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The Washington times., 1924-10-31
A FLOWER.

An evening when. the rain had fal-
len and dull and gray was the out Of
doors. The window Of q washington
floral shop-brilliantly lighted: where
the eyes played on colors. A woman,
not Of the ordinary type. or yet Of the
pcet-dream class. but one whose natty
attire reflected taste and culture. x
Flower, painted only as nature can DO;
shell; surrounded by golden hues,
stately purples imperial reds. ana sky
blues. She was lost as to thought and
painter would interpret as a study in
meditation. How many thoughts and
"reminiscences held, at the instant. the
center of recollection. Alas! A story,
q poem. volume of sentiment 10 Oft
vines hidden in just flower. Who
Will deny that flowers are uncrowned
monarchs of human emotions? Per-
hapss romance, awakened and inspired
by the flower-sight. became gifted
at the moment with speech. Perhaps,
the vision suggested to fancy an after
noon in spring when a Knight Errant
presented modest violet or daisy Of
the field, and thereafter existence was
never as prosaic as before; perhaps IN
stantIy. the all-important life chapter
was retold and from the choir Of the
past echoed the nevef-old song Of
love-with all its beauty. tragedy. and
triumph. Who knows? Only the
l'o O Louis vARNUM wouLFE.
~ = -
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HOUSES SHORT
RENT BOARD
REPLIES
Mrs. Taylor Makes Charges In
Answer Filed in In
junction Suit
TNU sTME NAM

Declaring that the housing erner.
gency in the District still con-
tinues, and will continue for some
time; that there Is an alarming
shortage in housing facilities for
tenants who are unable to pay
more than $50 month, and that
there is a withdrawal of a large
amount Of rental space from the
market by means Of prohibitive
values, the members Of the Rent
Commission today filed a motion in
the District Supreme Court to dis
miss the suit of G.. A. Snow, jr.,
and G. A. Snow Company. owners
Of number of apartment houses,
to restrain the Commission from
proceeding in hearing complaints
OF tenants on the ground that no
emergency exists.
Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, mem.
Der of the commission declared In
sworn affidavit that ut is q
well known fact among real estate
operators, builders and owners, that
there are not now enough small
houses for wage earners who can.
not pay $50.
This shortage Is caused by two
facts" Mrs. Taylor claims. First,
there has been comparatively little
The Washington times., 1924-10-31
A LOFTY AMBITION.

Was ! de king o. fairyIand, am
NAH kingdom was big an
rich an grand,
An all Of it's treasure ut NAH
command, JUS LAX parOdise,
I'D JUS put on NAH golden crown,
summon de darlxies o. de
town,
An den when dey was gathered
arOun', we'd play with q
couple o. dice.
Was I. de creates man what am
I'd call up Dick an Bob an
An den I'd fling dem dices
BAM!-Pd never fail to pass,
I'd have apair o. loaded dice,
made o. diamonds as clear
as ice,
An say I'D trim dem darIxicS
nice. I'd show dem boys
SOME class.
JOE H. HOLMAN.
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Traffic Spies Banned in s. Large Cites
(d1lElgRD.tpSEEM(g4)
NAaaklkIS ~ BILL PRICES O. llazsA'
5a#a SPARE TlRE I #.8
A PARTING.

