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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-23
MAN BURNS
0NE0F
SIXTY
FIRES
Frank Andrews Loses Life
While Asleep Girl Carried
From Her Home

4 !. Il ~
Local. fire companies have re-
sponded to about sixty alarms
during the past forty-aight hours.
In all but two cases the blazes
were slight, and six Of the sixty
alarms were false. One second
alarm has been sounded during
this time. One. man has been
burned to death, two others
burned slightly, and property val
ued at thousands of dollars has
been destroyed.
The only death was recorded
early today when Frank Andrews,
sixty-fiye, 4 lifelong resident Of
Montgomery county, Maryland,
lost his life while firemen from
Washington fought flames which
burned out his home in Wood
mont, near Bethesda. Justice of
the Peace Upton Perrell, of Wood
mont, certified death was due to
an accident.
Loses Lie in Sleep.
Andrews was asleep in his two.
story frame home on Auburn street,
Woodmont, when neighbors noticed
flames and smoke coming from the
first floor windows a little before /
o'clock. They called the local fire
department by telephone and engine
company 20 and No. ~ truck re.
sponded.
The fire had gained too much
Roadway, before firemen reached it
to. do anything more than keep 1t
from spreading to other nearby
residences.
Neighbors could not tell firemen
whether anyone was in the house
or not, but after the flames had
been partly controlled Lieutenant
@. S. Bishop of No. 20 engine com.
pany entered the house and found
Andrews body in the first floor
where it ? had evidently dropped
from the second. He brought the
body out, but Andrews could not be
revived.
Blame Lamp or Stove
Firemen believe the fire started
either from the overheated stove or
from an oil lamp burning on the
first floor
The fire evidently started down.
stairs and worked up. Neighbors,
who. gathered around the fire, were
unable Ito help because of the in.
tensity of the heat and dense
smoke.
Andrews, who has been employed
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
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MIR. ZERO WILL
LEAD, PARADE
FOR J0BLESS
Regiment of Hopeless" Will
Seek Trinity Church
Chapel as Shelter
BY DAVID p. SENTNER,
international News Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. pa "regi.
ment Of the hopeless led b. Mr..
Zero" champion of the jobless. is
scheduled to march on the New
York financial district tomorrow.
This ragged army. MIR. Zero"
said to-day, will stage a silent dem
onstration in front of the offices
OF rich vestrymen of Trinity Church.
We hope, through this demon
stration,' said Urban l.. Ledeux,
who is Mr.. Zero, ito get the use
of st. Augustine chapel, in Houston
street, to shelter jobless men. The
of ST. Augustine has
only fifty, persons. The church
would house 1000 men who have no
shelter"
Trying Three Years.
While the regiment" is stand.
ing "heel to heel at the curb, Mr.
Zero will go, he said, to the Of
fices of rich vestrymen and make
his plea:
For three years have been try
ing to get St. Augustine's chapel"
said Mr. Zero" "but always I
have been put off. Several years
ago ! attended conference of high
officials. and we talked
about the chapel, but nothing came
of 1t. was told then that it was
a matter for the vestrymen to de-
eide The proposition was TO have
been laid before the vestrymen.
That's the last / ever heard of it,
The regiment" 500 strong, was
being organized today at ''the
Tub" the scent eating house,
which Mr. Zero's maintains at 33
st. Marks place.
The men are to march, accord
ing to "Mr. Zero's" plan, two by
two down Eighth street to Broad
way and down Broadway to Wall
street and thence into Broad street.
There are to be two main orders.
One will be "haltv The other heel
to the curbr Any man who dis
obeys orders or becomes other than
a silent Demonstration" win be
taken in hand by one OF the ex-
service men, there being an exser.
vice man to every twenty men.
Those Of the jobless who have hats
will remove them in front of the
vestrymen's offices.
mr., Zero" said that he would
say to the vestrymen:
Can you eat or sleep in peace
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-23
WAS BARTENDER
LONE WOLF
ADMITS
Trial on Staying Charge Near
End in PhiIadeIphiaMore
Bribery Charges
YfAeKs 9TAFF ptloT0

