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The Washington times., 1924-01-01
WOMAN Of 100
YEARS DIES
ALONE
Mary Coins Found by Her
Friends in Bare Little Room,
i Her ''HomO."

Mary Coins. 1OO-year-Old colored
woman. once . slave. died alone in
q bare little room at 27oS Olive ave
niue northwest on the eve Of tho
new year. Her body, the prey Of
rodents through the hours or tho
night, was discovered just before
noon today by friends who went to
take her morning meal to her. X
When last seen alive yesterday
afternoon. Mary had appeared un.
usually weak, but cheerful. She
talked to Mary Honesty, her friend
the last to see her alive. The time
Of her death IL believed to have
been just before midnight.
The aged woman had been an in.
valid for twenty years, and was de.
pendent upon the First Baptist
Church. colored, for her living. Her
burial win BE- arranged By members
Of that congregation. Her only
relatives are a niece. Parletta Coins.
living on Ninth street. .an1 q ai1lsr.
im-lm@. LouinA Gems.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
Z BOYS AND GIRL
DIE ON PARTY
RIDE
New Year Gayety Ends With
Tragedy When Two Autos
Crash Head-on.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. IA
New Year watch party" at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Little
ended in a grim tragedy at ! o'clock
this morning when Arthur Mill
Gsadt, twenty-one, Robert Gille, nine
teen, and Mabel Goodrich, eighteen.
were instantly killed in an automo-
bile accident five miles east of the
city on the national road. Five
others in the automobile were hurt
but not seriously.
When the watch party" at the
Little home broke up shortly after
midnight, the guests decided to
take a ride" before going to their
homes.
Driving east on the pike they
collided head.on with a big car
coming west from Cambridge.
Five Others Injured.
The watch party had been held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Little, and the five others who were
more or less injured in the car were
Everett Little, Ralph Naragon,
Misses Frances Little, Georgianna
Brown and Mildred Sevall. All are
prominently known in the local So
cial circles.
In the other car, a Packard, were
Reed ]. Mieldon and Misses Mary
and Margaret Tappan, of Cambridge,
and another young man whose
name is not known. The cars were
wrecked.
Millfeldt and Gille were instantly
killed and Miss Goodrich died at q
local hospital without regainiAg con-
seriousness.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
MILK TEST ENDS
IN DRANF FOR
SENATOR
Magnus Johnson Challenges
Secretary Wallace to Try
Skill Cutting Wood.

With a draw and a defeat as the
result Of his two milking bouts
with Secretary Of Agriculture Wal
lace, Senator Magnus Johnson, dirt
farm Senator from Minnesota. plans
now to leave milking alone and
engage the Secretary for wood
cutting championship.
Senator Johnson had no excuses
10 offer when Maj. Gen. Tasker
H. Bliss. referee in the second milk.
ing contest at the Soldiers Home
yesterday, after measuring the milk
in the pals, found both filled to
the same mark. In the previous
bout he had lost by half pint, al
legedly because he was given q
dry cow.
But I can beat Secretary Wallace
saving wood" he asserted.
Senator Johnson has chosen Sen
ator Lynn Frazier of North Dakota
for the other end of his saw, and
Secretary Wallace is expected to
make his selection Of team mate
this week.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
KING GEORGE IS
:HOPEFULF0R
NEW YEAR
Monarch, in Greeting to His
Subjects, Reviews Decads
of Trial. -

LONDON, Jan. Yam confident
that, with Gods bN1p ana with the
British remaining true to their great
traditions, we1SNill face and overcome
all difficultjes that still confront US
at the cl6se of a decade, which,
though memorable in glorious
ACHIEVEMENTS, has been beset with
mucR trial and suffering" said
King George in a message to the
BNtish empire today.
. Ramsay Macdonald. chief Of the
Labor Party and leader of the Of
fetal opposition in the House Of
Commons, issued a New Year mes
sage to the Laborites. saying:
I'VE face times that will test us,
but 1 hope that courage and sim
certify will carry us through. Our
task is to regenerate and renew the
peoples faith in democracy. I am
convinced we can do it."
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
RUSSIANS ADOPT o. HENRY
AS EAvoRIfE AUTHOR

