ton measure, be included in the bill
now under course of preparation.
Among these items is an appro-
priation of $4,000 to retain Conrad
Syme as special counsel for the
Public Utilities Commission, who is
in charge Of prosecuting valuation
cases involving nearly SIS. 900. 900,
now ending in the District courts.
Congressman Charles r. Davis of
Minnesota; chairman Of the District
subcommittee of the appropriation
committee, has announced that he
will endeavor to have this item in.
Cluded in the deficiency biz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
POLICE GUARD DELAWARE
WOMAN SLAYER FROM MOB

WILMINGTON. Del. May 49,
Following reported threats Of lynch
ing. a platoon Of twenty-five police
men and a number of highway
police patrolled the grounds sur.
rounding the workhouse, where
Annie Lewis, alleged confessed
slayer Of Mrs: Mary G. Davis.
aged police matron, is awaiting
trial.
Orders were issued that no one
afoot or in motorcars, would be
allowed to loiter in the vicinity
Of the workhouse, and a locaI ds-
tachment of the national ''nerd
was neid IN readiness for possible
trouOie. RIFLES from the police eta.
ton were sent to the iail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
NF|tE.PORTRHFS
LAST THROUGH
CENTURIES
Greek Artists in Egypt Were
Adopts in Art Little Known
in This Country

Strange that so many fragile OBJ
Jects nave come down TO us from
antiquity while cities of stone,
statues OF marble, and monuments
or bronze too often have appeared
lost forever. In many of the mu-
seums public and private, one may
find little wax models, executed
hundreds of years ago and one
wonders how such perishable a
material as wax should survive the
ravages of time and wear and
tear.
|. Wax portraiture is one OF the
arts of the past SO little known to
many collectors that examples Of 1t
are not often found in American
collections. Wax portraiture is an
ancient art. The Greek artists In
Egypt were adopts in painting por-
traits by means of powdered colors
applied with rush brushes to slabs
of cedar wood covered with wax
into which coating the color could
easily be worked when the sums
rays were permitted to soften the
wax. Many Of these ancient panels
are extant, according to Gardner
Theall. and they appear very much
like paintings in oil upon wood.
Artists in wax portraiture were
not unknown in America during
colonial times. Among the names
of early wax-portrait artists in
America that of Patience Wright
stands forth prominently. She was
born in 1925 In Bordentown, New
Jersey, and at twenty-three she mar
ried Joseph Wright, who left her
widow some years later, with
three children. In 1872 she went
o England. Already she had be-
come noted for her excellent work
in portraiture. A bust of Thomas
Penn was one of her earliest works
of the London period and the wax
portrait of Washington from her
hand, modelled after an original
from life by her son. Joseph
Wright, is now in the possession Of
DIR. Richard H. Harte, Of Phila.
delphia.
Wax portraiture almost died out
in the nineteenth century, but it Is
of interest to note of its recent ar
rival by Ethel Frances Mundy and
other 1SkilflA artists. In her book,
Boston, 1915, Ethel Stanwood Bolton
says lHaI JOnA LII lctLdH NSAu6NhnSt,
worker in wax who flourished
somewhat later than Patience
Wright, used moulds for facilitating
the duplication Of some, at least. Of
his wax protraits. There appears
every reason to believe that Patience
Wright observed a similar procedure.
for of her Washington portrait sew
eral replicas exist.
Good old Giorgio Vasari, the Cos
.sipy chronicler of old masters wrote
an interesting treatise on the tech
nique of the art and speaking OF the
composition of the wax says to put
into the mixture little animal fat
and turpentine and black pitch to
give it simplicity, tenacity, black color
and consistency.
THE CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
OF TRADE
IN DRIVE FOR
CITIZENS
invitations to BE Extended
to Foreign-Born Residents
in Campaign

The Board Of Trade today will
enter upon its thirty-day campaign
for citizenship determined to carry
the invitation it extends to all for.
eign.born residents in every section
of the Capital. Speakers will carry
this citizenship message to civic,
social, fraternal and religious bodies
to stimulate renewed interest in the
making of new citizens.
The keynote of the campaign was
struck at the opening meeting last
night at Central High School, when
speakers outlined the essential
characteristics of citizenship. Con-
gresham John c. Box of Texas
and Senator Thomas Sterling of
South Dakota pointed to the need
for thorough understanding of the
spirit of the Constitution and the
aims of the early colonists of
America to be useful citizens.
Raymond. F. Crist, commissioner
OF naturalization. and Miss Maude
Alton, principal Of the Americaniza.
ton department of the public
schools, discussed naturalization
work as carried on now and indi.
Gated that the foreign-born are in a
receptive mood to become citizens.
Edward F. Colladay, president of
the Board of Trade, outlined the
plans which his organization in.
tends to put into effect during the
campaign. Chief Justice Walter /.
Mccoy, Of the District Supreme
Court, presided.
A feature Of the meeting was the
singing of America" by the three.
year-old daughter of Nine. Marie
Zalipsky. A. j. Driscoll heads the
special committee on American
iHoalc -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
80
Killed
963 !,
Injured
Since
1 issss1al

