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The Washington times., 1926-04-29

The day has been set aside as
ssOld Irongides Day. to arouse
the interest Of the school children
Of washington In the project e
rehabiiitate the old frigate, now
rotting In Boston HarbOr because
OF lack of care.
superintendent Of Schools Frank
w. BaIIou, who has designated the
day for the observance, has left
the form or exercises to the prin-
cipal OF each Of the public schools.
In virtually all OF them, oliver
Wendell Holmes famous poem,
.sOld Ironsides,n which aroused the
nation and prevented the frigate
from being scrapped by the Navy
Department more taah so years
ago, will be recfted.
Battles to Be Retold
Teachers and, in some instances,
outside speakers, viii tell OF the
battles and history OF the old fight
ing ship, and what 1t meant to
America during the War Of 1912.
The exercises tomorrow are pre-
paratory to the reception Of con-
tributions from the school children
on Monday.
When Congress passed the meas
ure authorizing restoration of the
frigate, no appropriation was made,
but the Secretary of the Navy was
authorized to receive donations.
Secretary Wilbur decided that the
solicitation Of contributions all over
the country from school children
would furnish an opportunity for
lessons in patriotism, better thans
perhaps, any other incident could.
Appeal to Children
So it has been to the school chill
dren that the appeal for the 100000
necessary has been principally
made. More than $175,O00 already
has been received, virtually all Of It
in small contributions from school
children In various sections Of the
country. When Mondays gifts from
Washington school children are
counted a check for the total will
be sent to the national treasurer in
Boston.
The Navy Department has been
directing the nationwide campaign
under the leadership of Rear AID.
miral Philip Andrews. commandant
Of the Boston Navy Yard, where
the Constitution now is In dock.
Twice before. destruction OF the
historic frigate has been threatened
the first time in 1860, when the
nations protest prevented the &C
ton, and when Holmes poem was
written; and again about 10 years
ago, when 1t was suggested that it
be used as a target ship. The con-
Of the school children for
its restoration now probably will
mean, establishment Of the frigate
as a permanent memorial to the
glories Of the Navy.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
Does Odd Jobs

HOW 10 ORGANIZE burial
associations and other odd I1l-
formation comes through the Of.
flee ~ Miss Ada Lillian Bush,
business assistant I'll the Depart.
Yrlenf 81 Commerce,
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
PISTOL TOTnVC.
LAW URGED

A nationwide effort to have q
uniform pistol-carrying law passed
this year by every State and this
District OF Columbia, will be fOsterec
by the National Crime Commission
which last night adjourned two
day meeting at the New Willard
Hotel. according TO Chairman j.
Trubee Davidson.
Assurances have been received
from the National Rifle Association
and the Remington Arms Company
that both organizations will lend
full support to the drafting OF
uniform bill.
Chairman Davidson announced
that he has referred his correspond
ence with the s1nall.arr1s people
to the committee on police, headed
by Chester III. Rowe, and has con
ferred with Mr.. Rowe with regard
to drafting g. uniform bill for sub
mission to the. various states.
The National Crime Commission
according to Mr.. Davidson, regards
the uniform suppression Of pistol
carrying as one Of the highly i'm.
portant factors In reducing crimes
Of violence.
Endorsed By Coolidge
President Coolidge last night gave
his Endorsement to the work Of
the commission. In letter to
Chairman Davidson, read at the
closing banquet OF the commission
the President said:
1.-THE great increase in the num-
Der Of crimes Of violence in our
large cities has led to a most seri-
Gus discussion as to the best means
of improving our machinery for the
apprehension, conviction and pun
ishment of offenders. But back nj
this should be the power of public
opinion, recognized as one Of the
most powerful forces in the main
tenance Of law and order.
ST am told your commission 10
undertaking TO encourage the DR.
ganization Of groups in the various
States not only to strengthen pub
lie opinion, but also to take up and
make more effective the efforts Of
the criminal authorities to enforce
the law.
''This is q work which deserves
the support Of all good citizens.
May success attend your plan"
Must Reach Source
PO1AClng out InaL the aim OF the
crime commission. is to prevent
crime at its source as well as to
bring the criminal to prompt and
effective justice, Richard Wash.
burn Child, former ambassador TO
italy and chairman of the organiza-
ton committee, said:
1.-THE States and not the nation
or the local community, are the
units whose authority stands against
crimes of violence. The organiza-
ton Of commissions, State by State.
must constitute our hope and our
endeavor.
Jacob H. Blanton, district attor-
ney of New York, speaking before
the saner at the Willard last night,
praised the power Of newspapers to
enlist public opinion in the move
to suppress crimes of violence. He
stressed the work done
by the New York newspapers in
aiding crime suppression there, and
that similar work is going
on throughout the country.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
YETTERGRAPHs

