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The Washington times., 1924-12-20
To REPLY
To CHARGE Of
ASSAULT
Witness Testifies Asher Kick
ed SaIoonkeeper "once Or
Twice" in Abdomen

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec, 90
Confronted by "a vast array of
damaging testimony in connection
with the death of Peter yam.
cauksas, James Leroy Asher, Of
Washington, Lone Wolf" prohibi.
ton agent, will take the stand
again Monday in his trial for al
legged fatal assault on the saloon
keeper,
1t is charged that Asher kicked
Yancauksas in the abdomen so
severely as to cause his death
several months later.
Asher was placed on stand yes
terday to make general denial OF
the allegations, after Judge Dick
inson had refused to take the case
from the jury and order an
acquittal.
Surgeon Testifies.
Doctor Thomas H. Shallow,
surgical clinic chief at jefferson
Hospital, who operated on the
saloonkeeper, testified that the man
died from inflammation Of the
pancreas, an abdominal gland.
This condition. he said, might re-
suit from q kick, blow or other
violence. He declared he was I'M
able to say whether YancaulSsas'
death was chargeable to violence,
as he had found no internal signs
Of such injury. A bruise showed
externally the point Of the internal
disorder, however, he told the jury.
Doctor Wadsworth, coroner's
physician, declared he believed the
saloonkeeper died of peritonitis,
caused by an old hurt. The ex-
ternal brliise which Doctor Shallow
said he saw was not seen, by
Doctor Wadsworth, who stated It
may have been obliterated by the
incision made for the operation.
Irwin M. Jenkins, star witness Of
the prosecution, having been the
only person to see the alleged as
saNlt on Yancauksas, concluded his
testimony yesterday by corroborat-
ing the description Of the fight
given by Mrs. Yancauksas. He de.
clared Asher kicked the man In the
abdomen "once or twice." He
denied Yancauksas attacked Asher,
declaring the saloonkeeper resisted
the raiding party because they
hadn't shown their authority to
arrest him"
While struggling with Agents
HertZig and Erskine, said Jenkins,
Yancaul1sas was struck by a black.
jack and a settler bottle, the
former used by Erskine and the
latter by Asher.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20
WOmen's Clubs
What Club Women Are
Planning and Ac-
complishing.

The officers Of the College Wo-
mems Club viii be hostesses at the
Christmas tea for members Of the
club Monday from 4 to at the
clubhouse. 1922 Eye street north
west.
Mrs. Harris Baldwin, president,
viii preside at the program recital
given by Miss Edna Sheehy, and
Mrs. Francis NJ. Shore in a group
of Christmas songs, followed by
Christmas readings by Miss AIDE
laide Borah.
Mrs. William B. Heron win pre-
side in the dining room, assisted by
Mrs. Joseph Zirkle, Miss Sarah
Beall, Miss Jane Elizabeth Newton,
Mrs. Howard G. Nichols and Miss
Emma Crane.
The Susan B. Anthony Founda-
ton will present 1.-THE Dream OF
Susan b. Anthony" by Mrs. Ida
Hustled Harper, at the Playhouse,
1914 N street northwest, January 3.
OAAOWAuS SAAC pay a SEOuP VA
young people will appear in colonial
dances. Dancing will follow the pro-
gram beginning at $50,
AT a recent meeting OF the board
of directors Of the Young WOmen's
Christian Association, Mrs. Ray
Palmer Teele and Mrs. Harold B.
Doyle were named to fill vacancies
until 1927.
The resignation of Miss Agnes
Miller, chairman Of the Ramp
Kahlert committee was accepted
with regret.
A Christmas party for comrades
of the G. A. r. will be given at
the temporary home for ex-union
soldiers and sailors at e21 Pennsyl-
vaIiia avenue by the department Of
Potomac Women's Relief Corps
Auxiliary to the G.. A. II.
Mrs. Mamie Palmer Dorsey, chief
Of staff, is in charge Of the pro-
gram, to be assisted by Miss Jennie
l.. Hamilton, chairman Of the re-
freshment committee.
West Point cadets and Naval
Academy midshipmen will be
guests Of honor at the tendance
given by the Women's City Club on
Christmas Day.
The Monday Club Chorus of the
A. AZ. U. w. viii give O program
of carol singing directed ny Mrs.
Miriam B. Hilton and Miss Lnch
Brickenstein tonight at the Grub.
house, 1884 Eye street northwest
Mrs. watson is hostess.
The Business Women's Council Of
Washington announces the cancel.
lation OF their meeting scheduled for
December 26, Ct the Church Of the
] Covenant.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20
z MONTGOMERY
CITIZENS
DEAD
Joseph Melvin Etchison and
Thomas /. McGaha Sue
cumb to illness

