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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
BLANTON JOINS
CIRCLE CLUB
Of MASONS
Roster of Newly Elected Of
ficers for the Year Is
Announced

The election of Congressman
Thomas L. Blanton of Texas as an
honorary member is announced by
the Circle Club of Master Masons.
The following newly elected Of
ficers have been installed: Milton D.
Smith, president police department.
Joseph d. Sullivan, first vice presi
dent fire department); e. e. Lewis
second vice president (repair shop
j. w. Batson, second vice president
tsewer department); E. L. Phillips
secretary (police departmenD; r. A
GGerrant, treasurer (health depart
raent); George II. Schwab, sergeant
alarms (tax office, and F. II. Bueh
Ter, tiler water Department..
The following committees have
been appointed for 1925:
Executive committee-M. D. Smith
J. D. Sullivan, E. \E. Lewis, j. w
Batson, E. L. Phillips, r. A. Guer
rant, G. II. Schwab and F.. H
Buehler.
Memberships. H. Nicholson, G
NGssbaum, w. E. Kern, j. H. Dick
J. e. Noble, A. L. Thoms, H. H. Bur
roughs, ]. Lusby, F. Yelick, J. M
Turner, o. c. Hauschild and F. H
Buehler.
Sick and welfare-E. L. Phillips
w. Oliver. P. S. Tormey, l.. J. Stoll
r. B. Fletcher, r. E. Doyle, William
Teepe and A. Baker.
Auditing-C. E. Graham, w. L
Britfon and H. ]. Mulligan.
Representatives to advisory board
&c. Birch, e. L. Phillips and ]. D
Sullivan.
Ways and means--C. Tally, J. D
Sullivan. f. E. Lewis, II. Scroggins
r. V. Brownell, William c. Heider
NJ. II. White, J. w. Batson. w. II
Nash, w. Landon, F. E. Kennard
C. A. Brant, II. M. Jet and William
Morrison.
Degree team-w. z. Kern captain
and w F. McDuffie.
Master ceremonies-Corbin Birch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
MAN, 90, HURT
SERIOUSLY BY
TAX|CAB
Frederick Burnett Taken to
Casualty for Conclusion
of the Brain

One person was injured serious.
~ and six others suffered slight
hurts in weekend traffic. Three
'hit and run" cases were reported
to police.
Frederick w. Burnett, fifty, 323
First street northeast, was hit by
taxi while crossing E street near
Union Station. He was taken to
Casualty in the taxi, driven by AL.
bert Thompson, 1910 I street north
west and treated for a fractured
col1arbone and concussion of the
brain. He is expected to recover,
though his condition Is said to be
serious. :.
Police are looking for a car which
stole the baton from Policeman
Christianson, of the Second precinct
and almost hit him, going about
forty miles and hour. The police
man saw the car at Seventh ano
M streets northwest, and attempted
to stop it early today. But instead
of stopping, the car almost mt the
officer and continued down M street.
After recovering his composure the
officer discovered that his baton
had left with the speeding car.
Congressman John w. Summers
of washington, aiding police IN
stopping the Init and run" epidemic,
reported such a driver to police
yesterday. He reported the license
number of a car which he saw
knock down q light post at Fourth
and E streets southeast. Police
know the driver of the car, and
expect to make an arrest shortly.
others injured over the week.en1
were: Lena B. Ford, colored 1917
Riggs street northwest: John Har'
vey, colored, 10 washington stree'
northwest: Sarah Hammett. 25 Park
place northeast; Mary Kaplin, 81
Florida avenue northwest; James j.
Mccarthy, 1871 r street northwest
Mrs. Mary Rutkaski, 141l ParA
avenue northwest and Sallie COBB
1139 Twentieth street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
D. c. P Portals TO HONOR
MEMBERS OF JUDICIARY

