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The Washington times., 1926-02-23
JURY HOLDS.
BOZ, 70, AS
F|RE.B[NG3

Harold S. Marsh, 10 years old,
who is alleged to have confessed
to the police that he set fire to
the Victoria apartments, Four
teenth and Clifton Streets North
west, january 81, last, was today
indicted by the grand jury for
arson.
The complaining witness in the
charge is Asa L. Gilbert, repre-
senting the Alonzo @. Bliss proper
ties, which owns the place.
Call Told Of Blaze
Mr.. Gilbert told the police, 1t Is
alleged, that someone called him up,
saying that the building was on
fire. He Immediately went to the
apartment house from his home In
the FaIkstone Courts and dis
covered that there were three dis
tinct fires: one on the. sixth floor;
another at the base Of the cupOla OF
the building and still another In the
kitchen OF a vacant apartment on
the first floor.
Mr.. Gilbert claims he saw the
young seIf-confessed firebug on the
first floor OF the building, where he
lived in apartment 81.
Mr.. Gilbert places the damage at
$3.50. 900.
Marsh, upon being questioned by
the police. admitted he had turned
in between rs and 100 false alarms
and said that he had climbed
through a window on the fifth
floor to the fire escape onto the
roof, where he climbed through a
door into the store room. Here, he
claimed, he prowled around through
idle curiosity and in striking some
matches. one, he says. fell through
a crack in the floor and that some
paper caught fire.
He left the place for a neighbor-
ing lunch room and returned ana
turned in the alarm himself.
Marsh resisted arrest and struck
at the police officer, 1t Is said.
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ndE NEXT INVASION.

81
Heck. Pm not getting anywhere"
So say we all sometimes;
We rave and swear and tear our hair,
And mediate on crimes.
We hate the old job like the deuce,
10 never pays us more;
For careiessness galore.
We say we do not give damn
For anything at ali.
But this Ii Just o selfish siam
That makes q man look small.
OH! has there never been q day
For you as well rs /.
when work has seemed like very play,
And minutes seemed to flyg
Forget the lay-down stuff. my friend,
What II You don't get paid
OF this our Big PaFndef
or course you need t.: 50 do L;
I'll take al / can get.
The Fourth Of any sweet July,
And spend the same, you bet!
But II you haven't got the nerve
To make O new, fresh start,
Then fH0m your present course
don't sweFve
And get warts on your heart!
Say, 81 must be where / belong:
Pm lucky here to be.
So I shall sing q cheerful song,
And make ''em proud Of me-
GENE BLOSSOM.
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PAYS FOR REGULARITY

