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Evening star., 1924-02-18
c. OF c. POLICE AND FIRE
Committee NAMED
President Cans Announces Charles
w. Darr Chairman and
Other Personnel.

The personnel of the police and
6re protection committee of the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce
for the ensuing year was announced
the chamber. The committee follows:
Charles w. Darr. chairman: Albert
Schulteis, vice chairman; Byron S.
Adams. Ralph D. Angel, DIR. Bernard
A. Baer. Walter c. Balderston. D. j.
Barry, DR.. Lewis j.. Battle, Mendel
Berberich, Andrew Betz, Harry l..
Black. A Brylawski. Gustav Buch-
holz. David E. Buckingham, Charles A..
Camalier. Thomas A. Cantwell, Harry
r: Carroll. NJ. o. Chance. Roy 9.
". Gilbert Dent, ]. Fred Dier, Mark
Dobrin.
Irwin T. Donahue. Carl Droop. John
A. Eckert, Charles Fleishman, Peyton
B. Fletcher, DR.. j. A. Flynn, 1sadore
Gawler. d. ]. Gibson. Q. B. Gray, A.
G. Gutheim. p. ]. Haltigan,. W G.
Hanson, ]. Arthur Harris, A. G. Herr
mann. Frank S. Hight, DIR. r. T..
Holden, Milton Hopfenmaier, Charles
L. Howe, Harry G. James, H. NJ. Key
Maurice p. King; Jacob Kohner. Adolph
William E; Mattingly; J: NJ Mampin;
Nolan and John j. Noonan.
Marcus Notes, S. J. Olshefski, John
R. Omohundro. H. ID. Ormsby, f. III.
Parry. Albert r. Peters. Leon Pretz-
fielder, DR.. c. J. Robinson. DR.: j. ID.
Rogers. DIR. J. b. Rutherford. Joseph
Schiavone, James p. Schick. A. j.
Schippert. John F. Schriner, George G.
Seibold. w. F.. Shanahan. Miss Edna
J. Sheehy. E. G. Sisgers, c. +. Sewers,
Charles j. Stockman, c. b. Stokes. Z.
l.. Tucker j. Clinton Tribby, +. A.
Van Reuth. John u. Walker. Adam
Weschler. Wayne B. Wheeler. r. +.
Whitty. George NJ. Whitwell. Martin
Wiegand, George Francis Williams,
B. Frank Wright.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
HIRING RIVAL S HELP
BASIS OF COMPLAINT
Federal Trade Commission to In
quire on Legality of Such
Competition.

Are you ethically correct, Mr.
Business Man, when you offer an en-
ploye OF a competing concern a job,
in the hope that his employment will
bring YOU the business enjoyed by
your competitor"
This is the question the Federal
Trade Commission is called upon to
solve in issuing a complaint today
against several middle western and
far western concerns. The commits
sion admits 1t cannot set down a
rule for such procedure and has cited
the respondent companies to reply to
the complaint.
John Blocki & Son, Inc of Chicago
are charged with securing the serv-
ice Of Maybelle Van ArsdaIe, who had
formerly been employed by the
Franco American Hygenic Company.
for the purpose Of securing state
SO obtained by the competing COM
about 80 per cent of the total num-
ber of distributors employed by the
Franco American HygeniC Company
and sold the Blocki company's prod
ucts as those of the competitor COM
pany.
The issue will be tried by the com
mission after the respondent com
panies have answered the complaint.
Miss Dorothy Jewson, member Of
the British house of commons, walk
ed 11J miles to fulfill d, speaking en-
Gagement rather then ride on the
trains being operated by strike
breakers.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
A THREE DAYS.
COUGH IS YOUR
DANGER SIGNAL

