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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
TINEs sTAFE PssoTo

pertaining to the retail drug bust.
ness"
Speaking Of the organizations
labors in behalf Of the repeal OF
nuisance" taxes, the statement
continues:
Fought For Tax Repeal.
If it had been left to the pub.
lie, the tax would still be collected
on soft drinks, sold at soda foun.
tains, patent medicine and toilet
articles. Thanks to the persistent
fight Of the National Association of
Retail Druggists. this tax was re-
pealed."
The druggists press agent has
gene absolutely wild over the show
at Convention Hall. In advance Of
the exhibition of mystification, he
declares that mo longer will it be
necessary to discard your 1890
model flapper-she can be revamped
into the latest 1926 model, right
before your eyes,"
ITO mere man, the array is un.
ineligible" he AYERS" 1t il a riot.
You see, right before your per.
fectly good eyes an ancient model
hitting on one cylinder and wheel.
ing like a Mississippi side-wheeler
disappear in one Of the booths and
come out with q makeup that il
a knock-outr'
Furthermore, any complexion can
be changed. Grandma's teeth can
bite with a percentage that would
make Mr.. Ruth's batting average
look wan and weak.
Favored Lipstlcks.
One merchant is pushing the
"non-poisonous kissable lipstlck.'
There are different flavors for
every day in the week, and the
stick is guaranteed not to transfer
its crimson hue to the lucky fel
lows features.
Samples are as free as freckles
The doors open tonight at I:SO
Please don't shove!
The executive committee includes
F. T. Stone, chairman; Paul Pear
son, vice chairman; A. ". Burdine
secretary; w. p. Herbst, entertain
ment; s. l.. Hilton, registration: Nor
man D. Parker, publicity; II. r
Gorsuch, transportation; w. HI
Bradbury, finance; Paul Pearson
drug show; H. G. yesterday, recep
ton; F. B. Upton, hotels; A. &
Taylor, program; and Mrs. C.. L
Taylor, women's committee.
| The drug show will be open onl,
! for druggists during the afternoons
The public will be admitted from
z to 1880 p. m. until Friday.
The convention will be formal,
opened at the Washington by Presi
dent j. H. Webster tonight at
o'clock. The invocation will b,
pronounced by the Reverhed J. 8
Palmer.
The legislative committee Of tn,
national association and the women
auxiliary will meet in the hotel lat,
this afternoon. A joint meeting o
the executive committee Of the or
ganization viii be neld at the cam,
time. The remainder Of the ues
sions, until Friday, are to be hell
In Convention hall
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FIRST DIVISION, A. Z. r.
REUNION TO BE DISCUSSED

The secretary Of the first divis.
ion, A. e. F., has called q special
meeting to be held in the board
room OF the District building at
s o'clock tonight.
The reunion Of the division in
Washington and the dedication of
memorial monument October 3, 4
and 5. will be discussed. All mem.
bers Of the division are requested
70 be present
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
PLAY THE GAVE.

-
You know yOu have not played the
Just as you planned and purpOsed
Tomorrow hath mo OrifIame-
Begin right now.
In youth You dreamed to scale the
By Strength bf limb and might of
will;
Awaken man, while angels weep
You're dreaming still.
Designing for q better day,
You waste existence, brief at best.
BE in the struggle while You may,
You've all eternity to rest.
There 10 no primrose path to fame,
To eminence no royal road;
You needs must sweat to win the
To elevate the load.
Go tH It while the gOing's good.
II only you will, You can;
PFocrastinatiOn chilIs the blood,
Cramps and dissolves the Drawn.
Success is not . patrons gift.
Cat least one sage was wrongly
The race, indeed. IL to the swift,
The battle to the strong.
THOMAS DICKSON.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
NEVER BECOME EXCITED.


