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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
SCIENTISTS I D
co ON ARCTIC
TRIP
viii Accompany Macmillan to
Study Conditions at Top
of World

Commander Donald B. Macmillan,
famous explorer and commander
Of the Macmillan arctic expeditions,
one OF which will leave this coun-
try about June IS, received his
commission today from Doctor Gil
bert Grosvenor, president Of the
National Geographic Society, to
conduct this years expedition I'M
der the auspices of the society.
Doctor Grosvenor at the same
time issued a statement declaring
that the National Geographic So
ciety will send a group of scien-
lists with the expedition to study
arctic conditions. One group OF
scientists will study the fish to be
found In northern seas, another
group will study the glacier forma-
tons, while a third will make en-
intensive study Of upper air con-
ditions.
OF Immediate Importance.
The latter investigation is ex-
pected to have more importance TO
civilization in the near future than
any Of the others, because If con-
ditions are found to be what they
are believed to be, the northern air
routes will be chosen for the regu-
lar routes Of transcontinental fly
ing.
The expedition will take Two
ships on the trip, one the Bowdoin.
in which MacMillan's party travelled
last year, and the other Scotch
whaler which is yet to be chartered.
The whaler will be large enough
to house two airplanes which are
going to be loaned by the Navy
Department for the expedition.
The radio transmitting set which
will be used on the Bowdoin was
tried out in Chicago recently, and
word has just been received there
that messages from it were heard
on the steamship Seattle, sixteen
miles out in the Pacific ocean, a
total distance of S.4O0 miles.
Time of Tests.
The tests were conducted between
the hours Of 6 and 9 a. m. on wave
lengths Of 20 and 46 meters. The
Seattle picked up the messages on
As meters.
The Department of Commerce
has licensed the Rowdoin set to
use any wave length desired on
the trip this summer. It's call let
tiers on the expedition will be
WNP, meaning Wireless North
Pole.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
NJ A n
WILL DROP IN
PARACHUTE
~ DMN"
Bruce S. Bronson to Stage
Premier Stunt at Trade
Board Outing

A member of the Board of Trade,
Bruce S. Branson, District business
man, will drop from the skies in a
parachute, the event being arranged
as the premier stunt on a program
of entertainment at the annual
shadbake of the trade board at
Quantico, Va, May %.
Mr.. Branson has been interested
in aviation for some time and has
been practicing his parachute jump
ing at Boiling Field to be prepared
to give his fellow members the
thrill of their lives when they as
semble for the thirty-first annual
outing of the board at the Marine
base. The parachute jump will be
the feature of an aerial circus
arranged by marine corps officers
stationed at Quantico.
Trade Board members will leave
Washington at $3.50 o'clock on the
morning Of the outing on the
steamer st. Johns. They will be
met at Quantico by the QuantIco
Marine Band and escorted to the
gymnasium, where luncheon will be
served. The aerial circus will fol-.
low, and afterwards the Georgetown
University baseball team will en-
gage the Quantico Marine nine. The
return will be made to Washington
by boat.
A host Of men high in officialdom
have been asked to attend the
outing as guests. Invitations have
been extended to President Coolidge
and members of the Cabinet, mem
bers of the Senate and House, and
the District Commissioners.
Charles w. Pimper is chairman OF
the general committee in charge Of
the shadbake. Luncheon arrange
ments are in the hands Of a COM
mittee headed by John Saul.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
Sneak Thief Loots
Ex-ProsecutOr 5
Hope Chest
Arthur Presmont's Hope

Arthur Presmont's hope
chest has been looted!
Mr.. Presmont, who was for
merly assistant district attor-
ney, prosecuting liquor cases
and now engaged In private
practice, reported to the police
today that last Friday night a
sneak thief entered his apart
ment at 1725 Seventeenth street
northwest and ransacked the
place, stealing $3.50 of finery.
Mr.. Presmont said that he had
been collecting the incest haber-
dashery obtainable, which he in
tended wearing on his honey
moon. The list of loot included
six crepe de chene shirts, four
tub silk shirts, and two pairs
of silk pajamas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
JOHNNY j. JONES SHOWS
OPEN WEEK TOMORROW

