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The Washington times., 1925-09-15

said he could find no record Of a
sewer at the Tourists Camp. A
long forgotten eight-irch main was
discovered on the map but It ran
only to the equally long-forGotten
enlisted mems barracks, erected
during the war at the Highway
bridge. Mr.. Gordon denied re-
sponsibility for either sewage or
weed odor.
The buck refused to stick to any
one. r. 4. Gartside, chief of the
park maintenance division, under
Colonel Sheriff., was next uuizzed.
He backed his chief. and said not
one inch over the sea wall would
he step. 1t was up to another de-
partment Which? Nobody seemed
to know!
Back to the District Building to
see the Commissioners But Com
fnissioners fleming and Bell were
cut of their offices, and an official
suggested asking Major Wheeler.
But the major was sure 1t was d
matter for the Sanitary Engineer
or the Board OF Health.
The earth was going round and
round by this time.
The Board Of Health was the next
stop. Here it was admitted other
complaints had been made OF the
odor of the river, and the harbor
police had been told to look into it
mot the odor. or the river, but the
matteri
Ting-a ling went the harbor police
telephone, and The Times asked
wearily II they had smelled any
thing. They adrftted the crime
but denied knowing anything about
dead grass or tho tourists camp
sewer system. Didpt know II 1t had
one, in fact, and suggested talking
with the authorities" Who are
they Well perhaps the Commits
eioners!
b TIE rs fn Department believed
the ndor INT be caused by: a re-.
d4ictIon plant III some kind across
the FiveF nea Alexandria or Four
Mile Run What kind of a plant?
Wen, fertilizef, perhaps, or ANNA:
fncinerafof or maybe the burning
dump over in Virginia. Nothing
definite yet except thes smell
The grass In the river, 1t was
officially given out, grows in all
eastern salt water snallower than
six feet. 1t can Debut seldom is
removed by drag hooks, and has
been generally regarded as an UNI
favorable evil. According to a re-
port Of the Board Of Health, the
grass serves as an excellent purifie.
of water containing sewage, but in
low tide the combination doesn't
smell the least purified! In another
month 1t will be gone-untiI next
summer-''the authorities" proph-
esied. Maybe by next summer Con-
gress or the Supreme Court or the
corporation counsel or whoever does
decide such perplexities will have
touched some person or organiza.
ton on the shoulder and said
you're it."
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
kelvin BARRY COUNCIL
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

The Kelvin Barry Council. of the
American Association of the Irish
Republic. yesterday announced the
reelection of Dan NJ. Hassett as
president for the ensuing year.
Other officers chosen were:
Sylvester Riley. vice president:
Mrs. Mary Balhaus. treasurer: Miss
Mary Sheridan, financial secru ary.
Miss Eta Ryder, recording and cor
responding secretary, and Patrick
OConnor, sergeant-at-arms. Direc-
tors elected were: Aneas Collins.
Michael Lynch. Thomas Lyons, Pat
rick Sullivan. William Ceaser. Mrs
jeremiah Cullinane and Joseph
Ryder.
The association plans to give
series of dances every Saturday
night in the Immaculate Conception
Hall, Eighth and H streets north
west. beginning next Saturday.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15

This curious, amusing and alto
gether inexplicable phenomenon
came to light today when The
Washington Times began investi
eating complaints of motorists and
others of a bad stencil arising from
the river and lowering over the
Potomac Park, Highway bridge and
the tourists camp.
Causes of OdOr
Part of the odor, which, in dry
weather, is of herculean strength
and persistency, is due to the de,
caying weeds In the shallow water,
and part to the sewage Of the
tourists camp. the only sewage to
empty into the river nearer than
Georgetown.
When asked il he could remedy
the evil, Colonel G. o, Sheriff.. di.
rector of the public parks ard
buildings. declared that his au.
thority extends only to the Dis
trict sea wall. and he has no
over the river, or what
Is under or in 1t. For the War
Department, both Major j. A.
o'Connor, United States District
engineer, and e. A. Schmitt, his
assistant, declare their sole inter
est and activities concerning the
river lie in its navigability; so
long as the channel remains I'm.
impeded, they will keep hands off.
They said the District line ex-
tends to the, Virginia shore, and
they passed responsibility back
from the Federal to the District
Government.
The situation was beginning to
get interesting. Whom next to ask
regarding responsibility for sremov'
ing the odor and it's cause vas the
next question. The District San
itary Engineer? He was found in
the person OF j. b. Gordon. who
looked up his maps, called in his
assistants, knitted his brow and
The Washington times., 1925-09-15

