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The Washington times., 1924-12-31
PRESIDENT
ASKS RENT
ACTION
ccoIidge's Letter StressiI1g
Need for Commission Read
to D. G. Committee

A letter from President Cool
.idge giving the Administration
support to the measure providing
2 permanent Rent Commission for
Ito iztEict &c Eolunbia was read
to the House District Committee
today by Congressman Reed, Of
West Virginia, chairman of the
committee. After a brief debate
the measure, introduced in the
House and Senate Monday, was
referred to a subcommittee.
Presidents Letter.
The Presidents letter, which was
addressed to Congressman Reed,
follows:
December 27, 1924.
MY Dear Congressman:
Enclosed Is copy of a bill that
| have had prepared by the Rent
Commission, or more especially bv
Mr.. Whaley, undertaking to provide
a law that would deal with the
present difficulty in the District. I
wish that you would submit it to
the committee for their considefa.
tion. AS you know, this matter is
very important, and has a very di.
rect effect upon the employees of
the Government resident in Wash.
ington."
Very truly yours,
CALVIN COOLIDGE"
The. letter was read to the Com.
mittee by Congressman Reed at the
request of Congressman Blanton OF
Texas. Mr.. Blanton in asking that
the communication be made public
declared that 1t was only fair to the
members that they know the exact
wording which the President ein.
ployed in forwarding the Rent Com.
mission measure to Congress.
Lampert Brings Up Question.
Discussion Of the Rent Commits.
sion bill was introduced at the meet.
ing OF the House District Committee
Continued on Page 2. Column -
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CALLS RAIL
SESSION
HERE
cumlnins Gets Union Officials
and Executives to Take Up
Wage Problem Here
BY KENNETH CLARK.

A conference Of union chiefs and
railroad carrier executives to
work out new legislation for set
Ting ware disputes il expected 80
be held here within the neat
three weeks
Senator Cummins (Rep) Of
Iowa, who is seeking to arrange
the meeting, announced today that
so many favorable replies have
been received from both factions
that the conference now seems q
certainty. The exact date will be
set later
When the idea of the confer
ence first was broached by Cum
Minis several weeks ago, both
groups bluntly refused to &C.
cept it.
Have Changed Minds.
Since then. through private con-
ferences and correspondence, there
have been many recessions, Cum.
minis said, A majority from both
groups feel that there should be
some attempt made in the inter ssts
of harmony to reach a compromise
program on legislation to replace
the Railroad Labor Board and the
pending Howell -Barkley bill.
Cummins himself already has
prepared a new wage controversy
bill. This he has submitted to the
unions and the railroads for recon-
mendations.
Il think that out of a conference
Of this kind, the men and the rail
roads would be able to get together
on some legislation that would meet
the approval of all Sides" Cummins
said.
Are Ignoring Board.
1T has reached the point now
when neither the men nor the rail.
roads show much respect for the
Railroad Labor Board" he added.
"Some of the railroads do not obey
its decision; some of the unions
refuse to abide by its rulings. There
is no way that the decisions can
be forced upon either group. The
board Is impotent when it's rulings
are disobeyed.
There must be brought in some
new legislation for settling wage
disputes. l think the best way to
do this would be to permit the
unions and executives themselves
to assist in drafting the legislation
OF course, what they agreed upon
would not be binding upon Con
gress, but their approval to any
wage measure would have great
weight In the Senate and the
House.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
U. S. Builds up French
Capacity to Pay

By WILLIAM HARD.

It is felt in White House circles that there must have beer
msapprehenson in quarters to the Presidents po
son regarding private loans to France in connection will
the payment nonpayment of the French debt thi
Government
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
FACES RECORD
RUN TERM
IN JAIL
Samuel CIagett Caught After
Long Chase, Had Still.
Police Say