I'm going to hit the long tyGil,
The old trail, the strong trail,
I'm going to hit the lone trail,
The trail that aCiMds GfGr.
The path TO hin and green VGle,
To siIEen simmer sheen dale,
The path Of storm and cle0m gGle,
A-5oIlotDinO d star.
] 'aeVer may return here,
TO yeGrit here for you, dear;
The tUCV may meUer tara, dear,
Forl me G9oiR to you
The lands of earth are fair, dear,
With pleasures right and rare, dear,
And ps0ids are ioUin0 there, dear,
And tUilltn0 to be true.
I'm going to smell the browm dust.
me road dust. the totcn dust,
TIE blotctnO grit and doaDn dust,
Ihe dust OF EOerytchere.
And I toill breathe the rosc-scemts.
Ihe 0ette8' Sceats, the benN's scents.
and eOesy floaUcr that bIogs' scents.
Along the lOov fare.
FORTESCUE BLAYNE.
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landlords OF the larger properties
in the District"
At a low estimate, says Mr..
Taylor, 1000 tenants have been
served with notices 70 sign leascs
at increased rents or vacate the
property, which statement, she
says, is based on an affidavit
sworn to by Jean Colwell, inforna.
ton clerk at the Rent Commission
and by reports made over the tele.
phone to Mrs. Taylor; by tenants
coming to her apartment at all
houf9,
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ANNUAL COMMUNION or
AcoLYTES TO BE HELD

The annual communion service
Of the Acolytes and Lay Readers Of
the diocese Of Washington, win be
held at st. Johns Church, sixteenth
and II streets. tomorrow morning,
All Saints Day. at 1850 o'clock. Y.
The services will be conducted by
the director Of the guild, Enoch M.
Thompson Of the chapel OF the
Nativity. Ross Hunter Of st. Paul's
parish will be the serving Acolyte
at the service.
All Acolytes and Lay Readers, as
well as members OF the clergy, are
expected to Join in the communion
service. a. IS.
The Washington times., 1924-10-31
DETECTIVES
TO CD To
SHORES
HOME
Soldiers Questioned In SIays
ing Fail to Reveal
Any Clues

Release today Of the three Wal
ter Reed sentries, who were taken
into custody late Wednesday after
noon and have been held since that
time incommunicado in as many
precinct stations, was forecast to-
day by the detectives working on
the case.
While the detectives and Inspec-
tor Clifford L. Grant both main
tanned the same silence which has
characterized their attitude to
newspapermen since they launched
their investigation q few days ago,
they indicated that they had failed
to get the help they anticipated
from the fellow guardsmen d
twenty-two-year-old Russell Shores,
who was found slain on his post
at Walter Reed the night Of Octo.
Der 81.
TO visit His Home.
The impending departure Of two
or more Of the detectives to Norfolk,
Connecticut, the home of Shores.
in the search Of clues in the Staying
also points to the speedy liberty Of
the detained sentries.
= Inspector Grant makes 1t plain
that he win spare no pains in sclv.
ing the staying Of Shores and mas.
much as there is plenty Of prece-
dent for sending detectives all over
the country on murder mysteries he
Continued on Page 800
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the place of an inspection. and Is
designed to record every dentist
operating in the city.
About 500 dentists are expected to
register. Doctor Camalier said.
Three dentists have already regis.
tered. Doctors John I. Vivian,
Benjamin ]. Madert and A. Il. Mil.
Ter, all Of the Medical Science Build.
ing. Registrations are. made In
the office of Doctor Camalier, Medi.
cal Science Building.
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LOCAL DENTISTS
ARE ASKED To .
REGISTER
About 600 Practitioners Are
Expected to Be Recorded
Under New Law

The first annual registration Of
dentists in the District Of Columbia
begins on December 1. Doctor G.
Willard Camalier. secretary Of the
District Dental Board. announced
today in circular letter sent TO
all practitioners here.
The registration is provided for
under the dental law passed at the
last soEsioay Of, Congress. u takes
The Washington times., 1924-10-31
CHASED By THE PATROL.

