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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
Bankers and Business
Men Move to Help
Workers Get Money

Alive to an opportunity TO render
a genuine civic service, Washington
banks are today considering a sound
proposition by which they can rem
der aid to the city's loyal firemen,
policemen and school teachers who
face y period of ''pinched finances
due to the failure of the deficiency
measure on Saturday.
A meeting is being held by the
members OF the finance committee
OF one prominent local bank to
take up the problem while other
meetings are expected to be called
in other institutions tomorrow.
One bank president who heads
one Of the largest banking institu-
tons in the city voiced the belief
today that every bank in the Dis
trlct will fall in line in the move
to advance money to the local work
ers until next December.
Cooperation Is Suggested.
1t 10 pointed out by the bankers
that 1t will be necessary that the
loans be made to responsible inter-
mediarIes and for this reason the
cooperation Of local trade and civic;
organizations is solicited.
Evidence that the Washington
Chamber Of Commerce can be
counted on ''to go the limit for
the firemen, policemen and school
teachers was seen today when Presi-
ident Isaac Cans called a special
meeting OF the executive COMMITTEES
Tor tomorrow.
Chamber VIII Help.
Something must be DONE" Pres
1dent Cans declared emphatically.
Il have had q number of confer.
ence0 relative to obtaining relief for
the faithful District workers. and I
am confident that we will find a
method by which we can tide them
over until Congress re-convenes In
December.
when the executive committee
OF the Chamber meets one Of the
subjects discussed will be the
proposition advanced by local banks
to advance salary money to the
District workers until next De-
cember.
Local bankers explain that they
will gladly render this service, but
they will not be able to make the
loans direct to the various workers,
but they must be negotiated by one
Or more Of the local trade organiza-
tons. acting as Intermediates
Following on the heels Of the
special meeting of the executive
committee OF the chamber two
other meetings will be held Friday
afternoon.
These, meetings are called by
Charles w. Darr, chairman of the
chambers committee on policemen
and firemen and II. H. Classic,
chairman Of the chambers COM
mittee on public schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
GROCER CRUEL, SAYS WIFE,
ASKING MAINTENANCE

Alleging cruelty and inadequate
support. Ruth Allene Alexander
today filed suit in the District Su.
preme Court against Herbert Day
Alexander who, she says, is a
manager Of one Of the Sanitary
Grocery Company's stores, for main.
tenance.
The plaintiff says that the de-
PENDANT assaulted her on numerous
occasions and used abusive Ian.
guage in front Of their children.
The wife asks that her husband be
prevented from leaving the juris.
diction pending the suit and be
restrained from visiting and modest.
ing her. She asks for the custody
OF the children. They were mar.
RED at Rockville Nd, January &,
1914, and have three children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10

HUBBY'S Six O'CLOCh
BLUES.
Mrs. LOnes bought . hat today
Don't say / eal6 So please,
But she must have got 1t at Wool
worth;
For IL looks like Q piece Of cheese.
I1EatsO, Lille, you don't tell me9
And Mrs. Smiths cat caught smother
rat,
I know IL doesn't sOund nice.
But I've always known that house Of
Was rum away with mice.
IzEatsO, Lille? Well, well3
And those new people across the street
They say the h1sband's deaf.
I wish You could see her when she
smiles
She's only three teeth left.
1xzatOO. Lille? Haw, HaW.
And fired our new maid today
And with good reason, too.
The German camo ct half past nine
And didn't leave till two,
IxEatsO, Lille? Gosh!
SUR WALTER.
49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
MATRIMONY AND AL1NIONY.

A nsOvie star e sometimes d.
voroed 50 often thGt she has to be
Introduced to her latest husband
tOhes meeting him at q party.
She bre0kf0ats 10Th one husbGMd
and three husbands later she u din
ing 10Th another.
At midnight she asks 0mOther hts-
band II he remembers the name Of
the mon she dined 10Th.
She spends too days Ueee max
iM0 pictures and the remainder Of
the time she tries to remember all
the sources from aOhich to collect
GIitSony.
She GIto0ys looks fortoGrd to LeGp
YeGr because It affords her an extra
dog on tDhick to collect Victims Of
Glins0nV.
She celebrates her SOedditO amt
UersGry regularly 1856 times per vedr
the first ten years, but after that
she Is so b~siIy engaged IN collecting
GIimoMy that she Jinds no time.
She never cares tDIeM Christmas
comes because she tiMds a nOtO
"SGmtG Cldus' every d0y.
Evidently her motto u "a HMs-
band q Day Keeps tho Poor House
dUGy~ JOE II. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
TAKE SUMNER RECESS