MOSCOW, Jan. 1KO Ifo,,,-1, AZ
rapidly overtalSing JAcIr T.onaan as
the most popular Anilnrican s,,thor
in Russia. In the last( vSer an FOR.
mer's books have bee.n trarSlates
and obtained circulatiOk here
nuss,ans say, tney unYierstand him
periectly ana cS,nparc yhe simplicity
OF ms 1--WE M rs ntiman charac-
thOrs as Tchokhoff.
Some OF hia etorielA h.w, haan
acted I'm th9 Russian hsaasrA
The Washington times., 1924-01-01

war.
The respondent uniform Of Won
Bernstorff has given way to the
severe "cits" Of the present am.
bassador and the glory OF Austria
has departed.
Nothing remains but q memory
or those colorf0l days when
Chinas Representatives appeared
in the gorgeous robes, buttoned
cap and peacock feathers Of the
mandarins and the envoy of Siam
in his picturesque nature costume,
then strange TO American eyes.
The time has long passed when
American diplomats are alone in
wearing civilian dress. NJ. Jus.
serand, however, clings to the
gold braided coat of Tradition. "a.
do the Spanish and Belgian am
bassadors; and there were many
such gorgeous spots Of color az Mr..
Bruins costume and the unIhIrms
of some Of 'he foreign military
and naval attaches.
Decorations Are Simple
The decorations were in line with
Mrs. CoolIdge's feeling Tor slnp4
ity, but cut flowers lent fragrance
to each of the State apartments and
palms and splendid Australian ferns
were set about everywhere.
The Stars ana Stripes, borne by a
stalwart soldier in khaki. stood at
one side Of the doorway to the Blue
Room, thanked on the other by the
Presidents flag, borne by a blue.
clad sailor. The entire staff Of
White House aids was in attendance,
their full-dress uniforms-arfny,
navy and marines contributing Q
further note Of color.
While the diplomats were being
received Government officials had
been assembling in the Red Room
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court was the first to say Happy
New Year" followed Immediately
by the Associate Justices Of the
Supreme Court and the lesser lights
Of the Judiciary.
Next came the Senate and the
House, with the army, navy and ma.
rine corps upon their heels, and the
long line Of executive assistants,
members Of various boards and com.
missions, officials Of every Govern
ment institution and officers Of IA.
triotic societies.
Men Are in Majority.
Some Of these officials were &C.
companied by the ladies' of their
families. but men were greatly in
the majority. An interesting little
company of ladies had, however,
been invited to assist In the Blue
Room. This group, which was Off.
cial in. its make up, included besides
the wives of the Justices of the Su.
preme Court, the wife Of the Speaker
Of the House and the Cabinet ladies,
the wives Of leaderA Of the official
world. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w.
Stearns, of Boston, who are guests
at the White House, were in the
Blue Room group.
A brief respite for luncheon fol-
lowed the official reception and pre-
ceded the reception to the public.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
PROMINENT PETERSBURG
SURGEON DIES IN FLORIDA

PETERSBURG, Va, Jan. 1. -
Word was received here today Of
the death of DIR. Frank M. HaiTCs.
a prominent member Of the Peters
burg medical faculty, Sunday night
at Key West. Fla.
The deceased, who had been I'm III
health for several months, was re-
garded as one Of the leading sur
geOns IN the State. He was about
nifty years old and a son Of the late
Rev. G. n. Haines. ID. D.. for a long
time rector Of 81. PauIie Epiacopal
Chureh IN this citv,
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
KYOURA NAMED
PREM|ER0F
! JAPAN
Prince Regent Hirohoto to We'd
January ~. News Agency
Cables London.
BY international News Service.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-Viscount Nv
oura has accepted the premierEhiu
of japan in succession to Viseount
Yammamoto, resigned. said a Cen
trail News dispatch from TqI,yo thie
afternoon.
The same dispatch addsS that the
wedding Of Prince RegedHt IIirohotc
has been set for JanuGry 81.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
ARE
HOSTS TOB|G
THRONES
White House Reception Is Most
Brilliant in Many
Years.

