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The Washington times., 1925-07-04
ELKs PLAN Dis
PROGRAM FOR
ORPHANS
Famous Clown Band Will En-
terrain on Annual
Outing


The twentieth annual Eliks' or
phans outing wiz be held Wednes-
day at Glen Echo Park, when.
washington Lodge, No. Is, win en-
terrain $500 children Of the orphan
asylums In the city.
The caravan of motor cars viii
leave Eleventh. and II streets north
west at 10 o'clock. AT the park all
of the anusemeIts will BE- turned
over to the children.
lee cream, hot dogs, soda Pep
and candy will be IOn tar" all day
for the children. The famous Eilzs'
Clown Band win play and '.cut up,
for the little guests, while the Eslks
i3and Of sixty pieces, under the vi
rection Of Arthur s. Wlitconlb, viii
give specially arranged musical
program.
The EIks' orphans outing com
mittee is composed of the follow.
ing members of the Washington
Lodge: Frank Baum, chairman;
E <. Callan, vice chairman; John
q. Lynch, secretary; r. j.. Mers-
william q. Nelmeyer, chairman
'LeniueI ROXY, chairman public or
der; John Friuk and Arthur Whit
comb, committee on music; Doctor
william II. Walter, chairman
physicians. The follw0ing members
are assigned to take care Of this
children OF the following orphan
ages: p. J. Foley, st. Joseph's:
z. T. Simpson. Bruen Home; Julius
Wenig, ST. Vincent's: II. r. Grow
ley, st. Johns; Martin Wiegand,
Good Hope Orphanage; q. Il. Beck
man, Washington City Orphanaae;
Charles j. Montgomery. st. Roses
School,: f. ". A. Brown. Gospel
Mission; A. r. Zimmerman, Homo
Industrial School; George d. KehOe.
Jewish Foster Home; A. B. Evans,
Baptist Home: George Humphrey.
trail Union Mission.
The Washington times., 1925-07-04
BANDITS ROB TWO TAXI
DRIVERS or VALUARL rs

Highway robbers last night held
up the drivers Of two taxicaba and
robbed them Of their valuabIes. No
arrests have been made.
John Mason, colored, OF 1903 s
street northwest, told the polica
that a colored man, who hired his
taxicab at Nineteenth and l.
streets northwest, ordered him to
drive to the Howard University.
Upon their arrival Mason said
that his fare held him up at the
point OF pistol and robbed him
Of 1ewelry and money.
Eugene Moriarity, colored, Of
Douglas court northwest, reported
to police of the Eighth precinct
that a co!ored man robbed him OF
his cash and operators permit,
and escaped.
The Washington times., 1925-07-04

