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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
WOInen's Clubs
What OlubwCmen Are
Planning and Ac-
complishing,

Mrs. Nanette B. Paul. OF the
Anthony. win launch formally the
drive for the Susan b. ANTHONY
Foundation In October in speech
before the Women's Press Club al
the Waldorf Astoria In New York
this month.
Mrs. Paul will record the life Of
Susan B. Anthony and review
briefly the struggle and sacrifice
through which she attained her
beliefs of freedom and justice.
Thursday evening at 1884 N street
northwest the local meeting Of the
Susan B. Anthony League will take
place. Mrs. Paul will be present
at this meeting and unfold the plan
for education which is to be en-
dorsed by prominent club women
before 1t starts on its country. wide
workout These women who so
heartily approve, expect to be pres
ent: Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton,
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper. Mrs Emily
Newell Blair, Mrs. Ellen Spencer
Mussey, DR.. Kate Waller Barrett,
Mrs. Kate Trenholme Adams, Mrs.
Charles OH. Craigie. Mrs. Virginia
White Speel and Mrs. John w.
FrizzelI
The Women's City Club. DR..
Frances Foye president. Yesterday
announced the chairmen Of all COM
rnittees on welfare and civic work
for the coming year.
The committee chairmen are as
follows: Mrs. Isaac Cans. suffrage:
Mrs. LYMAN B. Swormstedt citizen
ship; Mrs Nina Van Wrinkle, public
amusements: Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes. parks. Fairgrounds and
gardens: Mrs Robert r.. Nelson,
institutions: Mrs, George w. East
ment. schools; Miss G. Larimore
Kelley. law and legislation: Mrs.
John Lawrence Steele. public nth.
tiles: Miss Aida Henriques health.
and Miss Eva Dell Myers. recrea-
ton.
Professor, j. L. Beattie. field
worker of the Department Of AGri.
culture. gave a lecture on Care
ard Preparation of Soil for the
Winter" before snecial meeting
1T the Garden Club OF Battery
Park. at the home OF General and
Mrs r. c. Marshall on Fairfax
road held Yesterday.
After the lecture questions were
asked concerning snecial soil con-
ditions by the members and were
answered by Professor Beattie.
The next regular meeting OF the
club viii he held at the home of
Mrs Marshall. Octnher "a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
WASHINGTON TYPoTHETAE
10 ELECT OFFICERS

Officers 81 the Washington Typo.
thetae FOR the coming year win lbe
elected tomorrow night ct the city
Club. An entertainment program
win follow.
Honorary membership win be
conferred upon Major Wallace w.
Kirby, director OF the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing
Merle Thorpe, editor Of 1.-THE MAJ
tons Business. will be the princi-
pal speaker.
The program begins with q ban
ouet at ESQ o'clock, followed by the
business session, presided over by
William ]. Eynon, head Of the local
lTypothetae.
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q. YFSTFRDA VS. FUMES AND FORFEITIRFs<
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Inn Kaaner Is lIeId

CHICAGO, October /. Leroy
Gardner, alias Joe Bush, former
partner OF Mrs. Josephine Wagner
in the Tropical Inn" in Dade
county. Florida. has been ordered
returned to Florida by United States
Commissioners. Henry G.. BETTER on
a warrant charging conspiracy to
violate the prohibition act
weeks fight against the order.
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Pittsburgh RiYers Hich

PITTSBURGH. Oct. 1.--After
sixty hours Of intermittent rain in
this district, a flood stage of twenty
two feet is expected in local rivers
by this afternoon. The rivers were
rising slowly this morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-24
LEoPoLD-LoEB CASE
TO BE CITED IN PLEA