One Of the heaviest sentences
ever imposed by Judge Mcmahon
in Police Court upon a person
convicted of violating the national
prohibition act was given Samuel
Clagett, colored, who was found
guilty of illegal possession. posses
sion of a still and illegal manufac-
ture of whiskey For possession
of the whiskey and still he was
fined $1,000, in default of which he
will serve year in Jail, and for
manufacturing he was sentenced
to serve six months in Occoquan.
Testimony showed that June 4
Clagett started his still and that
1t caught fire.
While firemen were hurrying to
the house at 415 NJ street northeast
Clagett succeeded in stopping the
blaze. but the firemen persisted in
going upstairs and there found the
still.
While they were disnIantling it
Sergeant s. J. Harry, Of the Ninth
Precinct, appeared but Clagett was
gone.
Clagett's wife and juvenile son,
were arrested. Since June police
have been securing the city and
nearby Maryland in search Of
Clagett. He was caught yesterday.
1t is thought probable that the
charges against Clagetts family
will be dropped.
In the house at the time OF the
arrest was found en.gallon keg
OF .whiskey, sixty gallons OF mash.
two UNDERGROUND sacks of sugar
and other supplies for distillation of
liquor.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

The President, 1t is believed. has
no intention of trying to prevent
legitimate private loans from this
country to French governmental
bodies or to French industries.
The whole subject of the French
debt to this Government and of
private American loans to French
governmental bodies and to French
industries has become so obscured
by controversy that in the opinion
of Administration leaders a con.
siderable Qualification Of it is neces-
sary.
Believe Debt wal Be Paid.
The American Government does
not doubt that in the end the
French government will discharge
it's debt to this Government.
| The reason for this belief as ex-
pressed by a spokesman for the
President, is that any failure by the
Frnech government to undertake to
discharge that obligation would
react disastrously upon its credit
both for government loans and for
/ industrial loans from private sources.
1t is noted by the American Gov
those of Finland and Hungary and
Lithuania and Poland have come
to a funding settlement of their
debts to the United States precisely
because in large part they felt that
unless they undertook to discharge
their obligations to the United
States public authorities they would
, have to pay an excessive rate of
interest on their new loans from
private sources whether in the
United States or elsewhere.
Economic Forces At Work.
That same consideration. it is be.
lieved. will ultimately have a con-
trolling weight with the French
government and with all the other
governments in debt to the United
States Treasury.
Therefore. in fact, the American
government gives itself little or no
concern regarding the ultimate re-
payment of the large sums Of
money owed to the American Gov
ernment by the European powers.
This view, it is stated in White
House circles. is fully shared by
the President. He thoroughly be.
lieves, it is stated. that economic
forces will ultimately compel full
suitable settlement OF the Eu.
ropean governmental debts to the
United States Treasury, irrespective
of all intervening political or sentl.
mental impediments.
Question Of Credits.
The one question then really re.
naming is the extension of private
loans from American sources to our
European creditor countries or to
industial institutions within those
countries during the period, while
certain Of them have not yet made
up their minds to come to q fund.
Continued on Pare 4. Column -
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
THREAT IS
MADE Of
DEATH
will Kill You If You Stay
Here" ," Says Note to Chief
Of Virginia League

Il ~ - Y fHSa J. n 3 4
We kill you If you stay here. /"
The second threat on his life
was revealed today when H. A.
Knevels, secretary IL the Law En-
fOrcement League of Northefu
Virginia, made known that he had
received box of candy several
days before Christmas which he
believes to be poisoned. On the
bottom Of the box was printed this
death threat.
The first threat on Knevels' life
came nearly year ago, when the
Law Enforcement League was
first organized, and both threats,
1t is believed, came from gang
OF bootleggers who have made
several attempts upon the lives of
men interested in the league.
Wars On MOOnshiners.
Knevels has been active in the
league through a number of articles
written for weekly paper in
Manassas, Va, near where ne lives
on the extensive Ben Lomond farm.
Through the league the State and
Federal authorities have been called
into Prince William and Loudoun
counties, where it is believed many
Of the moonshiners and bootleggers
operate.
The first threat on the lives of
the active members of the organ
ization was received by the editor
Of the local paper and read:
Stop printing that stuf that
Neyels writ or you will be burnt
out. Nevels and that dam preacher
from Middleburg and that one at
Sudley are bringing that Lambert
and Williams in this county. These
three are marked for DEATH"
Shot At Minister.
Immediately following the note.
q box Of candy i'm which was con.
tanned rat poison was received BY
the Reverend Marsh of Middlebury,
Several days later his garage was
burnt, and then one night while
coming from his barn he was shot
at.
No attempts had been made on
knevels life UP to this time.
1t must have come from my
n1oonshiner friends" KneveIs said,
but don't you think am afraid
Of anything like that. They are IA
bunch Of dirty towards"
knevels declared that due to the
work Of the league IN bringing the
State and Federal officers in the
county, this was the dryest Christ
mas ever enjoyed there.
The box OF candy has been turned
over to a chemist for analysis.
The Lox was wrapped in Il plain
piece OF brown wrapping paper. In
the upper left-hand corner a return
address of box 100, Alexandria, Va,
had been. placed as a blind. The
postmark on the hox is so slight
that II cannot be made out.
Kncaels said today that he thought
the candy might have been sent
from Manassas.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
TWO SMALL BLAZES DO
ONLY MINOR DAMAGE

