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The Washington times., 1924-06-13
WIFE REPORTS
HER HUSBAND
MISSING
Harlow Burt Leaves Home to
Search for Work and Fails
to Return

Mrs. Elizabeth Burt, of 1902
Thirty-third street northwest, has
notified The Times Bureau of Miss.
ing Persons that her husband, Har-
low Burt, disappeared yesterday
morning about 8 o'clock, leaving
home in search of work and not re.
turning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt have lived In
Washington for only five weeks,
and Tor the last two Burt has been
out OF work, consequently growins
very respondent. He took no clothes
with him and left the automobile
and keys at home.
Burt is about five feet six inches
tall and weighs about 1856 pounds.
He Is of medium light complexion,
with hazel eyes and auburn hair
and wears glasses. When he Nis,ap
peared, he was wearing a gray coat
ana pants. with no vest, black
leather belt, with the initial "H''
on the buckle, high brown shoes, a
black necktie and broadcloth shirt.
Any information about the lost man
should be sent to The Times Blu
reau of Missing Persons, or to Mrs
Burt at her home.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
No USE TRYING
To AVOID J|NX
TODAY
Read What Happened. to One
Poor Unfortunate Who Took
All Precautions

This is for the benefit of folks
who don't look at calendars and for
those who are not properly super
stitious. The following sad occur
renee is vouched for by John T.
King, former benefactor Of a certain
former official Of the Anti.Saloon
League Of New York.
He ran sideways for a block to-
day and was at last forced to use
his revolver to keep a black cat
from crossing his path. He care.
fully avoided walking under ladders.
He kept far away from all kinds Of
mirrors. so that he wouldn't break
any. He ordered the waited at
luncheon to remove the salt cellars
from the table, to insure against
the danger OF splitting any.
But as he was crossing the street,
with the fingers Of his right hand
crossed and the fingers Of the left
fondling the left hind leg of a
graveyard rabbit which HAD been
caught in the full Of the moon, he
turned his head to avoid seeing u
cross-eyed friend, and an automo-
bile knocked him cuckoo.
He awoke in Emergency Hospital,
smelling Of ether and iodine. He
noted his surprising resemblance to
a mummy, swathed as he was in
healing bandages from head to foot.
And as he rolled painfully over on
his side, the attentive nurse heard
him moan:
II knew 1t. You can't beat It,"
Cant beat what?" asked the
nurse.
Friday, the Thirteenth" he re.
piled,
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LUCAS PHILOSOPHY.

He hop his head erec' an high,
HIS eyes am blue, JUS lGk de SKY.
TSe heGh to say he acts de toGy
HIS daddy used to do.
Hes kin an gracious, mos polite,
He sho' has got one trsen' oil right,
He fills nah heart 10Th greet delight.
When Pse q JeeIiM' blue.
Each night his m0mnty let him como
Dotcn to nah cabin ichGr I hum
De songs o. gore; 1t seems once
more
Dot OF time friends am near,
Foo dGr a stttin' oil de tUhGe
Nah little maSSa sit an smile
In JUS de very brightes' stvle,
He fills nah heart 10Th cheer.
tells him stories, den see
Hes JUS as sleepy as kin be.
starts to Groom. an PRETTY soon,
He's sleepin' IN mob arms,
An t0htIe he's a restin' on nah
breast
takes nah dGrIin' little guest
UP to his home tohGr he Kin rest,
Protected from all harms.
JOE H. HOLMAN.
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THE FRANKS BOY.

