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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
HORACE oRRIN FRENCH
LEFT $27.5OO ESTATE

Horace Orrin French, who died
September IL, left an estate esti-
mated at $27.50O. according to his
daughter, Mrs. Lulu French Catlin.
who has filed petition for the
probate Of the will. Her father
owned premises at 1411 Allison
street northwest, assessed at $4,000:
bonds of $4,000 and stocks est.
mated at $500.
Another daughter, Mrs. Bessie p
Hamilton, survives, Attornevs
Cromelin and Laws appear for the
petitioner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07

Competition is the life of trade;
that is, competition which is fair
and based on facts" Mr.. Louvre
said. "Cut throat competition, re-
CARELESS of facts or conditions, is
the death of trade.
Immediately following the war
we had a period of initiation OF
prices where the spirit Of compe-
tition, due to the great demand,
was somewhat lacking. However,
following that period the pendulum
turned the other way and has now
swayed backward to such an eX-
tent that we have realized we are
in the spirit of cut throat compe-
tition that is so dangerous. We
have been the more easily drawn
into this competition through our
ignorance of the true facts.
Attempted Remedy
"Your national r association has
attempted to remedy this evil by
giving you a cost system. How we
have succeeded, ] hope may be
brought out during the conVen'
ton"
With more than 1000 OF the ma
TONS leading lumber dealers regis
tered before the opening session
this afternoon, indications are, &C
cording to officers of the assocla-
additional dentists and II addltlonal
dental nurses.
The establishment of a mental
hygiene clinic.
The establishment of suitable
public bathing facilities.
An appropriation from congress
to improve and maintain a 24'toot
channel in the Potomac River.
Better Water Service.
Enlargement Of the high service
reservoir at Fort Reno and an ap'
preparation big enough to buy ada
cent land.
An additional appropriation of at
least $125, 900 and $225,00O In future
years to extend the water service.
That 81 100000 be appropriated
for. the next fiscal year to complete
the work Of the new water supply
project. l. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
Separate Asylum for Veterans Urged
HIE z q sesSIyEEgn.
><aGzzsSt-9 BY BILL PRICE sre ne 81 of;,er

LOVE DREAMS AND REALITY.
Red sun and npoom Of gold
And the Httsts Of dHsk and d1tcN :
White arms that clasp and hold:
Eyes like startled tGtcn;
Dredne days and nights Of bliss
And heart that beats IN tuner
Warm aUtnde-G stolen ktSS-
Roses are ripe IN June.
Sta EldS-tSC0 Jnrnished rooms,
And the DIRT that 0oeth not.
No joys, bit flocks OF 0IOoms,
oh, tChGt a life yoH'Ve got;
Nightmares and bales of bills,
NG0gtn0 and ceG$e1esS aoGr,
Buddy, you got pour thrills
But tOhGt did you do IL for.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
SULLIVAN is EULoGIzED
BY TWO TRADE BODIES

The memory of the late Major
Daniel Sullivan. superintendent of
police, WAS eulogized by two of
Washington's foremost trade bodies
last night.
The board of directors Of the
Chamber of Commerce passed reso.
buttons at it's meeting paying high
tribute to him and OdeII S. Smith
eulogized him before the fall meet.
Ing Of the Beard OF Trade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07

A Los Angeles lady left home re-
Gently wben her hGSb0nd called her
cat. So did the cGtI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
81, 1000 ON
DISTRICT
LIST
Police Department win Deliver
Certificates After Addresses
Are Verified

New plans are being formulated
today for the distribution Of auto
mobile tags for 1926.
In order to avoid the conges-
ton Of previous years officials are
considering mailing tags to car
owners after their addresses have
been verified by the police depart
ment.
$1,000 on List
Wade III. Ccombs, superintendent
of license bureau. is today sending
to inspector Brown, of the Traffic
Bureau, certificates which are TO
be distributed. Approximately &c..
CONTINUED on Page 24l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
Many a fat sOomGm aUhO
can easily reduce her bank
account can't reduce her
Veight. GENEVIEVE.
GINGERETTES,

"Movie star sttlI loves husband"
wovte ntdgGstne Stntes. Whose
hNSbdndf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07

Cigars made IN Germany are
nOtC being sold for s cents. More
German atrocities!
JOE II. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
BREATHES THERE A MAN
WITH BREATH SO BAD.

