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The Washington times., 1925-05-25
"DR. JIM."

Doctor Jim went away
To q wonderful place,
And the scandalers say
That he went In disgrace,
That he did many things
That They wouldn't have done.
But he can't feel the stin1s,
For his race 1t IL run.
Doctor Jim did his best,
Didn't care much for fame;
He left that to the rest
And he just played the game.
He was good to the folks
Who were always in need,
And he passed out his Jokes
With each little good deed.
And he drIfted away
In his little black boat
To . land, 90 they say,
That il far and remote.
But we know that he knows,
If he didn't before,
How the gratitude flows
To him from us the moro.
And we know they are good
In that country, to him,
just the same as we would
BE, to our Doctor Jim.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25

girls, maternity hospitals, founding
homes. adoption homes.
Agencies for the care of the
sick, such as hospital out-patient
work, visiting nurses, and free
disqualification of children and
indigents.
Informative agencies including
the Travellers Aid and American.
ization schools.
Some Criticism Found.
of the Community Fund because 1t
does not help the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra which is the city's most
cherished cultural body. Propon-
ents Of the Fund explain cultural
assistance is out of its present
scope. Eventually, they say, it
may expand to embrace cultural
and educational fields.
Other criticism-sporadic in char
acter-is raised against the roster
Of it's member organizations. One
hears charges that it has pet chari-
ties which formerly were the pet
charities of it's philanthropic
founders. The Community Fund
never has answered these criticisms,
probably because they are vague
and indefinite of tone. Usually
they crop up during the yearly
money-raising drives. None of the
member organizations is known
ever to have complained Of its
treatment under Fund direction.
The most consistent and logical
complaint may be synopsized al
follows:
Mr.. A had been accustomed to
give $1,000 a year to specific
charity. He focused his giving on
that one outfit. He feels he can
not afford to donate more. He is
expected to donate to the Com
munity Fund but IL he gives his
81, 900 to the Fund it IS spread
among 70 charities, and the agency
Of his personal choice must suffer
accordingly.
May Specify Use
This criticism was so persistent
that a few years ago the Fund di-
rectors announced a donor might,
If he wished, in future, specify
part or all of his pledge to any
one or more of the member bodies.
Early in the life of the Fund
there were heard grumblings from
working people, that in compare
lively slack times they should be
asked to contribute. During the
war, factory workers had been vir-
tually dragooned into giving to the
Liberty Loans and Red Cross.
Afterwards, consciously or not, the
dragooning system survived. Fac
tory heads would suggest pointedly
| that their men donate. But this
aroused so much open and yelled
opposition that the Fund directors
abandoned it. In fact they steer
clear Of the workingmen now an
less times are brisk.
| Since the war the annual budgets
/ have shrunk, of course, materially.
Last year the budget was $2,75O,-
00O,- of which $2,700, 900 was
realized. Usually their appropria-
/ tions range between 81 500 900 and
| So, ,000, 900.
The only year in which they fell
seriously below their quota was in
1919. Then, foolishIy, they con-
cluded to add a building fund to
their routine needs. They asked
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
Does Washington
Want Community
Chest?

The experiences of other
cities with community chests
should be considered I'm max
ing a decision for Washington.
This newspaper has obtained.
from special correspondents, the
story Of the community chest
in cities whose population is
comparable to that Of Washing
ingtOn.
The series win be presented.
one each day. for several days.
The Times has no intent to
prove or disprOve anything by
these articles: they are pub.
hshed solely for their infOrma-
tive value.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
WORK
STARTS IN
3 WEEKS
Bids for $4,000 construc-
tIon at Meridian Hill Will
Be Opened June 3

-. a.
The greatest park construction,
program ina single year IN Wash
ington will get under way within
less than three weeks, when work
is begun at Meridian Hill, officials.
announced today.
Bids for $4,000 worth Of con-.
struction on the Sixteenth street
park have been asked, and the
bids will be opened June 8 and
contracts let Immediately after
ward.
Funds Are Available.
The office Of public buildings and
public parks has SIS, 900 of last
yearss appropriation remaining for
use on the park and approximately
the same amount will be available
on July /.
Contracts for the two amounts
will be let simultaneously so that
the workImaysgo on without inter
The first step will be construc-
tion of a beautiful entrance to the
park on the Fifteenth street side
at Chaplin street and erection OF
375 feet Of wall along Fifteenth
street from Chaplin to Belmont
streets.
Other park construction pro-
grams which will begin July l
include widening of roadways in
Rock Creek park, construction of
field houses in Rock Creek and
Anacostia parks, widening of the
Inlet bridge at the Tidal Basin, ex-
tensive work in the Anacostia park
way, commencement of work in the
Rock Creek-P Potomac parkway, and
a large number of smaller mis-
cellaneous operations.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
Eldridge Announces
Streets Where Bright
Auto Lights Are Banned