The man 4cho loses money By
Being aIet IN on q good thsBO'
shouldn't kick. It's the price of
admission into the Sucker CInb
Most everything north s1hiIe has
9ireddV been said, bat there Is an
aAItBitted field for fool notions.
The man sOho HoiU t1dnts his
right Of soag" must. eight his
sDGO.7 FRED VETTER.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
Children To Be Told
OF "OId Ironsides

The gories Of Old thrilling history Of the
frgae Constitution which, by single great battle, re-
yed the dropping spirits of the American people at
retold with all it's patriotic implications at public
private and parochial of the District tomorrow
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
Reed Patients to Dance

Twenty-Five patients at the Wal.
ter Reed Hospital will be the guests
Of General and Mrs. John A. John.
ston, OF 2111 Massachusetts ave.
N. W., at a comedy and dance to
be given May at the Willard
Hotel by the Virginia Military In
stitute Dramatic Club and cadet
orchestra
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
PARENT-TEAcHER GROUP
TO BE HOSTS At BANQUET

Among the guests at the Parent
Teacher banquet in the Franklin
Square Hotel tomorrow night will
be Representative Frank r. Reid,
who will act as POSTMASTER, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Allard Gasque,
Mrs. Mary Norton, Representative
from New Jersey and Commissioners
=. Franklin Bell. Brooks Fletcher
will be the only speaker. The presi-
dent OF the District Parent Teacher
Congress will preside.
Al musical program has been ar.
ranged, one Of the singers being
Mrs. Brooks Fletcher, wife Of the
speaker OF the evening. The at.
tendance viii be limited to, 200.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
RETIREMENT PRAYER

"a feel there was and he made .
Even as you and l."
no . Congress that didn't seem 70
n retired clerk has 70 live On half
Even as you and 1.
at Isn't the shame and it isn't the
blame
ThaS burns like white hot brand -
Ars coming 20 know we haven't =
show,
Etis finding &C last our day IL past,
When IL comes to . helping hand.
90 some Of Ne live and some Of NJ
died,
which must have been seen when
pushed aside,
With their poverty aAd their pride
to hide
Even as you and I.
o the years We waste and the tears
we waste
And the work Of cur heart and
Belonged to land that seems not
to care,
And now we hope Congress viii do
what IL fair
For the retired civil service band.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
BOY, s, STRUCK BY AUTO;
" OTHERS HURT IN TRAFFIC

Five-year-old Charles II. Kendall,
"a w st. N. W., was knocked down
last night by an automobile said
to have been operated by Charles
A. Weidman. 1O11 Taylor st. n. e.
The chiId's condition is not serious.
When his automobile overturned
at Fourth and d Streets Southeast
last night, Charles Eluto, s., 4723
Eighth st. N. W., received painful
injuries to three OF his fingers. He
was treated at Providence Hos
pital.
Marie Carter, colored. 20, Of 20
q ST. s. W., was cut on the face
and body early today when the
automobile in which she was riding
turned over, after having struck
sand bank at Half and @ Streets
Southwest. Milton Jones, colored,
IS. los @ st. s. W., driver Of the
car, was uninJured.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
We Like Apple!

