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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
RAZOR ToTER GETS
TODAY SENTENCE

A sentence of $50 days was melted
out to Percy Butler, colored, con-
victed in Police Court before Judge
Schuldt today for carrying a razor.
Sergeant McQuade and Policemen
Christensen and Bouer, raided an
alleged crap-game in the basement
of a hotel on Seventh and N streets
northwest and arrested four boys.
Butler was one of those arrested,
and he was caught trying to throw
the razor away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
OIL Stocks HIT
BY PRESSURE
OF BEARS
Market Shows confusing
Tendencies, But Hardens
Toward Finish


NEW YORK. June THE same
confusing tendencies which prevailed
practically all week were evident in
the abbreviated session on the
Stock Exchange today. No attempt
was made to capitalize the good
feeling engendered by the adjourn
ment of Congress, scheduled for
today, which appeared to show that
the perplexing business situation
still out-weighed all other con-
slderations.
Some Improvement in sentiment
In business circles was reported by
the weekly mercantile reviews, but
concrete evidences of betterment
were said to be still lacking.
The reaction in the industrial
list was furthered in the early deal
ings with the so.called commodity
stocks bearing the brunt of the at
tack. Despite optimistic statements
by prominent trade leaders various
Independent petroleum shares hit
new lows for the year, while Stan.
dard OIL Of New Jersey was offered
freely.
COSden Weak Again
Cosden was again very weak, the
heavy selling in this issue, accord
ing to reports. being for the &C.
count Of big bear operators with
the purpose Of forcing liquidation
by the pool which had accumulated
a line of stock at figures far above
thirty. Excellent support, however,
was met at the lower levels and a
better tone in this and other oil
issues was discernable in the Sec
ond half Of the session.
A sharp drop in steel ingot produc-
ton in May encouraged a resump.
ton Of bearish operations in the in
dependent steels. Bethlehem was
the chief target, declining to q new
low for the current year. The stock
rallied in later dealings along with
the stiffening trend which became
apparent in other directions.
Equipments, motors, accessories,
sugars and coppers held relatively
steady.
Utilities Pick Up.
The subsistence Of pressure in the
industrial group in the second hour
led to q moderate revival Of con.
structive activities IN some Of the
public utility and railway shares,
the former being featured by Phila-
delphia Company, and the latter by
Southern railway and Erie. AS a
matter of fact the solid firmness
OF these two groups was the most
noteworthy development Of the day.
The entire market hardened to-
ward the finish principally on scat
tered short covering by spectators
wishing to tighten their commit
ments over the week end.
The final tone was steady.
Trading in the bond market was
dull, but the undertone was firm.
Grains and cotton were steady. For.
eign exchanges were inclined to
heavineaS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
DOG KNOWS ITALIAN
so RAID PROVES SUCCESS

Policeman Lyman L. LEIGH, Of the
Sixth precinct, spoke in the soothing
language to the dog at raid on the
house at 203 C street northwest, last
night, and saved the day for the
police.
Breaking into the building, mem
bers Of a raiding squad seeking IN
toxicants were confronted by a
huge dog who made a dash for them.
LEIGH held up his hand and recited
q few words in Italian. Forthwith
the dog returned to his corner and
laid down.
Several cases of beer and a small
quantity of whiskey were seized by
Lieutenant Cornwell and the other
cops.
No one was In the place at the
time of the raid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
AUDITOR
IS HELD FOR
BRIBERY
John r. Manning Is Arrested
in Chicago After Long
Search

John r. Manning. formerly an
auditor OF the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue in this city, was arrested
in Chicago today on a warrant
charging him with accepting a
bride from a Washington corpora
ton for making a favorable report
on its income tax while he was q
Government auditor.
The arrest followed a search Of
many months. Manning disap-
peared suddenly from Washington
and c. l.. Converse and John
Glutsch, agents Of the special in.
telligence unit Of the Treasury De.
partment, finally located him In
Chicago.
The local office here had received
no word of Manning's arrest. They
said the man probably would DO
brought back to Washington i'm
mediately.
Manning, who originally came
from Boston, is said to have left
Washington Immediately after his
alleged offense. He secured q Job
in Chicago as an accountant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
N. Y. Cotton Exchange
Liberty Bonds