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Dec. 2o.-Jo-
seph Melvin Etchison, at one time
q nember of the board Of county
commissioners for this county and
for many years prominent in
Democratic politics in the county,
died Thursday in Baltimore hos
pital, aged sixty-six years.
His death was due to a compli.
cation Of diseases and followed a
long illness. He is survived by a
son, Doctor Bates Etchison. Of
Gaithersburg. He was a brother of
Marcellas Etchison, Of Etchison.
this county, and the late Doctor
Charlton N, Etchison. Of Gathers.
burg. He had lived at Gathers.
burg for the past fifteen years or
more.
Thomas C.. McGaha, a longtime
resident Of this vicinity ana for a
number Of years superintendent Of
Rockville Lnion Cemetery, died
Thursday night at his home in
Rockville, aged sixty-tnree years.
He had been i'll several years OF
rheumatism and other troubles and
his death was not unexpected. Sur.
viVing him are his wife, formerly a
Miss Smith; five daughters and
three sons, among the daughters
being Mrs. Raymond Hector, Of
washington. The funeral will take
place at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon
from the Rockville free Methodist
Church. burial to be in Rockville
Union Cemetery.
Judge Robert B. Peter, in the cir
cult court here, has signed q de.
cree granting to Mrs. Sarah Fran
ces Grimes, Of the lower section Of
the county, an absolute divorce
from Edwin Waxfield Grimes, who
Is understood to be In Texas.
The couple, according to the bill,
were married In Washington on
November IS, 1911, and the plain
tiff charged that more than three
years ago she was asserted without
Just cause or provocation." No
children were born Of the marriage.
Attorney Albert M. Bouic. Of Rock.
vile.
According to the annual report
OF John q. Muncaster, secretary
and treasurer, the receipts OF the
last Rockville fair totaled $1s ,O61. 80
and were $2,041.4S more than the
actual expenses Of the fair. Other
AxuenaAa Of the aaaooiafio hour,
ever, including interest on Indebted
ness, payment Of debts Of previous
years, salary Of superintendent OF
grounds. loans repaid, taxes and
fire insurance premiums, aggre.
gated e4,649.S1, or S2,122.07 more
than receipts from other sources
than the fair, which included money
from state, donations, rent or
house on grounds and life member
ship dues, and so that the total ex.
penditures Of the association dur.
ing the year totaled $21, 67B.63, DE-
$3.50 more than the receipts.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20

GIFTS THAT will win favor with
cher are found in the Gifts for
Herr Column Of the Classified Sec.
ton.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20
. HURT WHEN
FIRE ENGINE
UPSETS
Captain and President Of
cherrydaIe Dept. Pinned Be-
meath Wrecked Machine

CLARENDON, Va, Dec. 90
Four members Of the Cherrydale
fire department are today suffer
Ing from bruises received last night
while responding to a brush fire
on the Throne property at Falls
Church. Engine No. /, while making
a turn on the Lee Highway in West
Cherrydale, left the concrete road
and capsized. The engine was
wrecked. The seriously injured are
Captain William Lowell, company
No. 1, driver. and President Robert
e. Janson, who was on the front
seat with Lowell.
The two men were removed from
beneath the engine and taken to
their homes.
Joseph Birch, member of the
Falls Church department, driving
his own machine, narrowly escaped
serious injury while going to. the
same. fire., He attempted to pass
the Falls Church engine driven by
Joseph e. Burns. His car was
struck by the engine and badly
wrecked.
The Arlington County Volunteer
F1remen'S Association met last night
at the Cherrydale firemen's hall
with President j. r. MossburS, Of
Arlington, presiding.
Delegates from Arlington. Ball
stpn, Cherrydale and Clarendon at.
tended. the meeting.
Efforts to relieve the dangerous
traffic conditions at the freight sta
ton Of the Old Dominion railway
at Rosslyn, was the principal dis
cussion. The president announced
that a letter will be forwarded to
Commonwealth Attorney William c.
Cloth asking that something be
done to improve the condition.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20
POVERTY GRIPS
IRISH PEOPLE
IN GALWAY
Countess of Mayo, Asking
Outside Aid, Tells Of Woe
in Country
BY DANIEL O'CONNELL,
international News service.

