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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
JACK NEV|N To
HANDLE DAVIS
PUBLICITY
WeII-Known Newspaper Man
Made Candidates Per-
sona1 Representative

John E. Nevin, Washington CORE.
spondent of the New York Tele-
gram and Evening Mail, one Or the
most widely known newspaper men
in the Tilted States, has been named
personal publicity representative of
John w. Davis, his friends here
learned today.
Jack" Nevin has had long and
successful career in newspaper
work. He has been a Washington
correspondent, internationally, for
many years. Formerly he was at
tached to the staffs of the Interna.
tional News Service and of the
United Press.
His most recent activity in this
city has been his weekly polltical
talks over radio Station WRC.
The Democratic candidates. pub.
licity man sometimes acted in like
capacity for Woodrow Wilson. He
has a wide acquaintance among the
political figures of the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
PERSHING LEAVES FOR
CAMP INSPECTION TOUR

General John J. PershinG left
Washington yesterday for his fare
well tour OF the army.
He will inspect the Citizens
Military Training Camps from New
, York to Denver and will then
return to the Capital to complete
final plans for the Defense Day
mobilization test on September 10.
This tour will De the last one
which Persbing will make Of the
nations ~"rlps and his last inspec.
ton Of the troops which he has
commanded as chief of staff, as
his military service will come to a
close on Defense Day. During the
western tour he will spend a few
days with relatives IN Lincoln,
Neb.
Pershings itinerary includes: Ang.
9, Camp Vail, N. j.; Aug. ~, Camp
Devens. Mass; Aug. 10, Plattsburg.
N. Y: and Fort Ethan Allen, Vt:
Aug. ID, Camp Perry, Ohio: Aug.
IL. Des Moines, Ia; Aug. IS, Camp
Grant. ILL.,: Aug. ~. 20 and III,
Lincoln, Neb.; Aug. %, Fort Logan,
Colo; Aug. %. Cheyenne, Wyo.:
Aug. 20. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.;
Aug. q and %, Lincoln. Neb.
Aug. 10, Chicago; Aug. 81. Findlay
and Columbus, thence direct to
Washington,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
NEEDLE JABBER
SUSPECT IS
PUZZLE
Police Investigate Arrest of
New York Man in Connec-
ton With D. c. Case

AS cool and apologize as If
there was nothing to disturb her,
Mrs. Lydia Blackburn, sixty-four
today began her fourth day as
an inmate Of the House of Deten.
ton. on suspicion of being the
needle jabber."
Mrs. Blackburn, shrunken as
she is by age, is still proving an
enigma to police. despite several
hours Of strenuous grilling by de
tectives and members OF the Police
womens' Bureau.
Police first became aware Of the
plot to vlctimize innocent girls
when three young women, includ
ing Miss Florence WEIGH. 1921
Mt. Pleasant street. reported that
they had been drugged near
Lafayette Park by an old woman
who had asked their aid to cross
the street.
Another angle to the investiga
ton developed today. when news
came from New York stating that
Mario Jiminez, alias Mario Jen
nlngs, former Georgetown student
had been arrested there with a
hypodermic needle which he is said
to have used in drugging Girls on
the streets.
While it is held doubtful that any
connection between the two case.
exists, police are leaving no s,one
unturned in running this down on
account of the similarity of the
cases. Jiminez, or Jennings, is said
to have had the names Of nearly
fifty Capital girls in a little note
book which he carried.
A new turn in the needle lab
bing case occurred when street
car conductor identified Mrs. Black,
burn as the woman who fell in
front Of his car last Tuesday night
He said a man who helped her t.
the sidewalk later complained OF
feeling i'll. Police are trying to To-
cate him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
FLEES HOSPITAL
TWICE.; BACK
AGAIN
Alexander Noble, Tubercular
Patient, Sentenced on In
toxication Charges

After twice escaping from Gal.
linger Hospital where he had been
receiving treatment for alcoholic
poisoning, Alexander Noble, tu-
bercular patient at Walter Reed
Hospital, was again brought into
Police Court today charged with
intoxication.
Noble pleaded with the court 20
be placed on probation, in order.
he said, that he might go West
for the benefit of his health. The
police testified that Noble was ar
rested for being drunk in July, and
sent to the hospital. He escaped
two days later.
Arrested on a similar charge
August {, his condition again ne
cessitated treatment at the hospital,
but he escaped before he could be
brought to trial in court. He was
fined SOS, in default of which ne
will serve fortyfive days at Gel.
linger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
M PL D T
APPEALS
LOST
Classification Board Sends
All Back to Department
Chiefs for Action

