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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
RAILROAD HELD
TO BLAME IN
WRECK
Negligence Of Officials Scored
in Report to Com
mission.
by international News Service.

The Union Traction Company, Of
Indiana, was held responsible today
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for a wreck on it's lines
near ingalls,, Ind, on February q,
resulting in the death of sixteen
passengers and the injury of thirty
six others.
| In a report to the commission,
w. p. Borland, director of the Blu
reau of Public Safety, declared that
the traction company was extreme
ly careless" in the operation Of its
cars and that neglect was pri-
marily responsible for the head-on
| collision at ingalls,.
Train Control Needed.
Had an adequate and properly
maintained automatic train.control
device been installed and in opera
ton upon this road, this accident
would in all probability have been
prevented"
This investigation discloses that
action should be taken forthwith
to do away once and for all with
the many dangers careless and lax
operating practices now existing
on this road. If this is not done.
accidents will again occur with
possibly greater loss of life than in
the present case as direct result
of the inherently dangerous prac-
tees apparently countenanced by
the present operating officials.
Negligence Is Scored.
while it is believed the immedi-
ate cause of this accident was the
failure of a crew to read train
order correctly, underlying that is
the extreme carelessness and neg
lect shown in general operation. 1t
is scarcely conceivable that any Of
| ficial having due regard for the
safety of those who travel on his
| railway, or those who are employed
| thereon, should permit the existence
| Of the conditions which this inYesti-
cation disclosed.
And yet General Manager Nicholl,
who is the responsible operating Of
ficer of this galway, stated that he
contemplated no changes in the oper-
ating practices. Such an attitude on
his part is not only ineXcusable but
! is a striking indication, if one were
needed, of the general disregard for
| the first principle of safe operation
manifested by officials and employees
responsible for train operations"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
WHAT'S DOING
Today and TGmOrroW
Today.


Meeting The National Association
Tor the Advancement of Colored People
In the metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church,
NJ street, near Fifteenth, northwest
Meeting-The National Women's AL
lance of All Souls Church in Pierce
i hssi at II a; m. Mrs Oscar c. Gal
Gym class-In the main ball room
of the City Club at p. M
Banquet--Thirty annual banquet
of the Vaughn Class of the Calvary Bap-
fist Church at Eighth and streets
| northwest at p. m.
Meeting-Big Sisters of the District of
Columbia in the rectory of st Patrick's
Church at 8 p. m.
Lecture-Dr. John Logan before the
Catholic University at Also D. m.
Dance--L Allegro Club dance for the
benefit of the Star Island fund in Pierce
Hail. Fifteenth and Harvard streets
Meeting-Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
United Spanish War Veterans in the
!. Q. 0. F. temple on Seventh street at
Smoker--Federation of Citizens Assoc
Citations in compliment of the District
committees of the House and Senate in
the Lafayette Hotel at $40 p. m.
Religious Lecture-.The Story of Noah
nal Railroad Y. M. c. A.. Room 304,
Union Station, at and p. m.
Tomorrow.
Meeting-Howard University Alumni
of Washington, in the libary hall, univer-
sity campus, evening.
MISUNDERSTANDING Our Nations
Shrine" by DIR, Charles Colfax Long in
the Memorial Continental Hail at SIP. m.
Meeting--A meeting of technical work.
ers will be held in the City Club at 4:45
p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
BRIDES-TO-BE KIDNAP
RELUCTANT HUSBANDS

LONDON, April 1.-THE grow
ing of tea is the sole occupation of
Assam, and it is after the hustle
and hustle of the harvest that the
Assam man, or rather Assam WON.
an, takes her mate.
But on her wedding day the
woman of Assam, arrayed in the
most gorgeous of wedding gowns,
ornamented with flashing Jewels.
with band of jewels holding her
sweeping veil close to her head.
goes to the house of the husband
to-be.
The bridegroom isn't waiting on
the threshold, but the door is
open. The bride and her attendants
rush in and search the house. The
search continues until the bride
discovers the seemingly reluctant
bridegroom.
When found he resists vigorous
ly before the bride finally over.
comes him and carries him off in
triumph.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
MUSS0LIN| To
> PUSH LATIN
UNION
Premier's Plans Will Make
, Italy Dominant on
Mediterranean.
BY International News Service.

