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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-31
v IF { ALLEGES
SHE FEARS
!. HUSBAND
Mrs. Nellie Williams Accuses
Mate Of Misconduct in
Asking Divorce

Mrs. Nellie Williams claims that
her husband. is "a dangerous man,
and that she is in fear of him." in
a suit filed today in the District
Supreme Court against James Will
Jams, for absolute divorce, alleging
misconduct. and naming a core
spondent.
The plaintiff, represented by At
torneys James A. O'Shea and Anna
L. Cooke. alleges that ever since
their marriage her husband has
carried out most cruel and
brutal course of conduct" toward
her and that when she demonstrated
with him fer his attentions to the
other woman, he. tortured her TO
such an extent that she had to call
on the police to prevent the de.
fendant from killing her"
Williams is serving five year
sentence at Lorton, according to
his wife. convicted for assault with
a dangerous weapon.
She, claims that he has sent
messages to her from the peniten-
tiary intimating that when he
came out he would fix her. The
plaintiff says she understands that
defendant is to be paroled in the
near future, and asks the court
to enjOin him from molesting her.
They were married in this city,
March IL. 1921.
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Sterling Bill Would
Ruin Small Papers,
Congressman Claims

Increased postal rates in the
Sterling bill would put out of bust
ness hundreds of small town pa
pers, Congressman Cole, Repub.
lican, Of Iowa, today told the joint
Congressional postal committee.
Cole was formerly publisher
in Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
The increased, or doubled, rates
as proposed in the Sterling bill.
would work great hardships on
small papers and put out of bust.
ness hundreds of them" said Cole.
II do not think it should be the
policy of the Government to de.
stroy these papers. They perform
great public service in dissent.
mating news" Cole declared.
Joseph Stewart. executive as.
slstant to the Postmaster General
told the committee that publishers
VINO attacked the departments cost
ascertainment report before the
committee were among those who
most warly commended it off the
record"
The increased rates are based on
the findings in the report. Pub.
fishers asailed the report as being
based upon an accounting .sys.
tenn "absurdly wrong"
Stewart replied in detail to all
attacks by publishers.
He first denied categorically that
the Postoffice Department was
making profit on second class
mail. The department is LOSING
annually about $4,000, 900 on sec.
ono class, he declared.
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ALBION SCORES
OPERA WAR
VICTORY
Feodor chaIiapan to Sing in
Washington Production on
January 26

Feodor ChaIiapin, the Russian
basso who occupies the grand opera
pedestal formerly reserved for
Caruso, will sing with the devil
in Faust with the Washington
Opera Company in the new Wash.
ington civic auditorium January 26.
His final declaration was con.
tanned in telegram to Edouard
Albion, general director of the
Washington Opera Company, made
public today, and Mr.. Albion said
settled for all time any question
regarding his appearance with him.
As a result OF conferences be.
tween Chaliapin, Herbert NJ. John.
son, general manager Of the Chicago
company, and jacques Samassoud,
personal friend Of Chaliapin and
conductor for the Washington
Opera Company, Chaliapin suggest.
ed that the management of the
Washington appearance OF the Chi.
cago company be turned over to
Mr.. Albion, and this offer was made
to Mrs. Katie wilson Greene, man
ager Of the Washington appear
ance Of the Chicago Opera Com.
pany by Mr.. Johnson, according to
word from Chicago.
Mrs. Greene refused the offer and
insisted that the Chicago company
enjoin the Washington company,
and, Mr.. Samassoud said, an in.
junction will be sought to stop the
fulfilling Of Chaliapin's contract. In
the meantime Mr.. Albion declared
that an injunction could not be
granted on the flimsy grounds on
which it can be sought and de.
clared he welcomes the move and
"hopes Mrs. Greene and the Chi.
cago company try for their injunc.
ton Immediately"
At Mrs. Green's office today re.
porters were told that she was out
and that they did not know wheh
she would return. Associates Of
Mrs. Greene declined to common,
on the move of the Chicago Opera
Company to turn over the manage
ment Of its Washington appearance
to the WASHINGTON Company.
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GOTHAM READY
FOR WILD
NIGHT
Anti-Rum Fleet strengthened
as New York Plans Wet
Celebration
By LARRY SHIFTS,
International Novva RePvIoa.