Director Eldridge today an
nounced the following streets on
which use of bright headlights is
prohibited These streets are
lighted well enough for the use of
dim lights, Eldridge says. The
streets follow:
Sixteenth street. H street to
Piney Branch bridge northwest;
Fourteenth northwest, highway
bridge to. Monroe street; Connecti-
cut avenSie northwest, H street to
Cathedral avenue; Seventeenth
northwest, B to Massachusetts, ave-
nue.; Seventh and Ninth streets
northwest, Pennsylvania avenue to
Florida avenue; New Jersey avenue
northwest, Capitol to Florida ave-
nue.; North Capitol street, Capitol
to Florida avenue; Maryland ave-
and H streets northeast: Florida
northeast to Ninth and u streets
northwest.
u street northwest, Ninth to
Eighteenth, Massachusetts avenue,
Stanton Square southeast to S
street, just north of Sheridan cir
Gle northwest; Pennsylvania avenue,
Eighth street southeast to Key
Bridge, Georgetown; Eighth street
southeast, Pennsylvania avenue to
Navy Yard, F and G streets north
west, Ninth to Fifteenth, Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth streets north
west, Pennsylvania avenue to G
street, Thirteenth street northwest,
Pennsylvania avenue to l street,
Fifteenth street and Seventeenth
strets northwest, I street to Massa-
chusetts avenue, New Hampshire
avenue, Washington circle to F
street, New York avenue from
Seventh street northwest to Florida
avenue northeast, Q street, Massa-
chusetts avenue to Twenty eighth
street, and First street northwest,
Florida avenue to Michigan avenue.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
ART SCHOOL EXTENDS
EXHIBIT TIME SHOWING

Numerous requests for more time
to view the exhibition Of the art
students Of the National School Of
Fine and Applied Arts, now show
ing at 1747 Rhode Island avenue
northwest, have prevailed upon
Felix Mahony, director of the insti-
tuition, to extend the exhibit until
Friday.
The exhibition Is open from 0
g. M to 10 p. m.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
DAzzL ING
LIGHTS
TO GO
EIdridge Orders Police to Ar
rest All vioIatorsJoins
Washington Times Drive

Following up the campaign Of
The Washington Times, NJ. 0.
Eldridge, Director of Traffic, to-
day started an intensive drive
against promiscuous use of dazz-
ling headlights by autoists.
"The police have been in
structed to stop the general
abuse Of the headlight law"
Director Eldridge said, "They will
arrest motorists using their bright
lights unnecessarily"
Hard Time For Changes.
Director Eldridge also announced
that a list of streets on which dim
likhts should be used is being pre-.
pared and will be made public soon.
"On all streets, except those %
be named by this office, bright
lights must be used" Eldridge said.
He declared, however, that the use
of improperly focused and glaring
lights would not be permitted on
any streets.
motorists have had sufficient
time to get their lights adjusted
. to conform with the regulations,
he said, and there are no excuses
for violations Of the law
Complaints Are Many.
There have been many complaints
about the new headlight law, motor
lists and pedestrians declaring the
streets of Washington have become
unsafe at night instead OF safer.
The Washington Times has agalA
and again called the attention of
the Director to the condition here.
The action of Eldridge today will
undoubtedly be received with much
qualification through the city.
Eldridge has made a study of
headlights and is convinced that
bright lights properly focused will
not be dazzling, glaring or blind
ing.
Are Violating the Law.
"The main trouble now" said
Director Eldridge, rs that motor
lists are not conforming with the
law. Many Of them have head
lights exceeding twenty-one candle
power.
This is in violation Of the law.
Others have proper headlights but
have them improperly focused"
Director Eldridge pointed out
that the law requires motorists
to dim lights going up, down and
over all hills. He said there is
no exception to this rule.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
louisville JA0TTINGS.