The title Of 1.-The champion taxi
of the world" cost
Joseph Louis Carl SIS when he
was arraigned before Judge Gus A.
Schuldt in Police Court today.
Joseph s. King, a taxi driver,
said that he had been employed by
Carl last night and that after TAX
ing the man to several places. Carl
announced that he was the holder
of the above named title and pro-
ceeded to beat King on the shins
with his cane. King then took
Carl to the Second precinct station
house where he was arrested upon
charges of assault.
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Inc lire Chl9I saw blue gas
flame, Enthusiastically real. extfns
guished before his astonished gaze
by the drawing Of fiddle over the
tines OF d tuning fork. He played
the tune" himself at the direction
Of Charles Kellogg.
Kellogg, one of the few men in
the world for whom money has lit
tie attraction, is billed at Keith's
Theater this week. He claims that
the salary he receives from a short
tour keeps him indefinitely in the
unexplored jungles where he makes
his experiments.
ut was many years ago" ex.
planned Kellogg. that / first dis
covered the real power of sound.
1t was revealed to me by the Dig
ger Indians, by whom j was raised,
through the transmission Of mes
sages over unbelievable distances
merely because they were able to
get the proper pitch.
pitch" means everything in the
fighting of fire with music. accord
ing to Kellogg, who gave an ex.
hibition today before officials Of
the Fire Department in No. 2 En-
CINE House. on Twelfth Street, be-
tween G and II Streets Northwest.
Equipped with the apparatus he
uses on the stage, a gas tank,
burner, two glass tube and a box
of matches, Kellogg put out the
flame, not only with a tuning fork
and fiddle, but by means of "a
noise sounding like whistle, but
termed singing" by Kellogg.
He claims that his knowledge of
GG-.sk - LII l. H.
chanical knowledge of an electrical
struction of a group of large tun-
ing forks, which when played by
machinery, could extinguish any
fire in the District of Columbia.
The apparatus would not be moved
from a central station, according
to Kellogg
His knowledge of the power of
sound has helped him out of many
difficulties. Kellogg said. and in
duced the Fijians to perform their
''fire-walk' for him during his last
sojourn in the jungles. The sup
posedly unlearned Islanders dance
on white-hot stones without eX-
periencing the slightest discomfort,
declared kellogg, showing photo
graphs to back up his statements.
'" lluIH lew weeks h0llOSS
claimed he would again pack his
belongings for a six or seven year
trip among the saVages. Mrs. KEEL
logg accompanies him on these
Journeys.
The Fire Department officials
displayed great interest in the
demonstration, and although they
wanted to appear skeptical, they
confessed that they were mystified
at the power Of sound over fire.
Firemen HurI Challenge
r Challenges were hurled at Kellogg
by the fire fighters, who thought
that the innovation of tuning forks
in place of hose wagons wouh re
suit in the loss of their jobs. They
wanted to bring acetylene torcnes
around for. Kellogg to extinguish.
Reassured by Kellogg that it
would not mean loss of work, the
firemen were told that they should
go to the Library and study books
on sound with an idea of making
experiments themselves. They were
Informed that they could perform
the sam" stunt if they would only
look into the science of physics.
During Kellogg's lecture the fire
men eyed the gas flames askance,
several of them whistling softly to
see If they couldn't put out the
blaze but without success
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Lieut.. Col. j. Franklin Bell, Dis
trict Engineer Commissioner, ex-
pressed general approval of the
purposes of the bill, but suggested
important amendments in accord
anee with the stand already taken
by the District Commissioners.
Purchases Are Slow.
Prefacing his statement by show.
ing that the Mcmillan plan has
been pigeOn-holed for more than
20 years, Delano declared that of
56 park properties recommended
for purchase by the Federal Gov
eminent in the Mcmillan plan, only
three so far have been acquired.
He said great damage already
had been done to the capital by
haphazard real estate developments
in the outlying sections Of the city
and that Washington might be ir-
retrievably ruined as a national
capital unless some control was
placed upon its helter-skelter
growth.
Bond Issue Urged
Delano recommended that Wash
ington should be authorized to
have bond issue to care for it's
immediate park needs. He ad-
mitted, however, there was slight
possibility that Congress would au-
thorize such an issue.
Senator Phipps of Colorado APP
peared before the Senate District
COMMITTEES to recommend that the
ROCK Creek and Potomac parkway
PHI. carving an appropriation Of
| $6OO,OV0, be so amended as to make
the appropriation on a pro rata
basis from the Federal and District
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WILLIAM CoRCORAN HILL
WILL GIVES WIFE ESTATE

The will of William Corcoran
Hill, dated May IA, 1894, has been
flied for probate. The document
was found In a safe deposit box OF
the National Savings and Trust
Company by Deputy Register OF
Wills She'll.
It gives the entire estate, the
value of which is not stated to mis-
widow, Mrs. Sallie PheniX Hill and
names her as executrix.
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SPEEDER FREED ON BOND
BUT PERMIT Is REVOKED

A request to the court that his
operators permit and taxi identi-
fication card be revoked. made in
traffic court last night by Amer
Icus J. Paganelli, of 2401 N ST.
N. W., after he had been con,
victed of second offense of
speeding, resulted in the release of
Paganelli was arrested by Po-
liceman J. r. Murphy of the
Fourteenth precinct, for driving at
thirty-five miles an hour on Con-
necticut Avenue, according to the
testimony. Judge Isaac r. Hit
ordered that the permit and iden-
tification be revoked.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
GRANTS 30 DEGREES

Degrees were conferred on eighty
graduates of George Washington
University at exercises last night
in Memorial Continental Hall.
; DIR. Henry Suzzallo, president of
the University of Washington, who
gave the principal address, dis
avowed the general contention that
this is day of specializing. IA
liberal education is BEST" he as
serted.
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Mrs. Um Wrinkle Raps I oziicdZ Chicaneyy
aagnnD4roSgg
$1,000 ~ BILL. PRICE sFa g "a cFier
A COLLEGIAN TO DAD

