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Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-02

MT. and Mrs. Charles Hubbard ot Primrose were business visitors to Seward today purchasing supplies.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-02
Brunswick Photographs and Re- cords. The Alaska Shop. If
SUITS! SUITS! SUITS!

There will be no excuse for not being well dressed for the grand Fourth of July Celebration, as have on hand several suits, in all sizes, colors and styles at very low prices. Come and get them!
 JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-02

Tom Sheehan, tie inspector for the Alaska Railroad, departed fion Sew ard today for Mile 12.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-02

Recent arrivals in Seward from Seattle state Lieut.. and Mrs Hut, formerly of Anchorage and we'll known to many Seward residents, are living at Camp Lewis. Lieut. Hut is stationed at the camp in the Quartermaster department.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-02

Special Dance at Odd Fellows Hall Friday night, July 3.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-02
"THE HUNCHBACK OF
 NOTRE DAME"

the Liberty Theatre takes this means of letting out of town people know that we will show this wonderful moving picture Thursday and Friday, the second and third of July at s o'clock sharp. Plan on getting here on time to see it on one of those nights,
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-02
4TH JULY NOTICE

Knowing that everyone wants to see the great twelve reel superficial ure
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
SENDING
OUT 29,716
CHECKS
About 43, 900 Claims for
Electric Refunds Have
Been Filed
coeYRloRr vNogRWoonl q vNOgaWooA

Late this afternoon officials OF
the Potomac Electric Power 90.
will place in the mails 29,716 checks
for electric consumers who share
in the distribution of $4,000, 900 from
the impounded fund released by
District courts early this year. The
total of the checks Is about ST.
100, 900.
A. q. Neal, comptroller Of the
company, said his force of workers
have been on the Job night and day
for nearly six months in preparing
these checks for distribution. Claims
Of other consumers will be settled
as soon as possible and checks sent
out.
About 1875 garnishments Of checks
have been served on the company,
with several hundred more expected
this afternoon.
About $4,000 persons have filed
claims for refunds, but $4,000 OF
them were either made out wrong
and contained information which
could not be proven by the COM
pany's books.
The 29,716 checks going out to-
day should be in the hands Of elec-
trio consumers tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
GETS YEAR IN PRISON
FOR PASSING BAD CHECK

Damon Marion, who pleaded
guilty to false pretenses in connec-
ton with passing a worthless check
for $74.95, June 2. 1923 on Isadore
Levinson, was today sentenced to
one year and one day in the peni-
Tertiary by Justice Siddons in
Criminal Court No. 1.
Wesley Jackson. colored, who
pleaded guilty to HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny in connection with stealing
a quantity of meats March 6 last
from the establishment Of Samuel
Silver. will spend three years in
the penitentiary. Jackson was re-
Gently discharged from the peni-
tertiary where he had served a
term of two years for grand lar
ceny.
Lawrence M. Baggett, a young
white man, convicted of stealing
SIS March 10 last from the Lord
Baltimore Filling Stations. win
r~nnd two years in the peniten.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
WILL
HEAD SCHOOL
BOARD
Choice of Members, He Agrees
to Accept-PIans Speeded
for Census
MISS HELEN GOULD SWEENEY,