APPLE PIE ii Americas favor
iEe fruit, pastry. flower or what
have you, Guy Gundalker, past
president IL Rotary international.
told the National Restaurant 40.
sOCiatiOn's eastern meeting here
today.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
FOUND WIFE IN HOTEL
WITH RIVAL, He CHARGES

Alleging misconduct and naming
q correspondent, Thomas G.. Winter
meyer today filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against Jose
phine Wintermeyer for an absolute
divorce.
The husband, represented by At
tOrney David L. Riordan, says that
his wife was found in hotel with
another man, who is named az
cnraEnnndanf
The Washington times., 1926-04-29

HOW TO GRAB OFF A
SUGAR DADDY

The Lady from Boston is q twelve
tube superhetrodyne Lady Bountiful
radio station these days the way she
b passing out information to those
who are addressing her-Miss Beanie
3rown-care OF this column. She
told that bright young clerk In that
popular g street music store tnet
she could answer anything. This
query to her was simply duck soup
70 her Bostonese mind:
Dear Hiss Beanie: am = beauti-
and cslf.rope bionds hair. boyiskiy
bobbed. I am plump but not onl-
bompwan. Altogether, pm good.
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topped Cinderella sugar DADDY. 7
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with your UNDERSTANDING dressed like
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and talk a. II you had no sense at
AL. The old boys fall hard for this
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She then told the bright young
clerk that she was 80 glad she was
able to help every one who was in
need Of her advice; she said the more
who wrote to her the better she liked
e. So saying. she, asked for copy
Of 1.-THE Aqua Pura Will Not Perco-
late for an Indefinite Period,o and
said she would be on her way.
He dashed over q copy OF at Amt
Gonna Rain No Mo-" and heaved q
Ugh Of relief. A. D. HAYWORTH
The Washington times., 1926-04-29

For &c yOu can mail a
contribution to Heard and
Seen. For Sc yoat can bay
a Times. Total, SC. Who
said the nickel Is not as
powerful as 1t used to be?
EDWIN F. ROWLES.
The Washington times., 1926-04-29

With the ROstoffics De-
pGrtmsat holding dosOe the
Merc1gy, hoS0 can zoe ex-
pect spring weather?
e. L. ".
The Washington times., 1926-04-29
NOT so COSTLY

a Girl / dearly love
Il sweet vlrgie Smaelks;
When she eats &C my expense
GINGER JAKE.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03

|lature gave Waterbury full and un- Limited authority in the direction Of its traffic on the public highway. This act is in section 236 of the acts of that year. Wide powers are vest ed in the board of aldermen in its privileges to provide legislation for the governing of the traffic of this
 city.
 We deny that the state motor law
 supersedes this particular charter
 provision. The general assembly en- acted the charter amendment and the same body provided for the state motor law. The obligation of the city of Waterbury is 10 control it's traffic. This is no part of the states duty unless it should be that the city would fail 10 comply with the pro- visions of the charter grant. In that event it would be just and proper that the state should step in and regulate affairs"
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
WATERBURY MAKES
 OWN TRAFFIC LAW
Questions StOeckel'S Right to
 Make Regulations

Waterbury. June 8 P(-Water-
 hury's board of safety, in adopting
 the report of it's traffic committee
 yesterday challenged the right of the state motor vehicle commission CT 10 interfere in local traffic mat ters and denies that the state motor vehicle law supersedes the charter provision giving the local board Of aldermen power 10 regulate traffic here. The report states that while Commissioner Stoeckel is very smart official" he does not know everything about the conditions in this city for the reason that he has neither the time nor inclination to study them"
 The report also makes an issue of home rule" and challenges the in- reference Of any state officials in local government affairs. The report is the result of the proposal of the board Of safety that the "bouleyard' system of traffic be established here. This provides that certain streets shall be designated as houlevards and that all traffic from intersecting streets must halt before crossing or entering these boulevards. The traf- fife committee of the board of safety asked the board of aldermen to en- act such an ordinance but the board 1f aldermen refused on the ground
 hat the ordinance would conflict with the state motor vehicle law giv- ng vehicles entering streets from
 he right. the right of way.
 The board of safcty's traffic com nittce reporting back this decision ienied the claim of the board of tldermen, saying: Tn 1911 the Iegis-
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
VETS HAVE ANOTHER
 PRIVATE INNING TODAY
But There Seems Little Chance Their Views Will Receive Any Fav-
 OFablc Action

Washington June tP>-The vets had another-though not public inning today before the state judi ciary subcommittee which conduct cd the recent prohibition hearing, but they had no more reason than before to hope for favorable action on any of their measures.
 The committee was called 10 con- sid the proposals for modification of the Eolstead act and for ref erendum on prohibition, which formed the basis for ifs hearing. Ii also had before it the Golf enforce mcnt reorganization bill advocated by Assistant Secretary Andrews and other measures, and if any reach the senate through committee channels, it is generally conceded that one or more of these will be the commit tees choice.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
A. P. SPORTS EDITOR TELLS ABOUT
 HANDLING BIG EVENTS FOR WIRE

