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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-06

By William Philip Simms
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-"Every-
where I've been, told Premier Mus
solini, people are talking, war debt
cancellation. In Italy I don't hear it
so much. Why?
"We're working, not talking" the
Italian dictator shot back. you're
in new Italy now, serious and
disciplined. We believe in acts, not
words.
Long ago, first of any, we made
up our minds to pay our debts. 1t
was our first consideration. And first,
of any we have commenced to pay
them. Talk, now, is useless. With
out phrases, therefore, we shall meet
our obligations as they fall DUE"
Different in England
This was startling, the head Of a
European state apparently satisfied
with the war debts deal at least to,
the point Of not grumbling about it.
Even the British, who boast of be-
ing such good sports and always
settling without murmur, 1 had
found sour as crabapples on the
subject. Some, like Winston Church
i'll, chancellor Of the exchequer, are
even abusive.
Surely you favor revis.on,"N I
said.
mot to the point Of suggesting
it," said Mussolini. ain fact don't
think the suggestion should come
from any European country. 1t
should come spontaneously from the
United States if at ALL" ,
"What advantage would revision
have for the United States?"
"Since you ask me, I'll tell you
what I think.
Chance for America
1.-THE material advantages of such
an act should not weigh at all. Were
America still further to reduce or
cancel the debts, she would be ac-
complishing an act of simply
stupendous moral import to the en-.
tire world.
"Such an act would crown in
marvellous fashion Americas glor-
ious gesture of ranging herself
alongside the European nations in
war to preserve the same ideals.
Were she to do this, nothing could
prevent an immense amount Of prac-
teal advantages accruing to her.
Such an act, done with no thought
of material advantage, could not fail
to bring a flood of such advantages
Notwithstanding. A brand new
world situation would thus be
created and the United States could
not fail to profit by it."
Step Toward Peace
"Would it be a step toward world
peace"
Undoubtedly. The colossal burden
Of debt weighing on the budget of
most of the nations of Europe is
having it's moral effect on the people
OF Europe.
Furthermore, while in Italy the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
IN. |. GRANVILLE
ENDS LIFE

Martin Luther Granville, Il. vet.
eran accountant, employed by the
District Government, told his aged
wife he was tired" when she asked
him II he wished to have breakfast
at his usual hour of o'clock this
morning.
Let me sleep" Granville said
YEARLY. Don't call me until $50"
Mrs. Granville needed his request,
and, at $50, went to their room
in the Granville home at Ais RIM
door locked. When it was opened
a few minutes later, she found that
her husband had killed himself
with an old army rifle that he had
treasured as souvenir for a
quarter of a century.
Coroner J. Ramsey hewitt gave
a verdict of suicide.
+ Mr.. Granville's health had been
failing since he suffered q nervous
breakdown last spring. He says
eligible for retirement in the sum
mer, having passed the age of 70
and having been twenty years in
the District service.
He asked for, and was granted.
two-year extension, however. He
didn't want to retire.
~" WSChs ago. his HSdlIn CoHl-
PEELED him to quit work. Since
that time he had been brooding.
Mrs. Granville said, but he had
given no indication that he intend
ed to take his life.
Mrs. Granville's brother in law.
Charles w. Hanger, who lives at
AIT Randolph st. was summoned
by her when she found her hus-
band had locked the bed room
door. He climbed into the room
over the transom and made the
discovery.
Mr.. Granville first entered the
District service in the auditors Of,
flee. later serving in the health Of
flee and. II years ago was trans
ferred to the assessors office
where he was employed at the time
of his death
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
BANDIT HELD IN
JELLEFF CASE

An echo of the Jelleff hold-up
sounded in the police court today,
when James p. Simpson, colored.
was assisted before Judge George
III. Macdonald TO face a charge of
robbery. He was held for action
of the Grand Jury and bond set at
$4,000.
Simpson is one of the two sur
Viyors Of a trio of coIored men who.
II Is alleged, held up Andrew Beck
EFT. colored employee of the Frank
r. Jelleff Company and attempted
20 rob him of $4,000 pay roll.
Beckett, for twenty-seVen years a
trusted employe of the company,
succeeded in wrestling a pistol from
the hand of Paul Blackiston. col.
ored, for many years a butter at
the White House. just as Simpson
and George Frank Maxwell, col
ored, grabbed the bag containing
the money.
Both Simpson and Maxwell were
shot by the third bandits gun in
the hand of Beckett. Maxwell died
the next day and Simpson has since
been in the hospital. Blackiston
has already had a hearing and was
held for the grand jury. Simpson
was arrested by Detective r. NJ.
AlIigood
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NJ Don AID
GIRL COM.
AGAIN