Chronic coughs and persistent colds
lead to serious lung trouble. You
can stop them now with Creomulsion,
an emulsified creoSote that is pleas
ant to take CreomulSion Is a new
medical discovery with twofold ac-
ton; il SoothcS and heals the in
famed membranes and kills the
germ.
of all known drugs, creosote is
recognized by the medical fraternity
as the greatest healing agency for
the treatment of chronic coughs and
colds and other forms of throat and
lung troubles. Creomulsion con-
tains, in addition to creoSote, other
healing elements which soothe and
heal the infiamed membranes and
stop the irritation and Inflammation
while the creoSote goes on to the
stomach, is absorbed into the blood
attacks the seat of the trouble and
destroys the germs that lead to con-
sumption.
Creomulsion is guaranteed salts
factory in the treatment of chronic
coughs and colds. bronchial asthma,
catarrhal bronchitis and other forms
of throat and lung diseases, and is
excellent for building up the system
after colds or the flu. Money re-
funded if any cough or cold, no mat
ter of how long standing. is not re-
lieved after taking according to di-
rections. Ask your druggist. Creo-
mulaion Co, Atlanta, Ga.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
SHOOTS JUDGE DEAD.
Then KILLS HIMSELF
Defendant at Lincoln, Neb., First
Tries to Slay Wife and
Lawyer.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Neb., February lS-Wil-
liam NJ. Morning. fifty-six, veteran
district judge. was shot and killed
early today in his court room by
Wallace G.. Wallick, who in turn shot
and killed himself. The judge was shot
through the herat.
Wallick shot at c. f.. Rein. attorney
for his wife. Matilda Wallick, who
| was suing him for separate main
tenance and at his wife. Neither OF
these shots took effect
Judge Morning walked from his
bench after he had been shot and
was assisted to his room adjoining
the court. where he died in a few
minutes.
Wallicl fifty years of age, is a
we'll digger and lives in Belmont, a
suberb of Lincoln.
DO you want an Attorney" Judge
, Morning asked the defendant when
his case was called this morning.
No man can make me pay" Wal
lick cried and pulled out his gun. He
fired four shots at his wife, at her
attorney, at the judge and then at
himself. The last two took effect.
Judge Morning was serving his
second term on the Lancaster county
district bench. He is survived by
ms widow and one daughter, Mil
dred.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
AGREE upon CHILD
LABOR AMENDMENT
Senate Subcommittee Ap'
proves Text of Substitute
for Several Proposals.

A substitute for the several child
labor constitutional amendments pro-
posed in the Senate has been agreed
to by 4 judiciary subcommittee. 1t
reads:
THE Congress shall have power to
prohibit the labor of persons Ander
the age of eighteen years and to
prescribe the conditions of such la
Dor.
THE power Of the several states is
unimpaired by this article, except
that the operation of state laws shall
be suspended to the extent necessary
to give effect to legislation enacted
by the Congress-"
Evening star., 1924-02-18
U. S. STEEL OFFICIAL DIES.

NEW YORK, February 1S.-Richard
Trimble, for many years secretary
treasurer of the United States Steel
Corporation, died last night. He was
sixty-siX years old and director and
officer of several other iron and steel
Evening star., 1924-02-18
D. C. TO BE REPRESENTED
Supt. Ballou and Others to Attend
N. E. A. Meeting.

Supt. of Schools Frank w. Bal
lou and number of school officers
will go to Chicago the latter part OF
this week to attend the annual meet
ing of the department of superin-
tendence of the National Education
Association. which will be held from
February rs to 20. DIR. Ballou is a
member of the executive committee
of the association and chairman of
it's resolutions committee.
Among the school officers who plan
ITO attend the convention are Miss
Flora l.. Hendley, supervising princi-
pal of the sixth division; Miss Anne
Beers. supervising principal of the
eighth division; Miss Adelaide Davis,
supervising principal of the fourth di-
vision; Selden NJ. Ely, supervising
principal of the fifth division: Miss
Rose Lees Hardy, director Of primary
instruction, and Miss Julia L. Brooks
of Dunbar High School.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
ROBBED OF $4,000,
SAYS EX-PRIMA DONNA
Mrs. Olive Waite Declares Stock
and Jewelry Were Stolen From
Her Apartment.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 1s.-The
theft of stock certificates valued at
approximately 100000, and $1,000
worth Of jewelry from her hotel
apartment on February 8. was report
ed by Mrs. Olive Waite Of Paris. The
stock Of the Independent Salt Com
pany had been stolen from a trunk,
she said.
Mrs. Waite was the wife of Archi-
bald S. Waite, Cincinnati, financier,
from whom she was divorced in 1911.
AS Olive Celeste Moore, she was
widely known at one time as prima
donna of the Bostonians. an opera
company.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
GETS 364-DAY JAIL TERM.
Samuel Dent Convicted of Carrying
Deadly Weapons.