A mattress stored in a closet in
the residence of e. II. McCraw, eos
Thirteenth street northwest, caught
fire from an overheated furnace
today, The fire was extinguished
before more than slight damage
was done.
Firemen were summoned to put
out q small fire in the automobile
of G. j. Winston. sic Fifth street
northeast, today at Fourteenth and
d streets southwest.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
POLICE SEEK SLAYER
or DISTRICT PORTER

No clue has yet been unearthed
by police to the whereabouts OF
George M. King, named by a
coroner's jury, yesterday, as the
slayer OF Thomas Brady colored
DDrter in a near beer saloon, S07
North Capitol street.
A city-wide search for King,
which has widened to other cities
and search for the mystery
girl" believed to have accompanied
King and Joseph Nally, named by
the jury as an accessory and held
on 2 charge of murder, has not re
vOaled her identity.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

Crossword Puzzle on
Page 8.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
SENATE o. K. ON BRIDGE
BILL PLEASES COOLIDGE

President Coolidge, as chairman
Of the Arlington Memorial Bridge
Commission, is gratified over the
action of the Senate yesterday in
appropriating the $14, 900 900 neces.
sary for its construction.
Senator FerRald, whose personal
interest was chiefly responsible for
the Senate's acceptance of the
project, conferred with the Presi-
dent today and was felicitated by
him over the action of the Senate
Senator Fernald anticipates that the
house will pass the bill virtually
without opposition. He is confident
that 1t will be enacted at the pres.
ent session, and that construction
will be begun during the coming
year.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
PRINCE OF WALES VISIT
TO MADRID DEFERRED

MADRID, Dec. 31.-The Prince
of Wales contemplates no visit TO
Madrid soon, the British embassy
announced today.
1t was reported that II. Il. Fl.
was coming to Spain.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

Radio News on Page 10.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

visibly swollen and dark red and
purplish.
In an hour and fifteen minutes
the rat showed signs OF recovery,
Continued on Page Q, Column ST.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

Speck told the police that on the
way down to the spot where Grant
killed himself that the latter said:
II am in a JAM"
Speck further says that Grant
told him he had just returned from
Brungwick whore he had gotten .
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-08-07
Egyhazi hirek