Is
Frantic efforts and heart
broken appeals Of relatives have
failed to produce any lof the per-
sons recently reported missing,
although Elizabeth Mcdonald was
found in New York city, only to
disappear again.
A mother today bemoans the
loss Of her S-year-old son and the
police are spreading dragnet
to apprehend the father, Clarence
Peterson, who is said to have
disappeared yesterday with the
child, from their apartment at
Third and D streets northwest.
Came Here Week Ago
According to the mother, Mrs
Bessie Peterson, she came here last
week. with the child, to effect q
reconciliation with her husband
They were to have obtained an
apartment, and she was making an
inspection of one at Third Street
and Massachusetts Avenue North.
west when her husband. she says,
took the child, two suit cases Of her
wearing apparel and her fur coat
Peterson is employed at the Central
Auto Works. 449 I st. N. w.
The Mcdonald girl, who is thir-
teen years Of age, fortified herself
with 5000 and satchel Of clothes
and took leave from the home of
her foster parents, 1927 G st. N. w.
January i.
She was found alone and penni-
less on the streets Of Flushing, l..
l., Sunday and turned over to the
Big Sisters, a welfare organization,
who notified her parents. She was
taken Ia Ahe home of Mrs. HI. E.
Hendrickson, head of the organiza-
ton, to await the arrival OF her
uncle and foster father and while
her relative was on his way to get
her, she slipped quietly out into the
night. Although a general police
alarm was sent out she has eluded
all efforts to find her.
Whether Mrs. Helen Boyce Mad
den, 21.year-old wife of Harry Mad
den. 913 Fifth st. N. W., 10 in
dulgiing in her craving, for dancing,
is in Gotham, or Is hiding in this
city from a husband who Is II
years her senior and has. never
learned to "step out" her mother,
husband and police are ignorant.
She disappeared week ago upon
the receipt OF a telegram which she
told her husband called her to the
lights of Broadway. Efforts of her
husband to detain her proved futile
and she dropped completely out OF
sight. Her mother, Mrs. NJ. E.
Boyce. says that the young woman
is jazz mad" and wanted to go out
and dance every night.
No word has been received Of the
whereabouts of Mrs, Blanche Heitz-
man, 10, wife of a soldier at Walter
Reed Hospital. She left her home
in Louisville Saturday to join her
husband here. She never arrived
and her husband fears for her
safety.
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STREET CRITICS
HIT BY BELL

The ire. of Lieut.. Col. j. Frank
lin Bell, the Engineer Commits
sioner, was aroused today over
the criticism of the condition Of
the Districts streets by several
civic organizations.
Colonel Bell said that his de-
partments welcomed constructive
criticism in which faults which
might be remedied are pointed
out, but that in many recent cases
DIRECTORS to the methods Of the
highway department have been
unfair.
Praises Streets
There are few cities in the
United States which can boast of
better streets than Washington %
declared Bell, ''but the trouble is
that criticism comes from persons
unacquainted with conditions out
side Of the District"
The Commissioner pointed out
that the fund accrued from the
gasoline tax can only be used for
repaving of old streets or the
original paving OF new streets and
cannot be used for repair work.
"Unwarranted criticism has indi-
Gated that there is false impress
sion going the rounds in which
citizens complain about the lack of
repairs when there are no funds
for such work" continued Bell.
The Commissioner held thPt
Washington is city Of tourists
who wander all over the District
seeking objects OF interest thereby
using some streets which have
grown old and broken and conse-
quently forget the fine, smooth
bouIevards such as Massachusetts
and Wisconsin Avenues and Blad.
ensburg Road over which they
entered the city,
In Other Cities
1t is indicated that residents of
Washington in their visits to other
States follow specially routed trips
over roads chosen particularly for
their newness and that these people
do not see the sorry condition Of
the side streets Of other cities.
The other Commissioners bore out
this opinion holding that many per.
sons are mistaken in their criticism
of the District highways.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
COLONEL WISE SOON
TO RETIRE FROM MARINES