ROME, April 11.-Now that Pre-
mier Mussolini has attained an i'm
pregnable position as result of
the Italian general election, he is
planning to hasten steps for the
formation of a Latin union, it was
reported reliably today.
Strength was added to this report
by Mussolini's statement last night:
Rome shall be not only alive and
the pulsating center of new nation
but also the glorious capital of all
the Latin world"
Mussolini plans to make Italy
the center of the Latin Union, gain
ing, If possible. domination of the
Mediterranean. Although there has
been no official announcement con-
corning the project it is understood
that, in addition to Italy, Spain.
Portugal, Argentina, Brazil ana
possibly Chile may be members.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
SEVENTH OF GERMAN
WOMEN HUSBANDLESS

BERLIN, April Livery seventh
woman in Germany is doomed to
be an old maid. There simply are
not men enough to go around and,
to make the situation worse, most
of the emigrants who are seeking
fortunes in foreign lands are men
of marriageable age. Hence the
appeals in newspaper advertisements
for husbands. and the alluring Of
fers of women with furnished
houses and established businesses
for spouses.
All in all, there are $4,000. 900
more women than men in Europe.
but the shortage of males is greater
in Germany than in any other
country. In Austria and Hungary
every fifth woman is doomed to
single blessedness. Bulgaria and
Rumania are the only European
countries which have surplus of
men. There are only 985 women to
every 1000 men in Rumania, and
In Bulgaria men outnumber women
at the ratio of 1000 to 997.
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ADVERTISEMENT
MATCHING IS OUR HOBBY
mot COINS, BUT PANTS!
Bring That Odd Coat or Vest Down to
42s Ninth Street N. w.. and Test Our Skill!

We have not earned our right
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specializing in this particular form
Of mems clothing.
Long ago, we realized that the
idea of thrift in an extra pair of
mems trousers was worthy Of
every mans attention. You and
every other man knows that the
trousers of suit of clothes are
always first to wear out-mos.
times when the coat and vest show
but little signs of wear.
We went into this extra trousers
business rightly asserting that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
SUSPECT ADMITS KILLING
WOMAN IN JEALOUSY

PITTSBURGH, April 11.--Georse
Prescott, who slashed his throat
with razor when arrested in con-
'nection with the murder of Mrs.
Fern Thase in her home here, told
members of the city homicide squad
in hospital that he killed the
woman when she told him of plans
to go away with another man, de-
tectives reported today. Prescott's
condition is critical
According to Captain Left. Pres
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
RooMER, DESPoNDENT,
ENDS HIS LIFE nv Gas

Melancholia brought on by ILL.,
health, it is said, caused David Nor
rison. roomer at 25OS M street
northwest, to end his life by in
haling illuminating gas last night.
He was found by his wife.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
SAYS GOOD JAZZ
BEATS POOR
CLASSICS
North Carolina Professor So
Tells Music Supervisors
Convention.
BY HARRY v. MARTIN.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April IL
Preference for good jazz music oyer
poor classical themes was voiced
yesterday by leading speakers be-
fore the Music Supervisors Ma
tional Conference here. One fore
saw how the complications Of jazz
melodies would instill an apprecia-
ton in the race for the better
operate selections.
"Give me good jazz in preference
to poor classics, every time," said
Paul j. Weaver, director OF music,
University of North Carolina and
former president of the Southern
Music Supervisors Conference.
Some of this jazz music Is really
wonderful, almost inspired, and 1t
certainly does express the emotions
of the Negro race"
Lead In Originality.
I'VE can lead the world in SINGER
ity and originality" said William
John Hall, of st. Louis. I'VE have
shown this originality in what we
call Jazz which, with all its faults
has given the masses some strange
combinations of harmonic inter-
walls, with counter melodies, which
never had been used in popular
music before, and which have pre-
pared this nation to understand and
grasp the more complex harmonies
than If we had never heard jazz.
1--WE must realize that much Of
the popular music has been adapted
from some of the best masterpieces,
with changes to meet the seeming
demand for rhythm"
However, Frederick Neil Innes,
famous Chicago bandmaster, took
exception to these statements say
ing:
Blamed for Tax Morals.
"Jazz music is by general consent
largely responsible for our present
day jazz ideas and morals. 1t is a
disease that will have to be rooted
out of the young folks if we are
to return to the safety and sanity
of pre-war years. The school band
can be largely helpful In this. With
school bands playing music of>thc
better sort, as they should, America
will be the most musical country
in the world in the next ten
years"
Isidor Luckstone. noted New
York City vocal teacher. declared:
I'VE have voices and natural talents
in America that can easily COM
pete with those of any nation on
earth. but, as everything tends to-
ward the mighty dollar, study is
neglected. and get.rich-quick sing
ing is uppermost in the student
| mind. The result is a decadent
vocal standard; purity of tone and
| artistic ideals are neglected, and
loud singing and questionable
effects substitute"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
ADVERTISEMENT