Chief Justice Taft will remain
in Washington until June is and
will handle any United States Su.
preme Court matters requiring at.
tention Of a member Of the court,
The justices separated today for
the summer recess which will last
until October. Most Of the Justices
will leave Washington, going to
summer homes in the North. After
the departure Of the Chief Justice
one Of the associate Justices will
remain in touch with the clerks
office to act upon emergency cases.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
Officials Seek Way to
Pay Salary Increases,
Lacking Approximation

Search for way by which Dis
trict teachers, firemen and police
men can be paid approximately ST.
100000 authorized for them in In.
creased salaries until December is.
but denied them through the failure
Of Congress to pass an approuria.
ton bill to that effect, was receiv.
ing almost the undivided attention
Of Treasury and District officials
today.
To pay the salary Increases until
the middle Of December, or until
Congress can pass the necessary
appropriation bill upon its recon.
vening, will require the 81 zoo. 600.
General Henry M. Lord. director
Of the Bureau Of the Budget. con-
ferred today with officials OF the
various Government departments
affected by the failure Of appropria.
ton measures to be passed in Con.
gress.
Many Plans Considered.
The conferences will be continued
throughout the day and until the
full details OF all the suggested
plans for an emergency payment of
the salaries have been considered.
At that time General Lord will
make whatever recommendations
he considers appropriate to Presi.
dent Coolidge.
In the District Building, District
officials also were endeavorinR to
find q way out Of the dilemma
which would forestall the looming
possibility Of an actual decrease In
pay for these employees July 1.
Many plans have been suggested.
Among them are:
The advancement Of credit by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
HUGHES AND HOOVER ONLY
CABINET MEMBERS HERE

secretaries Hughes and Hoover
We're the only members Of the Cabi.
net to attend today's session at the
Executive offices.
With other members Of the Cabi.
net away and no Presidential en-.
gagements scheduled It proved an
sxtremely quiet day ut the White
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
POLICE TO BE RIGID
ON AUTO FIRE RUL Es

Orders have been given every
washington policeman to rigidly
enforce the law requiring motorists
to draw up to the curb and stop
when fire apparatus passes en- route
to a fire.
The police have also been ordered
by Commissioner Oyster to respond
Immediately to all alarms for fire
and to keep the streets clear for the
apparatus. The orders are a result
Of the traffic jam which recently
delayed fire engines at the fire
which destroyed the w. +. Galliher
and Brothers lumber yard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
.Parent-Teachers Meet

The last meeting Of the year Of
the Congress Of Mothers and
Parent. Teachers Association win be
held today in Montrose Park,
and Peabody students win have
charge OF the lunch. The morning
will be devoted to business ses.
sion. Reports from presidents Of
sixty-five clubs win b presented
this afternoon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
Of:
SITES IS
MADE
Mrs. Rhodes, Director Of Rec
reation Centers, Hopes to Es-
tabIish Camp for Children

60OIISU N0tUtp BOI SNtuUI0I
A survey of the District for the
purpose of extending the play
ground system, under the pro-
visions Of the $1,100,O00 a year
park extension law passed by
Congress this session, was begun
today by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes,
District supervisor of Fairgrounds.
Mrs. Rhodes hopes to establish
a.summer camp for District school
children on the new Glover tract
accepted in a bill signed last week
by President Coolidge, she an
nounced today.
Will Submit Report.
She will submit to the National
Capital Park Commission, created to
administer the park fund, a report
covering the playground needs. This
report will be completed about Au-
gust /.
Establishment Of the Glover tract
camp will fill a long felt need, Mrs.
Rhodes explained. Alternate days
win be set aside for boys and girls
from the various Fairgrounds The
children will hike out to the ground
on Foundry run, between Massa-
chusetts avenue and Reservoir
street. Here they will play games
and hold picnic lunches, under the
direction Of playground supervisors.
Mrs. Rhodes will present to the
commission program which will
call for the purchase of small bits
Of land jutting into existing play
grounds. This work she regards as
being nearly as important as the
purchasing of new playground
tracts.
She stated that in a number of
the larger Fairgrounds there are
individual lots, on some of which
stand buildings, surrounded on
three sides by the playground prop
erty. The buildings are endangered
by flying baseballs and footballs
and the playground department is
put to needless expense maintain
ing fences around the property and
providing protection, she explained.
Buying More Land.
She will also submit requests for
the purchase of playground space
in the more rapidly expanding COM
munities before the land is en-.
croached upon by building opera
tons or before the price is in
creased.
Creation of the park commission
greatly simplifies the work Of ex.
tending the playground system.
Under the former law it was neces-
sary for the playground director to
report the needs of the department
to the District Commissioners, who
in turn appealed to the BudEet
Bureau. A bill authorizing the
purchase had to be introduced in
the Senate and House, referred to
the District committees, frvesti-
gated and reported back and passed.
Sometimes 1t went to conference,
then to the President. After this
the Budget Bureau recommendation
for the necessary appropriation went
to the President, who sent It to
Congress. 1t was then sent to the
appropriations committee and put
into the supply bill, which then
passed the Senate and House. went
through conference and was then
signed by the President.
Under the present law all I
need to do is to convince the COM
mission Of the necessity for the
ground and the committee makes
the nlrchaae, ,shA said
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
Spelling THE FUN.