The report shows that over a period
in 1924 there were 75,4S2 automo-
biles registered, or twenty-seven per
cent less than in 1925 when dur
ing the same period 95,806 were
registered. These registrations were
noted from January / to June 81.
Checks on traffic accidents in
Guiding location Of collisions by spot
maps and diagrams have been a
valuable guide to the proper regu.
lation of traffic. Establishment OK
the Traffic Court converting at night
is also held as a help in the solu-
ton of the problems arising here
coincidentally with the abolishment
Of the collateral system in certain
cases.
Tabulates BOuleVarCis
Director Eldridge tabulated in the
reEort the different boulevards
which have been established and
said that stop" signs are being
painted as fast as possible.
Until motorists have learned &
obey these signs it is considered un.
wise to permit a higher rate oil
speed than that which Is fixed III
the traffic act.
Efforts are being made to relieve
the congestion resulting from park
ing in the downtown area and the
director declared that garages N
the downtown section are needed
He says, however, that all-day park
ers. would scarcely be expected tn
use these garages when free and
unlimited space is to be found
Items such as the issuance o1
ter-day temporary permits while in
designations are being made OF. the
applicants character and record
tile establishment of a card index
of drivers for police information
and the provision for the prosecu-
ton Of Violators by the corporation
cOunsel's office only are also dis
cussed in the report.
Appreciation is expressed by Di
rector Eldridge for the cooperation
Of Assistant Director /. G. MolleE
and the help and assistance Of the
Commissioners, the police depart
ment. traffic court judges. civic or.
CARNATIONS and the. motorists and
pedestrians of Washington.
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sion. the state authorities took
counsel among themselves. They
feared that the temporary release
OF the agent would give the Fed
eral government a chance to step
In and take the country's prisoner
away.
50 the pen was laid aside and
the paper Of permission thrown "a
the waste basket.
Fubershaw, who had heen TWIN
on hope, was told
could not be allowed. he M
The funeral started rom he
hOri1e Of Mrs. Fubershaw today
shortly before 8 o'clock. and 1T st.
Martins Catholic Church, q requiem
mass was said, the Reverend Michael
=. Riordan, officiating. Il1termeit
at Mount Olivet Cemetery followed.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
HARRoR POLICE SEARCH
FOR JOSEPH HAYES BODY

Harbor police are still. searching
the river for the body OF Joseph
Hayes, twenty-one, who. 1t is be-
lieved was drowned In the Little
River Saturday.
No trace except fthe upturned
canoe has been found of Hayes
since the search began. Men have
been at work every day dragging
the river. The search will continue
today.
Michael F. Keo;kh of the Gamma
Eta Gamma frat eI,nity house, 1925
X street north west, with whom
Hayes was Wishing, refuses to be-
lieve that his th-iend is dead, ii is
aid
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
LAYE R IS
CONFINED
NCEL.
Joseph FurbershaW Denied
Liberty Because Md. Fears
u. S. Might Take Him

The bells Of Mount olivet Gene
tary tolled forth sombre welcome
to i little funeral today, while the
law played one Of its most sar-
donic jests.
Mrs. Mary Furbershaw, who
died here Saturday at the age OF
seyenty-three, was laid to rest by
friends in the community Of 81
lence. Her son, Joseph, . prohi-
bition agent, wept in his cell at
the Hartford county jail, B6lair,
Nd, because he was denied per-
Haission 3 assist these last
Arrested After Shooting
Furbershaw was arrested in
Havre de Grace last summer. after
gunplag on the streets Of the city
had left John Bunogore mortally
wounded. Since August 1, he has
been held in the county Jail.
MIS- a uEOCEGAA1Ws VIM AANGA a. ~
r street northwest, had been an in
valid for six years. She wa
shocked when the news Of her SON
arrest and imprisonment wer:
brought to her. When she was told
that the corOnef's jury had tight
ehed the hold Of the law upon hel
boy she hung her head, but bore uI
bravely.
Then began the battle between
Z the Federal and county authorities
for the possession OF the man.
i determined effort was being
mede to have him tried in the Fed
eral courts. But in the county
where feeling over the shooting ran
high they were equally determines
to hold the officer and try him I'm
der state jurisdiction.
The dreary weeks wore by, and
the AGED mother grew weaker She
spoke often of her son. and wished
that she might see him. But she
could not go to- him, and obviously
he could not come to her. And
SO, on Saturday. she died.
Frantic With Grief
The son was frantic with grief
and the sense of his impotency
against the grip of the law. He
made q desperate appeal to state s
Attorney w. Worthington Hopkins
to be allowed to attend the funeral,
under guard. The request was rea.
sonabIe and was granted.
Then, with pen poised above the
paper that would give the permits
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
GIRL, MISSING, NOW
BACK At HER WORK