]s,fnEa- he,s the whole thing around
Here. was braxKing today that every
time D girl secs him shs smiles
Weezy Zunk, who happened 70 OxSr-
they didn't laugh cut loud.
Lizzie Weinstein who has Just gone
TO work in Wee1y Zunk'B grocery
store, sold lady two dOAen eggs ana
fen hounds OF potatoes, and trying 10
mako the bundle small for the lady,
ne piled the potatoes ON top Of the
eggs and broke them all. When
Woexy found out what he'd done,
he told him he didn't have any brains.
The lady asked Weezy how could he
expect ley to have any brains when
he wasn't born with any.
p. DE ALRHUS.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
Social Hygiene Speaker

Mark j. White, assistant surgeon
general Of the United States Public
Health Service, will address the
Social Hygiene Society of the Dis.
trict of Columbia at a meeting to
be held tonight in the First Bap.
tist Church, Sixteenth and 0 streets
northwest.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
MAKE YOUR OWN
SELECTION.

which Il worst, . contrib wants to-
OF the ills encountered here below;
Income tax, prohibition, vaccination,
Traffic regulations or the marriage
relation?
Friend, I've had 'em ALL, and my
sincere advice
Is, II you. can avoid 'em, don't try
It twice,
For NO matter IL one or all you'll
surely say,
There's some excitement, but the
game don't pay.
You're vaccinated. and II IL does or
does not take,
1t keeps You sore by day, and at
night awake.
Income take. may make you cheat
or steal,
And matrilnOny keeps you down at
the heel.
Prohibition is not SO bad If you're a
II mot, any old thing you'll likely try.
Add traffic regulations to these as
And, friend, you'll be more comfort
able ina well.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
COOLIDGES ARE BACK
FROM ROUGH RIVER TRIP

After a tempestuous weekend
cruise on the Potomac, the yacht
Mayflower, with the President. and
Mrs. Coolidge and party of
guests aboard, docked at the Navy
Yard at 8 o'clock this morning.
The Presidential party motored to
the White House Immediately.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25

There aoilL be plenty Of John
ME Walker at the Earle TheGter
all this aUeek. It's not erGctty
the pre-VOLsteod kind, but IS, the
ubiquitous press agent of the
theGter informs as, q ftue sti''S-
-MLG1tt for the ne1"Ves.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
J. c. COMMUNITY CHEST
COMMITTEE WILL MEET

A special meeting of the Wash
ington Community Chest Commit
mittee, appointed to make study
of community chest campaigns In
other cities, will meet this after
noon at o'clock in the board room
of the District Building.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
r. |. Society to Meet

The Rhode Island State Society
will meet tomorrow night at p.
M, at the Thomson school, Twelfth
and D streets northwest. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
SHORT AND SHARP.

"The demi-tGsse revDe," 1Oe
note. Either the girls are Very
little or they 1UeGr little cloth
fna. Both, maybe.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25

They handed mother cE0co-
LGtes for "Mother's Day." bat
the daughters ate most of them
sOhiIe mother did the house
1OOrE.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25

Clay, Calhoun and Webster
GRATED and debated for $8 a day
In salary. Their successors get
about $50, rain or shine. StiH,
talk is cheap, though 10hiskey
isn't.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25

Some men mistake their tal-
ents" The felo1O 1OhO makes a
sad mess as q prohibition
speaker might be shining
success as ho7eebreVer, and
maybe he is.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25

"The BiLlboGrd' Is O. theGtri-.
cal 1Oeekly, but it's the "board-
biLL'' that has greater human
appeal.
The Washington times., 1925-05-25
Tocers Seek Trade Body Legislation
&lENRDpoSEEll8
>'aHEERt'A-0 BY DILL PRICE c-
FOLKS you KNOW.

FOLKS YOU KNOW.
OF al the rOoters that I know,
I hand it to FATTY" Phil;
when he goes TO tho game he yellsD
"Oh! boy, soak that old pill.
And then there a that pIucI<y Kid
Un0n whom You can place q Doe.
~ "a fIunkg In q thing he tries
He says: 'T'M get there YETI
The Washington times., 1925-05-25

When the "jGy1OGlker" and
the "joy rider" meet up Oith
each other the undertaken knos0s
there WiU be business.
FRED VETTER.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-24
CLAIMS NATIONAL
DEFENSE SUFFERS
IF ARMY CUT MADE
BY HERBERT LITTLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