Bowed with grief ct the close Of day,
/ went into the hills to pray;
And I heard q distant echo say,
Vengeance 10 mine; 1 will repay"
Yea, cried. they murdered my boy;
They shattered my hope; they killed
my joy;
But heard the distant echo say,
Vengeance 10 mine; will repay"
They knew the law; thou shalt not
kill,
But they took his life to get n thrill,
And the echo once again would say,
Vengeance 10 mine; I will repay"
to bleed,
Cry for revenge to punish the deed.
But the echo answering would say,
Vengeance IL mine; I will repay"
SIR WALTER.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
REPORT SHOWS INCREASE
IN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS

Park police reports issued today
show an increase in traffic rules
violations for the month Of May.
In May 1928 forty.two arrests were
made on this charge. The report
shows that during May 11S viola
tors were arrested.
An increase in arrests for other
violations Of the regulations is
shown by the report. The arrests
listed in the current report are $50.
Many of the offenders arrested
failed to appear in court and for.
feited their collateral, according
to Capt. w. LIZ McMorris, superin.
tendent of park police.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
7 TORNEY
|SFAC|NC
CHARGE
L. r. Yeaman, Connected With
Interstate Commerce Body,
Accused of Intoxication

Louis X. Yeaman, attorney for
the examining board Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and
member of the Colorado bar, was
arraigned before Judge Mcmahon
in Police Court today on the
charge of being intoxicated yes
terday at Fourteenth and G
streets northwest.
Officer Testifies.
Policeman E. w. Smith, traffic
officer at the crossing, testified
that Yeaman dismounted from a
taxicab and approached him. seek
ing information. Smith said that
when he observed the defendants
condition he advised Yeaman to get
back in the cab. which he refused
to do. He said that the attorney
staggered and that the odor Of
alcohol was noticeable.
Yeaman, acting as his own at.
torney, said that there was no con.
tention that he had not taken a
drink but that the officer had
arrested him on a false charge.
Taking the stand he vehemeEtly
denied being drunk and said that
he had been placed in a very
embarrassing position by being de.
prived OF his liberty and personal
belongings at the precinct.
Not Drunk Says Witness.
Willard M. Kochenderfer, assist.
ant manager Of the Lafayette Hotel,
where Yeaman resides, testified that
when he came to the station to
furnish collateral he detected the
odor Of whiskey but Yeaman was
sober. He said that the defendant
was Of an inQuisitive nature and
probably peeved the officer by per.
sistent questioning.
DR.. Joseph M. Heller, No. I7l4
X street northwest, Yeaman's l.hy.
sician, who attended him after his
release from the precinct, told the
court that the defendants eyes
were slightly dilated which could
have been brought about by the
use OF intoxicants, although this
condition as well as a rapid pulse
could have been enhanced by the
excitement.
Further testimony will be heard
from the taxicab driver tomorrow
morning when the case case will
be resumed in the District Of Col
umbia branch Of police. court.
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ing, has been demonstrated IN n
practical and forcible way to Super-
intendent Of Schools Bailou.
Not that the District surA .in
tendent Is forsaking education for
baseball or the movies. Not a
chance. But he is just nearing the
task of signing his name nearly
5000 times within about tree dave
DR.. Ballou has been affixinR his
signature to as many diplomat
which will be presented next week
to graduates of District Higb
Schools.
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POLICE NET
SCORE IN
RAIDS
officer Loses Trousers Seat
When He Is Attacked by
Vicious Bulldog

In the face Of friction between
the police and the prohibition
unit, Lieutenant o. T. Davis and
Sergeant ]. D. McQuade, of the
vice squad, early today and last
night carried out series of raids
and arrested nearly a score Of
men and women.
The raids were planned to take
place Wednesday night, but were
postponed, it is said, when prohi-
bition agents, who must accom-
pany police on whiskey arrests,
failed to appear.
Raid Planned Earlier.
Traps, militant prisoners and q
Visions dog were some of the
obstacles encountered by the raid
Ing party. In all, fifty gallons Of
alleged bootleg was confiscated.
and more than $500 in cash col
lateral was left at the Second pre-
clnct station.
Starting with a raid on the near
beer saloon conducted by Samuel
Scikoff, at the corner of Twenty
sixth and M streets northwest, the
vice squad, aided by Prohibition
Agent Anis, made rapid-fire cir
cult of ten marked places.
In a bedroom of Scikoff's resi-
dence above the store, the police
broke open part of a wall hidden
by a cupboard. where it is said,
they found twenty-three half pints
Of bootleg. Scikoff and his seven
teen-year-old son, Isadore, a cadet
at a local high school, were arrest
ed and charged with sale and II.
legal possession.
Attacked by Dog.
As the vice squad descended
upon 2017 Green's court northwest,
a ferocious bulldog leaped at Police.
man Harry Bauer and tore out the
seat Of his trousers, before Police
man Holmes beat off the animal.
CONTINUED on Page 249
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500 Clothes Stolen