Both were taken to the hospital
and placed on the danger list. The
young couple were waiting for a
table on the crowded dance floor
and were swept down on the merry
dancers.
Dancing As Death Comes
Dancing was going on at a
furious pace and everybody was
having a lively time when, with
out warning, the plastering began
to crumble," said Rocco lCarparto,
professional singer, known as
Teddy" Williams. Carparto, who
was near the piano at the time.
barely escaped with his life.
This is wait the singer saw
Gust as the plastering began
to come down over our heads
there was a rumble. Next was q
sound like a muffled explosion.
Then the beams began to fall.
The whole building seemed to
topple.
TumbIed to Safety.
Just how 1t happened I don't
know and 1 guess nobody does. !
made a jump for the stairway. But
the stairway had dropped and ]
tumbled down. y
"My leg was twisted and ]
thought 1t was broken, but 1 man.
aged to get out Of the way before
the mass Of struggling men and
women came falling down to the
spot where / had landed.
"As l stumbled out of the ruins
Of the building I could hear. the
screams Of the men and women be-
hind me. will carry that sound
in my heart to the end Of my days
II tried to go back and help but
my leg crumpled under me.
There must have been between
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FORCES MUSTER
FOR BIG TEST
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participation in the active exer-
cises ranged from a bare 1900, 900
from antagonists OF the defense
gesture, to more than 1000, 900,
both figures being admittedly
swelled> by spectators and friends
Of the spectacle.
experimenting the regular army
forces, which paraded through vari.
Gus cities in which troops are sta.
toned, were the national guard and
organized reserves, with rookie"
volunteers. secured by civilian mus.
ter committees bringing up the
rear.
Basic Plan Used.
Despite the concerted nature of
the undertaking. with its theory, OF
demonstrating that the nation could
rise overnight" to defend its shores,
the active direction of the exercises
was in the hands of ranking Off.
GERS of the various corps areas.
The basic army war plan, which
was drawn up subsequent to tho
passage of the national defense act
of 1920. served as the framework
for the exercises. although ono CEN
trail plan Of action was not pro.
1ected.
The army, reserves and national
guard were mustered in all of the
States, with the exception Of Wis
consin, and light drills were under.
taken, after which the exercises
merged into the usual independence
Day celebration, with parades ana
talk eulogizing the revolution.
Although confident that today's
muster equalled that of last Septem.
her, under the direction Of the then
Chief Of Staff John J. Pershing
the War Department frankly ad.
mitted that Fourth OF July outings
cut down the number Of participants
and spectators.
To offset this factor, however,
they pointed to the numerous or
ganiZations which hold exercises in
the country in conjunction with pic
MICS planned in advance of the
formal fixing of July Fourth as
Defense Day.
Farmers Enthused.
Farm oranges were cited as being
particularly enthusiastic supporters
Of the test, with many of them
cooperating in turning picnics into
patriotic celebrations.
A check.up of all the forty-eight
States in the Union by the War De-
partment today revealed that the
preliminary opposition to the selec.
ton of Independence Day as De.
Tense Test Day had largely evap-
GRATED.
No State other than Wisconsin
has actively opposed the muster and
the War Department claims twenty
| five governors have issued proc
IJamations indorsing the prepared
ness program and calling out the
national guard and civic organizl-
lions to aid in making it a success.
or the balance of approximately
twenty States where official proc
IIamations have not been issued, uni
formly satisfactory explanations
Nave been made to the War De
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AND SANE,
SAY DOCTORS
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then, perhaps crazy enough to be.
actively patriotic. He spent seven
and was overseas for - year. Dur
ing his foreign services, he got a.
sunatfolxe. On returning to- this
country he worked FOR q while.
Then came the aftermath pilepsy,
bad eyes and q tricky heart. He
broke down in November. 1920, and
went to q Government hospital In
Texas.
Discharges rs Disabled.
He was discharged from that hos.
pital in October. 1921. as total
permanent disability case, and
came to this city to adjust his a.
fairs, just as many other veterans
have come.
II was told at the Veterans Blu
reau,' said Kelly, who certainly
shows no signs Of going to pieces
mentally, that the records showed
no disability incurred in service.
However. II could get the neees-
sary aftidavits, ] was informed
that / would be sent to q hospital
to be treated for disabilities so in.
Cured"
In December, 1921, Kelly had an
other breakdown and went to
Mount Alto, whence he was dis.
charged, in an unimproved condi-
ton. on June Q, 1922. His COM
pensation had been cut off May
/, 1929, and he was suhsisting from
his meager insurance allotment.
The rest OF the story is hard to
tell with any degree OF intelligence.
1t resembles a nightmare or anx.
iety and defeat, Of conferences. re-
ordinations, examinations, investi-
cations and all the other "ations"
that so to make this story such
merry one.
The atoms" continued to pile
up until September "a, 1928, when
Kelly fell again before the treach-
erous blight. and he went into
Mount Alto until January 8. 1924.
Held Insane.
In the meantime, Kelly had been
declared by the bureau physicians
to be insane and incapable of man
aging his own affairs.
II didn't know anybody here"
said Kelly, land I didn't want to
take one OF the bureaus own men,
for obvious reasons. asked an.
other ex-service man, and he said,
'GQ to John T. Nolan, the head Of
Disabled Soldiers League. He's
honest, and he'll be glad to help
YOU
$50, through Judge Hoehling,
Mr.. Nolan was appointed my
guardian. 1t wasn't very long be-
fore / found out that Nolan wasn't
well liked at the bureau, although
he was handling my affairs salts
factorily, as far as was con-
cerned. got every penny Of my
insurance through him"
Kelly improved to some extent
until January Z. of this year, when
he went back to the hospital again.
On May 20. he was discharged.
"When they discharged me-" said
Kelly, they told me I could not
be cured, and the best thing for
me to do would be to go back
home and take things easy. But
L didn't have any transportation
money, and said so.
"'We're sorry they told me,
but we didn't send you from any
other city. and consequently we
can't pay your way home
"'well. what am I going to do"
':They didn't know They are
sorry, but that didn't help much.
So I went down to the Veterans
Bureau again and started the same
old grind"
fore the' central board of appeals,
of the Veterans Bureau, several
times, but on each occasion. the
The Washington times., 1925-07-04
STUDY MONKEYS
IN I OLUTI0N !.
RESEARCH
Carnegie Institute to Estab-
Iish Colony Of Macaques
at Johns Hopkins