NEW YORK, Dec. S1.-New
Year Eve found New York quiet,
thirsty and ready for the noisiest
night OF the. year.
The quiet was the lull before the
storm, a condition certain to be
dispelled long before midnight
when the shrieks of Broadway, the
shrill hysteria Of ferry boat
whistles and the husky sirens OF
ocean liners drown out the chimes
of church bells extending @ vel.
come to the New Year.
Nine hundred patrolmen have
been assigned to sections where
the advocates of noise in public
will gather-300 of these to the
dizziest parts Of Broadway.
An arti.rum armada four times
the strength Of the usual fleet
steamed out to Rum Row today
determined that no liquor should
be brought ashore.
1t will be the most expensive
New Year since the war, hotel and
cafe men agree.
The Plaza, Ritz Carlton, Bit.
more, Ambassador, Waldorf.Astoria
and the rest Of the gilded hotels
have sold all tables at prices
ranging to SIS per seat.
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Z DEAD, | DYING
IN AU7O-TRAIN
COLLISION
Woman, so, Intended Pur-
chasing Car in Which She
Met Death

CAMDEN, N. j., Dec. S1.-Mrs.
Ida Schema, fifty, and her daugh-
ter Ida, seventeen, are dead today
while Joseph Lipkin, forty, is be-
leved dying of a fractured skull
and Christian johnson, twenty-five.
is suffering decorations and bruises
at the Cooper Hospital here, the
result Of an automobile in which
they were riding last night collid.
ing with an accommodation train
on the Grenloch Branch of the
Atlantic City Railroad on the Kent
street crossing at Gloucester, n.
j., near here.
, Miss Schema died at the hospital
e few hours after she was brought
there suffering with a fractured
skull. Johnson, a Camden auto
mobile salesman was driving the
Schenza's and Lipkin who live at
Gloucester in the car Mrs. Schema
intended purchasing when the
accident occurred.
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been diminishing its deficit at an
average rate of $4,000 900 a wear.
They shown other words-that
1t has been absorbing" its new
expenses at the rate OF $1S, ZOO, OOO
At that same rate, If present
volume of business is allowed Ia
continue, the POstOffice Depart.
ment will absorb" the sixty-eight
million dollars q year Of increased
pay In just q bit more than five
years.
At the end, of just a bit more
than five years it viii again show
surplus.
That is the sure prospect if VIZ
maintain our present volume Of
Postoffice businessa
The reverse of that prospect viii
become likely IL we reverse OuI
whole traditional pOstOffice policy
and start in prOmiscuOusIy raising
rates and prOmiscuOusly incurTinG
the risk Of reduced volume and re-
duced business. s.a
The Post Office Department is to.
day at a critical moment In its his.
tory. 1t wants to embark on q
new-fangled policy Of discouraging
its own growth and the growth ol
the country. It needs to be saved
from itself.
Its request for generally and pro.
miscuOusly higher rates shOnld be
refused and it should be thrown
back on the old policy of volume
OF business which has been it's sal.
walton in the past and viii again
be its salvation IN the future.
Copyright, 1924. by Current News
Features, Inc.)
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EVANSVILLE REBEKAHs
WILL INSTALL OFFICERS

HYATTSVILLE. Nd, Dec. 81
FRIDAY night Mrs. Rose Burgess.
district deputy. will install the fol.
lowing officers recently elected by
Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 20.
l. .: o. F.. of Hyattsville. and a
number of appointive officers to
serve the ensuing six months.
Miss Rosetta Mcleod, noble
grand: Mrs. Mary Travers. vice
grand: Miss Clyde Fuller, recording
secretary (re-elected); Mrs. George
X. Maxwell. financial secretary Ire.
electedi Mrs. Hattie Bassford.
treasurer (re-elected.
MRS. Minnie Macgregor has been
elected delegate from the local
lodge to the Rebekah assembly of
in April.
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GAY NEW YEAR PLANNED
AT HARvEYs RESTAURANT

Harvey's restaurant, Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue. one
OF the Oldest and most famous res
taurants In the National CAPITAL.
plans gala New Year celebration
tonight.
Nearly. 400 reservations have
been made for the party and only
q few more persons can be "a.
commodated, the management de
clares.
An eipNt-course dinner Is on the
program. Souvenirs of all kinds
will be distributed to +ha cue >
Two Meyer Davis orchestras win
provide dance music.
Harvey's n opening both the sec
ond ana third floors to its guests
tonight.
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HOUSE Z DAYS
AHEAD Of ITS
SCHEDULE
Treasury and Postoffice Bill,
Involving $685. 900, 900, Is
Passed Quickly