SWAMPSCOTT. Mass, Aug. "a.
The terms Of the national defense
act cannot be carried out if aFpro-
Tgiations to the army are ;.ppreei-
2bly reduced by congress this winter
Sciator James W. Madswogth, jr.,
New York Republican, said Satur-
day after visiting President Coolidge
at the summer white house.
The efficiency of the army cannot
l." maintained if congress carries
oct the recommendation OF the
Ludget bureau for a decrease OF
many millions of dollars i'll appro.
rriations for maintenance Of; The
military esta abl;shment. he said.
The New York senator said hi:
visit with Mr.. Coolidge was mostly
social, and that the proposed army
economy was not discussed. Pros
poets of tax reduction, increasingly
favorable business conditions ans
proposed reorganization and s:mpii
fication OF government department:
7ycre the principal subjects taken
I'd.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-24
CREDITORS SEEK
A4,000!O0O in
BIG MOVIE SUIT
ny United Press Leased wire

NEW YORK Aug. 24.--Creditors
| of the -Selznick Distributing Cor.
poration have begun action to re-
cover $14,000,O00 alleged damages
from former officers Of the moving
picture concern.
Complaint filed by Arthur Y. Dal-
ziel, as trustee in bankruptcy charg-
ed that certain officials of the cor
poration conspirod to wreck the
business aud divert to themselves
the assets. -
The defendants were named as
Walter Jerome Green, formerly con
nected with the Savage Arms Com
pany; William c. j. Doolittlc, for
mer vice president of the Utica In
vestment Company; Mark Lyman
and Ralph e1ttelson.
Control of, the 7rorno,a,ion was
taken over by. the lefcrlluts as II
result of a reorgani .atiun plan in
1923, it was said AMI the Sii,ooo.Vo0
business wrecked by mismanagc-
tment and the pavmcnt of excessive
salaries<to the officials.
The sSclznisk company was origi-
nally founded by Lewis j. Selz-
nick
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-24
Urge Abolition
OF Fish Traps in
Columbia River
by United Press Leased Wire

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. "a. -
Abolition Of the fish traps in the
Columbia river is being urged from
sojnc sources because of the destruc-
tioR of smal! fish in traps and
wiieeis.
Hundreds of thouSa;ros Of game
fish and countless numbers of baby
So 'mon are being killed by the traps
said 4. G. Clark, manager of the
Greater Portland association
Any fish under 20 inches is not
regardet -as acceptable to the fish
EuNer, but before he Games to pick
them up the fish have been in the
trap or the fisherman S boat foi
hours and are dead before they are
tliown back into the water
Canada permits no fixed gear
neither traps nor wheels, Clark de
Glazed and ii is his belief that Ore
gon and Washington should likewise
legislate TO protect their salmon.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-24
SAYS ALL AUTO
DRIVERS SHOULD
BE GIVEN TESTS