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colt told the detectives that when
Mrs. Thase insisted she was going
to leave with the other man, he
slashed her with a razor and then
sAot her.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02

: wanted to get out Of the suffo-
eating folds of the blue robe the
night before. II read somewhere
that the gift without the giver is
bare. think I'm like Anne in
directing to meaningless gifts.
ia rather admire the things here,
where they belong, than carry
them away"
She set down her teacup with
a little gesture Of displeasure.
Tom knew he had defeated him
self. and strove to regain his lost
ground.
'Irmat' he cried. please don't
minimize what it means to me to
have you wear bit of jewelry
which was selected in some far
away place just so it could nestle
against your white throat some
day"
The not Of passion in his
voice came too pat. 1t seemed as
IL he could be casual and imper-
sonal one moment, and the next
minute call up a tone of warm
pleading almost as mechanically
as If he had merely to turn an
electric switch to get his effect.
Tom leaned forward breathing
heavily. The slight puffiness I'M
der his eyes amounted to bulges
as his position threw his neck
against his high collar and
brought strangled, notified red
ness to his face.
Irma stirred uneasily. could
see that she was frightened. She
turned to me almost pleadingly.
you're in a hurry to go, aren't
you, Amer"
II must co." l said gravely.
I've so many old-fashioned no
lions. One of them is that I'd
hate to have Mabel arrive for her
weekend visit and be welcomed
by the maid instead of by me-
her hostess. AS 1 say, I'm old
fashioned
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1924-05-02

She has enjoyed that but dangerous Of 81
CoHlIf winch acts like a lullaby wOman's vanity
That Of security which her put away her scented
bill. - ~ ~-~~ - =" OD~ ~-----s
Which makes her mind can sleep and eat
self into fatty degeneration Of the heart and figure
Which makes her give her accomplishments her sahet
coquy and her interests give in to her appetite nothing
out the bargain sheet and the grocery book.
Which gradually washes all the personality
turns her from wild orchid-into a cabbage.
Which makes her perfectly made
while her husband flashes
kssaoeln new blue SERGE spring nees and
shave.
Which makes her stop laughing at his trying
stand mis- politics. yield to yawn and forget the morning kiss
Oh it's Lorelei song delicious deadly thinghat WARN
sweet bath of contentment-that Settled" feeling!
But the disappointed wife has
is nothing SECURE about marriagenot the amony.
She knows that marriage girls struggles
problems-and she has found out WHICH end
She HAS to keep her looks her pep" charm
"dOwn"-much less tout of the running"
She hasn't got shat married feeling"
She can't afford to "sette down."
neither a happy wifeI
Copyright 1924. by King Features Syndicate
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
THEY EAT "A DAINTY DISH TO SET BEFORE A
KING"