After 255 minutes Of actual con.
sideration the House passed late
yesterday an appropriation bill
carrying $76S, 10000
This is appropriating at the rate
Of nearly 100000 a minute. War
excitement brought no better record
to the House for dispatch Of bust.
ness than was shown by the House
in the handling Of the great Treas.
ury and Postoffice departments ap.
preparation bill.
This bill was brought before the
House Monday for consideration
Three hours were consumed in q
general airing of views by the Con,
gressmen on pet grievances or
hobbies. Consideration of the
money bill started then with Chair,
man Madden, Of the appropriations
committee, in charge.
House leaders had given over
three days to debate on the bill
and contests over controversial
items such as prohibition enforce.
ment and postal extension and
service pay.
Madden steered his bill along
with skill, placated opposition,
avoided conflict, waived off amend.
ments, and brought it to vote On
passage with opposition only on al.
lowance for extension Of rural
carrier service on which he won.
Republican Leader LonRworth
paid his tribute to Madden as he
announced the House was two DAVIS
in advance Of its schedule. In his
two years of leadership, he pleaded,
for the first time he was perplexed
to make good his word to House
members that new legislation
should not arise In the House be.
fore q date fixed by him, His
embarrassment was relieved by ap.
plause for him and for Madden
and the House viii drive ahead on
calendar bills.
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MAN DEAD, UNCONSCIOUS
GIRL FOUND IN ROOM

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Dec. al
An autopsy was to be held today
to determine what caused the death
Of George w. Sheppard, twenty.
nine, a New York city chauffeur,
and rendered q young woman un.
conscious In a downtown apart
ment here last night.
Sheppard was dead when police
entered the apartment. The young
woman was stretched ION a bed
beside his body. She revived at a
hospital and said she was Mrs.
Walter Dorsey. wife Of q jackson.
vile realty dealer.
Police said she could not give
them any clue.
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KNIFE W|ELDER
To REST UP IN
0CCOQUAN
Carved Head of Victim When
Refused Money-24o Days
Courts Sentence
Gimme your money"

Gimme your money"
This unusual request from the
lips Of a stranger accelerated John
ME Night, colored, down Maryland
avenue near Four and One-half
street southwest, SO fast that he
all but escaped.
Charles Brown, colored, who made
the request, followed closely on his
heels, welding a knife with such
precision that it was necessary to
take thirty-one stitches in Johnnie's
head at the hospital.
Although Assistant District AT.
torney Given asked the court for
Straight Jail sentence and in add
ton, a fine, as Browne has fcrved
two terms in Jail for assault, the
court took Brownies plea of guilty
into consideration and let him off
with a straight sentence OF $40
days at OccoQuan.
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BI c GAMBLING
0SSDENIED
BY SCOTT
Congressman Faces Renewed
oriIIing on Fast Life In
Capital In Divorce Suit

ALPENA, Mich, Dec. S1.-Con-
gresham Frank D. Scott of Michi-
gan, who is suing his wife for
divorce, was to undergo another
stiff grill on the witness stand to-
day concerning alleged drinking
and gambling for high stakes by
members Of Congress and the So
called fast set in Washington.
Testifying Late yesterday, Scott
declared that Congressman always
followed the tradition laid down
by Uncle joe Cannon of Illinois
to stick to a ten-cent limit" Scott
denied he ever lost $500 at one
sitting. or that a Congressman
from Illinois, with whom ne Is
alleged to have played steadily at
the Bears Nest" on K street in
Washington, had ever endorsed his
note for $4,000 to cover losses at
cards.
Scott was vague concerning
charges that he imported liquor
from Panama on trips he took
there with Congressman and as to
drinking on board the steamer
Chrsitobal.
Public Officials Named
Ward Peck, counsel for Mrs.
Scott, named several members of
Congress and public officials whom
the wife charges Scott often gam.
bled with in room 225 Of the New
Willard Hotel and at the Bears
Nest in the Champlain Apartments
on X street
How often did you use to visit
room 225, Mr.. Scott?' asked Peck.
II don't know that that was the
number of the room, but presume
that in all / have played cards
more than q dozen times in my
life. in any room in that hotel"
Scott replied.
Wasn't that room used princi.
pally for card playing for Con-
gressnlen end officials?"
IT certainly don't know anything
Of the kind" Scott answered.
Isn't it true" Peck pursued. that
after awhile you graduated from
that group and entered into the
games carried on in the Bears
Nest recognized as an exclusive
and high-class gambling resort fire.
quented mainly by rnillionaires and
men Of wealth."
"I don't know any place Of that
NAME" Scott replied.
tits IN X street. said Peck
do you refer 20 an apartment
called tire Champlain?"
yes, have you palyed there:"
mot more than six times IN my
lfe."
Did Not Pay Duty.
Scott testified that he knew the
importation of liquor was wrong,
and that he had not paid any duty
Of any sort on his baggage on re-
turning from either of his trips to
Panama, but insisted that he had
not knowingly taken advantage of
the privilege called freedom Of
the ports"
"Wil you deny that you drank
anything on the steamer Cristobal
while returning from your first
trip" Peck asked.
mo. j don't deny that I took
some drinks"
DO you remember a member Of
Congress going from one state
room to another with a pitcher Of
liquor in his hand, pouring drinks
for all who wanted them, and. do
| him?"
III you say that he did do that,
and have no reason to suppose
you are stating something that is
not correct, suppose it was so
| and that did drink with him, but
certainly do not recollect it plain
ly now" Scott insisted.
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WATCH SERVICE PLANNED
BY METROPOLITAN BAPTIST

