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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
JAILED IN FRAUD
MOVIE STOCK
SALE
Former President Of Corpora
ton Arrested-Was In
dicted Last October

CUMBERLAND. Md, Sept. IA
James w. Martin, formerly pres.
ident Of the United States Nov
ing Picture Corporation, was lodged
III Jail here last night on indict-
ments charging false pretenses and
embezzlement.
The indictments were found last
October, but Martin was located
only last Tuesday at Harrisburg,
Pa. He waived extradition. Martin
moved his family from here to
Astoria, Long Island.
1t is alleged that he obtained
$4,000 here from Adam A. Comp,
union veteran and retired Baltimore
and Ohio official, to be used in
reorganizing the corporation, but
diverted the money to other pur-
poses. Mr.. Comp had previously
bought Dissemination" stock from
Martin. In the meantime the pic
ture went into the hands of a re-
ceiver and the company was re-
organized with Martin at it's head.
1t is alleged that he represented
to Mr.. Comp that further invest
ment by him would help put the
picture on paying basis. It is
said some $500 local investors were
mulcted of half a million dollars
in the determination" failure.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
REAL ESTATE VALUES
IN u, s. CLIMB HIGH

Exclusive Of the public domain"
and the national parks. the United
States Government owns real es-
tate valued at $1,542, 655, 511.S1. &C.
cording to the Federal Real Estate
Board.
The total is some millions Of dol
lars less than the amount reported
last year, due to a reappraisal of
the property controlled by the De-
partment of Commerce.
1t was stated that, under the
administration of the Real Estate
Board, Federal agents no longer hire
outside space and property while
available Government space and
property stand unoccupied.
Should the national parks be fig
ured in the total land values held
by the Government it would be in
creased by hundreds Of millions, Of
ficials said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
To JOINT IN
ALEXANDRIA
PARADE
Speech to Follow March
Through the Historic
Streets of City

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Sept 49,
Approximately 1000 volunteers will
march over the historic streets of
this city in the Defense Day parade
today. The march will begin at
4 p. M, forming on Duke street
and proceeding north on Fairfax
to King street and up King street
to the Dreadnaught Park, where
Oscar Terry Crosby will deliver an
address.
All places of business win be
closed at 2 o'clock. Under the sys-
tenn planned by Director Of Public
Safety Paul B. Morton, spectators
will see the parade, then proceed
to the park to hear the address.
Major w. D. A. Anderson, as
sistant commandant at Fort Hum
phreys, arrived this morning to act
as chief marshal Of the parade.
The marchers will include: NJ
Company, 316th Machine Gun, the
local unit Of the national guard;
the following reserve corps units,
779th company, c. A.; 552th com.
pany, motor transport; 1034th COM
pany, motor transport; 616th COM
pany, repair section; S0th military
police; M company, 31Sth infantry;
combat train second battalion, 314th
F. A.; collecting company, 313th-
S05th medical regiment, and the
310th repair SETON; the Engineers
Band and battalion of engineers
from Fort Humphreys.
J. Randall Cation and o. A.
Reardon were elected delegates to
the district convention of the
Kiwanis Club to be held in Norfolk,
Va. October % and "a, at the
meeting of the local club yesterday.
The winter program of the club
will start at the next meetRg.
Thursday, September 10. The fol.
lowing are on the committee in
charge of the entertainment: viii.
liam A. Moore, jr., A. L. Todd,
Robert L. Middleton, James M.
Duncan, jr., and John Barton Phil.
lips.
The police in the last week have
collected more than $4,000 in back
city taxes. A thorough canvass Of
the city has been made by the
department, under Director of Pub
lie Paul B. Morton.
e. Miller, North Washington
street, extended; John A. Utterback,
Afford Morlas, EOS Queen street,
and Albert Dove, 316 North Payne
street, were each ordered held for
the action Of the grand jury under
bond Of $500 when they appeared
in police court, today, to answer
charge Of violating the State pro-
hibition law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
ENDS PRISON TERM TO BE
ARRESTED ON OLD CHARGE

NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-Philipe
de Clemency, of Boston, who was
arrested Sunday at Dannemora
prison after completing a sentence
for forgery and grand larceny, was
arraigned before Magistrate Liota
in Flatbush court, Brooklyn, and
held in $1,000 bail for examina-
ton July 20.
He is charged with having OBJ
tained $3.50 on worthless check
from 1sadore Snitkoff, a garage
Keeper, OF 1921 Church avenue,
Brooklyn.
The police say De Clemency has
served ten prison terms and has
an international record. During the
war he was an officer in the
French army, according to the
police. He was committed to
Dannemora prison in 1921.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
Fisherman Discard
"Bait" Fearing
Car Search

