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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
RECEIVER ASKED
FOR FIERY CROSS
Director Says Funds Go To
Khan Propaganda

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March a.
A receiver for the Fiery Cross Publish
Ing company, publishers of a Ku Klux
Khan newspaper, was asked in a suit
filed in the Marion county superior
court here today by Ernest W.. Reich
ard, director and president of the
company.
The suit alleges the, income Of the
paper has been diverted to propaganda
work for the khan and that the company
Il unable to pay its obligations because
Of what il termed in the complaint as
mismanaeenaent Of its affairs by Wal
ter Dessert and Harry e. Bloom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
THE WRATRER

AIabAsRal Partly cIoudyi prob.
ably LEGAL showers Sunday and Men
day; rising temperatures.
Tennessee; Cloudy. moderate teTA-
perattife.
Geossls: Partly eleuAy, Slowing
rising teMpeFature.
mississippi: Partly cleudy, rising
Temperature.
(CsalpIsts weather data viii be
found Oh page III
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
DAZED MAN FOUND
WITH HEAD GASHED
]. r. Thomas Unable To Ac-
count For Wounds

j. Il. Thomas, woodlawH, was found
late Saturday night in the stairway
leading TO 21221s Second avenue in a
dased condition as result Of two Sc
we're sashes in his head. He was found
by E. d. Payne and ]. F. Carnes, pa.
trolnen.
Although not unconscious, he was so
badly aAsed that he was unable to give
any account OF how he received his
wounds or came to be lying IN the stair
way, He was taken to Hiilman hos.
pital by Rideut's ambulance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
LEGION TO RESTORE
DAVIS MANSION
To Become Memorial To Mem
phis World War Veterans

MEMPHIS, March 22.-Jefferson
Davis old home is to be restored.
The famous old mansion, long the
home Of the president of the confeds-
raey viii be purchased by the Mem
phis American Legion, restored and
used as a memorial to Shelby county
men who died in the World war. A
fund of $4,000 for the purpose is
being sought,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
MILITARY PRISONERS
GIVEN FREEDOM


LEAvENwoRTH, Kans., March %.
Five military prisoners whose cases
we're heard by a special war depart
ment investigating board here several
weeks ago were given their freedom
today. Four of the men were serv-
ing terms in the federal penitentiary
and on was a prisoner at the disciple
nary barracks at Fort Leavenworth..
Washington for three ex-soldiers serv-
ing ut the Atlanta, Ca, federal prison.
They are Vaser Blankenship, Edward
Redman and Teddy Williams.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
PULLMAN PORTER
TO GIVE LECTURE
Bronx Negro To Address Dart
mouth Glasses

NEW YORK, March ga negro
Pullman porter viii lecture to class Of
100 students at Dartmouth college next
Tuesday.
He Il j. b. Ford, whose home IL in
the Bronx. His Tuesday pupils" are
taking. courses in transportation,
Prot. Malcolm KieE, riding IN a Pull.
man recentIyJ asked the porter Many
questions and was so impressed with
the ansWers that he invited him to ad-
dress the class.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
SOLDIERS HOME
NESS HALL BURNS
Cause OF Mountain Creek Fire
No known

|. vERBENA. Ala. March 22.-Ths
hSIl Of the Old soldiers Home, near
MOuhtain Creek. ~as destroyed BY fire
last aieht. tn home. which is owned
end maintained BY the state Of Ala.
hama. has between 8 and 100 ex-
Confdrat soldir inmats. tn Gus Of
the tire which destroyed the ontents Of
the building. is unknown
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
SINCLAIR BALKS;
MAY. BE CITED
FOR CONTEMPT
Oil Magnate Flatly Re
fuses To Answer
Questions
HAYS DENIES STOCK
PRESENTED TO G. o. r
Admits Dome Lessee Was
Asked For SIS, 900 To
Help Wipe Out Deficit

Held Wide OuC DGI1CHt
-
- On
WASHINGIVN, March z-Events
in the oil inquiry moved again today
with dramatic swiftness. =
Harry r. Sinclair. lessee of Teapot
Dome. refused uoint blank to answer
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n' ..oi sueA' p1. ~ INC
Investigators, VINO certiiieo tne FACTS
to the Senate with a view to contempt
proceedings.
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asked ana IN 1913
Hays said he asked Sinclair to con-
tribute toward wiping out the commit
tee deficit in 1923, more than year
after he left the cabinet. This was
about year after Sinclair obtained the
lease Of Teapot Dome.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
JAMES P. YINING DIES
FIorida Hotel OwRer Was Well Know
FhFOtlRhout South

