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The Washington times., 1926-01-05
TWO FINED FOR
OLD TAGS

Although he had his new 1926
tags under his seat at the time OF
his arrest, John w. Braxton, color
ed, 1914 Eleventh st. N. W., was
the first person to be fined In
Traffic Court for operating with the
old tags. He was fined SO by Judge
Isaac r.. Hit today. Samuel r..
Clark, 1852 G st. 8. e.. was fined
a like amount.
Residents Of Virginia may oper.
ate in the District, on their old
tags, during the month of January,
1t was announced by Judge Hit,
after CrandalI Mackay, former
commonwealth attorney, advised
the court that an extension Is not
necessary in that state since there
is a statute making the use OF tags
legal until February /. Al number
Of cases Of this type were nolle
pressed.
Maryland motorists may expect
to receive the same treatment hi
those Of the District. Judge Hit
said. since there was no extension
granted BY that state, and There
Is no statute which gives raotorlSti
right to operate after January 4
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
/ MP OYES
To LOSE
Jobs

More reductions in the person,
mel Of the various bureaus Of tbs
Department Of the Interior mus
Be made during the coming veal
81 ! result of slashes in the esti-
mates presented to the House to-
day BY the Appropriation Com
mittee.
During the past two years.
2.01S employees have been dis
missed and the total salaries re-
duced $s,7OO,O 900 4 year, despite
Reconsideration increases totaline
81 $50, 900.
Howard Suffers Severely
Appropriations for St. Elizabeth z
Hospital and similar institutions 81
the District coming under the Jurls'
tlfction of the department also have
been materially reduced.
one or the largest cuts In the bill
was made On the Item for Ward
University. which was reduced from
1891 900, appropriated for the cur
rent year, to 4214. 900.
The heaviest personnel reduction
win be made in the general land
office, the salary roll having beer
slashed S105 900 below the current
total OF $2,633. $50 within tbs Dis
trict OF Columbia alone.
The salary appropriation for the
office OF the commissioner Of In
dian affairs. within the District
was reduced $25.600 below curreni
appropriations.
General expenses OF the office
also were reduced from s107 900 to
$9O. 900.
The salary ron OF the pension Of.
flee is reduced from $1.4O0,O00 to
In the United States Bureau OF
Education a salary increase Of
81 900 has been allowed over the
current appropriation. bring the
new total to $2O7, 900.
Less for st. EIizabeth's
st. Elizabeth's will suffer a re-
duction OF 100000 in the item for
support Of inmates and miscellane.
GUS expenses.
The appropriation for buildings
and grounds at the hospital has
been increased from $4,000 to
$12O, 900.
Total appropriations for the cur
rent year were $1.023. 900 while the
total for the coming year will De
only 1924, 900.
Appropriations for Columbia In
stitution for the Deaf remain at
$113, 400, a sum OF 81 400 having
been cut from the salaries and
general expenses and added to the
item for buildings and grounds.
At Howard University the prin.
cipal reduction was made in the
item for new buildings, which was
reduced 1870. 900.
The appropriation for salaries and
materials was cut from $34, 900 TO
$4,000 while $4,000 was added to
the estimate for fuel and light.
Freedmen's Hospital will suffer
a reduction under the new esti-
mate from $202,95O to $166, 800.
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FRIEND Of
WEBS
DIES

