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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
CIVIL SERVICE
REPORT READY
Charges Of Violation OF
Rules 10 Go to Mayor

Members Of the civil service com.
mission Friday were engaged in com.
plling their report 10 Mayor Brown
on charges made by Councilman
Oliver Il. Erickson that civil service
laws have been ignored By the mayor
and Superintendent W. d. Barkhuff
In hiring city employees
Erickson charged that nm assistant
secretary 10 the mayor and Delbert
Kirby Barkhuff. son Of superintend.
ent Barkhuff. had been employed
without regard 10 civil service rules.
Chairman Frank cotierill OF tho
civil service commission said Friday
he expected II would be several days
before the commissions report would
DO ready FOR the mayor. Testimony
from several witnesses was taken.
The Inst witness was vs.. X. Murray,
garbage superintendent In the health
department. who said he had first
learned young Barkhuff had been
employed from HIS own son, a chum
OF the Baflhuff boy.
Barkhuff declares the employment
Of his son "a laborer was legal and
customary. as there were no eiIgibles
on the civil service list at the time.
Tho youth worked several months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
CHARGE MAN
STOLE GIFTS

when Edmond o'Grady force
his way into the home OF Grse
sandstrom. oxford and Jeffern.
stA. Kirkland. December II, b,
found an array OF Christmas Gift,
Selecting tho most valuable. he d..
parted. He was arrested followin,
attempts to dispose Of the gifts .
few days later.
o'Grady was charged with bur.
gIary in the second degree in i,
information flied in superior cou-
on Friday by Prosecutor Maloolm
Douglas
Philip sucra and A. Mountain wen
charged with robbery in a com,
plant filed Friday. The two al
accused OF having held up an
robbed X. sugiro at e25 Weller 4.
January 2.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
PARIS FLOOD
UNDER CHECK

PARIS. Jan. A sudden COZ
snap. absence OF rain fer q houn
and the subsistence OF several afflu
ents OF the Seine were believed 10
day TO have checked the Par.
floods just as a general disasts,
seemed imminent.
The steady rise OF the river
which had reached the top OF u.
DUAL d'orsay parapets this morning.
continued at slower rate and wa.
expected to last until Sunday. when
IL no further rains occur. the water,
may subside.
a flood depth OF II feet wa
noted at Austerlitz bridge at noon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
STIFF Term IS
GIVEN H0LDUP
Western Union Bandit Mus,
Serve 1920 Years

"To date the best way Of stamp,a,
out crime that has ever been deyi...
Is TO severely punish offenders" ~.
Judge Boyd J. Tallman Friday. as /.
pronounced sentence Of from 10 N !.
years on Bert jacobs. convicted :,
participating in the Western UnIos
cashier holdup October 2.
Jacobs was found guilty Of rclss,,
by q jury in Judge Tallman's cos,,
two weeks ago. Jacobs AMI thr..
companions help UP l.. Il. William,
a Western Union cmploye. as he ~
another employe were carrying 81 a.
In a grip from the office on Cher,
II. TO the main offices on the s,,s
floor OF the Railway Exchange buIn
ing. They escaped with the none
but Jacobs Was arrested in Eursrs
Ore. where he was traced By n.
trail OF gold he spread as he trat.
eIed.
Judge Taliman said that the eo-.
victed man was not only guilty :,
robbery but had perjured himself d
the stand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
WHITCOMB WILL
HEAD CHAMBER

David whiicomb. sole nominee.
viii be elected president Of the Seat.
tic Chamber Of Commerce at the
annual election. January 10. Ballots
viii be mailed TO all members Jan.
uary IL.
Worrall Wilson and T.. Rex Smith
were nominated for the post Of vice
president: Casper W. Clarke and
Robert s. Walker named for treasury
nominees
Thirty.seyen new directors VIII be
elected FROM list Of 70 submitted by
the nominating committee.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
MIGHTY TREASURE
HOARD FOUND IN
KING TUFTS TOMB