Close to $1OO worth of wearing
apparel was stolen from 6101
Georgia avenue northwest, early
today. by a thief who jimmied a
rear window. according to a report
to police. The clothes belonged to
Harry Landgraf and Willard Tag
CERT, occupants Of the house.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
Presidents Engagements

$3.50 a. m.-General Herbert
M. Lord, Director of the Bud
get.
1880 a. m.-Cabinet.
1880 p. m.-Congressman T.
weber Wilson, of Mississippi,
to present friends, party of
prize winners in agricultural
contest.
p. m.-Washington CORES.
pondents.
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ov r D O s E S.

Hamlet asks: what That, Il thi.
itself with brothers blood? Is
there not rain enough in the
sweet heavens to wash 1t white as
snow?" We hope to kiss a pig
If there isn't.
Robert q. Ingersoll was a great
lover Of music. Among other
beautiful tributes to music, he
said that 1.-THE inventor Of q good
soup did more for his race than
the maker OF any creed"
Why don't some genius invent
an apparatus to be carried in the
pockets Of jay walkers that will
automatically stop all approaching
traffic?
Civilization has now arrived at
that stage where the man without
an automobile and the man who
doesn't wear garters are in the
same class.
But speaking Of progress, it's q
far fling from walking on all
fours to riding in q contraption
that occasionally hits on all four.
Fact is. we are progressing 80
rapidly that the time is not far
distant when dying in bed will be
considered an unnatural death.
One mans loss il another mans
gain. Take, for instance. the case
Of the hairpin manufacturers and
the BARRIERS.
F. J. scHwAB.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
Public Library Hours

The central building and branches
Of the Public Library will be kept
open until p. m. on Saturday for
the remainder of this month to give
Government workers an opportunity
to use 1t for the first three half.
holidays.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
Merry Minstrel Show

The Merry Magnanimus Minstrels,
including Miss Audrey Durety and
James Thompson, dancers, and
Harry Myers, tenor, will perform
tonight at st. Johns Guild Hall,
on o street, near Wisconsin avenue
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
HAPPENINGS IN HENFOOT
CORNERS.

We asked CurIey, the barber, hotO
he happened to lose his job oVer to
the PGI0oe TomsoriGI Parlors, and he
said 1t toGs through force Of habit.
One of his lady customers COM
pIGiNed- to the boss because Ctrley
asked her 1ohich did she OGMt-G
hair cut or shave.
Our t0Ife's nepheto thGt makes 20
cents an hour toorEtM0 oUer to the
can factory has bought himseI a
HetU car that can make seventy miles
an hour.
Our readers tCill no doubt reme en-
Der tChGt a runtpNs tD0e created
about this time last year, t0hen this
paper, through q mistake, stated
that Lem HGiDkins tUGS condemned"
to be married to Aunt PruelIo
SprtOO's daughter, Lucy, and hoU,
on account Of this, ye ed. had to take
to the woods to keep Lem from
shooting Us on sight. Well, Lem
come to see Us today, said he todmted
to ask our pardon for the lOGy he
0cted, and says he found out that 10e
GUGS right after ali.
LEONTDAS POLK.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
La Toilette Is Silent on Future Plans
llElqRNboSEEM38
~'aEH21Et' ID BY BILL PRICE @rAazaA'D
THE RAREsT MONTH.