Members Of the District judiciary
will be honored at a reception by
the Women's Bar Association at
$40 o'clock tomorrow night at the
Womens City Club.
Among the guests will be the
chief justices and associate justices
of the United States Court of
Claims, the United States Court Of
Customs Appeals, the District Court
of Appeals and the District SUI
preme Court. Justice Wendell p.
Stafford will be the principal
speaker.
Officers of the association who
will be in the receiving line are
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, found
err: Miss Marie Easby-Smith, presi-
dent; Miss Cora Kelly, vice presi.
dent; Mrs. Burnita Shelton
Matthews, secretary; Miss Grace
M. Eddy, treasurer and member OF
the executive committee, and Miss
Charlotte Barbour, Miss Gertrude
e. Leonard and Mrs. Helena D.
Reed, executive committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
MASH SEIZED IN
MONTGOMERY
RAID
Washington Man Jailed on
Charge of illegal
Possession

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Jan. 19.-John
II. Chrome, sixty-two, OF Washing
ton, was arrested last night, when a
little shack in a secluded spot on
the Brockett farm, several miles
West of Jamestown, this county.
was visited by Deputy Sheriff Cliff
ard Howard and Policeman George
Windham. He was committed to
Jail here on a charge Of the illegal
possession Of Intoxicating liquor and
with having in his possession the
ingredients and equipment for man.
ufacturing such liquor.
The officers found at the shack
five barrels and nine tubs of corn
and rye mash and several gallons of
what Deputy Howard characterized
as powerful stuff" although he
would not say 1t was whiskey.
The sixth annual meeting of the
Montgomery County Farm Bureau.
which numbers among it's members
about six hundred leading farmers
and dairymen of the county, will be
held in the courthouse here, Janu-
ary 81. Senator Thomas J. Heflin,
Miles Fl. Fairbank. State organizer;
Mrs. Evelyn Harris of Betterton,
Md; Mrs. Josiah w. Jones, chair
man of Home and Community Work
of the State Farm Bureau: e. p.
Cohil, president of the Maryland
Farm Bureau Federation; f. M.
Payne, vice president of the At
Iantic Coast Poultry Producers AS
ISOLATION, and Josiah w. Jones,
president Of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Bureau, will be among the
speakers.
A license has been issued by the
clerk Of the circuit court here for
the marriage of Athol M. Thrift.
twenty-one, and Miss Doris Mae
Baxter, nineteen, both of Washing
ton.
Under t he direction OF B. Bent.
Carter, who died early Friday
morning at his home near Neales-
vile, this country, aged fifty-one,
took place yesterday from the
Neelesville Presbyterian church.
Under the direction of B. Beat.
ley Thomas, of the executive board
of the Maryland State Grange, the
new officers of Liberty Grove
Grange, of Burtonsville. this coun-
ty. were installed. They are: Mas
ter. Daniel Snyder; gatekeeper,
Frank Cooney; chaplain. Walter
Wright: secretary. Miss Pearl Mar
love- lecturer, Mrs. Samuel J.
Athey; steward. Arthur Brown; as
sistant steward, ]. Raymond Stew
art; lady assistant steward, Miss
Myrtle Turner; treasurer. Granville
| Thompson; overseer. Harry Gibson.
Bids for the construction of
public school building at Bethesda
and a high school building near
Silver Spring. to cost approximate
ly $4,000 and 100000, respectively,
will be openend at noon tomorrow
by the County Board Of Educa-
ton here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
DIR. KERR TO BE GUEST
OF COLLEGE WOMEN.