READING, Dec. 24.-The Leo.
pold.Loeb case in Chicago is to be
used IN plea for clemency for two
Reading boys sentenced to die In
Sing Sing January 5. The Rever.
end William e. Cashin, former
chaplain at Sing Sing, a visitor in
Reading churches in recent years.
will ask Governor Smith, of New
York, for clemency for John Emit
lieta. twenty-one, and John Rys,
nineteen.
IF judicial clemency were DOS
sible in Chicago for Loeb and Leo
pold because Of their youth, there
is no good reason why executive
mercy cannot be extended to Rvs
and Emilieta on the ground Of
their youth alone" said Father
Cashin.
Rys and Emilieta were convicted
In Suffolk county. New Yorok, for
the murder Of Lee Jong. "a laundry
man, at Port Jefferson, L. 1.
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JOY NEARS FOR
GOOD FELLOWS
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Continued from First PageO
for Good Fellows was published in
The washington Times. Since then,
approximately 500 appeals have
been received from the poor Of the
city, many Of the appeals asking
for food, clothing, and fuel.
Many wanted few toys for their
children, trinkets that the parents
were unable to buy. Others asked
for poSitions-children asked for
''iobs for daddy or mother and
stiil others asked for Anything"
that would make Christmas seem
like the Christmas of other years.
To date nearly, all of these re.
quests have been filled.
A Few Still Needed.
Several more Good Fellows enlist.
ed today could practically complete
the job.
A telephone call to the Good
Fellow Editor Of The Washington
Times today can place anyone
wanting to help in position TO
answer one or more Of these
appeals. Clubs ur Sunday school
classes can help In the last.minute
activities of the Good Fellows.
Among the appeals yet un.
answered is the request made yes
terday for a wheel chair, or assist.
ance In purchasing the chair, for
a paralyzed man, seventy-one years
old.
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TRAVELOGUE Is
FOOD SHOW
FEATURE
DwineII-Wright Co. to Picture
Coffee Production at
Times Exposition

A real tIavelogue motion picture
will be shown at the National Cap.
ital Food Show to be held in the
new Washington Auditorium JAN
uary II to ~ next, by the Dwinell.
Wright Co., OF Boston, roasters
and importers Of White House
Coffee.
This. concern has taken a large
room on the main auditorium floor
where this interesting picture viii
be shown continuously afternoons
and nights. 1t will take visitors
to the coffee plantations in foreign
climes and show them the various
stages Of coffee cultivation and
roasting. Visitors to the food show
will be admitted without extra
charge.
Never before have SO many in.
teresting features been Incorporated
In one show as the one to be held
under the auspices of the Wash.
ington Times next month. It will
be well worth an admission charge
OF two dollars or more but the reg.
ular admission for all attractions
and educational features On both
big floors Of the auditorium will
be only % cents.
Furthermore, rebate tickets can
be secured from your neighborliood
grocer after January /, giving nd.
mission to the auditorium for only
Is cents. Make your application
to your grocer early. They will
also be distributed through other
channels to- be announced later.
More than $4,000 square feet Of
floor space will be devoted to food
and better home exhibits. Leading
furniture buyers of this city ure
leaving for the furniture mart the
first Of the month to have the
latest things expressed to this city
especially for the Better Homes
Exposition department OF the two
big shows under one roof, only
made possible by the completion
OF the big new Washington Audi.
forum. located at Nineteenth
street and New York avenue north.
west. .-
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REPORT PLAYED BY
PUBLISHER
CONTINUED from First Page.l

CONTINUED from First Page.)
made up by other users of the
mail"
The rural free delivery service,
Baldwin declared, was inaugurated
for the benefit of rural districts, and
a separate appropriation should be
made for it. 1t is not fair, he ar.
gued. to allocate the heavy cost OF
rural service to other classes of
the postal service.
Protest Is Vain.
Baldwin's protest, however. fell
on deaf ears, as Senator Moses
Rep) or New Hampshire, chair.
man. indicated the hearings would
be rushed to a close by Saturday.
we protest against this action, q
said Baldwin. "The Postoffice De.
partment spent more. than a million
dollars and has been working for
more than a year on it's cost ascer.
tainment report, upon which recon.
rnendations for increased rates are
based. We were notified only last
Friday that hearings were to be
held in which we could answer the
POstoffice Department"
#. H. Figsby, New York account.
ant, defended the, Postoffice Depart.
ment-' cost ascertainment report az
being in accordance with the best
established practices observed in OBJ
tanning similar results In CONNER
cial enterprises"
The report of the cost commit.
tee reflects fair and reasonably
accurate approximation Of the rela-
tive revenues and expenditures an.
plicable to the several classes Of mail
and special services" said Figsby.
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OYSTER SENDS
. GREETINGS To
D. C.POE|CE
Major Sullivan congratuIates
Force Upon Efforts During
the Year In Statement