motorman, and conductor Burk.
hardt. will face a coroner's jury
today in connection with the death
of the youth. s@
John s. Witt. jr., 1906 Longfellow
street northwest, Vas treated at
Emergency Hospital last night for
bruises on the head and body, after
his automobile ran into shrubbery
at Iowa circle.
Walter r. Burton, employee of
tho Washington Gas Light Com
pany, was injured on the head lin
a collision in which his car figured.
He was treated at Emergency
Hospital.
Harold Crawley, 1884 Oregon
avenue northwest, suffered contus.
ions when his auto and another
machine collided. His condition is
not serious.
Others hurt yesterday were Nellie
Sewell, colored, Nforty-three $40 r
street northwest, and Helen s..
Wright, 1415 Forty-fourth street
northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
DRIVE IS ON FOR
PALESTINE
HOSP|CE
Mount Carmel Movement is
Given Endorsement Of
D. c. Churches.

The Mount Carmel Hospice move
ment today began its active cam
paign to raise $4,000 here to aid
in the erection of a 100000 com
Inunity center at Haifa, in Palestine.
The drive was formally launched at
meeting last night at the New
Willard Hotel.
Contributions of $50 or multiples
of that sum are being asked. EACH
contributors will receive Good Will!
Gift Bond. The initial subscribers
are buying several bonds.
The nonsectarian character of the
project was illustrated last night
when addresses were made by rep
resentatives of the Protestant. Cath
Ole, and Jewish churches, and of
the Masons. knights of Columbus
and Elks. Anthony J. Barrett, treas
urer of the bospice corporation, pre-.
sided.
HOspico Badly Needed.
Explaining the, need for the hos
pice, Mrs Catherine Kennedy An.
tonious, founder of the movement,
said that there is not an American
hotel or rallying place in the Holy
Land, although the flags of all other
nations can be seen. She showed
pictures of Mount Carmel Haifa
/, and the proposed community center
building.
In the future tourists will not
think OF going abroad without visit
ing the Holy Land, and the need of
a hOspice to accommodate the
$4,000 Americans who now make
the pilgrimage every year is i'm.
perative, said Rabbi Abram Simon,
OF Eighth Street Temple. Monsignor
G. #. Thomas, of st. Patrick's
Church, pledged not only his sup
port, but also that of Archbishop
Curley, OF Baltimore, who is in
tensely interested.
Charles F. Roberts, grand master
OF the Masonic fraternity and presi.
dent OF the hospice corporation, en-
phasized the non-sectarian aspect
OF the project. Miss Janet Rich.
ards, lecturer, said she expected to
visit the Holy Land during the
next two years, and looked forward
to stopping at the completed
ruler of the Elks, said he was sure
the 5000 local Elks would do thei,,
share toward aiding the movement.
Michel j. Antonius, husband of
the founder and himself a native
Syrian, said that all of the highest
officials Of Palestine have Endorsed
the movement. The Reverend Jason
Noble Pierce, of First Congresa-
tional Church, head of the Federa-
tion of Churches, pledged the sup.
port OF the local churches and
clergy.
THE Holy City" was sung by
Sonora Rose Pablo, Of the Washing.
ton Opera Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
Connie Wing Finds.Catulfna
Hat Fine for Spring
She Finds islanders OFF Coast
of California Make just the
Thing for AlI-Round Near,
Immune to Damage by
Summer Showers and Built
to- Wear a Lifetime and
Retain Their Beauty.
By CONNIE WING.

