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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
LISTEN, WORLD!
THEORETICALLY, Christmas time is a
period Of peace and good will amongst

"HEUREIICALLY, christmas time is
period Of peace and good will amongst
Il human bipeds. Practically, it's a sea-
son of bankruptcy and ear-bloodshed.
During the other eleven months of the year
We manage to act like fairly civilized beings.
We may yearn to run amuck, but lacking an
adequate abb we control our savage inn
pulses But let the little Christ child s birth
day come around and what happens9 We i'm
mediately take on all the meaner qualities of
man-eating sharks
You deny it, Stop and think bit. Didja
ever know a normal family, with reg Tar
equipment of grandmas, grandpas, aunta,
uncles and kids that didn't pull at least
one dozen Grade-A rows between Thanks
giving and New Year, Didja ever know of
Christmas Family Gathering of any magni-
fudn that didn1t 1nova a hono.nvo1, that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
. sss::s s:si g. By ELSIE ROBINSON

Epidemic. For, behold what happens9 Out
of the goodness of his heart Freddie sends
a radio to his sister, who lives on the ranch.
And then he turns around and picks out
98-cent fern for HIS WIFE'S SISTER.
Oh, gloom! Oh, gore Oh, gobs of grief!
Thereafter there is but one thing for Freddie
to do if he has an atom of sense. He'll
clasp lily in his hand, stick stamp on his
collar and mail himself to the morgue.
Even this doesn't exhaust the possibilities
of the Christmas season as source of sweet
ness and light. Even though both gifts and
grub prove agreeable you can still hit a snag
on the subject of MANNERS. You have long
been yearning to criticize Emily for that
silly way she has of giggling when men are
around. Or you've been getting sicker n
sicker Of that story Bill pulls whenever he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-19
GARRETT P. SERVISS PICTURES
OUR MENTAL EVOLUTION

Man Has Been Granted No New Powers Through
out Ages But Has Developed His Potentialities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
COLLEGE STUDY
URGED THIS
WEEK
Howard U. Alpha. Phi Alpha
Sponsors Campaign for
Better Education
KEVINO.

Go to High School. Go to Col.
lege Week" opened in Washington
yesterday with special services in
most Of the colored churches in the
city. Observance Of the week,
which is under the auspices Of the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, con.
tinues until Sunday.
President Coolidge has Endorsed
the movement. In letter to Nor
man l.. MCGEE, of Howard Univer.
sity, secretary of the fraternity,
President Coolidge said: IT am pro-
foundly interested In every such
movement as this which you bring
to my attention, and wish for you
and those cooperating with you the
fullest possible success"
Speakers will visit each Of the
fifty-two colored public schools Of
the city and impress upon the IT.
900 children enrolled the necessity
Of a high school education and col
lege training.
Emory B. Smith, of Howard
University, d. will speak on "Go to
High School, Go to College Week"
from Station WRC at els o'clock
tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
FAT MEN STAND
HEAT BEST, IS
CLAIM
Bureau Of Mines Experiments
Show 90 Degrees Limit for
Protracted Labor

Ninety degrees Fahrenheit is the
highest temperature which the hu-
man body can endure indefinitely,
according to tests conducted by
the United States Bureau of Mines
to determine the best conditions
for the health, comfort and eff
cheney of men engaged in the
mining industry.
The results of the experiments.
as made public today, showed that:
Heavy men, when subjected to
uncomfortably hot temperatures,
lost more weight than lighter and
thinner men, but as rule could
endure high temperatures for
longer periods.
Loss Of weight gradually in.
creased with an increase in the
atmospheric temperature.
Drinking of ice water results in
gains In weight and causes no
cramps when taken Immediately
after exposure to high temperature.
Exposure to very high tempera.
ture and humidity for short ne.
Rod causes greater weakness than
exposure to a moderate high. tern.
perature for a long period.
The pulse rate, rather than the
body temperature, determines dis.
comfort.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
Traction Head and Senator Clash on Fares
Magnus Is Worried. AT
So Much Good Wind
Going to Waste

How long Is the united
States going to let the wind go
to waste? Senator Magnus
johnson (F.-L.) Of Minnesota
today asked the Senate Agri-
culture Committee.
"I don't mean the wind from
the Senate chamber" johnson
explained, "but the wind out
in the West.
eve have wind sometimes
for three or four days out in
Minnesota. have three big
windmills and if ! had some
kind Of storage battery to save
that force up, I'd have power"
Johnson's observations were
provoked by Senator Norris
(Rep.) Of Nebraska, chairman
of the committee, who sketched
a dazzling picture of what
would result from water, power
development IL someone would
invent a storage battery that
would turn secondary power
into primary.
The committee is considering
bids for Muscle Shoals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
YOUTH STABBED; OTHERS
BREAK HOSPITAL WINDOW