"A COLLEGIAN 10 DAD
Books 20 buy, owe . guy, listen,
meed dough!
Don't neglect to wire the check, but
not collect, no.
My pants contain no roaming cent.
4 have to dress the part Of q gent.
Now, pnter, dear, dent be rough,
The coin yen sent waa not enough.
hope my pleas arc not I'm vain,
30, please open mp and let II rain"
DAD 10 COLLEGIAN
"Geholy sainti I answer faint, ron
know I alnpt no Ford.
Your crazy stuff Of not enough IL
one bum muffSs Pm bored
Ny pants contain one Roman cent.
Add on two holes, q tear, and q rent.
Methinlks you be fOur-wlaeel brake,
For you have made an awful mis-
take" THE TECH.
Late song hit: "She Was
Once a Conductors Sweetheart,
But She Told Him Where to
Get Off KIT.
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HE'S UP AGAINST TT

Say. BIN. II you asked girl T.
marry you,
AS I DID
And she said, ask father about {,
AS SIZE DID
And her father had been . great
football player
And had Kicked five goals from the
field
In one single game. and didnt IKE
you anyhow,
WHAT,D you Dor
PERCY PIGGLY.
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10 MORE PNEUMONIA
CASES II DEAD LISTED

Eighteen cases Of pneumonia
were reported to the health depart
ment today bringing the total, since
January /, to 761.
Physicians reported the death Of
il persons. The total number OF
persons who have died since the
first of the year is 26S.
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revenues instead of withdrawing it
from the accumulated District sur
plus in the Federal Treasury.
The bill as it passed the House
carries the latter stipulation. The
Senate committed took no action on
Senator Phipps' recommendation
today, but probably will do so Fri.
day.
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SERVED HIM RIGHT

jock SprGtt tOGs GstSte fat
And Mrs. Spratt sCus lean.
She bought Uery broad Meto hat
And put Il on her bean.
ssH0sU do yolt like my hGtf'
Mrs. EprGtt aeied Jack.
He Gmslcered:: aTt makes you look
Like needle ssader hovstaok."
WbereupoH angry Mrs. Sprdtt,
Though k1t0sOsnO she tOG8 bong,
Went right to court, got a divorce
And a chunk OF GItmony.
MARMALADE NIKE.
AS ADVERTISED
Angry Guest-LoOl here, the
rain Il simply pouring through
the roof Of my bedroom.
Summer Hotel PrOprietOr-Ab.
s0lufely according to our pros
pectus, sir; running water In
every ROOM"
ROSE s. STREET..
The Washington times., 1926-02-23

The fifteenth child has
been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Casper Bit, of Birch Hill,
". c., and their friends 1togp
sing: "Every little Bit added
to qChGt v0u,ve got makes
just a little Bit more 2
PETE.
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Senate Body Takes Up
D.C.Planni11g Board

future development of Washington National Capt.
the Senate District Committee
today.
Frederic Deano representing the American Civic Asso
caton champoned the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission BILL which will have the of evolving
new LEnfant Mcmillan plan the city and superinend-
connection with it's DEVELOPMENT.
The Washington times., 1926-02-23

London engineers have designed
garage with floors composed of
concentric. rings that revolve, Civ
ing quick access to car by turn
ing the ring it occupies until 1t IL
opposite the exit.
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Puts Blaze Out Here
With Music
CHARLES KELLOGG

Fire Chief George s. Watson learned today TO his amaze
ment that his pretty red wagons, the most modern IRE
lighting apparatus on market could be made obsolete with
effective machinery costing only few hundred
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AIM { D A |
BUREAU,
CHARGE:


Half the time of members of the
women,s bureau of the Metropoli-
tan Police Department is con-
snlned in fighting attempts to
overthrow the bureau.
This was revealed in testimony
by Mrs. Nina C. Van Wrinkle,
chief of the bureau, at the open
ing hearing today of a subcom-
mittee of the House District COM
naittee on bill to legalize the
bureau and increase the number
Of policewomen.
Urges Passage of Bill
Mrs. Van Wrinkle told the com.
mittee that passage of the bill is
necessary as guard against POI
hticaI chicanery which might In
ture the bureau.
Is there much political chicanery
in the District government? Rep
resentative Frank r. Reid, OF
Illinois asked.
Not much at present but in the
past it has once or twice affected
the bureau" Mrs. Van Wrinkle re-
piled.
She charged that a former Dis
trict Commissioners had brought
false charges against her and had
made every effort to abolish the
bureau.
Not Gagged, She Says
Another commissioner, not now
in office. also opposed the bureau,
said Mrs. Van Wrinkle. you ruled
that the bureau could not even re-
quest the employment Of additional
members to relieve overworked
poIicewomen.'
Mrs. Van Wrinkle denied that she
had been subjected to a gag rule
by Commissioner Fredrick A. Fem
ming as was reported recently.
To Cost $138. 900 q Year
The bin would provide a director
with the rank of assistant superin-
tendent. an assistant director with
the rank of captain, a case super
visor. three patrol supervisors and
81 priyates. Mrs. Van Wrinkle esti-
mated that the increased personnel
would cost $13S,O00 a year.
A long statement In behalf Of
the bill was made by George E..
Worthigton. of New York, repre-
senting the American Social Hy-
giene Association and the Social
Hygiene Society of the District.
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AN estimated profit 81 $780, 200
win accrue to the Potomac Eiec
trio Power Company IN the fail
ure to locate consumers who
should share III the disbursement
of the impOunded fund ordered to
be divided between the public end
the company, It was learned 70
day from the records Of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission.
Although the company il ap-
parently making every effort 70
locate persons to whom money i
due, Ii IS said that thousands have
either died OF moved out Of the
city; making It impossible u find
them.
Sc s05O, 900 Involved
O9 the S6 ,AOI ,5T6 nnpounded, $500,
900 Is deducted for taxes and Of the
remaining amount 81 $50 900 was
supposed TO have been returned 10
the consumers.
The electric light company show
Ing Cancelled envelopes through
which it has endeavOred 10 locate
the consumers. has paid out 81,
3TO 900 MP to Saturday.
ii was learned also today from
statistics Of the Public Utilities
Commission that the Washington
Railway and Electric and Capital
faction Companies have made
enormous profits through the fall
tickets for redemption ct the time
m increase irl fare was ordered
IN accordance with the order Of
the commission the companies notis
fled the public chat tickets would
Sc redeemed az the car barns upon
application up TO Deceu1beF a 1878
This allowed holders of tickets one
month and four days In which e.
get their money back
Figures show that the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company
made Approximately $4,000 on this
situation. as many people Thought
ii was not worth their while e
return the tickets or for other rea
cons failed To get them redeemed.
In 1919 the Washington Railway
and Electric Company asked the
commissions accountant to write
off SAG 500 TO its surplus accounsn
and ia 1920 the request was re-
peated for the writing off Of $4,000.
1t is said that this money repre-
seTits Ilnredeemed tickets which
may not now be sent IN tor dis
basement Of cash
Tire different methods Of book
keeping employed by the Capital
Traction Company make II impoe
sibIe to arrive at any accurate esti-
mate of the profit it has in this
way. but it Is thought that, due
to the shortness of its lines, the
figure will not run quite az high
as that Of the other company.
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Demetro CucanmbumgG, of
Los angeles, has had his
name changed By the courts,
doubtless on q aU7it of cholera
norbus. ARIZONA IKE.
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party organization after a report by
Ordjonikidze. a candidate of the Dol.
itical bureau
The resolution emphasizes that Zinc.
view did not stop his struggle against
the central committee after the XIV
Congress and that as president of the
Comintern he utilized the apparatus of
the executive committee of the Com
munist International with a view of
mobilizing Communist parties of other
countries against the all-Union Com.
munist Party, flirting either with the
ultra-left or right wing groups.
The resolution points out further
that Zinoviev and Kamenev. after OBJ
durately fighting against Trotzkyism
in 1928, finally adopted Trotzkyism
themselves.
The reconci14t ION of these comrades
with Trotzky iniI926 has the obvious
aim of forming. a joint block for a
united struggle against the central
committee, which defends true Leni1f
ism. Zinoviev and Kamenev held a
contrary position to the central com
ittee and thought that the industriali
cation of the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics was impossible. Trotzky
maintained deep silence on this ques
ton at the XIV Congress where the
resolution on the industrialization OF
the Soviet Union presented the basic
line of the party for the immediate
future.
The disorganizing activities of the
opposition within the party endangel
and block the practical work on in
disqualification.
The resolution further points Out
that the action Of the opposition after
the XIV Congress is practically lead
ing to the creation of an Illegal party
and creating division within the Com
munist Party. 1t welcomes all meas
ures of the plenum devised for the
preservation of the unity and Bolshe
visit discipline of the party.
SIMILAR resolutions are being adopt
ed in other units of the party.
Correction In Yesterdays Cable.
To the members of the politica
bureau add the name of Voroshilov.
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fkA,,>;' a.,
falling; MAY
Bring panic
Poincare Swings Whip
in Finance Committee
Especial to The Daily worker)