DAYTONA, Fla, March 22.--James
r. Winning, owner of the Hotel Coquina
at Ormond Beach and well known
throughout the south, died suddenly
early today. Mr.. Winning also was pro-
prietor Of summer hotels at Wrights-
vile Beach and Linyille. N. O.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
TAXI DRIVE RS
AID LITTLE
FAMILY
Black and White Company
chauffeurs Send Stranded
Mother Home

Two o'clock Sunday morning at
Union Station. N
A haIf-starved woman with two
sobbing babies searching for aid
and taxi-driver looking for a
fare.
There was neither aid for the
woman nor q fare for the driver
until the woman, as last resort,
dragged herself to the cab entrance
Of the station and begged H. Atkin-
son, Black and White driver, to
helm her.
Business was dull anyway and
Atkinson was touched by the ap-
peal.
Helping the woman and lifting
her babies into his taxi, Atkinson
drove to the nearest all-night lunch
room and stood the lady and the
children Co q meal.
There the woman told her story.
Her husband had died ten days ago
in North Carolina. She had buried
him there and had come to Wash.
ington to look for work. Her money
was all gono by the time she ar
rived at Union Station. No one
seemed willing to help her or her
babies, she said.
Atkinson drove his fares back
to the station and passed the word
along to his felIow-drivers.
A purse Of almost twenty dollars
was raised and q ticket back 10
North Carolina bought for her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02

Helen Love, Helen Carbaugh; Mary
Anna King, Evelyn Selby, Dulce
Horner, William Haste, William
Warfield, Joseph Mooney, John Ma
honey, w. r.. Bulls, Lena Graham.
Kathryn Brown, Elizabeth Moss,
Hilda Diller, Lucille Brown, Kath-
crime Johnson, Alice Driscoll, Ros-
coe Bruce, Augusta johnson, Mary
Watkins and Maybelle Dishman.
Watchman: Anthony Malone,
Michael j. Sheehan, George #.
O'Connor, Frank J. Daubner, George
s. Boyd, Fred Netherland, John
Walter, william e. Brooke, w. g.
Iden. William Harrington, VIM.
Groves, B. d. Burch, William
Brewer, George Smallwood, Henry
w. Rector, Charles Atkinson, Rob.
ert Best. Fred Wilmer, Clinton
Butcher Daniel Bradley, Alexander
#. Hicks, Phillip Dade, Bernard
Plat, Vincent Beede and T. Nc
Lane.
The following life guards ana
swimming teachers have been APP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
PLOT
|SLAN) To
PL0YE
Man Discharged by Forsbergs
Suspected Policeman
Rome to Be Artaigned

A new angle in the alleged
attempt to remove rare liquors
from the residence Of Gustave
w. Forsberg, wealthy manufac-
turer, 49O7 Fourteenth street
northwest, was opened by De-
tective G. J. P. Weber, Of the
Tenth precinct today when he
began surveillance Of q former
employee Of the Forsbergs.
EmpIoye Discharged.
It was learned that the empIoye
had been discharged some time ago.
Police believe that in retaliation the
former employe aided In the plot TO
rob the Forsberg cellar.
Sixth Precinct Detective Guy
Rome. who, with Harry Grossman,
an alleged wihslSey peddler. was
found in the Forsberg home early
yesterday, win be arranged before
Judge Schuldt, In Police Court, on a
charge Of housebrealxing next Tues
day.
Rome was to have been arraigned
with Grossman today. After a con.
ference with Assistant District At.
torney Ralph Given and Lucian H.
Vandoren, the defendants counsel,
the arraignment was postponed.
Detective Weber and !, Policeman
Brown took Rome into custody in
the basement Of the Fourteenth
street house yesterday morning. At
the time, It Is charged, G$rOssman
and Rome were trying to make III
with sack Of bottles Of old liquor,
valued at about $1,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
BLAST IN
HOSPITAL IS
PROBED
Doctor billiard Confined to
Bed Was Hit Over Eye
BY Flying Rubber

