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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
7 REASURY
ONEED
MORE
ROOM
Housing of Additional U. s.
Employees Is Another
Problem Presented.

The roster of Federal en-
ployes in Washington will be in
creased to the extent Of at least
1900 by the passage of the sol
diers' bonus bill.
The Treasury Department is
confronted with the task, not
only of recruiting these en-
ployes, but also of housing them.
It is estimated that $4,000 add
tional square feet of floor space
will be necessary to give them
working quarters.
Building Program Proposed.
The situation has been presented
to Congress and the immediate re.
Spouse has been the introduction Of
public buildings bill comprising
the Smoot program and involving
the expenditure Of $4,000, 900 within
the coming fiscal year.
This bill, however, will not pro-
vide for the housing of the addi-
tional Veterans Bureau employees
for several years to come The
emergency need for additional work
ing space in the bureau will be felt
within a few months.
Probably rented Quarters will be
resorted to, although the Senate
Public Buildings and Grounds com.
mittee has been informed that there
| is little rented space to be had IN
| Washington at the present time and
that most of it is held at an ex-
horditant figure.
Wants Reduced Rentals.
THE Government is paying $780,
600 a year now for departmental
rents" said Senator Fernald today.
I'VE do not want to increase this
rental bill If we can help it. III
fact 1T is imperative that we take
Immediate steps to reduce it,
Senator Fernald declared that
thousands Of government workers
ar ehoused in temporary or erner-
gency quarters now which are little
better than stables. He expressed
the opinion that the government
will lose many of it's most efficient
employees unless it recognizes the
necessity of houesing them more
adequately.
To Report Soon.
The Senate public buildings and
The Senate public buildings and
grounds committee will place its re-
port upon the local building situa-
ton before the Senate in the next
few days.
Senator Fernald is confident that
he can obtain the passage of his
buildings bill before Congress adj
journs.
He declares he has the coopera
ton of President Coolidge and of
tn eSenate's appropriations commit
tee, and he thinks that even in the
present era of drastic economy and
retrenchment the need for a new
building program in Washington
will be recognized in both wings of
the Capitol.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
WIFE TRIED TO KILL HIM,
He SAYS, ASKING DIVORCE

John Donnelly. of 1901 N street
northwest. has filed suit against
Helen Dounelly for an absolute di-
vorce, alleging misconduct and
naming a correspondent. Donnelly
was sued by Mrs. Donnelly for
maintenance April %, but filed his
suit before he was served with
papers of his wife's complaint
against him. Donnelly also charges
his wife with attempting to take
MS life on a number of occasions,
and that early this year she at.
tackled him with carving knife.
James A. Barr has sued his wife.
Mrs, Dorothy NJ. Barr, for absolute
divorce en- the ground of alleged
misconduct. The couple were
married March IA. 1918, and there
is one child
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
All H0RIT Y
INCREASE
RAPED
Another Bill Debated Before
Committee Would Add to
McCarI's Power.

A three-cornered fight ragged
around Comptroller General ]. R.
McCarl before the House Judiciary
Committee today.
The committee had under con-
sideration two bills, one to in
crease the powers of the Comp
troller General and the other to
limit his legal authority over the
executive departments.
The arbitrary powers" assumed
by General McCarl were bitterly
attacked by Congressman Fred
erick w. Dallinger of Massachu-
sets, who introduced the bill linn
iting powers of the office.
Only Accounting" Officer.
at introduced this BILL" Congress.
man Dallinger told the committee,
''because 1 have knowledge of the
usurpation of power by the Comp
troller General. There is nothing
in the act creating the General
Accounting Office transferring. to
him any powers from the Depart
ment of Justice. He is designated
to function merely as an accounting
officer"
Congressman Dallinger intimated
that General McCarl had on sew
eral occasions assumed powers to
which he was not entitled and
which are vested by law in the
Attorney General.
The Dallinger bill provides that
the Comptroller Generals rulings
shall be reviewed by the Attorney
General upon request of the Presi-
dent or the head of the executive
department concerned. 1t provides
that the decision of the Attorney
General "shall be final and con-
elusive unless and until modified
by the President or a court of
competent jurisdiction"
Madden Defends Bill.
Congressman Martin B. Madden
of Illinois, chairman of the House
Appropriation Committee, appeared
in behalf of his bill to extend the
auditing powers of the Comptroller
General.
He declared that in the two years
ended March 8, 1924, tne va
partment had paid out 81 ,000, 000, 900
which the Comptroller General had
to have returned to the Treasury.
The interest on this amount, he de-
clared, cost the Government $685.
600, which would have been saved
had the Comptroller General been
given opportunity to function.
His bill would give the office the
power to change the method Of
payment, removing from original
jurisdiction all disbursing offices
of the Government.
The Madden bill was opposed by
Congressman Dallinger, who de.
clared This bill would make the
Comptroller General an absolute
aictator."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
COUNTRY CLUB
To Be OPENED
! MAY g