he preaehed eIf-containnnent,
Hated folks who became oxciteds
~9w ~ excuse for Over-eIAtfon.
had his way they'd be indicted.
He attended tho league balI games,
Bat believed 81 keeping cool.
Even if 3 fellow was 8 team partisan
20 needn't be . common fool.
The race grew closer and closer,
The fans talked 81 Pemnantvilte,
1ney rOaReds beloved and clApped
Every time the boys hit the pill.
It was getting harder to hold himself
Ana MS nerves began to tlngie.
ne Fepr0Yed himaelf for appIaudtng
When Sam Rice made > blngle.
Then our boys went to the woody West,
TO Tight IL out on the read
And Mr.. Keep C0Ol advocate
sought the Times scoreboard.
The game was . mighty hot one,
30 close the fans were wrought up,
Ana guy standing near him said:
Waehington can never win the cup"
, wen great biz. boob" he Numbered.
I've . mind TO mash In your nose.
y Why don't you pull for the team9
Get. busy and set ON your toes.
n hate .. damned auitter like you.
Res1lmieta with cans of gloom,
hereafter talk like . WashlngtOnian
AND not like the cheese in the moon
ARIZONA IKE.
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SHAKESPEARE UP TO DATE.
''AHan. proud man. dressed in little
BrOadcasts his reasons for q substan-
tial majority.
'The inaudibIe and nOiseless foot Of
Time,
. crime. la
Seeking the bubble Reputation even
In the lannon's mouth"
Dawes will give HELEN MARIA" tn
the Solid South.
Though Justice be thy plea consider
Another Davis sought success. maybe
to miss.
"A snapper up Of inconsiderate trifIes,"
Governor Bryan Is opposed to uniforms
and rifles.
SI have done the state some service
and they know IT,"
Do IL the voters believe It., nOw's the
time to show 1t,
Shout La Toilette and Wheeler from
your outer walls,
For unless we win, the Republic falls"
''But screw your courage to the stick
Ing place and wen not fall"
I'm q Wheeler Of the cable Of prog
ress. La Toilette the kite. and
Labor the tail!
Springs to catch wOOdcOcks,"
When each candidate the other knocks.
"But to my mind, though 1 am q ma
tive here and to the manor born,''
The voters will decide wisely who tile
White House shall ,adoFn.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
7. G. LEVERY TO TEACH
At U. OF MINNESOTA

Thomas q. Levery, of this city,
formerly a member on the commit.
tee on appeals and review of the
Internal Revenue Bureau, has gone
to Minneapolis to accept the posi-.
ton Of professor OF law at the Uni.
versity Of Minnesota.
Lovery was formerly an assistant
professor Of law at George Wash.
ingt0n UnivorsltyI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
JAM SEEN
ASC|TY'S
WORST
Double Shift" Continues.
Relief Expected in
February

Washington's public schools were
more crowded today than ever be-
fore.
Over 10000 children attended
the opening sessions this morn
ing. By next week, attendance,
school officials predict, will pass
the 10000 mark and may reach
$4,000 before the end Of the year.
The high schools reported the
greatest increase in enrollments.
Double Shift Goes On.
The practice of putting students
on a double shift or staggered
hours" will be continued because
of the great enrolment.
Official enrolment figures are
being gathered and viii be made
public later today. .......
Assistant Superintendent Of Schools
Haycock declared the opening ran
as smoothly as could be expected.
Little work was done in the class
rooms, most Of the day being de.
voted too organization. Teachers
expect to begin actual work to-
morrow, school officials instructIns
them to lose as little time as pos
sible in getting under way.
Portable schools. are still in use
and will be continued to be used
as clasSroomS.
Increase In Schools.
The increase in enrolment is
expected to be between 5000 and
5000 this year. The increase in
school buildings is not in proper
ton. The Bancroft, Eighteenth and
Newton streets northwest, IL the
only new building available for use.
Pupils in the Thomson school, on
which school q third story is being
added, were transferred to the
Webster and franklin schools.
pending completion Of the work.
Superintendent Haycock said to-
day that the demand for adnlis-
sion to Washington high schools by
out-of.town people shows an un.
usual increase. This morning 461
non-residents were enrolled.
In February. overcrowdinR in
the high schools will be somewhat
relieved by the completion Of the
additions to Western and Arm
strong high schools. The new Ray
mond elementary school will also
open at this time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
FEW DRY LAW VIOLATIONS
REPORTED IN U. S. PARKS

Strict enforcement of the Federal
prohibition act in the national parks
under the jurisdiction of the
Interior Department has resulted
In comparatively few violations of
the law during the past season,
Secretary Work announced today.
Twelve arrests for violations of
the prohibition law were made in
Yosemite park, ten In Yellowstone
park, and one each in several other
parks. ~.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
OUR FRIEND, THE SOUP.