An investigation to determine the
cause Of the ether explosion In
Garfield Hospital yesterday, in
which one physician was injured
when flying rubber struck his eye.
and four others narrowly escaped
being hurt, was launched today.
Doctor Frank M. billiard, eye, ear
and throat specialist OF Alexandria,
Va, Is confined to bed In the hos.
pita1 today with q cornea scratch
over one eye. Precautions are be-
ing taken to prevent infection.
Those who escaped injury were:
William Desmond, sixty years old,
Alexandria, Va, a patient who was
under gas ct the time Of the ex.
plosion. His hair was singed
slightly.
Doctor Edwin A. Merritt, No IS
Grafton street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Doctor Joseph B. Began. Falk.
stone courts.
Miss Mary Symonds. attending
nurse.
Occurred at 1:3O.
The explosion occurred at 1870.
just after the patient had been
given gas. At the time, Doctor
billiard. with an instrument SUP.
piled with electric current, was
cauterizing part OF Mr.. Desmond's
mouth.
What caused the explosion Is not
definitely known.
The theory Of the physicians II
that there was leak in the ether
container and that shark from,
the cautertzing instrument iRnited
the escaping fumes. A rubber bag
IN the room, containing nitrous.
oxide. also exploded. An electric
bulb likewise went OFF.
Doctor Merritt said that although
the explosion stunned them for 4
moment, there was no confusion.
The patient was returned to his
room and Doctor billiard was given
immediate treatment.
Taken to X-Ray Room.
Mr.. Desmond was taken TO the
x-ray room today, where treatments
were administered by Doctor Mer.
rift. Miss Symonds. the nurse, was
In attendance.
Colonel Dean G. Howard, super
intendent, Is making Investigation
Several months ago, in Baltimore
an ether explosion occurred IN an
operating room in one OF the hos
pitals. A patient, under ether,
died a. . result Of the explosion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
4 GUIDE THROUGH LEE.

It's foolish to be . liberal sponder
without having money enOugl,
For purposes 81 display the srcndlnx
Il looked on NJ o bluff.
And when small sAlaFied man essays
the part IL u an even bet
That he can't afford to be o liberal
spender because he 10 In debt.
It's foolish 70 be . liberal lender be.
cause the other fellows broke.
For those who are tender hearted are
looked ON ~ q joke,
And when they are In ne6d themselves
and ask borrowers for what's duo
They learn the usual lesson that al
fools their folly rue.
It's foolish to be . ''tight-wnd." and
hoard your temporary pelf,
Viewing everyone with suspicion,
thinking only Of ones self;
For wealth has wings, and even IL you
save and never lend Il
No matter. where You 20 from here
you'll grieve whom others spend u.
TO 20 through life COntented, the best
guide II the Golden Rule,
You may not be wise man, but you
will not be . fool,
And when you leave this mundane
sphere and are face 70 face with God
You'll be zone who loved his fellow
man" and entitled to reward.
OLD SOCKS.
4 - = =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
OFFICIALS I 0 R.
FAIRGROUNDS !
NAMED
Four New Grounds Are to
Be Opened During
This Week

Appointment Of q number OF d.
rectors, assistant directors and
watchmen to supervise the new
District Fairgrounds to be opened
this month was announced today
by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director
of Fairgrounds, as follows:
Directors: Margaret Patterson.
Marie McAuliffe, Lola LeBrSndt,
Daisy Pierce, Abbie Green, Ethel
Eckles. Mary DiclSerson, Frances d.
Howe, Violet Mckinney, s. X.
Hand, Thelma Smith, Jacqueline
Whiting. Martha Durham, Kath-
crime Swanson Louise Sullivan,
Pauline Woodruff. Margaret Harris.
Henry Benning Pease, G. p. Rob.
tnson and Hilda Shannon.
Assistant directors: Lillian Lew
toni Gladys Thomas, Frances Ma.
lor, Helen TonTpkins, Ellen Davis,
Elleh Lemly, Joseph. Lowery and
Paul O'Donnell.
Assistents: Donald Adams, Olyve
1Arbse, Katherine COLLINS, Clara
johnson. Anna Thompson, Daisy
Robinson, Lenora Scott, Herbert
Marshall. Ethel Sutton, Ruth Britt,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
ALCOHOL IS SEIZED
IN GARAGE; 3 HELD