Beginning tomorrow night the
Johnny J. Jones Exposition will en-
terrain Washington amusement
goers at Fifteenth and H streets
northeast, where it is scheduled for
weeks, stay. Admission to the
grounds will be free. with con-
tinuous performances from D. m.
until midnight. it is a nnounced.
This organization. which is we'll
know in the Capital, to which it
has made annual visits for a num-
Der Of years, is arriving today in
it's special train of all.steel cars.
During the winter it played fairs
and exhibitions in Florida and Cuba.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
ME M0R|AL
BRIDGE IS
SPEEDED
Army Engineers and Commits
sion Join Forces-First OF
Borings Completed

Work on the Arlington Memoir
ial Bridge was speeded today as
result of an agreement between
the bridge commission and the
chief of engineers of the army
who is in charge of dredging
operations in the Georgetown
channel.
The dredging Of the new Poto-
mac channel in front of the Lin
coin Memorial, to coincide with
the center draw span of the
bridge, and filling in of Columbia
Island, will begin Immediately as
a result of this agreement, it is
explained.
Work in Cooperation.
The work will he done by army
engineers and army equipment, un-
der direction Of the chief Of engi-
neers, acting in cooperation with
the bridge commission.
UACAlDCfS OI Tie COInIllSSlOn DSe
lieve that the estimate of time which
will be required for completion of
the bridge proper can be reduced
from five to about three years as a
result of this agreement, and the
recent ruling of the comptroller gen.
eral that contracts for the full $14,-
100000 bridge authorization can be
let Immediately, irrespective of the
amount OF annual appropriations
made for the purpose by Congress.
The work of core boring to esti-
mate the depth and character of bed
rock under the bridge piers was to-
day transferred to a point Just off
shore in front of the Memorial, the
shore work having been completed
for the north abutment.
First Behring'S Completed.
The river borings, it is expected,
will require less than half the time
consumed by the shore borings, and
it is probable that the two for the
north abutment will be completed by
tomorrow.
The preparation of specifications,
based upon these borings, for con.
struction of the north abutment
probably will be completed this week
and bids may be asked for the work
within the next ten days.
Construction of the north abut-
ment probably will be started before
the middle of May and win be fol-
lowed as rapidly as possible py work
on the river piers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
LNREGkNVG.
CARS AND
nerves,
PLEA
District Highway Chief Denies
Unnecessary Delay Speed
ing Repairs, They Declare

Rutted and hole-broken streets,
have become so unfit for service
that the Iong-suffering motor
riding public Is daily pouring
complaints into mails Of District
officials and officers Of the vari-
Gus motor car organizations in
this city, it was learned today.
Broken axles, loose bolts and
shattered nerves are some Of the
charges hurled at the District
highway department. as : result
Of the present condition Of many
Washington thoroughfares.
What Officials Say.
Officials Of the highway depart
ment declare they are doing every
thing in their power to speed up re-
pairs and are spending money free
" In an effort to patch up the
streets before the late spring rush
Of tourists commences.
But, officials Of rmotorist organ
izations aver. principal streets that
should have received attention long
6k0 have 1lOte 9GEAA G0OCAAk&~fU eAC
street repair. workers.
Officials Of the national rs well
as the local headquarters Of the
American Automobile Association
have been deIuged with letters Of
complaint many Of them from out.
of-town visitors to the Capital.
Tourists Complaining.
It was pointed out BY these Off
Gals that considering the fact motor
campers alone viii spend at least
$500 900 in the National Capital this
season, not to mention the thou
sands of tourists who are classified
as "hotel shoppers" their complaints
are entitled to consideration.
Isaac Cans, member of the adj
visory council of the local American
Automobile Association, and one of
the leaders in the movement to i'm
prove not only the streets, but the
lighting system of this city, was.
outspoken in his disapproval Of The
situation.
THE streets are In a deplorable
condition." said Mr. Cans. Some
thing must be done quickly. Many
people have told me our streets
are a disgrace to the city.
Given Wrong Impression.
"The great thing is impression.
Unless the customer in q store is
Continued on Page 22.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
OLD RADIO WAVE LENGTHS
TO CONTINUE FOR SUMMER

The Government will make no
material change in existing radio
wave lengths until the national
radio conference is held here,
probably during the last week of
September, Secretary of Commerce
Hoover announced today.
Hoover said the most trouble
some problem with which the con-
ference will have to deal is the in
reference being experienced in
the band of wave-lengths between
23O and 800. He said the con-
ference is expected to approve the
use of more than 500 watts power
by class A stations and the cree
ton of super-power stations out
side of centers of population.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
WEATHER BUREAU CLERK
SUED BY HIS WIFE

