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The Washington times., 1925-12-15
JOT T|NGS FROM
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 15.--I
A delegation composed Of Mayor
w. A. Smoot, City Manager Nor
ton, delegates from the chamber
of commerce and e. representative
of the Belle Haven subdivision will
attend the meeting of tile State
Highway Commission tomorrow In
Charlottesville
The commission will be asked for
$4,000 for the construction Of q
new bridge across Hunting Creek
on the Jefferson Davis Highway.
1t is planned to raise half the.
half is to be obtained from State
funds.
A special grand jury yesterday
condemned two pieces of property
the northeast corner OF Fairfax
and Wilkes Sts., and 521 South
Henry st., as fire menaces.
According to the State motor
vehicle commissioner. the 1926
State licenses will not be extended
to February as has been the GUS
tom in past years. Attention is.
called to the law which states that
licenses are good only. from the
first to the last Of the year. j. g.
Ellis, in Potomac. Va, has a sup
ply of tags which is expected to
prove sufficient for this section Of
the State.
It has been announced that the
Brockett property, which @was pur-
chased some time ago by M. T.
Dyer, will be used as boys school
by the Xaverian Bothers.
According to the report OF DIR.
r. E. FoulIxa. city health officer,
there were seven cases Of scarlet
fever and five OF diphtheria in the
city during the month of Novem-
Der.
The 126th anniversary Of the
death of Ganrpa washington Was
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
7 YOUNG BOYS
ARE HELD AS
BANDITS
Pair Confess to Series OF
HoId-ups-TraiIed by
BIoodhounds

NORFOLK. Va. Sept 2l.-Two
high school boys. who. according
to their own confession have
perpetrated half a dozen holdups.
stolen several automobiles and
broken Jail at a Florida beach re-
sort. are awaiting preliminary hear
ing at Virginia Beach tonight or
tomorrow following thier arrest a
few hours after an attempted rob
berry at the beach.
The pair. Robert Cheatham and
William Evans, neither yet seven
teen years old. are members of re
spectacle families. They declare
that their love for thrills and fond
ness for stories of high adventure
led them into the robberies to
which they have confessed.
Prior to the escapade that re-
suited in their arrest, the pair fled
TO Florida after holding up a hotel
and country club at Virginia Beach
Arrested at Vero Beach, Fla, for
the alleged theft of a Norfolk auto
mobile. they broke Jail and returned
to Norfolk.
A hot trail taken up by blood.
hounds at Virginia Beach late
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
FAY DECIDES TO STUDY
OUR ALPHABE
By international News serv

gNage-Iearning business over when
had to make phone call.
Now, looking up numbers in the
telephone book is always big
job for me. 1t means that ! have
t0 say the alphabet about fifteen
times. l have to start at "a" be-
fore I can find out If 81" comes
before or after M" Then when
I locate the lis" 1 have to run
over tile alphabet a cOupla more
times to g.nd out whether 20"
sCmes before or after ~" in the
5pC Hing at the names.
J have wasted hours. days,
weeks. months and probably years
OF my life inst saying the alpha
bet from "A" to az"
SO have come to the conclu-
sion that before l tackle any for
e,gn language Pm going to study
oar own alphabet this winter,
tHO ways from the middle, and
maybe BY working in the time |
$. aSte can earn and save enough
extra dough to engage guide
that can't speak English to show
ute around Washington, so | can
have somebody to talk to when
DO learn EN-!
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
MAN IS LYNCHED
FOR ATTACK
ON GIRL
Burned at Stake After He
confesses Crime Against
Farmers Daughter

NEW ALBANY, Miss, Sept q.
-Order was restored here today
following the grnesonie lynching or
L. @. Ivy, negro, accused of having
attacked the daughter of a white
farmer living in Etah.
The negro was burned to death
at a stake at the scene OF the
alleged attack.
He was arrested early yesterday
on a description furnished by the
girl. He was taken to the county
1ail. where he was identified by
his victim and admitted the crime
in a confession to Sheriff Roberts.
News of the Identification and
confession spread through the
countryside and mob formed.
When the crowd numbered 900,
IL stormed the jail, smashed down
the doors and dragged the prisoner
away from the county officers.
The mob carried the negro TO
the scene of the attack, drove
huge stake into the ground and
tied the negro to the stake. Brush
wood was piled around his body
gasoline spread on the wood and a
match touched to it. In moment
the negro became a human torch.
The crowds milled around the
stake, while the negro shrieked in
agony When death ended his suf-
fering the mob dispersed.
The negro's victim WAS In a
serious condition at a hospital here,
where physicians said she might
not recover.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
CUT IN SALOONS
Of IRELAND
PLANNED
Reduction of Nearly so Per
Cent Likely to Be Made
BY Dali
by DANIEL O'CON\ELL
international News Service