Catalina!
Can't you just see a cunning
little island off the coast Of Cali
fornia with a group of thrifty,
I'enterprising people making per-
fectly adorable sport hats?
Well, now you know that is
just what they do, all of the
mothers and fathers and l guess
maybe the grandmothers and
grandfathers are employed in this
industry to supply the smart
women Of America and the Con-
tinent with durable, attractive
sport and afternoon chapeaux
They are something different and
will actually last one. a lifetime
I think.
In the summer months when IL
rains and gets damp in the evening
or when you are on your vacation
in the mountains or at the shore il
Is absolutely necessary that you
have becoming hat for all occa
sions; one that you can put on and
not worry about, and 1 think one
of these Is just what you are look
ing for They, are such an attrac
tive combination of straw and rib.
bon. Some are trimmed with leather
flowers and some with crushed rib
bon of every width and shade vie
with each other as choices. Big
tailored bows, crushed bows, cock.
AIDES cabachons, ribbon flowers and
foliage, ribbon swirls, anything of
ribbon, forms the trimming for the
coming season. Many hats depend
entirely on the ribbon for trimming,
Others have artistic ornaments.
flowers of lace in combination. but
the preference seems to be given to
bows which appear in the front-or
one on both sides.
Cravanetted Ribbons.
1t Is not generally known that
ribbon can be found in most towns
OF any size where the operation of
making ribbons, waterproof is per.
formed on piece ribbon. For the
woman who wants to appear well.
but sensibly dressed, on rainy DAYS.
the ribbon which has been crava.
netted will prove smart and
economical.
The Catalina noodo1e thot
shown in the different Washington
shops range from a, soft small close
sport hat to a fairly large model
that can be worn at garden parties
and informal teas.
l am very much in favor of all
shades in green for this season, it
is always cool and neat looking.
i selected today.
+ A Catalina hat made of yellow
straw and white MORE ribbon COM
biped. The fruit on the side is
created in all shaNIes of crown and
gold, the leaves are of leather.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
2DEAD, IS HURT.
IN WEEKEND
TRAFFIC
Man Dies After Auto Crash,
Boy After Bicycle Runs Z
Into Street Car

Two are dead and thirteen injured
rs result Of traffic mishaps yes.
terday and Saturday.
Asa Cook, thirty, Central avenue.
Capitol Heights, Nd, was fatally
injured when the automobile in
which he was riding with two
friends, struck an embankment near
Largo, Nd, and overturned.
Cooks skull was fractured, while
Francis Mirth and Edgar Ball, both
OF Capitol Heights, were hurt only
! slightly. The three were rushed to
Casualty Hospital where Cook died
after an operation.
Trying to stop his bicycle which
was speeding headlong into a train
or the Washington. Baltimore and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
ITALY GIVES OIL RIGHTS
Y TO siNCLAiR INTERESTS

ROME, May Premier Musso.
lint issued statement about the
governments real position in regard
to the negotiations with the Sinclair
oil interests for concessions in the
Emilia and Abruzzo districts. IN
which he explained the reasons for
admitting foreigners into such en-,
terprises.
During 1922, he said, Italy i'm.
ported $4,000 tons. OF oil, costinc
o0.O0O,000 lire, an increase OF 81
per cent over the former REQUIRE,
ments. The Italian production was
negligible and represented a decrease
IN comparison with pre-war produc,
ment had purchased from Germanv
ana other countries 40, 200, 900 Iire
worth OF machines intended foI
prospecting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
HELIUM CONTROL GIVES
y. 81 KnY TO 4oREd .ROL 4

SEATTLE. May 19.-Because the
United States controls the worlds
supply OF helium, the airship Shen-
andoah can reach the North Pole
before the craft of any other ma
ton. in the opinion Of CAPTAIN
Robert A. Bartlett, Arctic explorer,
and passenger on the United
States coast guard cutter Bear.
The Bear left for her tIairty-sixth
annual cruise In the. Arctic.
Captain Bartlett, who is on
National Geographic Society. said
that he expected to hear any day
that the British would attempt 70
reach the Pole In the RIA. Captain
Bartlett said:
1.-THE English viii have to use
hydrogen, and they rightly fear
that we will beat them"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
241 ACTORS vii co OUT
ON STRIKE MAY 81

NEW YORK, May 19.--The Ac-
tors Equity Association announces
strike that win include 241 actors
and affect number OF the most
popular shows in New York will
be effective May 81.
Managers at whom the blow is
aimed include William Harris, jr.,
Charles Dillingham;, John Golden,
Henry w. Savage, Sam H. Harris.
Marc Klaw and Lewis q Gordon.
some OF these. It is believed. will
reach an agreement with the
Equity Association before that date
and avert closing OF their shows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
PHILADELPHIA LEGION
v PILGRIMS RETvgzN HOME