Christmas greetings were ex
tended today to members Of the
Folice Department by District Com
missioner James F. Oyster il
charge of the department an
Major Daniel Sullivan, superinten6
ent Of police.
Commissioner oysters greeting
addressed to the ''Metropolita,
Police Department" said:
ITO each member of the Metro
pclitan Police Department of tn,
District of Columbia, / extend my
cordial Christmas and New Years
greeting.
Your record collectively and in
dividually is such as to inspire
commendable pride in your brAnc
of the municipal service.
"A policeman is not only O cor
servator of public peace by reaso
of his or her authority to max
arrests, but by the frequent ned
to exercise nicely Of judgment
Of an almost judicial quality.
COlnlnelds Discretion.
While / cannot recount in this
| brief greeting. even a few OF thS
instances in which you have con.
spicuously shown that quality,
| am impelled to assure you that
your fellow citizens as well as the
commissioners have been proudly
observant Of your efficiency and
courage under the innumerable
circumstances of perplexity and
hazard which you have been
Obliged to face during the closing,
and during the previous years. and
join me In this assurance of their
approval and good will"
Major Sullivan addressed his
| message ITO all my comrades" as
follows,
"As we approach the blessed
season of Peace On Earth, Good
Will Toward Men, permit me to
express to you my appreciation OF
your loyal efforts during the year
that is drawing to an end, and to
extend to sou and to yours my
best wishes for a most happy
Christmas.
May the dawn of the New
Year bring with it recompense and
reQuital for all the sorrows and dis,
appointments Of the past, together
| with inspira ton to renewed effoct
in The service Of mankind"
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using the second-class and third.
class and fourth-claSs mails present.
ed themselves to attend the subcom-
mittee's hearing, a considerably
cracking bombshell was thrown
into the situation by Henry w.
Strickland, secretary Of the Railway
, Mail Association, which consists of
the distributing ~elerks on railway
mail cars, when he declared in a
public statement to the press that
the famous cost ascertainment re-
port" on which the Postoffice De.
partment bases its recommendations
for increases in postage rates is
thoroughly "superficiaP and incon.
elusive from the standpoint of the
postal employees who watched the
tests and experiments, in railway
cars and elsewhere, from which the
report was produced.
Mr.. Strickland, besides being Sec
rotary of the Railway Mail Associa-
ton, is editor Of the magazine
called the Railway Post Office. .
Along with the president Of the
Railway Mail Association, w. M.
Collins, he attended the hearing
and joined the representatives OF
the users Of the mails in decrying
the efforts Of the Postoffice De-
partment and Of certain elements
In the Senate to add $66,000,000 a
year to the postage bill Of post
office customers.
Issue Becomes General.
Representatives here today Of
business houses and of the public
at large and in general went to the
forefront before the Moses subcom.
mittee. 1t was noted $4,000, 900 Of
additional postage would be laid
upon daily newspapers and weekly
newspapers and magazines and all
other users of the second-class mail
by the Sterling bill. and some $751;
900, O00 Of additional postage would
be laid by the Sterling bill upon the
whole public promiscuously through
the increases in the rates on postal
cards and registered letters and
money orders and insurance service
md collect on delivery service and
special delivery service and third
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SoUIRE'S ELoPEMENT
Baked BY HUSBAND

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Dee. 24.--The
attempted elopement Of Mrs. Rus.
sci Horn and Justice OF the Peace
w. A. Loughrey. both Of reemans.
burg, was frustrated when both
were arrested by Constable Ray.
mond Ryan, Of Easton, before they
could complete their planned mar.
riage.
Matrimonial intentions OF the cou.
pie were discovered by the woman's
husband after she had been missing
from her home last Wednesday.
Further investigation revealed that
the squire also was not to be found.
Mr.. Horn then notified the consta.
BILE.
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LAST MAP MADE
IN 81 YEARS.
SERVICE
Thos. w. Able Retires From
Geological Survey With
Old Age Pension

After thirty.one years Of service
as an expert in the Geological Sur
vey. Department Of the Interior,
Thomas W. Able was retired tSday.
All employees OF the engraving
division of the Survey took, part
in the ceremony, which marked His
quitting office. under the terms Of
the retirement law.
Mr.. Able. who has been q life
long resident Of Washington, has
for many years been in charge Of
the section which is charged with
the preparation Of the autographs
stones used in printing the Vari.
coiorcd maps and charts issued by
the Geological Survey.
He is considered one of the fore.
most experts in the city in this
work.
Prior to entering the Govern.
ment service, in 1898. Mr.. Able
was employed by one one Of the
leading local photographic firms.
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surplus instead Of deficit. The
country is growing and is piliYg
business into the postoffice. The
thing to do IL to keep the rates as
low as possible and to encourage
business into the postoffice. 1T
then win continue to increase its
revenues all the time by at least
the present increase Of $4,000, 200
a year.
I'm five years, at 5000, 900 a
year, 1t will have increased It's
revenues by $4,000, 900.
That is virtually the mount by
which the Edge bill now proposes
to increase the wages Of postal EN-
ployes That wage bill can within
five years be equalled by the natural
normal increase Of the country's
business and OF the Postofflce De-
partment'g business II we continue
to encourage It by low rates and
refrain now from raising the rates
and checking the business.
Copyright, 1924. Current News
keatuFcS)
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Virginia Man Is Killed
by Poison Xmas
Rum