Having spEnt the previous night
with friends; sixteen-year-old Doro-
thy Ollie, 'tdho had run away from
home in a taxicab occupied by two
strange men, has returned home.
Her brother visited Dorothy :
place of p employment and found
that She returned to work yester-
day moaning. The brother tele-
pkoned the mother who had been
nearly frantic since the daughter
left tie house after having been
rebnk I'd for keeping late hours.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
BEING FED BY FATHER.

Mary had one sweetheart
W1ho was nifty and petite,
But every time he took her out
He failed to buy anything to 1T.
She soon got rid 0f him,
And then got one slim and tel
But he, too, didn't have any m 6iley
And for the eats wouldn't fall,
So she renowned all men,
And with no male does FOagn,
She's getting fat and healthya
Because she eats ut homo.
GENEV'dEVE.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
POPULARITY PRIZES TO BE
GIVEN AT JONADAB FETE

Loving cups will be given IS
prizes to the most popular woman
and to the most popular baby at
the third annual fair end carnival
of the grand council, Independent
Order of Sons of Jonadab, at Amity
Hall, 463 K street southwest, Octo-
Der to IL, it was announced today.
Grand Chief John C. Foster and
Grand Secretary Treasurer William
]. Armstrong are in charge.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
5000 STUDENTS AT G. w.
START REGISTRATION

Registration started this morning
at George Washington University
in the gymnasium at Twentieth and
H streets northwest. 1t is ex-
pected that more than 5000 stu
dents will take up work in all
departments by October 1.
The university formally opens its
doors for classes next Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
FIFTRENT. AN MOO YORK

J take aa, peddle teIeorapt's
A-Tjdin on m tUheeI
An dodge d. poor pedestrian
An d 0NtomobeeP:
An boy, d. lovely moinin'S
Wheh I'm comm doiCn t. tcoik
Ar see d. little fldppers flop
At Fifteent ds' Moo Yoikl s
All painted up and purified up
An dressed up like a. deuce,
An tDit' d. stcckin's rollim' dotcn
An needin' no eGcHse;
I tUtsht I tras a hot-durn Turk
In fleDee hdddd tooik
An had a h0reHt all picked up
At Ftfteent an Moo Y0ikl
JACK HENRY.
These Polish names remind me
81 q hay fever victim
"How's THAR"
well, when you can't pro-
nOunce> them You Just sneeze
them" GOSHDERN.
~
Visco1tnt Dnnsford has made
life easy for himself By marry
tsag the a0eGthy 1Cfdo1U of George
Gould. Her millions, says a
Chicago pdrdgrGpher, ought to
take the "duns out of Datnsford. "
90
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
tHgnnDerog ggm
>azSlEEzDst-S BY BILL PRICE Ara - - ofiee
BROTHERLY LOVE.
REG. us. pNH. OFFICE

DHOA 1G46A1 LOF Cs
II such thing should come 10 pass
and two bali teams would play,
History wouId record the event ~
the end Of q, perfect day,
And people would follow the example
Of those who are above
PracttcIng. rather than preaching,
the meaning Of hrotherIy love.
On one side the Knights Of COlum-
bus, and on the other the Ku Klux
Khan,
And the umpire selected for the
game. q genuine cOl0red man;
A Hebrew to handle all the cash, by
the enthusiasts provided,
And . shouting audience Of fans
almost equally diyiaeu.
III peace. good will and harmony at
tended such q game,
The reporters could headline It THE
Millennium Have Came"
The dove Of peace" with an olive
branch could hover above
And proclaim to all the world, "ThlD
Is BrOtherly Love-"
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
EAR He

n e n ~ n z n q
My heartache IL q little thing
hear You say;
And skies are gray.
To part from you brings hateful fears,
You say tits fate.
But II am like one who hears
A death cry of his mate.
You grow weary Of love. Your eyes
Tell the story Co me,
And before me . desert Of dreaFlness
lies
Dreams that never can be.
You laugh 1t the thought Of heart
For Won know not It's sting
Nor the endless, thrObbinG heartache
Unanswered love can bring.
KEV1NO.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15

calves
And be satisfied with that:
Now they gaze at Mary's knees
To see If they are fat.
GENEvIEVE.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
Potomac, When Bad,
Is Nobody's Baby
Around Here