Doctor Nina C.. Kerr, executive
secretary of the American Associa-
ton Of University Women, will be
the guest of honor and speaker at
the College Women's Club tea, this
afternoon, from 4 to o'clock, at
the clubhouse, 1922 ! street. Doc
tor Kerr's subject will be: "The In
ternational Federation Of University
Women and the Christiania Confer
ence." Miss Grace Lincoln Temple
will be hostess for the tea, and will
Chamberlin and Mrs. C. w. War
burton.
Mrs. Henry White will give a
musicale at the clubhouse Wednes-
day evening, January 81. at 8:15
O'Clock. The Cecilia Singers, Kath-
crime Rich Fielder. soprano; Emile
Margaret White, contralto; William
g. Fielder, tenor, and G. A. Johnson,
bass. will present the program, as
sisted by Mrs. John Alfred White, Sd.
pianist. Mrs. Harvey Wiley will
preside in the dining room, as
sisted by Miss Ruth MCGOWAN and
Miss Emma Grams.
| X X
| The following names have been
| added to the list of patronesses for
the CATu party eDT uafy b at the
Hotel Harrington by the Emma
Robertson Memorial Circle, Florence
| Crittenden Home: Mrs. Archie
Engel, Mrs. Lynn Sizer. Mrs. Rob.
ert w. Burgess, Mrs. James p. How
ard, Mrs. Glenn Phelps, Mrs. Ernest
| Allwine and Mrs. Thomas j. Rice.
h& y
Miss Jane Poole has returned to
| her studies at the House,in-the-
| Pines, Norton, Mass. after visiting
her parents, Doctor and Mrs. r. A.
Poole at their Apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel.
| \ 4 X
l.. A. Williams has returned from
I Miami, Fla. and will be at the
Powhatan for a few days.
| n X
The japanese consul at Chicago,
Mr.. Roshida. is at the Hotel Ham.
iltOn for brief stay.
Former Senator and Mrs. William
NJ. Calder arrived yesterday at the
New Willard from their home IN
Brooklyn for stay Of two weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
FRIENDS OF NEWLYWEDS
TIE CANS ON WRONG CAR

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa, Jan. 10.
Friends of Lewis Smith, Of this
borough, whose marriage to Miss
Catherine Burns took place in st.
Matthew's. while the couple were in
The rectory decorated the waiting
sedan with old cans, slippers and
signs.
They were more than surprised
when they saw a prominent bust
ness man enter the automobile and
drive away apparently unconscious
of the trimmings and articles
streaming after his car. The
trimmers had chosen the wrong
car for decorating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
HOWARD j. men
HEAR DEAN
HOLMES
Senior Class to Hold Meeting;
in Library Hall
Tonight

1.-THE Claims OF the Teaching
Profession" was the subject Of an
address given by Dean Holmes be-
fore the general assembly of stu
dents Of Howard University in the
Rankin Memorial chapel at noon
today.
The senior class will hold its
regular weekly meeting in the Ii
brary hall from $50 to p. M,
at which hour the German club OF
the university will assemble in the
hall for its weekly meeting.
The Howard University Chamber
of Commerce will convene in the
main building tomorrow at 4 p. m.
while the library hall will be oc-
cupied from $50 to 8 o'clock by the
Junior class and from o'clock to
10 D. m. by the French club.
The Pestalossi- Froebel Society
will hold their semi-month1y pro-
gram in library hall Wednesday
January FL, at o'clock.
The University Y. M. c. A. and
Y. w. C. A. jointly win lead the
regular university weekly prayer
meeting in Carnegie library hall
from 6!35 to 7.50 p. m.
w. B. West, of the university
faculty, led the general discussion
on Lilies Problems" yesterday
at the Sunday morning ~" meet
ing, while Doctor E. L. Parts, dean
of men, presided over the Sunday
afternoon conference in library hall
at 3:15 O'Clock mad led the discus
sion on 1.-THE Application Of the
Principles of Jesus to Our Eco
nomic Life"
Miss Helen Davis, of the New
York Y. w. C. A, addressed the
yesper service in Rankin Memorial
Chapel at 4:30 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
HOWARD $500, 900 FUND
URGED BY DR.. GoRToN