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-James
L. Asher. the prohibition agent
known as the Lone Wolf" on trial
before Judge Dickinson in the United
States District Court on charge OF
murder for the alleged killing of
Peter Yancauskas, saloonkeeper
by kicking him in the abdomen, adj
mitted under cross.examination that
he had himself been a bartender and
saloonkeeper before the dry law
went into effect
A question as to whether he had
been fined for selling without a H.
cense was ruled out BY the court.
Federal Agents William J.. Cal
houn and John j. Glynn, accused
last week by Irwin w. Jenkins, the
prosecutions star witness, OF hav.
ing attempted to bride him to get
out of the jurisdiction and not to
testify against Asher, came back
with counter-charge that Jenkins
had asked for $1,000 not, to testify
and had gradually come down to
$3.50.
Defense's Counter. Charges.
Calhoun said that after Jenkins
had asked for 1000 he stalled
the man until he could get corrobo-
ration of the extortion, and on his
report Glynn was sent on and in
PRODUCED to jenkins as friend of
Asher's, and that when Jenkins put
the proposition to him Jenkins asked
for $500 ito get to Cleveland to start
life all over again"
Assistant District Attorney Allies.
sandroni grilled both Calhoun and
Glynn for their failure" to "get
the goods" on Jenkins if he tried
to put through an extortion plan.
The proposition to Glynn, it was
said. made three days after Jenkins
had asked Calhoun for 81 900, and
then reduced 1t to $3.50, and Mr..
Alessandroni demanded to know
why, II Jenkins was in receptive
mood for, a bride, they hadn't paid
him with marked money, arrested
him after he took It and thereby
utterly disqualified him as a wit.
ness in the case.
II didn't think it was necessary, =
Calhoun answered.
Told to Get Line" on Him
Calhoun, in his testimony, indi.
Gated that he had had extensive
experience In penology and with
criminals and, in pointing this out TO
Continued on Page 2. column ~
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|SHERS
PROTEST
New s
Plan
Representatives Ask Time to
Study Proposal Which Took
Two Years to Draft
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.
The American newspaper in
dustry would be destroyed in
part" by application Of the in
creased postal rates, proposed
in the Sterling omnibus postal
bill, the American Newspaper
Publishers Association declared
today in filing protest at the
first hearing on the new measure.
The publishers, through j. S.
Bryan, then vie president.
charged the new schedule, pro-
posed as . means of raising $685.
100000 to meet postal pay in
creases, would "cripple" the cir
culation Of their, newspapers and
would fail to bring in additional
revenues"
Publishers Protest Speed
The publishers also protested
against the speed with which AID.
ministration leaders plan to jam
through the rate legislation. A
score of individual publishers also
telegraphed objections. Despite. the
protests, announcement was made
by Senator Moses Rep.) of New
Hampshire, chairman of the Joint
committee representing both House
ana Senate, that the hearings would
be concluded Saturday If possible
and next Tuesday at the latest"
Senator Broussard DEM of
Louisiana appeared on behalf Of
Robert Ewing, publisher of the
New Orleans States and other
Louisiana newspapers, to request
additional time for his constituents
to appear before the committee.
More Time Asked.
Il request that you give these
Louisiana publishers sufficient time
TO reachl Washington to appear be-
fore your committee" said Brous-
sard. Il think the time allotted for
hearings Is entirely too short 2
Broussard was told the committee
had voted to expedite the hearings
and to close them at the first op.
portunity." He was given no as.
surance of an extension of time to
permit the New Orleans publishers
to be heard
Other representatives OF publica
tons who appeared to protest
against both the rate increases and
the speed exercised by the joint
committee included:
Arthur J. Baldwin, president and
Philip S. Collins, vice president. of
the National Publishers Association;
r.. j. Cuddehy, OF the Literary Di-
gest; Henry Newhall, Of Modern
Priscilla; Graham Patterson, Of the
Continued on Page 2. Column %
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III washington the dIuOuHL O1
snow on the ground on Christmas
cannot yet be ascertained. There
is no question. however, about the
cold, it was stated by Doctor
Charles l.. Mitchell, forecaster.
There will be plenty OF. that, he de-
clared.
Snow This Afternoon.
Snowfall in Washington is ex-
pected to begin late this afternoon
and to continue throughout much of
the night. There Is danger, how
ever, that q rising temperature will
change the snow into sleet or rain
which may melt much of the snow
before the second cord wave begins
tomorrow night.
During the next thirty-six hours
at least the temperature probably
will hover within a Few degrees OF
the freezing point possibly going
two or three degrees above freezing
tomorrow morning. Failing tenn.
peratures are expected Wednesday
night and Christmas morning the
temperature probably will be con-
siderably below the freezing point,
The snow is advancing in a solid
wave from the West and North
west, according 70 dispatches re-
ceived by the weather officials from
western stations. 1t is now snow
ing heavily in KENTUCKY, West Vir-
ginia, Pennsylvania and New York,
according to reports, and the front
Of the snow is advancing eastward
rapidly.
Tonight. Washington, as result
Of the snow, probably will be the
warmest since the cold wave struck
the city last week. The minimum
temperature is expected to be about
rs degrees, II degrees higher than
the lowest temperature during the
present cold wave.
There probably will be- no relief
from the present cold and unsettled
weather before the end Of this
week at least, It was indicated.
Skating-Maybe!
Ice skating probably win con-
tinue throughout the week, accord
ing to present indications. II SO, it
will be the longest uninterrupted
skating period in Washington in
many years.
All, the smaller bodies of quiet
water in the District, with but one
or two exceptions, are today SUI.
ficiently frozen over to allow skat.
ing, and several hundred Washing.
tonians are taking advantage of the
fact.
The upper and lower ponds at
Soldiers Home are among the few
in the District on which skating is
not being permitted today. 1t was
stated at the office Of the sergeant
Continued on Page 81 Column IL
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SnoLU Is Promised for
Christmas Day

