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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
All Day Party Ends In
Free-For-AIl Fight;
One Man Caught

Pleading guilty to intoxica-
ton and disorderly conduct in
q fight last night in Apart
ment 20, 1921 Twenty-first
street northwest, Michael Par
ella, a tailor's assistant, was
fined $40 on each charge by
Judge George H. Macdonald in
Police Court today.
According to the police, a
party had been in progress all
day and ended in a free-for-all
fight that broke up all the fur
niture in the apartment and
resulted in Parella carrying the
marks of a chair on his face
today. Parella was the only one
apprehended and was caught as
he was descending the fire
escape.
He claims that he does not
know the other occupants of the
apartment, since they were in
troduced to him only yesterday
by q girl friend, whose name he
failed to disclose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Old ManIs Vanquished
In Big Family
Battle

The cd saying of Ceaser's
day, "Vae victis," "Woe to the
vanquished," heidi good with
vengeance today in Police
Court.
Out of a muddle in which
man, his wife and son are al
legged to have participated while
drunk, the disturbance finally
winding up in a battel in the
middle of the street, only
Joseph Burkhart, the father, an
aged man, appeared in court.
He, according to the testi-
mony of witnesses, was COM
petely vanquished and was pros
trate in the street. Burkhart
was fined $40 by Judge George
H. Macdonald.
Policeman r. J. Barrett, Of
the Sixth precinct, who arrested
the conquered Burkhart, testi-
fled that the son was armed
with the leg of a table and the
mother had an ancient shot
gun. Both forfeited collateral.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
DOCTOR CLAIMS
S94 AND CAR
STOLEN
William E. Fahrney Reports
Episode, Then Leaves on
Vacation Trip


Charges that he was robbed Of
S94 and his automobile by a taxicab
driver who picked him up last
night were made to the police to-
day by Doctor William E. Fahrney.
apartment 25, the Portland, Thomas
circle
After making the charges Doctor
Fahrney left the city on short va,
cation and the details of the cpl
sode have not yet been disclosed.
According to the story given the
police, Doctor Fahrney engaged 81
taxicab to take him home.
On the way home, Doctor Fahr-
new is said to have told the police,
he was taken to rooms in another
apartment house and there robbed
of his money. He also reported
THAI his automobile was stolen after
he had been taken home and ac-
cused the taxicab driver.
The automobile was found today
in the garage in which Doctor
Fahrney usually keeps it. according
70 the police. Search is being made
for the taxi driver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
HAS
To AWAIT
TRACK
REPAIR
Street Car Employees Prevent
Test at Pa. Ave. and
18th Street

Trial Of the new method Of
making right and left hand turns
at Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest, the traffic
experiment station" viii be held
up for several days, if made at
all, it was learned today.
This morning, when the test.
was to have been made, two-score
workmen Of the Capital Traction
Company were engaged IN tearing
up the tracks at the downtown
intersection. Because Of the re-
pair work, Inspector E. w. Brown,
head Of the traffic bureau, am
-nounced that the test will be held
in allegiance.
Car Stops Another Problem.
It is believed that the new system
OF turning may go into the discard
after Traffic Director M. @. Ed
ridge returns from vacation In
the Maine woods the middle Of this
week.
Popular protest has been voiced
against the proposed scheme to such
an extent that 1t il thought not un-
likely that the present system may
not be changed.
Mr.. Eldridge besides having to.
settle this problem, has another
facing him on his return, that of
deciding on what boulevard stops
are to be made effective for street
cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
WEATHER TO REMAIN
COOL HERE A FEW DAYS

Washington during the next few
DAVIS will maintain its enviable po-
sition as one of the coolest cities
in the United States, according to
today's forecast by the Weather
Bureau. The next two or three
DAYS will be clear and cool, with
gradually rising temperature.
Yesterday no portion of the coun
try has a lower temperature than
the So degrees which gave Wash
ington it's first foretaste OF autumn
days. Points in Maine and the
State of Washington had equally
low temperatures.
North Dakota sweltered under
temperatures ranging from lO3 q
| 104 degrees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
HUBBY DENIES.
. He MEANS To
FLEE CITY
Garage Keeper Asks Court to
Quash Writ Secured by
Wife Seeking AIimony