T UXoR. Jan. determination
~ OF the third OF n nest Of
ahrines covering tho aarcophagus
Of Pharaoh Tutnnkhamen today
revealed enough gold inlay TO
stock a small mint.
Observing the tremendous
amount OF treasure concealed
within tho outer canopieH, the ex.
G tors now estimate that 10 per
,lit OF the treasure OF tho tomb
II as yet untouched.
In several rooms IRE stored
treasures which Howard Carter
has not had time 10 examine, but
be believes that almost every
square yard OF floor space con.
tnins n kings ransom"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
WILL PROTEST
JAILINGS HERE

CHICAGO, Jan. A. Unless Gov.
ernor Richardson, OF California, and
Governor Hart. OF Washington, i'm.
mediately release the tabor prison.
ers" OF their states, coast 10 coast
campaign of agitation will be start
ed. the general defense COMMITTEES
here announced today.
unless this army OF framed up
workers Is released Immediately. an
organized protest will spring up IN
all parts OF the country that VIII
startle the rcactionaries in Califos.
MIA and Washington" a staiemeni
declared in part.
Formal appeals for the release q
the more than 100 ''labor prisoner
in both states are being sent. ths
committee announced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
To Clarity Ships
Position Reports

In order 10 eliminate possibility OF
position reports from ships Mt sea
from clashing with newspaper broad.
casting. vessels may in the near fu.
turc be directed to send their s p. m.
position reports before p. m. and
to walt from that hour until II p. m.
before again reporting, except in
cases where such action is found
necessary.
An effort TO make the rule univer
sal along the Pacific coast was
launched Friday. following confer.
ence OF radio and shipping men. held
in Seattle Thursday. San Francisco
authorities are expected 10 pass on
the plan before Il Is put into effect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
Urges Voters to Be
Careful at Election

Voters were urged TO use greater
care in selecting men and women TO
serve them in public office by Rev.
]. Ralph Magee, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church. in an
address TO the Young Mems Republl
can club Thursday noon,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
Salmon Cannerymen
Open Meeting Here

Under tho auspices OF the ASsocil,
ton OF Pacific Fisheries. salno-
capnerymen from points thruout ihs
Northwest met at the New Vas
ington hotel to discuss problems PEI.
tinent to the industry at 10 a. u.
Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
Must Have License
Soon or Be Punched

Motorists must nave their new II.
oenses by January 10. or be arrested.
County Auditor ID. Il. Ferguson
warned Friday. Approximately so 900
motorists still have not taken out
their 1924 plates.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-04
FOLLOWING HEARINGS

liquor law violations before Unlls
States Commissioner II. S. Elliott
Friday, Victor Bossellini and WILLIS
Carmichael were bound over 10 N
federal grand jury. Their bonds wen
set at $3.50 each.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
BILL PROPOSES
DISTINCTIVE
D.C.FLAC
Congressman Reed Introduces
Measure Endorsed by D.
A. r. Committee.

Creation Of a distinctive flag for
the District of Columbia IL provided
in a bill introduced in the House to.
day by Congressman Stuart r. Reed
Of West Virginia.
The bill authorizes appointment of
a commission to be composed Of the
President, the Secretary Of War and
the president of the Board Of Dis.
trict Commissioners to procure q
design for the flag, with the advice
Of the Commission Of Fine Arts. An
appropriation Of 81 500 IL authorized.
The bill has the support Of the
Daughters Of the American RevOlu.
ton, who, through a special com.
mittee under Mrs. Albert M. Walker,
sent the following letter to Con.
gressman Reed:
Believing that the District OF Co.
lumbia should have a distinctive
flag for display wherever the vari.
Gus States Of the United States are
80 represented-An ceremonious o..
casions, In national conventions, for
use by the local companies Of the
national guard, in collections of
flags displayed by historical associa.
tions, museums, or departments OF
the Government. in flag books and
30 forth, our Flag Chapter, d. A,
R., indorSes this bill and requests itu
passage"
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
MAN HELD HERE
AS SLAYER IS
On BAIL
Court Grants Plea to Place
Frank CampoIi on Bonds.
Jury Disagreed.
Frank Campoli, who was recently