PARIS, July 29.-The franc is fall
ing again. This is the most significant
news of the day because If the fall
continues a new rush to liquidate
paper securities may engulf and over
throw Poincare's cabinet before the ex-
pected adjournment Of the chamber Of
deputies on August or 10.
For two days the industrial stocks
on the Paris bourse have been suffer
ing unprecedented declines. Some
fondly imagined that the investors
were selling industrial paper to buy
government paper, but yesterdays
sharp drop in the valueSof the franc,
from 1892 to 42.09 to the dollar in
dicates continued financial instability.
The prophets who sang pretty songs
about the skies clearing" seem to
have warbled bit too early.
Debt Ratification Delayed.
The reaction may have resulted from
the declaration of Poincare before the
finance committee of the parliament,
that neither the Washington nor the
London debt agreements would be
laid before the chamber for ratifica-
ton until October, and then that terms
would be made for payment within
Frances measure of its capacity
Important actions of the finance
committee numbered among them the
approval of Poincare's financial pro-
gram over stiff opposition.
Poincare Swings Whip.
The vote for approval was 20 to IL
with six abstentions. Against the
items for increasing taxes on rail
road passenger and freight rates, how
ever, the opposition rallied a majority.
But Poincare swung the whip, and on
vote to reconsider he won back
again and the items were approved
by vote of Is to II.
Another action of the finance com
mittee was to reject the socialists
financial program, proposed by Leon
Blum against that of Poincare.
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ut becomes necessary for me at
this time to make statement for our
members and for the public as to
what really happened at the last
meeting of the Chicago Federation of
Labor since this matter received so
much publicity the early part of last
week and was followed by state
ment in the official organ of the
Chicago Federation of Labor---the
Federation News.
No Quarrel with Federation.
1.-THE statements contained in these
one reading it will be under the i'm.
preston that we started a quarrel
with the Chicago Federation of La
Dor. Everyone knows that our or
ganization picked no quarrel with any
body and, II is well-known that we are
bona-fide organization affiliated
with the Chicago, Illinois and Alneri.
can Federations OF Labor.
Make Unusual Report.
ION Sunday, July IS, 1926, made
my usual report TO the chicago Fed
GRAFTON of Labor on the doings of the
organization. 1t was pointed out that
we have signed an agreement with
Percival b. Palmer and that % Of
our brothers and sisters were at that
time released from Cook county prison
after serving their full term. The
delegates were urged to distribute cir.
culars advertising protest meeting
against the Imprisonment of our mem.
bers. In the remarks also expressed
my dissatisfaction with the silence of
Governor Small on the appeal made
20 him to pardon our brothers and sis.
tiers. said II in the following words:
Seek Small Pardon.
"a committee consisting of the
Illinois, and Chicago Federation Of
CONTINUED on page 81
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as during the Spanish regime when
the Filipinos time and again took up
arms 10 establish their own sover.
eighty and as when they arose in
revolt against America over a quarter
OF a century ago, they are struggling
for the independence Of their native
land
The American people should be cor
rectly informed OF what really tran.
spired. The Philippine Commission OF
independence. the Filipino people and
their leaders at the time of the ar
rival of Colonel Thompson had not
found an opportunity to confer with
him officially. For the sake OF courtesy
and hospitality, which are the main
traits OF the Filipinos, they did not
deem II proper to breach the subject
Of independence Immediately. These
courtesies have been misinterpreted
as indicating reconciliation to post.
ponement OF independence. The ques.
ton OF independence was brought up
later, but the presidents envoy De.
clined to discuss Il.
Now that formalities are over and
Colonel Thompson has opened hear.
lngs, he will be flooded with protests
against the proposal TO wrest from
them SOC OF their most fertile lands
the less desirable to be left to them.
lie will receive complaints against
plans TO curtail Filipino autonomy.
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A. C. W. STAGES
walk OUT FOR
new AGREEMENT
$4,000 Quit But 5000
Return

NEW YORK, July 29.--(FP)- The
latest addition to the ranks Of strik.
ing workers in New York and vicinity
is from the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers. The $4,000 employed in
mems and children's garment factories
stopped work anahour early TO go to
meetings for ratification of the new
agreement drafted by the Amalga-
mated with the employers associa.
ton. After discussion and some vo-
ciferous protest, the pact was declared
accepted by the workers.
5000 Returned.
About 5000 returned to work the
next morning and $4,000 in all are ex.
pected TO be back before the week
ends. as independent shops settle.
Most OF the 5000 returned under the
agreement already effected with the
manufacturers association. The union
expects that 10000 will have to con.
tinue their strike another week be.
fore settlements can be made. Thirty.
nine MISREPRESENTATION have already
agreed with the union.
Cutters Assess Selves.
Shop chairmen OF the cutters unioL