AA1 A01AA0A1ASA- N1W4N AAA'
Thru the Cote Of Beauty
I enter into the 8pIendor
And joy of June,
FGireSt maiden Of the se6Soste,
With her roses rare,
And all the Ie0jy luxury
Crotcmtls0 every tree and bash,
That oil space nlGy
A UersGI garden be,
Where nesting birds
And lettering loVers
HGUe meeting pieces
For the stOeetS AID Ssorets
OF their mating.
CABIN JOHN POET.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
BALLOU BUSY SIGNING
DIPLOMAS FOR 5000

What It means to be a moving
picture idol, home.run king Of oaso-
ball, or any other dignitary, whose
duties include frequent autograph
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
FAVORITE SONGS

The title IS, "WhGFH / Do When
You Go Away and / Haze Those
Booze Shortage Blues"
The Washington times., 1924-06-13

chow does j. T. play gOlH3"
"GDlendidly. I've never heard
man talk the game better in my
life" O'S.
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80
THE AVIATOR'S SERENADE.

THE AVIATOR'S SERENADE.
And take O fly with me;
Well harness mp the Ford sedan,
And brave the stormy sea.
The moon goes roaming thro' the
night,
The COWS rOost In the tree,
The dOnkeyS CaChle with delight,
When I'm alone with thee.
The chickens vamp the country guy,
The cats sing on the fence;
The bats along the alley fly (brick
bhts)
o poet, HE thee hence.
U-GTTT.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
SAFETY FIRST.

He was not moved by chivalry,
Nor feared the lack of scOrn.
ne offered her his street car seat
To keep her off his corn.
FLORENCE N. HOAGLAND.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
WHEN AN r STREET COWBOY
LOVES A GIRL.

ooh! darling, you are mn hos
dog w the sandwich of life"
WILL.
The Washington times., 1924-06-13
GET THE GOAT SOMETHING
TO MAKE HIM FAT, PLEASE.

Dear BiH: IUe heard you are in-
cltned to be stout. Come into Hecht's
store some time and IN get you q
"MGdGntG X" reducing OirdIe.
A FAN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-07-30
EXPECT CREDIT
BODY SOON TO
END BUSINESS
Most of Work Apparently Is
Accomplished, Announce
ment of Jaffray

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 3O.-The
Agricultural Credit Corporation
which was organized with "a capital
stock Of $10,0OO,OO0 to tide the north
west over Il temporary emergency
will complete its chief work IN 81
days and meet the need for winch
it was created, in the opinion oi e.
r. Jaffray, based on the present
condition of crops and the prevail
ing prices.
Mr.. Jaffray said marked drop in
pressure calls for aid from the cor
poration had developed in the last
month
He said:
The corporation has given di-
rect and immediate aid to
large number of banks and has
benefited a large number Of
farmers.
In addition to the closed banks
already reOpened, many more
will reopen soon when the
crop and the price for it are
assured.
The general sentiment of the
northwest is greatly improved
and has part in the material
drop in pressure on the Agri-
cultural Corporation.
The farm diversificatiOn pro-
gram will be continued
I'VE have called 60 per cent Of oul
$l0,0O0,O0O capital" Mr.. Jaffray said
81 had hoped that this would be al
that was necessary, and now | fee
sure of it if the harvest comes al
the present price level.
There is general Improvement II
sentiment. There is more confidence
in the banks. The reopened banks
will be able to continue now on =;
firmly established basis. A goo'
many more banks will reopen sool
when the directors know that pres
ent prospects are assured.
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U. s. STEEL
HAS GOOD YEAR
Judge Gary Is Optimistic
Over Business Conditions