Suffering chest wound, John
Fitzgerald, twenty, IA Fifth street
northeast, is at Casualty Hospital
today, as q result of being attacked
by gang Of youths early yester.
day. At the hospital. James Brown,
eighteen, 420 Eighth street north
east, was also treated for slight
cut.
Fitzgerald's arrival at Casualty
Hospital was followed by the ap.
pearance of the youths who wit
messed the brawl. While there, they
raised a row, breaking one If the
windows. James O'Conn6r, 40 NJ
street northwest, was arrested for
assaulting Clarence Perry, colored,
an ambulance driver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
Drunkenness
CASES. FILL
COURT
22e Persons Face Charge Of
Intoxication or DisorderIy
Conduct

Over two hundred arrests for dis.
packed the dock and court room
at Police Court today, yielding many
dollars and much humor to the ordi-
narily drab proceedings Of the daily
trials which are brought before
Judge Schulde in the District branch
of Police Court.
One hundred and twenty-eight
prisoners were brought out from
the cell DOM epesenting those NOT
having money to put up as coiiat.
cal. OF the remaining hunded,
sixty.four failed to answer to the
list, thereby FORGETTING collateral.
Alibis Of the defendants in ex.
PLANTATION of their alleged drunk,
eness drew many chuckles from
tn pjudge and the court room. John
Histon claimed that after standing
as godfather for the christening Of
an infant girl, refreshments were
brought out which proved extra,
ordinarily potent. His personal
bond was taken.
Deploring. the strength of present.
day bootleg. whiskey, Judge Schuldt
imposed $40 fines on Thomas and
James Harris, colored; Thomas
Smith, white. and John Fletcher,
colored, after hearing each Of them
declare that only one drink had
been taken.
Tom Collins, middle.aged white
man, drank some medicine pre-.
scribed by his physician resulting in
his being found unconscious in tina
street, He was fined $50, in default
he will serve thirty days. ..t
Unable to get a room for the
night at st. Patrick's Church, Hugh
w. Binns fell asleep in the church
vestibule at 2 a. m. Sunday. His
personal bond was taken by the
court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
'FRENZ|E[)
F|NANCE"
ISH|T
Hamilton AssaiIs Movement to
Override Ruling Of Utilities
Commission

Calling forth q new denuncia-
ton from Senator Mcclellan of
"frenzied finance" in local pub
lie utilities, the history Of the
Capital Traction Company over a
thirty-year period was reviewed
before the Senate District Com
mittee today by George E. Hamil-
ton, president of the corporation.
Sharp Clashes Take Place.
Sharp exchanges between Senator
Mcclellan and Mr.. Hamilton came
Throughout the hearing. The Ten
nesse Senator, observing the trac-
ton magnate trying to demolish the
case in favor Of a five-cent street
car fare in Washington, fought Wig.
orously.
First Of all he assailed HamiIton's
argument that Congress has no
right to determine street car fares
here after having delegated this
power to the Public Utilities Com
mission. He insisted that Congress
could "alter," amend or repeal" the
Public Utilities Act, in whole or IN
, part, or in any way saw fit.
To this dicturn Hamilton agreed,
| except that he declared a five
cent fare would not yield a return
upon the fair value Of the company,
and that Congress had no right to
deprive the company of a return
upon this value.
Mcclellan Lashes Back.
Senator Mcclellan stuck by his
guns. Faced with Mr.. Hamilton'S
statement about fair value, he then
tried to show that the early financ-
/ ing of the Capital Traction Com.
pany was characterized by transac.
tons which were highly question
able.
The consolidation Of the Washing
ton and Georgetown Railway and
the Rock Creek Railroad in 1895
again became a, matter of contro-
versy. Mr.. Hamilton made a long
explanation of why bonds of a par
value of $4,000, 900 were accepted
by the consolidated company at a
value Of $4,000, 600 or at a 81 ratio.
II challenge you to show another
counterpart to this transaction In
the entire financial history Of the
United States" Senator Mcclellan
declared.
cit was unusual, 1 admit" re-
piled, Mr.. Hamilton, "It was JUST.
fled, however, by the circumstances.
These bonds had a transfer value
and could be exchanged for stock"
Cites Conditions Then.
Senator Mcclellan said he had
never known Of a case in which
bonds had risen above 10 of par
value. but Mr.. Hamilton said he
knew Of at least one case where
bonds had risen to 118.
You must remember that financ-
ing thirty years ago was not the
standardized thing that 1t il today
said the. traction president.
Senator Mcclellan acted as chair
man Of the committee today, being
the only Senator present. The
hearing concluded the Capital Trac-
ton Company's statement and the
case of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company will be heard next
Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
SCHOOL IS OPEN
FOR STUDY Of
POLITICS
Students Pledge Allegiance to
Country, Loyalty to Calvin
Coolidge
BERTA BEESON.