John Sherman Macintosh, who
received his life insurance wear
ago because he had lived so long
the insurance company decided to
declare him dead and pay his
policy in full; who tried to market
to a skeptical public the first
shipment Of bananas received in
America, who was 4 friend 81
Daniel Webster and who knew
Abraham Lincoln as an obscure
Illinois lawyer, and Chicago as
''mud-hoIe village" died here yes
terday.
Was IS Years Old
He was 98 years old last Novem-
Der. Death came from the infirm.
tiles OF age at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. #. H. Newell. 1873
Phelps Place N. w.
Mr.. Macintosh was very active
last January when the Mutual In
surance Company OF New York de-
cided to declare him dead, and
nav him, in full ON a $4,000 policy,
plus $98 accumulated DIVIDENDS Tor
the year. In fact, he was surprts-
ingly active. and was keenly In.
terested in current news events and
= daily newspaper reader, up to Q
few days before his death.
Threw Away Bananas
For more than so years Mr.. Mack.
intosh was engaged in the foreign
fruit business in Boston. In the
days OF the old clipper ships, sailors
would bring curiosities from foreign
ports. and among these "curiosities"
was q consignment Of bananas from
Central America. Mr.. Macintosh
tried to convince the public that
bananas were good fruit. But the
public looked askance. He finally
had to throw away nearly all OF
the shipment and what he didn
throw away he had to give away.
When he was a boy he walked 20
miles to hear Daniel Webster ded-
icate Bunker Hill monument, and
later webster became his friend. He
heard Abraham Lincoln, a virtually
unknown lawyer, make his address
in FanueiI Hall, in Boston, and be-
came a warm admirer of the martyr
President.
About 10 years ago he retired
from business mad came to Wash
ington to live with his daughter.
Mr.. Macintosh was born in Can
ton, Mass, and was grandson or
Roger Sherman, of Connecticut, one
of the signers of the Declaration of
independence. He is survived by
his daughter, Mrs. Newell; four
grandchildren and two great-grand.
children.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted today at Gawler's funeral
parIors. 1880 Pennsylvania Ave. N.
w. The body was shipped to For
est Hills, Mass, for burial.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
RETAIL CREDIT MEN
TO DINE OLD OFFICERS

All past presidents of the Asso'
ciated Retail Credit Men of Wash
ington will be honored guests and
speakers at dinner January II at
the Raleigh Hotel IN the oak room
at $3.50 p. m.
Charles M. Keefer, of s. Kann
Sons Company, former president in
1921, will speak on Credit as a
Service and Business Builder" Harry
v. Ostermayer, Woodward & 10th
rop, 1922, is to talk on The De-
ferred Payment Plan" Il. w.
Whitehead, Potomac Electric Power
Company, 1923, will take for his
subject, Adjustments and Com
plants" Herbert j. Rich, B. Rich s
Sons, 1924, on Credit Collections, .
and A. Coonin, OF William Hahn &
Co, 1926, is to speak on THE
Proper Method of Taking an Appli-
cation"
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
YOUTH HELD AS
AUTO THIEF

Arrested by, Detective Frank Ali
good and Policeman Eugene Davis
after he is said to have tried to sell
stolen automobile at Fourteenth
and u SITS. N. w, Sanford D.
Boden, alias Frank Cannon, aged
81, was arraigned before Judge Gus
A. Schuldt in Police Court today
for a preliminary hearing on a
charge of violating the Dyer act.
He was held for action of the
Grand Jury and bond was set at
81 500.
According to the evidence, Ed.
ward C. Barron. ATT e st. N. W.,
rented a car last August to go To
the Rockville Fair. While in the
fair grounds the car was stolen
and was not again seen until las
night when the man was attempt
ing to see it.
Although the motor number had
been obliterated the car was identi,
fled as belonging to the Drive-lt
Yourself Company and to have been
the one stolen In August.
The Dyer act prohibits a stolen
automobile being transferred from
one State to another.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
ELDRIDGE CITES
HIS RECORD

Traffic Director M o. EIdridge
wishes that people would stop akick-
ing his dog around
He said he was resigned 10 his
fate as having one Of the most
thanlSIess jobs In existence. and that
the public did not realize the amount
Of work be had accomplished since
taking office.
Furthermore, he said, although he
had opinions very concise opinions
ION the comment made by Senators
yesterday on the way traffic is
being regulated in the District, he
does not wish to make them public
II would be glade to testify More
any committee wishing to investf.
gate conditions in the District" de.
clared Eldridge today, but / refuse
to enter into any controversy with
the gentlemen on the hill They are
certainly entitled to their opinions
even though they may not be based
on facts,
Assistant Traffic Director. I. C.
MOller also made comments on re.
ported opinions OF Senators. but he
refused to be quoted
The Washington times., 1926-01-05