Dear Bill: They hGve a
funny vGy OF doing things out
IN Defiance, Ohio, for / read
that 1chite firemcn acre busy
celebrating the marriage of
Fred, minute man, to Miss
Teresa, by hauling the sesOIy-
9Oeds up and dowm Main street
tn the chiefs car, an alarm
4OGs sounded.
1t broke up the celebration,
and firemen mounted trucks
and avhisked G1OGy to a home on
SchMltz street, aOhere a bee
hiUe smoker had ignited a mat
tress. Only the mattress WGs
damaged.
CLEVELAND CHAS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
Gan
NOTE EMERGENCY
UNDER OLD LAW

Confidence that the teachers policemen and emen of the
District Of Columbia will not suffer reduction in salaries
July l. but will in fact enjoy the full increases authorized
but not actually appropriated by Congress- expressed
high official sources today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
THREE WORMS.
HANKS HONKs.

With most men the question
is 1OhGt is ON their minds or hips;
sUith 100nte1, as to 10hGt IS on
their faces.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
QUANTITY QUERULoUS.

A prudish maiden in Dubuque
Once gave her husband a rebu0ue.
He deemed IL q yOquO
As she plaintively spOque,
Then she further efforts forsoouue.
H. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10

The bGtterin0 ram tOGs an an
cient implement of 1OGrfGre,
s0hich shoaOs it aOGs possible to
get mans goat, as &c is today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10

While talk Is cheap, first drop
IN the nickel. Don't try to "buf-
fGlo" the telephone company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10

A man never gets jealous
of ]LoaO-Meck apparel for
aOomten until his back begins
to itch and he can't get to it
to scratch. JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
OUR OWN DICTIONARY.

"DIFFTCULT FEAT" The abiI-
ity to keep one eye on the
boss, one on the clock, and both
on the new stenog., at the same
time drawing your regular pay
check. DAN D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
IMPOSSIBLE.

DOctOr-I want you to have
plenty Of chicken broth and keep
out Of the night air.
Sam-Aw, Doc, talk sense; how
kin or fellow do beth dem things
ut the same time? How is he to
git de chicken?
H. NASH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10

The girls witk the most "get
mp" spend the least time in
"nsGEe up"
HANK HAWKINS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
Extension OF Playground System Sought
lllE1lRDIpSEEM8
~ BILL PRICE O.
TIRED AND RETIRED WAITING
BILL PRICE

Advonotn0 from 5000 Per BY use Of brain and per-
He must retire at 500 ye0r because 10 had old
Forty millions IN the Treasury deducted from clerks
Accumulated for onnutttes and Congress had the
70 IGtuI serOtoe 0tveTs small increase they'd Otve
70 help these od retired clerks feO hoe,
For at present they're erstN0 the they get;
Sc 0ppegItn0 to the Compress Nth nMrous faces
Trey asked only small portion Of sohot aside
But Congress too busy the LehbGch relief
And until neat session old
IReM perhGpS THESE SoonS increase the
OF the fen Cho rentCnH0
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10

She breGkfGsts Nth one husband
and three hMsbGnds later she - din
ING 10Th another.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10

At midnight she asks 0H0ther hus-
band II he remembers the name Of
the mon she diMed 10Th.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-10
HUBBY'S SIX O'CLOCK
-DT YIEC