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the reception Of citizens was to con-
clude by 2:S0.
Prior to the reception at the White
House, members Of the diplomatic
corps were entertained by the Secre.
tary of State and Mrs. Hughes at
New Year breakfast in the Pan
American building.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
1924GREETED|N
ALEXANDRIA
QUIETLY
Girl Is Wounded by Pistol Dis
charged From Speeding
Automobile.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. IA
very quiet celebration ushered in
the new year in Alexandria last
night, the celebration on the street
lasting approximately only twenty
minutes. Several Of the churches
held watch-night meetings and d
number Of parties We're held in pri.
vate homes, but no large public
function was held.
An automobile bearing Virginia
tag swerved around the corner at
Princess and Fairfax streets last
night at 8 O'Clock and some one in
the back seat bf the car discharged
q revolver. The bullet from the
gun struck Martha Hyer, colored,
in the lbft arm, cutting through the
flesh and wounding her In the side.
She was taken to the hospital. The
automobile from which the shot
mas fired did not stop.
The first accident and arrest OF
the new year were the outcome Of
an argument between Gladys
Sawyer and Ruth johnson, both
colored, In the midst Of New Year
hall.
According tb Ruth, she refused 10
% put out OF the hall by Gladys
and was attacked with q poker, 20
dhe made several slashes at Gladys
with q knife. one Of them taxing
effect.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
ALL PLEAD
Gull TY To
CHARGE
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by Hospital. It was said she suf-
1ered only slight injuries. The shot
was fired from a speeding machine
which raced along Florida avenue.
AS he stepped from the Mt. Zion
Church, twenty.ninth and Dunbar
ton streets northwest, William Wig
gans, colored, 1912 P street north
west, was shot in the right leg. His
condition is not serious.
While cleaning his revolver, Peter
Gtratos, age thirty-four, of 20z Four.
and-a-Half street southwest. was
shot, The bullet grazed his abdomen.
He was treated at Emergency Hos.
pital.
Fight In ChiIds'
Early morning patrons at Childs'
restaurant. Pennsylvania avenue.
were nearly thrown into a panic
when John H. Harris, colored. and
Theodore Ldsarantice. twenty-six,
both employed in the kitchen,
started fight. Lisarantice was
stabbed in the chest with a butcher
knife. He is not expected to live.
Detectives Waldron and Sweeney
arrested Harris. but have not
charged him with any offense, pend
ing the outcome of the wound.
Judge Gus A.. Schmidt started the
new year in Police Court today by
releasing on their personal bonds,
twenty-six prisoners who were
locked UP last night on charges of
intoxication. All pleaded guilty, and
assured the court that they would
make dry resolutions for 1924. They
were warned that their return would
mea" -. uble sentense.
Policeman Lester, who arrested
Frank Holt, a cripple, assured. the
court that Holt was not in the
least disorderly and that he, Lester,
did not wish to arrest him, but was
afraid that he would be harmed.
Holt said that he is veteran of
the Spanish American war, where
he received his injuries. He lives
ct the Soldiers Home. He was re-
leased.
Arrested in Her Bed.
Mary F. Johnson, an aged col.
'~Ored woman, was arrested in a bed
ut Gallinger Hospital She said
that she had taken some peach
brandy, gone to church, felt the
brandy getting the best of her, so
slipped into the hospital and went
TO bed. She went home today.
Charles Thompson, described by
Judge Schuldt as a "seafaring man
on the raging Potomac" went out
the front door of the court after
he had pleaded guilty to drinking
9 large supply Of cider, with whis-
Key as a chaser. He said that lie
u a Waterman on a steamboat.
Alfred Hart, a chef, who on re-
cember % appeared in the District
OF Columbia branch Of Police Court
and begged to be taken care Of,
also was released.
Three in Bad TangIe.
At the time Of his arrest he APP
peared after court had adjourned
and, getting down on his hands and
knees begged Clerk Colt and Bailiff
Connor to put him where he would
not harm himself. Colt phoned for
Q patrol and when it got there
Colt, Conner and Hart were
tangled on the floor in such a man.
ner that the driver had difficulty
In deciding which of them was
drunk.
Frank Newcomb and James A.
Thomas, reported by the police to
be old and frequent offenders,
could present no new alibis and
were both convicted. The first
was sentenced to pay fine Of $40
or serve ten days and the second
SIS or ten days.
Only the District of Columbia
branch Of police court was in ses.
sion.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
CELEBRATION Is
NETTEST NY.
EVERHAD,
Dry Forces, Unable to Stem
Flood Of Rum, Make
Few Arrests.
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try's most widely known prohibition
agents-gathered in two trucks Of
rat poison" said to have been con.
signed to Broadway cafe. The
raiders insisted It was the worst
stuff they ever tasted. j
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
POLICE COURTS
SHOW GAIN
INF|NES
Increase Over 1922 Amounts
to $31 ,477-54,3So
Cases Tried.