In the Land of HoLitOsis,
By the Putrefdction Sea,
Where SGtiUds haze nemrosis
And the Wind1Odrd Isles r. B.
Where the ozone IS polluted
And Bad Breath does ever
sG'Gy,
Where Tooth PGstes are electro
cmted
And Mouth Washes are pGsse,
Where the pie Is Pyorrhed
And all Gums are contrGbGud.
Where EUerything IS ertenpore,
There I 1sever aOGnt to land.
SILICUS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
Lumber Man DEGREES
"Cut Throat Methods

Cut throat competition among umbermen is endangerng
the retail lumber business Fred L. Lowre national president
of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association declared
in the opening address the convention of the national
ISOLATION today in the Mayfower Hotel
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-13

sist on unit costs within these func-
tional distributions.
For instance, when the inquiry
was made, the uperintendent and
others were overhauling truck.
What did truck overhauling cost in
time and money? Was it being done
cheaper than could be done by a
garage? Oh, yes, it probably was,
but where is the proof? Modern
business is not conducted by "by
guess and by gosh" BY all means,
| let US have time and unit records
| with functional distributions of the
pay-rolls.
No Time Record
The police pay-rolls are made out
| in the same manner but in ink. No
time record is supplied. 1t should
be, so that absences due to illness
or vacation with pay may be shown.
The fire department rolls are drawn
in the same way except that each
! fire call constitutes a separate pay
roll, though the auditor Jumps the
amount due each fireman.
A neater and less laborious meth
cd would De to provide form showing
the name of each firemen, with ver-
teal double columns showing the
alarm to which he responded, the
time he spent thereon and the
amount due him on that particular
call and total column for the week.
This could be made weekly in dup
/ licate, the carbon copy remaining
with the department. The initial
record for recording responses to
| alarms is an old cash book contain
ing in pencil the names of the fire
men responding, the amount due
them, the time spent at fire, and
other data as to hose laid, cause of
fire etc. AS this comes under the
jurisdiction of fire department eff
ficiency. comment is reserved.
1T is believed that in small cities
where everybody knows everyone
else and his family history, it is
rather difficult to pad the payroll
But, it has been done elsewhere and
can be done in Bismarck. and the
larger the city becomes the easier
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-13
SlOvenly Manner of
Auditing Payr0lls
At City Hall Opens
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
board. Neither the auditor nor the
commissioner in charge of the spec
ific department makes any special
approval. In fact the auditor does
not specifically approve any vouch-
or for goods bought or payroll by
attaching his approving signature
thereto. Thereafter, individual
checks are made out to each person
shown on the payroll. These are
usually delivered to the minor divi-
sion head for distribution to the
payee, who endorses them when they
are cashed. Checks are signed by
he president of the board and coun-
.ersigned by the city auditor, which
is the only time and place where the
latter's signature appears in approx
al of the expenditure.
Commends One Payroll
Taking up the pay-rolls by depart
ment, it is with pleasure that we re-
port that at least one payroll had
the carmarks of a real document. 1t
is the one used by the water depart
ment and to contrast it with those
of the other departments it deserves
description in full. Each employees
name is shown, the number of hours
he worked each day on a particular
Job, the total hours spent on that
particular job, the rate of pay, the
total amount due and to which spe-
cial account the same is chargeable.
This is recapted to show the total
amount of the weekly payroll
chargeable to each account, and also
on Il second sheet. the total number
of hours worked during the week by
each employee, rate of pay and total
amount due him. The certificate
alone needs some enlargement. As
it was the last payroll form to be
examined, it was not only a pleas
ant surprise but relief.
Turning to the street department
one finds an opposite situation. The
vouchers forms for merchandise
claims are employed. On them we
ploye and one and half days sew
ers, or this or that. four and halt
days streets and the total amount
due the employee.
No Time System
And so for each employe on the
roll. There is no supporting time
sheet or distribution. Inquiry de-
ye!Oped that the street superintend
ent uses little cheap notebook
given away by merchants to appor
ton such time as may be chargeablt
to the different budget funds, anc
when filled he throws it away. Nc
record whatever is kept which car
be used to make computations fol
unit costs of the different function:
performed, which include street re
pairs, curbing, sidewalk repairs
cleaning, refuse removal, etc. Thu
department appropriation is $13,400
The commissioner in charge at leas
should want to know just for wha
purposes this amount is expended
This information is also necessar
to determine just in what respec
these expenditures should be in
creased or can be decreased intelli
gently. At present, all that can
said is that the money was spen
Efficient management would also il
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-13
CUT THIS OUTFIT is WORTH
MONEY