Raiding a garage near First and
N streets southwest, last night,
Captain Sheetz. Sergeant BobO and
Privates Ogle and Falley Of he
Fourth precinct, arrested Milne
Swami. colored. 321 Third street
southwest, Frank J. Yak. 532 North
Robinson street, Baltimore, ana
John "A. Newman, colored, IS N
street southwest.
The men were placing alcohol
into cans preparatory to moving 1t,
the police charge. About 40 raj
Ions were seized and the three men
Were charged with conspiracy ana
illegal possession OF alcohol.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
FIVE U. S. ATTORNEYS
70 GET NO JULY PAY

Five special assistant district at
torneys win do without their salary
this month, they have been notified.
as result of the dearth Of funds
In the Department Of Justice. The
assistants were informed that the
appropriation has run out.
Those affected by the notice are
David Aiken Hart, handbook prose-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
$4,000 DAMAGES ASKED
IN AUTOMOBILE COLLISION

Etella r. Whitaker, 24OO six
teenth street northwest, today filed
suit in the District Supreme Court
against Patrick T. McDermott, S2i6
K street northwest, for 5000 dam
ages for alleged personal injuries.
The plaintiff alleges that while.
riding in her automobile May 20,
last, on r street across New Hanp-
shire avenue northwest, an auto
mobile truck Of the defendant
collided with her machine, seriously
and permanently iniuring her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
4 MYSTERY.

He held his hand upon her spine,
And said her dancing was divine,
He held her tight and In delight,
They danced away ON through the
night.
They danced the tango and the rcst,
And some were shocking at the hest.
But all the while, she wore q smile,
And danced away In lively style.
They started home, he had 3 car,
And ere he'd driven very far,
To her alarm, he put his arm
Around here waist. he meant no harm,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
EMPLoYE SUES PLUMBING
COMPANY FOR $4,000

Harry Brashears today filed suit
In the District Supreme Court
against Charles H. Darmstadt, Inc.
engaged in the heating and plumb.
ing business, for $4,000 damages
for alleged personal injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02

cutor; Thomas Lodge, liquor prose
cutor; Miss Pearl Mccall. in charge
Of pure food laws: William Gilchrist
and John w. Finley. general prose
cutors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02

pointed: Bradford Stone, Arthur
Boyd, Matthew Toomey. Henry
Lamar, Thomas Hughes, Everett
Bailey and Thomas jackson.
All appointments are effective i'm.
mediately.
Four new Fairgrounds viii be
opened this week, as follows: Jewish
Foster Home, 1918 @ street north.
west; Lois Marshall Nursery. Chill.
dren's Hospital; William s. PhilliDa.
Eighth and Lungfellow streets
northwest, and Nary Gwynn
nursery, Twenty-first and q streets
northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02

But then she voiced her great distIaim,
He tried to speak, but tried in vain.
For though he talked, the lady baked,
She left his car and then she walked.
The thing that puzzles me, You see,
ls very strange, how can IL be,
That she allowed, this fellow proud,
And then TO find IL not refined
To practice actions Of this kind,
When hOmeward bound. away from
sound,
And not d single soul around!
JOE HI. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
TO MISS ANN HEUSER.

I heap upon thee Happiness;
/ sing thee secret songs;
I bring thee blossoms bufgeOning
With scents serene and strong.
! Xea.n =. INTO sa 9e. so9ltHH ~.
o that together we might make
Felicity transpirei
Look coIdIy mot upon me, sweets
Permit me to be near
To thee, that / may ret . smell
OF thy grand home-brewed beer
SHAKESPEARE FOOT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
ZAP INTO
WELL IS
fulfill
Burning Timhers From MIN
Fall III on John woodward
at HoadIy, Va.

An aged mans futile effort
to save his saw mill which had
caught fire, resulted in his death
early today in the General Hos
pital at Alexandria, Va. He III
John woodward, eighty years old.
Of HoadIy, Va, and he died ~
burns.
The fire started at the mill On
Woodyard's farm Monday night
woodward, alone, attempted tO
extinguish the fire with buckets
of water.
Jumps into Well.
Just az ne was carrying buclcst
OF watera bucket which he ~
lieved would be the last needed 70
put out the fire woodward STUN.
bled and fell. He was unable to
get up. The fire spread.
As the blaze came near him.
woodward, half-unconscious, crawied
away slowly until he reached the
side Of nearby well. Realizing
he would be burned to death nm.
less he moved farther. and unable
to do so, woodward plunged into
the well.
The aged man struggled In tina
cold water Tor q few minutes, con.
fident he was safe. The fire reached
such proportions, however, that
part Of the mill house fell over.
The burning timber dropped into
the well on woodward.
The aged man was rescued some
minutes later by one of his SONS.
He was given first aid treatment
and then rushed to the Alexandria
Hospital, where he died today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.