The increase in the amount of
fines and forfeited collaterals In
Police Court FOR the past year, over
1922. was $s1, 477.12. as shown in a
report filed by Financial Clerks An.
drew J. Sanford and Thomas Adams
with Chief Clerk Frank Sebring, of
Police Court. today. Total fines and
forfeitures for the District Of Co.
lumbia branch, which includes traf.
fic cases, for the year of 1923.
amounted to $344,159.S6, and in the
United States branch they totaled
$117 ,O04.66, as against $319,695 40
and $110,091.91, respectively, in 1922.
OF the total amount of fines and
forfeitures in the District of Colum.
bia branch traffic violators con-
tributed $2O9,981, as shown by The
Washington Times Daily Traffic
Calendar. This is the only record
kept Of the distinction, as the court
sums them all up together.
1926. 771.S0.
81. 389 Cases.
During the past year there were
1889 cases Of all descriptions filed
in the Police Court. The District of
Columbia branch handled 45,214 of
these cases. while the United States
branch had 9,115, which includes
1,S48 cases against violators of the
national prohibition laws. The lat
ter show most decided increase.
The office Of Assistant District At.
torney Ralph Given, which handles
major cases, such as assaults, as
saults with dangerous weapons and
carrying concealed weapons, finished
the year with but q hundred cases
awaiting trial by Jury or otherwise
undisposed Of.
The annual report of Assistant Dis.
trict Attorneys David A. Hart and
Thomas e. Lodge. in charge Of the
prosecution Of all violators of the
national prohibition laws, filed with
Major Peyton Gordon. United States
district attorney, shows that there
were 1,S46 whislSey cases filed during
the past year.
300 Untried.
Cases In which the defendants de.
manded/ trial by Jury and remain
still untried amount to SSS. some OF
which date back for two years,
Owing to the cleanup Of old cases,
however. most of them were filed
In 1923. During the past, year fifty.
seven defendants were tried by
juries. Thirty-two Of them were
convicted. Eighteen were acquitted
and seven resulted in hung juries.
OF the 191 cases tried by the
court, 140 were convicted. and 81
acquitted. The number pleading
guilty amounted to SIG. Absence Of
principal witnesses or the removal
OF revenue officers resulted in 613I
cases being nolIe pressed. Fines
and fOrfeitures from the liquor
branch amounted to $34, 400.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
NTY-SK IN COURT FOR NEW YEAR DRUNKENNESS SET FREE
Gowns Cost Little For
Good Queen Bess,
Accounts Show