Music and addresses, both humor.
GUS and serious, will make up the
early part of a program at the
watch-night services of Metropolitan
Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets
northeast, beginning at 8 O'Clock
this evening.
There will be a debate on ERE
solved. That Women Do the Propos
ing In 1926" with Mrs. s. C.
Shankle and Miss Margaret McKin-
ley supporting the idea and c. e.
Warner and ROLAND LaPelle oppos.
ing. Refreshments are to be served
and the service will close with a
midnight address by the pastor, the
Reverend Doctor John Compton
Ball.
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Snow and Rain Forecast

Snow and rain over most OF >the
country east Of the Mississippi river
tonight and Thursday was forecast
today by the United States Weather
Bureau.
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Scientists DeLUe Into
Queer Mind World
Rv I'M RING.

Psychology great thing you take it in small doses "
said the eminent student Of emssv Of horum oxide the
intelligence expert they passed in review together be-
fore the assembled flappers Of Peacock Alley.
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45,D|ES
WHEN HIT BY
MOTOR
Others Receive Only Slight In
juries in Accidents on
Bad Night

Eight persons struck and knocked
down, one injured fatally, and four
others hurt in automobile collisions,
comprised the toll Of traffic acct
dents as the last day of 1924
daWned.
The Republican., 1924-06-12
HUTTON

The second of a series of dances
was held in Pendergast's Hall here on
Friday evening last with a large num-
Der of out-of-town people in attend
ance. Among those from a distance
were Mr.. Howard kelly Carrico, of
Terra Alta, and DR.. King, of Ohio;
Mrs. Frank Downer, the Misses Yer
ME Moon, Dorothy Carrico, Bessie
Dodge and Margaret Burns, all Of
Terra Alta.
Mr.. Elmer Wilfong, a resident u
Parsons, West Va, and a recent grad
uate of the Mountain State Business
College, Parkersburg, arrived here
on Friday morning where he will be
employed in the capacity Of book
keeper and stenographer by the Lang
Horton Tanning Company.
Mrs. John F. Pendergast and Miss
Anna NJ. Pendergast went to Grafton
on Tuesday morning, June 3rd, to at
tend the commencement exercises held
that evening in the Grafton High
School. Mrs. Pendergast's daughter,
Miss Margaret Clair Pendergast, was
one of the graduates.
Mr.. Hunter D. Adams, representa-
tive of the Vacuum Oil Company of
New York City, was a business Wis
itor to Hutton recently. ST. ELMO.
The Republican., 1924-06-12
GORTNER

Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Kinsinger, of Ar
thur, ILL.,, are visiting relatives and
friends at this place.
Miss Leila Mosser mas again re-
turned home after two weeks spent
in the Cumberland Hospital. Miss
MOsser and her mother were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Spoerlein for a
few days following the formers re-
turn.
Mr.. S. J. Lichty and son Ross, Mr..
and Mrs. Noah Schrock and Miss En-
ma Burkholder attended the funeral
of Mrs. Elizabeth Spiker at Grants
vile on Friday.
Messrs. Lee Slabaugh, Roy Lichty
and Charles Lewis spent Sunday at
Salisbury and Garrett, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Yoder. Mrs
Noah Kinsinger and Mr.. Gideon Pet
ersheim and Mr.. Lindyman, of Mey-
ersdale, Pa, spent Sunday at Mr.. Jo-
mas Petersheim's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Mosser and chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mosser, Mr..
and Mrs. Artie Dodge and daughters
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey Roth were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Spoer-
lein and family on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. p. p. Gortner and son attended
services at Casselman church on Sun
day.
Everybody invited to come to the
services at the church here on Sun
day morning, which will be conducted
by the Brethren.
A number of the people of this COM
mNnity spent Monday at Table Rock
Miss Mary Lee was the guest Of
Mrs. Kelley on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Swartzentru-
Der and sons and Miss Mary Lichty
called on Mrs. Christena Slabaugh at
Mountain Lake Park Friday evening.
Miss Bertha Lee and Miss Minnie
Shaffer spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Greeley Janoskey.
The Republican., 1924-06-12

Garrett county wants her schools
to be up to standard. To be a stand
ardized school we should have well
educated teachers that know the way
to fit the children for business life.
The better educated the teacher, the
greater the advantage for the chill
dren will be.
The county schools should have
State tests, proper lighting for dark
and cloudy days. They should have
proper ventilation in the school room,
proper outhouses and drainage and a
library of good books in the schools.
They should have an American flag
floating over the school houses on all
suitable days. They should have globes
and maps, especially map of Mary
land. They should have a dictionary
for each child and an educational
journal in each school room.
1t is important that each schoolhave
a Parent-Teachers' Association. In
this the parents get better acquainted
with the teachers. To have a stand
ardized school each child should have
a certificate into high school.
To get all of these things Garrett
county needs more money. When a
child misses several days the truant
officer should find out whv he is abb
sent There should be juvenile court
in Garrett county so that they could
enforce the attendance law. If this
is made more strict there will be
more perfect attendance. In this way
we could get more money from the
State.
1t would be a paying plan to have
more consolidation in Garrett county.
There are too many one-room schools
in our county. If they would put
three or four of these small schools
together they would save coal and re-
pairs. They could use the money they
saved to convey the children to and
from school. This would be an ad
vantage to the children because there
would be seperate rooms and more
children in each room.
The county supervisors help unite
the schools. They compare what one
school is doing with what another is
doing. They know what the children
can do and what they are lacking in.
If the schools of Garrett county do
these things to improve the schools
they will not be Number 21 in the list.
They will increase and be ahead of
the other counties of Maryland.
The Republican., 1924-06-12
CAREERS FOR WOMEN

According to Dean Virginia Glider
sleeve, of Barnard College, a girl
should have some vocation besides
matrimony.
\ Women are much happier and
more useful citizens" she said, ''if
they have careers
And the army of modern girls will
second her statement.
Dean Gildersleeve does not advo-
cate mother leaving her small chill
dren and neglecting her home to take
a nine to five job. She doesn't deem
a salary necessary, but she does rec
ommend an interest in politics such
as the English women take.
Meantime, teaching and nursing
are to her the best vocations for wo-
men.
Medicine has been, ever since wo-
men broke into the profession, the
one vocation to which a woman could
stick after her marriage without the
lifting of eyebrows and the whisper
ing of her neighbors who wondered
of it was necessary" Especially
when she married a man of the same
profession was the road easy.
Women lawyers are having some
what the same experience, for after
woman has spent so long preparing
for her career she cannot be expected
to give it up. =
But why should medicine and law
be favored? Why should not teach
ing and business be just as import
ant? Why cannot a business woman
or a teacher so arrange her home
duties that she can keep up the work
she loves and be a happier and more
useful citizen?
There are still girls who prefer
housework to a profession of which
they are tied. They consider mar
riage an escape and are perfectly
content to settle down to home duties
and social obligations.
But if women are trained more
carefully, they would choose career
with view to its lasting a lifetime,
if they were as particular about be-
ing happy in their work as in mar
riage there would be no doubt about
the future of their careers.
And then no employer would say,
"Give me man. | can't train a
woman to do this job and then have
her get married on me-"
There are problems, Of course
individual problems-that no one,
not even in novels, can solve save
the individual couples themselves.
But this is the twentieth century.