The Political Campaign School
Mrs. William Wolff Smith, director
opened at the Willard Hotel today
with 300 istudents. 1t had been
scheduled to open in the rose room
OF the Washington Hotel and the
change caused some little difficulty
to the members and speakers, who
were not all informed of the changed
plans.
The school opened with an invoca
ton by the Rev. Dudley, Of st
Stephens Episcopal Church. Mrs
Virginia White Speel, president OF
the League Of Republican Clubs, led
the oath Of allegiance to the flag
followed by pledge Of allegiance e
Calvin Coolidge. She told tho
women assembled to be loyal to
their Government. Don't talk
about the dirt in front of the Gov
eminent door when there may be
dirt on your own" she said.
Cuno H. Rudolph commended tbs
school and expressed hope for its
success.
"Why organization?" was dis,
cussed by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson
of North Carolina. Senator Fess OF
Ohio spoke on why the Two Party
System?"
At the afternoon session, conven.
ing at 2:30 o'clock, Curtis d. Wilbur.
Secretary OF the Navy, lectured on
''Why State ResponSibility?"; Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, vice chairman
of the Republican National Commit.
tee, on why a Campaign Speech:''
and William Amos Morgan on "Why
Psychplogy?"
At tonisht's session Attorney Ger.
eral Harlan F.. Stone will lecture on
the Constitution.
The school will run three more
days, closing Thursday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
TUT's TOMB DIscoVERER
TO LECTURE IN CAPITAL

Howard Carter, who with the late
Earl of Carnarvon, discovered King
Tut-Ankh.Amen's tomb in Egypt, Il
coming to Washington this week.
He is scheduled to give two lee.
lures at 4:SO o'clock on Thursday
ana Friday afternoon Of this week
in the National Theater.
Last Years Explorations" will
be the subject OF the first lecture
and This Years Exploration" the
subject OF the second. Both lee.
lures will be illustrated with motion
and still pictures.
In his lectures, Mr.. Carter will
give graphic account OF the dis.
covery OF the tomb Of King Tut
pronounced tootl. and a full de.
scription Of the priceless Treasures
found In the sepulchre, where the
ancient King was laid to rest more
tran 5000 years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
BERNARDO HOMES
AID SOUGHT HERE

A meeting in connection with DR..
Barnardo's Homes win be held
Wednesday afternoon at $50 o'clock
at the home Of Mrs. c. M. Floulke,
2011 Massachusetts, avenue north.
west. The speakers will be Effie
Benthan and j. N. Stephen, who are
touring the world in the interests
Of the work.
The meeting Is open for all who
are interested in the work Of the
Bernardo Homes, which are caring
for poor and homeless children oil
over the world, The two speakers
are making appeals for support for
this organization. Tho expense 10
borne by Howard Williams, 50 that
all money raised will go directly to
the work OF the homes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
POWDER PUFF IS
PART Of LOOT
IN HOLD-UP
Three Men Held, Another Is
Sought in Series Staged in
Southwest Washington

Three men who are alleged to
have terrorized southwest Wash.
ington for two hours last night.
robbing five victims, were arrested
by Fourth precinct officers shortly
after a third hold-up had been
staged.
While a fourth man IL being
sought, Cecile Fleming. twenty, OF
326 D street southwest; Archie Rob
bins. thirty-three, 20S D street
southwest, and Roy Riley, 326 D
street southwest, all negroes, are
booked at the station house for
investigation. Police are seeking
for a brother Of one of those held.
The first hold.up occurred about
o'clock last night. Patrick ]. Sui
livan, 1416 Euclid street northwest,
was robbed of watch worth about
$50 by men who seized him by the
neck and threatened him; with a
stiletto.
Gets Mans Powder Puff.
Scarcely an hour afterwards,
James oliver, 1908 New Jersey ave.
nue. southwest and Oden Carr, 121a
Fifteenth street northeast, were
stuck up" A watch and q powder
puff which Oden used TO powder .
black eye were stolen.
The next robbery occurred on
Third street between B and c
streets, where George Poulter, q
Quantico marine and John e. Cloud.
engineer at Washington Barracks,
were made to give up SO which
they had between them.
Loot Identified.
A stiletto, identified by two Of the
victims as the one used in the
robberies, was found on Robbins,
it is said. The SO lost by the
soldiers was also discovered In his
possession. the police say. Fleming
was carrying a .3S.caliber revolver
when the police arrested him, 1t is
further charged.
The arrests were made by Lieut..
William Holmes, Detective Edward
Kelly. Sergeant Lee, and Precinct
Detective Nally, who were in one
Of the three machins which patrOled
southwest Washington after the
third robbery had been reported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
TWO PLAYS AND DANCE
UNDER JEWISH AUSPICES

