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The Washington times., 1925-07-25
FIELD
CONFAB To Be
HELD
Commissioners to Discuss
Western High Case With
School Board

The District Commissioners will
confer with the Board of Educa-
ton next Tuesday morning to de
eide what steps are TO be taken to
provide Western High School with
an athletic field and at the same
time guard against obstacles in the
future in the way of laying out
recreation grounds in residential
sections of the city.
Justice Jennings Bailey, in the
District Supreme Court, held that
the coming law does not permit an
athletic field TO be laid out in the
area q bounded by Thirty eighth,
Thirty ninth, s and Reservoir
streets northwest. because that sec.
ton is Zoned residential.
The coming regulations allow
schools in residential areas ana
Engineer Commissioner J. Frank.
lin Bell and Corporation Counsel
Fra ncis II. Stephens believe ath-
letic fields fall within the same
category az schools. The confer.
ence Of the city heads and the
school board will decide whether
they should appeal the decision OF
the District Court or amend the
coming regulations so as TO have
explicit authority for establishing
a school athletic field in a resi-.
Dental area.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
J. NJ CULLOUGH
HEADS PLATE
PRINTERS
Union, in Annual Convention
Here, Picnic at Mar
shall Hall

Joseph Mccullough. of New York.
was elected president of re Inter
national Plate Printers. 49, Stamp
ers and EngraverS Union Of North
America. at the closing session Of
the organizations thirty-third an
nUal convention. at the Shoreham
Hotel. late YESTERDAY.
Other officers clected were Her
man Niessner. of Philadelphia. first
vice president; Frederick Mullen. of
Albany, second vice presidyent;II
James f. Goodyear Philadelphia.
secretary-treasurer. trustees. Adam
Fritzei. of New York: Joseph S
Leach of Boston. and Fred Brown
or Boston: delegate and alternate.
respectively. TO the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. Thomas McOuade
and Andrew J. I'alIon. both of
Washington; delegate and alternate.
respectively. to the Dominion
Trades and Labor Congress of Can
ada. James Wade and Edward j.
Lane. both of Ottawa. Charles r
Smith. organizer.
Their business through. the dele
gates are holding Il brief session to-
day. TO be followed by an outing
at Marshall Hall. as the guests Of
Washington Local. No. ..
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

ever. The May death toll this year
was five.
The chamber officials urge CO.
operation with State authorities in
their warnings to visiting motorists
to exercise special caution in trav-
cling unfamiliar highways.
The chamber officials are urging
the following steps, several of which
already have been adopted in the
District of Columbia, as a means
Of reducing traffic accidents:
Provide extra police. In Wash
ington the traffic police force has
been materially increased during the
past two months.
Widen the narrow roads. Mary
land has cut down its accidents
materially by taking this step, at
relatively small cost the report
stated. Widening of dangerous
curves in Rock Creek Park here has
been ordered and will begin this
month and widening of a number
of congested business arteries is
under way or has been authorized.
Bank the curves. This step is
urged to encourage drivers to keep
TO the right when making turns.
Encourage driving courtesy, espe-
cially when visiting other States
with unfamiliar traffic regulations
and conditions.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
EBB|TTH HOTEL IS
To COST ABOUT
100000
New Structure at Tenth and
H Will Have 10 Sleeping
Floors and $50 Rooms