LONDON, Jan. lac,
counts for the SquilIerie, the
SauceFie1 the Thacatraye, and
the Kechyn Of Queen Eliza
beth's household 1t Hatfield,
when she was eighteen years
old, are included in q remark
able manuscript sold at Hodg-
sons auction rooms.
Il H.. headed in fine clerky
writing ''Thaccumpte" 1.-THE ac-
count, and includes all the
details Of . years expenses,
signed by Elizabeth on every
page.
The dress items in the &C.
count take up . fair proper
ton Of the space. "A paire
Of upper bodies for her Grace"
with silk Innings costs go cents.
warren, her Grace's taylor"
received $1O7.5O for making
diverse robes for her Grace"
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
BURIED MINER RESCUED
UNHURT AFTER ADAY

.MAHANOY CITY, Pa, Jan. L.
Tunneling through fallen debris ana
delayed by falling rock, rescJers a.
s o'clock this evening brought
Frank Kasian, alive and uninjured
out Of the Park Place mine, where
he had been entombed q day.
A fellow worker, John KOszelnik,
also trapped in the chute when o
reservoir broke, was believed to be
with Kasian, but no, trace OF him
has been found. All day and all
last night the men burrowed into
the clay and rock. spurred on BY
Kasian's raps on the walls Of his
prison.
Fourteen miners, who narrowly
escaped being trapped. led in the
SnAnAVSn vr,npIP
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
TURKISH LAW IS
AIMED At PoLYOAMY

LONDON, Jan. IA Turkish
parliamentary commission 10 draft
ing new family laws at Angora
recommending that polygamy Be-
abolished and wives given the right
10 obtain n divorce when the hu9.
hand takes a. second wife. said a
Constantineple dispatch 70 tia
Daily Man today.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01

''Who?"
Donald McDougal."
Barney Google? Tell II to
Spark Plug" Click.
A Short Cut.
Ma and pa crossing Sixteenth
street and Irving. Boob makes
left turn into Sixteenth. Student
of mathematics. Knows straight
line II shortest distance between
two points. Doesn't go round
center mark, but Scrapes curb
with left wheel. Cuts corner, In
other words. Horns in on ma
UP on sidewalk. Puts pa to bed
in middle of Sixteenth street.
Starts ma on a trip to Rock
Creek Park, but curbstone stops
her. Ma hobbies into court on
brand new pair of crutches to tell
about it.
He's Out Again.
Boob sticks around q while to
see If he's got to so to the hos.
pital or the morgue. Doesn't 60
to either. Boob's wife spends rest
Of night digging up collateral.
Had him all locked up nice and
tight, but she wants to turn him
loose again for some unknown
reason.
The court: III you had gone
around the center mark you
couldn't have hit these pedestrians
as they were stepping on the left
curb. Pedestrians have the right
of.way at street crossings, and
the sooner motorists realize that
the cheaper It viii be for
them. $40"
Doesn't Need Blue Clothes.
There was lady boarding n
westbouhd street car at Four.
teenth and u, your honor. A
three-month-old baby lay In her
arms. The conductor said some.
thing to her, and she stepped Off
the Car again. It made my stom.
ach feel kind Of sick when I saw
big Essex touring car headed
straight for her at about fifteen
miles an hour and ten fest away.
A policeman who'd been standing
near me on the curb did some
kind OF a flying trapeze act and
pulled the lady onto the car stems
rs the defendant skid9ied mast
with his wheels locked and his
hand In front Of his face.
Tries Again.
When he passed the car door
and didn't hear any bones crunch,
he stepped on the gas and shot
north on Fourteenth stEeet against
traffic. The officer beloved, and
another one blew a whistle. and
the defendant pulled up at the
curb on Fourteenth street."
A Bell Hop.
Boob: II stopped twenty feet
or so behind the car, your honor.
and when heard the conductor
give two bells, I. started up with.
out looking at the doors. Then I
heard one bell, and looked up to
see the car doors still open, and a
lady with a little baby in her
arms almost under my radiator.
I knew couldn't stop in time,
and couldn't bear to see Il han.
pen, so 1 damned on my brakes
and put my hand in front OF nv
eyes.
Lady Luck's Chauffeur.
Then I realized that I had
passed the car without striking
anyone, and the next thing I
knew I was parked on 18th street
and looked around to see the
lady with the child I'm her arms.
walking back to the sidewalk, /
was SO relieved that I wanted to
yell, but 1 showed the officer my
permit instead"
Breaking Il Gently.
The Court: Motorists must
learn to be very careful at car
stops. They are dangerous places.
Do you run your family expenses
on the budget system?"
Eyes, SIR"
Your budget is $40 shy this
week."
THE ALTBI NAN WISHES
THIS NEW YEAR MAY BE
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS,
AND A SAMPLE OF MANY
OTHERS TO FOLLOW TT.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01