What be part of the District of Columbia
which person group seems to have jurisdictions has
been located is the Potomac river itself at least that
The Washington times., 1925-09-15

This Gdvice is from "O'Hen-
mery":: Never attempt to
place numerical calculation
upon your crop of poultry
until the process of isacstbG-
ton has been completed.
H. SMITH
The Washington times., 1925-09-15

Chicago is doing so yell IN
killings that she's mo4V only
flee anaV,ders behind MoscosO.
SAM SIMPLE.
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
ANNUAL REPORT Of d. c
POLICE DEPARTMENT

Total arrests for gear over 10000.
The remaining 100000 Of US should
De patient, as the police force is
small EUerything conlea to him
eCho tCdits feEcept tip from
6c0tchnsdft. Remember, It took one
D. G.. auto gunner over 10 gears to
Get arrested.
One seventh OF the arrests were
offenders under tke age of 81
Youth tCtH hare its fling, and epi-
IDENTIFY quite q fet0 1oere caught
Nth the dice.
One out Of every thirteen ar
rests tras for violation of the
V0Istedd IdtU, aChich shotCs thdt
the other ts1eIUe are SstiH free,
o. free from stills.
One out of every sevem arrests
t1u8 for drunkenness The other
cir evidently stuck to sunshine.
Nearly one hdU OF the arrests
we're for GjoIdt50H of traffic Iaaas.
The other half mast hare beeA
Wa5fte dodgers.
scAANOOc. -
The Washington times., 1925-09-15

VERY BRIGHT, INDEED
Fond Mother-"Yes, Jenny Is
now studying French and algebra.
Say Good morning to the lady in
algebra, JENNY
The Washington times., 1925-09-15
INVESTIGATION AND
EMULATION.

AIRY guy may face q cannon,
ANYBODY wear q crown.
But I'm verse you stage 'eOme-on."
And . chance for bright renown.
Would you win a fame for rhymInE.
PennfnG lines Of joy and wit?
Haste: / tell you, modest writer!
Grab your pen and quick "E0
TO IT. .-..,--.s-Irs~,.So-
Evening star., 1925-09-26

would have been successfully con-
cluded by that date, the minister re-
piled with gusto, Surely, surely"
Press Contact Arranged.
NJ. Caillaux also made the agree
able announcement that a new con-
tact between the French delegation
and the American press had been set
up in the person OF Henri Dumay,
director general of two French papers,
Quotidien and Progress Civique. NJ.
Dumay received part of his education
in America. and has had wide expert
ence in American Journalism prior
to returning to France
The most significant development in
Washington yesterday on the French
debt, outside of the actual negotiat tions
themselves, was Il letter which SEN
ator Borah. chairman of the Senate
committee on foreign relations, ad-
dressed to Secretaries Mellon and
Hoover, inquiring for facts relative to
reported enormous loans made and
in prospect 10 Europe.
Asks for List of Loans.
Mr.. Borah's letter said:
According to the press of this
date, private loans have been nego-
tiated to foreign countries and indus
tries during the year to the amount
of $1,000. 900 900, and $1,000 900 900
more, Is in process of negotiations.
The press dispatch states that pro-
spective settlements will pave the way
for flood of loans to Europe
May l ask whether your depart
ment has accurate information rela-
tive to these loans, both as to those
Evening star., 1925-09-26
EUREKA! EUREKA! JOHN S. WHITE
DIDN'T FALL FOR OLD SWINDLE

