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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
NAPSSNEW
WAR ON
VETS
Andrews Calls Into Conference
Scores Of Chiefs From All
Parts Of the Country

The generals and the captains
Of the nations prohibition service
met here today to hear the Cow
ernment's new enforcement policy
laid down by L. c. Andrews, pro-
hibition car.
Three score State directors and
divisional chiefs. gathered from
every corner Of the nation, at
tended the conference with AN
drews, q special auditorium being
used in the Interior Department.
Before this enforcement battal-
ion, Andrews described the adj
ministration's program to create
new dry machine drought the
reorganization Of the prohibition
bureau and the coordination Of
all Treasury law-enforcing units.
First Shot in Rum War.
The session virtually marked the
first shot in q new rum war.
1t came as q forerunner TO the
launching next September Of 4
gigantic Government drive against
the big fellows" in the bootleg
industry.
1t also was indicated that An
drews called the conference not
only to reveal his war plans but to
choose his aids for the big drive.
Prior to the conference. Treas
ury Department official, said:
Every section of the country IL
represented at the conference and
Mr.. Andrews plans to take up in
detail all the problems now facing
enforcement officials.
1T will besa pow-wow in which
every phase Of prohibition enforce
nlent will be discussed.
"Out OF 1t will come closer CO.
operation between the government
agents In the field and the officials
behind the lines"
Last Minute Change
The conference was marked by
one last minute change in the de.
partment's original plans.
Instead of summoning only "a
handful of State directors, who were
expected to form the nucleus Of
the new. dry machine, Andrews
called in every state director in the
nation and most OF the divisional
chiefs.
Reports indicated this move was
done first to eliminate friction in
the present organization and Sec
ond, to acquaint every prohibition
official with the governments new
war plans.
Prior to the conference. Andrews
held personal conferences with most
OF the state directors. He showed
particular interest in the problems
confronting state directors along
the Canadian border and on the
Atlantic Coast. With this In mind,
he held special sessions with the
dry officials from Florida, New
York, Michigan, New Hampshire,
massachusetts and New Jersey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
INSOM
EN|E[)Y
SEEN
May BE Cured BY Keeping IT,
Victims Awake, ''sleepless
Test Indicates

Insomniacs, attention. To you
who toss on sleepless cots, solicit
ing the caress Of Morpheus BY
counting imaginary sheep, reciting
"Eyangeline,' or reading Interior
Department reports, this win be
welcome news.
Paradoxical as it may seem,
Professor Fred A. Moss, of the
George Washington University
staff, thinks he may have found q
way to induce sleep through keep
ing insomnia sufferers awake.
Result Of "SIeepEess" Test
Just how Professor Moss. in
charge of the psychology classes Of
the university. intends to cure in
sonnia is still in doubt. But to-
day. following the famous sleep
test he conducted with eight stu
dent subjects, he said he thought
he was on the right road.
There will be no other expert
nents, such as that recently COM
pleted, in which the students re-
mained awake for more than sixty
hours. The medical experts of the
university who assisted Professor
Moss are still at work on their re-
ports of the test, but when all the
loose ends are gathered together,
and the psychological phases are
dovetailed with the medical angles
of the case, It is probable that some
new facts for science will be
brought. to light.
In the main, a preliminary study
Of the test results show that much
of the ground has been travelled be-
fore by other scientific workers. but
here and there are apparently brand
new clues, leading none knows
whittier, but as prominent as so
many sore thumbs.
New Leads to Follow
"As soon as we get this data in
proper shape" said Professor Moss,
we will endeavor to follow out the
leads indicated in the more unusual
features of the findings. Already
we can see means by which these
tests can be improved. When the
new tests are made, we will have a
good groundwork.
Professor Moss said that at no
time during the mental tests did
he suggest to his students the idea
Of sleep or rest, feeling that carp,
ing critics would have seized upon
this, as q pretext upon which to
hang wild tales of cruel hypnotic
experiments. The students sat al.
ways in hard chairs, and the pro
lessor made certain that, wherever
they went, there were no couches-
divans or other furniture suggestive
Of sleep in view.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
KNIGHTS" TO COMPETE
AT MARSHALL HALL