Presenting tho Alliance Players,
of Baltimore. in two one-act plays,
the Young Men and Young Women's
Hebrew Associations will held an
entertainment and dance on May Ia
at the Salon DIES Nations OF the
Washington Hotel
The appearance Of the players is in
conjunction with a Southern tour.
They will present from their roper.
toire, THE Twelve.Pound Look"
by Sir James M. Barrie, and
farcial comedy, THE Pot Boilers"
Dancing will follow the presen,a-
ton. DR.. Joseph Norman is ente:.
tainment chairman. Music will 10
furnished by the Harry Blum Har.
mony Orchestra.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
PRODUCTION OF oTHELLo
POSTPONED FOR WEEK

shakespeare "Othello," scheduled
to be given tonight in the University
Club, has been postponed until May
John Kline, Of the Charles B.
Hanford. Players, is reported unable
to take his place In the cast, 90
Arthur B. White will substitute for
him after a few days rehearsal. In
the cast will be Mr.. White, Charles
=. Hanford. Eldrige M. Monroe
Mrs. William Henry wife and Mrs
Charles b. Hanford.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
STAGE BATTLE OVER GIRL

soldiers and civilians in a dance
nan at 1917 New York avenue
northwest fought for about half an
nour at Thirteenth street and New
York avenue last night before riot
squad from the First precinct put
them to rout.
Charles Winiski and Stanley
Trizciak, both stationed at Fort
Myer, were arrested on charges Of
disorderly conduct. They said, It Is
alleged. that the quarrel resulted
from an argument over q girl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
CLERKS SHOULD BE

CLERKS SHOULD BE
BETTER PAID
My Dear Bill Price: Your aplen.
did and sensible article I'm yester.
days MAY u Times on the retire.
Ilent legislation before Congress
was most timely. You and your
fine paper have always done much
for the clerks In the departments
and they ought to feel deeply
grateful to you, for you have never
let . moments opportunity pass
without presenting good arguments
why their pay should be Increased.
Like yourself and your paper l
hope you will be successful IN
bringing this about.
Mr.. Cans is president Of the
Chamber Of Commerce Of Wash
ington and realizes, like all other
Washington citizens, that pres
ent-day salaries Of Government
workers are shamefully low and
unfair. The statutory salaries
are precisely the same as they
were eighty years ago. Congress
did fix q bonus when the big in
creases in prices came with the
war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
JOE HOFFMAN,. OUR ZOE.

Joe Holman, We have listened
While You daily remInIscO
On SuslA, Jane and Sally
Your loves Of perfect bllAs.
But Tess mp, Uncle joey. dear.
And swear, upon your life,
Did any jane hook yOu
And settle you for life?
LULU n. SCHULTZ.
(The editor answers that Holman
has never yet been "hooked for fair"
ana 10 still on the market.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
BEFORE PROHIBITION.

The policeman watched the man
creep slowly out Of the saloon.
Hastily he approached the un.
fortunate culprit:
Il just saw you come out Of
that saloon"
"Sh'ever see me befOre?"
"NO!"
"Then how d'jou know it was
met" EVA A. BRICE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
Chamber Directors TO Meet

The membership committee Of
the Chamber of Commerce will
meet tonight in the Homer build
ing. The board Of directors OF
the chamber will hold its monthly
meeting tomorrow at D. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
IS
BIT TERAT
y
DEATH
Mrs. E. S. Barron Says NegIi.
gence Is Responsible for
Demise OF Son

