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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
INDUSTRY SHOW
FOSTERED BY
CHAMBER
Exposition Will Be Presented
in September-Commit-
tees Are Chosen.

The Chamber Of Commerce will
foster the staging of an industrial
exposition in Washington some
time in September, it was announced
last night following the election of
executive officers of the organiza-
ton. Plans for the exhibit are being
made by the manufacturing commit
tee, of which Charles j. Stockham
is chairman.
A. E. Seymour was reelected sec.
rotary to the chamber, and Charles
w. Darr and Chaplin Brown,
treasurer and general counsel, re-
spectively, were reelected.
Chairmen and vice chairmen OF
committees are: George H. Brown
and A. Leftwich Sinclair, reclama.
ton of Anacostia flats; Martin
Wiegand and William M. Dove
building industries; Rudolph Jose
and Milton Hopfenmaier, charities
Martin A. Leese and Frank s
Hight, conventions; Charles w
Clagett and c. Manson Foote, de
Velopment of Great Falls; Mai. Gen
Anton Stephan and Leon S. Ulman
District National Guard; Chapir
Brown and James F. Oyster, finance,
John H. Hanna and Walter B. Clark
son, harbors and waterways; Robert
N. Harper and Arthur D. Marks, high
water pressure; Ernest e. Herrel
and Ralph w. Lee insurance, bank
ing and brokerage; A. Leftwict
Sinclair and Walter C. Bal
derston, law and legislation
Charles J. Stockman and 10
seph D. Dreyfuss, manufactures
Ivan c. Weld and Harry C. Cragg
membership; Arthur C. Moses and
William F. GUIDE, parks, highways
and bridges; Charles w. Darr and
Albert Schulteis. police and fire pro.
lection: DIR. Lewis ]. Battle and DR..
John T. Sprague, public health; Will
lam F. Ham and Sidney West, pub.
lie safety; Henry H. Classic and
Milton Fairchild, public schools
public utilities. Harry King, James
B.. Henderson and Wistar M
Balderson, retail trade; Warren C.,
Kendall and Walter v. Shipley,
transportation and freight rates
William Mather Lewis and Frank S,
Hight, universities, colleges and pri.
vate schools: Ross p. Andrews and
Albert Schulteis, wholesale trade
William Dove and Oscar T. Wright,
audit, and F. A. Van Reuth and w
Stowell, house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23

BLAMES MAH-J0NGG GAME
FOR CHINA'S CORRUPTION

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-Mah-jongg Is
the game blamed for the present
corruption in China. the Rev.
George Stems, missionary In
China for thirty years, declared at
st. Mary's Mission House. ct
Techny, ILL.,. where he il studying
American educational methods.
THE bandits who rob at night
in China gamble at ma.h-jongg by
day." he said. Government offI.
Gals sit through the night playing
with officers, employees and under.
lings in general. They all lose In
the end. Thus, regular duties are
neglected and when it comes to
paying their. losses they resort to
all kinds of rascality, including
theft.
"In China there is a saying that
the victim of the habitl can no
longer be trusted I know men
and women in China who have lost
their entire possessions playing this
game. There are few games 30
contagious and am sorry to see It
getting such a hold on America"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
D. C.. Commissioners
Adverse. to Bill for
Scent Car Fares

The District Commissioners to-
day reported adversely on the bill
introduced into the House by Corr
gresham Blanton Of Texas, which
provides that street car companies
In Washington shall not charge a
fare to exceed s cents cash, SIX
tickets for % cents.
The Commissioners also opposed
another section of the same bill
which provided fare Of not more
than three-quarters of the regular
fare for school children riding to
and from school
On the reduced fare question, tho
Commissioners refer the House COM
mittee to a report made last De-
cember on a bill providing a scent
fare in which the Commission de.
ciared that the effect of the lower
rate would be disastrous to the
railway companies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
INDISPENSABLE
MANFOU|VD
At LAST
John Washington Alone Knows
Secret Of Making Flexible
Postal Markers.

