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The Washington times., 1924-04-30
BOUNDARY
FIGHT FACED
BY LABOR
Party Will Enforce Treaty
Terms, Thomas TelIs
Parliament.

BELFAST. April SO.-Possibility
Of clash between Ulster and the
Irish Free State over the boundary
dispute loomed higher today al
though cool heads believe that ac'
tual warfare will be avertsd.
Members OF the provincial gov
eminent said Ulster was deter.
mined to ignore the London gov.
ernment's proposal for a boundary
commission to settle the quarrel
1.-The North (UlsterD WIN not make
any further sacrifices even In the
interests Of peace" said Minister Of
Labor Andrews. I'VE fear that the
Free State deliberately sought to
widen the breach"
The Free State claims portion
OF listers territory on the ground
that the residents are adherents Of
the Free State government.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
FIFTH FAITH CURIST
DIES OF DIPHTHERIA

LEBANON, Pa, April 30.-Char.
les Roth. forty-two, a baker, died,
the fifth member of Faith Faber.
nacle 70 die from diphtheria with.
out medical attention, it is said.
Roth's ten-year-old daughter died
week ago, it is believed, from
the same disease. The day follow.
ing her father became i'll, but de-
MED that he needed medical as
sistanc9.
The other three victims were
children
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY RETAIL CLoTHIERS

DRESS Well and Succeed" was
the subject Of an address made yea
terday before the Retail Clothiers
Association Of the District by w. r.
WeintPaub, of the department Of
correct dress Of the National Cloth
iers Association. The subject of
Mr.. Weintraubs speech was adopted
as the slogan of the association i'm.
mediately following his address.
Samuel B. Loveless was elected
president Of the association at the
meeting. The other officers who
were elected are: Sidney West. first
vice president: Gerald A. Grosner,
second vice president; Charles ].
Columbus, secretary; /. l.. Gold.
helm, treasurer. Directors: Fred
Pelzman. Joseph d. Kaufman, Len
Williams. Il L. Goldhelm. jerome
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
BY JAMES III. MacLAFFERTY
Congressman From California

written Expressly for Cosmopolitan
News Service)
In many of the' American coun-
tries outside the boundaries Of the
United States, the governments are
beginning to seriously consider the
Japanese problem as affecting them
selves, and more and more it is
beginning to be serious problem
with several of them.
II the United States Government
will stand with dignified firmness
bn the position which it has recently
assumed by overwhelming action by
both branches of Congress, 1t will,
without doubt, have its influence
with other republics on this hemis-
bhere.
The further one gets away from
the Pacific Coast the more he
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
MORGAN, SAILING FOR
U. s., SILENT ON LOAN

SOUTHAMPTON, England, April
30.-J. p. Morgan, famous interna-
tional banker, sailed for New York
today on the Homeric refusing to
make any statement regarding
either reparations or the possibility
posed German loan in the United
States.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTION
DESERVES 1O6TH BIRTHDAY

PUTNAM, Conn, April 3O.-Mrs.
Sara Bosworth Broadway. one of the
twenty living real Daughters Of the
American Revolution, is observing
her 106th birthday today. She has
failed in health during the past year
and has spent the winter in bed.
Her father, Allen Bosworth,
fought in several battles of the
Revolution,
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
Mrs. Ronaparte to Sue
For Treasure Found
by Contractor

BALTIMORE, April 3d.
Mrs. Charles j. Bohaparte,
widow of former Attorney
General Bonaparte in the late
President Roosevelt's Cabinet,
who was q direct descendant of
Jerome Bonaparte, brother Of
Napoleon Bonaparte, was pre-
pairing today to start court
proceedings to recover pos
session Of jewels, old gold
coins and several crucifixes
found by-a building contractor
in a secret niche of the old
Bonaparte mansion here when
it was torn down recently.
William H. Callahan, the
contractor who tore down the
building, refused to discuss his
find and will await the out
come of court proceedings.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30