HANK HAWKINS.
, 1924-06-14

given tupiltu III 1bJG-Cbt SSld'S9. ~
some Of these gazing stations praclic}I
" continuous records have been kept tor
many years; this is especially true Of lhe
cages at Christiansttd, King Hill, and
Frederiksted, where the records cover q
period of Il years QS52 10 1929. The
average of these three stations has been
tabulated by months for this period lsee
Table i and is accepted as the average
for he Island. The Unit of Measure OF
rainfall used in this report IS the Line"
(equai to Is iuch). which is the unit
In co nmcn use OF the Island.
SO. From Table lit is seen that the
mean annual rainfall is 36S lines (46 inca
es) or practically an average OF d line a
day. 1t is also seen that there is an an
rual DIV period of 4 consecutive months
namely, january to April, and that Jolly
and December are also below the aver
age, and that the months of greatest
rainfall are September. October and Nov
cmbpr. These drv months are to be eX.
utcted to a greater or lesser degree every
wear, and IN a normal year, or even a
vet year, the rain all du M the dry Pc
yi.d is not Sufficient for the needs Of
crops. This being The case, if water
could be stored during the wet months, il
would be oil very great value even
though sufficient water could not be i'm
pounded 10 carry over for use during a
cycle Of dry years.
81. The annual rainfall as shown by
Table | is shown graphicaliy en- Plate /.
A study OF this graph shows that the
common belief, that the rainfall is re-
ducing with time. is not borne out by
fact, as the average for the last 20 year
period is about the same as that Of the
first 20 years of record. The graph also
shows that there are occasional long dry
cycles, the most pronounced being as fol-
lows: 1858 to 1864; 1871 to 1875; 1910 10
1914; and 1920 to 1913. The last, or
present, dry cycle contains The lowest
wear Of record, namely 1922, with only
2I2 lines Of rainfall; the average Of this
{. Gle is also lower than that Of any Of
tie Others; 50 it may be said that the Is
land is now passing through the most
dr.u,h striker period Of its history.
g. The rainfall is also tabuiated in
this report (see Tables 2 3 and a from
aaging stations located within the thee
ca. eli men. basins considered for storage
resel voirs, and The monthly means at
these points are compared with the
means for The Island. BY this compare
son il is seen that the mean annual rain
ia: 1t estate Annaiy liable = which is
mar the west end, and is also in the
mountains, is nearly 500 greater than
the average for the Island: that at estate
River liable 81 which is at the foothills
near the Bethlehem Sugar Factory, and
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-31

nuevo llega registrarse en- ell num-
do otra guerra real y plenamente
preparada-cosa que, como autor no
arrepentido de las Erase ia guerra
para terminar con la guerra, estoy
naturalmente dispuesto a poner en-
luda-entonces la guerra aerea que
habria de ser ell elemento dominan-
te, seria una guerra desarrollada con
maquinas muy inferiores por su ca
lidad a 10 que produciria ell mejor
eonocimiento contemporaneo, ma
nejadas por hombres que Sc halla-
rian muy por debajo del mejor nivei
concebible. Por 10 mismo, seria una
guerra torpe, y tan inutilmente des-
tructiva como 10 fue la pasada que
IRA mundial; un enorme aeroplano
largado con toneladas de explosives
en- busca de objetivos de significa-
cion militar, incidentalmente destrui-
ria toda clase de cosas preciosas. Pc
70 mientras menos torpe Sc consi-
ga que sea esa guerra aerea, menos
6estructiva resultaria.
Es una proposition de aspecto pa
radojico, pero que nos parece muy
valida, la de que mientras menos
desarrollemos una habilidad especial
y los inventos en- materia de guerra
aerea, mas prolongada y destructi-
va sera dicha guerra aerea. Una
fuerza aerea brillantemente habil,
bien equipada y preparada, puede
hasta ser capaz de emprender una
lucha puramente defensiva. En- cam
bio, una fuerza aerea torpe aunque
abundante, incapaz de medirse en- ell
espacio, con sus antagonistas, sola-
mente podra operar por ell metodo
cruel y POGO civilizado de ataques de
represalia.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-31
UNA GUERRA AEREA CON
MAQUINAS INFERIORES