OUR FRIEND, THE SOUP.
Many witticisms, and at times some
Are poked at noted fellows In .
group,
Who come from many nations, and
partalZe Of splendid rations,
OF o dish that brings Us bllss dts
known a. sOup0
When It's gaTgIed IL IL splendid,
though We know it's mot i'm
tended,
To provide us music pleasing 70 the
ear.
when we see q beard absorb It, IL
will sometimes make us morbid,
But the taste 10 anyways pleasing,
mover fear.
Our vests are decorated. but yet were
When we find 1t waiting for MS
piping hot,
Some fellows like to pan IL, and
musicians faln would ban IL,
But I'm the great exception, /
JOE H. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22

A Philadelphia telephone
operator suffers from am
aesin, aOhicR makes her for
get her name. Many of these
Washington operators suffer
from aumbernesiG, aOhich
makes them forget the num-
Der you called for. p. D. @.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Mourice b. Spittle, Fl, Of Clarendon.
Va, and Lillian Talbot, 16. The Rev
erend c. p. Ryland
20. both OF North Emporia, va. Ths
Reverend c. A. De Vaughn.
Florentine Lugue. 20. and ArIina
Hackney. IL. The Reverend c. III.
Richard Reed. 80. and Florence PIN
kstt 30. The Reverend 3 ?. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
At
18TH ANNUAL
CONVENTION
First Session Being Held This
Afternoon-Exhibit at
Convention Hall

Five thousand visiting druggists
are in Washington today attending
the twenty.sixth annual convention
of the National Association Of Re.
tail Druggists.
This afternoon will be full Of
the first session, and the night will
blaze with the opening Of the drug
exposition in Convention Hall. The
show will continue throughout the
week.
Headquarters for the gathering
are established in the Washington
Hotel. The registration desk was
swamped today with out.of.town
druggists who wished to be re-
corded as officially present.
The first session includes ad
dresses of welcome by Paul Pear
son, president Of the local drug
gists' association. and Robert N
Harper; an illustrated lecture on
Washington, by Clarence A. Phil
lips, and an address by B. A
Browne. chief of the Bureau Of
Chemistry. Department Of Agri
culture.
To Welcome Women
Mrs. A. ". Burdine, president Of
the local chapter of the women'i
organization, will welcome the
feminine contingent of the conven
ton today at the same time the
men are being greeted.
A reception and dance is to bC
held tonight in the Washington
Automobile trips, theater parties
and card tournaments are planned
for the women, while the men will
have a smoker tomorrow night.
The delegates will be addressed
by President Coolidge on WeJnes
day, when they are to attend {
noon reception at the White House
Trips, to. Mount Vernon and Ar
lington are also on the program
Among the subjects which a pre-
liminary statement indicates will
be emphasized at the convention
are law making and law observ
ance.
1T IL fair to say that law en-
forcement would be far from wha
II IL today were It not for tn,
activity Of this association" In,
statement reads. This applie
with equal force to the Harrison
narcotic law, the national prohIbi
ton act and other Federal statute
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OUR NAMES GAI1LERY.

OUR NAMES GALLERY.
Miss Vera Dull. Of Wiltshire,
Ohio, is said TO be quite bright,
all going to show that there's
nothing In q name.
Ed Hose and Ben Sucker run
q plumbing and heating estab-
lishment in Minnesota. Ben was
named for what he does to the
patrons Of the firm.
1 49,
JINGLETS.
I'm In love with crack IN . door
UpstalPs ON the seventeenth floor;
Or, well, that u, was,
but amt now becug
She don't leave the llght ON no more!
There 10 nothing too good TO be true;
Love, they say. d tar stronger than
glue:
Vines to trees closely cling
(This don't mean Anytlhlngl
Laugh, you bOnehead, and stop being
blue! JACK HENRY.
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Little b0bbed haired flapper,
Go roll your own,
The eheiks are ON # street,
And the cowboys have gone homo.
r. A. b.
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The felLopO 1Uh0 goes to a
drug store Nth. a prescrip-
ton is not hunting something
good for sumburn. He pre-
fers that (Which will come
near burning his stomach.
PETE.
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THE HALF-MoON. BOB.