Send this ad and ten cents to
Foley & Co., 2S35 Sheffield Ave,
Chicago, Ill.,. writing your name and
address clearly. you will receive
sample bottle Of FOLEY'S HONEY
AND TAR COMPOUND for coughs,
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packages of FOLEY PILLS, a diure-
tic stimulant for the Kidneys and
FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS for
constipation and biliousncss. These
dependable remedies are free fror,
opiates and have helped millions of
people. Try them. ADV.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-13

Game Bird Season Change law and
signing of the dog lazy. The State
Game and Fish Board members met
with the local club. c. j. Lord of
Cando, +. M. jacobson, of ROlla and
c. P. Peterson of Bisbee, came here
to meet with the Game and Fish
Board to urge help Of the state board
in building up Fish Lake in Turtle
Mountain as fishing resort. Local
sportsmen are working hard for the
retention of George Dickinson as
Secretary of the State Game and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-13
ASK VETO OF
GAME BILL
Stutsman County Body Takes
Action

mcstown, n. D., March 80
Stutsman County sportsmen at the
LIST annual meeting last night adopt
cd resolutions which will be sent to
Governor Sorlie asking veto of the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-13

Fish Board on the ground that he
has built up a fund from nothing
to $4,000 and is doing the best work
of years for the preservation Of
game birds and fish in the state.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-13

il will be if the present methods are
pursued.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12
YADJA TO WRITE
NEW SCREEN
YARNS

Ernest Vadja, famous Hunga-
RAN playwright. has arrived in
Hollywood for study Of the
screen in connection with his
contract to write original stories
exclusively for Famous Payers
Lasky Corporation.
He is the advance guard Of the
group Of world noted foreign play
wrights signed by Paramount to
write for the screen.
Mr.. Vadja had four plays stimuli
taneously on Broadway last sea-
son, and during three years five
Of his plays reached the amazing
total OF 10000 performances IN
sixteen different languages.
The four Broadway plays were
The Harem," produced by David
Belasco; Grounds for Divorce"
produced by the Charles Froh-
man Company; 'Fata Morgana,
produced by the Theater Guild.
and Little Angel" Brock Per
berton production.
The playwright is now at work
or an original story for Pola
Negri. His contract calls for
series of at least four original
stories for Paramount.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12
She The TaIIest
Dame III The
World

Londy, the Dutch giantess'
who stands seven feet six inches
and who, incidentally IS really
beautiful and Jolly Irene, who
weighs go pounds are both tO
be visitors to Washington when
the great aggregation q
spangIeIand stars pitch their
big top right on the stage o.
the strand Theater Tor ) weeks
stand beginning Sunday. De
cenlber 20.
These are only two Of 2
great array. First there e
MarCeIline, the dean Of al
clowns. then HaverlnanIl's wild
animals. lions, tigers and Loop
ards. Lillian st. Leon The
Queen Of the SaWdust Ring;
Victoria, the tatOOed lady,
Beatrice the snake chaTIner,
LiOnette. the liOn-faced girl. 9
whole troupe Of bouncing and
Glowing clowns. trained POM
er.inianS, Ieaping hounds, trained
ponies; B0stOck's Riding School
and q score Of pther circus
features.
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"A large portion Of the 10000 In
dams who appear in the screen
version Of Zane Grey's great
tribute to a fast disappearing
race took part in the makin6 OF
these scenes. They entailed the
construction of huge settings in
the almost inaccessible Sagi
Canyon in northern Arizona,
and also the building of the
largest Individual setting eiected
on the great LaslSy ranch In the
San Fernando v9hey. California.
The Navajos obtained their
first real civilization from che
Cliffdwellers. whom we now know,
as the Hopis, following the de-
feat OF the latter. just how
they scaled the almost iInprsgiIa-
bic walls of the people who dwelt
far up on the cliffs, how they
waged fierce, hand-to-hand bat.
tie for hours before the Navajos
routed the defenders and tossed
them to death on the rocks be-
low. is shown in these scenes
The cliffdwellings reproduced
on the Lasky ranch constitute a
reproduction of the immense
Betotakin and Kitseel cliff houses
as they would appear If they
were restored to their majestic
grandeur of three thousand years
ago.
This is just one of the hum
dreds of episodes that go to
rnake up THE Vanishing Ameri.
can" which opens an engage
ment at Loew's Columbia tomor-
row.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12
ONE PERSON HIS
GREATEST
AUDIENCE