DUBLIN. Sept. 2l.--Drastic re-
ductions in the number of liquor
saloons is recommends by 'he
commission appointed by the Irish
Free State to inquire into the drink
traffic in Ireland Their report has
Just been prese nted to Presto ant
CoSgraVe.
At present there are 1900 sa-
looms in the Free State-or Dne to
every 230 of it's inhabitants. The
commission recommends that one
to every 400 is quite sufficient
and it is expected that the re-
duction will be made accordingly
Further reductions in the hours
OF standing is also recommended.
At present the hours of opening
are from 8 in the morning until
10 at night. If the advice of the
commission is followed these hours
will be curtailed to from 10 q. m.
to y. m. and from p, m. until
10 p. m.
1t is confidently anticipated that
the new regulation will pass
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
OUT RAGE, :
NJTNST
SAYS
Nathan D. Smith, Fined for
Almost Running Over Presi-
dent, Sees Injustice

Nathan D. Smith, of Baltimore,
who is said To have endangered
the safety of President Coolidge
yesterday. feels that he has been
done a great injustice. hy his ar
rest and conviction III Traffic
Court today. Of cutting . corner
and failing to give the right Of
way to a pedestrian. He was
fined $35 by Judge Gus A..
Schuldt.
Smith was arrested when Secret
Service men and police declare
that he almost ran into the presi-
Dental party as they were crossing
H street at Jackson place.
Cut Corner, Charge
John J. Fitzgerald. secret serv-
ice man accompanying the Presi-
dent, is said to have held up his
hand for Smith to stop, but he
cut the corner in turning from II
lIILD OdChoOI PAcANCs
Fitzgerald jumped onto the run
ming board and arrested Smith,
later turning him over to Bicycle
Policeman B. NJ. Groves, who took
Smith to the Third precinct and
required him to post $35 for his
appearance in Traffic Court today.
Smith denied his guilt in court.
but was convicted on the evidence
of the policemen. Afterward when
approached, he said that he de-
sired to make a statement to the
effect that he had not received a
trial and that he was convicted of
an offense of which he was entire
Iy innocent.
Driving for Sixteen Years
II have been driving for sixteen
years. he said, land never even
harmed a chicken or rabbit. My
record is clean and / have been
Inundated and insulted by the Gov
eminent, not for any wrong that
| have done, but because ] thought
the signal of a 'kiddish' looking
secret service man was the prank
of a playful boy.
II did not know it was the Pres4-
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
BY FAY KING

A pal of mine popped in to see
me yesterday and spOuted some
Of the language lessons she has
been taking this summer.
OF course. couldn't under
stand anything she was saying,
but she didn't care just so long
as l would listen. It's her aila
to be up in Spanish, French,
Italian, German, Scandinavian,
Russian, JAPANESE? Esperanto.
and WOtDOt before she get>
through.
Listening to her IassOO thai
lingo got me to thinking thai
maybe I'd like to learn language.
too. Not that l figure that l can
afford to spend any of the fasn
iIy funds galIiVanting around N,
foreign countries, but it would ~
SO nice for Stell to have some
body to talk to. You see. she
saws she meets many Foreigners
here. They listen to what size
has to say to them i'm their Ian
guaee, but they always talk back
to her i'm English because trey
are as anxious to speak English
as she is to speak something
else!
And from what / hear folks
who travel to foreign countries a.s'e
always discovering that the guy
who runs the gOndOla usta drive
q Maxi somewhere in the United
states and laughs 'em Outta their
Latin quarters!
Well, / was thinking this l2n~
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
GREAT BRITAlN'S MIGHT
LAID TO MISSIONARIES