HINES HATCHETT, sOho sug-
gests the holt-m0on bob beloaO, Is
an ardent fan of this column
LiVi,tg at YGnceyville, N. c., and
he aOoWldm't do without 1t for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22

An eGrthen jug, said to be
5000 gears old, has been dug
up IN Kansas. 1t will hold
-(hic)-Gbostt three ats.
BESSIE EVRY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
FLORIDA, CASHIER
 FACES INDICTMENT
Accused Of Using Mails To
 Defraud

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.AGeorge. ". Neville, cashier of the Bank of Dunei- len, Fla, was indicted by q federal grand jury today on charges of using the mails to defraud.
 Neville, the indictment charges. act ing with three alleged confidence men was rconnected with n .falxes Ealtsrage plot whereby Peter J.. Pentzer and his son, Herman H. Pentzer, aof Kersey, Pa, were defrauded of $25,5OO in Flor ida in February, 1921. s
 Neville was tried last May on, an indictment charging him, together with T. Jeff Sharum, with fraudulently ob- taining $25,0OO from Herman Kendel- baum of New York. The jury dis agreed in Neyille's case, but Sharum was convicted and sentenced to serve five years in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
 Charles F. Kempfer, O. l.. Kempfer and A. B. Flood, whose whereabouts is unknown, were named jointly with Ne vile in the indictments returned to- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
2,2OO,682 MOTORS
 MADE BY FORD
Plans To Make 10000 Cars Daily
 In 1924

DETROIT, Jan. 24-The Ford Motor company made 2,200,6S2 auto mobiles, trucks and tractors in 1923 -175,059 more than in any previous year, according to production figures for the year announced today. Of the total 1925. .485 automobiles and trucks were made in this country and 175,- 474 in foreign plants, including Can ada. To the total of these are added 101 ,S68 tractors and 1895 Lincoln cars.
 The figures were coupled with an announcement that the Ford company expects to exceed this figure in its 1924 production and that it plans to start early this spring on it's program of 10000 cars daily.
 The statement said T
 'The production of morep than g. 100000 automobiles in one year prob ably is the greatest feat in manufac- turing ever accomplished, especially in view of the fact that the Ford conl- rany controls the complete manufac- ture and raw material supplies for a large portion of everything that goes into the makeup of it's products"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
RAILROAD CONsOLIDATION
Cummins Introduces Bill, Would Linn. it Carrier Systems

it Carrier Systems
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.7wA bill designed to stimulate voluntary con- solidation of railroads into a limited number of systems. with competition preserved as fully as possible, was introduced today by Senator Cummins of Iowa, ranking republican member of the interstate, commerce committee, and one of the authors of the present transportation act.
 idle as the result of the British rail strike. The deadlock between strikers and the managers continues, attempts at settlement having failed. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25

Damascus has POO mosques.
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DEMOCRATS FACE
 KEENEST FIGHT
McAdoO Representative In Illi- / nOis Claim Majority

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Democracy will see its keenest and most vigor- ous primary fight in its existence in Illinois at the primary of April s, William l.. O'Connell, Illinois man ager for William Gibbs McAdoo, an nouneed today, simultaneously with the opening of Illinois headquarters for McAdoo here. +
 The headquarters will be separate from the McAdoo general headquar- ters in another hotel.
 We will have 40 out of the 5S delegates to the New York conven- ton pledged to McAdoo when this coming primary is over," MT. O'Connell Said. We are going to put up dele gate tickets in every. district in the state and it will be a fight all down the line. It will be the keenest and most vigorous contest that democracy has ever seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
RADICALS RAIL AT
 MINERS LEADER
Opponents Of Lewis Resent Un-
 seating Of Pennsylvanian


 INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 24.-(By Associated Press. t-Insurgents within the ranks of the United Mine Work CTS of America renewed their attacks on President John, L.. Lewis when the biennial convention was reconvened today and the credentials committee reported in favor of unseating Joseph Chiccolini, delegate from the coke field of Pennsylvania. The charge was made before the committee that Chiccolini is an officer in "a dual organization" the Progressive, Mine Workers.
 Amid considerable confusion three standing votes were taken on the com mittee's report to unseat Chiccolini and after the third President Lewis declared the report adopted, S6S to 399.
 Opponents of the administrati ton re- newed their, cries of yesterday of '.railroading" steam roller ''and gag rule.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
NEGROES INV PANIC
 WANT PROTECTION
Those Living In Neighborhood Of Wanted Murderer Scared

7. CORDELB, Ga.,. Jan. 24.-Negroes living in the vicinity of where posse is now searching for Oscar Clark, me- gro, who killed one man and wounded four others when they attempted to arrest him yesterday st his home, to- day were appealing for protection and their safety assured by Crisp county officers. t Xs The five white men had gone to Cark's home to- arrest, him after he was. charged with haYing made threats against the life of white man who was said to have reprimanded Clark's son.
 Edward Barber, n farmer, was in- stantly killed when the negro opened fire. with shotgun. Carl Williams, a dentist. is now in a critical condition at local hospital from wounds he received. The three other men in the party were wounded slightly, !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
TROOPS TO STOP
 NEGRO LYNCHING.
Kentucky Governor Orders The Militia To Glasgow To { Protect Prisoner