The Congressional Country club,
sponsored by a group of the most
prominent men in the United States,
and which nestles in 400 acres Of
choice land near Edgemoor, Md,
will be formally opened on May %,
h was announced today.
President and Mrs. Coolidge are
10 be guests of honor on the opening
Bvening. Other guests will include
nacmbers of the Cabinet, members of
lhe Supreme Court, members of Con.
kress and leading business and pro-
Eessional men of this and other
Dities.
1t was explained today that de-
ails for the opening night have not
been completed, but that It will in.
Nude choice music, buffet supper
Ind dancing.
When the club opens it's innu-
herable privileges and advantages
F5ll be eagerly sought by the some
Loo members, half Of which are
bctive members and half OF which
2 lre life members.
Members for several months have
keen enjoying the gols courses at
he club. but they will not nc able
b use the swimming pools, billiard
l0cms. dining room, or the like until
- night Of the formal oSening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
NASHVILLE PUBLISHER
DEFENDS SHOALS OFFER

e, B. Stahlman, publisher of the
Nashville. Tenn, Banner, testified
today for the third time before the
Senate Agriculture Committee inves-
tigating bids for Muscle Shoals.
Stahlman continued to &c exhaus.
lively into the propaganda" he
attributed to Southern power com.
panies intent upon defeating the Of
fer of Henry Ford to operate the
project.
The publisher contended Ford y
offer would do the opposite of what
was predicted by Governor Pinchot,
of Pennsylvania, a previous witness,
who said the motor manufacturers
scheme would "ham.string' tho
South agriculturally and IpdustrialIy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
GIRLS I'VE NEVER LOVED
mo. 81 +
GARLICKA GOOZLEWURST.

In Yamburg-On-the.YO delsplel,
Before the war began.
There stood . mill with mighty wheel.
Tho largest known TO man;
And drowned by its tremendous roar
Our voices used to blend,
The while our spirits twain did soar
And stand right up ON end.
How oft. how deep 1 have inhaled
Thy fragrant, balmy breath;
How n many times my cheek hath
To near the hue Of death!
Thou vert 90 fat and frOlicsOmO,
And always full OF beer;
sometimes thou grewest cOlics0me,
But never lost thy cheer.
Thy fay'rite flower. the schutzenfest,
Full oft ! picked for thee;
Thou saidst thou lOvedst me the best,
And prOvedst IL to me;
Thou gavest me q lock Of hair
Bound round with wooden string,
And Wentest off and left me there
A-hOldlng the darn thing!
All. fair GaRlicka GooxIewurst,
MY buxom Saxon Squab,
Eve nowadays q bigger thirst
Than when / was q COB;
I've settled down, quit playing hob,
But into cheers burst,
For you, my sweet and soulful aIol-
Garlicka GOOzlewurst!
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
URGES SCHOOL CHILDREN
TO MARCH ON CAPITOL

District school children were
urged yesterday by Congressman
Cyrenus Cole, d Iowa, to form a
mammoth delegation, march to Cap
itol Hill and demand better schools.
In an address delivered to the
students at Central High School,
Congressman Cole declared that
many Of tho District schools are
fire traps" and said the whole sys.
tenn of schools was inferior to
those in the provinces"
Il don't know who goes to Them
he said. 'but / am glad l don't"
Congressman Cole pledged his
support to the District schools and
declared that he would fight Wig
orously to obtain an increase in
the school appropriations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
COAL FREIGHT RATES
: IN MIDWEST REDUCED