Edwin c. Graham will be the
next president OF the Board of Edu'
cation, it was learned today. OF
ficers Of the board will be elected
at the annual reorganization meet
ing tomorrow.
Mr.. Graham Is a popular choice
of the board members, who have
urged him to accept office before.
1t was stated today that he will
accept the presidency when nomi.
mated. Ernest Greenwood probably
will be reelected vice president.
James T. Lloyd, retiring presi
dent, has served in that office for
a year and a half Mr.. Lloyd an
nounced today that he will not be
a candidate for reelection.
II think 1 have served long
enough" he said.
During Mr.. Lloyd's presidency
several important advancements in
the school system have been made.
The five-year building program
and the passage Of the teachers
salary legislation and the compul-
sorry attendance and school census
law are the outstanding ones.
Doctor Henry Barrett Learned
will take the oath Of office as
board member at tomorrow's meet
ing. He returns to the board, of
which he was once vice president,
after a four-year absence.
With the beginning Of the fisca;
year tomorrow, plans will be speed
ed up to start the task Of taking
census of all minors in Wash
ington between the ages of three
and eighteen years.
Printing of the census forms
will delay the actual beginning Of
the census until July Is.
The census will be carried on
during the summer months under
the direction of Miss Fay l.. Bent
ley, head of the newly created
school attendance department. 1t
will be the first school census ever
taken here.
The school appropriation. with
the exception of the sum for build
ings and grounds. will become
available tomorrow.
The money for building opera
tons became available last March
Immediately on the passage of the
appropriation act.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
CHIC NJ ONDELEY
ROMANCE At
T n D
Former Clara Elizabeth Tay-
Ior Dies Here at Column
bia Hospital

Death has brought to an end
the romance Of Lady George Cho-
mondeley, formerly Clara Elizabeth
Taylor, beautiful Washington So
ciety girl, who died at Columbia
Hospital last Saturday following an
illness of ten days. Death was
due to heart failure.
Funeral services for Lady Cho-
mondeley will take place at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon from Cav
ler's undertaking establishment. In
terment will be in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
The marriage of Miss Taylor to
Lord Chomondeley. which took
place in London in 1911. was one
of the most brilliant international
marriages Of that year, although
the announcement Of her engage
ment came as surprise to her
many friends in Washington 80.
ciety.
She met Lord Chomondeley while
she was abroad in that year, and
sfter an ardent courtship she mar
ried him on March 8. 1911. The
marriage, however, was not a nap
ry one after the first few wears.
In 1920 she obtained divorce from
linn and returned to Washington.
where she has been residing with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H. Taylor. at the Argonne Apart
ments.
Lady ChomondeleY is survived BY
two children. a boy and a girl. who
are attending private schools in
England: her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Taylor, and brother,
Sylvan p Taylor.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
BORAH GOING TO IDAHO,
Is SILENT ON CHINA

Senator William E. Borah, chair
man Of the Senate Foreign Rela.
tions Committee, left yesterday
for his home in Boise, Idaho. to
spend the rest of the summer.
Before leaving, Borah declined to
make any comment on the letter
sent to him by a group of persons
criticizing him for his opposition to
the Harding Coolidge world court
proposal. Borah said the letter
would be made a part of the COM
mittee's records, but that he would
take no action on 1t personally.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
D, c. HEADS
WILL + TX
TAXRATE
Commissioners to Meet for
This Purpose-$1.65 Per
500 Indicated

A, special meeting Of the Board
of District Commissioners will be
held tomorrow morning to estab-
lish the new tax rate for the
fiscal year from July !, 1925, to
June 80, 1926.
There are indications the new
real estate rate will be $1.70 per
500, but Major Daniel J. Dono-
van, District auditor, declares it
is impossible at this time to ac-
curately predict the rate.
win Study Report.
Later today J will have in my
hands a report Of the actual colIec-
ton Of taxes during the fiscal year
ending today" he said. Until I
have this figure and have studied
1t, I am not in position to make
any statement on the tax rate"
Major Donovan indicated there
was a possibility that the rate might
be $1.65 a 800.
The auditor says the total ap-
preparations for the fiscal year be-
ginning tomorrow are about $685.
900, 600. He points out that with
the Federal Governments share Of
100000 and receipts from special
taxes eliminated, there will be about
$24, zoo, 900 left to be raised by real
estate taxes.
Tax Books Closed.
"As soon as learn accurately
how much the $140 rate Of the
present fiscal year yielded, 1 can
determine how much tax will be
necessary to raise thu $4,000, 900, :"
Auditor Donovan said.
Books Of the tax office were
closed today and a corps Of clerks,
under Chatham H. Towers, tax col
lector, are preparing a report for
Auditor Donovan.
Major Donovan will work this af-
ternoon and tonight on the tax
problem, submitting his recommsn-
dalton to the Commissioners at 3
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
ARMY BAND TO PLAY
AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