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 12.-
Two Downe township con-
stables felt it was time yester-
day to give a friendly warning
to Automobiles who drive
through the township enroute
to Fortescue, the Delaware Bay
fishing resort just south of
Bridgeton. The officers stopped
about dozen Pennsylvania cars
which were hurrying along the
road and simply warned them
not to speed.
The caravan moved on and
the two wearers of the nickle
star found twelve bottles of va
rious brands of whiskey in the
weeds along the road. The ma
chimes in the rear evidently
took the blockade ahead 70 be
a car-searching party and
promptly jettisoned their "bait."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
POSTAGE STAMP SIGNED
BY CLERK WORTH ST, 900

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 1.-THE
ambition Of every stamp collector
is to some day have in his collec.
ton an old, old stamp dating back
to 1916, when post office clerks
used to sign special city post Of
flee stamps with their initials. This
particular stamp bears the initials
"R. M. H." and is worth $1,000.
Just why this stamp is worth
such an enormous amount of money
was not made clear by the conven.
ton of stamp collectors who met
here in the Hotel Statler. 1t an.
pears, however, that any old stamp
issued by cities is very valuable,
The common ones were issued BY
ST. Louis, Providence and New York.
One issued by New York, a scent
affair, printed with black ink on
blue paper, is worth $50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
ATTACKS
COOLIDGE
ON OIL
Holds Party Responsible for
ScandaIs-Offers West
Conservation Program

DENVER, Col. Sept. 12.-with
his second keynote speech given to
the West John w. Davis was to
move late today into the shadow
of Teapot Dome to directly assail
the Coolidge Administration for it's
handling of the national oil scan,
dals.
The Democratic nominee will
speak tonight at Cheyenne, Wyo,-
seventy miles from the Teapot
Dome tract-on conservation of ma.
tional resources. He will be armed
with complete record Of the Sen
atorial oil investigation with it's
trail of intrigue, strange money
transactions and alleged conspiracy
. Davis will devote most of the
Cheyenne speech to a bitter ar
raignment Of the Republican 'oil'
administration and demand that the
American people hold President
Coolidge accountable because of
his party's responsibility.
Charges COmpIacency.
He will, charge the Republicans
with complacency in the face of
corruption, with opposition to the
exposure of the oil scandals and
with shaking the public's confidence
In its government.
The candidate also will offer the
West a personal program on con-
servation. This win include pledges
to conserve all natural resources of
the nation, to develop water-power
projects for the benefit of all the
people and to oppose monopoly
wherever found in control of th0
public domain.
The candidate observed National
Defense Day in quiet way, resting
and preparing for the night address,
He didn't participate in the local
celebration.
Davis received a number of West.
ern Democratic leaders during the
forenoon, including Senator Kend.
rick OF Wyoming, and Samuel Ami
don, national committeeman from
Kansas, who congratulated him on
the reclamation keynote speech here
last night.
Flags Administration.
In the Denver address Dav4.
flayed the administration for falling
to relieve distress among reclama.
ton homesteaders. He pledged
himself to provide immediate relief
IL elected, to the homesteaders from
unjust Federal charges, flood wa.
ters and breakdowns in irrigation
systems.
He will leave for Cheyenne at
$3.50 this afternoon, reaching the
Wyoming city at nightfaIl. He will
depart for the East Immediately
after the address, arriving at To-
peka, Kans.. early Saturday. His
itinerary calls for addresses in To.
peka, Bunceton, Mo-, and Des
Moines on his way back to Chi
cago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
PLANNED
At FOREST
GLEN
Knights Of Columbus to Have
$4,000 Building Near
Church There

ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept 12.--The
Forest Glen council of knights of
Columbus is planning to erect n
hall and has appointed a building
committee consisting Of Frank L.
Hewitt, James H. Cissell, w. A.
Pierce, John T. Culver and Robert
Curran. A company will be or.
ganiZed and incorporated and the
members of the building committee
will be the incorporators. The
will occupy site, already acquired,
opposite the st. Johns Catholic
Church property, Forest Glen.
The officers Of the Forest Glen
council are: Grand knight, Paul
Twombley; deputy grand knight,
John C. Brennan; recording secre-
tary, Charles Moulden; financial
secretary, Paul Coughlan; treasurer,
George p. Culver; chaplain, Rev
erend Charles o. Rosensteel; advo
cate, Robert Conroy; trustees, Roo
ert Curran, William J. Jouvenal
and Augustus Kline.
While hunting squirrels, near Ger
mantown, Douglass Waters, aged
twenty-five, son of William A.
Waters, a prominent farmer, had
part Of his left hand shot away by
the accidental discharge of his gun,
and he is now undergoing treatment
In the Sandy Spring hospital. In
drawing the gun through a fence,
over which he had just climbed,
the hammer caught in a wire and
was discharged, the load passing
through one size Of the palm Of
his hand.
Licenses have been issued here
for the marriage of William A.
Richardson, twenty-four, and Miss
Grace Wilcox, twenty-six. both of
Takoma Park, Md; Irving M.
Moran, twenty-three. of Herndon,
Va. and Miss Ada Lesterman,
twenty-one, of Clifton Station, Va;
Claude E. Pendano. fifty, and Mrs.
Ruby H. Heflin, thirty-seven, both
of Glen Echo, Md, and William
Stephen Holland, twenty-seven. and
Miss Florence Gladys Griffin, thirty,
both OF Shipman, Va
Laura r. Stone, Of Washington,
is in jail here awaiting trial in
police court on charge of aiding
anu dSSISIHB III the IHdHuIdCSuEC
and sale Of intoxicating liquor in
violation of the county local option
law. She is the third to be ar
rested as a result of a investiga-
ton by States Attorney John A.
Garrett, Sheriff Clay Plummer, and
several other officers in the vicinity
of TaVilah. The others are Maurice
GuerVtch, who owns and conducts
a large, general store at Travilah,
and who also owns a farm near
Travilah, and Ralph Creamer, a
prominent young resident of Travi-
lab. Another man, said to be the
chief offender, is being sought, and
the trials will not take place until
he Is apprehended. 1t is charged
that Guervitch's farm was the scene
Of the illegal operations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
FIRES At CAT, BUT
HITS HIS NEICHBOR

WASHINGTON. Pa, Sept. ~
Sam Call. residing in Poplar street
has been missing chickens con.
sistently for some, time before he
discovered that a cat had been
killing them. Yesterday he lay In
wait for Tabby with a loaded shot
gun. The feline appeared as usual
for her chicken dinner and Sam
blazed away with his weapon.
He killed Tabby all right, but
some of the shot winged their way
through a neighbours window and
inflicted flesh wounds on Mrs.
William Bend, who ran screaming
into the street yelling that she
had been murdered. Sam apollo
gized, but the woman had him ar
rested and he was forced to pay a
fine before Mayor w. w. Hoyt,
his victim agreeing to drop more
serious charge against him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
POLICEMAN STUMRLES,
PEDESTRIAN SHOT IN LEG

LEBANON, Sept. 12.-Lewis Fer.
70, Of this city, was shot in the
leg below the knee in a most un.
usual accident.
He was awaiting the opening of
Alderman Miller's office to transact
business when a revolver In the
hands Of Policeman Sattazahn was
discharged accidentally. Sattazahn
had drawn the pistol while pursu.
ing a prisoner and when he trip.
ped over a cellar door the weapon
was discharged. The prisoner,
charged with violation OF the traf.
Tic laws, was captured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12

campaign in Cuba and in 1899 he
went to the Philippines. remaining
in those islands most Of the time
until 1908, holding various inlpor.
talt commands.
After 1903 he held various mil.
tary posts, including that of nliii.
tary attache to the embassy at
Tokyo, and spent some time in Eu-
rope as an observer of military COLI
ditions in the Balkans.
He came most prominently before
The public when he led the expedi.
tionary forces into Mexico in 1914
and achieved worldwide fame when
he became commander OF the
expeditionary forces in
France in 1917.
He was appointed general of the
drmes. the highest military rank In
the United States, on September ..
1919.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
LONDON MAY BE FREED
OF COAL FOG NUISANCE