1.-THE greatest audience ever
played to says George Broadhurst,
former leading clown with Bar
mum & Bailey's Circus and now
the fun-maker with the Powder
Puff Frolic" at the Gayety next
week, was not the tier after tier
of faces backed by the sides of
the big white tops, no, sir-it
was just one wan little face
against the white slip Of a pillow
in a little Ohio town some seven
or eight years back.
I'VE had just finished an after
noon date In the fall, and it was
wet and drizzling outside when
had washed up, and was ready
for the cook tent. Standing
there in the rain was a man in
the forties, as woe-begone as they
make them. AS / started to go
by him he sided up and asked
me lie i had q photograph that /
could spare He said that his
little girl, who had been cripple
for years, has seen the big eight
sheets across from his home and
wanted, oh, so bad, to see the
clowns. Something inside grip
ped me-heartstrings yes, maybe.
I like kids could feel the long
ing of that poor little shut-in.
Could / turn him down?
didn't have a photograph
not one, but I would do some
thing else and my makeup box
was easy to carry. Why get
sentimental over it? I've told
you what / have, and will always
consider that my greatest audi
ence."
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ring the bell boy to get Ice WaCt
Then. you could slip on your
celluloid cuffs, ruffle the creases
out of your trousers and go for
a spin over the city in a horse
car. Talk about your modem
Rolls-Royces that make eighty
miles an hour! Boy, they don't
compare. You could see some
thing in those days when you
went for ride. And the rare,
rural atmosphere of the carbarn
where you stopped to change
horses! It was just like breath
from the farm,
ibid we have to pack into
subway and travel eight or ten
miles to work in twenty minutes?
We did not! We walked and
took eight or ten hours to get
there. No dazzling speed in those
days. :
"And the women, God bless
them! Marriage was gamble.
A fellow didn't know what ne
was getting until no was hooked.
Then wiley took off a lot of
prop curves and laid them over
the rocking chair. Remember the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12


The important items, you
see, are the speech by Mr..
Hammerstein and the box-of-
flee line. Not a word about
the show, its book, its cast,
its music, its general makeup.
I don't know about you, but
I'm particularly pleas e d to
know that Mr.. Hammerstein
made a talk. He doubtless
woreza blue collar, a blue shirt,
bowed nicely, blew kisses to
the customers and referred to
himself as an impresario.
What did he say?
Just what has a manager or
producer to say to an audience
that aided his show to make
theatrical history?
Worry not. The production
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12

MacKenna-dropped in town
this week, en- route from Fris-
co to New York. He brought
glowing tid-bits of West Coast
success. His play, The Red
knight, played q stock run of
five weeks in Frisco. "Mac"
polished it, revised it in part
and win see it on Broadway
within a short while
Critical comment gave high
tribute to 1.-THE Red Knight"
SO superlative in fact that
"Mac," filled with the ardour
of the moment, dashed off a
new script, untitled as yet,
which he thinks an even better
piece of work.
News Note-David Belasco
has recoved from his nasty
cold. This week he made his
usual second act appearance at
Salvage" and just said "thank
YOU" For twenty-three years,
six months and two weeks, it
has been his yen to excuse
himself because of a dad
cold" Well, tw n t y-three
years is long enough to keep
one cold. What say?
Mr.. Harbach, who writes
libretti on hotel stationery
and makes big money thereby,
will be fighting himself next
week. mo, No, Nanette" is
his in part-mostly his; so is
"Song of the Flame" A good
week here for "Nanette" ought
to mean a new seal coat for
Mrs. H. at Yuletide.
+ This business of society
gamesters and their lady friends
arriving at the theater in the
middle of act one is bad
enough, but when they persist
in repeating all the wise-cracks
heard at the dinner party that
night why not resort to some
corrective measure? The State
troopers should be summoned;
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission called to conference.
1t is even important enough to
warrant wiring Governor Pin
chot and Izzy Enstein.
AS Bobby Clark might and
NsUld say: 1T gets irksomeg"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12