Frank Campoli. who was recently
tried before a jury in Criminal
Court No. 2, Justice Hoehling' pre-
siding, on q charge Of first degree
murder In connection with the
death, March 18, 1923, Of Bascillio
Faromini who 1t was alleged he
shot, was today admitted to $15, 900
bail.
Counsel for the accused making
an earnest plea in behalf of his
client, calling to the attention Of the
court that the jury which delib.
Grated in the case for twenty-eight
hours, stood at one time seven for
acquittal. one for manslaughter,
three for murder in the second
degree and one for conviction for
first degree murder.
Justice Hoehling took occasion
70 criticise the statement made by
counsel for Campoli as to the man.
ner In which the jury stood, de-
claring that the deliberations OF
the jury are supposed to be secret
and that neither counsel for the
Government or for the accused.
have any right to disregard this
rule. The jury In the case disagreed
and was dismissed. Campoli, &C.
cording to Assistant District Attor'
ney Emerson will be tried again.
The accused pleaded self.defense.
Benjamin g. Gardner, who pleaded
guilty to a charge Of false pretenses
In connection with obtaining several
pieces Of jewelry January last
from Harvey E. Ressler, was sem
fenced to two years in the peniten'
tiary and placed on probation.
Gardner showed Ressler check
for $1,400 made out by the accused
on the Munsey Trust Company and
told him that he was the assistant
editor OF q local newspaper. botn
OF which representations were false:
Adolphe Jaffe, white, who confessed
to stealing a finger ring valued at
$3.50 December 30 last from Emily
Offutt was sentenced to one year
In Jail and placed on DrObation.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
SUB-DEBSPA|NT
AND CLEAN Up
! TEA SHOP
Young Society Buds DO Bit
in Plan to Raise Fund for
Greek Orphans.

The scrubbing Of floors. tho
washing Of dishes, and the sewing
Of things that need sewing are
avocations with which subdebs are
no longer on such distant terms, &C.
cording to q trio Of popular Wash.
ington debutantes.
The walls Of their tea room
needed papering, and they were pa.
pered by the girls to their own
satisfaction: the place needed a gen.
eral overhauling, and Il was gener.
ally overhauled to their own salts.
faction by themselves; and lastly,
though In nowise leastly, they
Tapped a mean paint brush. and
the walls took on that awesome
look OF q tea house.
Miss Janet Moffett, daughter of
Rear Admiral Moffett: Miss Natalie
Hammond, daughter Of John Hays
Hammond, and Miss Bessie Nc.
Keldin, daughter Of Mrs. Leigh
who blazed the way.
They are opening a tea shop at
the corner Of Seventeenth and H
streets northwest. Tor the benefit Of
Greek orphans, and they were un.
willing to spend the money to get
the shop put in order. 1t, therefore,
resolved itself down to q case of
take II az It was or clean II up.
They even plan to wash the dishes
used In the tea shop. which will be
open every Wednesday and Satur.
day afternoon.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
DANGEROUS FLY
NEARLY GETS
INTO ]. 8.
Dr.. ]. M. Aldrich Identifies It
: in His Rogue's Gallery
of insects.