Nobody IL indispensable-except
John Washington. Of 500 K street
northeast, Mr.. Washington works
for the Government. and as he has
just turned seventy, is entitled to
retire from his labors and enjoy a
pension. But because the govern
ment can't get along without him
and a secret he holds he has de-
cided to stay on the job. He says
he is going to work as long as
Uncle Sam needs him.
Mr.. Washington makes all the
flexible postage stamp concelers
used in the United States. Nobody
else knows how it's done and Mr..
Washington won't tell. Twenty
years ago, postal clerks were using
rigid metal canceling stamps. They
worked well enough on letters and
packages with smooth surfaces. but
failed to satisfy when used on I'M
even and irregularly shaped pack
ages.
Mr.. Washington discovered pro-
cess, which is still his secret, for
making flexible stamps. He. makes
the stamps from a material that
thousands Of men all over the
country are familiar with-the COM
position from which printers rollers
are made. Almost every tramp
printer in America knows how to
make It.
This commonplace material he
places in a mould. The mould is
put on a hot plate and left until
the stuff IL melted. Then Mr..
Washington let's it cool and takes
out the completed post marking
stamp. His secret is in marking the
moulds in which the stamps are set.
The moulds are Of metal and are
made under pressure. That is all
that anybody except John Wash
ington knows about them.
Copyright, 1924, William Pickett Helm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
IS
HELD FOR
B|CAMY
Former Policeman Faces Two
Wives and Frankly Tells \
Of Escapades.

Prescott Edward Haskell, three
years a member of the Eighth
precinct police and a Klansman,
was taken into custody today by
detectives of police headquarters
and charged with bigamy, non
support of his first wife and two
children, and perjury.
Rival Wives Meet.
Haskell was arrested while pay
ing a cali on his second wife, Mar
garet Dooley. twenty-three, SIG F
street southwest, whom he married
December Is last. This was the
day his resignation from the Met
ropolitan police force took effect.
A dramatic scene was enacted
when Haskell was placed under ar.
rest. His wives, who are said to
have been present, looked scOrnful-
~ at each other. AS he was led
away, tears flowed from their eyes,
1t is said.
Wife No. !, who came to Wash.
ington from Center Hall, Pa. fol.
loving the marriage to Haskell, in
1920, Is said to be Bertha Miller.
ShA returned to her parents home
in Pennsylvania July, 1923.
Only a short time elapsed, Has
kell admitted today, before he met
the girl who was to be his second
wife. December 10 he obtained a
marriage certificate, and was mar,
ried by the Rev. Arthur j. Torrey,
$50 Twelfth street southwest, five
days later.
Mrs. Haskell, the first, came
back to Washington recently. She
found her furniture stored away
and her home broken up. Then.
from some neighbors, she learned
that her husband had left the
police force and also that he had
been going" with someone else.
She enlisted the aid of the Ku
Klux Khan in the search for her
spouse. She also informed the
police OF her plight. Investigation
revealed the last marriage, it is
said. AS Haskell had found EN-.
ployment as a fireman on a loco.
motive, he was not located until
he visited the second wife.
AlSCCSSly E1dSkSIl tOIQ me de-
tectives that he had quit the force
because he could not support his
family. He said his meager salary
caused the break with his first
love. He detailed the second esca.
pade with utter frankness.
Wife No. l is in precarious straits
financially. The children also are
said to be without proper care. One
OF these is two years old, and the
other. one.
When the former policeman Sc.
cured the second marriage certifi.
cate, 1t Is alleged, he swore he was
unmarried. This resulted in a charge
of perjury being lodged against him.
l Arresting detectives were Livings.
ton, O'Brien and Cox and Lieuten.
ant Wilson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
BOY, IS, HELD ON CHARGE
OF ROBBlNG U. S. MAILS

JERSEY CITY, Jan. ga six
teen-year-old boy, Samuel Toms. is
held in $4,000 bail for the Federal
Grand Jury, on a charge Of robbing
the United States mails, by United
States Commissioner Stanton.
Police, who say Toms Is wanted
In Boston on similar charges, said
they found stolen letters in the boys
pockets when they arrested him on
January II.
Commissioner stanton also held
Charles Zipprian for the Federal
Grand Jury, in $4,000 bail, ON the
same charges. Zlpprian was arrest.
ed In Hoboken recently when found
In cafe raid, with more than forty
letters containing checks In his
pockets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
Customer Carves Neck
OF Former Griff In
War Over Drink