Furnished by W. b. Hibbb COZ
avs, due 1871. .................9 l0o.oe
First 4Ma due i9l7. ,,..........l O1.02
Second lkE due iSl2.,..,,..... 100. %
Third ANS, due 1898. .......... 1Ol.O0
Fourth Ans, due 1888. ......... 1Ol.lt
u. 8. Treas. eff, due 1859. $50. 1O2,SO
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
Baltimore Grain Markets

wheat-Steady; No. 2 red winter
export. $1.10M; No. red, winter
garlicky, domestic, $1.1O%. Receipts,
52,868 bushels; shipments. 24,133
bushels. Lr. 49,.
Corn-Steady; No. 8 yellow do.
nestle, sec asked. Receipts, 1887
bushels: shipments. 1854 bushels.
Oats-Firmer; No. 2 white do
nestle, 5S@5S1Sc. Receipts, 2,072
bushels; shipments, 2,450 bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. sept export,
78c. Receipts, 1886 bushels: ship.
ments, 22O bushels.
Hay-Quiet; supply ample.
F1our-Dull: weaker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
oil Stocks

FURNISHED BY W. B. Hiab. q Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
BOY, 10, STOLE 10000
CIGARETTES, IS CHARGE

Charged with the larceny of
10000 cigarettes and the bicycle on
which he carried them away, Phillip
Briscoe, an eighteen-year-old colored
boy, was arraigned before Judge
Schuldt today in Police Court.
According to the testimony Of al
attendant Of downtown drug
store, Phillip ran a mile with the
Camels before he dropped them.
Judge Schuldt said: Just think
OF 1t! Eighteen years old and you
want to smoke 10000 cigarettes.
think we'd better have the proba-
ton officer look into your case"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
HOUSE GRANTS $50, 900
TO HONOR WASHINGTON

The House today passed a bill
providing for a huge international
celebration Of the 20Oth anniversary
OF George Washington's birth in
1882.
The bill provides for appointment
Of a commission. headed by the
President, and authorizes an appro-
,priation Of 100000 for the prepare
ton of plans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
Railroad Seeks Bond Issue

The. Statesboro Northern Railroad
Of Georgia applied to the Interstate
Commerce Commission today for
authority to issue $4,000 Of first
mortgage bonds. The procoe IL from
the sale Of which will be used to
pay the balance Of the purchase
price Of certain property the road
has ACQUIRED.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-07
GlLA RIVER DAM BILL
IS SIGNED BY COOLIDGE

President Coolidge today signed a
bill appropriating $5,50O,000 for the
construction Of a dam across the
ella river at San Carlos Canyon.
Arizona, for the irrigation Of the
Prima Indian reservation.
The bill was signed in the pres
efce OF Secretary OF the Interior
Work and q group OF Western Sem
ators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
GOings-On

BELASCO-Robert Ames in
Jack In the Pulpit"
POLI'S-Edith Day in wild.
flower"
NATIONAL-Joseph jefferson
in "Lightnin!'
KEITH'S-Eddie Leonard and
his MINISTRIES; other acts.
EARLE-PopuIar vaudeville;
seven acts.
WARDMAN PARK-"A Story
of Pierrot."
GAYETY-Harry Steppe and
His Big Show"
MUTUAL-"Hello Jake Girls"
STRAND-Vaudeville and films.
RIALTO-"Dante's Inferno" and
light opera stars, j. Humbird
Duffy and Alice Mackenzie.
COLUMBIA-Betty bronson in
Peter Pan"
METROPOLITAN = Constance
Talmadge in Her Night OF Ro-
NANCE"
PALACE--Lon CLANCY in ''IIe
Who Gets Slapped" e
Observation-Disclosures Tai.
madge in Her Night Of Ro.
nance" X
TIVOLI-"The Silent Accuser."
CENTRAL-"The City that
Never Sleeps"
SAVOY - Betty Compson in
Miami"
AVENUE GRAND--Dick Bar.
thelmessy in Classmates"
APOLLO-"K--the Unknown"
YORK - Reg Denny in THE
Fast Worker"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30

'Jack" is grounded on the
theory that a little child in
long pants shall lead them;
Robert Ames being the boyish
crook who adopts . pastorate
to win a legacy and not. only
encompasses the astounding
reformation of three hardened
cronies and wins the girl, BUT
proselytes Baptists, infidels
and others of more or less note
to his own flock;- encourages
street paving and a general
building boom; incites up-to-date
sewage disposal methods, home
gardening, lower taxes and
makes the village generally one
teeming vista of smiles and
good nature. It is difficult to
nourish the verify Of such hap
penings, even in a town so
POLITICALLY named as Rosedale.
On occasions the book has
funny lines, detrscted from,
somewhat, by the burlesque
width Of the characters.
Mr.. Ames does adequately in
a trying role though he could
never be convincing in such a
part. Elmer. Grani;n is inter-
esting as an amiable crook sput-
tering Biblical bromides. Marion
Coakley, Helen Darlington,
John MorrisSey and Herman
Cripps handle prominent roles.
Sam Colts account Of a skinflint
banker-deacon is noteworthy.
Next to Henry Miller's fated
"The Man in Evening Clothes"
which had squadron of actors,
this is the seasons largest cast. !
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
CREDIT FOR RAM
PANTO ITO THE
COACH