You can't keep a good name
down, and the Ebbitt is a name
TO conjure with in the hotel bust
ness.
The big gray building, at Four
teenth and + streets. which once
rang with the quiet hospitality that
made the New Ebbitt famous the
country over, now stands dark and
bare, a pile Of echoing stone.
But on the southwest corner of
Tenth and II streets, amid a fusil.
Iade of hammering and the groans
of laboring derricks, a new struc-
ture is rising. This building, on or
about October l, will open as the
Ebbitt Hotel.
At present, the Ehbitt-to-be is
about halfway finished. It's total
cost will approximate 5000 900 1t
will have $50 rooms, each with
bath, electric fan and running ice
water
Ten Sleeping Floors
The building will have ten sleep
ing floors. a lobby floor and base
ment. The dining hall will he
located in twO-stOry annex south
Of the main structure. A modern
ventilation plant and OI-burninE
heating system are being installed.
A. Gumpert, who for more than
twenty years, presided as host over
the memnage Of the Ebbtt Of other
days. and who will be in charge Of
the new establishment. is respCnSI.
BILE for keeping alive the name.
- told the gentlemen who We're
building the hotel" said. Mr.. Gum
pert" that it must he called the
Ebbitt. ! insisted on that. | want
ed to let our old guests know that
we will carry on the traditional
hospitality and good service as the
old place.
1T is my ambition to provide
travelling men with Il good, quiet
place to stay, a t the lowest posi-
BILE prices for rooms and meals.
"COmmerci4I men may come to
the Ebbitt with the assurance that,
when they want to talk business
in the lobby, they can do so, with
cut having q flock Of high school
kids, here on an exclusion, filling
the riace with noise.
Not that | don't like Kids around
the place--personaIly, I'd let them
make all the noise their hearts de
sire--l like it-but, | say, when
"A business man wants rest end
peace and an opportunity 80 dis
cuss his business in u hotel lobl y,
nine times out of ten he can't do
It, Blu, he'll be able to 90 IT now"
The greatest innovation at the
hotel, perhaps, is the installation
Of a real colored NANNY" as chief
tatnesa Of the Kitchen
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
POLICE ACT
ONLE:GG)N
PROTEST
Men to Be Taken to Military
institutions Whenever
Possible

Former service men will be
taken by the police to military
hospitals in Washington when
ever possible, Inspector Charles 4.
Evans, acting major and super
intendent of police, announced to-
day.
Inspector Evans issued orders
to this effect to all precincts fol-
lowing the receipt Of protest
from Vincent B. Costello Post, No.
Is, of the American Legion,
against removing former service
men to Emergency or Casualty
hospitals for treatment instead OF
to a military institution, when the
veterans are taken suddenly sick
on streets or in rooming houses.
1t was pointed out by Inspector
Evans that the police have been
taking veterans to Emergency or
Casualty because they deemed
speedy treatment necessary and not
because they were unwilling to
have the men cared for in the
military institutions.
The inspector announced that
when former service men are taken
sick in the future the ambulonce
of one Of the military hospitals will
be summoned. or if the patrol Is
used, it will make the run to tie
military establishment. If imme-
date treatment is needed the sick
man will be taken to the nearest
hospital, as customary. and later
removed to a military hospital.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
IMPROVEMENT rs
UNDER WAY
IN PARKS
Construction Work Going For
ward in Nearly Every Public
Recreation Ground

Construction and improvement
work is now in progress in prac-
tically every large park in the city,
it was announced today by the of.
flee of public buildings and pubic
parks.
In Rock Creek Park construc tiun
Of new tennis courts and 81 new
golf course is nearing completion.
Widening of dangerous curves IN
the park roads will be started with
in a few days. Construction of a
$4,000 park lodge will be started
soon.
In the new Anacostia parkway
construction of a 900 field
house is going forward rapidly and
construction of roads and sports
facilities is being started. ReclaIna-
ton of other sections of the park
is being carried on.
New Road Projected
Cleaning up of the Rock Creek-
Potomac parkway has been started
and grading of a low level road
from Geological Park to Potomac
Park will soon be undertaken
Widening Of the Inlet Bridge In
Potomac Park will be started next
month. it is planned Construction
of the Ericsson and Titanic me.
MORALS in Potomac Park and the
work of filling and grading around
them is in progress. Destruction
of the Tidal Basin bathing beach
houses has been ordered within the
next thirty days and the site will
be restored to its original condition.
Filling and reShaDing Of Column.
bia Island is in progress as por-
ti"n OF the Arlington Memorial
Bridge project
Statue Installed
In Meridian Hill Park a statue of
Serenity has just been installed and
100000 worth of construction work
is in progress along the Fifteenth
street side of the park.
Completion OF the Meade Me
mortal, i'm the Botanic Garden, is
expected shortly as result of
Removal of the abandoned base,
financing the project.
In Judiciary Park work will soon
be started on erection of a memorial
statue Of General San Martin. ma
tional hero of Argentina, presented
to the United States by that nation.
Removal of the Abandoned base,
installed in Lafayette Square for
the foundation of the statue of
Lafayette, is in progress so that
the Mall treatment of the center
of the park may be completed
The greater part of the work has
been started with funds which be-
came available on July l.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
RED TOP TAXI NAME
SUIT IS DISMISSED