CLIFFEDEN, County Galway, Ire
land, Dec. 20.-Woe and desolatiop
have fallen upon the picturesque
people who inhabit this district. So
hard pressed for food have these
descendants OF the survivors Of the
Spanish armada become that they
are offering for sale at IS each
ponies which cost them $50.
The Countess OF Mayo, who has
been instrumental in organizing re-
lief, said today that for the first
time she has found it necessary to
ask for funds from outsiders.
I'VE have been obliged to appeal
for help becaue of the terrible want
and poverty" she said. Crops have
failed, there is a shortage of peat
for fuel, and coal is too expensive
for these people to buy"
The statement of the countess is
borne out by what / saw for my
self. / found whole families huddled
In two-room houses and without a
fire. One father who has five chill
dren in his family told me that none
OF the family had tasted meat for
three months. Potatoes they were
getting were UNBEATABLE and flour
was beyond their purse, he said.
1t is hard to believe, in looking at
these quaint people, that they are.
almost entirely cut off from the rest
of Ireland by reason of the differ
ence in ancestry. Men and women
alike toll endlessly upon the sea,
striving to exc out a bare existence
through fishing and by cultivatinG
the occasional tiny plots of ground
which crop UP between the rocks.
It is like witnessing an epoch in
the history of civilization to see this
once hardy race starving and in
misery. The race is declining, too
because the women do all sorts oI
heavy labor alongside the men.
Doctor Mccormack, the local
physician, explained the situation:
THE heavy work the girls do ia
early life leaves them deformed be-
fore they reach womanhood. The
percentage of mortality among
women as the result of childbirth
Is something enormous.
Frequent epidemics of typhoid
fever which we have here are due to
bad housing and under nourishment
as well as to iTlsanitation.
This winter has been the worst
in my twenty-five years experience
here, due to the bad harvest Of the
fuel supply and the poor fish hauls."
Blame for the poor fishing is laid
by the people to the practice of
other nations poaching on their fish
ing grounds. Huge steam trawlers,
some from England and others from
France, have been sweeping the fish
ing grounds and driving out the ma.
tive cockleshell boats.
Many persons are sleeping In COW
sheds and outhouses because they
cannot afford better quarter.
There is one prosperous man, how!
ever, in every district hereabouts.
He is the ''gambeen man." He is
the local saloonkeeper, political lead
err, or leading merchant and the dis
trict money lender as well. The
"gambeen men" have become the
curse Of the peasants by reason of
their usury. Many peasants have
already pledged next years harvest
for this winters meager supply of
food.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20
Make High
Record In Meat
Eating

The American people estab-
lished new high record as
meat eaters during the last fis-
cal year, This fact was dis
closed today in the annual re-
port of the Bureau Of Animal
Industry, showing that the Fed
eral meat-inspection service in
spected 70, S14 90 animals slaugh-
tered. This is the highest mark
in history, being an increase Of
more than 6,40O,000 over the
preceding year.
''The figure indicates an in
crease in total meat consump-
ton throughout the country, as
would be expected in view Of the,
increasing population" the re-
port said.
The report pointed out that
through negotiations with gov
eminent officials Of France and
the Netherlands, conducted
through the State Department,
the expectation Of fresh pork
to those countries now is per-
mitted.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20
PLUNNER ISN'T
COOLIDGE SHIP
PLAN FOE
Commissioned Holly Refutes
Report at Testimony Before
House Committee

Heatedly denying he was oppos-
ing Recommendations by President
Coolidge that the Emergency Fleet
Corporation be given larger powers
over the Government fleet Of mef-
chant ships, Commissioner E. G..
Plummer today told the House COM
mittee investigating the Shipping
Board that the question of oistrl-
button of power was pending before
the board until Admiral Leigh e.
Palmer, of the corporation, could
sit in conference and approve the
plan.
"At the board meeting December
~ no action was taken on the
main resolution as to distribution
Of powers" he said. 1.-THE tie vote
then taken and alluded to by Ad-
miral Palmer was on the question
to proceed with the examination
of the power distribution resolution
In the absence OF Palmer, his in
terests to be looked after by repre-
sentatives.
This was lost by the tie vote
OF 3 to 3, the board being evenly
divided on the question Of necessity
for personal attendance by Palmer.
voted to suspend further exarni.
nation Of the resolution until Pal.
nier could be present"
Plummer said he had been Cruel
~ n1isrepresented" in being placed
In opposition to the Presidents
plan.
He exhibited resolution offered
by himself to the Shipping Board in
January, 1924, which enlarged the
powers of the Fleet Corporation
over operation Of ships and termi.
nails.
1t was not acted upon by the
board. The resolution for enlarged
powers of the fleet, prepared ny
Chairman O'Connor, which has the
approval Of President Coolidge, Is
under consideration by the board.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20