The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission today held that interstate
freight rates on bituminous coal in
carloads, from mines in Kansas,
Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma,
to Kansas City and st. Joseph, Mo-,
Omaha and Nebraska City, Neb.;
Council Bluffs and Sioux City,
Iowa, were unreasonable.
The commission prescribed new
rates and ordered the railroads to
put them into effect on or before
july 10 .,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
A SUBSTITUTE FOR PRESI.
DENTAL HANDSHAKING

Mrs. NELLIE H. B., eighty
five years old, a lifelong resident
Of Washington, suggests that as
a substitute for Presidents
shaking hands with large crowds
of people that they stand with
the country's flag in their hands
while the "happy crowds salute
the colors as they pass"
And Mrs. BIS letter is one of
the best samples of happiness in
old age that the column ever
received. She says she is active
mentally and physically, though
blind in one eye and deaf in one
ear. Still, she does not measure
life by years, but
"By the blessings that brighten my
way,
And the helpful things 1 can do and
say"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
QUIZ OF DUPLICATION
OF BONDS POSTPONED

Investigation of the alleged fraud
ulent duplication of Government
bonds at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing before the House Spe-
cial committee, was postponed to-
day because of the absence of com
mittee members.
Charles B. Brewer, special agent
for the Department of Justice, who
unearthed the evidence upon which
the charges are based, was SEIZED
uled to have appeared as the first
witness. No date has been set for
the next meeting of the committee,
though it is planned to hold it at
the earliest possible date.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
NOCTURNAL OPTHALMIA.

Jim Jobson had been sitting
up with a sick friend" and cot
home in the "wee sma' hours"
He couldn't locate the night latch
on his own front door. WHEY
heard the noise and, raising tho
window sash, found it was Jim,
who made this request: "Annie,
please throw out a bunch of key.
holes. None lit this door will tit
my key" H. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
CONVICTION OF MAJ. COOK
CONFIRMED By OFFICIALS

Confirmation of the conviction of
Major George w. Cook, Medical
Corps, U. S. A., charged with neg.
lect in the treatment of Private Guy
Pendleton, who lost both legs after
an automobile accident, has been
announced by Maj. Gen. w. A.
Bethel. judge advocate general OF
the army. Major Cook is now sta.
toned at Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
The decision of the Judge Advo.
cate General carries with it as a
penalty reprimand and the loss
of TWENTY-FIVE numbers in his grade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01

Every reader and contrib of
this column will extend best
wishes to Snow and his fine little
wife. Both are great fans of this
column, Snow being one of the
best artists who ever drew a pic
ture for old III and s. We thought
something was going on around his
house, as he hadn't sent in a pic.
ture in three weeks. BILL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
Army and Navy Union Meet.

The Presidents Own Garrison No.
104 of the Army and Navy Union
will meet at s o'clock tonight at
the g. A. r. Hall, 1412 Pennsyl.
yania avenue northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01

Now that some gentlemen
haze turned to feeding their
OiVes diphtheriG and other
germs to get them out of the
aOGy, this method may appeal
to the ladies Who contemplate
using pistols to get rid of,
their sheik friends and
spoMses. A pistol makes so
much noise, you know.
CICERO SLAPP.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
Equipment Loan Approved

The Central of New Jersey rail-
road was authorized by the Inter
state Commerce Commission today
to issue $1,S70,000 of equipment
bonds which are to be used In the
purchase Of certain equipment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
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SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
"Um?"
"Um-um."
"O-O-O-O-O.O-O.hv
Thirty seconds silenc0.
"Um? Um?"
"OOh. yee."
"Um! I'm! I'M"
"Aaaah!'
"Aaaaaaaaaaah"
(Note: How could you think
such thing, dear reader!. They
were merely thrae months old.l
COED.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
Latest song in BaLnnyto4on:
Eyes, We Don't Like Anybody
That Bites Us Rabbits"
F. S. w.
WISE OLD CRACKS,

I'll bet that you remember the Kind
OF shows that they used to run,
WheSe the hero always carried IN
each hand 1t least one gun,
And after catching the villain, he
800, would knock him down and yell
It'll Kill yer II yer don't tell what
inell yer've did with my Nell"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01

The bobbed-kGir bandit 1vJso
shot up the National Biscuit
Co. proved to be a IGalndress,
after all, and not q national
biscuit shooter. OIDONO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
KID BITS.