Political leaders who stayed In
washington over the Fourth were
fearfuIiy speculating today on the
possibility OF Tennessee declaring
war on Maryland.
And why not? News come from
the Carnegie Institute, that iEnpoa.
inc science trust at Sixteenth and
p streets, that its embryology de.
partnent will establish this fall, 1t
Johns Hopkins University, colony
of monkeys.
Although Tennessee's law = d
direct slap at the theory that man
and ape sprang from 4 common
ancestor, who looked something like
both. the Carnegie scientists are
trying to prove the opposite. If that
isn't an affrOnt to sunny Tennessee.
what ID?
TO Manage Colony.
Doctor George L. Streeter, direc-
tor OF the embryology department,
says that Doctor Carl G.. Hartman,
recently associate professor OF
zoology at the University of Texas.
will be manager OF the colony. So
1T is possible that Texas also may
fall under the frown of fundamental
Tennessee.
doctor Hartman will conduct q
series of Investigations on the mon
keys in the colony" said Doctor
Streeter, Gin order to seek inforIna-
ton on the early development Of
man. The monkeys will afford 3
chance for us to observe MI along
the early stages of growth what
we cannot follow with any great
degree of facility in human speci4
mems. It is hoped that the colony
will reveal many of the secrets
which we have been endeavoring to
discover in the history Of man an.
terror to his birth.
A Responsible dob.
According to the director. Doctor
Hartman's job VIII be to keep the
monkeys healthy, contented and Wig
orous. Il possible, he u to tame
them and to keep them from being
frightened. In other words, the
Texas educator In Johns Hopkins
Monkeyville will havethe powers
OF mayor, health officer. supervisor
or Fairgrounds and director of law
and order.
1t has beer decided that the most
practical monkeys to COLOMBO are
the n1acaques, which are about the
size of small dogs. Chimpanzees or
other simians OF the higher type.
1t is believed, would be more diff
cult to obtain, handle and keep
healthy.
Chimpanzees are temperan1entaI.
too, observes Doctor Streeter, and
IL one Of them was seized by a. tan
trurn, 1t is likely that there wouldn't
be any more researches
The Washington times., 1925-07-04
Josephine 'tBootlegs' I
CatnipIto Lion
By JOSEPHINE TIGHE,

peanuts monkeys popcorn baseball players
Chinese
knk bowed walled and chOpsueyed in
the furnace.
have played the of plural wife to get past jar IN
interview prominent bigamist. >I
undertaken thread, the
killing with
chopped off nasal appendage
until yesterday in capacity alleged sobster
I>acted /.
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D. c. YOUTH DIES
IN CRASH