The Business Women's Council OF
Washington announces the cancel
lation OF their meeting scheduled for
December 26, ct the Church Of the
Covenant.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20

The Monday Club Chorus Of the
A. AZ. U. w. viii give program
Of carol singing directed Dy Mrs.
Miriam b. Hilton and Miss Lnch
Brickenstein tonight at the cub
house, 1884 Eye street northwest.
Mrs. Watson is hostess.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20

West Point cadets and Naval
Academy midshipmen will be
guests of honor at the tendance
given by the Women's City Club on
Christmas Day.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20

CHICAGO,
Charles r. FoS
the War VeterafI
w. Thompson, 81
viii take the witns
own defense.
Attorneys for the
indicated that the cha
spiracy TO defraud the
on $17,000, 900 contracts To-
ton Of hospitals viii be q
both Forbes and Thompson
That Forbes and Thomp
not know each other until II
son met Forbes while assiS
James w. Black In preparing
bid Of the Pontiac Construction Con
pany for the Northampton Hospitsl
will be testified.
Denial viii be entered to any H.
legal dealings between the defend
ants. It is expected that both will
| tell Of warning other persons not
to have anything to do with Elias
H. Mortimer, self-named "go-be-
| tween" when they learned Of his
various dealings.
| Forbes and Thompson are ox-
| pected to be the lasI or the defense
witnesses. Documentary evidence
of various Washington Federal de
partments will be introduced next
week. This evidence win tend to
| support the defense contention that
the handling of all bids for the
hospital work was under the quarter
master department, and that the
awarding Of contracts was done
under competitive bids that had
been advertised for.
4 Court adjourned over the week
end to permit defense and prosecu
ton witnesses to examine documents
relating to the case.
The Washington times., 1924-12-20
BRITISH LABoRITEs
BACK FROM RUSSIA

LONDON, Dec. 2O.--Representa-
tives Of British trades unions were
back at their homes today after
visit Of inspection to Soviet Russia.
Their views on Red Russia will
be presented in q report later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
Pegler s Pegs
By WEsTBROOK PEGLER.


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  terrible mental and physical ag the coets and fretng their woolen shirts "te1 W When Mr. Leonard the butcher @ butcher doesn't That's just
  the landed at first base about in nhe m gy anout ms abundance He has allowed Du' ne sun uenoe and throws aims to the begg 1ering to the gods when he finds himself a
 Bentley newly signed by pounds overweight the was Tt to take hand at his rad pitching of anguish and physical N 'A' years Ltie Tendler pretended lightweight pounds every time he fought the lightweight fundamental of fighting strength Leonard is of Lefe Lewies light ehamponsp and he vennty as Tender did, Therefore Benny and to fear the ~ ~ weight These athletes about movie vampire Who height wrist and ankle weight gns pubic or Tor public consumption Neither you eel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
han PIayers Turn In Good Scores Soufhern Tourney
ire will prove highly popular with

ture will prove highly popular with them. yse
 Discussing the new subdivision, Sa. liba said: ..The finest homes in Bir- mingham are being built on the crest of, and beyond, Red mountain. Com mencement. of work on the new Country club in Shades valley. has been the sig nal for activity in real estate. Prop erty adjacent to our holdings is selling fact-and much of it is going at higher prices than we are asking.
 ''Edgewood place is three blocks from the car line and three blocks from the city hall of Edgewood municipality. It is fully equipped with water, lights and telephone facilities. The lots we are offering are high, well drained and command a pleasant view of the val ley. They have 100-foot frontages, with depth of 1S0 feet.
 q do not believe that there is at present a single real estate opportunity in Bir- mingham open, particularly to the small investor, which offers such un- questionable guarantees.
 In order that any one interested in the new section may have full oppor- tunity to inspect the property, Saliba has arranged two trips each day to the subdivision. By calling at his office, A140S-09 American Trust building, at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
CHILD SUCCUMBS TO SUFFOCATION Ensley Infant Found Dead Among Bed
 Clothes

Alice Butler, infant daughter of Mir. and Mrs. c. A. Butler, 25O4 Eighteenth street, Ensley, was suffocated in the bed clothing at the home of her parents Monday night, according to the death certificate signed by her physician on Tuesday.
 According to Mrs. Butler, the child was fed and put to bed Monday after noon and two hours later was dead. It was at first believed she was a vic tim of heart trouble and it was only after an examination late Monday night the manner of her death was learned.
 Funeral services were held at 8 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the residence. Burial followed in Elm wood cemetery with Ridout in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
GRESHAM LOSES OUT

LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 10.-A playoff was necessary to determine the field for the championship flight in the southern amateur golf tournament at the close of the qualifying round late today. Scores ranged from "A to 79 Of the eight, 79 men, Ewing Watkins Chattanooga, won the playoff from Glen Crisman, Selma, Ala.
 Those qualifying for the champion ship flight were: Perry Adair, At lanta, defending champion I. billiard, Louisville, IS; Louis Montdonica, Mem phis, v; Robert Baugh, Birmingham, "A; Thomas Prescott, Atlanta, "A Ewing Watkins, Chattanooga. 79; T. W. Palmer, Miami, Fla, 75; Tess Bradshaw, Atlanta, 76; Daniel Jarvis Nashville, 75; Charles Black, Atlanta N; Louis Tachau, Louisville, 76 Richard Hickey, Atlanta, 77; A. C. Ulmer, Jacksonville, IS; Jack Wenzler Memphis, 2; Lee Chase, Miami, "A Nelson Giddens, Memphis, "A; Frank bier, Memphis, 7S; Alex Bush, Louis vile, 76; Chasteen Harris, Memphis, 7S; Ted Ottman, Louisville. 76; Alex Hepburn, Louisville, 76; M. J. Con- don, Memphis, v; Benjamin Jones, At lanta, D; Frank Fehr, Louisville, 78 Chris Brinke, Louisville, "A; G. Sykes, Nashville, IS; w. G. Oenig, Chatta. nooga, 75; c. l.. Knight, Ashville, N. C., "A John Bachman, Roma, Ga., 7S /; F. c. Sherrill, Tampa, 7S; c. Benkert, Louisville, 78; Henry Hepburn, 76. . Louisville Wins Cups
 The Louisvillef Country club, hosts to this years southern, tourney won the team match trophy with a total of BOT strokes, Gn average of 76.75. nosing out the Colonial club, Memphis, which had a total of 309 and an average of TIPS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11

sales early in the progress of the de velopRent.
 {. The new Saliba tract is known as Edgewood place. Located as it is-only three blocks from the city hall of Edge wood and the same distance from the street car line-purchasers of lots who build homes in the section immediately will have the full advantages of fully developed city.
 2 The subdivision is fully equipped with water, lights and telephone serv- ice. The lots being offered are said to be high, well elevated and drained, and to command pleasant view of the entire valley. The lots in the division are unusually large, it is pointed out, and provide guarantee against crowding in future years when the section be- comes fully developed.
 Develops Muscle Shoals
 Ralph Saliba, promoter for the sub division, is a prominent Birmingham real estate dealer. His principal ac- tivities recently have been centered about development of Muscle Shoals holdings, and Edgewood place is the first activity in local real estate that he has attempted for some time. He is well known to persons in Birming- ham who are interested in real estate,
 and it is expected that his latest ven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
McDOUGALL WINS
 HANDBALL TITLE
Defeats LOmbardO In Finals Of Class B Division At B. A. c.

John McDougan won the medal to be given by the Birmingham Athletic club for Class B handball champion Tuesday afternoon when he defeated Joe LOmbardo, 21 to 13 in one game. The contest was the third game of a three-game match, but the first two games were played earlier. In the two encounters previously played Lom- bardO won the first. 21 to 16 while McDougall came back and copped the second, 21 to 20. The two players then agreed to postpone the third game until later.
 The final game Tuesday was a close ly played encounter until the last few minutes of play. The score at one time was 13 to 12 but McDougan then started a rush and was not halted.
 This game concludes play in two classes. Class A has yet one match to be played. Hale is to play Doe Sapienza in the finals of this division.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
KORHOFF WILL
 JOIN INDIANS

NEW ORLEANS, June 10.-Jimmy Vorhoff, Loyola university's star sec ond baseman, who declined an offer to sign contract with the Cleveland Americans last spring in order that he might continue his studies, will spend the summer as an Indian bench warmer, it became known today. Vor- hoff has accepted an invitation from Iris Speaker to accompany the team and work out with it so that he might gain experience and be ready to get into the Cleveland lineup when he finishes school. He will join the In- dians within the next few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-11
VILLA DEFEATS
 TAYLOR IN BOUT

NEW YORK, June 10.-Pancho Villa, worlds flyweight champion out of class, tonight gave away weight, height and reach to Bud Taylor, Terre Haute, Ind, bantamweight and won a judges verdict in a 12-round bout. Villa weighed 1131A and Taylor, 11715.
 In the first round, Villas right split Taylor's lip and a wild lunging left brought blood from his nose later in the bout Villa was unmarked.
 John Leonard of Allentown, Pa., won decision over Lew Hurley, New York featherweight in the 12-round semi-final