Porque ell dominic del aire sobre
determinado pals exige ante todo un
Ministerio de Guerra capaz de en-
contrar v de usar hombres de pri-
mera clase, aviadores, mecanicos e
inventories. Ell volumen de los pro-
ductos es una question de caracter
muy secundario. Els tan solo despues
dc haberse ganado una guerra ae-
rea cuando los grandes omnibus He
nos de bonnbas pueden entrar en- jue-
go para algo mas que ataques de ca
racter incidental.
Ahora bien, parece muy dudoso
que exista que sea capaz de exis-
tir alg1n Ministerio de Guerra con
Ia competencia necesaria para des-
arrollar habilmente una lucha aerea.
Hay algo sutilmente estupido y falto
de ciencia en- este asunto de las gue
rras. Nunca encontrareis imaginacio-
mes de primer orden que Sc consa-
gren completa y continuamente a la
organization de las guerras. Los
grandes hombres como Cromwell y
Mr.. Trotzky, tai vez sean capaces de
hacer milagros de organization de
guerra por la necesidad, pero son tan
solo los tipos pueriles, como Mr..
Amery, los que puedan consagrarse
a planear la guerra continuamente
en- epocas de paz.. Ell soldado ha sidc
v siempre sera una persona de do
tes muy linitados y generalmente de
inteligencia POGO brillante. De este
Sc deduce, por 10 misuo. que 81 de
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-05-31
Los QrmQmentOS QereOS: la
supremacia de la caidad

Fracia, que Sc halla en- bancarro-
ia, Inglaterra que no tiene trabajo
para sus obreros, han emprendido
una especie de carrera de compe-
tencia para la construction de equi-
po nilitar arereo.
Bien es verdad que esa compe
tencia no Sc esta desarrollando con
ell mismo vigor que alcanzo la an
tigua lucha por la supremacia de
armamentos navales, que no es tan
costosa v que presenta memories opor-
tunidades de saqueo financiero in
dustrial.
Pero de todas suertes esta des-
arrollandose, en- la actualidad, al
menos teoricamente. Francia lleva
una considerable ventaja. Teorica-
mente, Francia domina a la Gran
Bretana en- materia de recursos ae-
reos, Y es capaz de causarle enor-
mes danos, sin que por ESQ Sc en-
cuentre sujeta a sufrir crueles re-
presalias. Il
Este asunto preocupa profunda-
mente muchas almas que Sc ma
Han llenas de ansiedad. Conciben va
el cuadro que presentaria Londres
viendose atacado por las escuadri-
Has francesas de aeroplanos, que
lanzarian sobre la capital britannica
incontables bombas de gases veneno-
SOS, al mismo tempo que quedarian
destruidos todos los puertos del Rel
no Undo.
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Por H. G. Wells

viveres, por 10 que va Sc Imaginable
a Inglaterra sujeta al peligro del
hambre. Abrigo muy serias dudas
sobre que este caballero haya inten-
tado siquiera haeer un calculo So
bre la cantidad de toneladas de fuer-
tes xplosivos-teniendo en- cuenta
los que Sc desperdician-que Sc nece-
sitaria trasladar desde Francia a
Southampton, por eiemplo, para des.
truir solo ese puerto de una ma
nera decisiva.
Antes de que un pesado aeroplano
fe transportes pueda usarse con Sc
guridad, tienen sus mecanicos que
terse asegurados contra los ataques
lie los aeroplanos de combate ma
nejados por hombres habilisimos. Es-
to nos hace llegar a la objection esen-
cial que puede formularse contra
Iualquier creacion de panico provo
cado por las fuerzas aereas que ope-
ran en- el espacio: la calidad es de
suprema importancia, Y la calidad
es rara. Dada la igualdad de ma
quinas, es casi SECURE que un hom-
bre competente podra acabar con un
hon1bre mediocre, que un hombre
con dotes excepcionales puede seguir
derribando indefinidamente los
hombres ordinarios.
Los. grandes ases de la aviacion
durante la guerra, eran hombres que
supieron dar buena cuenta de in
contables maquinas enemigas. Dados
unos cuantoS hombres excepcionales
v tripulando las mejores maquinas,
una fuerza aerea que cuente con al
gunas veintenas de unidades, sera
capaz de eliminar a centenares de
aeroplanos inferiores, inferiormen-
te tripulados. Sc nos dice que Dios
esta siempre de parte de los mas
grandes batallones, pero 81 esa pre-
ferencia aritmetica continua todavia
en- nuestros dias, ciertamente que Sc
halla restringida a las fuerzas te-
rrestres. En- ell aire, Dios manifies-
tamente Sc halla del lado de la in
teligencia, de la yelocidad del va
lor.