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and was employed at the Northeast
Garage. He began work after 1T
tending the Park View School
1t was said at the home tina. final
arrangements had not been made,
but that the body would be brought
to this city for burial. Il
The Washington times., 1925-07-04

street car line.
100 and 200 men and women in the
Pickwfck Club.
Most all of them were eating
and dancing.
Some of them jumped from the
windows but / guess a majority
made a dash for the stairway. /
don't think more than fifty got
out alive"
Patrolman Frank B. Callahan,
who was on duty I'm front of the
night club, estimated there were
1875 persons in the building at the
time Of the accident.
Less Than IS Escape.
II think less than twenty-five Of
them got out alive" said Callahan.
1.-THE club was crowded" said
Miss Blanche Kent, Of Worcester.
"All were either eating and dane.
ing and some were setting off little
firecrackers to make the girls
jump. After the first rumble and
the cracking Of the plaster over
our heads, the two side walls fell
into the room. Then the lights
went out. The screams were
awful. / fell with the stairway
but / guess I wasn't very badly
hurt"
Another girl victim at City Hos
pital, who refused to give her name,
said:
"The place was crowded with
merrymakers. At first pieces of
plaster began to fall. Then it
seemed, as the lights went out, that
the whole building began to fall Ut
once. fell. to the floor in the
crush and the Lord knows how
ever got out. There were screams
and groans all around. but I re-
member crawling to window,
where somebody took me down to
the street"
Doctor Saves One Man.
Locked in the ruins, the rescuers
found a man suffering great agony
from q triple fracture OF the leg.
Doctor Michael Mccarthy, Of the
Boston City Hospital staff, disre.
garding warning as to the lettering
walls above him, craWled into the
debris and gave the sufferer
hypodermic injection.
The physician attempted to per.
form an operation on the leg and
to- amputate a finger OF the hand,
but there was no room to do the
work. The treatments given by
the physician aided the. man
greatly. Later the man was
rescued.
Doctor Mccarthy said that while
he WAS at work IN the debris he
could hear the groans of a woman
a short distance from him. He dug
frantically in an effort to find her,
but was unsuccessful.
City Building Commissioner Ma
honey and Fire Commissioners
Glynn were early on the scene and
Immediately began an investiga-
ton. There was a fire in the build
ing few months ago and since
the building had been inspected,
officials said.
Fireworks brought into the Night
Club were blamed by one eye wit
ness. He refused to give his name
he said:
II was in the club. Some rowdies
came in with fireworks and start
ed setting them off. Suddenly there
was a terrible explosion. like the
bursting OF a bomb. Then the cell
ing began to fall. The orchestra
was playing at the time. The next
second we were all rushing for the
stairway"
The Washington times., 1925-07-04
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
ENJOY TWO, CAMPS

Camp Good Will and Camp
Plea ant are entertaining 30C
mothers and children who are
guests at the patriotic exercises
arranged for the occasion.
The summer outings committee
announces that visitors are always
welcome to either or both camps
Camp Good VIII is reached by Mill.
tary road, Rock Creek Park and
Daniels road, which forms the.
western boundary Of the park.
Camp Pleasant, at Blue Plains, is
reached by way Of Anacostia and
Congress Heights and is about a
mile beyond the terminus OF the
street car line.
The Washington times., 1925-07-04
Blast Furnaces Silent.
nv International Neva SaRvinA.
Ohio Troops Join Test.

= COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 4.-Ohio,
in common with the rest Of the
nation, lived today for brief spell
in the imagery Of war. The first
great holiday Of the summer for
Ohios millions. 1t was Defense
Test Day for the military--the $500
men of the national guard, the regu-
lar army troops, the 3, 400 resarvists
and the 265, 900 Ohio war veterans.
Picturesque military displays, sham
battles and air pageants marked the
observance In many cities.
The Washington times., 1925-07-04
Bell TOIIs NatiOn's Years.