Nyai iskolank vizsgaja. = Ugy
a kis, mint nagy iskola WIS
gal augustus lien, a delelot-
III istentisztelet kereteben fognak
meg egtartatni 4 Jefenjenek meg ne
scsak sziil6k, hanem gyerme-
kek nevelese irant erdekl6d3k is.
Confirmati6. - A confirman-
dusok vizsgaja augustus 24Hn
fog megtartatni, melyre erosen Ike
Iszilnek mar a novendekek.
! Ujkenysri aldozas. =. Uike-
nyerre augustus 31-n fog meg
terittetni. az Urasztala. Sep do
log lenne, ha a bort es kenyeret
ez alkalomra valaki confirman-
dusok szulei .kozul ajandekozna.
Ez alkalommal fognak az el5zS
yasarnap megkonfirmAlt oyer
mekek jarulni - az Urasztalahoz.
Piknik. - Az Ohio Works PLAY
groundjan' augustus 423-an tar
tando piknik1nkre,7 me1y a nyari
iskola javara rendeztetik, ismet
felhivjuk az 0sszmagyarsag fl
.gyelmet.
7 A nilesi egyhaz penze. - A
mutt vasarnap delutan megtar-
tott istentiMtelet kereteben ad-
ia at. az egyhaA lelk6sze, varga
Sandor algondnokkal egyetem-
ben nilesi egyhaz kezelesunk+
ben lev6 penzet, tolmacsolvan
ugyanakkor Youngstown egy-
Jhaz jokivaantait is az ujonnan
alakult hatalmasan el0re halad6
egyhaznak. Err6l a reszletes re-
portot maid a nilesi egyhaz fog
ja ,kozolni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-08-07
Rom. kath, egyhaz
UJDONSAG0K A, SIT. ISTVAN
TEMPLOM 1AJAR6L.

Keresztelesek. - Janos And
ras, Kurucz Janos es Sziics Julia
fla szuletett julius loan, keresz-
teltek augustus San. Keresztszii-
l6k voltak Lenard, Andras es He
gediis Erzsebet.
Imre, Bodolai Istvan es Schultz
Maria fla sziiletett julius 29-en,
kereszteltek augustus San. Ke-
resztsziil6k voltak: Dudai J6zsef-
ne es 10th Maria.
Hazassag. 80 Augustus sen, a
delelotti 6rakban, or0k huseget
eskudtek egymasnak a SIT. Istvan
templom oltaranal, nagyszamu
nasznep jelenleteben, boldvai
(Borsod m. sziiletesii, young
stowni lak6s, Szalma Gyula, neh.
Szalma JOSEF 'es neh. Barnovicky
Borbalh fla es a Youngstown
sziiletesii es lakos, Brpgli Maria,
i'd. Brogli Janos es Santha Ma
ria leanya. Tanuk voltak: Nelepr
ka Janos es Virag JOSEF.
Sat. Istvan napi buosu. - Ne
hany het yalaszt el SIT. Istvan
emltknapiat5l., ,pelyet Magyaror-
sag nepe augaszt.as 52o-an ia tart.
Ezt a napot iiljuk meg mi is'mel-
tokeppen, akik lit ebbe Az ide-
gen vilagba szakadtunk.
Mindenesetre legmelt6bban ill
jik meg EFT napot, ha hodolunk
azoknak az alapelveknek, melyek
ben Szt Istvan els6 apostoli kira-
lyunk felapHettel orszagat es ez a
kegesztea A a jjdRE Rffe
Jezest ennek gondolatnak min
denkor, de kivaft akkor, mikor a
templom harangjai hivnak maid,
hogy menjiink es iinnepeljiik
meg SIT. Istvan emleket. Ily szel-
lemtGl vezetve mondotta XII a
SIT. Tstvan Egylet multi vasarna-
pi gyiiLesen, lhogy testiiletileg
meg fog gy6ilni el5tte valo- szom-
baton este es vasarnap reggel ia
rulni fog scent aldozashoz, SIT.
Istvan napjan.
Ujabb adomanyok a szeminari-
umra. - Vasko JOSEF alairt $780,
es Danish JOSEF lefizetett $5.-t.
Hsvidijak. = Eddig minden
kollektor behozta havidijakat
es pedig: Bodolai Tstvan az els5
keruletbol $22.0O, Bacs6 Janos
Brier Hill $1,000, Bodzas Janos
Albert st. $22.5O, Schultz Sandor
masodik keriiletb6l $3.50 Keszi
Ter Wendell E. Youngstown 1 Is
2-ik keriiletbol $3O.5O, Sztankt
Demeter East Youngstown 2-ik
keriiletb6l 1880, Kurucz Janos
Steelton 3-ik keriiletb6l $1,000
a kurator szobaban $91.OO.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-08-07
JOSEPH E. EPMAN
JEL0LT
County Commissioner"
kLLksRA
A REPUBLIKANUs EL6vAI.AszTAsoK 8
1924. AUGUSTUS l2-tN LESZNEK.