Long 'befo' Marse LInIxum sOt de
culled people Free"
OLD John went down to. Leonattlt0Wn
to have . little spree;
He. landed inns Mcnandlass where
!. eyeEythlng was bright, n
4 To rattle up the tin cup" on = SAT-
uFGay night,
The colOred folks assembled there
from all the farms around.
To eat and drink and fiji the nixht
with 20 be joyful" sound;
suddenly there came yelI--''De
PATROL dey is GOMEZ
The sisters and the brothers made .
wild dash from the room,
the exit was too small.
They knocked down Q partition and
they tore away the wall.
Oid John was leading all the rest.
and moved along 90 quick,
He never wet his shoe sOles a he
stepped acFOss the "crick."
TO usO his own expression: s'I waP
gwime about 90 epPy,
Ne ChtpmuMk shouted. 'Cl'aP de way
an let Old John 90 by!'
leaned again saplin' TO hear what
a could hear,
Dc hoofbeats ob de patrols horse lop'
pOumuin IN NAH ear
'hucIkety buck huckety buck! war All
made another buCk-daft am hit
chase me all de way.
thought hit war de patrol ontiI at
las / found,
HIT war de beatin' oh my heart dat
made dat awful sound"
WILL T. WHELAN.
1 So
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ODD rNYEsrIGATInNs.

Another thing for Congress- to
t'sUesttgCte sUhether the mar
ried or single co1uem start the
crying at a aOeddimg.
FLORENCE N. HOAGLAND.
The Washington times., 1924-10-31
LOWS TRANSPORTATION.

It won't be long until the cute
flapper bride who refers to her
sweetie as "the cats Meow will
be running home to mother to
complain he is nothing but "the
dogs growl." OIDONO.
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~ tconder u you 4OouId9' mat
tered the Rumny.
9Wo1ld tohdtf" asked the Crouch.
~ tUOnder u yoit--hic-- aOottId call
a dog a horse i1hen his t0fPs a.
t0GOgifs'"
ROSE s.. STRBBTT.
HENRY H. rises TO INQUIRE
whether the fact that John w.
Davis has Welsh blood I'm his veins
VIII draw to him the votes OF any
OF the Prince Of Wales fIapper
following.
The Washington times., 1924-10-31
COACHDOG, 1908 MODEL.

Under the Idle whiffIetree,
The aged cOach-dOg stands,
He wears o daxed, unhappy look,
He weepe and wrings his hands.
The ancient coach, behind which he
In happier. rays--stFuttod b isstufR
Has been replaced by fast new car,
Oh eOach-dOg's life % fought
.s N. q. BARD.
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Hey, dIddle-diddle,
Two horns and q fiddle,
A floor and o couple Of tables
There yOu can have sport,
Watching flappeRD cayOFt
In dances" which bear unique
HENRY H.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
RENTS COMMISSION
WAITS COURT RULING
Not Expecting to Hear New Cases
Until Decision on Constitu-
tional Issue.

Indications that no new cases will
be heard by the Rent Commission
prior to the decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the case of
Peck VS.. Fink, which involves the
constitutionality of the Rent Com
mission, was evident in the fact that
five employees of the commission were
notified yesterday, following a meet
ing of the commission, that their jobs
would end November Is. This num-
ber is half of the clerical force of the
commission.
The dismissals include George Du
Bois, engineer to the commission; a
docket clerk, two court stenographers
and the clerk in charge of writing
the commissions determination on
cases. The offices of the commission
presented a somewhat deserted ap-
pearance this morning, and while two
cases were filed Monday and one yes
terday. none has been docketed for
hearing, and no cases will be heard by
the commission today or tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
Slemp and Several
Cabinet Members
Likely to Resigr,

With the election of President
Coolidge it is expected by party
leaders and others in the Capital
today that there will be a num-
Der of changes in the higher po-
sitions of the administration.
However, these are not looked for
until the commencement of the
new term March 4.
BY that time. it was the opinion
of political students at the White
House today that quite a number
of those in the more important
places of the Government will be
found retiring to private life.
These will include certain mem
bers of the cabinet. Some think
that less than one-half of the
present cabinet will continue in
office after March 4.
There also is a report to the
effect that c. Bascom Slemp. the
Presidents secretary, will retire
from this place to give his full at
tention to his private affairs. This
resignation is looked for long
before March 4.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
COOLIDGE MARGIN GROWS; G. O. P GAINS IN CONGRESS
Coolidge Dedicates
Service to Nation