Dressed in fancfful costumes and
riding spirited horses, Knights Of
Maryland, Virginia and Washington
win compete for gold prizes at
Marshall Hall tomorrow. making
the forty-first annual grand tcurna-
ment and dress ball held at that
famous resort.
In addition to a gold prize. the
winner will be accorded the honor
OF naming his '1adye faire" as the
queen of the dress ball to follow.
Those in charge of the event are
Frank S. Barnes, Douglas Thomas,
w. E. Palmer, James Bryan, q.
Pearson, b. Edelin,, John Mathews,
Doctor r. L. Higdon, Lee Manning,
G. w. Ferguson. John Gering. P.
=. williams, Robert b. Tippett.
Ferdinand Cooksey, Sheriff Joseph
Howard, w. e. Hungerford, F.
Mertens, ir., and Harry Hicks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18

Allowance Stopped Without
Explanation and Wife Is
Spurned at Bureau

Gassed at Verdun, blinded by a
postwar operation upon weakened
eyes, Walter johnson, coIored ex-
service man, sits helpless, penni-
less, in wretched little howell in
KeniIworth. The address is 1888
Douglas street northeast.
What is the Government doing
for him whose health was wrecked
and whose earning power was de-
pIeted sadly BY his service in
France? Nothing.
Thrown Out Like Chaff
/ Nothing just another unfortun-
ate whose case was thrown out
with the chaff In the everlasting
grist OF the Veterans Bureau.
Until October. 1928, johnson had
been receiving 800 monthly as
ment. Then the allowance stopped,
and has not been resumed. The
veterans wife went to the bureau
to investigate, but was caught in
the bureaucratic merry o-rOund,
and her search ended back IN the
street again.
SO the Johnsons. unable to I'M.
derstand the intricate processes by
which some helpless veterans are
paid and SOME are not. left their
fate on the lap OF the gods and
did the best they could.
At the request of friends, the
Veterans Bureau today is inquir-
ing into the case, tracing It
through the myriad offices in which
so many thousands OF the luckless
repose their hopes. Apparently the
compensation was stopped when 1t
was found that, after his war serv
ice and treatment during the war
for the effects of severe gassing,
johnson re-enlisted on March ~,
1919, and was accepted, although
he claims his eyes were In had
condition at the time.
Totally Blind
He ended this enlistment Feb
ruary is, 1921, and shortly there
after went to Walter Reed Hospital
for eye trouble. He left the hos
pitaI. some time later. totally blind.
Soon he was receiving cOmpensa-
ton from the Veterans Bureau.
Then, one winter day, the usual
check failed to arrive. The john
cons waited. Still the check did
not come And at last, as has
been related before, Mrs. johnson
went to the Veterans Bureau. She
came home empty-handed. Nor has
the Government that took john
sons voluntary sacrifice and sent
him home from the war with
broken physique and darkening
eyes, ventured an explanation OK
its conduct.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
TAX BY WEIGHT
PLANNED ON
AUTOS
District Assessor Considers
Also Change in Time
for Payment

Taxation of automobiles accord.
ing to the weight Of the vehicles.
rather than their valuations, is be-
ing considered by Tax Assessor
William p. Richards in connection
with proposal to change the time
for paying personal taxes on cars.
It is suggested that the new tax
approximate so cents for every hun
dred pounds. This tax would be
paid when the car owner obtains
his license instead of at the Gus
tomary time for paying personal
taxes.
Through changing the time for
paying the tax, it is believed that
delinquents could be rounded up
better. Whatever plan is worked
out, traffic officials will cooperate
in putting it into effect, according
to Colonel I. C. Mo1ler, acting direc-
tor of traffic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
oHIoAN SAYS DISTRICT
NEEDS BUS TERMINAL

There is a need for a bus ter
minal in Washington, according to
Howard NJ. Wilson, manager of the
civic affairs department of the
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,
who has been observing conditions
in Washington for the last two
days.
Mr.. Wilson told Assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner w. e. r.
CoyelI and e. v. Fisher, secretary
of the Public Utilities Commission,
that a central terminal would pro.
vide better parking space and
afford greater convenience for bus
patrons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
SAMUEL SToLAR DIES
OF ASSAILANT'S SHOT

Samuel Stolar. fifty-two-year-old
grocer, who was shot in the neck
Saturday night during hold-up
of. his store at 1000 street north
west, died last night at Emergency
hospital from spinal paralysis.
Funeral arrangements will prob
ably be completed by his family
today.
With the news of Stolars' death,
additional detectives from Police
Headquarters were added to the
sorce now searching for the gro
GERS assailant. A meager descrip-
ton of the murderer, a colored
man, has been offered by Stolar's
daughter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
CRUELTY IS CHARGED
IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE

Mrs. Mary Confrey. 1875 e street
northwest, today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against
Frank j. Confrey, of the same adj
dress, for limited divorce and all
mony, alleging cruelty.
Represented by Attorne~ John j.
O'Brien. Mrs. Cenfrey alleges that
on one occasion her husband threat
ened to kick her to death" and
that she had to r., down stairs to
escape his threat. They were mar
ried at New Haven, Conn, and have
two children whose custody ID. re.
ouested by Mrs. Confrey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
FATHER 0 UT s
FIGHT FOR
CHILD
Douglas A. Sseley WithdraWs
Habeas Corpus for Gus
tody of Child

The hearing to determine the
custody of seven-year-old Pearl
Adele seeley, scheduled before Chief
Justice Mccoy, Of the District SUI
preme Court, today, and which had
promised interesting disclosures,
collapsed unexpectedly when the
father of the child. Douglas A.
SeeIey, OF the New Cordova Apart
nents, who had requested the sur
render Of the child to him by
habeas corpus proceedings, with
drew his petition, causing the court
to dismiss the case.
This action of Seeley leaves the
child, whose custody had been
sought by him; by his former wife,
Mrs. Fay Behrends; by Mrs. Jessie
j. Beard, who claimed to be a
guardian Of the child, and by the
Board of Children's Guardians, in
the custody of the latter institution
against which the writ had been di.
rected.
Wife Fought Petition
Mrs. Behrends, Seeley's divorced
wife, alleged that he was not a
fit person to have charge Of the
little girl, that he never provided
for her support and never interest
ed himself in her welfare. Mrs.
Behrends also declared that Seeley
Is now married for the third time,
and that his present wife is about
to become a mother.
Seeley alleged that his former
wife, Mrs. Behrends, was not a
proper person to have custody of
his little daughter; that his former
wife had been arrested June 30 on
charges Of alleged blackmail, and
that the child by order OF the Juve-
nile court of July Is, was placed in
the custody of the Board of Chill
dren's Guardians on the alleged
ground that Fay Behrends was not
qualified to take care of her. All
these charges were denied by See.
ley's first wife.
Mrs. Jessie j., Beard came into
the case by declaring that she had
taken care of the child from Sep
TENDER 80, 1919, until April, 1926;
that the child had been abandoned
and that she constituted herself
her guardian and that no one made
any claim for the child.
Also Wants Child
Mrs. Beard claimed that she gave
the little girl a home. that she fed
and clothed and took good care of
her and had expended between
$4,000 and $4,000 on her. Mrs.
Beard also wanted the custody of
the child. H..
The Board Of Children's Guardians,
represented by two women a..
tendants, brought the child to court
hut were never called upon to state
their contention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
y. S. VIII Not Settle
For Damages By
Own Planes

If an airplane drops down
from the sky and messes up
your premises, you can whistle
for your damages, SO far as
the Government is concerned.
Comptroller General McCarI
today dismissed the claim of
Louis Hall, Of Mantle, Conn,
for $500.
"A national guard airplane
smashed through Halls home,
damaging it to the extent
claimed, but McCarl said he
could not find anything in. the
rule books permitting damages.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
ASKS COURT TO MAKE
HUSBAND PAY ALIMoNY

Mrs. Margaret L. Breen today
petitioned the District Supreme
Court to require her husband, John
A. Breen, jr.. to show cause why
he should not be declared in cen.
tempt for falling to carry out the
courts orders to pay her $125
monthly alimony.
Mrs. Breen, represented by At.
torney Hosea B. Moulton,. says her
husband is now $3.50 in arrears,
and declares that he has a monthly
salary of $3.50.
Mrs. Breen also informs the
court that her husband recently
filed suit for absolute divorce
against her, charging misconduct
which she denies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
HALTING THE
JUGGERNAUT