Rs csiAA GRIP - Iallnsng -
eti,MNn T,s'ssk ras - ssssf We
The Washington times., 1924-01-01

The suggestion that uniform was
In Or6er had gone cut from the
state Department o. acesrdnnoo
with long-es' ahllshed USAGE. 81
there was plenty &C color - tho
Ina. alahwugh q great nampflAamximm
The Washington times., 1924-01-01
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being . Skeleton Record
OF Cases Tried In Judge
Schuldt's Tribunal.
RMnA aEra And WmPpw

BY DONALD McDOUGAI4.
Over the Phone.
washington Times speaking"
This Is Donald McDougal.
''WhO?"
Donald McDougal."
Barney Google? Tell II to
Spark Plug" Click.
The Washington times., 1924-01-01

THE ALTBI MAN WISHES
THIS NEW YEAR MAY BE
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS,
AND A SAMPLE OF MANY
OTHERS TO FOLLOW TT.
New Britain herald., 1924-02-15

of men swimmers escorted her in the water. She kept a pace of 27 strokes a minute, except when stronger cur rents compelled her to increase 1t to 30, and her course was approximate ly direct.
 For food Miss Harrison took black coffee, orange juice and a vegetable concentrate, tossed to her from time to time in nursing bottles. When she touched bottom in the broad shadows on the Argentine side she fulfilled, without any seeming diff culty, a condition that 10 win her prize she must wade until she reached dry land.
 The young woman scarcely even rested after her exploit, going the same afternoon to attend a girls ath- lotic meet as blithe and vivacious as if she had only returned from an or dinary swim. She did not seek sleep until her usual bedtime hour.
 'I did not train for this event by swimming much" Miss Harrison told an interviewer. q trained for it by taking Swedish drill three times a week for several months. What I wanted was endurance. for I know how to swim. But did not let my get too hard. left off the drill a month before the date for crossing the river. A year ago I swam for 2i hours downstream. but was more exhausted that time than this. believe my muscles were then too hard"
New Britain herald., 1924-02-15
Typed Love Letters Give
 Shock to Social Mentor

Paris, Feb. 15.-Andre de Foul auieres. who is universally accepted fin France as the highest authority on social etiquette, has been asked his ruling whether a member Of so- ciety. Of the male sex, should use a typewriter for letter 10 another member Of society, Of the female sex if the letter is not strictly limited to business matters.
 Decidedly not. says N. dc Fou- auieres. "The most elementary proper feeling and the simplest cour- tesy exact that any such letter be written by hand" he declares. It is impossible even to imagine typed letter being addressed 10 q woman. although the contents might be mere commonplaces: how much more in- conceivable. then. would typed letter De if it expressed tender af- fectionss Such a letter is bad form in that it allows the supposition that it may hsve been dictated to third person"