The immigration bars are up
against. the Mediterranean fly,
scourge Of European vineyards,
thanks to DR.. ]. M. Aldrich. Of 1918
Fairmont street northwest, anu his
rogue's gallery of insects. A short
time ago, however, a stowaway insect
from Spain which nearly upset the
rules and regulations. The suspect
was taken to Washington. identified
in the Rogue's Gallery as the
dreaded pest and the entire ship
ment barred with savings to Ameri.
can fruit growers Of millions Of
dollars in possible damages.
DR.. Aldrich Is one of the govern.
ment's scientists at the National
Museum. He specializes on insects
The so-called Rogue's Gallery is in
his keeping. 1t contains identified.
ton marks Of $500, 900 insects harm.
ful to men, animals and plants. or
suspected Of harmful intent. The
government has spent years in build.
ing 1t up and DIR. Aldrich alone has
collected nearly 100000 specimens
whose history has been added to the
long lists.
The work done by DIR. Aldrich 10
Of benefit not only to the aKricul.
tural and livestock industry but to
the medical profession. II a ply.
sician finds, for instance, in connec.
ton with a case of illness, an insect
which he suspects Of having been
engaged In transmitting disease to
human beings. he may send 1t to
DR.. Aldrich, who compares Il with
his specimens and communicates the
facts to the physician. The same
thing applies to insects injurious to
crops and livestock.
In the case Of a stowaway fly. an
inspector found little worm which
he suspected Of being larva Of the
fly. The inspector held up the grapes
till the worm could be sent to DR..
Aldrich. He could not tell whether
1t was fruit. fly larva, but nursed
1t till 1t matured. Then he made
comparisons and found that It was
the fly he feared.
Copyright 1924. by william
oil Ri.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
GETS s MONTHS IN JAIL
ON LARCENY CHARGES

Pleading guilty to three cases Of
larceny. one Of housebreaking and
one Of having stolen an automobile.
Lewis Williams, colored, for six
months sought by the police before
his apprehension, was sentenced by
Judge Gus A. Schuldt In the United
States branch of Police Court to.
day to serve sixty days in jail on
each of three cases Of larceny, a
total Of six months. On the house
breaking charge he was held for
action Of the grand jury under bond
OF $1,000 and for theft Of the auto.
mobile bond was set at $4,000.
According to Assistant District
Attorney Ralph Given. there are
ten more housebrealSing charges
against Williams and a number Of
petty larceny cases growing out Of
the theft of automobile accessories.
The accessories have been recovered
and await Identification by their
owners. He was arrested by Detec.
tives Smoot and Hiser, Of the Tenth
precinct. after q search Of six
months.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
''Gas" To Army User
Costs Half What
Citizen Pays

Ten-cent gasoline and scent
oil seem Utopian impossibilities
to Washington's great majority
Of motorists. Yet the prices
are familiar to those privileged
to draw from the army COM
missaries.
While civilians pay Fl cents
a gallon for "gas" and 10 cents
q pint for oil, army men get
the same products for 10 and b
cents, respectively.
Offices Of the big oil COM
panies here don't know exactly
why the army people can buy
supplies for their cars 100 per
cent cheaper than most people.
Maybe Mr.. Doheny knows.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
ARE MISSIONARIES BEsT2

Dear Bill: I see 1Uhere the cGM-
ssibGLs of Savage Island aOere
compelled to HVe nm a vegetable
diet for a long time, bast that
they've eaten the first missionary
they could got their hands on,
and insist that a meat diet is
much better than vegetables. !
do not personally k1sO1O that
missionGry's meat IS better than
any other kind, although It must
Be from statistics gathered from
the cGmmibGls. Is not there some
eOGy of finding 1Ohether q boot
leOgerls meat WGMld be- issdtgest'
i6le, # fed to cGnni6Gls, and ho.O
sO0MG a brOiEed banker taste?
LikcaOise a ste1Oed flGpper?
ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
CAS- COST
IN DC.
ST|RS
Army Users Paying Only Hall
of Price Charged Citizens,
inquiry Discloses.