Samuel Dent, charged with intoxi-
cation and carrying deadly weapons.
was convicted in the Police Court
today by Judge Gus A. Schuldt, and
was given the maximum sentence in
the weapon case. 364 days in jail
without the alternative of paying a
fine, and the minimum fine of $40 in
the intoxication case, or ten days in
jail.
Dent told the court that he did not
know where he got the blackjack
and knife that We're found on him
when he was taken to the station
house for intoXication.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
PINCHOT OPERATED UPON.

Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania, stop
ped off here last night en- route from
southern Pines. y. G.. to Harrisburg.
and had his. ear lanced for a slight
infection. The Governor described the
trouble and the operation as trivial
He expects TO return to Harrisburg in
a day or two.
Evening star., 1924-02-18
LEAVES $4,000 TO SON.

The will of Mrs. MeIva J. Caswell.
who died January Is last, was offered
today for probate by Attorney John
j. Kelly. She leaves $4,000 to her son,
jay ii. CaswelI and the remaining
estate to her husband, Henry A. Cas-
well. The husband is also named as
executor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

comes into the city and knocks
'em for a row of movie houses.
Cupid is often found hiding in
a box Of candy.
The woman who spends a lot
OF time polishing up what she
thinks is her soul misses plenty
in life.
An optimist doesn't spend her
every spare minute looking into
hand mirror.
Certain girls are so lavishlv
dressed these days that thew
could lie down on the floor and
give a perfect imitation of a
Turkish rug.
When they begin to install two.
cylinder motors in baby carriages
they may become more popular.
When Rolly begins to tell me
that furniture isn't quite as ex.
pensive as It used to be, grab
for a strap and watch my step.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
FLIPS FROM A
FLAPPER
...l VI:
By FlOssie Flapper.

by FlOsSie Flapper.
TN the olden days it used to be
laughing gas-now it's laugh
n ing gasoline.
I'll admit that some girls seem
to have complex on the matter
Of compilations.
To be young is to be foolish,
more or less, and not to be fool
ish, more or less, is to be cid,
so there you are.
That gum-chewing steno in the
fourth row is certainly an artist
at hurting the harpoon. She
told Jimmy that the girls in this
office chould hire a sign painter
to teach them how to make up.
Don't let EN- fool you. Many
a little dame from a hick town
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
LEGAL TERMS

Unwritten Law-The new one
that the traffic cop springs on
you when handing over an un-
expected summons.
Without Benefit Of Clergy
Staying in bed Sunday morning
and listening to q radio sermon
instead of getting up and going
to church.
Unpleasant Jury Duty-Being
asked to settle a dispute between
your wife and your mother.
Perjury-A man who is being
sued for alimony telling the Judge
how much money he is making.
Suicide-Asking the boss for a.
raise just after he loses a lawsuit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
Grandmother Knew
There Was Nothing So Good for
Congestion and Colds as Mustard

There Was Nothing So Good for
Congestion and Colds as Mustard
But the old-fashioned mustard plas.
ter burned and blistered while it acted.
Get the relief and help that mustard
plasters gave. without the plaster and
without the blister.
Musterole does 1t. It is q clean,
white ointment. made with oil Of mus
tard. It is scientifically prepared, so
that 1t works wonders.
Gently massage Musterole in with the
finger tips. See how quickly It brings
relief-how speedily the pain disap-
pears.
Try Musterole for sore throat bron-
chitls. tonsilitis, Group, stiff neck,
asthma. neuralgia, headache. conges-
ton. pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago,
pains and aches of the back or FONTS.
sprains, sore muscles. bruises, chill
blains. frosted feet, colds Of the chest
ut may prevent pneumonia).
To Mothers: MusterOIe f. also
made in milder form for
babies and small children.
Ask for Children's Musterole.
S5c and Csc, jars and tubes: hos
pital size, $500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

