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The Washington times., 1925-04-22
LITTLE BABY IS
IS SMALLPOX
PATIENT
Mother Just Released From
Hospital; Two Other
Cases Reported

The twelve-day old baby of Mrs.
Margaret Moore, 715 Kentucky ave-
nue. southeast, is suffering from
smallpox. health officials declared
today.
Mrs. Moore was released from the
smallpox hospital several days ago
and joined her baby, which was un'
der quarantine nearby.
Symptoms Of the disease were
noted on the baby yesterday ard,
after an investigation, the baby's
illness was diagnosed. Doctor Viii
liam G. Fowler. District health Of
ficer, declared today he would ger
NIT the mother to remain with her
child. The baby's illness is serious.
Forty seven cases OF the disease
have been reported. Yesterday Vim
cent Cowsill, forty, was taken from
Providence Hospital and Mrs. Dora
Moss, forty-seven, was taken from
her home, 229 Seventh street north
east, and removed to the smallpox
hospital.
There are now seventeen cases at
the District institution.
Doctor Fowler announced today
that he has increased his force IL
health inspectors, adding Doctors
James A. Rolls and John p. GII:on.
They will aid in contagious diseds es
vork
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
WHEATLEY Y To
HOLD FOUNDING
EXERCISES
Speeches, Music, and Short
Drama Included on Two
Day Program

The twentieth anniversary cele-
bration of the Phyllis Wheatley
Colored Young Women's Christian
Association will open Sunday, May
3, at p. m. and close Monday
night, May q, at o'clock. Frances
Boyce, president of the association,
will act as mistress Of ceremonies.
After the professional by the girl
reserves, a scriptural reading 10y
Lula A. Pendleton will follow.
Betty G. Francis, honorary pres
ident Of the Wheatley Association.
will be the first speaker, The
Hostess Club will furnish music,
under l.. NJ. McRae. .,
The principal address will be de-
livered by Eva u. BowIes, New
York, general administrator of col,
ored y W. c. A. work.
THE First Twenty Years" a
play by Olive G. Jones, of The
Phyllis "Y." will be the principal
feature on Mondays program. II
will be acted by members Of the
Cuisines aud Industrial Club End
will depict life and work among
the colored citizens of Washington
during the past twenty years.
Spirit OF the Y. w. G.. A." will
be discussed by Sadie A. Harper;
Gertrude Payne will speak on Dis.
couragement," and Lydia Murray
on Success" Cora Byrd will talk
on War
Music for Mondays program will
be furnished by the Treble Club.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22

written pages seeking to show that
Arnold engaged in the sale OF the
stock without informing him and
other stockholders of the true situa-
ton.
Arnold. on March 3, in the pres
ence of Mr.. Walsky told Spice- that
the time had arrived when he
NEEDED an option in order that he
might conclude the deal.
Spicer replied that he would
aagree to sell his transit company
stock, SIZE shares at $40 II shm e,
q total of $51, $50, and would agree
TO sell his Independent Oil Com
pany stock at par, that Is to say,
eighty shares at 500 ii SHIRE, a
total Of $4,000.
Mr.. Spicer also said that he de-
sired as part of the purchase price
the additional sum OF $4,000 repre-
senting salary of about two years
due him from the oil company as
an officer Of the concern.
This made a total OF $4,000. Mr..
Arnold told Spicer this would pre-
vent the sale, claiming that he had
already informed the people with
whom he was dealing that Spicer
would accept 100000 and it would
embarrass him to go back to
these people and say that he
wanted $64 1000.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
PAINTERS AGREE
To MEET WITH
PLOYERS
Farley This Afternoon May
Bring Strike Settlement,
Say Officials
Jill eTAFE enoTo