Writing under the heading of,
(" Protect Human Life From Incom-
petents, Robin l.. Richardson
makes some forcible comments III
The Great Divide, published in Den
yer, on the terrible traffic toll on
the nation's highways. His article
reads as follows:
Thousands of people lose their
lives each year in accidents that
could have been avoided. Every day
some incompetent driver of an au-
tomobile runs amuck AMI snnffs out
of existence pedestrians or passen
gers in another ear. And Il great
deal of this wanton waste OF human
life is wholly unnecessary.
We pass untod insane laws which
have no real value as protection for
humanity, and yet we allow anyone
who applies for license to pilot
vehicles over our public roads.
Before a man can command To-
com0tive on a railroad he is requir-
ed to successfully take stringent
physical and mental examination.
His eyesight must be good, his re-
action time normal, and he must not
be color blind; he must qualify in
as many respects as will prove him
to be capable of handling his respon-
sibility. MANY lives are placed IN
his charge. Yet any Tom, Dick or
Harry can pay his tax, put five
dollars down on flivve rand set
about on course of potential des-
truction.
We would not think of giving a
man the handling of a delicate
piece of machinery unless he had
proved himself fit. Human beings
vary widely in capabiiity ana eff
ciently. One man may think and
act slowly and another quickly. One
may have cool, steady nerves, an
other may be excited and lose con
troll Of his motor process III u crisis.
Millions drive ears indiscriminateIy
as TO whether or not they even have
ordinary intelligence. Even the
feeble minded ara not prevented
from driving until q catastrophe oc-
ours.
/ Because human life is at stake, no
applicant should be given permit
, TO pilot q car without proving him
self capable in test for reaction
time, eyceight and for genesai in
telligencc. Before he is given con
trol of an automobile he should be
required 10 demonstrate that he Is
fully acquainted with the mechanics
of driving. And no one, other than
the one TO whom the license is IS
sued, should be allowed to drive the
car without passing the required
test.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-24
CAPITAL FILLED
WITH EX-SOEONS
PRACTICINC Law
By WILLIAM j. McEVOY
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. a4.-Sena-
tors, Representatives, Cabinet Of
ficelS and appointive officials of
the government who for one reason
.or another have returned to private
life are finding considerable solace
and financial remuneration in cs-
tablishmg law practice in the capi-
tai.
The list Of former lawmakers and
government officials who are now
practicing law in Washington is
steadily growing. The capital is
becoming popular as permanent
place Of residence for many ex-
statesmen.
Frank ". MondeH, former Repu-
bliean Floorleader in the House and
more recently a member of the war
finance commission was the last for
mer official 10 decide to practice
law here and make the capital his
permanent residence.
Profitable Law Praetice
Fortified with the first hand
knowledge of the workings of the
government and the various depart
ment aud commissions. ex-states-
men usually find little difficulty in
establishing profitable practice
here.
No debut IN the case of nearly all
former lawmakers and Officials who
are now practieing here, the influ-
ence OF their wives and daughters
was 4 great factor in their decision
Ito remain here.
Women relatives of government
officials are reluctant to ALLEVIATE
themselves from Washington : So
rial whirl after their husband has
been defeated for reelection or his
term expires So MANY of them eX-
ert al possible pressure on their
I husbands 10 remain in the capital
and set up a law office.
Eormer Cabinet Officers
Among former cabinet Officers
who are now engaged here in law
are: Secretaries IF State r bert
Lansing and Bainbridge Colby and
former Attorney General A. Mitch
Ell Palmer and Thomas Welt Greg
lory.
Former Senators include: George
IS Chamberlain. Oregon; Charles
Dick, Ohio; Hoke Smith, Georgia
Thomas Gore and Robert Owen, Of
I Oklahoma; and Charles Thomas OF
! Colorado.
Mouden will Join Il number oi
ex-coueagues. Thev are Phiilir
i Campbell, Kansas; James T. LLOYD
Missouri: J. Harry Covington, Mary
land; Charles c. Carlin, Virginia
Swager Smiley. Kentucky and Tim
othv Ansberry Ohio.
Former appointive officials VIII,
are now members Of the Washington
bar include: Joseph p. Tumulty, sec
Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-24
Sees EXPERIENCE
AS VITAL NEED I'm
LAND PRODUCTION
BY u. D. MEREDITH
(United Press Staff Correspond

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 24.-The
day of romance when the tenderfoot
could venture westward to carve
new family fortune from unsettled
ilands is gone.
Brush knives and grub hoes arc a
thing of the past. rhc settler who
made the great ives. is Low no more
i Agricultural conditions today for-
bid the shoe cterk and undcrpaid
school teacher from the cities try
ing to exc out an existence from y
plat of underbrrsh claimed from
government lands. Failure Of the
poor inexperienced settler have pro-
ven that farming is now profcs,
sion and crop production :, science.
Inexperienced Farming
Curtis IA. Mosher, governor of the
ninth district Federal Reserve bank,
today told the Unitel Press the
| greatest crime eve. committed
against agriculture was the settle
men of practically worthless gov
ernment lands by BARRIERS, musi.
clans, wrcstlers, sailors, paper hang
ers and others who did not know
the first principles of agriculture
In an area of Montana where
farm failures were greatest, it was
! found that oleper cent of those who
went on the land were without pre-
vious farming experience and 80
per cent had no capital, he said
Among them were men from s.
OCCUPATIONS other than farming.
From that same area last year
came a shipment wheat to Min
neapolis which contained the high
lest percentage of protein on record
This wheat brought premium of
5S cents a bushel on the Minneapo-
lis market. 1t was grown by an ex-
erienced farmer. He got $2.2O "A
bushel net for his wheat.
'.There is just rs much folly in
sending an inexperienced man to the
farm rs there. is in putting an in
experienced man ON "a fdic cutting
machine. %@kither will fail.
Still Land to Be Cleared fE
Z" OF course there is still great
deal of land to be cleared in the
northwest. There must always be
that development. But conditions
have changed.
- know of no section of the
Uhited States to-day where good ag-
riruItnr6T Eaih Is availaBIc to the
experienced and competent farmer
on Il better basis than in Minnesota,
] the. Dakotas and the agricultural
section Of Montana.
The great trouble today is that
there are not enough experienced
farmers, Mosher said. Agricultural
schools and colleges are turning out
highly trained agrarians, but only n
small percentage of these educated
! farmers ever till the soil.
/ Most of them become county