In a statement made public to-
day regarding his election as
President of the United States,
Calvin Coolidge expressed thanks
to those who had contributed to
the result, and "plainIy acknowI-
edge that it has been brought to
pass through the work of
Divine Providence, of which | am
but one instrument"
The Presidents message, i'm
full, follows:
ut does not seem possible to
me to make an adequate express
sion concerning the presidency of
the United States. No other
honor equals this, no other re-
sponsibiIty approaches this.
When it is conferred by an over
wheIming choice of the people
and vote of the electoral college,
these are made all the greater. |
can only express my simple
thanks to all those who have con-
tributed to this result and plainly
acknowledge that it has been
brought to pass through the
work Of a Divine Providence, of
which | am but one instrument.
"Such powers as / have | dedi-
cate to the service of all my coun-
try and of all my countrymen. In
the performance of the duties of
my Office could not ask for any,
thing more than the sympathetic
consideration which my fellow
Americans have always bestowed
upon me. have no appeal ex-
cept to the common sense of all
the people. have made no
pledge except to serve them.
have no object except to pro-
mote their welfare"
Evening star., 1924-11-05

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November with re-
turns from many states still 1ncom-
pletc, President Coolidge appears 10
have been elected over his two oppo-
uents by a rolling tide of ballots
,nounting UP toward the Harding land
slide of 1920.
But the returns still were insufti-
cient early today to show whether ne
viii have working majority or Re-
pubIicans in Congress. Little more
Than half the Senate and House con-
tests had been finally reported, with
7he results so far showing a net Re-
publican gain of dozen Representa-
1ives and probably three or four Sem
ators.
The bugaboo of throwing the presi-
dental election into Congress was
chased away by the rapidity with
which the large blocks of electoral
votes either fell into the Coolidge col
1mn or gave seemingly unmistakable
evidences of going there as the re-
Surns continued to come u.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
Coolidge Back at Desk Early,
Calm in Face of Big Victory
Rises at Z, Takes Customary " ak, Smokes
Long Cigar, Reads Papers and Then
Gets to Work Without Any Excitement.

Calm and as composed as ever,
Calvin Coolidge was at his desk
few minutes before S o'clock this
morning.
Before the noon hour President
Coolidge made public a statement re-
garding his election in which he ex-
pressed his thanks to the electorate
and in which he said that he would
dedicate such powers as he has to the
service of the country and the people.
The President arose at o'clock. and.
after his customary breakfast, he
pushed back his chair from the table
and scanned the newspapers for a
quarter of an hour as he calmly
puffed away on a long thin cigar
One of the first to congratulate him
today was Frank W. Stearns of Bos-
ton. who has been an intimate friend
Evening star., 1924-11-05
PROVINCES JOIN HANDS.
Yangtze Valley Peace Agreement
Formed.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
SHANGHAI. November 5.-The
growing Importance of the Yangtzi
valley as political factor in the
present situation is indicated by a
statement of an official closely asso-
ciated with Chi Hsieh-Yuan, the
Tuchun of kiangsu, that the eight
central China provinces, kiangsu,
kiangsi, Anhuel. Hupeh, Shensi,
Honan. Chekiang and Fukien. have
reached an agreement to stand to-
gether and maintain the peace of
the Yangtze Valley and central
China" Chi HsiehY Yuan has been re-
quested to assume the leadership to
deal with matters of common inter-
est.
1t is the general opinion in the
various political camps here that WI
Pei-Fu's defeat means the beginning
of a greater struggle for Peking con-
troll between Chang Tso-Lin, Feng
Yu-Hsiang and Tuan Chi-Jui. 1t,
therefore, behooves the rest of the
country to look out for it's own in
terests. The tenth division of the
Chekiang army, as well as the Hupeh
garrison, has not departed yet, though
trains and boats are awaiting them.
copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Coz
The Manchu dynasty was over
thrown as result Of a revolution
which broke out in 1911 The en-
peror abdicated on February 12, 1912,
on being guaranteed favorable treat
ment and a pension of $4,0o0,O00 a
year by the new republic
Hsuan Tung, the former emperor,
has been living in the imperial pal
ace in the forbidden City" since his
abdication, but his pension has long
been in arrears. On several -occa-
sions it has been reported that Hsuan
had been forced to sell valuable
heirlooms of his family in order to
meet expenses
Evening star., 1924-11-05
Control of Ne,U Congress Remains
Unsettled on Present Returns