Federal employees today discov-
cred that their right of direct
appeal to the Personnel Classifi-
cation Board in matters of alloca-
tion had been taken away from
them.
Some days ago it became evil
dent that the multiplicity of these
protests would make it impossible
for the Personnel Board members
to give them individual attention,
and accordingly new policy was
adopted of referring all appeals
to the heads of departments and
bureaus, who are the immediate
superiors of the compliments.
Regarded as Tribunal.
The board feels that it is on safe
ground in making this change Of
policy. Many Federal workers,
however. have regarded the board
as tribunal to which they could
go in cases Of dispute over their
ALLEGATIONS and ratings with their
immediate superior chiefs.
In referring the protests to the
departmental officers, the board
does not imply that the view Of
any question or issue taken by the
superior officers will be always
followed by the board. There prob
ably will be many cases in which
the subordinate workers will make
out a good case, and the board
will side with them in the dispute.
The order sent out by Chairman
Bailey, Of the Board contains the
following paragraph:
THE board advises employees that
appeals will not be acted upon by
the board until after the statements
of the employees in support of the
appeal have been sent to the head
Of his department, or independent
establishment for his views and
recommendations"
AS a result of the new policy
employees who appear in person at
the boards offices for interviews
are being requested to make their
statements in writing for reference
to the departments in which they
are employed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
Thunder Showers Due
To Gust Humidity
Tonight

Washington's bosom friend,
George w. Humidity, is on the
job again today, after a heat
wave whose seriousness made
newspapermen stop writing IA
cetious weather stories for a
while.
But we have the word of the
United States Weather Bureau.
than which there is no whicher,
that George will have to do all
his humidizing in the daytime.
At this writing the sky is
serene and cloudless, but the
observatory experts predict
thunder-showers tonight and to-
morrow morning, with perfect
weather for Monday.
Yesterdays highest tempera-
ture was 91.8 degrees, but a
breeze helped to make it seem
cooler Down at the Pennsyl-
vania avenue kiosk, where the
mercury has been bubbling for
the best part of the week, the
high mark of 100 was reached.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
8 D 7 HERS
SOUGHT
HERE
Police Lieutenant Sprinkle,
One Of Men BaiIed, Declares
Charges Are BaseIess

Seven of the fifteen men for
whom warrants were issued in
Jacksonville, Fla, on a charge of
conspiracy to violate the prohibi-
ton law appeared voluntarily to-
day at the office of the United
States marshal and gave them
selves up.
They were taken at once before
United States Commissioner Need
ham C. Turnage and gave bond
for appearance at a Fearing late
before the commissioner. Included
in the five are lieutenant of the
police department and a police
man.. and two former deputy mar
shals. The men surrendered to
Stephen B. Callahan, chief deputy
marshal.
The seven men are.
Lieutenant Joshua Sprinkle, Of
the Eleventh police precinct.
William Haller, member Of the
police force for thirty-two years
and for the last two years at
tached to No. 6 precinct.
Charles Marshall, former dep
uty United States marshal.
John Newman, former deputy
United States marshal.
Emil krauss, an emplOye Of tho
Rochester Hotel.
Brownley Hunter, address I'm.
known.
James Huntea, address UNI
known.
Warrants for the fifteen men were
sworn out on complaint of John K.
Cox, special agent of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, before United
States Commissioner Turnage.
The date for the hearing of the
men has been SEE for August 20.
"Baseless"," Sprinkle Says.
Capias warrants for eighteen men
were sent with the Indictment It
was found that only fifteen men are
in the jurisdiction of the District.
Lieutenant Sprinkle declared the
charges against him are baseless.
when similar charges were pre-
ferred against me before, / begged
for trial eleven times" Sprinkle
said today. Finally the United
States District Attorney told Justice
Hitz that he had failed to produce
a single witness who could back
up the charges"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
TO ADDRESS soJoURNERS
ON "ORGANIZED RESERVE