Declaring that he has no inten-
ton of escaping the consequences
of any decree which the court may
issue in connection with the suit
of his wife, Mrs. Althea G. Hugh
ms, against him for maintenance,
William A. Hughins, who conducts
a garage at 1441 Rhode Island
avenue northwest, today asked the
District Supreme Court to quash
a writ issued against him last Mon
day preventing him from leaving
the jurisdiction pending the suit.
Represented by Attorney Harry
s. Barger, Hughins denies that he
intends to or has established d
legal residence in Virginia. as al
legged by his wife. The husband
claims he has been boarding near
Occoquan with a family of his old
friends for several months, but
that he regards the District as his
legal residence.
Hughins denies telling his wife
that IL she sued him he would
"pick up his things and beat it,
and also denies telling her that If
she did not go to Virginia and
ODLHI10u ulNOTCS lTU1I HlIIls ItC
would do so. Regarding his wife s
assertion that she was without any
support. Hughins declares that
she earns $1O5 a month from two
positions she holds and that she
drives her own automobile.
Chief Justice Mccoy issued a
writ of ne exeat against Hughins
and placed him under $500 bond.
1T oh tn Jan "
required Hughins spent twentyfour
hours in Jail to be released the
next day in the custody of his at
torney who today asked the court
to set aside the writ and cancel
tho hond
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
HIS WIFI.
EARNINGS, He
CLAIMS
Howard E. Langley Wants
Court to Stay Hearing
on Contempt

Howard e. Langley, sued October
90, 1928 by his wife, Mrs. Sadie
Langley. for maintenance, today
informed the District Supreme
Court that they had settled their
marital differences and have been
living. together as man and wife
since January l last.
The husband, represented by At
torney E. C. Kriz, claims that since
he has become reconciled with his
wife, he has turned over to her
practically all his earnings amount
ing to $50 to $40 a week, leaving
practically nothing for his own
small personal expenses. Langley
says he has a hard time trying to
raise money to start in business
as painter and paperhanger and
that he has no stated salary at
this time and has often to wait
to get money for work he has
done.
Langley asks that the contempt
hearing against him be stayed un-
til September 80, or until he can
make final settlement of the
charges made against him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Raid Checks Chinese Tong War Here
90 ItpSE(8
BY BILL PRICE So
L Al FF LIE r s.

LA FL e T s.
"CabbG0es find ready SALE a
metUs item comments. Probably
another attempt to produce a ftOe-
cent ci0Gri
Judging from the manner that
"BUckv" HGrris has been juggling
his pitchers, II 70 easy to see
that he believes that "a 'stUitch'
IN time sGVeS 'nine'i"
A Boston professor, after con-
dWctinO a campaign, deserts that
the average man cGM't keep a
secret. Maybe somebody told him
that Boston has a baseball team.
NotO that the eVoIution contro-
Uersy u eHdQG for the time being
men haze quit the missing links"
and stGrted "sisstn0 drinks again
Scientists report the invention Of
metO color. Another boom for the
tGri-c0b bwstness should be due
shortly.
Happy marriages nO1c6dGvs seem
to be just about as rare as bath
ing beauties IN Rassidf
JOE II. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
MANAGER STOLE SIS,
GOODS MERCHANT SAYS

Charged with embezzlement.
Charles f. Ramey, thirty-nine. Of
1927 N street northwest. will be ar
raigned in the United States branch
of the Police Court today. He was
arrested yesterday by Detectives
Murphy, Cox and King on war
rant sworn out by Randolph S.
Kouster, owner of store at 5000
M street northwest.
Ramey has been released on Il
81 900 bond. 1t is charged by
Kouster that Ramey took merchan.
disc worth $4,000 and sum Of
money while he was employed by
kouster as mahager OF the store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24

LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE.
I sat by the sad sea waves 1t Tisht
And wondered when Jonah d1eap-
poared from sight,
The whale swallowing him whole
with one deep gulp,
why In three days and nlghCo ne
wasn't reduced to pulp7
And how Jonah managed to avoid
He certainly must have been short
For his Ti apartment was small and
absolutely air tight
without ventilation either day or
night.
The interior decorations were en-
tirely bIubbeF 80 -,
And the shock absOrbeFs resilient IKE
so Jonah must have bounced from
side to side -
when the whale rolled out with tine
evening tide.
And II Jonah's story 10 absolutely
Ard TIE whale landed him on the
shore intact
II aeomN really pathetic 40 Q sun
marine tale
The. saving Of Jonah from Cne Dolly
OF 0 OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
BAKER is FINED $40
IN UNCLEAN LAW CASE