10 Latin-AmerIca, the other two linked up with the entire domestic wire system. The story of the fights actual progress was received simul- taneously over q 'hook-up' invoIv- ing close 10 5o,0oO miles Of wire.
 Stan of ii Men
 Tt required a staff Of eleven men, eight writers and three tele- graphers, to handle the various fea- lures of this ioh. Five Of the cdi- torial men were at the rineside = one writing q continuous descrip- tive story of the crowd, its emo- lions, etc, another diclating the fight, blow by blow and a third preparing brief cable dispatches Still a fourth wrote leads, then topped the whole performance of. with general descriptive story taking in all features. While this was heinz transmitted. other mem bars of the staff interviewed pro- motors, obtained statements from tho principals in their dressing rooms and got the official time keepers version of as hectic a ltnock-down-and-drag-o out fight as has ever been witnessed.
 "Arrangemcnts of equally elabo- rate character are required O ham de the annual worlds series, an event which sustains national inter est 10 greater extent than any other sports fixture. In fact it is only for either a worlds heavy weight championship boxing match or a worlds baseball champion ship that the whole wire system of the Associated Press is hooked mp 10 provide simultaneous service throughout the country.
 Baseball Excitement
 None Of bqsehalIs title battles have had any more thrills packed into them than those of the past two years. Both have gone the limit. testing editorial as well as playing endurance. The dramatic story of Pittsburgh's uphill victory over Washington last October. for instance, came from a rain-drench- ed corps of some 800 correspond- ents, herded in muddy 'dugout' wrestling with soaked scorebooks and trying 10 make out the details Of combat through the drizzlng rain and murky haze that shroudod the diamond When Hagen Cuvlcr lashed out the hit that won the game and beat Walter Johnson it was several moments before any one in the press box knew whether ! if was a home run or a two-base hit, as 1t actually turned out 10 be.
 Here again it was organization and attention to detail that pulled the Associated Press staff through q trying nine-day ordeal that in voiFed many sensational episodes.
 The editorial work was handled ly four men Of the New York sports taff, aided by members of the and Pittsburgh bureau ,taffs At the fields, one man dic- ated complete play-hy-play ac- count, another wrote supplementary natter and eIads. q third made up he box-score. while the fourth was II contact with the playing field and
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03

Notwithstanding the feeling Of the wet leaders that, for the present at least, they have little or no chance to bring about immediate liberaliza- ton of the EoIstead act. hey have shown no disposition 10 stop fight ing and are~planning to put forward their bills as amendments if any Of the dry measures is brought before the senate before adjournment.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
TRUSTEES EXPELLED,
 DR. STRATON INDICATED
Calvary Baptist Church Takes Stand Ending Houy Fought Con
 frOyPTSy.
trOycr>y.

New York, June 5 tP-Tha Rev. John Roach Straton, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, today stands vindicatcd by his congregation of charges filed against him by four former trustees of the church. The trustees have been expelled from the church.
 The former trustees charged that Dr. Straton was attempting to mort
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
Talking Over Radio Sta tion WIZ, Alan J. Gould Describes Flashing of News to Waiting Public.