thrill of a dainty ankle when
some maiden, more brazen than
the rest, lifted one of those nice,
sanitary gown trains and dis
played a number six foot and
two inches of ankle encasei
snugly in. cotton. stockings?
"And music. Boy. we had
music in those days! None of this
Nobody Knows What a Redhead
Mama viii Do. In fact, we
didn't have any redhead mamas.
Henna wasn't as well known.
We played In the Sweet Bye
and-Bye' The Daring Young
Man of the Flying Trapeze.' Then
a little later they got more brazen
and sang I Love My Wife, But
Oh You Kid And so far as
static is concerned, no radio ever
had anything on the good old
grapfophones.
"Those were the good old
days."
Bunk"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12

opens here t O NOR row and
mayb eve all hope-Mr.
Hammerstein will speech a bit.
After that, it is hereby
suggested, with seals and in
signals on the written proposal,
that he meet David Belasco in
an open contest: "How to
Thank An Audience for His
toric Cheers in the Playhouse"
\ 4 X
The Times famous men
club" is grown ITO such men,
bership that further recogni-
ton is entitled, with chief
reference to "good old Mac"
the strong silent former copy
reader, who took to writing
plays and is on the highroad.
Mac" otherwise Edmund
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12
ONLY TWO KINDS
OF FOLKS In
WORLD

The world IS made up Of two
kinds of folks, amateur magictans
and those who are not. They
first think they know how every
necronatic Illusion ever staged
is created, while the others have
q tremendous curiority to find
out. This Is one OF the reasons
for the great success OF Black
stone. who comes with his big
exposition OF legerdemain to the
night, December 20, for o weeks
engagement. The usual We'd
nesday and Saturday Inatinees
will be given, as well a. special
matinee Christmas day.
Blackstone has thirty-tw0 1T
tendants, said to be the largest
troupe carried ~ any magician.
He has two carloads OF scenery
and magical parap herna1ia offer
ing the same program OF novel
ties that made the theater-goers
OF Boston and Philadelphia gasp
with amusement. The mysterious
and weird performance OF Black
stone must be seen to be fully
appreciated. It includes Oriental
mysticism, psychic phenomena,
spiritualism, black and white
magic, mind reading and card
manipulation. Prominent among
the illusions new to the city
which Blackstone win present
are: s'The Vanishing Horse
Oriental Nights . The Brides
Chamber Alice in Wonder
land" Jack in the Box" 1.-THE
Hindoo, . ''SpooEs in the Light.
'"The Elastic Lady" THE Hin
doc Rope Mystery" The Enchant-
ed Camel "The Man Who
Walks Away From His Shadow.
and Hindoo, Chinese, and Egyp-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-12

Plans were made public for Inn
mediate construction OF new huge
stages at the Famous Players
Lasky studio in Hollywood, which
embrace two square blocks, and
for the reopening Of the Realart
Studio on Beverly Boulevard.
Mr.. Lasky returned to Holly
wood after four months absence
to personally supervise expansion
and production activity on the
west coast. He declared himself
highly pleased with the results Of
the recent reorganization. In COM
menting on building program to
provide space for new series Of
important pictures to be made on
west coast, Mr.. Lasky' said:
In 1922, stage four was built
at the Lasky studio to provide
additional 10000 square feet which
brought the total up to 10000
square feet. We felt that would
be ample to take care of prOduc-
ton for a period OF ten years.
But a year ago we found it nee
essary to add another 10000
square feet Of stage space. which
was one on our Argyle street lot.
bringing the total to 100000
square feet.
Now the first conference on
my arrival in Hollywood has re-
suited in plans for immediate re-
opening OF the Realart studio to
provide us with still additional
Al 900 square feet and construc-
ton Of other stages on the Holly
wood studio premises. We are
beginning the most splendid era
in tho annals of motion pictures,
one that we are assured will bring
our ideals of the silent art to
fruition. OF necessity there will
be changes and additions in the
line of progress, but these are of
a nature that depend upon devel-
opments."