Sherman Keefer served soft
drinks to hard guys in a near
beer saloon at GOT New York
avenue northwest until yester-
day, when one of the patrons
began drawing pictures on his
neck with a duh razor.
AS a result, Keefer, who for
merly played with the local
American League team, is IN
Emergency Hospital. There are
thirty stitches in his neck. He
will probably live.
Keefer is said to have become
embroiled in a dispute over the
payment of 10 cents for one
of the drinks. The assailant
leaped over the bar and took
out, his carving instrument. He
welded it effectually on Keef-
er's neck, then dashed out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
BAND
TO PLAY FOR RADIO

A dance to be staged by music
from The Washington Times Herald
Band, and later from LIE Paradis
through radio. has been announced
by the Agriculture Athletic Associa-
ton to take place at the Center
Market Coliseum. February IA.
Times Herald entertainers will
nerform from 3 to 9:15 o'clock. afte~
which the Times-Herald Band viii
May dance music until 10 o'clock.
The Haverford Cycle Companv has
consented to loan receiving set
with several loud sneakers for dif'
fereut rarts of the hall. throuT'l
which Tho Tie Paradis music. hrnsd.
cast Nv wCAp every Thursday. will
he received. " ~ anv chance. the
music 's DELAYED Tho Times.Hera'd
hand will MAY the dance music for
The evening.
TTniuue entertainment and enjoy
chile sn~prisea have heen rrom'RAd
H~ wfr''arr Roberts acting rresi-
de-A NJ me asSoc'nt'~r Tho IL I'm
charge of the arrangements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
BURDEN ON
AOUt 7 s
seen
Commissioners Hold Rest Of
Trolley Passengers Will
Suffer.

Reporting adversely on the
House bill providing half fare for
school pupils and children under
twelve years Of age, the District
Commissioners today informed the
House District Committee that a
reduction in fare for children
''must ultimately be met by an in
crease for the other classes" Of
street car riders.
Oppose Passage.
The Commissioners admit that
certain features of the bill have
merit" but declare the legislation
would not be Of general interest to
the public and therefore recommend
against its passage.
In the Commissioners letter to
the House Committee, it is estimat-
cd that $4,000 children would be en-
titled to half-fare to and from their
schools, The Commissioners point
out that If all of these children took
advantage of the half-fare-and they
state they have no way to determine
whether they will-the company's
revenues would be reduced $156,O00
o year.
The letter goes on to state that
the railway companies are not earn
ing more than q reasonable return
under the present rates of fare, and
intimate that a special fare for
school children might not be legal
unless some means be taken to- in
crease the companies revenues to
make up for losses through carry
ing school children.
Poorer Children Walk.
"While no statistics are avail
able" the Commissioners say, sit
appears highly probable that the
children of the poor families walk
to school to save expense while the
older members Of the families ride
to and from their work at more
distant points.
IF such be the case, the pro-
posed legislation would tend to re-
lieve the more well.to-do families
a, the exnense Of the poorer ones.
The fundamental fact that the
fares Oh tine passengers are the
only source of income for the street
railway companies must be kept in
mind, and that any reduction for
any class of riders must ultimately
be met by an increase for the other
classes.
With reference to the provision
IN the bill that all children between
six and twelve years old ride for
half fare, the Commissioners point
out that much confusion would re-
suit, and state that conductors
would find it difficult to estimate
the age Of children, and would re-
suit in a delaying Of traffic because
Of disputes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
PHlPPS RETAINED AS HEAD
OF D. c. SUBCo COMMITTEE

Formal announcement OF the re-
tention of Senator Lawrence
Phipus Of Colorado as chairman Of
the District subcommittee on ap.
propriations was announced yester-
day by Senator Warren, chairman
Of the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee.
The other members are Senators
Ball. Jones of Washington. Spencer,
Mckinley. Glass. Sheppard. Jones Of
New Mexico and Nicely. The only
new member of the subcommittee IL
Senator Nicely of West Virginia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
WHO'LL DESCRIBE HIM?