PLYMOUTH. England, Sept. 81.
A solution for the trials and diff
ficulties of the British Empire has
been found by a Methodist minister,
the Reverend r. j. Cox Speaking
at a lecture in his church in Devon,
he said it was wrong to say that
the great British Empire was built
up by wars.
1.-The missionaries are responsible
for the present might of this en-
pre- he said True, we have
many problems. but complexities
and difficulties are sure TO be pres
ent in growing country. With
women organizers we could get a
very good world m twenty years.
With a thousand women like Lady
Aston they could get within twenty
four hours, to say nothing of what
they would get in twenty-four
years.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
BANK CLERK, $4,000
SHORT, ENDS HIS LIFE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Sept. FL
Funeral arrangements were being,
made here today for Anthony Cera-
valo, thirty, bank clerk who shot
himself after having been dis
charged from the Birmingham Trust
and Savings Bank following dis
covery of an alleged shortage of
$4,000 in his accounts.
He left a note addressed to his
wife saying he did not wish TO face
disgrace.
Bank officials declared today
friends and relatives of Ceravalo
had raised a fund and were to have
made good the shortage at IL
o'clock Sunday, half an hour after
Ceravalo fired the fatal shot.
Ceravalo had admitted the short
age. it was said, declaring he had
used the money in real estate trans
actions here and in Florida.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
"Sass" In Court Gets
Man 3O-Day Jail

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 81
William Blessing, of Westville,
N. j., succeeded in getting a
five-day sentence for disorderly
conduct increased to thirty
days when he appeared before
Recorder Rich. Blessings wife,
Mary, testified he came home
under the influence of liquor
and started breaking up dishes
and furniture when she refused
to give him money to buy more
booze.
"IIl give you five days in
jail to think it over" said Re-
corder Rich.
81 don't care if you make it
thirty" said Blessing.
"All right, thirty days." said
the Justice.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21

them ought to he done away with"
The plan which Senator Edge
proposes of giving the President
blanket authority over the reor-
ganization of the Federal establish
ment has been before Congress for
several years, but has never de
veloped great support because of
the feeling it centralizes too much
power in the Chief Executive Sen
atOr Edge very firmly believes that
the Smo1t-Brown plan will meet
as much opposition in the next
Congress as it did in the last, and
that there will be no reorganiZa
ton legislation unless some such
plan as he now proposes is
accented
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
COOLIDGE
FOR NEW
POWER
Senator Edges Bill Will Give
Executive Authority Over
Reorganization

AS a substitute for the Smoot
Brown reorganization measure in
the next Congress, bill giving
complete authority over the der.
velopment of the Federal estab-
lishnaent to President Coolidge will
be pressed BY Senator Edge Of
New Jersey next December.
Senator Edge discussed reorgan-.
ization matters with President
Coolidge today. He proposes to-
lodge control over reorganization
in the presidential office, and to
give the Chief Executive the same
powers over the entire govern
mental establishment that he al
ready has exercised in transferring
the Patent Office and the Bureau
of Mines from the Interior to the
Commerce Department.
Thinks Measure Will Pass
Senator Edge is deeply interested
in the subject of reorganization,
and told President Coolidge he did
not think the Smoot Brown plan
had any chance of being enacted
at the next session Of Congress.
He believes, however. that his own
proposal-that of making the Pres
ident arbiter in the reorganization
problem-will lie accepted by Con
gress, although admitting there
would be formidable opposition to
it.
The President, who is committed
to Federal reorganization as part
of the executive program. listened
to what Senator Edge had to say
without comment, and probably
will not take any stand in favor
of either proposal.
Senator Edge also will introduce
a bill to abolish the Shipping Beard,
whose functions he thinks should he
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
BL AME FOR
WEAKNESS
PUT ON
HOUSE
Appropriations Cut, He
Tells Coolidge BoardH Hits
at Mitchell
By KENNETH CLARK

( { S q
Al strong defense Of the army
air service, and praise Of its pres
ent organization and personnel,
was made today by Acting Sec
rotary of War Dwight Davis, in
formal statement read to the
opening session of the Presidents
aviation board. in the interstate
and foreign commerce room at
the House Office Building.
The service is inadequately
equipped, Davis admitted, but
there is. no reason for the country
to be alarmed or "panicky" over
its existing condition.
Replies To Critics
Davis replied to critics of the
air force, and though not mention
ing him by name, flayed Colonel
BILLY" Mitchell's charges of ineffi-
cheney and misnlanagement of the
the air force He said the War De-
partment is unalterabfv- opposed to
the creation of an independent air
department Mitchell advocates, as
poor policy of national defense.
Defects in the service, Davis
traced directly to lack of funds,
and by inference, planned Congress
for it's parsimony in doing cut APP
preparations for air equipment, Of
ficers and training.
Speaking of the present status OF
the service, Davis said:
Its personnel, although some
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Coolidge Cites Loss
in Fire Prevention
Proclamation