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. "a
The coroner Is investigating the
death today Of H. L. Harwood,
sixty-two, a Berkeley grocer, who
died in great agony as q re-
suit, it is believed, Of drinking
poisoned liquor. Two bottles Of
the booze were found in his
pockets, while a third almost
empty, police say, was lying on
the floor.
Harwood was found in his
store about 2 q. m. today when
his wife, hearing groans, en-
tered the place. He. was unable
to gasp a reply to her questions.
He was still conscious.
If poison liquor caused his
death, it is the first Of the
holiday season here. Two weeks
ago, Chief Of Police IrOnmonger
issued a warning that the holt
days would bring a flood Of
dangerous liquor.
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MOTHER AND CHILDREN
LIVING IN TENT RESCUED

SPARTANSBURG, N. c., Dec.
24.-Georgia Nodine, mother OF
four children, found deserted in a
tent in the woods six miles north
of Spartansburg, were rescued last
night from the bitter cold and are
today being cared for by the Sal:
walton Army.
The mother. who has been doing
cdd jobs to support her children,
had been cooking for a construc.
ton camp but says that she lost
the job. Amid falling sleet, they
were discovered jukt in time to
save the lives Of tie children.
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LAND OFFICE EMPLOYEES
HONOR OLD ASSOCIATE

Employees OF the General Land
Office today combined to play San
ia Claus to Mrs. Elizabeth p. Foster,
524 TwentyBecond street northwest,
former clerk III the office, who was
retired about three years ago.
Mrs. Foster, since her retirement,
has been an invalid and has been
unable to leave her room. The
employees have purchased her a
radio outfit. which they are having
installed today 80 that she may
still enjoy some Of the entertain.
ment granted her we'll and able
neighbors.
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NJ 'DE:RM|OT
SOUGHT
FUNDS
CONTINUED. from First Page.)
70 carry on the responsible work
. Ia hand.

Continued from First Page.)
70 carry on the responsible work
Memberships Costs 500.
''The membership fee TO the bu-
reau, it was agreed, should be 500
per annurn. ="
''Mr. McDermot has been en-
powered to proceed with the es.
tAbllshment Of our headquarters at
Washington, effecting the organiza:
ton along the lines set forth. and
in order to defray the necessary
expenses incident to this organiza-
ton and the maintenance Of the
Washington office, 1t was unani.
rnously agreed that the monies col
lected from the first half years
membership fee and any contribu-
tons secured be turned over to
him tor this purpose
In view Of the character Of this
letter the representatives Of the or
ganizations OF postal employees re-
itAfated their denial that they ever
had employed Mr.. McDermot az
their representative or spokesman
in washington.
They insisted, that the attribution
Of Mr.. McDermot to their camp
through statements given to the
newspapers was deep bad plot to
prejudice their cause in the matter
OF the bill for increasing their
wages.
No Proof introduced.
Opponents Of the organizations Of
postal employees continued to main.
tain, though they produced no doc
urnentary proof that Mr.. McDermot
had been in the employ Of those
organizations.
The Department Of Justice, to
which 1t Is assumed that the Presi.
dent had transmitted certain papers
in the case, refrained from offering
any further explanation Of them.
Mr.. McDermot's case, without in.
volving any illegal behaviour on his
part. continues therefore to remind
one OF the great political mysteries
Of the town.
Copyright 1924, by Current News
FAatuPaA TnCN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-24
CLEVER MAGAZINE ISSUED
RY MADHoUSE INMATES

LONDON. Dec. ga magazine,
written and edited by lunatics, has
been started In England. Some
cynics may say that there IL moth
&g new in this, judging from some
& the exhibits on the newsstands,
but these lunatics are actually In
m asylum and are not merely
literary bugs. They are inmates OF
the City Mental Hospital at Hum.
berstone, Leicester.
Tho patients magazine, which
contains both prose and poetry ID
never edited or censored by saner
outsiders. A recent number Of the
magazine contained son verses on
the buttercup and a sociological
study captioned "Shotld Married
Women Work."
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MOTOR SCOOTER IN CRASH
WITH AUTO, MAN KILLED