New York, July 30.-Despite a per-
ceptible slackening in steel oper-
atoms in the second quarter of the
year, directors Of the United States
Steel corporation yesterday declared
an extra dividend of 80 cents on
the common shares for the third
successive quarter in addition to
the regular dividends of $l.25 a
share on the common and $l.15 a
share on the preferred stocks.
Total earning of the corporation
amounting to Sal, 1881 ,039, while al
most $9,OOO,00O below those of the
preceding three months, were how
ever about $6,OO0,O00 above prelimi-
nary estimates made in the financial
district.
Confidence on the business out
look of the country was expressed
by E. H. Gary, chairman of the
United States Steel corporation, after
the meeting of the directors.
II made statement early in April
that | believed that as soon as the
presidential election had occurred
and at least month before, We
would have good business in thi.
country" Mr.. Gary said. "If | were
to make a prediction at the present
time, would not change materially
what / then said"
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BY Harry b. Hunt
NEA Service Writer

Washington, July 3O.-Jud Welli-
yer, ex-newspaper man, now chief
clerk at the White House, has been
giving considerable thought of late
to Analysing, or trying to analyze,
that political enigma, his boss, Cal
vim Coolidge.
Perhaps it is injudicious of US to
tin Cal off to the fact that Jud has
been dissecting him, metaphorically
speaking. Maybe Cal doesn't like to
be dssected. p
Maybe his New Englend con-
science will lead him to demand
that Jud put in his time looking
after the affairs of his job as chief
clerk, not in trying to figare out
how the wheels go round in the
presidents neral mechanism.
Still, since Cal is candidate and
Jud's analysis is favorable one,
we guess he won't fire Jud, so here
goes:
The president, Welliver says, after
10 months of close observation, dIes
two things superlatively we'll. They
are:
/. Listening.
=. Thinking.
Taking up these two matters in
more detail, Welliver finds that
though he is an expert listener
the president is discriminating in
his listening. In other words, UNI
less a thing is worth listening to he
doesn't listen to it.
He may appear to be listening,
but the sound waves vibrating
against his ear drums will not be
registering on his consciousness.
On these occasions, though he
may look like he's listening, he's
really thinking, Welliver holds.
Just what he thinks at such times,
Weliver doesn't say-maybe it
wouldn't look we'll in print-but
from the way the condition is de-
scribed it seems that the president
Just twists his mental dial and
tunes out. on the speaker on such oc
casions.
The conversation continues, but
it doesn't register. And meantime
the presidential mind is busy with
something of real Importance.
Running close in Importance to
his listening and thinking ability, is
the presidents unhurried, method
cal, rather plodding approach to the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-07-30
Cruel Human Sacrifices
Part of Aztec Relipion

In ancient Mexico. the Mexico OF
the AZtecs. human sacrifices were
not only the custom, hut practical
ly the only sacrifice offered. But
mostly the sacrifices were composed
Of offenders, law-breAkers and enc
mics. Enemies were generally Of
fered up in preference to victims Of
their own race.
Another civilization much like the
Aztec was the Incas. The Astecs
and the people Of the Incas wor-
SHIPPED sun god much as the Egyp-
tians and the RabylOnians. al
though the moon was a sort Of
lesser divinity to each, finding it's
counterpart in the Egyptian Isis.
The human sacrifices were un-
necessarily cruel. The victim was
either laid upon regular sacrit!cial
table and had mis- heart cut out by
a few missions, or else was put
upon an eminence and armed with
a blunt wooden sword. Hc was
then attacked successfully by men
armed with Obsidian swords and
very sharp. He fought until he
was killed. Many evidences Of these
cruClties have been excavated.
There was another custom, that
Of priest praying q person to
death. This was believed quite pos
sihle. Anyone whom priest was
known as praying to die was GER
tain to die. For the most part they
died, killed by terrOr.-Bruce
Bryan, in Art and Archaeology.
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pulling the lever for total on an
adding machine.
If all the factors have been correct
" entered, there can be no more
mistake in the Coolidge. answer, he
holds, than in the automatically
exact, mechanical total of your cash
register. For both are the result OF
simple but exact principles unde-
viatingly applied.
In his decisions as in his think
ing and his speech, Welliver finds,
there is no lost motion, no super
fluous maneuvering. The result is
definiteness and clarity as to the
executive attitude on public matters
that has not been equaled-well, at
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-07-30
Object Lesson Should
Haze Impressed Youth