The opening OF the summer sea-
son Of the Community Center De-
partment tomorrow night will be
signalized by a specially-arranged
concert Of the Army Band. under
the direction Of Captain William J.
Stannard, at Central High School.
The concert will be begin at 1880
o'clock, following which RoIlin
Bonds Washingtonians will give a
performance of Gilbert and Sulli-
vans comic opera, 1.-THE Mikado. -
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
Tax Books Closed.
FIREWORKS TO FEATURE
CENTRAL HIGH PROGRAM

Fireworks will feature the civic
program in Central High School
stadium on the night of July 4.
Seats will be provided for $500
persons, most Of which will be
open to the public.
The finance committee for the
celebration has received contribu-
tions from the Chamber of Com
merce, Board Of Trade, S. Kann
Sons and Company, Woodward and
Lothrop, the Sons Of the Revolu-
ton, and the Southeast. Thomson,
Wilson Normal, E. v. Brown,
Park View, Johnson-Powell, and
East Washington community
ranfara
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
CONDITION OF BURNED
BOYS IS IMPROVED

The condition Of Sponaie De-
Leonilius, seven, Of SO e street
northwest, mad Isiah Thomas, col
ored. seven, of 413 New Jersey
avenue northwest. who were seri.
ously burned yesterday when an
automobile gas tank exploded while
they were playing nearby, is better
today, it was said at Children's
Hospital.
The boys were endeavoring to
find out If the gas tank was
empty by means Of a lighted
macth. It was not empty.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
FOR ACCIDENTAL DEATH

Ten thousand dollars damages are
demanded in a suit filed today In
the District Supreme Court by
Eloise r. Statham, administrative
OF the estate of Henry T. Statham
against the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis Railway Company.
Mrs. Statham, represented Ivy At
torneys Newmyer and King, alleges
that while waiting for a train
January 10, last, at, Ardmore sta
ton, Md, a train Of the Annapolis
railroad ran into her husband,
causing his death.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
HOW DO THEY GET THAT WAY;

A woman meets q man and she
likes him. He doesn't know It.
him better. Still, he doesn't know
II. She meets him again and stu
dies him, intuitiVely. They meet
again and she decides to marry
him. He proposes and they are
married. Then, as his wife, she
tells her friends how ardentiy he
pursued her.
FLORENCE HOAGLAND.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
LISTEN TO THIS:

If hell is paced auth good in
tentio7as then the 1Cnlls and cell
fngs must be frescoed auth eG-
catses.
Why, girls, certainly firemen
9CeTe the first to roll the hose.
Dynamite Is not the only thing
that will bLotO up. HoaO about
a silk skirt on a 1Oi1ady day."
Am accused of stealing VIII
Rogers stuff aOhen, as a matter
of fact, he bugs his stuff from
me. SARAH MAYED.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30

A Georgia womon mar
ried q man named Ne10house,
divorced him and married
Mr.. Meadows. Then she d.
Vorced him and again mar
ried Ne1OhOuse. She seems
to haze gone too far GfieLd
in marrying Meadows.
JASPER J.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
THE SLOW WORKER.