Christmas Day will be cold in Washington and throughout
the greater part of the United States with the ground
most of the country of the Rocky mountains according
to the latest forecast by the Weather Bureau.
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II cannot walk as q result OF the
fall and am compelled to have a
wheel chair he writes. II am try
ing to raise the money to get me a
chair and have already obtained
few dollars. I will be very grateful
TO you for anything you may be
able to do towards arranging to get
me the chair.
Il am now over seventy.one years
old and paralyzed from head to foot.
and I suffer greatly. Wishing you
all the blessings kind Providence
may bestow, am very gratefully
yours"
A second emergency appeal was
received from the friend Of q young
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-23
PRESIDENT MAY
BACK RENT
LAW
Police Powers of Federal Cow
eminent Held Sufficient
for Action

"A new rent law may be framed
for Washington and may have the
support of President Coolidge.
The new law will be based upon
the general police powers of the
Federal Government instead Of
upon q Congressional declaration OF
a housing emergency in Washing
ton, according to tentative plans
which q spokesman for the Presi-
dent discussed today.
The President has been informed
that the existing rent commission
act has been invalidated by the
courts, largely because OF the ju.
dicial assumption thet the cmerg-
oncv upon which 1t was based no
longer exists.
TO Invoke Police Power.
In view Of this legal situation,
the President thinks it may be
possible to handle local rent con-
ditions through the general police
powers of the Federal government.
Such a law would he based upon
the assumption that existing hous.
ing conditions are detrimental TO
the health and morals of the city.
Without committing himself on
the feasibility of such a law the
President is having Chairman
Whaley, of the rent commission,
look into the matter and prepare
a tentative draft of such q measure.
Basis OF Action.
1t was indicated today that the
President believes that the economic
condition involved in local rents may
be subordinated to the public health
and morals issue. The President is
anxious that Federal employees
should be able to live decently and
comfortably in Washington, within
the range of their salaries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-23

Postal Rate Boost Would Cripple Papers
Skaters Cut Figures
on Lincoln Mirror

Cold Weather Brings Joy
70 Ice Lovers, But
Woe Stalks, Too; For
Again the Dull TItId
Of Failing Bodies Is To
Be Heard In Capital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-23

woman whose husband is critically
i'll in Johns Hopkins Hospital and
who is unable to buy herself food.
According to the friend who made
the application for help, the young
woman is in need of immediate aid.
Everything she owned has gone
TO try to get her husband well and
she is now in deplorable condi-
tion," the communication to the
Good Fellow Editor stated.
An eleventh hour rush to enroll
In the Good Fellow organization
marked yesterdays letters to the
Good Fellow Editor
The number of untitled appeals
were proportionately reduced, but
there are still many requests for
Continued on Page .. Column -
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DRY FORCES To
HIT At RUM
SOURCE
Haynes Declares It Is Almost
impossible tot Buy Good
Whiskey Now
INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL
BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH,
I international News Service.
Copyright 1924. by International
News Garvica \