<<0H. my~ said 1. as
dropped our lamp-chim-
ney on the floor where
1t fe!l into q ID pieces.
That's IS0 bad Bobby ex-
claimed.
cit is. indeed" 1 declared. For
here we are in this out-of tho
way little town on the Black Sea.
It's bad enough to have to use
oil lamps, but when we are SO
far from a town where We can
buy another chimpney, I really
don't know what I'm going to
do"
"WeT just have to use can
dies" said Bobby hopefully, "un-
til we get another chimpney."
"But, Bobby, dear" said l, my
eyes are not as good as they used
to be, ana candle-light is very
hard for me to read by"
81 hadn't thought Of THAR said
Bobby.
"Oh, something will turn up"
Bunny said, giving me sly look.
Cant imagine what will turn
up here with which to make a
, lamp chimney" laughed.
"Oh. you never known said my
little Bunny. winking at me.
/ wondered at the time what
was in the little rabbits mind,
but when he says anything like
that 1t starts me thinking, be.
cause nine times out of ten he
helps me out.
And this time was not the tenth
time, for he helped me out in a
way I am sure will surprise you.
That very night, up the walk in
front Of our house came Bunny,
dragging something that shone in
the twilight. What it was I could
not guess. / strained my eyes as
he came nearer and when he put
large piece of isinglaSs into my
hand gasped as he said:
There's enough here to make
a lamp.chimpeny, Foxy Grandpa"
And there was. / fashioned
lamp chimney right away and
that night when 1 sat down to
read 1 decided that this isinglass
chimney was almost as good as
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
FORGET FRECKLES
VJOY YOUR GOOD HEALTH
BY Maria Jeritza-

in the layers Of the skin and that
the only way to Danish freckles is
to. use something strong enough
to cause desquamation or scaling
OF the skin. And that something
is generally very irritating to a
delicate skin. The cure in this
case is worse than the disease.
So the best thing to do about
freckles once they arrive is to go
right on enjoying the lovely sun.
shine that brought them out. You
may be leased in a good.natured
way about your freckles. But in
this day Of admiration Of good
health you will be envied rather
than criticized, because Of the.
evidence they present Of your
out-of-door good times.
You may be able to bleach them
a little, but that is about all.
Here is a lotion that will tend
to bleach your freckles and that
will also prove refreshing and
beneficial to your skin regardless
Of freckles:
Rain water, Y pint.
Essence Of roses, drops.
Fresh lime juice, u tumblerful.
Mix these ingredients together
and put them in a well-corked
bottle. Each morning, after
cleansing your face and drying
it carefully, dampen absorbent
cotton with this lotion and sponge
off your face. ears and neck
also your hands and arms, if you
like. Dry your face gently with
more absorbent cotton. The To-
ton may have to be renewed
every few days, as lime juice
does not keep fresh indefinitely.
When it comes to freckles the
old adage holds that prevention
is better than cure. Protect your
face just before it is to be ex-
posed to the sun with a little cold
cream well rubbed in, and you
will be less likely to attract both
sunburn and freckles. A busting
with rice powder will add to your
appearance after this cold cream
bath, and should be quite harm
less.
1t is far better to live as much
as possible out Of doors, even at
the cost Of freckles, tan and sun.
burn. than to miss one minute Of
happiness, well-being and glowing
health that outdoor life brings.
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WHO SAID 1T
AND WHERE

Green be the turf above thee,
Friend Of my better days!
None knew thee but to love thee,
Nor named thee but to praise"
These lines Fitz-Greene Halleck
penned, ION the Death Of Joseph
Rodman Drake"
"Years have not seen, Time shall
not see,
The hour that tears my soul from
thee"
Bryon has written this expires.
sion of loyalty in 1.-The Bride of
Abydos -
Life lives only in success"
Success is the handspring Of
life, Bayard Taylor writes in
"Amran's Wooing."
Copyright, 1924, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc) il
The Washington times., 1924-05-02