Our District fafhers-bIess them -
have their troubles by the score,
And - the years are passing they
keep getting more and more.
The city fast II growing, though IL
shouldnt cause supple
and enterprises.
Bat. Of the many problems that car
Solons have 70 meet,
Theyy su.t Sns p sSSge q the street
From IaVv-defyIng sseDeederas who.
with auto, taxi, truck.
Dash mp and down our highways like
Malays who run amuek.
:Eet there" fasE enouga-
At times 70 be commanded II their
actiona aren't rough;
But, when these ffendB get started
(and Of them there's quite
They nam OF kin some person and.
won't walt to zee "cop."
Now, with . view to checking fur-
rs , ther csSni.vsaI a q R,,r woe ns,.t.d
Signs Of stop" and Go"
On many Of the crossings, and like
wise some safety Zones"
I'm which unWise '.jaywalkers" may
perhaps, save precious bones.
Let's hope that these precautions
(which. Of course, are proper
WIN prove to be effective and pre-
vent . LOT, Of pain; :.
win bring : thrill Of JOY
To every man and woman and to
RANDOM RIMEsTER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
CLASS FOR NURSES At
ST. ELIZABETH'S TO START

The next class of the training
school for nurses at st. Elizabeths
Hospital will be started September
Is, according to announcement by
the Civil Service Commission.
Student nurses receive 1888 a
year, with board, laundry and medi.
cal attention. Promotion to $1,000
a year is automatic on graduation.
The course covers three years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
HUSBAND CITED TO TELL
WHY ALIMONY IS OVERDUE

Chief Justice Mccoy of the Dis.
trict Supreme Court issued an or.
der requiring Carlton w. Sisscn.
4S24 Eighteenth street northwest.
TO show cause Thursday why he
should not be adjudged in contempt
OF court for neglecting to paw
maintenance to Mrs. Madeleine Sis
son. In accordance with an order Of
the. court.
Sisson, who is an insurance solicit
tor, Is said by Mrs. Slsson. to be
$IO In arrears. Mrs. Sisson is
represented by Attorneys Newmyer
and King.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
PoSToFFIcE LABoRERs
TO ELECT DELEGATES

Delegates to the national conven-
ton OF Colored Post Office Laborers
VIII De elected tomorrow night, at
u 80 O'CLOCK at 1912 Corcoran street
northwest, where a special meeting
of the local branch will be held.
Other problems that face the mem.
bers of the association will he dis.
cussed, Oscar w. Blackstone, score.
tary of the local branch, Il in
charge OF details. Y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
JARDINE, ToNSILS OUT,
is REPORTED IMPROVED

The condition of Secretary of
Agriculture w. M. Jardine. whose
,tonsils were removed yesterday at
Walter Reed Hospital where he
went for a rest August 4, was re.
ported today as satisfactory.
He will remain there an indefi.
mite period.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
BABY BOY is BORN TO
NEBRASKA CONGRESSMAN

Congressman Robert q. Simmons,
progressive Republican of the .Ixeh
Nebraska district and e~, ~
youngest members of the House,
and Mrs. Simmons are
of baby boy, born last night at
Garfield Hospital here.
Mother and child were reported
progressing nicely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
Recovers From Poison

The condition of Mrs. Pearl
Cook, thirty-six, who was removed
from her home, 307 n street south
west, to Emergency Hospital SUI
ferine from poisoning. is good
to6Ay according to the hospital.
Mrs. Cook has had domestic
txoubles according to the police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
HENRY ]. BERENS LEAVES
WIFE PERSONAL EFFECTS

Henry j. Berens, former vice
president of the Charles Schneider
Baking Company, who recently died
while on a pilgrimage to Rome, in
his will dated April %, 1924 and
filed for probate today, names the
Second National Bank as executor
and trustee of his estate. Tesla.
tors personal effects and the con-
tents of his residence are given to
his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth ". Berens.
The remaining estate is devised to
the Second National Bank in trust
during the life Of the widow. with
directions to pay her the net income
monthly.
On the death of Mrs. Berens, the
estate is to be equally distributed
among the three children, Helen =:
Frederick w. Berens.
Charles w. Hummer by his will
dated April S, 1915 leaves his entire
estate to his wife. Mrs. Carrie @.
Hummer. named as executrsS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18

Out West Mr.. A. Newman
Day was married to Miss Olivia
Weeks and the local paper poet
lied upon the matter as follows:
"a Day il gained. though weeks
be lost,
hut Tlme need not now complain;
There may come other Days enoush.
almost,
To make up for those missing
Weeks again" h. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
ngAnntogggn
~aaas77SSt-S By BILL PRICE GsFsVs 81 oFier
MAN MAY AMOUNT TO
SOMETHING AFTER ALL