A boy returned from school one
day with a report that his scholar
ship had fallen below the usual
average.
"Well." said the father, you've
fallen behind this month, have
your"
Yes, sir"
"How did that happenT'
Don't know, sir"
The father knew, If the son did
not. He had observed number of
cheap novels scattered about the
house, but had not thought 1t worth
while to say anything until fit-
tins opportunity should offer itself.
A basket of apples stood upon the
floor. and he said:
Empty out those apples, and
take the basket and bring it to me
half full Of chips"
Suspecting nothing, the son
obeyed.
And now" he continued. put
those apples back in the basket"
When half the apples were re-
placed. the son said:
Father, they roll off; I can't put
in any more"
Put them in. tell you"
"But, father. l can't put them In"
PUT them in! No, Of course you
can't put them in. Do you expect
/ to f1ll basket half full Of chips
and then fill it with apples? You
said you did not know why you fell
, behind at school. 1 will tell you.
Your mind Is like that basket. 1t
will not hold more than so much.
! and here you have been for the past
month filling it up with chip-dirt--
cheap novels. bombay Guardian
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least not since Welliver began ana
Lying presidents.
That recently popular slang phrase.
"the cats meow" has taken on new
significance in Washington circles
since members of the Washington
vice squad, by initiating the softly
purred call of lonely feline, OBJ
tanned access the other night to the
apartment Of a lady, formerly of the
"official" set, where a riotous liquor
party was in progress.
Now wherever Sergeant McQuade,
who pulled" the house, goes, a med
ley of caterwauls follows in his
wake.
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Edna PurViance
Visits Dimes
In Denver

Denver, July 30.-Edna Purviance,
motion picture actress, is in Denver
visiting CORTLAND S. Dimes, wealthy
Denver oil man, it became known to-
day. Miss Purviance, who was a
member Of a party in the Dimes
apartment in Los Angeles last New
Years day, during which Dimes was
shot and wounded by Horace Greer,
a chauffeur of Mable Normand, told
newspaper reporters there was no
truth in reports in circulation here
that she and Dimes were to be mar
ried.
Eyes, that's right" added Dimes,
1--WE haven't even planned an engage
ment."
Miss Purviance said she had come
to Denver for few days, as the re-
suit of the failure of an announced
hunting party to leave Salt Lake
City on schedule.
II just had to come over here and
visit Courtland," she said. "Court-
land and / are veyy dear friends,
and / couldn't be in this vicinity
without visiting hin"
Denmark will erect four radio sta
x:...kn Greenland
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is. TRAPPED BY
FIRE RESCUED

Minneapolis, July 3O.-Sixteen per-
sons trapped on the third floor of
a rooming house by fire which
filled halls and stairways with dense
smoke, were carried down ladders
to safety by firemen about 30 a.
m. today. One person was "over-
come by smoke and taken to hos
pital and several others were re-
vived by firemen after being car
ried from their rooms. The fire
caused only slight damage to the
building.
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VIOLATION OF
TREATY CLAIM
British Make Representations
on Changing Naval Vessels

London, July 30, (By the A. P)-
The British government has made
representations to the governments
of the United State and Japanese
that the alteration and elevation of
guns on capital war vessels or ex-
penditures for the purpose of in
creasing the radius Of action of
these would be, in the opinion of
the British government, a breach of
the Washington convention.
This declaration was made in the
House Of Commons today by Arthur
Ponfonby, unders secretary Of for
eign affairs, in answer to ques-
ton.