Sxavaszon, hogy minden al
lasra ARA val6 smbereket va
lasszanak meg. usletsmber a
legalkalmasahb . County Com
missioner allasra. El6ttem
mindsh smbsr tsljsssn sgysn-
l6, megvaissxtasom eset@n
mast mist ~ 1gysssilt Ala
mok alkotmAnyat - nem To-
gok szem el6tt tartani. A je-
l0ltsk kaaSts - ssysAA "
letember.
M. JosaRA = .xgpaA aslst-
embsr j sssANfnHqSpns / aaEsl-
nlAs srtD : {dstsS &kss
y MeAfSA. rsGA1gts6kjAn ket
den ssav4saan IA felejtse d
q listan Joseph 2. Epman
County Con- ieuieper' je-
lolt nsvs i,sll4 te4ni . ke-
resxtet.
The Washington times., 1924-10-09
Wales TO VISIT
HENRY FORD
IN De TR0IT
Prince 70 81 Guest Of Vim
cent Astor Before
He Sails

DETROIT. Oct. 81. Henry Ford
and not the city II Detroit viii afs
range the entertainment for the
Prince 81 wales during his visit
here on October IA. according TO q
telegram received by Acting Mayor
John O.. Lodge from Captain AZ I'll
Laacelles, the princes secretary.
The mayor WAS relieved OF the
responsible ity Of arranging Tor the
visit III the following message In
reply to one he sent the prince:
Prince OF Wales much appre-
ciates invitation contained IN your
telegram. He Is visiting quite priT
vately on 18th as guest Afr. Henry
Ford, who has kindly consented ar
range programs E0r day.
The Prince Of Wales will sail
from New York for England OctO-
her rs aboard the Olympic, accord.
ing TO an announcement made BY
the White Star line and authorized
by Sir Harry Gloster Armstrong,
British consul general here.
When the prince returns from his
Canadian trip he win be the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent llgtor 81
their Long Island country home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Astor entertained for
the prince during his Long Island
stay III September. Their hand
some place on the North Shore Is
the former w. Butler Duncan
estate
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HAPPY HOME IS SPLIT
BY MOVES AND RADIO

NEW YORK, Oct 3 THEIR happy
home was disrupted By the clash be-
tween her desire To 30 to the
movies ana his Interest Ia tho radio.
Mrs. cara Il 1eymapn, nineteen,
alleges - her suit Tor senafation
from MilIard a Heymann. twenty.
four. He counter-charges extrava:
gance, which Mrs k5eynnann denies.
When Supreme Court .tststice
Davis learned that Mrs. I4eynlhnn
took all the furnishings with her
when she quit their apartment at
916 West End avenu6s and that she
went to live her her Wesi.to do
parents he refused her eqlest fer
SIS weekly a1imoaiy and $3.50 .coun-
sci fees.
Heymann admitted ne makes
81, 500 yearly as salesman.
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mann, nineteen, sued FOR divorce,
asking SIS : week alimony ami $50
counsel ices from AIilIard II Hey.
mann twenty-five
They were married last November.
Within three months hubby took
TO the radio and glued himself 70
II, IRE says. He retorts that she
took te the movies
The wife asserts that be waited
Tor ioyey to take her to the pic.
tlifes until she nearly went crazy.
ne was BtslI tuning In on remote
statiols ~ her own confession
she pulled the plug from the 81.
struTnent He said:
II that's the way you feel you'll
not 80 to the movies tonight.
Mrs Heyrnann. whose parents are
wealthy, also charges that her hus.
The Washington times., 1924-10-09
Unrolianlic Bandits
Scorn iggIes And
Get r ayron

NEW YORK, Oct Two
stenographers employed by the
VauderWaghe Fur Company, CTS
First avenue, giggled when
three armed bandits entered the
plant and ordered them, with
another girl and the cashier,
To hold up their hands. The 9ig-
giles were suppressed when two
Of the bandits showed rev0lvers
into the girls faces and said:
Put your hands over your
heads, or wen kill youi
The gunner gathered up pay
envelopes containing 81 800
which the three girls and the
cashier, Fritz Petzholdt, were
preparing for distribution. They
fled in an automobile. They
were described rs about twenty
one years old each, wearing
gray suits and gray caps.
The Washington times., 1924-10-09
lB D
NATURES
IN AR
SUCCESS Demands ali Exact
knowledge 70 Avoid the
Buying Of Fakes