Harry Morganstein, proprietor of
a bakery at GLIB Four-and-a half
street southwest, pleaded guilty
when arraigned before Judge George
Fl. Macdonald, in Police Court to-
day, on charges of violating the
health laws. He was fined $40.
Inspector Shelton B. Higgins, who
made the arrest. said that Morgan
STEMS place was without protection
from flies and bugs. The defendant
had been warned a number of times
before he was arrested, Higgins
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
cHAREST APARTMENT
ENTERED; GEMS TAKEN

After entering the apartment Of
Mrs. Clarence Charest, 5000 Con-
nectieut avenue northwest. by
jimmying the front door, thieves
stole 500 worth OF jewelry, it was
reported to police last night.
Mrs. Charest is the wife of Clar
ence M. Charest one arm tennis
player and former District champion.
The entry was made some time
yesterday, it was reported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
A|RPL LANE CRASH
INVEST GAT led .
: BY |. s.
Capt. Hale. Army Golf Champ.
and Private Norris Killed
in w. Va.

Investigation of the airplane
crash yesterday at White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, in which Captain
Fraser Hale, aid to President Cool
idge and army golf champion, and
Private Earl c. Norris, his me-
chanic. were killed, is being made
today by a board of officers from
Boiling Field, where both men were
stationed.
The board of inquiry, headed by
Captain Otto G. Trunk, adjutant
at Boiling Field, will bring the
bodies of both men back to Wash
ington late today or tomorrow, I'm
less. relatives of the filters wish to
have the bodies sent home for
burial they will be inferred in Ar
Iington National Cemetery.
Private Norris was engaged to be
married to Miss Elsie Powell. 1919
Massachusetts avenue northwest, a
typist in the Veterans Bureau, who
today is under medical attention at
her home following a collapse re
sulting from news of her fiance's
death. She came to Washington
two years ago from Fredericksburg
Va.
came here 1ear ago
Captain Hale, who was supply
officer at Boiling Field, came to
Washington a year ago from At
lanta, Ga, where he was instructor
of aviation in the Georgia School
of Technology. He was thirty-two
years old and was native of Win.
Meta, ILL.,, where his father, H. r.
Hale, lives.
Private Norris was a member OF
the headquarters staff at Boiling
Field. He enlisted in the air serv.
ice eighteen months ago. He was
a native of Whitesville, KY, en-.
listing from Louisville.
Captain Hale and Private Norris
were making a training flight from
Washington to the West Virginia
resort and return. Their plane
caught fire within a, few seconds
after taking off from one of the
fairways of the Greenbrier golf
course on the return trip. 1t fell
in flames to the eighth hole, in
view Of hundreds of visitors on the
Casino verandas and lawns.
Both Bodies Consumed
Three physicians, visiting at the
resort, were among the first to
reach the plane. They found it
entirely consumed and the bodies
of the two men were burned be-
yond recognition.
While at White Sulphur Springs
Captain Hale was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas b. Paine, of At
lanta. Ca, in their cottage. He
played golf there after his arrival
Saturday, attended the horse show
Saturday afternoon and that eve
ming was a guest at the horse show
ball at the Greenbrier Club.
He gained his title as army golf
champion last year at the army
tournament at Leavenworth, Kan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
WIFE ALLEGES CRUELTY
IN DIVORCE ACTION

Verge E. Balderson today asked
the District Supreme Court for
limited divorce and alimony from
William M. Baldersan, an employee
of the Doubleday-Hill Electric Com.
pany. They were married Novem-
Der 90, 1921, and have two children.
The wife declares she was Obliged
to leave her husband a few weeks
ago because of his temper and
cruelty. Since she left him i1e-has
not contributed to the support of
the family, she states. Attorney
Robert Hardison appears for the
wife
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
TWO D. c. MEN INJURED.
IN MOUNTAIN AUTO SPILL

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Aug. "a.
Two Washingtonians, touring in
West Virginia were seriously in
jured yesterday when their auto
mobile skidded and turned over on
the valley pike twenty miles rom
here. according to word received
by local authorities today.
Marvin Mckee. an epoploye Of the
Potomac Electric Power Company
at Washington, living at 103 Fifth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Mr.. AWKWARD MUST PAY
$40 FOR STAGGERING

! Judge George Fl. Macdonald has
decided that a name may govern the
actions of it's owner, for Frank A.
Awkward was arraigned In Police
Court today for staggering.
How could he do otherwise?" his
honor asked smilingly. HTen dol
lars or ten days" -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
NEW CLASS FOR NURSES
AT ST, ELIZABETH'S SOON