I merely held her little hand
That first night In my fllvveF1
/ didn't try to kiss her
And she seemed to shiVeF.
certainly must be q slow one,
Lacking in loves fire,
For she told another girl next day
That / was q FLAT tire
JUMBO JAKE.
FOIBLES OF FEMININITY.
"Wifie" asked Hubby" as he
started for office, if he would
bring home a mouse trap.
"Yes," he said, but where is the
one i brought you last week?'
She looked up, surprised, and
said: 'Why, that has a mouse in
it, already" III. SMITH.
Doctor Bumpus is an osteopath
at East Liverpool, Ohio, and J.
P. Josh is in business at Roch-
ester, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
Children at Glen Echo

vwar hundred Sunday School chill
dren are being entertained at Glen
Echo today by the Council Of Jew
The Washington times., 1925-06-30

ish Women. Special cars OF the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company will take the children to
the park. Mrs. Harry Rosenberg
is the chairman Of the arrange.
ments committee.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
WHAT AM r NOW?

saint she the snakes hips?"
One smart guy said Of me,
And then . pal Of mine said:
ssGhe1s sure the bees knee"
n II ali meant anything
I'm confident / didn't know,
Bot another fresh chap added:,
ssShe's the gnat's elbow"
Then came the "mOsQuito's eyebrow"
And the ''chigger's ankle"
with the whales wrist thrown lns
Until It has begun to rankle.
20 am wondering what ! am now
As 20 to our summer camp,
But probably some silly one will say:
aAfnst she the lightning bugs
GENEVIEVE.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30

Mlke-I used to live In Panama.
Pat All! Now OF know why
they put locks on the canal.
BLONDY.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
THE DIFFERENCE.

Henry MeGOOfus McFain
Banged at the door Of o trolley In
But Mary Darling, q pretty nice Jane,
Achieved admission by tapping on the
name. BRIDGEPORT.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30

Adam Satt, of Turtle Creek,
Pa, believes in sVGIking for e1-
ercise, and Lolita Kiss, of Los
Angeles, refuses to do much of
The Washington times., 1925-06-30
HOMEMADE MAXIMs.

HOMEMADE MAXIMS.
Happiness Is not gift, but a
retOGrd.
It Is easier to philosophise than
to be philosophical
It 4Dere better to laugh like q
fool occasionally than to 90 GlioGys
Scouting like one.
The first thing to be learned
about toritinO poetry Is the art OF
Iiving it.
1t Is perhaps better to tell the
truth in jest than to say in
earnest tohGt is not true.
The surest, If not the most agree
able, 4cGy of becoming acquainted
Nth the facts of life, Is humping
into them.
We complain bitterly about the
eristtnO order Of things, tchen It
is the disorder of existing things
that Is causing all the trouble.
F.. J. SCHWAB.
The Washington times., 1925-06-30

"Kissing," says a Boston
scientist, sesis oUerdone."
Most gtrks 7 kn0D think ITS
5,si0htT rare. DIXIE DOT.
The Washington times., 1925-01-23
Scar On Girls Face
Drives Her To
Suicide

NE WYORK, Jan. "a
scar on a girls face that could
not be removed was the cause
of her suicide. The victim was
Miss Minnie Hecht, twenty
five, of Brooklyn. She turned
on the gas after writing this
note:
"My dear buddy; don't get
excited. Ny dear buddy, you
may think me a coward, but
I'm not. There is an old say
ing that your face is your
fortune. Mine seems to be
my misfortune. shudder to
think of the future. / tried
hard to go on. Nobody knows
what l have been through.
Please notify my family"
The Washington times., 1925-01-23