There - no royal road Tor the
collection Of miniatures. especially
In these days when IS many sharp
eyes are on the lookout for them
When one goes to the auction room
one y often confronted with that
sniqulteiis institution known as the
lockout \ which not only debars
the owner from getting the full.
Value Of his property but often
prevents the wOuld-be private pur,
chaser from acquiring It at all.
70 be successful collector Of
miniatures demands that one should
be conversant with their market
value, which. In its turn. preaup-
poses some knowledge Of the va.
rious painters ard the character
istics of their work. Knowledge
Of this sort, like most other lxnowl-
edge worth possessing. has to be-
acquired BY experience, by pa
thence. and by degrees.
And II IS difficult. because I'll 81
90 very frequently the case that
miniatures do not bear the names
OF either the person whom they
are intended to represent or OF
the artist who painted the lilSa-
ness. So that the collector who
would Judge of some little head. III
may be, Is thrown back upon the
necessity OF having an Intimate
knowledge OF the technical charac-
teristics and qualities Of the work
before him, which is often the sole
test that he can apply ana the
trifling clpe he has to follow.
In the case OF old silver there
are; at any rate. the stamps to
guide the Econno issetlr, to say moth.
Ing Of other differences which need
not be pointed out. Most old china,
too, is marked. Again as with
china, ana also with silver, there
is the forger to beware Of, and he
constitutes avery real danger, even
to collectors Of experience, because
the forgery Of miniatures Is brought
almost to the level Of a fine art,
and the ingenuity employed to de-
ceiye Is indeed remarkable.
Uncertainty and confusion often
arise in the mind Of purchasers
owning to miniature painters Of
widely different abilities bearing
similar names, and sometimes own.
ing the same initials. 1t is Inn
portant: therefore, to be able TO
discriminate in such cases.
Miniatures are always subject to
the attacks OF two enemies: the
one is sunlight. and the other u
darnpness. which brings niiIdew and
Disagreement in It's train. Expos
'ure to light is always to be
guarded against. The ravages made
by nnildew can be traced in most
cases to the fact OF cases contain-
Ing miniatures being hung aeainst
a damp wall. Probably the simple
expedient Of q piece 81 cork, fast
lened at each corner Of the back
OF the case would prove o. safe
guard.s Il would prevent contact
with the wall, and allow u current
uf afr passing up behind
- THE CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times., 1924-10-09
Hubby Shore Sends
Romance On The
Rocks

PHILAD ELPHIA. Ocs 81 no
wed i handsome young man Of
twenty-five and u Be disiIln-
stoned 81 her honeymoon BY his
reverberatine SHORES. was ne
tragedy 81 Mrs. Matilda Merits,
forty-three
u domestic relations court
today she added he paid $l76
for an operation On his nose,
1 but II did 10 good. She further
explained that Merits suddenly
quit work.
Merits was ordered 70 nay his
wife $6 q week. He admitted
the snoring
The Washington times., 1924-10-09
SCHOONER TRANSFORMED
INTO FLOATING CAFE

Los ANGELES. Oct. Refitting
Of the four-masted schooner william
Bowden, relic Of wind Hammer days.
for use as q cafe and dance hall
outside the twelve-mile zone, Is un-
der way Iii the harbor here.
When completed. the schooner
cafe win take up q, position some
where off Redondo, south Of here,
according to F.. G. Bigler, who pur-
chased the Bowden In San Francisco
The Washington times., 1924-10-09
WIDOW
IS Seeking
DIVORCE
Declares Husband Virtually
Deserted Her 70 listen
III al His Set

NEW YORK, oct. Ave havs
had golf widows and poker widows.
but into the courts has entered
the radio widow.
Before Justice Davis. IN the SUI
preme court Mrs. Clara + Hey