To Ellen Van Volkenburg,
pioneer with Maurice Browne in
the little the6ter movement in
the United States, goes much
credit for the success Of Rams
Head Players Christmas panto.
mime, "a Story Of Pierrot,"
which begins its third week to-
night.
When the Brownies first started
their little theater in the Fine
Arts Building. Chicago, in 1912,
at the time when the American
little theater was in its infancy,
their object was to present plays
of Imagination by authors not
necessarily well known and a1xU
to train a group of actors 90 de-
velop their own form An dra-
matte art.
Often their young group has
presented the most difficult plays
with. the simplest means, using
plain backgrounds, cloth CYCLIC
,ramas and screens to an extraor-
binary degree: -s'
When Ellen Van VolkeuburS
(Mrs. Browne) arrived in WASH
ington to present her reading of
Barrie's What Every Woman
Knows" and to direct the Christ
mas pantomime, she was as graft
fled to find the same ideals held by
the Rams Head Players, two Of
whom had been developed in her
own group IN Seattle, Robert Bell
and Josephine Hutchinson. along
with hundreds of others now
scattered over the entire ccun-
try; artists such as Raymond
johnson, directors such as Knoles
Entriken Of Mr.. Vanderlip's lit
tie theater at Scarborough-on-the-
y Hudson; managers. such as Mr..
and Mrs. John Martin, of Boles-
lawsky's Laboratory Theater, as
well as young authors Of great
promise, including Cloyd Head.
who wrote ''Grotesques," and
Betram Bloch, another Of ''Cecily
Ann" produced last season by the
Rams Head Players.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
DITRICHSTEIN,
WEARY, TO
RETIRE 8

Leo Ditrichstein is to go into re-
tirement in Florence, Italy.
Sailing recently the actor said lac
had withdrawn himself from active
part in the theatrical profession
and hoped to be able to maintain
his intention Of permanent retire
ment. He knew it would be diff
ficult, because he has been active
in the, theater for the last forty
years. He is fifty-seven years
old.
I'm recent years." he said. 81
nave seldom attended the theater
to witness plays outside of those
in which was acting a role.
However, 1 did get Inulh pleasure
out of attending concerts.
II recently sold q play to my
dear friend. Henry Miller. / am
sure he will produce it with great
success. i was to have had the
leading role in this play, bur
estimated its popularity would re-
suit in a two years run. The
strain of a two years run would
have been too much for me.
Ten years ago ! suffered a
nervous breakdown and was
forced into retirement for a year.
Last spring again ] was On the
verge Of breakdown. / look
forward to my life in Florence,
whore I shall have two rooms
ara fafh In hotoJ FOR a. 5O q
day. 1t costs me $35 a day to live
In New York.
II expect to spend most of my
time In Italy, standing on street
corners watching the people pass
by. Perhaps + shall return for a
brief visit next fall"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
SPEEDY SHOW AT.
GAYETY THIS
WEEK

Those who like a OF of speed
in their bnrlesque shows will
find it in abundance IN Harry
Steppe's big Show at the
Gayety this week. Not only will
they find speed, but also nifty
dancing. some tunes of the
whistling kind, pretty girls and
two comedians who are really
funny. All this is served up
attractively and a pleasant time
was had by all who journe.ed
forth last night to the Ninth
street playhouse.
The big noise of the aggrega-
ton is Harry Steppe. who can
make the boys laugh without half
trying In his present vehicle he
has lot OF opportunities to do
his stuff and he had them hold
ing on to the seats most of the
tiQe. Harry O'Neal cleverly as
sists the star in getting the
laughs across. Their sidewalk
patter was a scream.
While there is no outstanding
figure among the feminine leads,
Mabel Reflow, Lola Pierce and
Rose Duffin sang and danced
themselves into popular favor.
Miss Reflow's dance nunlbers with
Solly Hite were well executed
and Miss Pierce's South Sea
Island dance got a fine hand.
George McClennon, colored
boy, can make a clarinet do
everything but speak and he
topped Off his performance with
dancing number that went big.
The. Carmen sisters do a.. song
and dance well and RUDE Wal
mans whistling specially pleased. /.
Others in the cofnpe ny deserving
of mention are Vie Casmore,
George Rose and Hilda Blier.
The chorus is not only good
looking, but has singing and
dancing ability above the average
in burlesque.
House, Manager Lyons an
nounces an extra performance att
midnight New Year eve.-H. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
OLD FAVORITE
RETURNS In
'LIGHTNIN''