The historic old Capitol Hotel goes
back to the earliest days Of Wash.
ington. In It's basement there still
remain stalls where the slaves we're
kept overnight by their matters,
awaiting their fate on the auction
block the following day.
Relic Of Old South
The old hosiery was one Of the
most picturesque bits of architec-
ture in the Capital, with its second.
story veranda. that suggested the
atmosphere Of the old plantation
South.
After the days when the hotel
was a rendezvous of planters and
slave-brokers. it became. during the
'T0's and sos, center for the
Indian tribes which sent their chiefs
to Washington in the Lamb litiga.
ton OF that period.
Until recently, visiting redskins
In Washington always stopped at
the Capitol Hotel, largely through
force OF habit.
became An EyeSOre
Latterly. the ancient caravansary
has fallen into decay, and it was
popularity regarded as one of the
worst eyesores on Pennsylvania
avenue.
The boniface in charge seemed to
delight in maintaining the ante-civil
war atmosphere Of his place and
allowed his hosiery to fall into a
sad state of disrepair.
/ Old Washingtonians. despite their
affection for the old Capitol, never
were known to invade its portals.
but sightseers, up until the last
day, always showed a lively inter
est in 1t.
Within a week, the old hosiery
will be q complete wreck, another
evidence Of Washington's rapid pro.
gress in the direction Of efficiency
and modernity:-
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
TRAFFIC. LIGHTS
FOOL HIM; $50

Ernest o. Replogle, 1909 Massa-
chusetts Ave. N. E.. was the
first motorist arrested for failing
to obey an automatic light signal.
He passed red light at Florida
avenue and North Capitol street
yesterday, and was fined SO In
traffic court last night.
He claims the yellow light was
showing as he started to cross the
intersection, and he continued ahead
until he reached the center of the
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
D. C. BOTANICAL SOCIETY
TO REVIEW CoNvocATION

The Botanical Society of Wash
ington will hold its 1s9th regular
meeting at O'Clock this evening,
in the assembly hall Of the Cosmos
Club.
There will be reviews OF literature,
reports of scientific meetings OF
convocation week and an illus.
in the United States.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05

Charging that Capt. Guy Bur-
Iingame and his flying squad
ron are searching nearly every
near-beer saloon ii Washington,
without search warrants. Attorney
Harry q Whelan today filed
motion III Police Court to quash
the information in one Of the ar
rests.
Arrest Saloon Keeper
Attorneys WheIan and 0'COnneli,
who are appearing in behalf Of
william Brosnahan, who conducts
8 near.beer saloon at 1923 N St
M w, charge that Captain Bur
Elingame and some Of his men en-
tered the Brosnahan place last Sat
urday night without 4 search w.
rant III violation of his Constitu
tionaI rights and made thorough
search OF the place and when .
bottle 81 liquor was found on the
premises, they arrested him and
charged him with violating the Vol
stead Act
Judge Gus Al Schuidt win hear
the argument on the motion to
duash in the United States Branch
Of the Police Court. Saturday
morning.
Many Similar Gases
According to Attorney Wheian.
the case means much to the en-
fCrcement Of prohibition cases now
pending in the Police Court as
there are many OF the same kind.
He charged today that Captain Bur
IIlngame has been making 4 prae-
tice Of invading near-beer saloons
and making q search without a
warrant.
He said that the flying squad
ron had made about thirty such
arrests during the past three days
and many OF them will be thrown
out Of court If Judge Schuldt sus-
tains Attorney Whelan's point.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
Vets to Seat Officers

The annual installation of officers
of Equality-Walte Reed Post, No,
2S4. Veterans of Foreign Wars
will take place at 8 o'clock Thurs
flav night in Pythian Temple. a
large class viii be initiated. Dele.
cations from local units OF the
veterans and Military Order Of the
Coolies will attend.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
POLICE AND PASTOR
HUNT Ell oPlNG PAIR

Marvin Mckee and his recaptured
child.bride are still free and trip
ping the primrose path Of love TO.
day while police and a pastor
father hunt them.
Marvin released Blanch from the
North Carolina M. e. Church manse,
10 Ninth ST s. E., Sunday night.
where her papa, the Rev. p. w.
Crosby. was holding her captive
since their elopement.
Forced annuIment plans await
the r0mancers IL her papa finds
them. The bridegroom's parents
approve and forgive.
As they had little money when
they fled. they may be forced to
return. Mrs Mckee believes.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05

crossing, when the red light flash
ed. He stopped his car in response
to the signal, but when he saw he
was blocking traffic, went ahead
to remove his car.
The policeman who arrested him
says that he skidded into the cen
ter OF the crossing, and then went
ahead regardless OF the signal to
stop. Replogle also claimed the
judge who fined him placed fine
on him without hearing a word
he had to say in his defense.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
NAVAL MEDICAL CORPS
oEElcERS ARE SHIFTED
TIMEa STAFF PHOTO