Pledges and contributions for the
$500 900 permanent endowment fund
of Howard University School of
Religion were received last. night at
the First Congregational Church,
following an address on the subject
by Doctor william G. Gorton.
The problem of training young
colored men for religious leadership
was outlined by the speaker. He
called attention to the fact that of
1900 educated ministers required
for $4,000 negro churches yearly.
last year only fifty-two were gradu-
ated from accredited institutions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
ROOSTER CAN COUNT,
EXPERIMENT SHOWS

CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-The Univer-
sity Of Chicago class in expert
mental psychology has found that
d rooster can count.
Kernels of corn were arranged
in rows along the classroom floor.
Every third kernel was tackled
down. The rooster discovered this
and passed up the stationary kerr
nels.
Then the third kernels were
loosened and the rooster was set
at his task. He skipped them until
mis- claws struck one when, with
chuckle, he returned and ate
all the kernels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
8 ARRESTED IN
CHINATOWN
RAIDS
Lee Tone and Charlie Jim
Held for Permitting
Gambling

Western civilization broke into
the peace and quiet of the local
orient early yesterday morning.
and as result three Chinese win
face charges in Police Court to-
day.
Western civilization was personi-
fled by two score of local police
and Federal narcotic agents who
conducted three raids within one
block on Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween Third street and John Mar
shall place northwest, the center OF
Washington's transplanted orient.
The raiders, led by Lieutenant
Guy Burlingame Of the Sixth pre-
cinct, Federal Narcotic Agent Sam
uel Rakusin and Headquarters De-
tectiyes Saunders, Evans and
Fowler, divided into three squads
and entered 315, 318 and 325 Penn
sylvania, avenue simultaneously.
Most of the excitement resulted
from the raid conducted on 325,
said to be the headquarters Of the
Hip Sing Tong, by Lieutenant Bur-
lingame and the Sixth precinct po-
lice.
Met With Barred Doors.
Hefe the raiders were temporarily
Handicapped when they met with
barred doors. Al few moments suf-
feed, however, for them to break
these down and enter Meanwhile.
Chinese were scampering around in
vain attempt to escape the trap.
But they found police at every exit.
About twenty of the Chinese
found here were engaged in q
large gambling game, according to
police, while the others were mere
Iy watching and talking. Lee Tone,
a roomer in the' building was arrest
ed and charged with permitting
gambling and Illegal possession Of
LIQUOR. About twenty-five others
who were taken to the station house
were released. Tone forfeited 500
collateral at Police Court today.
The two other squads were not
so successful in finding law viola
tions. The party which raided 80
Pennsylvania avenue arrested Lee
Look and charged him with viola.
ton of the Harrison narcotic act.
They claim opium was being used
at. that place.
Look. after a hearing on the
charge before United States Com
missioner Macdonald today, was
held for the action of the grand
Jury on q bond OF $500.
The third squad led by the head.
quarters detectives entered BIB
Pennsylvania avenue and arrested
Charlie Jim on a charge Of per.
hitting gambling. Another big
gambling table, surrounded by vel.
low men, is said to have been dis.
covered there. He was later re-
leased.
While on their way back to the
station house police arrested Toney
Cozza. pa Second street southeast,
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. They found and searched
him at Second and B streets. Cozza
was released today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
BAR MEN FROM COURT
WHEN GIRLS TESTIFY

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10
Judge MacNellie, in Juvenile Court,
has issued an order barring men
from the courtroom while very
young girls were testifying, in
order that They might not be en-
barrassed and therefore not testify
fully.
"All men will leave the court
ROOM" began the judge, when the
first case involving a girl was
called. The male witnesses, lawyers
and male probation officers left the
room. But several male court Of
ficers remained.
This order applies to all male
attaches of this court as we'll as
Others" said the Judge. The court
officers took the hint and left.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
S2,275 RAISED
FOR COUNT.Y'S
WAR GROSS
Snyder-Farmer Post of Legion
Announces Standing
Committees