LONDON, Sept. 12.-England's
reputation as a country Of smoky
cities and fog-laden atmosphere
may soon be a thing of the past, IL
schemes now projected by the gov.
eminent for coal carbonization on
a large scale are successful.
In a report issued on the sub.
ject 1t is stated the old problems Of
coal carbonization have been solved
and that the government has de
cided on the rapid development Of
coal seams suitable for carbOniza.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
Refrigerator Blows Up

wILKES.BARRE, Pa. Sept ~
A refrigerator in the home of VIII
liam Ellis, jr., Plymouth, blew up
yesterday. Mrs. Ellis had placed
a bag of carbide in the alright
chamber of the refrigerator. The
moisture of the ice box caused the
carbide to give off gas which ac-
cumulated in such a quantity that
the explosion resulted.
One piece of the refrigerator was
hurled through-a window while an
other part was thrown into an ad-
joining room.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
NoN-ENFoRcEMENT TALK
BUNK, SAYS "PUSSYFooT"

NEW YORK, Sept. .t12.-Wiliiam
e. C'Pussyfoot'D Johnson, dry cru.
sader, who arrived here preparatory
to sailing for Europe, said that in
a tour of the United States which
he started last January he had seen
only four drunken persons.
These United States are a Sun
day school compared to what they
used to be-" he added. This talk
about gin and petting and younger
generation is bunk"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-12
V0ANT1AV
NEVkG/

Here are few OF the new wants APP
pearing in today's classified section
PoCKETBooK lost. Reward
offered.
PAPERHANGERS wanted at once.
KNABE plano for sale.
21ST ST. N. W.-Downtown front
apt for rent; furnished.
9TH ST. N. E.-6-room q bath
Lresidence; $1,000
1924 FLINT touring car for sale.
in excellent condition.
ON 18TH ST N. E.--6-room un-
furnished house for rent; SOS
month.
BAKER wanted. night work
GOLF clubs and balls for SALE
reasonable.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS TURN To
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-17
BROKEN HILL.
Ore Being Developed on Two Levels
Officers Elected.


Development of the Broken Hill,
near Heron. Mont, is progressing
satisfactorily, according to a recent
statement by II. w. Fairchilds, secre-
tary Of the company. Drifts are being
run east and west in the lower tunnel
in which much lead-silver and zinc
ore have been developed, and similar
results are being obtained in the up
per tunnel Operations at the prop
erty are being directed by Captain
John c. Pape, engineer, for several
years connected with the Morning
mine. Option on control of the Brok-
en- Hin is held by the Federal Mining
& Smelling company. At a meeting
of stockholders Of the Broken Hill
Silver-L Lead Mining company in Spo-
kane last Monday the following d.
rectors and officers were elected:
President Mike Murray, of Mullan,
superintendent of the Morning mine;
vice president. W. L. Berry, of Spo-
kane; secretary treasurer II. w.
Fairbanks. Of Spokane; other direct
ors. w. Y. Clark. of Spokane. and Or.
d e. Keys. Of Mullan.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-17
STRONG PRICE FOR LEAD
FINE MARKET OUTLOOK
EASTERN AUTHORITY PAINTS
BRIGHT PICTURE OF LEAD
SITUATION.

The Engineering and Mining Jour
mall Press of January y, in its review
of the metal market, has this optimis-
tic comment on lead
THE last week has been the best
period in the lead trade for a long
time. Many sellers opened their
books for February business on a
more liberal scale and there has also
been more of tendency for producers
April, as they feel that present prices
may not be maintained. January lead
is as scarce as ever and could hardly
be obtained for less than SIC, New
York. Even s a c. was obtained for a
small amount for prompt shipment
from the west thus netting the pro-
ducers about 1900. st. Louis. A fea-
ture of the market has been the sale
of Mexican lead, duty paid, in the do
nestle market. Even January MeXi-
can lead has been available. the price
being Sc. in bond, with free lighterage
allowed With the 21sc. duty this
brings the market to SIC. for New
York delivery. A good tonnage of
April Mexican lead has also been sold
at approximately the same level. Thus
the domestic market can hardly
mount above present prices unless
London prices advance. There is.
however, a good likelihood of this hap
pening if much Mexican lead is di-
verted TO this country, for up TO now
Europe has had no difficulty in alb
sorbing it,
The market in the middle west has
been steady, with producers generally
asking about 7.S5o., st. Louis, for jan
small amount has been sold at 7.75c.
These prices are for consumers; deal
ers have been unable to buy below Sc.
Production still shows no sign of
increasing to any marked extent; in
fact one western producer is having |
producing enough to meet |
his minimum contractural require
ments. Among the new production !
coming in soon is Hecla, but the
amount that company will produce in
January is Insignificant and even in
February it is not expected to get up
% the amount turned out before the
ire. Consumption of lead shows no
endency to decrease. In some lines.
iuch as tinfoii, there may be a slight
endency for business to fall away
With high prices, but in general de-
nand is expected to continue as active
IS ever. Storage battery makers, par
icularly. look for a big spring and
ummer business"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-17
ALASKA MINING
Production Maintained Through Bet
ter Transportation