E. c. BLANCHARD makes
this unique and interesting draw
ing Of our President for his be-
loved column:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
Further CIT IN 4. S Aldo District Feared
sRleSEEM(!
$500 ~ BILL PRICE c- -

a Metos Item quotes Or.
HrdlIceG az saying the recently
discovered NsUhtte TMdi0gsD Of
P1mdpsG are fakes. Possibly
hdrdliokG .CGa responsible for the
discovery.
EveM on the hottest Days Il
Is surprising ho1O cool It is lDhere
some GHtos are and the sign
reads, "PGrk ~ deOrees."
"YoW sCtV not get mo u q A0Ie
this time" said the key to sfs
snebri0ted gunner az he tried n
path to unlock the front door.
w, n. n.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
oIpoNo.

"BOBBIE" notes that Britons
are worried because the Prince
of Wales persists in riding in
steeplechase races and runs, and
has had some dangerous tumbles.
She suggests that the British
should build him a merry-go-
round.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
PARANOMAsTTC PELLETS.

n - = = p
The letter 'sY'' Is Ike Indepen-
dence Day, because It Is the
fourth Of July.
The difference between the
Prince of Wales and the flag
just u1sfurled is this J: The former
Is heir to the throne, aOhile the
latter Is thrOaOn to the air.
II. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
FAMOUS LAST WORDS.

They strapped him In--the murderer
gent Il.
And aslIed him what last words ho
wanted sent.
we'll" he said, 81 Hike my Jokes,
just yOu write and tell the folks
! was ahOcled by . current event."
TEACHER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
FORCING Of
TAX rate
HIGHER
Fight to Reduce 50 ,ooo, 900
Appropriation Held as
Certain

Unless the District Commits
sioners submit the heaviest es-,
Inmates in the history Of the
District, well-organized move
undoubtedly viii be launched in
Congress next winter to further
cut down Federal cooperation in
the maintenance Of the National
Capital and to shoulder the bur-
den on the taxpayers Of the Dis
.tTict, it was indicated today, as
. result Of the fixing Of the new
tax rate at $1.40.
Tax Increase Goal.
Abolition of the fiscal ratio plsn
Of joint appropriation by the Fed
eraf and District governments for
the needs OF the National Capital
was undertaken solely for the pur-
pose Of increasing the local tax
on the floor Of the House by the
leading supporters of the plan.
The fact that the killing Of the
60-40 fiscal relationship and the sub.
stitution of flat $4,000 900 appro-
priation by the Federal Govern
ment failed to increase the tax rate
more than it did will lead inevitably
20 a fight to lay further expenses
on the Washington public, District
officials feel.
A strong group of Congressmen.
led by Louis G. CHAMPION, Of
Michigan, and Thomas L. BIanton
OF Texas, have announced that they
VIII not let up the fight until the
District resident pays a tax of SO. SO
on each 500 worth of real estate
and tangible propertX
IL was anticipated that abolishing
the 60-40 plan would force the
District Commissioners to material
" increase the tax rate in order
20 raise the funds to meet the great
increase in appropriations carried
IN the 1924 District appropriation
Dill, which became available yester-
day. ''s
AmmunitiOns for Fight.
The fact that this increase was
lower by far than had been antici.
j pated viii furnish the Conversational
group with ammunition for !
further onslaught on the pockets If
the local taxpayer. The lao rate
represents an increase of but 90
cents per 800 over the rate last
year.
The House bitterly opposed the
action OF the Senate in increasing
the lump sum appropriated by the
Federal government from So ,0OO, 900.
as was proposed by the House. to
100000, which the House was
finally forced to adopt.
There is nothing in the bill which
obligates Congress to appropriate
the same lump sum next wear.
District officials fear that the
tendency of Congress viii be to- cut
the lump appropriation to such q
low figure it will curb future de-
velopment in the District.