The long-sought conference be-
tween the painters union and en-
ploying painters is to be held late
today and settlement looms as a
probability.
Both sides have acquiesced in the
suggestion by John 3. Colpoys, De-
partment of Labor mediator, and
the parley will be held at $3.50
o'clock in the office of E. L. Smith.
secretary of the master painters or
ganization, 1910 M street northwest.
Mr.. Colpoys has urged confer
ence daily for two weeks. The
word he brought to each OF the OPP
posing factions was this:
II don't care what terms you
agree upon, whether the scale re-
mains as it is, or is increased, or
is continued on a long-term con-
tract. | have been sent by the
at a table and talk things over.
You can settle these other matters
among yourselves.
Officials on both sides are opti-
mistic as to the outcome of the
meeting.
With this phase of the labor
situation on it's way to settlement
attention was turned today to the
plumbers, whose present wage agree
ment ends on May Z. The confer
ence committee Of the plumbers
has recommended an increase.
A committee of the master plumb
ers is due to report today to the
fair wage committee as to whether
the employers will accede TO the
unions demands.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
Thief Restores Loot
To Professional
BOndsman

Charles E. Hood, a profess
sional bondsman, 1901 Six
teenth street northwest, makes
his living by furnishing bail to
those accused of violating the
law, to keep them out Of Jail
for the time being.
Not long ago thief visited
Mr.. Hoods home and helped
himself to some jewelry, old
coins and small sum of
money.
Mr.. Hood notified the police
and newspapers published the
story ofthe theft. With the
mail yesterday. Mr.. Hood re-
ceived a c. o. d. package which
was found to contain the stolen
articles.
Mr.. Hoods conclusion is
that when the thief found out
he had stolen from a man who
might befriend him when in
need he became conscience
stricken and returned the stuff.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
DEM(JRS| IN
OIL PLOT
CASE
e. s. Booth Declares His In
dictment Was IIIegaI-Asks
It Be 0uashed

Edwin S. Booth formerly solicit
tor of the Department of the
Interior and Assistant to the
Attorney General, who recently
was jointly indicted with Senator
Burton X. Wheeler, Of Montana,
for conspiracy to defraud the
Government in connection with
the leasing of oil land in Mon
tana, today filed a demurrer in
the District Supreme Court ask
ing that the indictment against
him be quashed,
Declares 1t Illegal.
Represented by Attorney Ber-
tfand Emerson, jr., Mr.. Booth de-
clared that the Indictment is illegal
because of the unlawful presence
in the grand jury room at the time
of the investigation of the case of
Oliver e. Pagan, r. p. Stewart
William J. Donovan and John S.
Pratt - s
The only persons who could law
fully appear before the grand jury,
Mr.. Booth contends, are the Attor-
ney General, the district attorney,
witnesses. and persons specially APP
pointed for the purpose by the At
torney General.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
COURT.
IS ASKEDFOR
NEW TRIAL
AIphonso J. Campbell Says
Conviction There Was
Unconstitutional
The first real objection to the

The first real objection to the
speed at which the new night
Traffic Court has proceeded since
its Inauguration was voiced today
when a motion for a new trial was
presented before Judge John T. Nc
Mahon, in the case Of Alphonso J.
Campbell, $40 Seventh street north
east.
Campbell was found guilty Of
driving an automobile while intoxi-
Gated April IS, almost Immediately
after he was arrested on Queen
Chapel road.
Attorney James A. O'Shea, repre-
senting the defendant. filed three
affadavits on which the motion for
the new trial is based.
Constitution Cited.
Among the reasons for the de-
mand for a new trial set forth in
the motion are these:
''The defendants Constitutional
rights were violated in that he was
forced to be witness against him
self.
THE defendant was deprived of
his right to trial by jury.
1.-The court acted arbitrarily and
unreasonably in forcing the defen-
dant to trial without counsel.
Ran Out of Gas"
One of the affidavits sworn to
by Campbell, states that his car
stopped on Queen Chapel road be-
cause it was out Of gasoline, and
that the officers approached him
and placed him under arrest APP
proximately fifteen or twenty
minutes after the car had STONED
According to the affidavit, Camp
bell was taken to the Twelfth
precinct station house. where he got
in touch with Mr.. O'Shea' s office
and informed him of his plight. He
was then brought to Police Court
and met John |. Sacks, of Mr..
O'Shea's office, and was advised to
plead not guilty and ask for jury
trial When the case was called
he pleaded not guilty and the case
went to trial without him being
asked if he wanted a jury.
The hearing was set for April 81.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO
OBSERVE FORESTRY WEEK