To celebrate the National Defense
Day Lieutenant Col0url Fed e.
RA ons, engineer rescSVN corps, viii
give special address 81 the Ea,m.
Eers CT the Sojourners' Club, WASH
ngton Chatter Nc. 8, at the regular
meeting to ne held al the Y. NJ. C. A.
assembly room next Wednesday at 8
o'clock.
The subject to be discussed Ly
Lieutenant Colonel Ryons will ba,
THE Organized Reserve"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
TWELF 7 H
WILL Be
READY
Thirteenth to Follow As Soon
As Construction There
Is Completed

Twelfth street becomes a two
way thoroughfare Monday morn
ing, Inspector Albert J. Headley,
In charge of the Traffic Bureau,
announced today.
Thirteenth street will be a two
way street as soon as the present
construction is completed, he
added.
Main Highway.
1--WE expect Thirteenth street to
be the main highway leading into
downtown Washington" the in
spector said. When this street Is
widened. 1t will be changed from
q one to a two-way thoroughfare.
Making these two streets available
Tor both north and south traffic
will relieve congestion.
Inspector Headley declared today
that he felt the solution of the
parking problem lay in the adop-
ton of an impounding law.
THE all-day parking nuisance
would soon end If we confiscated
temporarily all automobiles parked
In violation of the law.
ImpOunding Effective.
1.-THE impounding law is effec.
tive in Detroit. have seen It
work. 1t can be just as effective
in the National Capital and the dry
will come, that such a regulation
will be promoted"
The District traffic board, headed
by Major William H. Holcombe, as
sistant Engineer Commissioner,
meets early next week to consi Ter
the parking problem.
The first matter to come before
1t will be the question of a munich.
pal station or garage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
NEXT TIME THEY
MAY DRINK
t Up
Alexandria Court Holds Two
After Long Trip With
Half-Pint Untouched

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. g.
Tas Statham, Clarence Statham, and
David Patterson. all colored, of Vera,
Va, made the most orderly and
quietly conducted drive from Ralti-
moro to this city that has been
conducted for some time. according
to the plea Of their attorney made
when the men were erraigrcd in
police court this morning charged
with the violation of the prohibition
law.
She three negroes, according to
the testimony, left Baltimore last
night at IL O'Clock and arrived
here this morning in Sole" con
dition with a pin. Of lat;or Iii the
car.
Tas, the driver, denied any knowl.
edge of the liquor aud was re-
leased. Both of the other men adj
mitted buying a haifnint Of liquor
before they left Baltimore. but no
one had taken a drink ell route.
The two men who bought the
liquor were held for the action of
the grand jury under $500 bond
each.
Vernon Carter, seventeen, Of
Springfield, Va, was arrested last
night on the Telegraph road a mile
south of the city after he had run
into another machine and then
crashed into a tree, completely de.
molishing his car. He was charged
with driving a car while under the
influence of liquor.
According to the testimony, the
boy was driving along with two
men in the car when they crashed
into an automobile driven by George
Watkins, of Alexandria. The car
owned by the Watkins boy was not
hurt very much and when Carter
did not stop Watkins began to fol-
low him. Shortly afterward Carter 8
car crashed into the tree and Wat
kins came back to the city and noti-
fled the police. Carter was found
sitting at the wheel of the de-
molished car in a stupor, the other
two men had escaped.
Carter will be held until his
father can be notified.
Miss Mary Josephine White has
accepted the position Of principal
at the st. Agnes Episcopal School
for Girls. The school will open its
first session September "a.
Miss Smith CoHes here from the
Fairmont Seminary in Washington.
She will be at Christ Church Tues.
day and Friday mornings to meet
the students who have registered.
George c. Cole has been appoint
ed as the chairman of a Especial
committee from Andrew Jackson
Lodge, No. 122 +. A. and. A. NJ.
to help in securing pledges for yhe
fund to erect the George w Wright
'emOrial for nged MasOns in the
State of Virginia.
More than 800 tickets were sold
yesterday for the baseball game be.
tween the Columbia and No. En-.
CINE Company teams next Wednes.
day for the benefit of George w.
Whalen. The authorities at the
hospital stated today that Whalen's
condition was not improving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR
PASSING BAD CHECKS

Alleged to have passed seventy,
five bad checks on local depart
ment stores, Grace Hotel Baker
l06 c street northwest, was arrest
ed by headquarters Detective Fowl
er today.
According to Fowler, Mrs. Baker
admits having given the worthless
checks over a period Of sever
months. The sums range froid
five to twenty dollars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
20 Motorcycle Cops
In Plain Clothes
Nab Speeders