I wonder what the boss is
going to do for excuses now that
Winter is about to put a stop
to the golf stuff.
The way some girls chew gum
is as good as solo on a musical
1nstrument-by one who can't
play it.
All, me, but this Is a hard lifel
BY the time you get clothes paid
for the fashions have changed.
AS Eve made her exit from
the Garden of Eden she probably
met a dressmaker.
Maize now tips the scales at
one-seventy-two. But she will
argue until she is black in the
face that chocolate creams do not
make you fat.
They put a piece of cheese in
mouse trap-and certain girls
wear a rose in their hair.
II y weren't for work and the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands Of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tonics or trying to patch Nd a
poor digestion they are attacking the
real cause of the ailment-cloRRed
liver and disorlered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver In soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per-
forming their natural functions, away
goes indigestion and stomach troubles
Have you q bad taste, coated
tongue. poor appetite. lazy, DON'T
care feeling. no ambition or energy,
trouble with undigested foods? Take
Olive Tablets, the substitute for cal
omel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by
their olive color. They do the work
without gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two Mt bedtime for
quick relief. Eat what you like. 1Sc
and 30c.
Z)1 Edw0rdSf
OLIVE
NNbIefs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
the wood.
! !. ! !. ! !. ! | !. !.

the wood.
Dad had his hair cut with hole
in the top.
Free verse is the kind the poet
can't Sell.
The road to the cemetery Is
paved with poor brake Innings.
The woman who can't spank her
own child envies the woman who
can thrash her husband.
Mans appearance suffers from
a misplaced eyebrow, woman's
from a misplaced eye pencil.
Your wife misses you when you
stay out late-but some day she'll
throw straighter.
A husband is a help in shopping
If he carries the bundles.
The doctor may diagnose that
buzzing sound in your ears al Q
wife.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
'GRINS AND
GROWLS
BY Isle Bell.

" HE most discouraging thing
about canned corn is the
Il percentage of cob.
Perhaps the saddest mortal on
this earth is the man who got a
bottle Of bath salts for Christ
mas.
Styles do change, after all. For
example, what has become Of the
old-fashioned housewife who used
to turn the plates upside down
over the silver when she set the
table.
Uncle Toms Cabin shows are
now travelling by motor truck.
Eliza will soon be crossing the
ice by airplane.
Nothing wakes up a town to
the value of a first-class fire de-
partment like first-class fire.
One thing that a woman uses
her husbands relatives for Is
purposes Of comparison.
It Is difficult to realize that
there was a time in history when
a red flannel petticoat was a gar
ment and not a joke.
We frequently hear that some
body is as ugly as a mud fence,
but we don't ever recall having
seen a mud fence.
France may decide to give the
vote to children, which may be
the French way Of trying to dis.
courage race suicide.
Husbands are SO dense that
wives soon forget how to hint.
The young man who says that
there are a lot Of girls who don't
want to get married may have
found it out by asking them.
The clerk who has to stand on
her feet all day can get even in
crowded car by riding home on
someone else's.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
Modern Medicine.

When a man complains of a
pain in his heel, the doctors re-
move ~ his teeth, (2) his tonsils,
(3) his shoes.
Anyone going to stay up all
night, waiting for the peace plan
returns?
Some people are so tender
hearted that they would probably
go fishing with a straight hook.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
AS IT LOOKS
TO US
BY Arthur Neale.

There's many~a hard-working
Wife, tired and wan,
Who could have quite a
Lot more fun,
II the earning capacity
OF her man
Was as big as his
Eating one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
CHESTER'S
'CHUCKLES
By Chester C. Conner.

/" HE first man found was
probably found by a woman.
A man is known by the clothes
his wife keeps.
The large man in q small, cheap
car drives a tight bargain.
He loves best who loves last.
Watching the game at Congress
might be more interesting If
stretching were allowed between
innings.
When father gives the bride
away it should be with no return
privilege.
We don't want our eggs aged in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

traffic cops this would be quite
a nice sphere to live in.
1t seems to me that two-thirds
Of suburban life consists of COM
mutation tickets and coal prob
lens.
Since women are so frank
about not wanting to grow old,
why not leave the matter of ages
out Of the question.
When I look around at some of
the married couples I can't help
but think that Cupid is a darned
poor shot.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

The clerk who has to stand on
her feet all day can get even in
a crowded car by riding home on
someone else's.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
HOW ABOUT 1T?

Gentle readers-also rough ones
did you ever wonder as you
exchanged a nod and a smile with
one Of those unavoidable &C.
Quaintances-did you ever won
der whether he Tor she) had the
same amount Of use for you as
you had for him-or her?
And did you ever ask yourself
whether you were actually clever
snough 20 be fooling him Tor her)
al the while by the -er-dissim-
Ulation?
And did you ever ask yourself
whether he Tor she) could be
sufficiently clever-and dishonest
Ito be fooling you all the while
also?
How about it?
''Some good lines in this new
revue?"
"Are you referring to spoken
or to-er-exhibited ones?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

The young man who says that
there are a lot Of girls who don't
want to get married may have
found it out by asking them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
How About It?