John w. Davis succeeded in cap
turing certainly only States generally
reckoned as irrevocably Democratic.
Even at that he lost Kentucky, on
the face of the incomplete returns.
although Cox carried it against Hard
ing in 1920. The same returns indi-
Gated that he had brought back into
the Democratic fold two of the States
taken away by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Tennessee.
Senator La Toilette. although poll
ing a popular vote Of about 100000.
which approximates Roosevelt's total
when he led a third party movement
in 1912, was assured the electoral
vote of only one State, his own, Wis
consin. Roosevelt captured SS
electoral votes in 1912-enough to
defeat his Republican opponent, Taft,
and elect his Democratic adversary,
Wilson.
1t was estimated that Coolidge
polled 100000 popular yotes-2,0 ,000,-
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Evening star., 1924-11-05

State for La Toilette. But not only
was La Toilette defeated-though he
ran well ahead of Davis in the State
but Senator Brookhart. the center
of the La Toilette movement, running
as a Republican, though he had de-
nounced the Republican national
ticket, has apparently been beaten by
the Democrats. and Iowa for the first
time in years will have Democratic
Senator.
1t was the Coolidge appeal that
he'll keep US out of trouble" that
played a great part in the election
yesterday. Women by the millions
cast their votes for Coolidge and
Dawes. The discomfort in the coun-
try arising largely because of post
war conditions, was greatly overesti
mated, and the people decided to con-
tinue their present form of Govern
ment as well as the present party
admin stration.
Many States Surprise.
The huge plurafities piled up by
Coolidge and Dawes in the populous
States of the North and East and in
some of the Middle Western States
had been expected. But the vote
cast in the West and Northwest, and
even in the Southwest and the South
prised even the Republican managers
in those sections of the country.
California. claimed as 4 La Toilette
stronghold, has rolled up a big vote
for Coolidge and Dawes. Iowa,
Missouri, Nebraska. which were con-
sdered deba table. to say the least,
have gone Republican by very con-
siderable margins.
In New York the State was carried
by Coolidge by nearly million votes.
La Toilette received in the Empire
State just about one-half the number
of votes cast for John w. Davis. But
while Coolidge was carrying the
State. Gov. AL Smith was defeating
Theodore Roosevelt for governor.
With two ballots, one for the presi-
Dental electors and another for the
State ticket, it was easy to split the
vote.
Ohio has rolled up a vote for Cool
idge which it is reported will be even
in excess of that cast in favor of
President Harding four years ago.
Illinois and Pennsylvania, with their
big electoral votes, have gone into
the Coolidge column with great plu-
ralitieS
Evening star., 1924-11-05