Assemblies of students will be
held in senior and J junior high
schools next week in observance of
American Forest Week, it was an
nounced today by superintendent
Frank w. Ballou.
Addresses will be made on
Wednesday at Central High School
by Colonel Greeley. of the Forestry
Service. and at Eastern by G.. A.
Lyon, associate editor of the Eve
ming Star: at Mckinley on Thurs
day, by Harold Keats, of the Daily
News, at, Powell Junior, by Avery
G. Marks, jr., managing editor or
The Washington Times; at Curtis
School and jefferson Junior High.
on Thursday, by Shirley w. Allen,
of the American Forestry Associa
ton; and on Friday at Columbia.
Junior High School, by Will c..
Barnes, Of the Forest Service.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
The Average man is proof
encngh that the gUomGn 1OhO
noarries can take O joke.
CUTIE.

Of an independent company to &C
quire from the transit company
land already owned by it to erect
a garage thereon and to lease the
same at a renal. which Spicer and
Walsky considered exorbitant. 10
the transit concern.
Walsky and Spicer were in favor
of erecting a garage on property
the company had already acquired
for the purpose, and opposed the
absorption of profits of the COM
pany by a separate company.
Mr.. Spicer says in his answer
that Arnold reopened negotiations
with Carples for the sale Of stock
the latter part of February last
without telling him about 1t.
Arnold, on the contrary, alleges
Mr.. Spicer, assured the latter EEK
pressly and emphatically that no
negotiations of any kind were un-
der way"
Spicer claims that Arnold from
February 20, 1925. to April 8, 1925,
had been engaged in correspondence
for the sale of the stock of the
company.
Agreed to Stock Sale
Mr.. Spicer, represented by Attor.
neys Chaplin B. Bauman, William F..
Kelly and p. j. Nicaildes, goes into
details covering numerous type.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
TALK ON AGRICULTURE
TO BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Cotton, forest fires and prehis-
toric agriculture will be the subject
Of illustrated lectures before the
Biological Society of Washington
at its regular meeting at 8 O'Clock
Saturday night in the Cosmos Club.
]. II. kearney, OF the Bureau OF
Plant Industry, will speak on pol.
lination in cotton; Smith Riley, OF
the Biological Survey, on forest
fires and wild life, and Wilson
Popenoe, of the Bureau of Plant
Industry, on Peruvian agriculture
OF pre- Columbian days. The public
is invited.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
REV. M. J. NEARY HEADS
GAELIC LEAGUE BRANCH

The Reverend M. J Neary. of the
Order of ST. Joseph, las been elected
president OF the reorganized Mckaie
Craob branch of the Gaelic League
which meets Thursday night At 8
o'clock in the Thomosn School,
Twelfth and l. streets northwest.
other officers elected are: D0mh-
nall O'Sullivan. vice president; Miss
M. Burke. treasurer; Mrs. Mary Bal
haus, orator; Patrick j. McDonough,
secretary.
A series of lectures will be give II
by the league in the near future,
dealing with the ancient and moo
ern history of the Gaelic language.
Local Irish are invited to join the
leagues language class.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
SOUTHEAST PUPILS TO GIVE
COMMUNITY CENTER PLAYS

Two dramatic presentations by
the pupils of the dramatic and
rhythm expression groups of the
Southeast Community Center will
be given at o'clock Friday night
in the Hine Junior High School
auditorium as the final event of
the season.
The first will be pantomime
based on the story of Rip Van
Wrinkle. to be given by the girls,
and the second a Treasure Island
play by the boys Of the dramatic
group.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
MARYLAND GUARD TO
HAVE NEW INSTRUCTOR