HYATTSVILLIE, Nd, Jan. 49,
A total of $2,275 has been raised
by Snyder Farmer Post. No.
American Legion, of Hyattsville
toward completion of the eros:
being erected at Bladensburg II
honor Of Prince Georges county
men who died in the world war.
Chairmen of the standing com
mittees of the post for the ensuing
year follow:
Entertainment, C. L. Aiello; ex
ecutive, Waldo Burnside; athletics
Fl. T. McClay; house, Edward w
Devlin; adjusted compensation, NJ
S. Lipshitch; boy scout, o. r. But
Ter: membership, o. H. .Kee; relief
Edlavitch; publicity, e. A. Fuller.
The post is to hold its regular
meeting Wednesday night and the
evening Of January % there will
be joint session of the post and
its ladies' auxiliary when officers
will be installed.
The annual chautauqua in the
local national guard armory, will be
held February 1925, it was decided
at a meeting of the guarantors held
in the office Of Mrs. l2etta D. Nor
ris, local justice of the peace. The
guarantors elected j. A. Crawford,
chairman; Louis Dashiell, secretary;
III. Norval Spicknall, treasurer.
Committees named are: A. b. Ora
ham, publicity and advertising; Mrs.
James Severe, house; poster contest,
Mrs. II. NJ. Sturgis, chairman. A
junior chautauqua will be a feature.
At a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock
In the municipal building the cham
Der OF commerce recently organized
here is scheduled to adopt a con-
stitution and bylaws.
january 26, citizens committees
Of various communities along the
city and suburban branch of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company are to meet here in an
extending Rhode Island avenue
paralleling the trolley line from
Mount Rainier to connect with the
Washing boulevard at
Hyattsville.
w. S. Ryon, jr.. collector of
taxes for Bowie, Prince Georges
county, has given notice that he
viii offer for sale February 8, at
10 a. M, at the Bank of Bowie
all property in the town on which
town taxes are due, and which has
SO been advertised. The property
win be sold at public auction, for
cash to the highest bidder
At the last meeting OF the
Prince Georges County Board OF
Commissioners an additional allow
ance of $3.50 to aid in suppression
OF the local liquor traffic was
made to States Attorney Alan
Bowie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
MRS. J. v. WILLS
FOUND DEAD
FROM GAS
Police, Called in by Neighbors,
Find Body-Suicide Ger
tificate Probable

No inquest will be held into the
death of Mrs. Jennie w. Wills, sixty
five, who was found dead from gas,
in the second-f1oor rear room or her
home at 936 street northwest, when
police, called in by neighbOrs, entered
the house last night.
The coroner probably will issue a
certificate of suicidal death as there
are no suspicious circumstances sur
rounding the tragedy which call for
an inquest.
Police Find Body.
Neighbors, who said they had not
seen Mrs. Wills for about ten days,
called in police last night. A squad
from the First precinct, upon enter.
ing the house, found the Dooy OF
Mrs. Wills stretched out on the floor
Of the second-floor room with a gas
tube near her head. The tube was
pouring out the deadly fumes wnen
police discovered it.
Neighbors could give no reason
for the suicide. Mrs. Wills had lived
by herself in the I street house
ever since the death of her husband,
William H. Wills, of the Pension
Office, and kept no servants, they
said. But she had always seemed
happy and cheerful and had not
complained of any illness.
Will Is Found.
A will, found by police in the
house, is said to have left all the
woman's property to the daughters
of her dearest friend" Wallie r.
McCallum, brother Of the former
governor of Natal, South Africa.
She named the National Savings
and Trust Company as executor OF
the estate.
The dead woman was apparently
wealthy, for papers among her pos.
session indicated holdings in Jack
sonville and st. Petersburg, Fla, in
addition to property in this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
MULE BATTERED FOR :.
MARBLES AND TOP