The training school for nurses at
st Elizabeth's Hospital will start
it's new class September Is.
Graduates are automatically pro-
NOTED to the grade of nurse, at
$1,000 a year. The course extends
over a three-year period, and stu
dent nurses are paid 1888 a year
ar are provided with quarters and
GarS Raam%A
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
MAN ORDERED TO PAY
COSTS IN DIVORCE SUIT

Chief Justice Mccoy, of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, today signed
an order directing Bernard j. Quinn,
Marie r. Quinn, for a limited
divorce June Is, 1922, to pay the
doctors bill in connection with the
illness of their child, amounting to
$16S.35; a bill due to the ChiIdren's
Hospital for 1886: $40 for X-ray
examination and $40 month on the
bill of Doctor f. Scott Avery, of
$120; his wife's counsel a fee of
! $25 and court costs.
Attorney Leon Pretzfelder appear
ed for Mrs. Quinn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24

PREAMBLE Of the founders Of
the theorX tl1at two can live ~
oheeply - one:
We. the preachers OF the United
Mistakes, in order to form more
pactless unions, establish Justices
of.the-peace for motherg-in-law,
insure domestic battles against in
clement weather, provide for the
common council of Reno, promote
the general delivery OF alimony,
and secure the blessings OF liberty
via lawsuits to ourselves and our
prosperity, do ordain and establish
this confusion for the ununited
status Of America. SILICUS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24

street northeast, the driver OF the
car, was perhaps fatally injured
His companion, Robert F. Good, ls
suffering from a broken rib frac'
tured arm and possible internal In
juries.
Both young men were carried to
a nearby farm house and are In
the care of physicians from Nor
pantown, The car was demolished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
BUG HOLLOW NOTES.

The Blues got busted again Sum
day, but are In fourth place and only
three games behind the leading Cats
Corners Tomcats, 30 there L. still
hope.
Doc Tick and wife left Thursday
for their vacation in the OEarks,
where they win visit with Feather
Tick and family. who is Docs half
brother by his stepm0ther and L. In
the sheep business there.
ParasoIIa white returned from
the south yesterday and there was
fried chicken over to Pfllsbury's last
night.
Winchester Gum and Miss BaIa Hay
waa to the vicente roast down to Craw-
dad Monday night which may seem
early but Win says It wasn't any too
WarEl.
Monk GIandZ was over from Big
Bend Sunday evening fivvering with
Miss Neya WaIkhOlm.
GENE BLOSSOM.
80
TWWWrAR DAU
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24

Headline says that imam
tUhO shot at and missed 3Oife
gets thirty years in prison"
The Judge probably had FAM
ily troubles himself and felt
1t his duty to penGlize poor
workmanship.
CICERO SLAPP.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
RIGHT IN PUBLIC. roo

OF all the girls that I know
First prize goes to lima GFunt1;
She doesn't know the difference
Between homo runs and bunt1.
Her father, too, dishkes baseball,
And from IL would have Ina stay,
When the team tries q squeeze play.
"When was growing up" he said,
''There was mighty little squeezing,
But now IL seems 60 be popular when
The weather In hot or Pressing"
AIARMALADE MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24

Chicago poEicesvonscn hGVe
been asked to determine hon
Iona a kiss shOMld last be-
fore IL becomes disOrde1ty.
One old maid says that any
kind of a kiss IS too long.
GENEVIEVE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
48 NABBE[)
|NSECRET
ROOM
Charles Low Toye and Lee
Wah Forfeit Collateral.
Witnesses Later Released