Army orders issued by the War
Department today included the iol'
lowing:
Major John j. Waterman, organ
lied reserves, Salt Lake City,
Utah. ordered to Fort Sill, Okla.
Major Daniel M. Cheston. now
at Fort Howard, Md, assigned to
Los Angeles high school, Los An
geles, Calf.
Captain Roy II. Evans, now on
duty in Hawaii. assigned as in
structor Maryland National Guard,
at Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
FOR ARMY OFFICER

The War Department announced
today that Second Lieutenant Fran
els r. Johnson. now on duty al
Camp Lewis, Washington, had been
granted permission to accept
Rhodes scholarship at Oxford Uni
versity, England, for q period of
two years. -
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
RGRA HIS

ETTERG GRAPHS.
Some people haze manners. s."
Others merely haze an GssOrt-
ment of u'sntGnmerly "neGnner-
isms."
Chief Justice Taft once de.
livered q particularly rigorous
speech. At the close an enthU-
-siustic but i1,discreet ddmirer
proposed "three chairs for Mr..
Taft"
1.-THE girls today are better
than their grGndm0thers aOere,"
says an eminent "chickeu" fan
cier. Well, tOe are certainly
glad zoe didn't liue in grGndmG's
time. {
81 never display my otOm re-
ligion or scyntinize that of any
other" said Thomas Jefferson.
Well, the last Democratic ma
tion1L convention made up for
Toms neglect.
The lady Who has passed
twenty-nime still passes for
tUemtg-nine." The "pGssWord"
is the thing. Don't mind the
passing years.
FRED VETTER.
~
LUNA-ANTTCS.
A rum hound started on the trail.
His scent was never known to fail
He followed the criminal to his lair
And cOFnered the wicked bOOt-leggeP
there.
His task completed he quenched his
thirst
And drank until he almost burst
Then went to sleep and had such
dreams
AS mOOnshine brings with Iurid beams
He saw elephants with pink feathers
and wooden shoes,
Thought he was drowning In an ocean
Surrounded by geese with sun bon
nets and snakes Of ali descrip
He awOke and rushed to the doctor
for an emergency Presc SdtHS
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
Hungry Man-HOw long will
that chop be-
WaIter-About four inches, sir.
OIDONO.
sAMBo vAcCINATED HIMsELF.

A young man recently died in
the West from lockjaw caused
by lipstick poisoning. No, he
hadn't kissed a girl. He had
painted himself for an amateur
theatrical. Which reminds me Of
q colored man I knew down
South, who picked his teeth
with the needle a doctor had
used in smallpox vaccination.
The serum ''took" and he had a
face on him that looked like a
balloon.
S. CAROLINA.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
PLUNKs FROM PIDDLEvILLE.
Lefty Gugg 10 visiting her grandma,
Mrs. SOUrmash, down to Bluegrass.

Levy UuB8 - YAItAnk n0r BThhuWh'
Mrs. SOUrInash, down to Bluegrass.
Private Pop PeFciVal got a splinter
Outa his wooden laig in his finger
the other day.
The Bang boys have run out the
latest preacher. Ho put up q pretty
good fight, but after he shot off all
his gun-IOads the boys took after
him with axes and when last seen
he was still going.
Spring must he Citing into Shad
JaZEby these days. SOmebOdy asked
him the other day II he would kiss
Fritz Ripley. Shad says. "NO, but
lockwood"
Lee jackson and Miss Jeffie Slews
has been getting the moonlight habit
here lately. he careful, Jeffie, he's
a devil With the wimmen!
VIRGINIA BRIGHT.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
THE GOLDENRoD.