PHILADHLPHIA, July 4.-Inde-
pendence Day celebration began here
today by the tolling of the bell on
independence Hall 149 times shortly
after midnight. Each stroke of the
bell represented year of Amer
ica's freedom.
The major event for this YEAR 8
Fourth of July here was the city's
official observance of the national
defense day" test at Independence
square. The event was in the ma.
ture of a military demonstration
Of Philadelphia's defensive units.
The Washington times., 1925-10-13
MAN SERIOUSLY.
INJURED IN
COLLISION
Il. c. Wade Suffers Possible
Fracture of Skull in
Crash

Harvey c. Wade. twenty-six, $50
3 street northwest. is in Emergency
Hospital today, suffering from a
possible fracture Of the skull as the
result Of an automobile collision
yesterday.
Wade was driving his ear south
ON Twenty-third street and collided
with truck at the Intersection OF
Virginia avenue. The truck be-
longed to the Ralph OIL Company,
and was driven by Ashby Harrison.
Mrs Lillian Manuel, fifty five,
1908 K street northwest. Is suffer
ing from broken right collar
bone and abrasions Of both legs
sustained yesterday, when she was
knocked down BY an automobile on
Massachusetts avenue northwest.
Mrs. Manuel was first taken to
the home OF her daughter, 2S13
Fourteenth street northwest. and
The Washington times., 1925-10-13
YACHT Tins
BOD|ESSENT
/ HOME
Inquest Dispensed With as
Blame Cannot BE
Placed
~ international News service

MELBOURNE, Fla, oct. Is.
Dispensing with an inquest on the
grounds that blame for the disaster
could not be placed on any ones
shoulders. authorities today super.
intended the placing Of twelve vic
TINS OF the capsized Clara Bs
aboard a train and sent them to
their respective homes.
The injured remained here under
the care Of physicians and nurses.
Fishermen and members Of the
coast guard still were searching
early today for two missing mem
bers Of the party that went down
when the pleasure launch was
turned over by giant breakers near
The Washington times., 1925-10-13

The aboos
e q copy Of
he original
letter re-.
esiped On file
m ou 18th
and NeW
Pork Ave-
nue. Stors.
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so IN WRECK SAVED
by SAIL OR'S FEAT

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 13.By q
SAILORS galant act the lives Of fifty
men, women and children were
saved from the packet boat Mica
cochO OFF Puerto, Mexico.
The vessel ran into q violent
storm, was driven on the rocks and
broken In two. The sailor swan
ashore carrying q rope which had
been made fast to q mast. ~
means Of this cable all the pas
sengers were taken ashore one By
one.
The ships cargo was 3 total loss.
The sailor will be rewarded FOR his
galIantry.
The Washington times., 1925-10-13
CONCERT

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, at stan
ley Hall, at 6:45 o'clock. John
s. NJ. Zimmerman, conductor,
Emil A. Fenstad. assistant
leader.
Notice-The public are cordially
invited - these concerts, bnt
are requested to leave at expira-
ton of concert, unless they hold
q pass.
Overture, Zone Lives But
Once ........-.. =. wagner
Entr' Acte-
J (a) "The May NigfSt''. Brahams
Obj souvenir" =. ( Z. ). Fibich
Scenes from Musical Comedy,
Fox rot. IF | Hadi,t Gone !
Away Henderson
vaise de Concert, sPathetique''
Baron
Finale, ''save Your Sorrow
For Tomorrow 1870. Sherman
sThe Star-Spangled Banner"
6 :
The Washington times., 1925-10-13
FRENCH NOVELS YIELD
TO UPLIFT MOVEMENT

PARIS. Oct. BY a decision
of the French Publishers Union
the popular price. for novels has
been fixed at nine francs. The
pre-war price vLs three to three
and one-half francs, which in recent
years has been increased to seven
and one half francs.
The new price was. fixed to meet
the increased cost Of materials and
production. Authors viii benefit by
the new figure, which win be used
as the basis for their percentage.
The Washington times., 1925-10-13
Woman Broker Takes
Life Because Hair
Turned Gray
nv TnternatIonal news Service