the higher reaches of the work now
done by women in various lines OF
activity throughout this country;
and it is believed by the President,
it is said, that numerous bureaus
of the Federal government are do
ing work of great interest to women
and fully deserving OF being no.
ticed on the floor of the fair.
WOmen's Bureaus.
For instance, in the Interior De.
partment, there is the bureau of
education which accomplishes many
studies and does much promotion
of education for women and girls.
In the Labor Department there is
the women's bureau and the chill
dren's bureau.
In the Department of Agriculture
there is the bureau of home eco.
Monies. In the Department Of Jus
tice there is the enforcement of the
Eighteenth amendment, presided
over by a woman, Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt. There is also
the Federal board for vocational
education which is outside any of
the regular Cabinet departments but
which forwards vocational courses
of instruction and vocational oppor-
tunities for women in many diff
ferent ways,
The President, 1t is stated, hopes
that the work done by these de-
partments and bureaus in fields
of interest to women will be avail
able to be placed at the disposal
of the Women's World Fair for
purposes of public information.
Other Support In d. c.
The Women's World Fair has
had the continuous earnest sup
port of many people in Washing
ton, including particularly Mrs.
Medill Mccormick. wife of the
Senator from Illinois.
Her view of the fair is said to
be that it should be a demonstra'
ton of all the best work now done
by women in all fields, both pub
lie and private.
That it will include use OF rec
ords of the work done for and by
women in the Federal Govern
ment seems now to be assured
through the favorable attitude an
thoritatively said to be taken by
President Coolidge.
Copyright Current News Featureso
The Washington times., 1925-01-23
COOLIDGE O. K.
ON WOMAN 8
WORLD FAIR
President to Lend Whatever
Possible Federal Support
to Project
By WILLIAM HARD.

Through a presidential spokes-
man it became known to visitors at
the White House today that the
President looks with hearty favor
on the Woman's World Fair to be
held in Chicago in the spring and
he is disposed to give it whatever
unofficial Federal recognition and
encouragement may be legitimate
and possible.
This fair. it is understood by the
President, is to be an exhibit Of
The Washington times., 1925-05-07
Yyou TODAY
Legal Notices

zoNINo COMMISSION OF THE Dis
trict Of Columbia, washington, May
q 1925. In compliance with the pro-
Eress. approved March /, 1920 public
No. I63 seth Congress, entitled AN
Act to regulate the height, area ana
use Of buildings in the DisIac Sov, -
mission and for other purposesl. notice
is hereby given that public hearing
will be held In the Board Room OF the
IL 1925. for the purpose Of consider
ing the following proposed changes IN
the boundaries OF the use. ne,snt ,r emu
Residential b Area to First CONNER.
cial C Area: Lots 5, and z, square
iii, located along. the north side OF
the se north ana south public alley east
thereof. Change from Residential 70
First Commercial: Lot 3D. SQUARE zo4s
also the frontage on the west side Of
Columbia road between Biltmore street
and Mintwood place. Change from
erty abutting the east side Of Columbia
road between Belmont road and 18TH
street. Change from Residential to
both .s G0m of Calvert Street between
Adams Mil road and the line Of 20th
street Change from Second Com
sFcial to IndgssFial , P5Gpert IN ares
bounded by the Metropolitan Branch
b. & o. Railroad, 9Th street, Hamlin
street and Michigan avenue. Change
abutting both sides of 10th street n.
W., between U and Spring road.
Change from Residential to First Com
mercial: Property abutting both sides
Of Connecticut avenue between the line
of Garfield street and Macomb street
and also the property abutting the
tween Macomb and Ordway streets.
Property abutting the north side OF NJ
street N. W., between 18th street ana
a aS ers Tha Hr. f e First
mercial ''C' Area: Property abutting
both sides of Bird street N. W. be-
Change from Residential to First or
Second Commercials Property abutting
the north side OF Church street ~. W.,
between 14th and 18th streets Change
mercIaI Area: Property abutting both
sides OF Lamont street N. W., between
Georgia avenue and Sherman avenue
the east side Of sherman avenus.
Change from b Restricted Area to G
Area: Lot 80. square 1882. located on
streets sire : Change from B Area to 6
Area: Lots SO, So and az, square 4e6
located at the northeast corner OF eM
Residential Area % First CONNER
cial Area: Lot 9S, square 2841, To-
Gated near the southeast corner Of nth
street ana H6Tk ROAD N. W. properly
AUDITING both sides Of Montello ave que
N. e.. between Queen street and -he
line OF Genoa street. Property abutA< e
the east side Of First street i 8. p, 49,,
Residential to First CommerciaI: Lots
and 2, square north $40 located on
the west side of 7th street N. W., be-
tween Rhode Island avenue and r
street. Lot 16, square 3O3 located ut
the southeast corner OF 18th and w
Invited to come to Room zoe, District
Building at D. m, May II, 1926 to
review the details Of any of the. above
n. RUDOLPH. JAMES r. OYSTER,
C. O. SHERRILL, DAVID LYNN.
Zoning Commission Of the District Of
Columbia.
The Washington times., 1925-05-07
LUMBER