Ia UOLDGlN4bODs
The gOldenrOd is our symbol.
(Ag the land OF gold In Ours.l
We grant 10 without preamble,
Premier place among all flowers.
It set the mountains aflame,
If gIorified creek and crag
Before the bearded Spaniards came
With IsabeIla's flag.
Before the first Of the Indian braves
Rode down the forest trail,
IL Ieaped and danced In saffron waves
And perfumed many . gale.
A yellow speek on the cliffs sheer
face.
It shelters the eagles abode.
Courage, endurance and rugged grace
Are attributes of the gOldenPOd.
Never q wilderness so bare.
Nor q mountain peak SO cold,
But the blazers of trails found 1t
there,
Haunting It's plumes Of gold.
The orchid Il queen Of my lady's bower
The lily queen of her lawn,
But the gOIdenrOd Ia q pioneer flower
Outside the dominion Of man.
THOMAS DICKSON.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22
Brokers' Win Point in Traffic Stock Suit
1l EARD 1eSEk
'az122S91NoB BY DILL PRICE G.
WHERE AND HOW TO
PARK YOUR CARS.

Dear Bill: The simplest solution
of the parking problem yet offered
10 by KIRK MILLER, OF the
Times. and it begins to look as "
ve 4ciH finally come to that. S0yS
kirk. "The safest thing, aohen you
Leave home In the morning, IS TO
driUe out to the District line, PARK
vour car in MGryIGad, and retatr"
to voMr toork By the first heTdac
eo,,afMo to totcu.'' X. L. r.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22

A Chicago w0mGn is suing
her husband for divorce be-
cause he called her q "fiz-
gig," sometimes spelled fish
gig," said to mean q ftGrt.
He used "fizgig" because 1t
sounded like soda fountain,
10hich he claimed his aOife
greatly resen,bled as to noisy
qualities. ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22

Some folks think a Sc bill
is unLttcky. To me its just
twice as lucky as a 81 bill.
PETE.
The Washington times., 1925-04-22

Some people haze manners. "
Others merely haze an assert
mtent of uantGnnerly manner
isns."
Evening star., 1925-04-11
CARTER SHIP OFFER
BEST, HE DECLARES
Pacific Mail Head Says Dol
lar Line Did Not Propose
to Pay Cash.

Gale II. Carter, president of the Pa
ciflc Mail Steamship Co, which is
suing out an injunction against the
United States Shipping Board to pre-
vent sale of five vessels on the
Pacific coast to the Dollar interests.
has issued a statement declaring the
company's offer to purchase more of
a cash bid than the Dollar offers" Mr..
Carter, In the course of his statement.
says:
The Dollar offer totals S5,625, 900, in
cluding an initial payment and cash
installments on the remainder at in
tervals, while the Pacific Mail offer
Is for $6,750,000, with an initial pay
ment and the rest to be taken care of
under an arrangement by which, as
first submitted, the board would be
given a stockholding interest in the
operating company. 1t offered later to
change the stockholding phase of it's
bid to bonding plan.
Not Cash Bid.
THE Dollar bid" Mr.. Carter said.
rs no more a cash or ali cash hid
than was It's purchase from the boa rd
in 1928 of seven 502-foot President
vessels, on which it has not yet paid
cent, except the 2lA per cent all
bidders are obliged to deposit with
their offer. The Dollar interests at
that time gave the Government a let
ter of credit for one-fourth of the
purchase price payable In two years
after final delivery OF vessels and due
next year with interest at Az per
cent.
The Dollar bid for the five Sass In
Evening star., 1925-04-11
DRIVER KILLED BY BLAST;
ENEMY BOMB SUSPECTED
Five-Year Fued, Growing From De-
sertion by Fiancee, Is Be-
lieved Responsible.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW BRUNSWICK, y. j., April II.
Police are searching for persons in
volved in an alleged fiye-year feud
which had its climax yesterday in the
death of Samuel Vencherri, d. Lin
deneau barber, who was blown
Evening star., 1925-04-11
BAKER NOMINATED
FOR COUNCIL POST
Northwest Citizens Nominate
Former President of
Federation.