The tremendous sweep of the Re
publican national ticket has aided in
victory of the party candidates for
Congress and for State Office. The
Republicans. it is indicated, will have
actual control of the House, outnum-
herring the combined Democratic and
Progressive strength. The Republi-
cans will add to their strength mate
rally in the Senate, though the Pro-
greSsives may yet hold the balance of
power in that body.
Again the effort to "deliver'' organ
lied labor has failed. The American
Federation of Labor and the railroad
brotherhoods, with one exception. and
other labor organizations indorsed the
candidacy of La Toilette and Wheeler
From the re turns it is evident that Ia
Dor voted as it has in the past.
The victory is interpreted as a
great personal triumph for President
Coolidge. The campaign of both the
Democrats and the Progressives al
legged corruption in the Republican
administration. The verdict of the
American people shows entire conf
dence in Mr.. Coolidge.
Davis Third in West.
In the States of New England, the
East-eXcept. of course, the South
and the Middle West, Davis, the
Democrat, ran second TO tOonuSe,
generally speaking. Farther West,
as was expected, the contest was be-
tween Coolidge and La Follette and
Davis ran a poor third.
An outstanding feature of the cleo
tion was the success in many States
of the candidates indorsed-openiy or
indirectly-by the ku kluX klan. In
many instances these were the can
didates of the Republican party, and
the Klan-indorsed candidates ran
behind the Republican national ticket.
The big Republican sweep, 1t seems,
was kind to the Khan. Kansas, Colo
rado and Indiana, where the strife
over the hlan was particularly bit
Ter the klan indorsed- candidates
were successful.
Farmers Fail La FOl1ete.
Two other clements of the electo-
rate in addition to labor, which were
cxpected to give La Toilette strong
support. it seems, failed him. They
we're the farmers of the Middle West
and Northwest, and the German
American citizens. In Iowa, Tor eN-
ample, the contention was that the
farming population would sweep the
Evening star., 1924-11-05
DuUis FeIicitates
Coolidge; Voices
Hope of Success

President Coolidge received the
following telegram of congratula-
ton from John w. Davis, the
Democratic presidential candidate,
at 10:45 this morning:
THE President:
Permit me to congratulate you
on your sweeping victory and to
express the hope that your ad-
ministration may, by it's success,
inure to the welfare of the country.
JOHN W. DAVIS"
The President wired the follow
ing answer to Mr.. Davis:
1.-THE White House,
November 5, 1924.
Hon John w. Davis,
New York City.
please accept my thanks for
your message and my appreciation
of the patriotic sentiment you
express.
CALVIN COOLIDGE"
Evening star., 1924-11-05

for many years. and who has devoted
the greater part of his time during
the past eight years to his political
advancement. Mr.. StearnS and Mrs
Stearns, who arrived in Washington
from Boston at $40 last night. We're
with the President and Mrs. Coolidge
throughout last evening.
Before going to the executive office
the President walked about the
grounds in the front of the White
House, stopping frequently to ex-
anime the trees and flower beds
During his stroll he was saluted and
congratulated by the policemen sta
toned in that section of the grounds
Occasionally a pedestrian passed the
President and from these he received
some form of greeting.
Mr.. Coolidge was standing at the
edge of flower bed near the entrance
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Evening star., 1924-11-05
ORDER To DEPORT
F|RP0 IS REFUSED
United States Sees Some Ac-
tions Suspicious, But Not
Proved Wrong.

The Labor Department today de-
clined to order the deportation of
Luis Angel Firpo.
Assistant Secretary White signed
an order canceling the warrant on
which the Argentine boxer was ar
rested when he arrived in this
country.
The department held that. while
the record showed that there was
some suspicion as to the actions of
Firpo in relation to the charges made
against him, there was no proof of
wrongdoing.
A New York grand jury previously
had declined to bring an Indictment
against him on charges which grew
out of the presence aboard Firpo's
ship of a young woman.
Evening star., 1924-11-05
MRS. NORTON A LIBERAL.
First Eastern Congressional
FavorS Wine and Beer.

JERSEY CITY, n. J., November O.
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, wife Of Jer-
sey City business man, is the East's
first congresswoman.
AS vice chairman of the New Jersey
State Democratic committee for sew
eral years, Mrs. Norton has been
recognized as liberal" an advocate
of amendment of the Volstead law to
permit the sale of light wines and
beer and stanch champion Of the
soldier bonus. She also has declared
herself as favoring government regu-
lation of the coal industry.
Her district is stronghold of the
New Jersey Democrats.