Married over twenty-five years,
Mrs. Grace N. Duvall, 1907 Thirtieth
street northwest, today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court
against Charles c. Duvall, 1912
Washington circle, who she says is
telegraph clerk in the Weather
Bureau at $140 a month, for main
tenance. Mrs. Duvall alleges that
her husband deserted her October
4, 1921, and is not supporting her
They were married in this city
January 26, 1898, and have no
children. Attorney T. T. MaryO
appears for Mrs. Duvall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21

: ~
(News item: Mrs. Yetsu Hoku, OF
Keeling, Korea. gave birth to trip
let's, one black, one white, one Fed.
She died q few minutes after her
first sight of them.)
Poor Mrs. Yetsa HokM,
We tcopder II she drank
or hit, the purple p0ppy-ptpe
That smells exceeding rdbkf
Was she a devotee of j0ss,
Or crazy c1sbist art,
Or did the Comic Section cause
Strange thrills in her young
We don't knoU hotC IL happened,
Bodies black and tchite and red,
But tchen she sGW the sad results
She fen back good and dead.
We hope they live. those tripIets
rare.
A place IS theirs to GH
In ZieOfeld's sh0tO, the movies,
BNrIeSQNe or U0ttdeUiIIei
DEMETRIOE ZAFOULOS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
PASSING THE BUCK.

How the average stomach Quakes
On . breakfast OF sausage and cakes
Even old time New England coffee
and pie,
Has caused many . good man to die.
With both combined the sudden con-
gestion
May bring on . case Of acute In
digestion.
Even cruIlers and coffee more of
than not,
May tie q novice In . double knot.
Hence sausage and flap-jacks served
in pROfusi0n
May throw statesmen In confusion,
Causing them with cOuFtesy and man.
neP reflective
To agree with the policy OF an
executive.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
WAGE
GROUP IS
OU I
Agree to Farley Plans Made
by colpoys and Earlier
Turned Down

John B. Colpoys, Department Of
Labor conciliator in the painters
strike, today was able to smile
for the first time since the strike
began. He obtained a conference
with the employing painters, and
the union also was in receptive
mood.
Mr.. Colpoys met the employers
ct the office of Edward .Linskey,
president Of the master painters
organization. He made the same
proposition which formerly had
been unsuccessful: That represen-
tatives of both sides meet ana
discuss their differences, an adj
justment to be arrived at in the
course of the parley, if possible.
Unions Favor Farley.
William J. Gallagher. the paint
ers international organizer. win re-
turn to this city tomorrow. He has
already stated that the union win
acquiesce in a proposal to meet the
employers. Arthur Chamberlain.
business agent of the local union,
also is in favor of such a gathering.
Prior to the Colpoys conference
today President Linskey stated that
the master painters are ready to
consider any reasonable proposition
that may be Laid before the peace
conference" The union takes the
same attitude. The Interpretation
Of what each size considers a "rea-
sonable" proposal will be debated
and decided upon at the proposed
meeting.
There was a strong likelihood to.
day, said Mr.. Linskey and other
leading master painters, that the
employers are ready to listen to
the settlement program announced
by Mr.. Colpoys several days ago
namely, long-term contract be-
tween the employers and the union.
Pay Rate at Issue.
The principal point of contention,
a. far as this feature goes, it was
said, Is the rate to be fixed in the
contract. 1t may be SO, the old
scale; SO a day. the new union
scale, which formed the basis Of
the strike, or possibly the COM
promise figure of $3.50. That Is
for the peace conference" to
settle.
Mr.. Colpoys probably viii con-
clude arrangements for the con-
ference tomorrow. upon the return
Of Mr.. Gallagher. The meeting
will be outside the Jurisdiction of
the fair-wage committee of bust
ness men and financiers, and will
be strictly a labor conference. Mr..
Ilnskey probably will be the only
man present who at this time is
serving on the fair wage group.
The union today reported that
the new wage scale was being made
TO union painters on jobs at Charles
Schwartz and Son. jewelers., at 708
Seventh street northwest, and the
Mt. Vernon Savings Bank.
At the Central Labor Union meet
ting last night, no action was taken
on the question Of the attitude of
local banks toward organized labor
A movement was started, however,
TO urge local union workmen and
their families to patronize stores
and other business establishments
which are fair" to organized labor
and to buy union-made goods.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
CHINESE PROVERBs.