BOWLING GREEN, Ky, Jan. 24. Major Cooper R. Smith and fifty mem bers, of the local company of national guardsmen were ordered by Governor Friends at Frankfort today to entrain at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Glasgow, about 30 miles east of here, to prevent possible occurrence of mob violence against VIII Chambers, negro. who is confined in the county jail and who is on trial of charge of nurdering Charles Bybee. near Glasgrw, last De- cember 21.
 The local troops will be joined here by twenty-five members of the Fifty fourth machine gun squadron from Hopkinsville and twenty-five machine gunners from Company M, 140the in- fantry of Russellville, Major Smith san- nounced later.
 Selection of a jury for the trial of Chambers, which had been in progress all week, was completed shortly before noon today, according to word reported here. X. X.
 Bybee, federal student at the Vest ern Kentucky State Normal school here, started out to deliver Christmas presents few days before Christmas and was reported missing soon after. His body was found in creek six miles from Glasgow about ten days afterwards with three bullet wounds in it and pockets of ahis clothes relied. Except the vest pockets, in which were found two $1 bills. .f.
 Taken To Louisville Q.
 Chambers was. arrested before the body was found when some of Bybee's Christmas presents were discovered in his home. A mob of several hundred people gathered at the county jail at Glasgow the day Bybee's body was found, intent upon taking the negro from the jail. The county sheriff, however, succeeding in whisking Cham bers from the jail and took him to Louisville for safe keeping, outdistanc- ing oyer fifty men who followed them in automobiles. ag, sS. s.ts-- fl.is'
 Chambers was returned to Glasgow early this week for trial and there has been continual rumor and undertalk since then of lynching him. If con victed or if not convicted and the negro does not receive the eisdeath sen 'tence, rumor here has it that friends of Bybee's will lynch the negro,
 James Bybee, father of the murdered man, has asked continually that the law be permitted to take its course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
HAY FEVER CAUSE
Chicago Physician Says Lack Of Cal
 cium In Blood Is Basis

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Lack of calci um in the blood may be the cause of hay fever, according to Dr. Frank J. Novak, Jr., of the Cook County hos pital. The cure, he says, is' the in jection of calcium into the system and ofter a sufficient quantity has been acquired by the patient the symptoms disappear. Pollen dust and protein are indirect causes or irritants of the malady, he says.
 Male and female swans are alike in color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
THE BIRMINGH AM AGE RALD FRIDAY JANUARY 25 1924
CONDUCTS DRIVE IN JAIL

Prisoner Collects Enough To Buy Saw
 And 17 Arc At Large
 INDEPENDENCE, Mo, Jan. 24.- Rene Lindeman, negro, subscribed enough money from his fellow prison CTS in the county jail here to buy saw.
 Today 17 prisoners are at large. Thirty one others disdained to leave because it was 'ttoo cold outside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25

position. Her reputation was im- i paired by his statements, she. claims. and is demanding $5,OOO damages. An additional $15O is demanded for al- legged breach of contract.
 Oldest form or investment is the real estate mortgage.
 Some turtles bite like dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25

Some turtles bite like dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
s4oo,ooo NECKLACE Capital Matron Wears Fortune To ssJ lts Function s

{, NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-America' s master jewel thieves have been pre- scented with their supreme challenge '
 A pearl necklace, said to be the most perfectly matched in the world, has been sold to Mrs. Peter Gerry. of Washington for a reported price of $40O,O00, by Prince Felix Yousopoff. who saved the pearls from the royal Russian wreckage and brought them to this country. i&
 Mrs. Gerry defied the crooks for the first time. Wednesday when she made everybody .pop-eyed at: "a New York soA cial function of some kind or other, ac- cording to her friends here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
EVERY DAY RELIGION
British NObleman Says He Embraces
 MosIem Faith for That Reason

LONDON, Jan. 24.-Sir Archibald Hamilton, head of famous Sussex family, has just announced his conver- sion to the Moslem faith. He has made his formal confession of faith as Mo hammedan at the Woking Moeque, and declares that he hopes eventually to make his pilgrimage to Mecca.
 "Islam appears to me as the only religion which appeals to men of every race" Sir Archibald declared. in an in- terview here. My only quarrel with Christians-if may put. it .so7-is that they seenl to take their religion out for one day in seven and forget all about it for the rest of the week."