simultaneously with the open
ing Of gasoline a price investi-
cation by the Department Of
Justice, by order Of President
Coolidge, it was learned today
that "gas" and oil are being
sold by army commissaries at
about half the price the retail
consumer pays.
The Federal investigation was
launched in response to charges
that the Standard Oil Company
has mOnopoHzed the crude oil
supply.
Army Has Special Rate.
At the Washington offices Of
the Standard OH and the Texas
Companies, It was said that the
prices fixed for the District Of Co.
lumbia are ordered from the homo
offices and are not open to question
by tho branch offices.
The army, 1t was learned, gets a
special rate on gasoline and oil,
buying in huge quantities and sell
Ing without profit.
Ten gallons Of gasoline, bought
from the army commissary, cost
81, and three pints Of oil are sold
for fifteen cents.
The small consumer would pay
$2.10 for the same amount Of gaso-
line and thirty cents for the same
quantity Of oil.
While 1t is commonly known that
Army stores are able to sell various
commodities at less than the or.
dinary retail price. the discrepancy
between the gasoline and oil prices
was not suspected.
Explanations Are Meager.
OIL company officials were asked:
'If the manufacturer can sell
gasoline and oil to the army at a
profit, and the army can resell
to its members 100 per cent cheaper
than the regular price, who gets
the rest Of the money"
The retailer, who buys from one
Of the big oil companies, has a few
cents margin of profit on every
gallon of gasoline and oil. Freight
and handling are reckoned in the
wholesale price.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
WHY WANT TO LIVE?

The applicant was being exam.
ined for life insurance. He want
ed to get an idea Of how long he
might live.
"What are my chances for nv.
ing to ninety years Of ageT" ne
asked.
"HOw old are your"
"FOrty.Seven."
"What is your mode Of hving?"
''I'm single, don't care for So
Ciety or women, don't dance,
drink, smoke, chew, swear, gamble
or stay up after 8 o'clock Mt
night"
Looking him over carefully,
the medical examiner remarked:
''What in the devil do you want
to live to ninety for, anyhow
JESSICA.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
GIRL GET S
PAROLE|N
COURT
Olga Cumberland, Who Inn
personated chum, Sent
Home by Judge.

Olga Anna Cumberland, mystery
girl and self-confeSSed impersonator
Of her dead chum, has gone home to
live with her parents In New Jersey.
She Is going to stay there under the
watchful PARENTAL eye and never
again indulge in the improbable
game Of aliases and obtaining goods
under other names on their charge
accounts. ..'s'...
Olga appeared for the last time
before Judge John p. Mcmahon in
Police Court today to learn what the
future held in store for her. 1t
might mean months In Jail or parole.
She did not know-and she appeared
nervous.
Judge Warns Her.
Judge McMahon. in pronouncing
sentence, said: "YOur actions in
the past have been somewhat mys-
teriour, but a careful investigation
by the police has revealed no pre-
vious criminal record. You have
been away from homo for some
time and / am afraid that you
have been drifting toward the bot.
tom Of the ladder.
Your parents have been commu'
nicated with and they are willing
to forgive and help you. The court
is going to sentence you TO serve
thirty days in jail on each OF the
four charges OF false pretenseS,
and suspend sentence. You Will Do
placed on probation on condition
that you go homo, but you must
live there, for IL you leave you wan
be taken into custody and made
to serve the sentence imposed.
Miss Cumberland created q sen.
sation sometime ago when she was
arrested for obtaining goods on the
accounts Of her landlady and told
the police a startling story OF hav.
ing for two years impersonated her
chum after the latter died and was
buried by her:
Changed Story Later.
She afterward changed the story
following the receipt by local po-
lice Of her own photographs from
the st. Louis. authOrities.. and told
Of having seen an. advertisement in
serted by a man named johnson,
of st. Louis. for his daughter whom
he had not seen since the age OF
seven. ..'.''.'''
The advertisement aroused her
spirit Of adventure, she said. and
she communicated with the father,
representing herself as the lost
daughter. She even went 90 far
as to send him photographs Of her
self and promised to visit him.
which she never did.
The adventure was characterized
by the court as ''cruel arousing
of hopes in the heart Of an aged
father" Miss Cumberland said
that she had not realized this.
Miss Cumberland's attorney was
instructed by the court to pur-
chase her a ticket with the money
sent by her parents and to per.
sonally see her on the train.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
ODE TO AN EGG.