MAN MAY AMOUNT TO
SOMETHING AFTER ALL
Dear Bill: A scientist has dis
covered that the land upon
Uhie. Chicago Is located Is at,
ieGsI 5000 900 gears old, leading
to the conclusion of another
geolOgist that man IS really jest
beginning.
If man gUGs mere tTit0bite
few million gears ago and
then an Gpe-4tdm 100000 gears
ago he ought to be something
Scorth sChile IN about another
100, 900 or 100, 900, 900 years.
Ii really does begin to look as
If the guys Oko iVe around
these parts about 100000 years
from now n4y be a fairly credit
able lot. JUMBO JAKE.
3 -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18

81 aIlosO as hos0,' re-
marked Hirams C04af fodder,
4 If them there coal miners
90 on strike Uest1ss c1a keep
cool Nth Coolidge Don't
iot reckon?"
PAT HOGAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
THE USUAL LUCK
ANOTHER BARNARD

Bill: Contribs seem to have
partly settled the problem Of
why the hen cackles. So let's
go right on and dispose of why
does the rooster crow Z" Seems
to me there is q refrain:
ssWhS does the rooster crow, papa9
why does the rooster CrOW3"
And papa doesn't even answeP,
Because poor papa doesn't know
But We seek IN answer To- and for
We will be indebted to the dOnlO
s'Whafinel1 has the rooster
Got to crow fort
STEAMBOAT STEVE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18
AUNT SALLY SAYS:

Nah OF nom fnov not be patient
Jak Job but Las0dV, chile, he sho'
IN patient aboast 0itttn' ore!
BIN Collier done started refervtn'
= Sqaire JGckson's talks as pro-
ksbitiOn speeches cause he thinks
lat dey am so doO0oRed @dry."
Nina Watts tor me dat u all
Aan am lak her OF man dat De
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18

Many a boy aOlo 4oGs the
apple of his mothers eye
turned ont to BE plain apple
sauce. KEH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18

Susie Jones, tcho up an ns0TTied
AbHer HiH, jdnitor at de totcn hall,
tells me dat her OF man h0iSt
10 millionaire, but he sho'f am
scIednin, up l,'
JOE h. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-18

Las meek in prayer nseettn'
achen de .pGrson dzed de congreOd-
tioB pbich did dey prefer, heaven
or he'll, SLEEPY" Samson yoke up
~ answered "tIrssips 0reensw
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
..SONG AND DANCE
{. MANI IN PICTURE

- The recent George NJ. Cohan stage
Success. THE Song and Dance Man"
has been purchased as motion pic
tire vehicle for production by Herbert
Brenon. it was announced by Jesse L..
= basky. first vice president of Famous
rlsyers-Lasky corporation in charge
-of production.
-The Song and Dance Man" is the
last play in which George NJ Cohan
has been seen on the stage. He also
wrote and produced il.
Herbert Brenon has made no sug-
sestions for casting the story as he is
concentrating on the Sir James NJ.
: srrie classic, a Kiss for Cinderella"
ancie-ing BeaF Bronson. which will be
trc SPORT Il fox hdiiRlount Christmas
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
FELICE TO PRESENT
SECOND RHAPSODY
BY FRANZ LIST

-
Ever since the arrival of Don Felice
Sr, to take his sons place as leader
of the Palace orchestra he has been
besicged with requests from music
lovers among the Palace audience to
present Franz LISTS favorite compo-
sition, "The Second Hungarian Rhap-
sody," as an overture. During his
visit last year he rendered this piece
and the applause that greeted his eff
fort was nothing short of an. ovation.
The cider Felice has style of direc-
ton that brings this most favored of
all classical music to a harmonious
point that is seldom reached by less
talented. leaders and this fact is prob
ably accountable for the many re-
quests.
Z Bowing to the will of his public the
guest director of the Palace viii offer
the famous composition as an over
ture in connection with the showing
of "Shorc Leave" starring Richard
Barthelmess, and assures that the in
depreciation will be different from any
that is being played bysother direc-
tors throughout the country.
The fox-trot for the week will be
the, latest dance hit. Jerome Remick's
IF Had n Girl Like YOU and viii
be offered with all the pleasing varia-
tons and innovations that generally
mark this number for favor on ID
Palace musical program