Question Solely Domestic and
Congress Must Decide
Policy, Is View
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

Disputing the right Of Secre-
tary Of State Hughes to make a
treaty with Japan relating to do
mestic problems Of the United
States, Senator Samuel NJ. Short
ridge Of California today paid a
visit of protest to the White
House.
In upholding the right Of Con-
gress to regulate domestic mat
tiers, Senator Shortridge stated
exclusively to Cosmopolitan News
Service his reasons for demanding
IN a letter to President Coolidge:
LET US get back to the Constitu-
ton"
A Domestic Question.
Shortridge said. "In my letter to
the President, I used these words,
let us get back to- the Constitu.
tion.'
what did I mean? I meant this;
Immigration IL a domestic ques.
ton. Under the Constitution Of the
United States this domestic queS.
"tion Is under the executive juris-
diction Of the legislative depart
ment Of the Government which IL
made I'D of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, the Senate and the
President.
"Our national policy as to this
domestic question of immigration is
therefore. to be determined by
statute regularly enacted. In other
words, this domestic matter Is in
the hands Of Congress which, with
the President, fixes the national
policy as to immigration into our
country.
Not Subject to Preaty.
"This domestic matter, therefore
10 not under or within the treaty,
making power.
"Now, in perfectly constitutions
way, Congress has assumed control
over this domestic question and will
retain control over it. Moreover
inasmuch as both houses of the
NCongress have agreed as to the
provisions Of the pending immigra.
ton bill which excludes aliens in
eligible to citizenship. the House
ana Senate conferees on the bill
cannot interfere with, modify, add
to nor take from these provisions
The conferees cannot inject into
the exclusion provision any new
matter such as, for example. a
provision that this question of i'm.
migration shall be settled by way
OF treaty; nor will the United States
Senate ever acede to the PROPOSE
ton that this domestic question is
within the treaty-making power"
Double Breakdown
Newspaper accounts Of the inten
ton Of President Coolidge to ask
that the Japanese exclusion clause
Of the immigration bill be made
effective July /, 1924, so that Sec.
fetary of State Hughes may be
able to perfect treaty with Japan
brought these further remarks from
Ehortridge:
''I am warranted in thinking that
members of the House Of Repre-.
kentatives, as well as Senators, will
hevar surrender their legitimate
Constitutional power over this
domestic question of immigration.
81 repeat, therefore, that we
ehould get back to the Constitution
which was framed by wiser men
than the pigeon-livered American
lawyers and others, obviously in
the pay Of Japan, who are urging
Uncle Sam to crawl upon his belly
.hp close to the throne of the
Mikado, and to ask his permission
10 legislate in behalf Of the men,
women and children of America.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
MOTHER FEARS
FOR SON HELD
IN AFRICA
r. M. Edmonds, G. w. U.
Student, Detained As Muir
der Trial Witness

Held for months in an insanitary
howell on the west coast of Africa,
Ralph M. IEdmonds, George Wash
1ngton University student, is await
ing the tedious process of law to re-
lease him and allow him to return
to his Washington home.
His mother, Mrs. Ruby Edmonds,
OF 104 Jackson street northeast, to.
day asked The Washington Times
to assist her in untangling the red
tape which has forced her son to
involuntary detention in a disease
infested village, bordering on Lolita
Bay, in Angola. ...
Efforts today are being made to
interest the State Department and
the United States Shipping Board
In the case, as young Edmonds was
O member Of the crew of the Ameri-
can merchant marine vessel, west
1rmo."
The appeals Of the mother to the
Federal authorities have been met
by the response that her son is
being held as witness in a murder
trial.
According to the story coming
out Of Africa, some sailors on shore
leave engaged in an alteration with
a native policeman. The officer was
killed. Edmonds, who was standing
watch on the West Irno, is alleged
TO have seen the men returning to
the boat at night. He knew moth
ing Of the tragedy until the follow.
ing morning.
During the Investigation which
followed, he gave his scrap Of in.
form fion m the authorities TYuo,,
his story, which is trifling bit OF
testimony at best, he was ordered
held for the trial as a material wit.
ness. ,.
THAT was last winter" said Mrs.
Edmonds, land 1 have been ex.
pecting him home ever since then,
but he hasn't come. From time to
time, he has let me know that the
case was delayed.
Ralph was born in the tropics,
but he has spent all his life in a
temperate climate. I know what
Africa is in summer, and I know
what Lolita Bay must be. Most
Of the men who were held are i'll,
and Ralph will be, too, If they keep
him much longer.
II have tried to get some action
on the case from the vice consul at
Loanda, Francis H. Styles, who is
a Washington man. I have taken
the case to the. Shipping Board
also, but here also I was unable
TO get satisfaction. I know that
The Times has correspondents every
where, and am asking The Times
to assist me-" ,,s
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
THREE MEMORIAL STATUES
TO BE PLACED HERE SOON