Fellotcs tCho used to frame er-
cHSes for staying out late at NIGHT
are noU using their in1dOtMatlons
to describe the size Of the fish that
they ALMOST caught.
man tDhO has passed his hun
dredth birthday says that he has
never been kissed. And StH this
feIloto thinks that he has LIVED
a hundred years.
Chicago tconIdn is diUorcin0 her
husband because another tDomun
orote him letter that he refused
to show. Another citizen from Mis-
souri evidently.
A bachelor friend claims that he
has never been married because IT'S
too much trouble. Brace up, old
man, the real trouble never comes
until AFTER marriage.
UNCLE NOSE SAYS: "Ome thing
/ knot0 Is dat deg hGim't many
people 1Dho ever seen a bGMEer lose
interest In his tDorkH
JOE 81. HOLMAN.
->A%-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01
COMPTROLLER Generals Poluers Debated
&z1IRIEARDlpSEEMS@o]
>UtE2IE' BY BILL PRICE G.
AND AFTER THIS, LOOK
OUT FOR SQUALLS

Dear Bill: Notwithstanding
the Weather Bureau predic-
tions, Oe had a little Seo10
out oar 1Ody on, Tuesday about
$50 p. M. Girl!
VERNON S. SNOW.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-01

Secretary HOOVER denies
charges that his department
has GtLoWed O. monopoly of
fishing rights in Alaska. One
VGriety that nobody has eUer
got a monopoly on is the
''poor fish" so plentiful in this
country. II. S. D.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09
vACCINATE CATTLE IN STATE
InnoculatiOn for Anthrax Started Last
Week on Herds Feeding Near Water

for Anthrax Started Last
Week on Herds Feeding Near Water
In order to properly protect cattle
from the inroads of anthrax, veteri-
narians in New Castle and Kent coun-
ties and upper Sussex county began
last week the spring innoculation of
cattle with anthrax vaccine. Few peO-
pie Of this generation realize that
each year this vaccinating process of
cattle on farms, bordering on the
marshland of the state, undergo this
preventive measure, but it is only
through such protection that anthrax
is kept down in Delaware.
Hides brought to this country for
tanning and manufactured in Camden,
N. j., and Wilmington into leather,
were blamed for the spread of an
thrax through the germs being car
ried by the refuse waters from the
two cities both of which flow into the
Delaware river. AS a consequence
farmers whose lands lie bordering on
the Delaware river or its tributaries
were considered a splendid field fol-
the development of the disease. Late
ly, it is asserted that danger from an
thrax germs being carried in the riv-
er waters has been eliminated by a
process at the tanneries which de
stroys the germs.
While this may be true, yet it is al
so true that any abatement in th'
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

vaccination process usually results in
anthrax developing. In one section Of
New Castle county, where the cattle
on marshlands had been innoculated
continually for several years, it was
decided last spring not to bother to.
vaccinate. 1t was thought that the
herds had been thoroughly cleared of
any anthrax germs. This, however,
proved unwise, because before the
summer was very far advanced, an
thrax appeared in that section. AS
result, the Board of Agriculture
through the veterinarians are this
spring proceeding as they have in
other years and are vaccinating the
cattle on marshland farms.
The farms in the interior, not being
within the prescribed danger zone, are
seldom known to develop anthrax
among the cattle. Because human be-
ings can catch anthrax from the hides
of cattle, makes the precautions of the
state board doubly important. Vaccine
for the vaccinating is furnished by the
Board of Agriculture and the veteri-
narians are recompensed for their SER
vices.
Those who are engaged in this sys-
tematic crusade are DIR. H. P. Ewes,
Wilmington; DR.. H. B. Mcdowell, Mid
dletown; L. Levinson, Middletown;
DR.. H. Mcdaniel, Dover; DR.. Evans
Roberts, Milford. 1t is estimated that
about between four and five thousand
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09
PIANO TUNING AND REPAIRING

Finest work guaranteed. Prices
right. Leave orders with Mrs. Marion
Coverdale, Smyrna, Del, or write L.C.
Dunn. Box BOG. Dover, Del.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

During the past few days represen-
tatives of the General Electric and the
Westinghouse Electric Companies
have been interviewing the members
of the Senior engineering class of the
University of Delaware in reference
to positions in their respective organ
izations. Several members of the
class have announced their intention
Of accepting the offer of one of the
companies.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