Charles A. Baker, former president
OF the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tons, was chosen unanimously as the
nominee of the Northwest Suburban
Citizens Association for election to the
citizens advisory council at a meeting
in the Tenley School last night. The
association had previously opposed the
city council plan, but after an exposi-
tion of the changes made in the origi-
nal proposition it was decided to cast
its lot with the majority.
Urgent need for providing adequate
sanitation facilities in Asbury Park
were stressed in resolutions adopted.
The Commissioners will be asked to
extend Albemarle street from Wiscon-
sin avenue TO Forty-ffth street, and
also to cut through Alton place from
Forty-fourth to Forty fifth street,
Forty-third place from Murdoch Mill
road to Albemarle street and Yuma
street from Forty-fourth to Forty-fifth
street.
Establishment of park on the tract
bounded by Chesapeake, Fessenden
and Forty-frst streets, Nebraska aye
nue. and Reno road was contained in
resolutions adopted. The request will
include the erection of a full high and
junior high schools, together with
Fairgrounds. and for the improvement
Of the reservoir therein.
New School Nearly Ready.
The new Janney School. which the
association has been instrumental in
obtaining, will be completed and ready
for occupancy by the middle of May,
it was announced. Miss PulliZzi. the
principal, announced that it's opening
would be the occasion for community
celebration, at which the speakers
would be Supt. Frank w. Ballou, one
Of the District Commissioners, the
president of the Northwest Suburban
Citizens Association and the president
of the TenIey Parent-Teacher .Asso-
ciation
The school committee was instructed
TO urge upon the Board of Education
the immediate erection of an eight
aom addition to the Janney School.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
>ympathy at the death of Col. Charles
Calvert Lancaster, founder and first
president of this association Fl. n.
Jones was elected to membership.
President Luther L. Derrick presided.
Evening star., 1925-04-11

The Great Bend Tribune has dis
covered that when a girl returns an
engagement ring 1t doesn't always
mean the young man will commit
suicide.
Evening star., 1925-04-11
NAMES WIFE'S BROTHER
IN ALIENATION ACTION
Philadelphian Sues Louis Graves,
North Carolina Editor, for
$4,000 in Loss of Love.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DURHAM, \. c., April 11.--Louis
Graves of Chapel Hill, n. c., editor
and publisher of the Chapel Hill
Weekly, is made defendant in $50,
600 damage suit filed in the Office of
the local clerk of the Superior Court
yesterday by William Dougherty
Rees of Philadelphia
The complaint against the Chapel
Hill editor alleges alienation OF the
affections of the plaintiffs wife,
sister of the defendant. 1t is set
forth in the complaint that the
plaintiff was married to Miss Mary
Graves of Chapel Hill. n. c., Septem-
ber 18, 1919. During the latter part
of May, 1928, says the complaint, Mrs.
Rees, her son, Arthur Pembroke Rees,
and Mrs. J. c. Graves, mother of Mrs.
Rees, left the plaintiffs home in
Philadelphia for a visit to Mr. Graves
at Chapel Hill. They did not return
to Philadelphia, the complaint asserts,
and the plaintiff alleges that Mr.
Graves was largely responsible for
the failure of his wife to return TO
his home
Evening star., 1925-04-11

the trans-Pacific trade also gives the
bidders the option OF making the
first payment of one-third OF the
price by means of a letter OF credit
payable May I, 1927
Evening star., 1925-04-11

no addresses. MARY and Jim are both
to CO." one entry read. MRS. Matte
Gibson-her husband, Alfred, must be
ruined; Thomas Herring and Laura
Herring are to go as far as God s
winds and waters will carry" were
other entries.
Hyghcock was held by the police
after his 7-year daughter asserted
that her father had shot Tight col
ored" woman and had buried her in a
cemetery here. The father denied the
child's narrative, saying she had
great imagination" The doctor
explained the anatomical specimens
as gifts of a Philadelphia physician.
Evening star., 1925-04-11
All Except That.
From London Answers,

EroIn Iondon AnyWerf.
The lawyer must know the
whole truth If I am to defend you.
Have you told me everything?
His Client-Except where / hid the
money.