News SerVtce.)
Responsibility for local enforce
ment of prohibition laws during
1925 will be passed to city, county
and State authorities, while the
Federal forces concentrate their
efforts on the "big fellows" whose
operations run into the realms of
high finance.
Federal Prohibition Director
Roy A. Haynes made this state
ment to international News Service
today in an interview outlining his
plans for The next year.
To Hit At Source. If.
Get the source. get the Zig EEL
low will be the watchword of the
Federal authorities.
Federal directors in the various
States have been notified by Haynes
to concentrate on the larger viola.
tons of the Volstead Act, leaving
petty bookkeeping and home brewing
cases to the local officials
Cooperation OF the Federal,
State and municipal governments
will be the slogan for 1925, Haynes
declared.
"That will put the Federal pro.
hibition unit in position TO clint
nate the sources of illicit whiskey
supply and attack the big problems
that confront us. =
- 4. -
predictions for the new year but
plis1 much toward more and better
effective enforcement of the law
Cooperation Promised.
The Federal government has been
pledged the support OF the local
authorities throughout the United
States In the new years campaign.
This cooperation has been more in
evidence during the last year than
ever before and we have every con-
fidence that it will reach the de-
sired plane in 1925.
This cooperation is essential in
arriving at real prohibition. 1t was
the plan of trainers of the Volstead
act that the petty violations should
be taken care of locally and that
the Federal government, while ex.
ercising supervision over this en-
forcement, should concentrate on
situations involving major viola.
tlons.'' J
Haynes believes Sthat the source
Of "so-called good quality beverage
liquor" have been closed effectively
during the last year, and that to.
Apy II is difficult to obtain any
thing but poisonous beverage whis.
key.
Comparing today with 1920.
when more than 1880 900 gallons
OF whiskey was withdrawn from
bonded warehouses, Withdrawals in
Continued on Page Q, Column 81
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Radio News on Page 10.
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Want Ad
News!

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW
WANTS APPEARING IN TODAY's
CLASSIFIED SECTIONS:
POLICE DOG lost; $40 reward
offered.
FIRST ST. N. E,--Nicely furnished
rooms.
BEAUTY CULTURE taught.
GIRL. wanted for general house
work.
THIRD ST N. 1.-TWO or three
unfurnished rooms.
WAITRESS - Experienced, wanted
s1t week.
JOHNSTON MOTOR given with pur-
chase of bicycle, ss5 only.
N ST 49, We rooms, reception
hall. large yard. $tb mouth.
A ST, n, E.--Four rooms. bath;
modern.
iiTH ST. 3. -Four roms. bath:
3s2.bo month.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS. TURN To
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-23
THE WEATHER

Snow tonight, probably
changing to sleet or rain TO-
morrow; warmer tonight;
moderate shifting winds,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-23
Good FeLLoW Can Aid
Invalid Man

With but two days remaining until Christmas rush order
for wheel-chair for permanent nvad-a gentleman,
seventy years odwas received by the Good Fellow Editor
today.
According the letter the applicant for Good Fellow
kindness recently fell and injured his sid already parayzed
and his hin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-12
FLIGHT PROFITS
SHOW GAINS
Plant Makes Halt Million in
First Six Months Of Year

ue,tnurs fnom the city ught de-
psrtmrnt during she r-ist six months
show q Ealn 81 approximately $500
eoa over the revenue of 1884 and
the net INCOME or profit for the year
viii PASS si.ooAooo. Cor tho first
time IN the plants history during
1894.
since the first cg the year the DC.
partmrut has Increased It's suhscrib.
IN, frcm a. soo 90 t6eoe. the report
made public Friday by Supt J. -,
Ross shows
Tao gruss revenue Tor tho FIRST
hair of 1854 Was Si.t5tose the 10
port shows, This win mean an am.
nuaI income Or t2.ioo.eoo. The total
for 1898 vAs Ss6si,oeo,
The departments hydro.cleetrie
and steam plants have generated So.
500 COO kilowatt hours OF power com.
parri 20 ii,00o.eoo last year
The 81 Gee oeo profit Will he used
20 rriirr the Skagii. construction
bonds and pas interests ON outstand.
ing bond issues, Supt. Ross said,
When the SkaEit current Is added 20
thc city's total power. ana the street
railway load Is assumed, much
greattr income may he expected.
"Ratcs are rs per cent lower than
they were last year. Supt, Ross
said. The present year will ~ the
biggest and most profitable In our
history. Notwithstanding that fact. 30
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-12
POLAND SEEKS
MONEY AID
Dictator Planned 10 Place
Nation on It's Feet