A suit recently filed by f. F. A.
Maltby and c. W. Maltby against
Leon Brill and others to prevent
them from operating the Red Top
Taxicab under that name was to-
day dismissed by Justice Smith. Of
the District Supreme Court.
The court held mat the Moltbys
had not the exclusive right to the
use of the name Under which they
claim TO have been operating Red
TOP Cab and Transfer Company"
and also decides that the defendants
have not been competing with them
unfairly.
ATTORNEYS NeumCyer and King
and Simon and koenigsberger and
Young appeared for the Brill Com
DanY.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
BRITAIN TO GET PROTEST
ON CRUDE RUBBER CORNER

The Government. through the
State Department, is endeavorinS
to get Great Britain to modify its
laws limiting the expectation Of
crude rubber
Announcement WAS made TO-DAY
thIt Ambassador Hong hton at Lon
don had 2 been Instructed to take
this question up with British Off
cials in an effort to break the
British rubber monopoly which has
sefI prices up in the United States.
This action was taken at the re
quest of American rubber manufac-
. turers who depend on the British
supply.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
KENSlNCTON CITIZENS
PROTEST HIGHER TAXES

the Masonic Hall last night and
protested the recent action Of the
Washington suburban sanitary com
mission, increasing the assessments.
Mayor Louis Valentine, who called
the meeting, presided.
Decision was reached by the citi-
zens to bring the protest before the
Maryland public utilities commits
sion, it being charged that the
sanitary body is violating an agree
ment with the township in increas
ing the rates. If their cause is
oVerTuled by the commission, they
declared, they will make a test
case Of it in the COZ Its.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
I R A F F {
DEATHS
GUT
Washington Is Only Large
City to Show Decrease in
Street Toll

Washington is the only one OF
eighteen large cities throughout
the nation to report a decrease in
traffic deaths during the first six
months of this year over the first
six months of last year, according
to estimates compiled today by
the National Autobomile Chamber
Of Commerce.
In all other cities of more than
100000 population there was an
increase in the traffic death toll,
according to the figures.
The reports show that the ma
jority of traffic killings are shift
ing from the large cities of the
nation to the rural districts.
City Traffic Improving.
Improved methods of handling
city traffic are steadily decreasing
the proportion of city deaths, while
the total Of accidents in the coun-
try districts is showing an alarm
ing increase. The chamber Off
Gals issue the warning that more
stringent rural traffic regulations
must be undertaken during the next
two months.
Forty-six cities. the majority hav
ing populations ranging from $4,000
to 100, 1000, report no traffic deaths
during the month Of June.
The report shows that during
the past six months Washington
has had 43 traffic deaths, a de-
crease of one below the same
period last year. The death toll
here in June decreased from eight
last year to nine this year, how
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
MO OR|STS
FACING
ARREST
EIdridge Ends Campaign OF
Education on Violations of
White Crossing Lines