CHESTER. Pa, Jan. 19.-Howard
Smith, seventeen-year-old youth of
Twin Oaks. accepted a gift in the
form OF a mule from Ellis Dwyer.
also OF Twin Oaks, several weeks
ago. Smiths family objected to the
pet when it was led homes on &C.
count of its omnivorous appetite, SO
young Smith traded the animal next
day for bag Of marbles, a pen.
knife and a top. The newest owner
kept the mule just one day and
also bartered il away for desirable
articles.
So complex did the mules ex.
Istence become that this week IL
vas without an owner and Agent
J. e. La Rose was asked to kill
the animal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
SCHOOLS BLAMED FOR
INEFFECTIVE TEACHING

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Present-
day graduates from the State high
schools leave without either being
able to spell. solve simple aritnmet-
ical problems or write English
correctly, Doctor l.. L. Jackson,
Assistant State Commissioner of
Education in New Jersey. told the
conference of city, State and county
school officials.
He said graduates leave with
only a smattering knowledge of
French, Latin, botany and econom-
les, and urged test programs ar
ranged by the State.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
JOSEPH +. CASSIDY.

Funeral services for Joseph F.
Cassidy, eighty, a messenger i'll
the House of representatives, who
died Saturday at his home, 1850
Shepherd street northwest, will be
held tomorrow morning at, 10
o'clock at Elkridge, Md.
Mr.. Cassidy was a veteran Of the
civil war and had been messenger
on the soldiers roll for many years.
He had been at the Capitol for
about twenty-five years. He was
active in the G.. A. r. and is
survived by one son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $3.50, Obituary Dssk
NELLIE T. HARMON.

Requiem mass will be celebrated
at ST. Martins Church tomorrow
morning at o'clock for Mrs. Nellie
T. Harmon, who died Saturday from
heart disease at her residence, %
street northwest. Services will be
held from the residence at 500
o'clock and interment will be at
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Harmon had lived in Wash
ington about fifteen years and is
survived by several brothers living
in Baltimore, besides her husband,
Frank Harmon, Of this city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-19
Classification Index

/. ANNOUNCEMENTS
s-Lost and Found.
0-P0rSonalg.
Especial Notices.
lo-A-Clairvoyants.
II. AUToMoTIvE-
11-Auto Agencies.
12-Automobiles for Sale.
l3-Auto Trucks for Sale.
14-Auto Accessories. Parts.
l6-Auto Tires. Tubes.
16-Garage Builders.
l7-Garages, Autos to Hire.
1s-Motorcycles.Bieycles
1s-Repairing. Service StationA
observation-disclosures
III. BUSINESS SERVICE
21-Business Service Offered.
22-Building and Contracting.
23-Cleaning, Dyeing, RenOvatiH8.
24-Dressmaking. Millinery.
26-Insurance. All Kinds.
27-Messenger Service.
2S-Moving, Packing. Storage.
29-Painting, Papering.
30-Printing, Engraving.
3l-Professional Services.
32-Repairing.
83-Tailoring, Pressing.
94--Tinning. Roofing.
5--wanted-Busines Services
~. EMPLOYMENT.
36-Employment Agencies.
37-Help Wanted-Female.
3s-HeIp Wanted-Male.
S9-Help-Male and Female.
40-Salesmen and Agents.
destinations Wanted-Female.
destinations Wanted-Male.t
4S-Situations-Male and Female.
v. FINANCIAL
44-Business Opportunities.
46-Investments, Stocks. Bonds.
46-Money to Loan.
A7-Money Wanted.
4S-Mortgages for Sale.
t9-Rooming Houses for Sale.
VI. INSTRUCTIONS.
60-COrrespondence OourseN.
61-Local Instruction ClasseR
62-Mnsical, Dancing, DramaticN
63-Private Instructions.
S4-Wanted-Instruc
VII. LIVE STOCK
65-Dogs. Cats. PeIs Etc
6e--Horses Cattle. Vehiclea
S7-Poultry and Supplies.
6S-Wanted-Livo 6tock.