Two Chinese, arrested in q raid
made by Washington detectives in
an effort to nip in the bud plans
for a suspected tong outbreak here,
today forfeited collateral in Police
Court.
The two men, Charles Lou Toye
and Lee Wah, were. formally
charged with permitting gambling.
When they failed to answer the
charges in Police Court the court
ordered. forfeiture of s25 collateral
each. They were required by the
detective bureau to furnish 81 900
cash collateral each.
IS Others Released
Forty-six other Chinese, booked as
witnesses, have been released. The
raid was conducted under the per-
sOnaI direction Of Chief OF Detec-
lives Clifford L. Grant.
= The raid was made on a search
warrant for alleged gambling, at
325 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
ibis step was taken merely as A
rtlse to find the source of alleged
tong trouble which threatens 10
break into open warfare.
Warned by the influx of several
out-of-town Chinese and the rumor
that three of the officials of the
tong had been marked for death.
with a price of $500 upon their
heads. detectives from headquar-
tiers and precinct police gathered
around the tong headquarters and
sweeped down on the place at 8
o'clock last night.
Batter Down Doors
Frantic efforts to escape were
made by the Chinese, who were
found grouped around a large fan
tan table and domino games, the
police say. 1t was necessary to
batter through iron bound doors to
get to the secret room in the
headquarters.
All Of those arrested were photo
graphed and had their finger prints
taken.
The developments which led to
the raid started several days ago
when a tong meeting was held and
the conservative element voted
aown the efforts of the minority
10 carry out series of killings, it
b alleged.
The raid was conducted last night
under the personal supervision of
Inspector Grant in order to get
definite knowledge of the situation
before bloodshed actually occurred.
LOOkOuts Posted
Chinese were stationed on the
sidewalk. the police Nsay. to give
warning of the approach Of the
police and the American wife of
Charles Lou Toye was found on
guard at a thick panel door which
led to a little room.
Pushing past the woman the de-
tectives entered room in which,
Il Is alleged, several Chinese were
found gambling. On through this
room they Vent and down a dark
hallway to the main room in which
the larger number were surrounded.
I'd.
A large crowd gathered to see
what was going on as the prisoners
we're loaded into police patrols and
traffic was held up for several
minutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
z SHOOTING
VICTIMS TO
RECOVER
Estranged Husband Fires 3
Shots at Wife, Then
Tries to Die

With three bullet wounds in
her head, inflicted by her husband,
Richard Cook, 52s Sixth street
southeast, who then turned his re-
volyer and fired two shots into
his own head, Mrs. Helen Cook,
forty-five, mother Of three grown
children, today is battling for her
life at Casualty Hospital.
WIN Probably Recover
Following an operation last night,
physicians at the hospital today an
1nounced that, unless unfavorable
developments occur, she win re;
cover. One the bullets penetrated
the brain.
The husband, with bullets in his
cheek and jaw, Is not seriously
wounded. He is under arrest at
GallInger Hospital.
Beat Wife Often. Claim
Cook, who Is fireman at the
Washington Gas Light Company. is
said to have threatened several
times in the past month to take
his wife's life. Neighbors of the
couple declare that he frequently
beat her and that her screams for
mercy were clearly heard outside
the house.
Charges of assault with intent to
kill have been placed against Cook
on the books Of the Fifth precinct.
The shooting took place yester-
day, following Mrs. Cooks return
home from a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Carl Soper, 2417 Nichols
avenue southeast. Mrs. Cook, &C.
cording to her sister. was in the
greatest fear Of her husband.
HE has been beating me and
he says he will kill me the next
time," Mrs. Soper said her sister
told her.
COnfesses Shooting
Detectives c. C. Thayer, Carlton
Talley and Howard Vermillion, who
are in charge Of the case, say that
Cook has confessed that he shot
his wife and himself because we
couldn't get along together"
Cook and his wife were alone in
the house when the shooting took
place. George S. Hoffman, 53s
Sixth street southeast, heard shots
and screams and broke into the
house.
He found Mrs. Cook crawling
down the hall and Cook in the
kitchen, struggling to get up from
the floor. Hoffman told the po-
lice that Mrs. Cook cried: why
did he shoot me?" and then col
lapsed. Hoffman carried Mrs. Cook
to his home and called the Fifth
precinct police station.
Mrs. Cook and her husband were
taken to Casualty Hospital in the
police patrol and Cook was later
placed under arrest and transferred
to Gallinger Hospital.
The couple have a. son, Richard
Cook, jr., twenty-one. and two
daughters, Lucy, eighteen, and
Eloise, nineteen, who are telephone
operators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24

aust 1872 years ago." said the
student Of history, "CbGrlotte Cor
dog stabbed General MGrGt IN the
bath tub"
"WeII, that only goes to shot0, i"
Gms4cered his smart friend, that
It's GIiooys dangerous to take a
bath" JAMB0REE JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
LATEST EDITION.

There was q little girl
who had o little curf,
But soon had q barber to bob IL.
Her fellow rot very mad,
He was. the only one she had.
And now she has more, dadbObit!
PETE THE POET.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
SCOTCH THRIFT.

Nurse-Whom are they operat-
ing on today?
0rderIy-A fellow who had a
golf bah knocked down his throat
&C the links.
Nurse-And who's the man wait.
ing SO nervousIy In the hall? A
relative?
OrderIy-NO; That's the golfer
q Scotch gentleman. He's waiting
for his ball. BLONDY.