Unless motorists show greater
respect for the lines marking
traffic lanes at street intersec-
tions, the police will begin arrest
ing every offender, Traffic Director
M. o. Eldridge announced today.
The traffic regulations now pro-
vide for arrest of every motorist
disregarding the lines. Many have
been doing so.
Depended On Education
Heretofore. officials have been
depending on campaign of educa-
ton to achieve their purpose of pro-
tecting pedestrians by alIoting them
certain points at which to cross
streets.
The campaign, it was indicated,
has not shown all the results that
were expected. If more improve
ment is not evidenced soon the
arrests will start.
1.-The white lines marking pedes-
trian traffic lanes must be respect
ed" the traffic director declared
today. They are painted on the
streets to mark the point behind
which motorists must stop their
cars.
Pedestrians must have some as
surance that they can cross streets
within the limits of these lines with
absolute safety.
Some Walkers LOiter
"Of course. there is another
phase to this question:" the direc-
tor pointed out. 1T is that the
pedestrian does not always move
with the speed he should.
He frequently letters within the
lines, and that accounts for some
of the disregard motorists are
showing for these lines.
Both motorists and pedestrians
must be brought to view the situa-
ton as a cooperative affair, in
which both the motorist must be
depended on for regard for the
right of the pedestrians, and the
pedestrian must realize that he
cannot walk across streets without
giving the motorist right of way
part of the time.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
POLICE CAPTURE AUTO
AND RUM AFTER CHASE

Fifty gallons Of alleged whiskey
and an automobile were seized early
today on Good Hope road by Pc
licemen Guy Rome and A. S. Clag-
gett Of the Eleventh precinct. who
had been detailed to patrol Ana
costa in an automobile.
Captain Guy E Burlingame re-
ported today that the officers
chased the automobile for several
miles over country roads before it
was abandoned. the driver escaping
in the woods. Police say the driver
is known and a warrant has been
obtained.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
HAHN FUN CLUB TO HOLD
OUTING AT GLEN ECHO

The Hahn Fun Club" will hold
ar cutting at Glen Echo Amusement
Park Tuesday, August a.
The Hahn Fun Club" is COM
posed of all boys and girls between
the ages of six and fourteen who
have signified their intention Of
joining the club by notifying the
mana cement of the Hahn shoe
stores.
All present members of the Fun
Club and all boys and girls who
join the club by August will ne
entertained at the outing O.
August 4.
The program includes a parade,
athletic events, music by The Times
NewsboyS' Bapd and free tickets
IN all the amusemrnTs. Prizes will
be given TO the winners of the spe-
cal events
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

Mrs. Daniel Elliot says that yen
can't connect her old naGH 'cifA
the DdrtGinidW theory because he'S
too lazy to spring from the monkey
or anything else
More fIirUers than erer IS bets'
turned out in Detroit this yea :.
Jap Burns told me. "Feh,' I says.
"take the kitchen staff for in
stance"
The Roosevelt dam is BEN
cldsSed as the eighth tronder Of
the scorId,. but the one trhich this
here Teller DdtceS uses seems TO be
0ettin' more coDlmO place erery
day.
The ladies tu the village find 1t
safe to IeGUe pies outside the tCiH-
dotOs to cool notU since the green
apple crop is producing its uSuGi
Number of casualties!
JOE Fl. HOLMAN
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
@llllENRDIr0SEEMll{8
12zSS4-0 BY BILL PRICE 1
MCLISHNESS.