The Department of the Interior ha.
announced by the advance statements
of the Geological Survey that mines
in Alaska produced 20,3O0,0OO worth
of minerals in 1928. as against $40,
100000 in 1922. The total value OF
the :a:2cra. output OF alaska since
1880 is S51S.000,000. These figures are
taken from the annual report of AL
fred II. Brooks, chief Alaskan geolog-
gist now in preparation. The source
of this mineral wealth is approximate
ly as follows:
Measured by production, gold min
in declined during the year while the
output Of copper and coal increased
about 20 per cent over that of 1922.
In spite of the abatement of placer
mining because of an unusually dry
season the value of the mineral
the Alaskan railroad in 1928 was
S2.100,0O0, which is greater than that
of 1922. This increase was due to the
larger production Of coal and lode
gold and proves that cheaper trans
portatiOn has already stimulated the
mining industry. With the rapid ex-
haustiOn of the bonanzas successful
alluvial mining necessitates a greater
use of power driven machinery to
harvest Alaskas very large reserves
of low grade auriferous gravels but
this work is possible only in easily ac-
cessible districts. Lode gold. copper,
and coal can, of course, be profitably
mined only at localities served by
steamers, railroads, or highways, and
the expansion of mining is possible
only in districts where freight rates are
reasonable Twenty years ago 60
per cent of Alaskas mineral output |
came from remote districts, not |
reached by well organized transport
alton, whereas in 1928 only per cent /
came from similar districts.
The Alaska gold miner shares with
his colleagues in the rest of the world
The disability produced by disrupted
conditions. which cause very
high operation costs, while the value
If his product remains fixed. Were it
lot for the improvements in transport
ltion furnished by the railroads and
wagons roads that in certain districts
lave reduced costs the Alaska gold
'utput would have been far less than
{ has been.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-17
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the st. Louis & Idaho Min
ing and Milling Co, SIT Bank ST.,
Wallace, Idaho, December 1, 1928.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the st. Louis & Idaho Mining and
Milling Co., held on the first day of
December. 1928, an assessment of
five (5) mills per share was levied
upon the outstanding capital stock of
the company, payable on or before the
goth day of January, 1924, to S. b.
Collins, secretary treasurer. at the
office of the company. SIT Bank ST.,
Wallace. Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the goth day
of January, 1924, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made on
or before, will be sold on the goth day
of February, 1924, at 1880 p. m. of
said day. at the Office of the company,
SIT Bank St, Wallace, Idaho, to pay
the delinquent assessment thereon,
together with the costs of advertising
and the expenses of sale.
S. b. COLLINS,
Secretary Treasurer. st. Louis & Ida
no Mining & Milling Co., 517 Bank
St. Wallace Idaho.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-17
WILL DEVELOP BONANZA
GROUP SALE OF OPTIONS
NORTH slDERS PRESENT INVlT-
ING PROPOSITION FOR
INVESTMENT.

Another ten dollar option promotion
has been launched to provide funds
for the development of the Bonanza
group of 10 claims situated in Eagle
mining district and joining the Jack
Waite. The owners of the group are
James Boland, Nick Philpot and Louis
Feldman, all well known miners Of
the North side. As described by Mr.
Boland, the Bonanza is an inviting
proposition and the owners should ex-
perience no trouble in disposng Of a
sufficient number of options to de-
velop and prove the value of the pro-
perty The Bonanza joins the Jack
Waite and covers the same vein Ex-
tensive ore shipments have been made
from the Jack Waite and the company
is understood to be planning TO con-
tinue shipments this year The vein
has been explored ON the Bonanza
ground by a drift $50 feet in length,
showing the vein strong and well de-
fined. varying in width from to
feet, with galena well distributed
through IT, A crosscut is being run
that will cut the vein $50 feet below
the upper tunnel and which has about |
100 feet to go. The showing in the /
that commercial ore will be found (
when the vein Is reached, and il is to
complete this crosscut that funds de-
rived from the sale of options will be
used