More than 1000 members Of the
American Legion OF Philadelphia
returned home today, following The
annual pilgrimage to the tomb OF
the Unknown Soldier at Arlington.
Joseph w. Breen, founder Of La
Societe National des 40 Hommes ct
s. Chevaux. was IN charge OF the
ceremonies at the tomb yesterday
afternoon. The Reverend Henry r..
Wilkie, Of Philadelphia, pronounced
the invocation. Brigadier General
Edward Martin, Department Com.
mander J.. Leo Collins. Of the De.
partment of Pennsylvania, and
James M. Rose, chairman Of the
Philadelphia county committee, were
the speakers. Paul J. McGahan,
commander Of the District of Co.
lumbia department, welcomed the
visitors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
Dublin Gas Workers Strike

DUBLIN, May 19.-Dublin is sui
fering from strike of gas workers
and the industries dependent upon
the use of gas for fuel have been
forced to close. The dispute hinges
solely on the question whether q
clerk. who was promoted to the DO
sition of collector, should be com.
PEELED to give up his membership in
the trade union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19
CHURCH WRECKED BY FIRE
AFTER CLASH OVER KLAM

HASTINGS, Neb.; May 1s.-Ha,f
an hour after stormy meeting in
the First Baptist Church. here
the building was destroyed by fire
According to officials. the blaze
was OF ineendiary origin. ~
me meeting was called by the
church deacons to allow the con.
gregation to decide on permittI3.
an alleged ku Klux Khan lectures
70 hold revival meetings in the
church. S"s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19

Annapolis line, Mel
vim Savoy, colored,
ten, of Bennings road
northeast, fell under
the wheels Of the
car. His leg was
amputated \ and his
skull fractured. He
died soon afterward
at Freedman's Hos
pital.
L.H1lt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-19

THIRD FLOOR-LANSBURGH & BRO.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-23
The Denbu Resignation

ROM the moment it became certain
T. that the Upited States government
would enter suit for cancellation of
the now notorious oil leases, the resigna-
ton of Secretary DENLY was foregone. Not
that he was entangled in any such iniquity
as his former cabinet colleague of the de-
partment of the interior. Edwin B. DENLY
is "a different sort of man from Albert B.
Fall-different in his record, in his char
acter, in his sense of duty and honor. A
distinguished veteran of two wars, he mani
tests born soldiers straightforwardness
and valor. There is no charge against his
integrity. But there is an oyershadowing
impression that in relation to the oil land
leases he was injudicious if not negligent.
Whatever the final verdict may be, 1t be-
came imperative that he go when the eX-
ecutiye branch of the government, acting
under a Senate resolution, moved to invali-
date the contracts which he had taken part
in making; for he was vehemently defend
ing them as the most advantageous the
country could have secured. His resigna-
ton was deferred lest it should seem too
hasty a retreat under criticism; out, doubt
less, it was agreed upon days ago.
The way is now clear for vigorous pro-
cedure against the challenged leases But
that alone will not satisfy justice. More
important it is that faitPless officials like
Fall should be brought to book. That is
the angle of the case which the public
watches with keenest concern.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-23

(From the Commerce News.)
a FEW days ago the editor of the News
~ wanted a pound of butter for table
n use. We tried every grocer and mer-
camille establishment in town only to find
there was not a pound of butter in town. We
clip the following advertisement from a re-
cent issue Of the COrdele Dispatch:
During December the Cordele Creamery
paid to one farmer over $500 for cream
shipped during that month to the creamery.
Cows pay on the farm when you grow
your own feed and let the dairy COW turn
this feed into ready cash to operate your
farm on. 1t is very unwise to buy all Of
the feed-only the necessary concentrates
Should be bought,
Sow literally to permanent pasture this
spring, plant velvet beans and hay crops
this summer for the mixers next fall and
winter.
Carpet grass and lespedeza furnish an
ideal mixture for your permanent pasture.
An acre of land soWn in these seed will
Craze one COW eight months each year, and
your velvet beans and hay crops with rye
will furnish feed for the remaining four
months.
"Walt Masons statement:
" The dairy cow is thing Of charm,
She lifts the mortgage from the farm "
So far as we know, this is the first time
we have ever incorporated an advertisement
similar to this in an editorial. We did not
suffer because We could not get pound Of
butter. We are not miffed because we did
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-23
Copyright, 1924
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-23
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

There is path which no foWI knoweth,
and which the pulture'S eye hath not seen;
the lions whe1ps have not troddeH it,
nor the fierce lion passed byi t. He put
teth forth His\hand upon the rock; He
operturneth the mountains by. the roots;
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks;
and His eye seeth every precious thing,
He bindeth the floods from overflowiHg;
and the thing that is hid, bringeth He
forth to light. But where shall wiSdom
Be found, and where is the place of under
standing' Behold, the fear of the
Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from
evil is understanding.-Job 28:7-12:28.