WARSAW. sept. i:.-Poland Is
now joining those European eoun-
tries which have had 10 resort 20
a virtual dictatorship Tor the restor-
alton OF their finances.
Like France. Spain and Italy. Pc
land Is eonfcrrins extraordinary
powers upon her president 10 en-
able him 20 reform administration.
cut out waste. balance the budget
and check the downward trend %
her currency.
She Is passing "a bill which viii
ENABLE NJ Grahski 20 isSue the mos,
radical DEGREES without further con-
sultaiion with parliament For cx-
ample. he can reorganize the state
J railways and the state forests as
commercial enterprise All the
various government departments and
activities Ne wide open TO him for
Encouragement. curtailment or *.
pansion. To obtain money b. can
sell state property up 20 100 million
zio,ies and borrow abroad up 10
700 million Eioties.
NJ Grahsh has borrowed some
IDEAS from Poincarc. who. just before
his downfall secured similar powers
In France
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-12
EMPTY VICTORY
FOR PAUL
And He's DiSCOnSolate; Has
No CLEANUP" Partner

County Commissioner Frank Paul
considers hls victory over Wilmer u.
Huuion In the south district a hol.
low one
Paul made race on his cleanup
record. aud he sought commissioner
IA the North district 90 aid him In
bringing about economies Ia govern.
meni Due 20 split tn the indo
pendent vote IN the North district.
William u Brown. who was support,
Cd by the county machine won.
"i'vc given two years Of my life
20 a thankless task. Paul said. Fri.
day II DO not know whether 10
give four years more or not A.
rainorty member OF tie board my
efforts 10 economize viii be blocked
az every turn. have a good bust,
ncsa can return TO any time"
Informed that there was talk % "a
recount Ia certain South districts,
where Brnlon's supporters claim
they did not set all the votes they
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-12
Pullman Students
Get Special Train

Seattle and Northwest Washington
students bound for Washington State
college ~ Pullman this fan. viii Be
accommodated on a special Northern
Pacific train. leaving Seattle al . >.
m. Thursday September ~, - has
been announced.
The train will arrive az Pullman on
September IS AZ s a. M Student
registrations are scheduled for Sep
TENDER ig.aud 20.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-12
Says Her Husband
Left Her Destitute

Claiming that she was left deaii'
tuie and forced 10 go 70 the Pacific
Coast Rescue and Protective society
for assistance, Ruth J. walker Thur
day Afternoon started divorce pro
cseainEz against A. u. Walker In
she complaint, she saya that she and
her tWo.year-old baby have been siv-
ing only due 70 the kindness n the
organization The alleged detertion
b. the husband was on Sept 5. 1921.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-12
CATS PROWL IN
old PALACE
Traian's Former Home Now
Is Deserted Ruin

ROME. Sept Hundreds %
homeless but well kept cats in
habit what was the Imperial palace
Of the Emperor Trajan.
These cats arc all on the munic.
ipal payroll just the same. For
long centuries the cats have been
led b. special municipal cmploye
who doles out the daily ration from
a fund especially provided for the
purpose.
proverhiaI rainbow. with a little
community. they are well behaved
They never give any trouble TO the
neighborhood with nocturnal ssrsn-
AIDES or dirges- Their loyc-making
Is carried on rather orderly for be-
inEs Of their erotic nature.
CATS ARE
or ALL BREEDS
None Of them have any breed
They come from any and all feline
bloods.
The colors are as varied as the
proyerbial rainbow With little
black and white added for good
measure.
Americans visit the Forum Of
Trajan more TO sec the cats than
the remains Of the great palaces
which the emperor constructed. Be
sides being municipality fed. they
are layishly and generously pamper-
cd BY bits OF biscuit. cakes. etc.
which the tourists may happen 70
have in their kits
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-12
Power Project for
Kalama Under Way

OLYMPIA. Sept H. Filings were
made hers this week Tor nppropriu.
ton of 300 cubic feet per second Of
KalHma river water for the Port %
kai=ma power plant reservoir Tho
project d expected 90 cost 81 ,lo0. 900.
The water, according 20 nlinga
made with Marvin Chase. supervisor
OF hydraulics, viii be- conveyed by
"a seven and onehnp mile conduit 10
Tho reservoir. which viii hold 300
acre feet OF water The plant 10
planned 10 develop 1850 horse,
power.