Controlled by conviction that
her fourteen-year-old son is dead
through Indifferent attention on
the part Of officials Of the In
dustrial Home at Tenleytown,
Mrs. Ethel Shallcross Barron, 211
Sixth street southwest, today
visited the rooms of the Board
of Children's Guardians in the
District Building and charged
them with responsibility for her
boys untimely death.
Daughter Very Ill.
Her heart torn with sorrow, the
little mother. turned a deaf ear to
the eloquent reasons given why her
sons death was unavoidable. She
only knows that just before she
went to Baltimore to the bedside Of
q daughter who is dangerously i'll,
Fred Shallcross was a sound,
healthy. youth, and that today he
Is dead.
Charges that the boys life could
have been saved had he been trans
6erred to the Episcopal Hospital a
few hours earlier, were made today,
but none Of the physicians who at.
tended the lad viii accept respon-
sibility for it.
It is admitted, however, by ]. e.
Stewart, agent for the Board of
Children's Guardians, that i'unavoid-
able delay" was caused by the TACT
that they had no funds to hire an
ambulance and that 1t was some
time before the boards vehicle
could be. obtained. Further "un-
avoidable delay" was caused by the
fact that one of the attaches of
the board went down to Mrs. Bar
ron's home and secured permission
for the operation to be performed.
Suffering Five Weeks.
It is further charged that the lad
has been suffering from terrific
pains in the ear" for a period of
five weeks, but it was diagnosed as
a running ear" and he was re-
quired to go on with the regular
routine at the home despite his
protests.
Speaking for e. W. Cassie, super.
intendent of the Industrial Home,
Mr.. Stewart sid today that the
boy has been under the care Of a
nurse at the home for sometime in
addition to being treated at the
clinic there, and as soon as he was
taken desperately i'll" on Friday
morning he was transferred to the
Episcopal Hospital.
Speaking for himself, Mr.. Cassie
informed thai "the facts concerning
this case will come out at the
proper time"
A physician at the Episcopal
Hospital said today that in his
opinion the boys life could not have
been saved had he arrived at the
hospital a few hours earlier.
But having worked at the Neigh
borhood House and having observed
charity treatment at close range,
Mrs. Barron takes no solace from
the explanations of those who had
charge Of her boys case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
Trade Board Meeting TODAY

The board of directors NJ the
Board Of Trade will hold its monthly
meeting at AIS today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
GENEVIEVE.
~
CAUTIOUS LEGAL ADVICE

Yesterday I went to o learned law
yer and asked him for advice.
And this 10 what he said aSter had
paid to him his price:
"In q sense yoU can aS perhaps you
know that maybe II perchAnce yOu
can't pay the rent
Now, what I'm looking for IL help
as can't figure out just exactly what
he meant"
KEVINO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
A NEW LOVE TESTER.

Dear Bill: I see thGt French
doctor has Invented a cGrdometer
for testing heart tkrobs and dis
tinguishi,tg betaVeen true and
false lore. That might acorE out
all right in the case of a real
Love liar, but 1t can't relieve the
old human, failing of cooling off
after one has been in love. The
c0rdOnseter might sh01O a tUons1m
or man intensely in love Nth
the other, bat q gear after that,
like ones blood pressure, there
might be a change. The real test
of Love is not 1UEether one Is in,
that condition, but whether he or.
she remains faithful and true.
1t .0oscld take some machine to
determine that.
GENEVTEVE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
CHARLEY CHINK.s CHATTER

A fbend tell me that his 4oite OliUe
hin q match on his FIRST 1Oeddtng
0NfsSVersGry 0td 0ItUe him I'LL
thereafter.
A man soy yesterddy th0t one
thing him knotO is thGt Henry Ford
o6m't be blamed for ALL the
~crGnks."
Some people kill time and oppor-
tNnity Nth same stone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
A BOOST FOR MacNERHANY.

Dear Bill: Please haze Mae
NerkGny continue scratching has
head. We like his BugViILe
1setOs. C. J. AFFLECK.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
llllEARnleSEENll(5
|. BY BlEl. PRICE c-1
By BEL PRICE

7 SAYS A MODERN CLEO:
If I aOGs IN the movies
And coWLdn't get hheGd
Beyond a chunk of 'ckOoUies
To put upon nsS bread;
4 some old fat producer
Should roll his eyes at me;
a rich and racy jtticer
With msGnsiOste By the sea;
II he should mention money,
Or my name as a star,
And get to acting funny
you k,soD ho1O some men GTe)
Fd'tet him do the bGying,
I'd lot him tell me good,
Oh, SUhGt's the use of lying:
I'd do 1UhGt Hollywood!
NGENE BLOSSOM.
a -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
New Laws Suggested.

Congressman Rathbone declared
that the police are not attempting
to enforce this act, because they
hold that 1t has been superseded
by the Federal Prohibition act.
Congressman Thomas l.. Blanton
Of Texas, recommended enactment
of legislation making II serious
offense for a person arrested for
liquor violation to give false name
or address.