MCLISHN ESS.
Ephraim Johnson had a mule he had
Until one siaN the male Got sick.
Witch added 60 ElnhrsaIas eaFes-
lie took etsa te = veterinary who said'
~TAt< eaate = gu,
And kaNS tsSsArtaRa ter tho auuent a
large and eaageat riu.
.,<e~ RaAs&ass,,~ said the doctor.
rat sAe esa 10. eeea the mules
rANasA ard whca It's safely IN
lsaee sac rsal down his throat with
Aa SNsT Nlsa and force,
Ard 81 ~so ssae ae YEAR erother-in-
sA@ 80 - aeFSSN
EslAs%asa followed the instructions and
week tater met the vet.
MIA taeaaEs~Ss Welt. Ephriam how
AZ NNar etd mule get?"
law, ssaetah, he's dun set frisky.
Aat Use EcStin lcs as wurst.
taar har~ ~ tawd. dectah. don't yah
M" dat mule hiew f1rst stu
HISTORY IN SPORTS
Colnmbus made the first home
7sn in i49s.
NCNA At ~ dNfkANHttH UOttSu TUG
British all orcr the lot back IN
the zoos.
Bill Bryan struck ont three
times ia succession ia the Presi-
Dental series beginning in 1896.
Commissioner Fenning knocked
out Inspector Heddteu in the
first round Headley's hackers
threw mp the sponge.
Scopes, biology teacher,
reached first base at Dayton,
Tenn, but has teammates failed
to make a hit and he never got
any further.
julius Peyser retired from
the Board of Education ring
after many furious battles.
Said to be the best sSadoW
bo1er IN the District.
Nina Van Wrinkles police
tComen are knocked out IN the
courts 1Ohile desperately fight
ing NTH Aid F'lirt, whO be-
lieUes in clinching.
UMPIRE AL.
a
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
Adoption Petition

No $50. In re: Petition Of Maxi
n,iIian Meter ct al. for adoption of
Joseph Felts. infant Atty.s Thos. 3.
Bradley
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
MORE MOTORISTS facing ARREST
Stricken Vets viii Go to i. S. Hospitals
CONCERTS

BY the United states Army
Band. at sylvan Theater. Monu~
commanding; William J. stan
nard, captain, band leader.
March, General Lejeune"
Overture, "Preciosa' Won BlDn
Dance suite, -Four Cuban
Dances .......Cer ventsH
Moderate con Expresione
No Llores mas 6Weep No
Moderate MeIancoloco
d Moderate ma con Passions
" santelmann.
Descriptive. "A Day at West
selection lection Operate Gens,
Finale valse from The queen
Excerpts from Memories Of
rd the worId in arn az s sinelias
Intermezzo, "Cinderalla's Bridal
Procession" .5.......... D1ckeT
selection. Rose Marie" .FrinnI
March, Army and Marine starke
THE Star-SpangIed Banner
BY the United states soldiers'
at 5:45 o'clock John S. N.
Zimmerman, bandmaEter: Emil
A. Fenstad. assistant leader.
March, "Ivanhoe" Losey
Overture. Festival ...... Latann
Entr' Acte-
"Serenata"
Little Coquette". $780,. Reiser
Gems from comic opera "Chimas
Of Normandy. .Planquette
Fox trot. Already" al Joison
Vaise petite, my Lady Laugh
ter Charlotte BIanke
Finale. Banner of of Free
DOM -. Fafrar
''The star -Spangled Banner"
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
THE JOSS OF UNGLEBOO.

There IL a joss in JingIebOO
Who jingIes night and day
With bells of yellow, red and blue.
As clam'ring cOnches play.
Dark. dainty dancers pOsturing
Before him low salam.
And DER him punkahs slowly swing
OF longest leaves of palm.
Pale priests intone eternal prayers,
As clouds of incense. rise,
And dusk is lit by torches flares
As dimming daylight dies.
His robes are rubies rich and rare
All strung on strands of gold.
From every siI<en fold.
A thousand punks are always lit,
And never more nor less;
A myriad of batIings fit
Amid the murkiness.
An elephants far trHmpet-nOte
Is lonely in the night,
The while the sacrificIaI goat
Is bleatiDg I'm his fright
The jungIe-creepers' swaying spell
Is duIliug to the sense;
The pungent punlSs' pervading smell
Seems smoky sOmnOIence.
A cobra strikes: an Instant's pain;
A growing numbness. too
And, seen as thru a ripping rain,
The Joss of JinRlebO0.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

Crossword puzzle fans are
learning that statesmen are
"stdtistS." 1t has been the
impression heretofore that
most of them 10ere static.
OIDONO.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