An appeal to the American
people to reduce the annual loss
of $4,000 lives and of property
worth $548,OO0,00O has been
made by President Coolidge ia
issuing a proclamation, estab-
fishing next week as National
Fire Prevention Week.
1.-THE waste from fire results
from conditions which justify q
sense of shame and horror"
said the President in his. procla1.
nation. Not only was tie 1924
fire loss greater than that for
any preceding year, bat the LOSE
for the first half of 1925 ex-
ceeded that for the like period
of 1924.
81 am satisfied that whereas
the absolute as well as the per
capita fire loss in this country
tends to increase from year to
year, the same losses in COM
parable European countries tend
to decrease.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21

transferred to the Departm ent of
Commerce.
THE country is tired of these
long squabbles between the bureaus
and Shipping Board ana the
Emergency Fleet Corporation" sa q
Senator Edge. There is no good
reason why the Shipping Board
should not be abolished. There are
too many commissions ana indie
pendent offices in the Government
now, and after an intelligent plan
of reorganization a great many OF
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
NOEL ALLOWED
NOT GUILTY
PLEA
Alleged SIayer's Trial De-
ponds on Findings During
Sanity Hearing

NEWARK. y. j.. Sept. 81
Common Pleas Court Carfrey de
cided today he would accept a
plea from Harrison W. Noel, al
legged murderer and kidnaper. and
allowed the twenty one year-oId col.
legian TO plead not guilty TO the
murder of Raymond Pierce, taxi
driver of Montclair, y. J. whether
Noel will be made to stand trial
depends on the outcome of a sanity
hearing to be held Thursday.
Noel is alleged TO have shot
Pierce before he kidnapped little
Mary Daley, whose body was found
later in a clump of woods near
Montclair
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
20 ARE INJURED IN
FLORIDA BUS CRASH

MIAMI. Fla, Sept. 21.-More
than score of persons were in
jured, some seriously, when
sightseeing bus of the Hollywood
Development Company crashed
into a tree three miles north of
Miami on the Dixie Highway early
today.
The injured were all from At
lanta.
The crash occurred when the
driver of the bus turned sharply
from. the road to avoid striking
another car al tam inter.sactioa.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Held for 1905 Staying

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept.
Azarello, thirty-seven
taken to Cleveland to answer d
charge of Staying Frank Falardo IN
a knife battle in that city in 1905,
has returned to his home here, hay.
ing been released on $4,000 bond.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Wife, Allowed S Cents
Weekly, Asks For
Divorce
BY International News Service

CINCINNATI, Sept. 21--A
nickel a week to put in the
collection plate at church is all
her husband, G. Demetry, allows
her, says Amman s. Demetry,
who has just filed suit for
divorce.
Mrs. Demetry alleges her
husband, proprietor of a restau-
rant in Norwood, dragged her
by the hair, pulling it out" and
declares he told other people
that eff he could get rid of her
he would spend $500 in one
night celebrating the event"
Mrs. Demetry says she as
sisted in making the restaurant
a success and in addition to the
divorce wants her share of
Demetry's assets.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21

through the Dali. But strong OPP
position is expected from the strong
drink interests which exist in Ire
land at the present time.
A few months ago Mr.. keVln
O'Higgins. the minister Of the in
terror, endeavored to introduce
legislation restricting the hours of
opening, but so strong and 1nflu-
entail was the, opposition of the
saloon keepers that he had to
withdraw his bill and in place sug-
gest the appointment of a commits
sion.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
A. c. BEDFORD, STANDARD
OIL OFFICIAL, IS DEAD

NORWICH, n, Y. Sept. 21.-Al-
fred c. Bedford, chairman of the
hoard of the Standard Oil Com
panyJ Of New Jersey, died at his
home here this morning
He was sixty-one- years-old.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
THE WEATHER

Official Weather Bureau Report
Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; slightly cooler to-
night; gentle north and
northeast winds. Tempera-
ture yesterday-Highest, SO;
lowest, 65.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
DENIES
POISON VICTIM
IS HIS NIECE

CHICAGO. Sept. 21.-Denial that
Mrs. G. w. Coleman, who is dead
of poison in an Atlanta, Ga. hos
pital, is his niece was made here
today by Vice President Charles
G. Dawes.
az have no niece named Lucille
and I never heard of Mrs. Cole
man." General Dawes said.
Similar denial was made by his
brother, Rufus Dawes.
BY international News Service
ATLANTA. Ga. Sept. 21.-Mrs.
c. w. Coleman. said to be niece
of Vice President Charles G.
Continued on Page 2. Column -
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Girls Beat Boys

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Sept 2I.-
Grammar school girls beat the boys
in the annual spelling bee for the
State championship, winning first
four places.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21
Anacostia Citizens Meeting