The site Of three important
statues to be erected in Washing
ton in the near future will be be.
fore the Fine Arts Commission to-
day.
They are the memorial for Gen.
eral San Martin, South American
liberator, which probably will be
erected in Chevy Chase Circle:
Serenity, a symbolice image given
to the city by Charles DeerinR, Of
Chicago, and Francis Asbury, one
OF the founders Of Methodism. which
probably will be erected at Eight.
eenth and Mt. Pleasant streets
northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08

Buried HaIf-Century, Says
Coroner, and Police Quit
Search for Slayer

The murder hunt started by
police yesterday upon the dis
covery of a human skeleton,
ended today when Doctor j.
Ramsey hewitt, coroner, after
an examination, said the bones
were at least fifty years old.
Although the bones may be
those of murdered man, police
said, it would probably be USE
less to attempt to discover the
murderer, after all these years.
The bones were found two and
a half feet under the surface, at
1901 U street northwest, where
excavation work was going on
yesterday afternoon. With the
bones was also found a decayed
shoe.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
SALARY RUL INC
IS MADE BY.
M'CARL
Pay Boosts Not Compulsory
When Promotions Are
Temporary

Temporary promotions of Federal
employees do not necessarily carry
an increase Of salary, according to
a decision of Comptroller General
McCarl today.
Only In cases Of permanent pro.
motion are pay advances authorized
under the law, according to the rul.
ing. A temporary detail of an EN-.
ploye to a higher grade does not
carry any increase in pay with it.
The decision Of Comptroller Gen.
eral McCarl also states that q va.
cancy in a given bureau when
filled does not necessarily have 10
carry the same salary as that given
to the last incumbent of the posi-.
ton. This ruling is intended. to give
effect to the provisions of the re-.
classification law requiring a new
employe to enter a given grade at
the minimum salary, except in spe.
Cial cases.
Emphasis is also placed upon the
requirement Of maintaining average
salaries in the various grades. The
effect Of this ruling is to prevent a
large majority Of the employees IN a
grade from being promoted and
given the higher salaries.
The personnel classification board
expects to be able to distribute the
class specifications among the dc.
partrnents not later than MONDAY
or Tuesday. The Government Print.
ing Office probably will be able To
turn out limited number of copie.,
by that time.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
COOLIDGE LOOKS
INTO MERITS
Of JUDGES
President Probes Allegations
Against Mcmahon and
Sellers

President Coolidge Is giving close
attention to communications both
Of approval and of opposition to
the reappointment Of John p. Nc.
Mahon as Police Court judge, and
Kathryn Sellers as Judge of the
Juvenile Court.
A number of. letters received in
opposition are being turned over to
Assistant Attorney General Rush
Holland for investigation. The lat.
ter 10 now seeking advice and in.
formation from disinterested citi.
Gems Of the District regarding the
various allegations made.
A number Of new appointees have
been suggested to the White House.
1t was said today that the issue
remains an open one, and until the
report is received from the Depart.
nnent Of Justice II IL not probable
that the President viii take any
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
FOUNDING
CLAIMED
HERE :. :.
John Lester Butler, Left on
Doorstep 10 Years Ago, May
Have Found Mother