New York. June GPJ-The task Of handling big sports events for the Associated Press was described last night by Alan J. Gould. New York sports editor, in a radio talk broad cast from WIZ, He said:
 'Typewriters begin 10 click. the buzz Of telegraph instruments grows louder as writers and operators, closely wedged together along mar row nine benches bend to their tasks under the purplish glare Of arc-lights.
 Ring Side Excitement
 There is wild swarming Of humanity about the ring-side press box, Some of the more enthusiastic. laboring under the delusion that re- porters are nothing more or less than stepping stones, start q rush lover the top in the direction of the ring, where the champion is. in the grasp Of q few excited friends and handlers. Several editorial necks and backs are sprained by the on rush until the stampede is checked. The click and the buzz start up again and the story of the cham pion's dramatic defense of his title is sped along thousands of miles of wire, simultaneously reaching Seattle and Tampa, Los Angeles and Boston.
 There you have a sketchy idea Of the circumstances as well as some pf the HifCfNut+ Associated Press, with it's staff Of sports experts, told to millions Of fans the story of Jack Dempsey's successful defense of his heavy weight crown against the onslaught of Luis Angel Firpo in the ring at the Polo Grounds, September II. 1928.
 There Is Big Thrill
 Even to the writer who has had to put up with such trying condi- tions, with manifold difficulties and obstacles, there is q thrill to q story such as this, covering as sensa- tional a sporting spectacle as the modern generation of fandom has witnessed. But the task alone is not simply one of occupying q front TOW seat in the press box and describing what happens. Back Of the team work there that produces the story from all its varied angles is long preparation careful planning and extension of facilitles-all the fac tors in the far-hung organization of the Associated Press that go to make up service to more than L. 200 newspapers in all parts of the country Latin America, the Philip pines, as well as to other parts of tho globe through cooperating for eign agencies.
 At the rlngsido for the Domp- sey-Firpo fight. for instance, there were three Associated Press wires, one carrying direct cable dispatches
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03

gage the church property in fur therance of the proposed new Cal vary church and office building. and was wasting church funds in per sonal litigation. They also accused him Of drawing salary from Cal vary church while receiving another from Miami Fla. church and of having indulged in "Hippodrome stunts" to get publicity.
 His accusers who have been ex- pelIed are Benjamin J, Miller. W. A. M, Martin. Albinus E Miller and Robert B. Buzbee. Their expulsion was ordered last night by unanimous vote Of 125 members of the church executive session upon recommonda- dation Of the board Of deacons.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-03

cepted American notions of high
 speed press association work. Late
 one evening, for instance. while a tired group of American corre-
 spondcr in the Olympic Stadium
 outside Paris waited for tabulation of figures on the decathlon or all-
 around athletic championship, of-
 mcials folded , their books and
 postponed reckoning the results until the following day. In contrast to this
 it is noteworthy that within a min
 ute after the final event of the de- cath on championship at the Penn
 sylyania Relays last month. The As
 sociatod Press hullctined that Tony
 Plansky had won and in q few min- utes more had given his detailed score as well as the totals of the other contestants,
 "Frcqucnfly sports writers are described as those members of the newspaper craft who have entree 10 the inner suuctums. front row seats free 10 big events for which specta- tors pay sometimes as high as S100 in short. nothirG but a good time. To offset this impression, however, it is only necessary to picture the rain-soakod correspondents. flirting with pneumonia in the press-boX al the worlds series last fall, after, a few days previously at Washington. wcr',ing in the teeth of q G0-mile gale in a temperature lowering around 40 degrees; or recall the work of covering the Harvard Yale football games of 1923 and 1924 while delures of rain made !. cut of the press stands; ! or of trying to write tho story of flight with scores of excited specta- i tors milling around the rincside, | pumping into or actually trying to ! climb over the writers.
 Writers Get "Kick" !
 "Thoro ar thrills in all sports nevertheless; even the most hard boiled writer will get his kick out | of big events. In the last few years of campaigning the names of {. Dempsey, Firpo, Nurm' Ruth, Til- den, Grange and Walter Johnson have stood out vividly. as the central figures Of great spectacles. For pure ,rilliance Of achievement in the past -wo years, it has seemed 10 me that TurmTs record breaking running in his American debut at Madison Square Garden; Johnson's pitching victory over the Giants for the 1924 worlds series title: and Red 1rangr's spectacular work in the mud of Franl'in Field against last fall have eclipsed III others.
 "T!'n charge frequently has been made that newsrapernen 'over-em- )hasizc' these individuals in sports. hat their foats arc played up too much 10 tie detrimert of team 'nirit My personal opinion. how yer, is that the stimulus these in. iividuals have given 10 the various branches of sport, the heroic ex- mnles they have provided for the oungnr generation more than off ct whatever excess publicity they ave gained. And after all it Is the thlete of this sort the performer Tith color" as well as greatness hat appe' s to ne great sporting 'uhlic. X Ruth, a Dempsey or frange bcr--nes an International gnro, as a matter of fact; known nd of interest even 10 those who do ot profess to follow the details ol he game"