LONDON, Oct. 13.Mrs.
Mary Hobbs, . stock broker,
chose death rather than gray
hair.
When Mrs. Hobbs hair be-
gan to turn she went to q
hairdresser and efforts were
made 10 dye her hair. When
the liairdresser finally told
Mrs. Hobbs that her hair would
not retain the dye and restore
the youthful color, she returned
to her home III Regents Park
and took poison.
The Washington times., 1925-10-13
Peoples Choice
Bathroom Tissue
3 Rolls, Csc
Dozen, Csc

An excellent quality tissue
paper that contains 1000
sheets to the roll.
The Washington times., 1925-10-13
Bicycle Cards
Special, SEC

The price quoted above is
unusually low on these Ma
tionally-lmown Playing cards.
The Washington times., 1925-10-13

for Today and Wednesday, Unly
IOc Old Dutch Cleanser, Special,
Cans .,.s.. J. .2lcs
OLimit, Cans to Customer)
Soc JapalmO Cold Cream pc
15c Imported Bay Rum, Pint 38c
soc Barnord's Lilac Vegetd PC
CSC GIycerine and Rose Water. ne
soc Pure Glyceri1e, 8-Oz.. pc
soc MonnerS' Lemon Cream 26c
CSC Peroxide, Pint Bottle BE
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The Washington times., 1925-10-13

A car for the family7 DO they
want it3 Can q duck swim Head
ana ecs IA. upon 1ne eos . sonsaiinsd V
AID Section.
The Washington times., 1925-10-13

treated by Doctor Charles Waters
and later removed to Emergency
Hospital. Her condition is not
serious
, 1925-05-20
PROHIBITION IS Misrepresentation OF FACTS
BY PERSONS EMPLOYED TOENFORCE DRY LAWS
u. D. wooDRUFF)

seems too absurd for ever a fanatic
to put out is the accounts of so many
deaths from drinking moonshine
whiskey. Moonshine whiskey within
reason does not kill anyone. 1t has
been made and used by the most
hardy, healthy, long-Ived people of
the country ever since the United
States had a government, and all the
force and power of the government
was not, OF is not able to cope with
it, or stop it. The poor devil who
gets poisoned gets some of the poi
soned denatured alcohol which is put
out by our government. supposedly
for scientific purposes, but of which
four million gallons are reported to
have gotten away from the agents
and into the hands of inscriptions
murderers who sell it to innocent and
ignorant people. This in itself would
seem a most reprehensible proceeding
for our government to deem netes-
sary to be a party of distributing a
deadly poison amongst its people to
enforce an Objectionable law, and for
those fanatics to misrepresent the
facts is as bad. Of course a great
many people do not read, so they are
easy victims for our government
agents to work on. They have no
way of knowing that they are buying
government poison, so are slaugh-
tered the same as so many rodents.
We see reports that our govern
ment warehouses are full of captured
whiskey. Such a statement is so
comical that it has ceased to even
evoke a smile. 1t is no longer a joke.
Why not tell the truth now as well as
later that the warehouses are full of
containers, but that the whiskey has
evaporated. What was it put there
for, if not to give some government
agent a chance to get it? The peo-
pie want it, there is good money in
it, so why destroy it? Don't pour it
out when captured, but cache it, and
give some good fellow the key. Whis-
key always has, and always will in
fluence a lot of votes.
We read about Mr.. Buckner, of
New York, its new district attorney.
What does he say? He does not send
anyone to jail for violating the pro-
hibition laws. It's no use. He says
that if every court in New York
should sit every day, and hold night
sessions, it would take ten years to
clean up the court docket of New
York City. He says that prohibition
has been the most stupendous farce
and bunk that vas ever pulled off in
the history of the world. That there
are more boys and girls drinking
booze and using narcotics, ten to one,
than v e before.
And still, with all the facts in sight,
those that we are paying to steer US
right will wilfully misrepresent for
the reason that if they told the truth
there would no longer be any use for
them and they would lose their jobs
in this, our land of the free, and
home of the brave.