"Lighnin' Bill Jones Is in town
again for the third time, playing
at the National Theater this week.
"Lightnin' loses nothing in the
portrayal by Thomas Jefferson.
for this rare old master Of the
stage brings to the characterize
ton his. own lovabIe, Whimsical
humor. Bill Jones is a person
well calculated to play upon the
heartstrings Of an audience for an
audience loves him because they
understand him. because he has his
little faults that they can forgive.
Audiences do not like to look at
gods forever.
This belive is one answer to-
the success of the play 'Lightnin
although the production Is rich In
dramatic values. As matter Of
fact. the play as written has its
elements of greatness. It il vivid
and real. - -
Thomas jefferson is supported
by most capable cast. barney
Gilmore, as the Judge Bessie Ba.
con, as a dancer seeking divorce,
MartA q. Kelsey, as the sheriff,
gave excellent Characterization.
Jack Marvin and Margaret Mosier
play the roles which lend the play
love interest. They acquit them
selves well. Marie Reels DeCamp,
as Mrs. Jones, and Frank Thorn
ton and Robert Lowe, as the
gentlemanly Williams, proved inter-
7 esting. @
The cast numbers twenty-four
persons, all of whom are well
trained in their parts. Not q
single false note mars the smooth
unwinding of the story. That Ia
something worth mention.
w r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30

The RiAlto Theater lobby has
been the mecca Of the little folks
ailof the past week. Managing
Director Raymond allowed them
to enter free to view the great
Christmas tree with the min.
iature city at its base. This tree
has been the pride OF the Rialto
for several seasons. There is a
mill, run by water; a railroad
train, running by electricity; a
pond, q stream, housesF horses.
sheep, and many thingsAo make
: 1t interesting for the kids.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
ROBERT AMES, A BOYISd
MIRACLE MAN
By HAROLD PHILLIPS.

Jack in the Pulpit which Robert produces himself and
nineteen others out of clear sky Beasco of play
and performance doesn't often find days of the
American heater An ambing wayaer enough
and with sufficient vengeance would parish
hail. the performance be followed enthusiastically enough by
Ice cream and cake n the adjacent church basement.
MI Ames in program note, asks patrons drop line
expressing their opinions the play and making suggestions
will be helpful n making this first starring an even
greater success Presumably he add it is"
Such courage from young Mr. Ames calls for competing
1t opinion that Gordon wrote the plav
booeggng Turn to the Right and that capture
matter, looseongued might say of moments
The play further is aocousy directed take another
hitch in the belt of critical opportunity it poorly cast
Thus will appear that Mr.. Ames myself are at logger
heads; only though mind his judgment as producer
AS actor, regard him estimable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
His Map Unchanged.

Lon CLANCY seems to have been
In earnest when he announced
some time ago that he was eff"
for good and ALL the grotesqueries
of facial coHtortinTi and makeup
that featured his work m 1.-The 4 he
Hunchback of Notre Dame" FIe
plays the title role in ''He Who
Gets Slapped" but Q clown cos
tune and the usual clown make.
up mark the extent Of his depar.
ture from q physlognomial nor
Iiaaloy.@ =. ~ =. = - F"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30

The caption above this picture
of Edith Day and Bernard GOrcey
Is the winning caption in the title
contest conducted by this depart
n1ent last week. (. It. was sub
mitted by Maurice T. Seaman,
$50 Madison street northwest.
A check for ten dollars for his
services is awaiting MIR. Seaman
at this office.
The five next best captions and
the names of those submitting
them are as follows:
As Knight CIOaks Day" by
e. F. Beattie. 1348 Girard street
northwest.
: "Perfeet Days Clothes" by
II. B. Heller, 1881 s street north
west.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30
Higgins Receivers.