An Important business program
il 10 be laid before the Anacostia
CITIZENS association at Masonic
Temple Fourteenth and U streets
sout usst. saturday night, Secretary
ran> Camp ell informed the
ms. 6ersF;er today.
The Washington times., 1925-09-21

Saturday and ending abruptly at
road gave Princess Anne
county officer a clue as to their
whereabouts He found them sleep
ing in an empty cottage at Ocean
Park, six miles away.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
Investigate The
Death of Slain
Boston Boxer

BOSTON, juno 25.--Invcstigation
into the death of Johnny Vito,
Boston boxer, found slain in Brain.
tree last night, shifted to Boston
today with detention of William
Marotta, a friend of the slain man,
and two women, said to be sweet
hearts of Vito and Marotta.
No charges were preferred against
Marotta and the two women and il
was said they were merely being
held for questioning by Braintrcc
police in an effort to account for
Nito's movements last night.
Vito s bullet ridden body was
found in Il lonely section of Brain
tree. The police believe he was
shot down in Il hijackcrs fcud, al,
though he was unarmcd His own
revolver was found at the home of
his father, Anthony Vito, here. He
was well known on the Pacific coast.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
RUTH OUT FOR REST OF SEASON
MAY SOON BE-
NEAR THE END
OF HIS CAREER
Yankees Have SIight
Chance to Win
Pennant
By HENRY L. FARRELL
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

NEW YORK, June 25.- Babe
Ruth Is lost for the rest of the sea-
son as regular and he may be but
rev steps from the end of his ca
recr.
The Babe was bcnched Yesterday
Ill Washington when his legs became
so swollen and sore that he could
hardly walk. Before the team left
New York it was known that the
Babe was not in good shape and
mat the management had become
reconciled to the fact that he could
not be used much longer.
1t is an established fact that a
player in the major league lasts
only as long as his legs. When he
is an Old man Babe Ruth NAV be
able to stand at the bat and hit
them because good eyes lasts long.
John McGraw today can stand at
the plate and show II rookie how to
mt but he cannot give him an ac.
tnaI demonstration of fielding and
base running.
Tv Cobb and iris Speaker are
slowing up, not because their ewes
are getting bad or their arms are.
losing strength, but because their
legs are going back. on them. Dea-
eon Scott, the former Yankee short
stop, almost passed out of the major
leagues for the same reason when
waivers were asked on him recently.
For big, bulky man, the Babe
always has had rather slight legs
and several veterans trainers ex-
pressed the opinion years ago that
his career would not be as long as
Cobb 3, Speaker $ or Collins.
They said he was not built to last
and that he used himself up too
much.
Without the Babe in there every
day there is slight hope for the
Yankees to get anywhere in the
American league pennant race as the
team. j. -pLettY4 .wel4.~sAat.s---lt--s -saa.,,7
not finish In the first division and
that is quite Il drop. He will re-
main with the team but may be used
tnly as pinch hitter. Vcach and
Fasehal will play right field.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
WATCHING THE
SCOREB0ARD

Yesterdays Hcro-Sammy GRAY,
pitching 'ho first CHll game since h.
broke his hand month ago-won
bis ninth straight game for the
Athleirs against the Red SoN, > TO
4. La Mar hit safely in his 24th
game.
I'ri>ch : homer with two on help
rd the Chants WIN The first gamc =
to > but She Robins bumped Nchf
IN the second game and won . to
!.
lIornsby hit three homers while
the Cards were diviliuc double
bill with the Pirates at II TO , and
Il 10 :.
Five runs scored in the seventh
inning off Ogden gave the Yankees
u i to 3 victory over the Senators.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
PACIFIC COAST
TENNIS, MATCHES
GOING ST X ONG

BERKELEY, June 25.-Today 5
matches in the Pacific coast tennis
championships here will draw closer
the lines Of elimination in prcpara
tion for finals Saturday and Sun.
day in all divisions. l..
In the mems singles yesterday
Elmer Griffin, Herbert Suhr, W. NJ.
Johnston, G. j. Griffin and Ward
Dawson each stepped up notch,
eliminating seeded" players who
had advanced far in the tournar
mCnt.
In the women s singles Mrs. Coda
N. Gross advanced round.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-25
BAY CITY WOMAN
WILL MEET KING
By United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, June 25.-Thc Amcri,
can embassy announced today that
Mrs. A. b. Houghton, wife of the
American ambassador. will present
the following Americans AT the
final court of the season of Buckimg
ham paIucc Friday:
Miss Louise Boyd, San Francis
co; Mrs. William w. Grant and
Miss Elaine WilcoX, Denver.