the glass chimney 1 had broken.
Where under the sun did you
get it?" asked.
Out of the sea-" answered
Bunny.
Now 1 thought, of course. that
Bunny was joking when he told
me that he had got the isinglass
out Of the sea, because l thought
that all isinglass was mica and
that 1t was found in rocks. But
one must live and learn. dis
covered that there really was
another place to get isinglass.
but had never happened to hear
of it. l found it out in this way:
That night we went to a little
inn to dine. Now we did not
speak the language and did not
know what the delicious dish we
had for dinner was made Of. It
tasted for all the world like veal
and was very white and deli
ciously tender.
what do you suppose It is?' 1
asked. lifting another forlSful to
my mouth.
"The same thing that l got my
isinglass from" said Bunny.
What do you mean?" asked.
sturgeon, Foxy Grandpa.
Around here the sturgeon grow
to weigh a thousand pounds, and
the natives dry their-air bladders
and make isinglass of it. They're
good to eat, aren't they?"
"They certainly arep said I.
mo wonder Henry VIII passed a
law whereby only royalty could
eat sturgeon"
Were kings tonight, all right,
aren't WEI" laughed Bobby.
Copyright, 1924, by international
Feature Service, Inc.)
In Saturdays story Bobby
catches a strange animal in
South America.
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
WAYS OF A HUSBAND : By Ann
Delightful Sequel to "When Girl Marries," Which
Scored Such Tremendous Success Throughout
the Country.
the Country.

7 Haldane had imposed in me, and
had, more cruelty still, failed to
save Irma from Tom Mason and
herself.
Suddenly Irma leaned forward
and asked with the old.1fashiored
simplicity which lies behind all
she says:
IF you think 1t would be wrong
Tor you to accept a little gift
from an old family friend like
Tom--how would you feel about
my taking present from him,
Amer
Tom, seeing his hold on the
girl threatened, broke in with ILL.,
concealed irnpatience:
Are we going to sit here ana
discuss ethics, or have we met to
drink tea?
"Of course you're going to ac-
cept few trinkets before you
run along home to dress for our
dinner party, Irma. You can
trust my Judgment in these mat
ters. Surely I know as much
about propriety as our Donna,
Anna does. And / assure you
that none of my guests ever
make a fuss about helping them
selves to few OF my pretties.'
The minute he'd said this Tom
knew he'd made a tactical blum
der. He made quick effort to
recover his position by explaining
carefully: mo one ever visits; a
place like this without carrying
away souvenir. It's expected
that the owner of numberless an
tiques will spare a few to his
friends and not save them all. for
customers. 1 mean-what's the
use Of attaching so much i'm
portance to bit of topaz or silver
: I've picked UP in my travels? A
gift like that is nothing"
Please interrupted Irma
with an imperious little gesture
very like that with which she had
turned to Peter Stanley when she
The Washington times., 1924-05-02
D A N D ELIO N
A USEFUL
CIR EN-
By Hannah Wing.

4" HE appearance Of fresh dan.
delion green's in the market
n spaces is certain sign Of
spring. This lowly vegetable is
however, not as humble as it
seems. The young, tender and
delicately pale inner leaves are
as delicious a salad plant as
watercress, their slightly bitter
flavor replacing the tonic quail
ties of the more peppery cress.
Dressed with an oil dressing
they may be used as garnish for
more aristocratio salad materials.
Shipped with scissors into fine
bits and mixed with that other
vegetable Of the spring, the green
onion, they make a salad that Is
truly snappy. If tart red apples
are diced and added to the salad,
and the whole well sailed, the
combination il perfect.
Add sweet red pepper minced,
sesoned with celery, salt and set
the whole salad In a tart aspic
and you have still mother salad Of
the fresh green's. Fresh Tiande.
lions, chopped and mixed with half
as much we'll cooked cold maca-
roni, and seasoned with salt, pep
per, minced onion, make a good
luncheon salad. Boiled dressing
is preferable to mayonnaise for
this and all dandelion salads be-
cause Of its tartness.
AS a sandwich filling finely
minced. dandelion hearts. we'll
seasoned and mixed with salad
dressing are surprisingly good.
Smothered dandelioAs may owe
their origin to the cooking Gus.
toms of foreign lands, but the dish
IL pleasant enough to American
palates. This dish is prepared by
mincing two slices of bacon and
frying it until crisp. Then add
cup of boiled salad dressing and
stir until smooth. Add the dands-
lions cut in shreds and q table.
spoon or two of minced onion.
Toss and turn until the dandelions
are wilted and tender and serve
very hot.
Dandelions, like all greens,
should be well seasoned after
they have been cooked. This is
best accomplished by draining and
chopping them and then cooking
for a few moments in the sea.
sonings. Butter or bacon drip.
pings, lemon juice or vinegar and
q bit Of minced onion.