Him tchO knot1 much tGIkee
little; him t1hO tGIkee all the
time kn0toS little.
The 1GcGnt mind am like hot-
loW building; it echoes all sorts
Of sounds.
Lots of MeEcdn men believe IN
Themselves but not IN others. II
you do not believe IN others they
do not believe IN you.
Too many IGcs make lots OF
IGtDbreGkers.
CHARLIE CHINK.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
BARRED OFF CAR
THREE ASK
$4,000
CoIored Men Declare w. B. 4
A. Conductor Would Not Let
"a Them Ride to Bowie

Alleging that they were barred
from a train of the Washington,
Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway Company, because of their
color, Josiah T. Settle, a colored
lawyer of 613 F street. northwest
Thomas II. r. Clarke and Charles
II Flagg, both of SO F street
northwest, today filed suit against
the railway and the train conductor
t0antIy for 1000 damages.
The suit set forth that on April
L. the trio attempted to board q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
TIMELY SYMPATHY.

Just a little sympathy
Freely giVen
Is like a rag of sunshine
Straight from heaVen.
Just a kind 1Uord spoken,
NoU and then,
A kindly greeting from
A feIl01U man.
Such things make life
Worth HUimg,
CostLess, priceless gifts
Worth 0iVimg.
FLORENCE HOAGLAND
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
THE BLUES Buffers.

HARRY NASH sends out no
tees that the Blues Bouncers
are going to assemble in full
force tonight Tuesday, in the
music room OF Central High
School, Clifton street entrance.
There'll be a piano to add to
the 1aities of the evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
THE NEW AIR CHIEF.

Lieutenant Colonel Fechet has
succeeded General Mitchell as
assistant chief of the army air
service.)
Colonel "Feshay's" with MS today.
In Billy MitchelPs shoes,
II he keeps mum he'll stick, by gum,
And IL he don't, he'll lose.
If he can do what he's told to
And tread the narrow path
He'll be all right. his future bright.
REY DAYO!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
MRS. LILLIAN SMooT
DROPS DEAD ON STREET

The woman who collapsed in
front Of the home Of Dennis Smith,
2O8 D street southwest, and died
before medical assistance could be
administered, has been identified as
Mrs. Lillian Smoot, of sol New
Jersey avenue northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
Captain Porter Reassigned

Captain Otis Porter has been re-
lieved from his present assignment
with the national guard at Harris
burg. Pa, and ordered to Fort
OgIethorpe, Ga, the War Depart
ment announced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
Major Cook Transferred

Major Gilbert r. Cook. now sta
toned at Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
was today ordered to the Georgia
School of Technology, at Atlanta,
by the WRr Department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
Capt. Rolls on New Duty

Captain William A. Rolls, now
at the infantry school at Fort Ben
ming, Ga, has been ordered to duty
at the University of Florida, Gains
vile. Fla. the War Department an
nounced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21

Little WlIlie-Pa, what IL the
restless aGe?"
Pa-Infancy appears to be the
age when children and their pa
rents rest less. OIDONO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21

chair LIP ANN" declares
that sit amt safe to make enc
mics in these days of poisoning,
as you may die soon after din
ner."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
SAMBO,s OIL. WOMAN.

Our MANY readers 10hO like
EVERETT"S "SGnabo," hGOe
aUGmted to kcno1O hosV has cot
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thinking about. Here's a letter
f~.r. tor, and beIo1U a drawing
bv Everett:
A.yaan ISl2ses:
Dat dar OF man OBJ mine done
bin cuttin' mp In this heah column
now Gwine on some time an OF
man done come erlong an say he'd
glib ten dollars to heah me 'spresS
NAH 'piniOn-Lawdy, man. dat'e
one thing we women folks dOIt
charge 9er-but abs er purity busy
woman wild de washln' an i'ning
an loOkln' after de oil man but II
you fOlkss'es wOnts me to Ahu try
& Kit In heall once I'm e. willie an
'spFees mahDeH on de wrOngor sex,
an honey chile, as we gals all
know, hit she do need 'spreOsin'-
now An gotta gO-Ig anybody seen
DAT OIL man % mine?"
TAKE A LOOK AT HER.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-10
CHARTERED GRANTED
AUSTIN. Sept. 1O.-Chartered;