If you go for your daily SUM-
day ride tomorrow, don't speed.
Twenty motorcycle policemen
were ordered into plain clothes
for tomorrow to patrol the city
in drive to break up reckless
and fast driving.
The plain clothes men were
detailed, to catch speeders, in
addition to the regular uni
formed motorcycle squad.
Sixty-s;,' sreeders were nab
bed yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
SO GALLONS OF LIQUOR
SEIZED AFTER CHASE

James Colston, colored, 1925
Tenth street northwest was cap.
tured after long automobile chase
today. Thirty.three gallons OF
whiskey were found in his auto
He was charged with illegal pos.
session and transportation Of liquor,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
Asks $4,000 for Hurts

Kate Haislip, employed in the
Treasury Department, today filed
suit for $4,000 damages against the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company~in the District Supreme
Court, alleging she was injured
when thrown to the street at Fiji
teenth and H streets northeast.
when a car started while she was
Attorney Fred B.
Rhodes appears for the plaintiff.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
MAN JAILED as DAYS
ON COMPLAINT OF BOYS

Arraigned in Police Court on the
complaints of two boys, eight and
ten years old. Richard Abrahams.
f.fty-five, arrested near the Ameri.
can Ice Company's plant on Cpshur
street yesterday, plead guilty to "a
statutory charge in the District of
Columbia branch Of Police Court to-
day and was sent to Jail for forty
five days in default Of SIS fine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
FRANCIS ASBURY STATUE
PLANS ARE APPROVED

Approval of plans for erecting TIE
Francis Asbury equestrian statue az
the intersection of Sixteenth and
Mount Pleasant streets and Colun,
bia road. and for the erection of the
Statue of Serenity in Meridian Hill
Fark was givea by the f nc '"'s
.lin.'5.on Ut its meeting yesler.
t...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

A Boston bulldog sat on a street car
track
And all traffic 1t did fetter;
HE looks like a bulldog" said the
cop
But he certainly acts like q
setter"
JINGO JIM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
SPICELE TS.

There is one thing certain.
No visitors can complain. of be-
ing given a ':cold" reception in
Washington during the month of
August.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
CoIored School Census

There were 226 inmates of the
Industrial Home School for Colored
Children during the past fiscal year.
Leon Perry. superintendent, re.
ported to the commissioners today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
To Speak at Y. W. c. A.

Every members of the National
Women's Political Study Club will
give five.minute speech at the
meeting to be held at the Phyllis
WheatleN '. w. .. A. this afternoon
at o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
OUR HALL OF NAMES.

ModeSkd Hammock lives In 81.
Louis; Margaret Porch in Kansas
City, and Moore Nickles spends his
money ldUiShly in Kdnkdkee, III.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

An old adage says that "si-
lence is golden." Gee, If this
we're so Just think how many
married men 1Vould be able to
riUal Ford and Rockefeller in
wealth.!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
TOURING TROUBLES

A man with an auto antioue
SET OUT with his girl for Pixies Phone:
re burned out his wires,
And bursted his tires,
ana Skidded down into a cirque.
He cussed till he ewOre n bVue s,r,ou.
She tainted and grew very wiuue:
But under the seat
Were some good thinRs tn eat
And, heavens! Keep quiet! Don't
spique!! IIZZIE TTET
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

Some men smoke cigars giUen
them By politicians, Vhile others
use a gun Vhen committing sui
eide.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

He thought himself the lace of hearts, +"
The ladies loved this dub.
But then his wife found II out,
And trumped him with a CLUB"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

For a time a woman thinks that
Anderson and Grimm are the recoK-
mlzed leaders in the writing of Fairy
Iales. Then she marries q husband
who belongs to a lodge!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

After seeing Il number of the late
dances there are m.M of us who viii
COncede that stranger" Lewis, the
wrestling champion. would bs the
leader I'm this field II he cared to enter
II. JOE III, HOLMAN,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
EPP RIS MS .