Dear Bill: What does a "cCOIxie
pusher" look like3 Maybe some Of
our column artists or wits can
show US? CONTRIB.
"Cookie pusheT" hos lately
been used IN connection sOith
some of those young men In the
diplomatic and consular service
aOhO think all they haze to do is
to trot to pink. teas and social
affairs. The coLMnt7s 10its coined
the aOord "cGke-eGter," as applied
to the F street youngsters aUhO
affected MltrG-fGshiO4ss and hved
on drugstore cake, ice cream,
etc. The word is uoaO IN national
use. NoW, aOhoU describe or
draau for us the "coOkie pusher?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
TRUSTEE IS APPOINTED
IN BACON ESTATE SALE

Lucian Vandoren was yesterday
appointed trustee by Justice Hitz
of the District Supreme Court to
sell premises at 1922 Connecticut
avenue northwest, owned by the
late Levi Seward Bacon to Lena
S. Boykin for $4,000.
The purchaser is also to convey
to the children of Bacon her prop.
erty at 2617 Garfield street north.
west, In addition to the cash. Mrs.
Nettie p. Bacon, widow of Levi
Seward Bacon and her daughter
Margaret Bacon instituted the pro.
ceedings for the sale and partition
for the benefit of themselves and
the other heirs. Mr.. Bacon died
in December. 1917.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
BASEBALL MONUMENT
FOR D. c. ASKED OF HOUSE

Permission to erect monument
to svmbolizc the national game
Of baseball is granted to the Ameri.
can League in a bill introduced in
the House yesterday by Congressman
Gallivan Of Massachusetts,.
The monument is to be erected on
public grounds in the District to be
selected by the Joint Committee on
the Library of Congress, with the
approval Of the Commission Of Fine
Arts.
The monument is to be erected
under the supervision Of the Chief
Of Engineers, without expense "a
the United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
LONGFELLOW

No longer the lights Of the barroom
Clean out through the rain and mist,
For q terrible drOuth has come over US,
And ON BovO we cannot exist.
So the nights shall DO filled with moon
shine,
But the beer that infests the day
May follow after the Arabs,
And as silently gurgIe away.
THE UNKNOWN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Some men can't take . Joke, but
Henry Ford knows the value Of q
timely joke and that . Joke In time
creates ninety and nine.
While Il would be difficult to nalno
the most talked Of man Of today,
Ford il easily the worlds most jOked
about man.
Yes, the wizard Of the LlESie sup
plies an inexhaustable stock Of
laughs, but is no laughing stock.
FOrd's tractors are proving q great
success, which can't be said for his
detractOrB.
The world remembers Henri Fabro,
the French naturalist, because he
was nuts" on bugs. and IL will re-
member Henry Ford. the American
flivverolOgist for the reverse reason
that he was bugs" on nuts.
F. j. SCHWAB.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
YOUNG ARcHAEoLoGISTs
HEAR CARTHAGE LECTURE

A lecture and motion pictures
illustrating the archaeological ex.
cavations on the site Of ancient
Carthage was given last night by
Count de Prorok before the Arch.
geological Society Of Washington.
in connection with its junior
branch, the Art and Archaeology
League, in the auditorium of the
National Museum. After the lee.
ture a reception was given to
Count and Countess Prorok in the
National Gallery Of Art. where the
Carthage relics were on exhibition.
The hostessest Of the occasion
were Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs.
II. F. Dimock. Mrs. William Eric
Fowler. Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr. and
Mrs. George Oakley Totem, jr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
d. c. Heads Oppose Halt Fare for Children
5lllIEARD1oSEk!B
~A01Hi1D0' ID By BILL PRICES 1>AalA-''~
A WHOLESALE ENTRANCE.

A WHOLESALE ENTRANCE.
"whOm have we here9" St. Peter
"Whom from the Earth below9"
"Bill Price, his gang Of nuts In tow"
The Angel Hosts replied.
bid them enter and be seated,
Give to each o harp and crown,
Heaven, indeed, 10 now completed,
We shall never see q fROwn.
Their names? 1t masters not to me,
Their states arc wiped quite clean;
For don't l know this bunch to be
The fans Of HEARD AND SEEN?
They. in their way. glad tidInGs
To P ESEtE'st children all.
And In return no favOFD sought;
"Why need their names CALF"
And, Is old st. Peter spoke,
The gates were opened mid . din,
And with his pen--One mighty stroke
Bill Price's gang was all checked
In.
Then. rs the gates were about to
(Of this, you'll please take motel
who rot In by the length Of . nose?
Who, but the Office Goat.
PAUL L. COMPTON.
49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
PROBLEM AND PUZZLE.