Over fifty thousand feet of good
second hand tongue and groove yell
low pine. Lengths up to twenty
feet. i%x5h inches. Phone Line.
699. Write f.. b. Leaf Co, Ana
costa Station. d. c.
The Washington times., 1925-05-07
Miscellaneous
BUILDING MATERIALS s.

BATHROOM outfit. kitchen sink. toilet
outfit. water pipe, gas water heaters
and kitchen boilers, toilet seats. cleo
trio fixtures Tor every room IN your
house, steel beams brick, doors and
sash. lumber, salVaged and news
paint. roofing corrugated iron, wall
boards fireproof plaster boards. This
company carries a clean. well-selected
stock Of all materials from founda-
ton to roof and permits you to
buy all your building wants at one
place at the right price, without loss
of time Sidney Hechinger House
Wrecking Co. Camp Meigs, 9th and
Florida Ave. N. e. Main office. 9Th
and & SITS S w. inspection invited
at both offices until $3.50 p. m.
Established IL years In Washington.
ECONOMICAL BUILDING MATERIALS
Washington WreckinB & Supply Co.
Inc. 9TH, X and Water SITS. S.W. FIR.
ZOOS. AT the Seventh st. Wharves."
The Washington times., 1925-05-07
Real Estate For Rent

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 70
2. and 4-room apts.
elegantly and completely furnished
for housekeeping, $40. 435. $40. $50
and $50 per month. Apply AIS II
street N. e. Lincoln S0O6.
The Washington times., 1925-05-07
POULTRY AND SUPPLIES

CHTCKS-Rocks and Reds. Il cents
Hatchery, Falls Church, TIVE.
The Washington times., 1925-05-07
Live Stock
DOG+CATS-PETs-ETC. 8

DOGS-CATS-PETS-ETC. 81
POLICE PUPPIES for sale; sired by
Washington's blue ribbon stock: Dane,
international champion stock; regis
tered Eilt-edge pedigree accompanies
each deg. united number to choose
from. F. r. Bause, 1880 wilson
Blvd. Clarendon, Va. Clarendon lOl2.
SADDLE horse: will sell very reason
able; $500 14th st. NJ W. Adams 4S7.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-10-30
Prison Labor For Private Profit

victim could not stand nor speak. but
he raised E grey. death stricken face.
and after s long pause husky curse
came to his lips. they hacked Gin
to death broken bones ragged flesh
they struck into It until Il doubled
up. a limp mass IN the frourh.-
# the task is not finished On time the
convict IS sent to the hole for pun
'ishment. Twice in three days Little
Jim, negro. was given the water
a hose with q nozzle one quarter OF
an inch in diameter. sixty pounds q
pressure behind It, sends q stream Of
terrific force st the prisoner. His
head Is strapped. The Sc that IS
hard as steel is turned II the
mans face. his eyes, his IS. The
pressure compels him t. Btn HE
mouth, and the swift battering deluge
tears down. his throat and rips his
stomach IN two. No man can stand
the "water" twice and live
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-10-30
RELIANCE BRAND
OFF UNFAIR LIST

Word has been received from tie
United Garment Workers Of America
hat the Reliance Manufacturing Co.
had taken .ts advertised brands 81
clothing cut 81 prison factories.
Goods bearing the Reliance" brand
are sold Il local stores. and have been
boycotted to 8 great extent BY union
men. Since the manufacturing COM
pany agreed 70 the demands that It
cease employing convict labor their
products should receive The same con
sideration from organized labor as
other brands produced under similar
conditions.