Bobby Higgins. who, through
tonsiIitis. fell out Of "Wlldflower'
after the Sunday performance on
the last visit, IS himself again.
and will be leading comedy fig,
are This week at Polls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-30

''The Clothes Of Day." by WILL
ard b. Smith, 2136K H street
northwest.
Beauty and the Least" by
Henry w. SmallwOOd, 25O9 Seven.
teenth street northwest.
"A knight for . Day" by
Albert Wertheim, 941 # street
northwest.
Two seats for tOnight's perfOr.
nance of "WildFiOwer-. al, Polls
have been sent these winners.
The judges were Leo Leavitt,
manager Of Polls; Steve COster,
treasurer Of that theater; Judge
Andrew Kelley and Harold
Phillips of The Times. Water
boy for the perspiring judges was
Frank JOcelyn Baer, librettist and
critic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

man vote and the large Irish vote,
the large Catholic vote, and the
large wet vote, irrespective of pro,
gressivism, Mr.. La Toilette further
throws out a bait for the ex-soldier
vote through being the only Presl
Dental candidate who voted for
the bonus. Mr.. Davis was not IN
public life at that time and Mr..
Coolidge vetoed the bonus. The
La Toilette campaign managers in
tend to go after the specialized ex.
soldier vote with energy and with
considerable hope.
They, at the same time, are out
for the pacifist vote through being
more pacifistic than Mr.. Davis
himself and through having been
first in the field with criticisms
leveled against Mobilization Day.
They also, on that point, intend
to make much Of the fact that
theirs is the only platform out
rightly demanding drastic reduc.
tons in military expenditures.
They, nevertheless, intend to angle
also for the votes of those who are
opposed to such internationalistic
pacifistic bodies as the League Of
Nations. Mr.. La Toilette 10 an
irreconcilable and is implacably OPP
posed to the League Of Nations.
Has European Policy.
Mr.. La Toilette, nevertheless. has
also a bait for the votes of those
who want an American policy in
Europe. He is against the League
of Nations, but he and his plat
form are in favor of an American
policy in Europe for revising the
Treaty Of Versailles and for &C.
complishing what they call Demo.
cratic settlement of Europe. Nu
merous further illustrations can
be given of the multiplicity of the
bait which Mr.. La Toilette carries
with him in his bait box in addi-
ton to his supposed solitary bait
Of progressivism or @armer-labor-
ism.
When Mr.. La Toilette gets his
fish into his boat, they will be the
most composite aggregation of
strange. odd lots of fishes that
were ever taken into the electoral
college harDor by an American
| statesman.
Thus the three parties are now
at last setting forth on their voy.
ages, to fish till the open season
| for vOracious voters ends in No
vember.
Copyright, 1924. by Current News
| Features. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
SW|NDLER
Of 100000
IN GERMANY
Federal Authorities Will TRY to
Have Koretz Extradited
If Found

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-While State
Department officers were enlisted
in the extension to Germany of
search for Leo Koretz, seven mil
lion dollar swindler, Federal au.
thorities here sought to determine
today IL he may be extradited from
that country from which letters tc
his wife have been traced.
koretz has been the object of
a world search since his indict.
ment for misuse Of the mails,
working a confidence game and
larceny IS bailee. He disappeared
from Chicago, December 0, 1923.
Mail delivered to Mrs. Koretz in
her modest home in Winnetka has
been watched carefully. The grow.
ing number of letters from Ger.
many led Federal officers to ask
that consular attaches there make
an extended search there for
Chicago's greatest swindler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
HERR|CK COMES
To j. s. FOR
REST
Ambassador Leaves Paris for
Two Months Vacation
At Home
BY FRANK e. MASON.
international News Service.


PARIS, Aug. 9.-Myron r. Her.
rick, American ambassador to
France, departed for the United
States today upon a two-month
vacation.
Herrick indirectly denied a re.
cent report that he contemplated
resigning, by saying he expected to
return before two months have
elapsed.
Ambassador 1Ierrick will not be
in Paris for the allied financial con.
ference. in Which the United States
Is keenly interested. 1t Is antici-
pated that Frank B. Kellogg, the
American ambassador to England,
will head the American delegation
to that parley--a post which would
belong to Herrick IL he We're there.
While in the United States Her.
rick will make a report to Presi.
dent Coolidge upon European condi
tons.
When Herrick departed on the
boat at 1925 o'clock he was given
farewell by Sheldon Whitehouse,
counsellor to the United States EN-.
bassy, and Bentley Mott, the mill.
tary attache.
The ambassador was in excellent
spirits. He was tanned and his
health apparently was the best. He
jokingly refused to discuss the
London conference.
Perhaps I will return sooner
than two months" he said, land
complete my vacation in France,
30 l can keep my eye upon the
work on the new American EN-.
bassy."