Lieut.. Com. Ralph H. jenkins,
Of the naval medical corps. has
been placed on the retired list on
account of physical disability. the
Bureau of Navigation announces.
Lieuts. John r. Poppep, C. L.
Andrus, c. r. Riney and G. b.
Macarthur have been found quail
fled for promotion to the grade OF
lieutenant commander Of medical
corps of the Navy.
Lieut.. Com. William e. Conner,
medical corps of the Navy, will be
ordered transferred from duty with
naval hospital. at San Diego to
duty aboard the u. s. s. Relief
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
FLORISTS REPORT BIG
CHRISTMAS BUSINESS

Washington florists have had the
most profitable Christmas season in
history, members of the Florist
Club stated at their meeting last
night in the establishment of A..
Schnell. 1905 Fl st. n. w.
Among the speakers were Oscar
A. C. Oehmler. president of the
club; Herbert Sauer, Milton Thomas
and Otto Bauer. A vaudeville Ell.
tertainment and buffet supper fol.
lowed the meeting.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
COMMITTEE APPROVES
MORE INCOME EXEMPTION

The Senate Finance Committee
today approved tina provision in
the House revenue bill raising the
canned income exemption from
$4,000 TO $4,000.
The committee did not act upon
the normal and surtax rates.
"A IS per cent reduction = ~.
lowed on earned income.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
EIdridge 70 piseuss TraffIc

An address on traffic problems
BY Traffic Director M. @. Eldridge
and a general discussion Of the pro.
posed ban on all.nigit parking
form part OF the program for a
nleeting 81 the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association at o'clock
this evening The meeting will be
held III Sf. stephens Hall. 201T
-Four teenth St.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
Historic Capitol Hotel
Is Being Raced

One Of the landmarks of Washington old Capitol
Hotel Second and Pennsylvania northwest
is in process of demolition today.
An old auction the north of the hotel the sole
surviving relic Of slave days the District will be
part Of the debris that the wreckng crew will take away
to be supplanted by gasoline filling station the next few
uroolxn y
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
nganD.togggm
~ BILL PRICE sre 0s 81 oFi,cr
REG. Us. PAT OFFICE

BELIEVE 1T OR NOT.
A DDS. in JunglevilIe,
Received an sos,
Treas Hippo's call for dental skill
To qMeH his tooth distress,
Doc HyeBG pronounced first class
Quickly pulled the G0grGUator,
First giving seIJ-mGde laughing
Some painless eEtricdtorl
EDWIN I. SHOPE.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
no THE Man WHO CAN.

Here's to the man toho can smile
In dungeons Of darkest despair,
And heUer curse, hate or reUile
The deUtls tCho shackIed him there
For his Is a heart good and true,
That tCorships not potcer or peIJ,
But struggles until 1t breaks through
The gates of the prison of self.
EDW. JAMES IRVINE, Jr.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
HIGHER AND HIGHER

VisitOr-I suppose this talk
about beating your altitude rec
ord gets you rather angry?
AerOnaut - Yes, it certainly
makes me SOAR.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
SOLVE THIS ONE.
(send answers IN If you like.)

An old man left the above as
the only clue to the name combi-
nation to the safe containing his
will. Read down and up begin
ming with first column.
BRIDGEPORT.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05

Nes0 York newspaper says
tgOnten are n01O WedTing
carriers set Nth diamonds.
This is dangerous informG-
ton. All the men will be
looking that WGy noU. 1t
trains male eyes in the
wrong direction. G.. HID.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
~

CORk-Do you really love me?
COrkscRew-WelI, you'll have to adj
init I've gotten you out of many
. Eight place. HOFFMAN.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05

If Harry Banks, of Hudson
Falls, N. Y, lives up to his
name he certainly will not want
for anything in his old age.
BRIDGEPORT.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05

Now comes q New York Newspaper
And inquiries. What 10 heIl3"
The answer ought to be quite
To those who. In New York dwell.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05

TO TOM BLANTON:
Go after the street railways, Tom,
And get Congress to pull their hair !;
Then, maybe, in q hundred years or 10
Wen get q scent street car fare.
KATYDID.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
SIGN on Ford car:
TWENTY SMILES
TO THE GALLON!"

In tcinter, OtrIies should look
pretty and tca11a; not expensive
and cold.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
RAJAH KEEPEMGEZZIN.