John Lester Butler, abandoned
nineteen years ago on a south
east Washington doorstep, be-
lieves he has found his mother.
From a small Kentucky town,
John received a letter today in
which the writer says: 81 have
every reason in the world to
think I have the right to call
you son." --,....
The woman tells a pitiful tale
of an unhappy home life twenty
years ago, a flight to St., Louis,
an unfortunate meeting with a
man, a hasty marriage and the
birth of a boy.
II will explain all when I see
you," the letter continues.
Young John, anxious and happy,
is arranging an interview.
Dreams Fulfilled
II hope it is my real mother"
John says. MY hopes and dreams
will come true.
John got the letter while at work
for the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company. An uncan.
celled two-cent stamp was on the
envelope. There was no postoffice
mark to show that the letter CAME
through the mails. -
"It may have been delivered at fne
telephone company office by friend
Of the woman" was Johns explana.
ton today.
The letter was eight pages. writ
CONTINUED on Page 16.)
The Washington times., 1924-08-08

l!:[;IIIE! i! =!
>>AaGEkS'1-0 ~ BILL PRICE @34AzaAA0
. BILL PRICE
THIS $@m -" C!D- WEATHER

THIS SOY! e." t!!D- WEATHER
dream of ns0stitts closely clipped,
OF cooling drinks tohich I hGUe
stpped,
Wherein greet chunks Of tce Aoere
Clipped;
OF ntoumtGiM cove, Of dGntptsh crypt,
/ dream of drdJtS through trousers
ripped;
OF Snot1 and ice on tchich Poe slipped,
And Woodland pools In 11htoh Poe
dipped
My ears toere once by trost-bite
StIpt.
I dream Of trees oil torn and whipped
BIZ icv toindS, By 1otnter 0rtpped;;
OF polar bears for southtoGrd shipped,
From glacial regions iceberg tipped.
/ dream of GeroplGmes that slipped,
Of t0htte-c0pped EvereSts that tripped
The brave explorers heeled cnd
hipped.
7 dream of tipS that haze Tipped,
And t1hile dreGmed-I dripped and
drSpped.
JACK HARLAN.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
CLAIMS COMMISSION
SAILS FOR VERA CRUZ

The American members Of the
American-Mexican Mixed Claims
Commission sailed today from New
York for Vera Cruz, on their way
to Mexico City, to meet with the
Mexican members, to settle the
claims arising out of damages to
American lives and property during
the revolutionary period.
The commission IL headed by Judge
Ernest b. Perry, who Is head of
both general and special commits.
sions; Henry W. Anderson, agent Of
the special commission: Clement L.
Bouve. assistant to the agent. and
William z. Linden. law clerk and
secretary.
The commission IL due % arrive
n Mexico City, August iG
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
OLD FAMILY ALBUMS
AND WHAT THE WOMEN +,
IN THEM WORE

AAN A1C&A "OnG
Dear Bin: You are right to ask your
contribs for light
ABOUT Things that In the past kept
And when Lydia Pinkberry'' asks .
question on hoAiery
don't blame you for asking helm.
and seeking your rosary.
Now, I was ON earth when most
women were tame,
therefore feel that with truth
can answer the same.
FOR our family album was considered
9 book Of reference,
30 1 approach the subject with a
feeling Of Difference.
In days Of old, when females, ware
modest. and not bold
Inc women were protected from
And ShieI1 warriors rOamed. but AaA
not have their sway
Because ladies were dressed In the
Oid-fashioned way.
with knees in communion. and limb.
In white cotton hose.
1t was considered objectionable the
legs to expose.
Concealment was the rule in all mod.
est refined sets,
Except the cute ruffleO ON long.
starched pantelettes.
So the old-faShiOned album was like
the Good Book,
Even ladies with hoops failed to Of
fer q look,
The pictures showed the suffering OF
saint like matyrs
With no opportunities for Peeping
Tom T&rtars!
But, Dear Bill, In this day with n.
buns In the Karret.
ImagtnatiOns trapped, for the women
now grin and bare it,
Men are rapidly coming to wear dark
For their eyes grow tired trying to
take everything that passes.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
WOMAN FoRFEITS $50 ON
DISoRDERLY HOUSE CASE