On January 10 we published an
interesting problem by WILLIAM
F.. ROESER. A number of an
swers were received, but the ma
jority appear a to be incorrect.
Roeser's answer to his own prob
lem was that the messenger trav-
eled 1887 miles. JOSEPH BEN
JAMIN gets q substantially the
same answer, k7.59S miles. Fl. r.
also gives the right answer.
H. SMITHS recent puzzle also
brings in a number of answers.
DICK JAMES and K. S. c. both
give the word AMIGO" as the
correct answer. That is the word.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
FOR
S955,000
INCOME
Exemption Feature Is Fair to
All, Congressman Says.
BIanton to Object.

A favorable report on the Dis
trict gasoline tax bill was sub
mitted to the House today by Con-
gresham Frederick N. Zihlman Of
Maryland, acting chairman Of the
House District Committee. The
bill will come up for action Mon
day, the first District Day.
A minority report is expected to
be filed within the next few days
by Congressman Thomas L. Blan-
ton of Texas.
Statements i'm Report.
Congressman Zihlman's majority
report contains the following state
ment:
"The lowering of the present
registration license tag fee and the
exemption of motor vehicles from
the personal property tax up to the
sum OF 81 900. has been recommend
ed by the District Commissioners
in line with the policy adopted by
many of the States as more jus
and equitable method Of raising
revenue for motor vehicles, putting
classes of cars which use the streets
''Thirty-five States in the unior
now have a gasoline tax and al
the States within 100 miles Of tht
District have adopted this metho
Of raising revenue from motor We
Expect $955, 900 Total.
1.-THE Commissioners Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia have estimated the
under the current law they would
receive a revenue Of approximately
$3.50, 600 for the year 1924 from regis
tration tags and safe, 900 from pei.
sOnal property tax on automobiles
and trucks, making total Of $685..
600.
Last year statistics were gathered
as to the use Of motor vehicle fuel
in the District of Columbia and II
was estimated that with a two-cent
per gallon tax on gasoline that the
revenues resulting from the enact
ment Of this bill would be approx
mately 81 ,000, 200.
"It is estimated that there arc
approximately 100000 automobiles
and trucks in the District of Colum
bia, and that of this number abou
five-sixths are assessed at less thar
81 900 and exempt from the persona
property tax under the provision;
Of this bill.
Feels Tax Is Fair.
"Your committee feels that thE
form Of taxation is fairest to al
automobile owners and users in the
District as it places the burden Of
taxation upon that class OF caI3
that most use the roads and streets
and relieves from taxation those
cars which are only used for pleas.
ure and in going to and from
work"
Congressman Zihlman submits
with the majority report letter
from the board of District Colnmis.
sioners which sets forth In detail
the necessity for the enactment Of
the gasoline tax bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
GEOGRAPHICAL LIMERICK.

Learn State a day.
He loved q girl In Nebraska,
But was too tfmid to ask her,
So he proposed In q note,
Then a0t ON q boat
And mailed IL from Alaska.
TEACHER
-<A>-
The Kallipolis Kronicle, organ
of the Washington Grotto of
Masons, says that LOUIS
CRUMP made an awful break
one night recently. He was
dining at a friends house, and
when asked if he would have
some corn, absent mindedly
passed his glass"
THE KODAK PRESENT.
asked my girl II she'd like a kodak,
Sure her reply was not negative"
thought 1t best to make IL snappy.
1 may soon assume q lovers pose,
May propose whom the time In ripe,
For to this solution have come
III await developments" In sight.
And then II some guy tries to franc
me,
warn all that me must take heed
For there's NO obstacle can't mount
And sure some retOuchlng he will
need.
For when I get focus on him
Then his Rrtlor will diminish,
After that he'll be In the discard
And right there he will see his
HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23
OH! WHY DID SHE?
OLD, BUT WISE SAYINGS.

Not every woman who avoids q
crowd objects to being squeezed.
A word to the wise is as good
as q flea in the ear.
Love, like necessity, knows no
law.
= SPARKY.
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III run them out of Phila-
delphiG will they go to the
old D. c.? As sung by
SMEDLEY BUTLER.
r. NJ. M.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-23

Everg time I start in to
follow the. Gdvice of "Thrift
Week" philosophers some one
else stGrts a "driUe."
M. C.. A.