The posts sing Of birds and dreams,
OF flowers, rivulets and brooks,
Of summer nights whose starry
Seek out the lovers from their
hooks.
They sing Of mountains, ships and
seas,
Brave mon and exc the winsOme
dame;
Sweet verses TO the bees and tPees
You've read-they're all abOut the
same
hat I would rather different BE-.
Please bear with me. just this
Let mo 20 down In history
As oder to tho common 0gg.
JACK HARLAN.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
COL. JOSEPH CARRARD
DIES IN SAN ANTONIO

Col. Joseph Garrard, retired. for
mer commandant of Fort Myer,
who died in San Antonio, Texas.
Monday, will be buried In Arlington
National cemetery Saturday at u
o'clock.
Colonel Garrard was born in Ken
lucky. December 20, 1851. He at
tended the United States Military
Academy at West Point. From l9Oy
to 1913 he was In command OF
Fort Myer. He is survived by q
widow and two daughters. 49, -
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
DISTRICT MEN NAMED
IN OFFICERS RESERVE

Appointments in the Officers Re.
serve Corps. announced by the War
Department today, were accepted nv
Arthur Frederick Tower, Of 1917 I
street northwest, second lieutena nj
Military Intelligence, and e. Glen
Hunter, Of 1856 Thirty-fourth street.
Mt. Rainier. Md, second lieutenant,
Quartermaster's Corps.
Joseph rancis Randall, 3iAO
Nineteenth ' street northwest, was
promoted to a lieutenant colonelcy
In the Air Service.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
THOSE FIGHTING" GENERALS

The other do~ a MenicGn gen.
0rGI 1U0s killed in battle.
It usually takes a IOmg-rGnge
gun to go an Mp-to-dGte general.
And eVery year the range has to
be increased.
Generals are supposed to lead
their armies, so they stay away
back In the rear, sOhere they can
get a good lead.
GrGdes they leGd their mon
from the front end; in battles
from tho rear end.
One general fell IN the service
Of his country. He slipped off
Q barn roof sUhile 1OGtching a
battle through his telescope.
But he got t,Oo gold stripes for
NvOMsIds received IN action. He
landed on the head of q cO1O.
MIKE HENRY.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
PRESIDENT ASKED TO o. K.
DISTINCT ATLANTA GUARD

President Coolidge was asked to.
day t. approve the organization Of
a new regiment Of infantry in the
Georgia National Guard, the unit to
be composed Of residents Of Atlanta.
The request was made by Mayor
Walter g. Sims, 'Adjutant General
Charles H. Cox and b. 8. Barker,
secretary Of the Atlanta Chamber
Of Commerce. :.
THE plan 10 understood TO have
the approval Of the War Depart.
ment. and Il is expected that the
FORMAL O. X. Of the President will
be Forthcoming.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
EXERCISES PLANNED BY
FRANCISCAN SISTERS

The Franciscan Sisters Of the
Atonement at the Mt. Carmel Re.
treat House today began the regis.
tration Of women and girls who
will take part In the exercises of
the day Of recollection" on Sun.
day.
The services will begin at 10
o'clock Sunday morning and close
at 6 o'clock in the evening". ! : /.
The Washington times., 1924-02-08
BELL TO TELL ENGINEERS
OF The DISTRICTS NEEDS

The Engineering Needs Of the
District and How the Engineer
May Help to Solve Them" is the
gubiect which Major J. Franklin
Bell, Engineer Commissioner. Will
address before the Washington
chapter Of the American Associa.
ton of Engineers at the Interior
Department building tomorrow
night at Sa6. 49,. ....
Students of engineering and citi.
zens who are interested in the prob
lens Of the District, have been in.
vited to attend. ..,.........,. .,...