Here is a problem for you.
No prizes offered-but can you
solve it?
Should the one man in Flat "A"
have an undisturbed evening for
the enjoyment of, say, the writ
ten meditations of-er-Marcus
Aurelius-and a very interesting
boy, too, should you know him
not?
Or
Should the large family, plus
the young visiting friends in
Flat "B" have an undisturbed
evening for the enjoyment Of the
player piano?
How about it?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

Husbands are so dense that
wives soon forget how to hint.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
Additional Support Arrives.

AUOlClOnaA support -AETAVOS"
Suspenders are coming into
style. Evidently these days of
Pint TASKS and pistols have been
proving too much Of a strain for
the old belt.
The Young Man Seems to Lack
Efficiency.
When Jim calls on
His lite Jane
He rides for two
Hours in the train
Why didn't he
There's such a flock
Select a girl
On his own block?
''Why do you call young Dash
wood a mystic?"
''Well, If anyone knows what
his poetry is all about don't
anyway"
Second thoughts they
Say are best;
And to this we'll
All attest.
Second thoughts are
Truly great,
But they're always
Too darned late!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

France may decide to give the
vote to children, which may be
the French way Of trying to dis
courage race suicide.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08
Decidedly So!

Her-Ive seen some oriental
dancing-but this is abominable!
Him-Abdom1nal, you mean,
don't you?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

We frequently hear that some
body is as ugly as a mud fence,
but we don't ever recall having
seen a mud fence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

Germany's richest woman has
been married three times. With
three mems pockets to run
through at night it's no wonder
that she has collected a fortune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

The road to the cemetery Is
paved with poor brake Innings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

It Is difficult to realize that
there was time in history when
a red flannel petticoat. was a gar
ment and not a joke.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

One thing that a woman uses
her husbands relatives for Is
purposes of comparison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

Free verse is the kind the poet
can't Sell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

A husband is a help in shopping
II he carries the bundles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

Nothing wakes up a town to
the value of a first-class fire de-
partment like a first-class fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-08

" HE most discouraging thing
about canned corn is the
u percentage Of cob.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-05
PATCH GROVE

George Quick is doing some car
penter work for Orion Parker, also
the bank.
Mrs, Ealm Wiseman died Monday
at o'clock a. m. Funeral at the
house at o'clock Wednesday.
There have been several raids on
chicken coops here recently.
The Catholic ladies put on a big
dinner Sunday and took in neat
sum-
c. F. Dickinson visited in Madison
at the Dr. R. NJ. Carter home.
Quite an accident occurred down
Bridgeport Hollow last week when
car struck culvert and turned
over, pinning the occupant under
meath. Frank McKichan discovered
the wreck and eXtricated the unfor-
tunate driver from his perilous posi-
ton. He was not badly hurt but the
car was damaged considerably.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gel Nelson are at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Orion Parker. Mr.. Nelson is a
barber at Pra. du Chen.
We now have two aviators and two
planes. They are doing rushing bus
mess.
Ora Parker was quite sick and I'M
der the doctors care, but is some bet
ter now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-05
BLOOMINGTON

Miss Nell Austin departed for Col
orado Springs, Colo, Saturday, and
will visit with her brother, Wilbur,
who has been there for some time fore
his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Pritchett re-
GENTLY purchased the Miller farm OF
100 acres, on the Wauzeka road. three
miles east of Bridgeport, trading IN
their home in the northwest part OF
this village. They moved to their
new home the past week, and al
ready are pretty we'll at home.
Nve Adams Wine Jackets nave
gone south to Ell Paso, Texas, to play
a winters engagement at large cafe
there. This orchestra, organized al
Mt. Hope last spring, has done much
playing all over this part of the state
this summer and has given fine sat
isfaction. Nye is manager OF the or
chestra and plays saxophone. The
other players are Raymond Monroe OF
M Hone. drums; "Dib" Barto of Bos-
cobeI. trombone; Leon Galloway OF
Deadstown, piano; Tom Tierney OF
Madison, banjo; Rudy Duane OF ONO
saxophone; and Walter Turner OF
Richland Center, trumpet.-Record.