Some tcOmen gladly enter into pre-
cdriOuS matrimonial alliances, but
fear to 90 into deep toater lchen
bathing.
Fl. L. Mencken also opines that II
all t0omen 1Cere eliminated from this
yale of tears the men Wouldn't miss
them. Did he cUer try to darn par
OF socks, darn him?
Some men haze dutomo biIes and
ctrrhosiS Of the liUer. Others yak
and have flat feet, plus ingroUinO
toe nails.
The truth is often as unWelcome as
q Kansas cyclone or the average
mother -ldtU.
local newspaper says that tho
lcdy to mans heart is throu0h his
eyes and not his stomach. His ,Uife
evidently must haze been an erpert
can opener prior to the fatal day.
Sign in salon of steamer MncnI-
ester: "PoSitiuely no skipping, hon
ping, stamping or freak DANCING al
Ioced' Evidently do not beHeuc in
olympic contests aboard.
o. B. SERVER
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
SUMMER TONES
AND SOME ARE NC

AND SONE AXE NOT
"Flguratively speaking, Eve has moth
Ing on me-"
The bathing girl said as she plunged
in the sea;
But when she came out she happened
to sneeZe,
And as a result she had nothing on
Eve.
Here's to Bill Price, our good ola
And the sense and nonsense in Heard
and Seen;
May the size of his column and salary
And grow with "The TINES" like a
lnety-nine-year lease.
I'm a "Blues Bouncer," give me space,
My head land foot work don't go to
waste;
GrOuches and EIOOms with me have
no show,
Like a buzE.saw-One rOund-a quick
X. u.
"I'H vote my convictions" she said.
IL dCspise the Khan,
SeCrrTJ simply drives me mad!
Davis for President. he's much the
beat-lOOkiDR man,
And Helen Maria Dawes, because he's
SO bad"
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
Two- Way Traffic Street to Open Monday
EEA{%4
GIT BUSY.
(Ys:MHH
%RHK222N
BY BILL PRICE G

There Is, my friends, a lottG things
That's kinda hard to do,
For tellers tOho hain't Sprouted
t0im0S-
Plain folks like me and you.
Some things some of us hain't good at
No matter hoI0 l1e try.
The first time tOe come up to bat
We can't see ho:0 nor Why.
But that's no reason to give up,
It's north another 1Uhack,
There never get tods airy pup
Could right off scratch his back.
So try t1hile and set and think
And exercise your brains,
You gotta set, all nice aud pink,
That hain't so fuHu pains.
1t may be SlotU and pretty hard
When you are Stdrtin' in,
But buckle to the htstin', pdrd.
Ana do the best you kin!
RAY DEYo.
Joe-HelIO, is this the weather
bureau?
VOiCe-Uh huh.
JOe-HOw about a little shower
this afternoon?
Voice-I dunno. If you need
one, take it.
MICHAEL j. B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09
CLASSY CRACKS.

It's Variety that gives spice
to life. There's the FELLOW 1oho
offered 81 900 for the return of
has wife. Many others Uould
glVe the same amount to get rid
of theirs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

The feltoW w&o drove his car
10000 miles in sir months was
probably trying to find a place
to park.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

The cashier who is short in his
accounts will probably be long in
jail. GUS LANGLEY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

More than 800 tickets were sold
yesterday for the baseball game be.
tween the Columbia and No. En-.
CINE Company teams next Wednes.
day for the benefit of George w.
Whalen. The authorities at the
hospital stated today that Whalen's
condition was not improving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

The truth is often as unUelcome as
q Kansas cyclone or the avera0e
mother -ldtU.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-09

George c. Cole has been appoint
ed as the chairman of Especial
committee from Andrew Jackson
Lodge, No. 1872 i. A. and. A. NJ
to help in securing pledges for yhe
fund to erect the George w Wright
'emorial for rged Alasons in tho
State of Virginia.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-22
Badly Strang

Badly Strang, the impsrsonat.
or Of Harry Lauder, comes by the
rare Scotch brogue naturally, as
both his father and mother came
from the land where simple food
and fresh air create the physical
marvelsof the Scottish highlands.
Mr.. Strang is over six feet tall
and in his march around the stage
playing the Scotchman's favorite
instrument-the bagpipe pre-
sents an imposing appearance.
Mr.. Strang was with the Chau-
tauqua last summer and won the
warmest kind of appreciation
from the Coulee audience. and
everyone is delighted that he is
to be with us again at the Gregg
Theatre, on the evening of
March 10th, 1924.