1t was a strange partnership form
ed between Arthur Collision and
Charles E. Wiley, each of whom has
but one leg, and which landed them
in the county Jail at Georgetown. Po-
lice allege that the pair have been
robbing stores and garages, and were
held under bail. State Detective Don
oway furnished each with a crutch
and cane while they were marched
to jail.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

A census of Delmar has just been
completed by V. J. Carmine and J.
Paul Ellis, through the Business
Mems Association. This survey shows
Delaware side of the town has pop
ulation of 1872, while the Maryland
side shows 1866, making a total pop
ulation of 2,257. Of this 692 families
represented by this census it was
found that 423 of them owned their
own homes, leaving only 169 renters.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

Lower Delaware farmers are now
setting out asparagus plants. This
crop has proved a very profitable one
in that section during the past several
years, and more farmers are engag-
ing in the industry every year. As
paragus plants set out this spring do
not come into bearing until two years
hence. Farmers report the plants
which are coming into bearing this
spring in a first-class condition.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09
In The Heart
OF fHAU---

A shoe made from Whining
toms Leather industry, sold
by a Wilmington store
Glazed Kid
There is no "breaking in"
with Glazed Kid-you just
slip your foot into the par
ticular style that looks most
like Your foot.
Mullins have them in BOs-
tOnians, built of unusual
leather over your exact
fOOt-shape - to keep that
shape-Black or Tan, So
and $40.
Less Expensive Makes
Sc
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Renin-
sula Towns and Communities
With 20 cottages and a new board
walk being built, carpenters are busy
at Rehoboth Beach.
Students of the George Biddle High
School, CeciltOn, have organized an or
chestra with nine pieces.
Heavy rains have flooded many of
the farms in Sussex county and pre-
vented plOwing for several days.
The U. S. Bureau of Animal Indus
try reports hog cholera on the farm
of Tullard Buckworth, near Chesa-
peake City.
Mrs. Harry M.Dickerson, of George
town, was severely scalded about the
face when a pot of boiling water
splashed over her.
A minstrel troupe, composed of
members of the Georgetown Fire
Company have arranged a tour of
Sussex county with their annual show.
The Women's Aid of the Delaware
division of the Pennsylvania Railroad
has been invited to meet in George
town, April II.
| A meeting of the Democratic wOm-
en- was held in Chestertown Saturday,
March 29, to perfect organization
and name delegates for the coming
State convention which will elect
national delegates.
The Board of Visitors and Cover
nors of Washington College have is
sued invitations to the Inauguration
of DR.. Paul Emerson Ellsworth as
president Friday, April IL, in William
Smith Hall.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

Edward Snodgrass, a member of the
Rising Sun basketball team, is suffer-
ing from broken jawbone, the result
of falling while playing a game with
the Oxford, Pa, team on the latter's
floor.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

With 20 cottages and a new board
walk being built, carpenters are busy
at Rehoboth Beach.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

Students of the George Biddle High
School, Cecilton, have organized an or
chestra with nine pieces.
Smyrna times., 1924-04-09

Heavy rains have flooded many of
the farms in Sussex county and pre-
vented plowing for several days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-27
QIiI!llINV
(BURT E. HlNkLED
I23 ~W 0
CONFINED To BED
Birmingham Lady Took Cardui
for Relief of Change of Life
Troubles and Says 1t Helped
Her $50 Much"

Birmingham, Ala.-"I first took
Cardui for that tired, worn-out feeling
that comes from being d~readfully run
down." says Mrs. Catherine E. Smith,
of 2106 Stout Street. twenty-five
years ago, | was suffering from wom-
anly weakness.
| read of Cardui in an almanac, and
thought | would try it. | got a bottle
and it helped me from the first. After
that, during the whole Of my married
life, I took Cardui when | needed it.
"About four years ago, change Of
life came on me. | grew weaker
and weaker, and was confined to my
bed, where | lay on my back for days.
| was told that only a severe operation
could do me any good, and this de-
pressed me very much, for | dreaded
such an ordeal.
Il remembered how Cardui had
helped me for female trouble in the
past and | had read of how it had
helped other women during change of
life, so one night | told my husband
to go to the drug store and get me a
bottle. ! began taking it at once
From the first dose could feel myself
getting stronger. ] continued TO
take Cardui until / was entirely
through this very trying period Of q
woman's life"
Cardui. at all dealers. NC-158