TONS RIVER. N. j., Dec. 24.--A
man known to his associates only
as Shorty" Kuntz, believed to have
come from Chicago and to have been
q member of the eastern Pennsyl-
vania Moose lodge, was killed here
yesterday when motor scooter on
which he was standing collided with
an automobile on the tracks of the
Central Railroad OF New Jersey.
-Four men on the scooter with him
were injured.
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WANT@AV
NEWS

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW
WANTS APPEARING IN TODAY'S
CLASSIFIED SECTIONS
DOG; lost; dark brown; reward
offered.
GIRLSi experienced for laundry
work.
RING; lost; Dragons head; reward
offered.
MAN for steady work year round
paying more than $50 week,
~-
25TH ST. N. w.--Two beautiful
front rooms housekeeping.
AMATEURS wanted for amateur
night.
WRIST WATCH; platinum diamond;
lost; reward offered.
LADIES vaiise lost; reward Of
fered. +
FOR ,FBkIhEk DETAILS TURN I'd
TAE CLASSIFIED SECTION =
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4, KILLED WHEN
LEAK WRECKS
PLANE
Air Ambulance Fatalities
Blamed on Hole in Tail of
Aero, ProbeEs Believe

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 24.-An
official naval board IT inquiry will
be convened at once. it was an
nounced here today, to fix res.
sponsibility for the seaplane acct
dent at the landing, I Hampton
Roads naval air station, late yes
terday, which claimed the lives Of
three enlisted men and q civilian.
An officer, two enlisted men and
a civilian had a narrow escape
from death. The dead are:
Chief Petty Officer E. II. Key
ser, of Norfolk, leaves wife and
four children.
Chief Petty Officer A. s. Man
waring, resided at air station res
ervation, leaves wife and two
children.
P. S. Gavin, hospital apprentice,
single, home in Schenectady, N. Y.
Landrew Williams, civilian, sin
gle, Of Buxton, N. G.
Killed by PrOpeIIer.
The plane, Of the naval am.
bulance type, pi1oted by Lieutenant
w. B. Gw1n, had returned from a
trip down the coast to Buxton viii
lage, In the Cape Hatteras section,
with Landrew williams, son Of a
former naval enlisted man, U. b.
williams, aboard. He was suffer
ing from pneumonia and an am
bulance ashore at the air station
was waiting to remove him to a
hospital.
AS the plane touched the surface,
about fifty yards from the landing,
water began pouring into 1t.
In an instant the machine tipped
over into deep water alongside the
concrete runway,
Skulls Crushed.
. Manwaring and Gavin. in an ef-
fort to save themselves, 1sT 9
struck by the blades Of the whirrlng
propellors and their brains dashed
out. Keyser and williams, caught In
the forward part Of the plane and
unable to extricate themselves, were
drowned, while the other four oecu.
pants jumped overheard.
The crew Of retriever" launch,
which had been waiting nearby to
carry the men ashore after the land.
ing, rescued them as they struggled
in the water.
Several navaIA seaplanes were fly
ing overhead at the time and wit
messed the accident. They imme.
diately descended and aided in the
work Of rescue.
The bodies of the dead men are
nj thu Naval Haonita1 DorfSy,,ns1ft,
Naval ambulance planes make
frequent trips down the coast to
remote stations to bring patients to
Norfolk hospitals.
This Is the first fatal accident
to occur since the service was
inaugurated, naval officers stated
today.
1t was noticed by those ashore
that when the seaplane descended
the pilot headed toward the land.
ing pontoofl smore cautiously than
USUAL and it Is surmised that the
plane had sustained some damage.
Hole in Planes Tail.
1t is believed that when she
was buffeted about in the heavy
surf near Hatteras a hole was
smashed in the tail of the plane.
The accident, coming on the
heels Of the killing yesterday by
an unknown automobilist OF w. ].
Carroll. a seaman aboard the
U. S. S. Kittery, has cast a gloom
over the Christmas plans Of the
navy department here, where the
usual holiday celebrations were in
preparation.
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BANDITS GET $2s, 900
AMID XMAS SHOPPERS

CHICAGO, Dec. "a. - while
Christmas shoppers thronged the
streets below, five bandits raided
the offices Of Boas Hatowsli ana
Sons, diamond importers. in thu
loop. They escaped with $25,OOG
worth Of gems.
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Cost Ascertairment
Report Is Challenged
BY Railway Mail Chief
BY WILLIAM HARD,

AS he Moses Senatorial subcom.
mittee continued it's inquiry today
into the terling bill for raising
postage rates. and az multitude
Of representatives Of organizations