Anna-YOur eyes remind me of
q bird.
Harold-And whys
Anna-Beeause they are always
fitting from limb to limb.
n. UNKNOWN.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25
CONSTABLE CA.l COMMENTS:

Emma Riley is rery busy norc-
adays tryin' to put oUer an anti
tobacco ldtU. Accordin' to Emma
everybody tcho smokes nor lCin
burn eUeHtUdIlyi
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

A student of names sends in
those of Miss Emma B. Shy and
Miss Mabel Spice, both of
Georgia.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

Officer-Hsre you, Park YOUR
car at As degrees.
MOse-Cap'p,. an 'kairt find
spot dat cool In WASH 'On.
TOM Gu HANE
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

SPEAK RIGHT UP, PLEASE
You hear folks talking about killing
The goose that laid the golden egg.
But what goose ever did such thing =?
For correct information | beg
CICERO SLAPP.
The Washington times., 1925-07-25

Ola Bump, of Los Angeles, got
an awful bump when she mar
ried Otto Bump. She's now sue
ing him for divorce.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-12-24
A Large PROFIT.

Life is a matter of adjustment and
mot Of circumstance. The financial
afeairs OF the old watercress man in
James Greenwood's THE Wilds of
London" were as large and seemed
to him to be of as much moment as
are. the manipulations Of the Wall
Street broker. The watercress man
was a crippled old Londoner who had
been q soldier in his younger days.
and who, at the time Of writing.
numbered seventy-six years.
The rheumatism was to him 8
malignant foe. His home was
wretched, but he told melhe would
rather die than go to the workhouse.
saw him one morning in Noyem-
Der. down at the watercress beds
neGr Hackney, and talked to him as
he stood on the frosty planks strotch-
ed over the oozy beds, where the
crosses grew, and from which the
men we're gathering by torchlisht.
It was fully three hours before day
light. &.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-12-24
A Good Qualification.

The mystery of the negro mind is
illustrated by a story which the
Philadelphia Record prints. John.
the colored applicant for the position
of butler in family living In one
of the fashionable suburbs Of Phila-
delphia, strove to impress his would
be employer with his entire fitness
for the place.
"Oh, yes, subj" he said. IFS sholy
well educated, sub. Is passed 6
civil service examination"
Indeed" responded the gentle
man, that is very fine, I'm sure. but
can't say that that will be of any
particular value to be In butler. "
Nor" said the surprised appli-
cant. 1T shore is strange how gem
mems stastes do digger. Now Mr..
williams, naming his former en-
ployer,-''he say, John, one thing
deman is civil service to nah
guests an he done gave me a
examination RI there, sub, an that's
the truf."
Then the gentleman saw great
light. He replied:
Eyes, you are quite right, John.
Civil service is q very important and
rather unusual virtue, so II you have
passed that examination, think
we'll consider you engaged"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-12-24
Returning the Play.

There is a story Of man who, to
be funny, asked a girl In a bakery
how she sold milk, and when she re-
piled, by the yard" he asked for
yard of it. She dipped her finger
in the pan and drew a three-foot
line of milk along the counter. The
man was not to be so easily beaten.
''Is that a. yard Of milk?" he asked.
YES" said the girl "All right.
Wrap IL up and I'll take It" A tale
worthy to match this is told by q
writer in the Emporia Gazette.
The captain OF schooner that
trades between New York and Sa-
vannah is noted for his wit. and on
every occasion that offers he loses
his shafts Of humor, to the chagrin
and embarrassment of its target.
Sooner or later the stinger gets
stung, and this chronic pun artist is
no exception to the rule.
On one occasion, when about two
days out from New York, he APP
preached a group Of sailors who
were washing the forward deck, and
singing out big, raw-boned Irish
man who was experiencing his first
taste of sailors life, he gravely ask
ed:
"Can you steer the mainmast
down the fcrecastle stairs?"
Quick as a flash came the reply,
"Yis, sor, can. II you will stand
below and coil 1t up"