"0utiincs Of History are de-
picted every day on Washington
streets.
The Washington times., 1926-01-05
LISTEN TO THIS:

TUo d,embbeIIs, overhedrin0 n
TestaurGnt CONGREGATION bet0een ttco
soldiers, got the impression that
General Electric and Major Leagues
we're both army officersi
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-01-28
PAID LOCAL NOTICES

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and 18th, BLACK Cyclone" the great
est horse picture ever made.-Adver-
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due the State and county from resi-
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-01-28
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST
Mr.. w. A. Smith, of Hoyes, was in
Oakland yesterday on business.

Mr.. w. A. Smith, of Hoyes, was in
Oakland yesterday on business.
Attorney julius c. Renninger was
at Cumberland Monday where he was
engaged on professional business.
Mr.. Peter Wilt, of near Homecoming,
was in Oakland on business Saturday
when he called at The Republican Of
flee.
Mr.. D. E. Offutt returned to Oak
land Sunday morning from Baltimore
where he had spent the previous week
on business and attending the auto
mobile show.
Attorney D. Lindley Sloan and
State Senator David w. Robb, of
Cumberland, were here professionally
Saturday afternoon, having motored
to the Garrett county capital from
their native city.
Last Friday and Saturday were
typical winter days in this section.
The thermometer stood at or around
ten degrees above zero all day Friday
while on Saturday a slightly warmer
condition prevailed, the mercury 60
ing up to fifteen above at noon.
The past week has been exception
ally dull insofar as the issuance of
marriage licenses at the local marri-
age bureau is concerned, as but nine
permits were written, whereas the
number issued weekly averages more
than twice the total of the past week.
Rev. A. J. Torrey, who has been
rector of st. Matthew's parish in Oak
land for the past eighteen months,
will conduct his final service as rec
tor in the local church Sunday morn
ing at 11:00 o'clock. Rev. Torrey eX-
tends an invitation to all to attend
this service
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Gnagey of Elk
Lick Township, and Mrs. w. y. Loe-
chel and daughter, of near Grants
vile, were Meyersdale visitors on
Thursday and spent some time with
their sister, Mrs. G. c. Beachy, at the
Hazel McGilvery Hospital.-Meyers-
dale Republican.
Grantsville and the several lesser
communities in that section of the
county, combined with the Meyersdale
and Elk Lick (Pa.) boroughs, have
purchased a motor driven fire truck
and hose reel combined to be used as
necessity requires by the communities
interested at the time of conf1agra-
tions, which no doubt will prove, as
time goes by, profitable investment
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-01-28

Mr.. L. L. Savage, of near Accident,
was a Republican office visitor Mon
day.
Mr.. Wellington Yutzy is out again
after a weeks illness due to an attack
of tonsilitis.
Merchant Warwick, of Deer Park,
called at The Republican office yes
terday morning.
Mr.. George w. Harvey, of near
Deer Park, was here on business yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Law ence X. Dixon entertain
ed a number of her friends at bridge
Saturday evening last.
Miss Theresa yelling has been con-
fined to her home for the past three
weeks with an attack of pleural- pneu-
monia.
Miss Helen May has returned to her
home at the Park from Washington,
D. c., where she had been on visit
to friends.
Messrs. D. B. Albright and Floyd
Albright, of near GAINESVILLE, West
Va, were in Oakland Monday last on
business.
Mr.. Herbert Shaffer, of Cumber-
land, was here Sunday where he Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
C. Shaffer.
Mrs. Reese E. Friend and little son
have returned to their home in Oak
land from a visit to relatives in Ak
ron, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Falkenstein
spent Saturday and Sunday in Terra
Alta where they visited Mr.. and Mrs.
G. H. Falkenstein.
Mrs. ]. Edgar Long, of Clarksburg,
West Va, spent Sunday and Monday
in Oakland visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd C. Shaffer.
Mrs. Paul Mitchell returned to her
home near Oakland Sunday from
Grafton, West Va, where she had
spent few days visiting relatives.
Mrs. George w. Fleming, of Gin
ton, N. G., who was here several days
last week with her sister, Mrs. j. D.
Darby, returned home Monday, &C.
companied by her nephew, John
Darby.
Mr.. Joseph Spates, formerly con-
nected with the management of the
Maryland Theatre in Oakland, spent
the latter part of last week in Oak
land renewing old acquaintanceships
and looking after business in his line,
the latter being publicity matter for
banking and financial institutions.