Sing ye the praise of John s. White.
Cnjl ;out the guard. Present arms.
S'ltntnon the courtiers, the trumpet
e;s, the drummers and the paean sing
ers, For John s. White, colored. and
dealer in used things at 919 Four
ant.-a half street southwest. did not
faiE for the pocketbook sWindle yester-
day.
So far as police records go. John is
this first man on record who has not
been taken in completely, bitten. chew
ed and swallowed, hook. line and sink
err when the pocketbook swindle was
prnposed. Experts in crime probably
viii flock TO Washington, psycholo-
gisis will go into Mysteries and a gen
ernt hubbub will ensue when 1t be-
comes generally known that John did
moi fall for the trick. 1t Is unexplain-
abs', unfathomable. John can hardly
explain 1t himself, except that he had
"a eresm.,
Hut going back to the pocketbook
swshdle, the method Is well known.
Twt' men usually find a pocketbook
ana tell the person chosen as the
sue ter that it contains large and nu-
mefous bills, coins or negotiable Sc
cutEtics. The sucker is then told that
the find will be divided with him pro-
vid@d he advances money to make
cha.Hge. The sucker usually makes
haHte TO the nearest bank, mattress
or .ltocking where his life savings
arc accumulated and withdraws all
his. funds. handing it over to the
pot-hetbook finders joyously. The
swsi!dlers then leave the scene of ac-
ton. and the sucker reports the mat
ter 10 the police with loud cries OF
anguish and despair, and in return
receives hard, cold and suspicious
STAGES from the guardians of the law
1t ftf>yer fails.
T. turning to John. Two men told
JoE'1 yesterday that they had found
Docketbook in front of his
stotc, and they showed him the bills
They said ii contained $4,000 and Il
join, would donate 1000 to hell
maize change, he could have his 81 ,00t
bacts and 500 in addition.
JS'tn didn't have he money. but he
had; inspiration. He said he could
borftw it, giving his wife's will as
secrt tty. The three started out to get
the .F'ill. On their way John remem
bereh something. He told police II
was 4 dream he had had some time
previous-a bad dream which made
him call out in the night, dream in
which he was swindled by just such
trt.sk.
Tta recollection struck John like &
ton ~ brick. He began 10 yell. a low
moa5'i ing wall, at first that reSembleC
Evening star., 1925-09-26

which have been made and those
which are now in process? If so.
would greatly appreciate list Of the
loans, by whom negotiated. the coun.
tries making the loans. and particu.
larly the rate of interest they bear,
and such other information. or facts,
as may be available disclosing the
terms in detail of the different trans
actions"
The chairman of the Senate foreign
relations committee has taken the po-
sition that ii European governments
can pay rates of interest up TO s per
cent to private Americans, those
governments can at least afford to
pay the rates of interest to the Ameri-
can government which were set as a
precedent by the British settlement
per cent for the first 10 years and
3h thereafter for the period of the
amortization.
Evening star., 1925-09-26
Taxes Paid in Butterflies.

When he faced difficulty in collect.
ing the income tax from natives. the
governor of the Belgian Congo in
Africa invited the native citizens to
bring in specimens of a particularly
beautiful butterfly. For four butter.
flies he gave an income tax receipt.
He then sent the butterflies to Europe
where they brought as much as thirty
francs each. This ingenious method
of getting the tax from the natives
enabled him to swell the states cof-
fers without discomfort on the part Of
his people.
Evening star., 1925-09-26
PERRELL OUT ON BAIL.
Bethesda Justice Had Refused
Freedom on Embezzling Charge.

ROCKVILLE, Md, September 26.-
Following his arrest here on Thurs
day on a charge of embezzlement,
Upton Perrell, a justice of the peace
at Bethesda, this county, refused to
make bail, although a number of his
friends We're ready to qualify as bonds
men, and he was accordingly commit
ted to Jail by order of Sheriff Clay
Plummer. Later he accepted his re-
lease on bond in the amount of $1,000,
Millard +. Peake and George Shafer
Of Bethesda qualifying as sureties.
Perrell has retained Charles w. Wood
ward of the local bar to look after
his interests.
Evening star., 1925-09-26

commission may go in any. leniency
toward France beyond these terms is
an unknown quantity.
Will Sail on Schedule.
The French mission will sail next
Friday night aboard the French liner
the France regardless of what
stage the negotiations have reached.
NJ. CaillauX stated this with fnality
upon learning that there had been
some unfounded reports in the Capital
that the sailing date had been post
poned.
Nothing on earth can keep me
from sailing on the France said NJ.
Caillaux. with some return of his for
mer enthusiasm Il must get back
to the Chamber and to the business
of the budget. I cannot stay"
When asked If the negotiations
Evening star., 1925-09-26

the call Of the filliloo bird when de-
prived of it's mate. 1t then grew
stronger, louder. increasing in volume
like the bass notes Of Chaliapin, the
Russian, when angered. Johns com.
panions todk a look at Johns facial
expression. fclapped their hands over
their ears, and ran.
They may be running yet. But the
police have not found them. John
still has his S700 which. he thinks. ne
may later borrow on his wife's Will.
But not to spend on pocketbooks.
Evening star., 1925-09-26

pickup microphone and the qualities
of transmitter, which, after all, Is
what the fan claims for it.
Views on this new reception method
will be welcomed by the writer, who,
although he has heard stories OF men
tai radio, black radio and several other
kinds of radio. has yet to witness re-
ception without a receiving set.