AUSTIN, Sept. 1O.-Chartsred:
The A. ID. McMinn Company (mer-
cantile), Harrington; capital stock 10000.
Incorpora tors: A. d. McMinn, c. L. Rod
gers, Jack McMlnn.
Montag que Gas Company Nocona; cap
som Mallery, George F. Fall, o. b.
Siler.
Miller Warehouse Company. FL Paso;
capital stock $1,000. Incorporators: ].
B. Spears, Charles stillwell. I. W. Mil
The "M" Grocery Company, Spur; cap
ltal stock $4,000. Incorporators: C.
Hogan, Ned Hogan. W. F, Godfrey.
Pep Gin Company Pep; capital stock
$4,000. incorporates: L. p. Scheh'
Theo. Hertel. ]. f. Albus.
Farmers Mercantile Company. Ham,
lin; capital stock $4,000. Incorporators:
D. o. Light. A. s. Joiner, D. f. King.
Weatherford Chamber Of Commerce,
Weatherford; capital stock none. Incor-
porators: B. F. Cherry, George FAINT,
Elm Dry Coos Company, Dallas;
capital stock $4,000. Incorpora tors: A.
Goldberg, Mrs. Alice Goldberg, William
Soltes.
Bangle Motor Company. Happy; cap
ital stock $4,000. Incorporators: J. c.
Hayes. w. c. Bangle, ]. p. Williams.
Mechanics Social Club Austin; capital
stock, none. Incorporators: ]. c. Chill
dress, l. D. Childress Jr., E. D. Connal-
ly
Emanuel Lutheran Church. Mercedes
no capital stock Incorporators: +. J.
Drefke, II. D. LankOp, F. W. Lever.
Amendments:
Brazos de Santiago Pass Ferry Com
pany, Brownsville changing route Of
| ferry to be operated from BraEos de San
tiaGo Pass to Point Isabel, and from
north bank of Rio Grande to state oil
| Tamaulipas Mexico.
Texas Harvest Hat Company, Laredo
| increasing capital stock from $4,000 &c
| $50. 900.
The San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
Railway San Antonio; extending line
from Edinburg to Harrington.
Permit:
Dallas Parcel Post Station, Inc.
| maryland corporatiOn); Chevy Chase
Md. and Chicago, ILL.,; capital stock 1000
shares of preferred stock and 500 share!
OF common stock, non par value. Texas
agent. Charles L. Sanger, Dallas Texas
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-10
CULL0P SETS HOMER
RECORD IN SOUTHERN

MEMPHIS, Sept. 10.-Nick Cullop,
Atlanta, broke all records for home
runs in the Southern Association by
smashing out his twenty eighth four
base hit of the season in the Georgia
city yesterday.
Previously, both Cullop and Riley,
Mobile. tied the record of twenty
seven home runs set last year by Johp
Anderson, Chattanooga.
The homer helped the Atlant2
Crackers defeat the New Orleans Pcli.
cans. to 3, in the first game of the
crucial series which will determine in
large measure the 1925 pennant.
winner of the Southern Association.
The victory gave the Crackers n lead
of twosfull games over their Louisiana
rivals.
Two veteran southpaws, Vean Gregg
Of the Pels and Tillar pug Cavet OF
the Crax, fought pretty mount
duel, each yielding eight hits.
Hard and timely hitting by Cullop
supplied the Crackers with their mar
gin of victory. Cullop made three
hits. including n home run and a
triple. The Pels sent up three pinch
hitters in the ninth in a desperat,
effort TO even the score, but Cavct
turned them all back.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-10
KEMNER, RECENTLY
OF CATS, TWIRLS
WESTERN OPENER

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Sept. 10.-CP)
The Ardmore and Muskogee Western
Association teams, winners of the first
and second halves, respectively, worked
out here today in preparation for the
playOff series to decide the pennant
winner, which will start here Friday.
Ardmore has chosen Al Green, Fort
Smith outfielder, to add to its roster,
while Muskogee has added Bobby
Hurst, Okmulgee pitcher, it was an
nounced. Greene will replace Al Metz
Ter, sold to the Wichita Falls Texas
League club, and Hurst will replace
Ginger" Carroll, the Muskogee strike
out king, who is i'll.
Managers Whiteman of Ardmore and
Street of Muskogee, both major league
veterans. are confident of victory.
Dutch Kemner, who started the sea-
son with Fort Worth in the Texas
League, and who once hurled for Mus
kogee, will start the opening game for
ArdmOre, it is expected.
Homer AdcOck, diminutive south
paw, who has been Manager Streets
big money" ace for four years, will
likely start for Muskogee.
Adcock it was who hobbled out with
a sprained ankle and turned back Ok.
mulkee in the crucial games of the
last half when Muskogee and Okmul-
gee were tied for the lead, virtually
winning the pennant for Muskogee,