Charged with operating a disor.
Nerly house, Mary Paddock, 1918
Park road northwest, was allowed
20 forfeit $50 In Police Court to.
day. She had posted $500 collateral
at the Tenth precinct.
Lieutenant Walsh and Precinct
Detective Weber raided the house
last night. and arrested three men
and two other women who were
said TO be drinking when the DO.
nce entered. All except the pro
prAseress were released after In in.
Wa11gation at tha saaainm
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
HEAT GIVES UP
TO NORMAL
WEATHER
Two Deaths, S Prostrations
Recorded Before Rain
Breaks Torridity

Washington's record heat wave
yielded to normal summer weather
today, following the downpour late
yesterday.
Two deaths were attributable to
the heat, and five prostrations were
recorded yesterday, before rain
broke the oppressive warmth.
The dead are Edward Lester
Coon. twenty.seven years old, Of
IA Foxhall road northwest, who col
lapsed while working at 621 Harvard
street northwest, and died in the
Emergency Hospital ambulance, and
Eleanor MCGEE, colored, thirty three
years old. who drowned while at
tempting to escape the heat by
swimming from a, ,freighter at
Tenth and Water streets southwest.
Among the known prostrations
Yesterday were Francis Jarboe, 314
Tenth street southeast; Mrs. Maud
Steinmetz, Of Amsterdam, Ohio;
David Murdoch, 1893 Fifth street
northwest; Ralph Elstun, Tenley.
town, D. c., and Clementine Crown,
227 B-and-one-hlaf street south.
west.
Will be Cool Sunday.
The Weather Bureau reported
today that no early resumption of
rceord-breaking heat is in sight.
The moderate summer temperature
which has prevailed throughout
the morning may continue, with
slight increase, If any, until to-
morrow night, when rain will as
sist in cooling the city for Sun
day.
The Weather Bureau reported a
high temperature Of 95.6 degrees
yesterday, the peak being reached
during the noon hour. During the
rain, the Thermometer dropped
twenty points. The Pennsylvania
avenue kiosk, in the middle Of the
day, passed the 100 mark, but not
for long.
Several Government bureaus,
particularly those quartered in hot,
temporary buildings, were released
during the afternoon. These in.
CIuQSU 1TSdSuIy 0ulp1OySS at r our"
teenth and B streets, Twentieth and
c, and Sixth and B streets; Depart
ment Of Agriculture employees, in
lower Seventh street southwest; the
women's and children's bureaus of
the Department Of Labor, and the
Franklin School.
Basin Well Attended.
In the morning hours, according
to reports from relief rooms Of the
various departments, twelve EN-.
ployes were treated and sent to
their homes.
Eleven thousand Washingtonians
took the water cure for the heat
yesterday, according to records of
the Tidal Basin bathing beach.
With the 1900 who disported them.
selves at the basin on Wednesday,
yesterdays crowd set a new two
day attendance record. @
Washington consumed 75,400, 900
gallons Of water for the twenty.fo
hour period ended at o'clock yes.
terday morning.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
COLONEL LESLIE HEADS :.
CAMP CUSTER HOSPITAL

Director Of the Veterans Bureau
Frank T. Hines announced today
the appointment of Colonel Frank
E. Leslie, as the new director of
the Veterans Bureau Hospital at
Camp Custer, Mich.
Leslie was in charge Of the
Veterans Hospital at Palo Alto,
Cal. He was succeeded there by DIR.
P. G. Borden.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
D. c. HEADS
To SOLVE
PARKING
Commissioners Ask Traffic
Board to Investigate
Present Rules

A definite move to solve the
parking problem in Washington
was taken officially today by the
District Commissioners.
The Commissioners directed the
District traffic board to report on
whether the District Government
should assume the responsibility
of providing municipal parking
stations in downtown Washington.
Further, the Commissioners ask
whether a municipal garage is
feasible.
Probe Parking Laws.
The Commissioners' also asked
the board to inquire into parking
regulations and advise them wheth-
er existing rules have sufficient
strength. In addition, they ask
the board whether additional police
are needed to enforce parking rules.
Members Of the traffic board are
Major William H. Holcombe, AS.
sistant Engineer Commissioner,
chairman: Ringgold Hart, Assistant
Corporation Counsel, and Inspector
Albert ]. Headley, chief of the
Traffic Bureau.
Motorists violating parking reg
ulat1ons should be taken into Gus
tody and compelled to put up suf-
ficient collateral to guarantee their
appearance in court, Ringgold Hart,
assistant corporation counsel and
member Of the District traffic
board, recommended today to the
Commissioners.
No new legislation is necessary
to solve the parking problem in
Washington" Hart says. 1.-THE solu.
ton is a practical police problem.
Would Detail Officers.
"Officers should be detailed in the
congested section at such hours Of
the morning as the all day parker
usually takes up his stand. They
should ascertain the identity Of the
operator.
III the car remains parked longer
than permitted by the regulations,
the officer should take the deposit
Of collateral for his appearance in
court. Collateral should be in such
amount as will probably insure his
appearance. The maximum penalty
for a violation Of the parking rcgu.
lation is $40.
Endorsed by Holcombe.
Under the code Of law for the
District, the depositing Of collateral
Is discretionary with the station
clerk. The collateral should not be
In excess Of the maximum fine
which. could be imposed by the
court. If unable to leave collateral,
the offender is at liberty to fur
1ish bond. The vast majority Of
those leaving collateral would, no
doubt, appear in court in an effort
to have the same reduced"
Mr.. Harris views are Endorsed by
Major William H. Holcombe, chair
man Of the Traffic Board.
Mr.. Hart declared he was op.
posed to municipal parking stations,
pointing out the great cost. He
said private corporations should
supply these stations.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
MAIL DELIVERY HERE
RESTORED TO NORMAL

The midday delivery and collec.
don of mail In downtown sections
was resumed today following a two
day curtailment as a result Of the
terrific heat. it was announced at
the postoffice today.
Postmaster William Mooney, was
the recipient of many letters and
phone calls congratulating him for
his foresight in calling off the
downtown deliveries during the
hottest part of the two hot days.
The men are In good physical
shape today and "rarlng to 60" in
appreciation Of the Postmaster's
humane order.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
FISH AS BRAIN FOOD.

Jim-They ray fish is great
brain food.
Tom-Yes, and II the laudIady
keeps on feeding US fish every
day for six more months maybe
wen have brains enough to 20
where we can get some meat
once in a while.
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
AVOID THIS DANGER BY NOT
BATHING AT ALL.

A neOs item says that "the
common 11O-Uolt current Is
harmless to person on dry
floor, but may mean instant
death to one aUho touches an cleo
trio light as he stands in a bath
tub"
The Washington times., 1924-08-08
HOW ABOUT IT?

HOW Adult Tx
Two colored men were stand.
Ing ON the corner, and one began
talking Of family trees.
49,, Yes, sub, man." said Ambrose,
II can trace my relations back
to q family tree"
Chase 'em back to . family
tree, you means, don't yOu?"
said Nose.
Nav, man, trace 'em; get
We'll, they amt but two kinds
Of things dat lives in trees
birds and monkeys, and you shO'
amt got no feathers on you"
FLORENCE N. HOAGLAND.