Col Frederick M. Wise, of the
Marine Corps. now under treatment
with the naval hospital In Phlla-
delphia, soon will be transferred TO
the retired list as a result OF me
Recommendations of the retiring
board that examined him. Colonel
wise had been in command of the
marine barracks at Portsmouth.
He has been ordered to headquar-
tiers of the corps in Washington.
Marine Corps headquarters an
nounce that Quartermaster Ser
geants Willis V. Harris and Robert
M. O'Toole haze been found
qualified for appointment to the
warrant GRADE of quartermaster
clerk, to fill the vacancies caused
by the death and retirement of
Quartermaster Clerks Charles +.
Dalton and John d. Collins. re-
spectively.
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PNEUMONIA
CHECK IS
Ian

In view Of the steady increase
of the number of pneumonia cases
in the city, DR.. William C. Fow-
Ter, the District Health Officer,
today ordered an inspection of the
ventilating machinery Of the local
motion picture houses.
'sPneumonia is exacting heavy
toll in Washington" declared Dr..
Fowler. places in which the pub
lie gathers should be well ven
tiliated as the disease germ
thrives in impure air and the
chances of infection are greater"
Twenty New Cases
Twenty eases, the largest number
since the first of the year. were
reported by local physicians to the
Health Department today, bringing
the total since January / to LAG.
Although TEN persons were re-
ported today to have died from
pneumonia, DIR. Fowler denies that
there is cause for alarm AS many
Of these may have died last week
and reports just made.
The total number Of deaths has
reached IL since the first Of the
year making an average of less
than three 4 day, Dr. Fowler points
out.
Under the supervision of Assist
ant Chief Sanitary Inspector j. f.
Butts, a, corps of men will tour
local show houses and inspect the
means Of ventilation. No tests of
the air are to he made unless con
ditions warrant further inVestiga-
ton, DIR. Fowler said.
Diphtheria Tests
Examinations of the cultures for
diphtheria taken yesterday from the
threats of pupils in the Garrett
Patterson group of schools showed
nine additional positive cases.. AL
though these children are not &C.
tually suffering from diphtheria
they are carriers of the germ, and
have been quaraintined.
In all, SO positive carriers have
been found and about 80 children
remain to be cultured in that par.
ticular group of schools.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
REP. BLANTON, TO SPEAK
At TRADE BOARD MEETING

Representative Blanton of Texas
and former Representative Philip
Pitt Campbell of Kansas will be the
principal speakers at the monthly
meeting Of the Washington Board
of Trade tonight In the Willard
Hotel, J. Harry Cunningham, presi-
dent, presiding.
At this meeting a special COM
mittee will report on the Retail
Prices" referendum No. Al, sent out
by the United States Chamber Of
Commerce, to which local merchants
are generally opposed. They claim
II the ruling goes through that the
manufacturers will run their bust
nesses for them. Other committee
reports are to be made, followed
by a buffet supper and selections by
the Almas Temple chanters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
TO HAVE A DANCE

Newly elected California repre-
sentatiyes in Congress will be
guests Of honor at an assembly of
the California State Society In the
auditorium of the Interior Building
on F street, between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets northwest,
tonight at 8:15.
The program for the evening will
consist of short vaudeville fol-
lowed by dancing. Election OF Of
ficers for the coming year will be
held. nsa.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
SEN. KING 70 ADDRESS
POI ELEMENTS ASSOCIATION

Senator william H. King Of
Utah will address the meeting of
the Policemen's Association to be
held Thursday in the Pythian
Temple.
At this meeting the new officers
of the association will be installed.
They are: Horace Lineburg, presi-
dent; George Wheelock. first vice
president; Paul w. Proctor, second
vice president; w. J.. Kerns, re
cording secretary; J.. E. Wilson,
financial secretary, and w. c.
Adcock treasurer
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MAN POISONS HIMSELF;
KEEPS REASON SECRET

Emilio r. Torres. 218 Third St.
n. W., is recovering at GalIinger
Hospital from a dose of poison
taken yesterday in the lobby OF a
downtown hotel. He would give
no reason for his act and is being
held for investigation.
Torres was taken to Emergency
Hospital in the Sixth precinct patrol
wagon and given first aid treat
ment,
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FIVE GENT
CART ARE
ARGUED

The people of the District ~
Columbia never have been given
fair treatment in public utilities
matters, Col. y. Franklin Bell,
District Engineer Commissioner
and chairman Of the Public UtiIi-
ties Commission, declared today 1T
the opening hearing on the Blan-
ton scent fare bill before the pub
lie utilities subcommittee Of the
House District Committee.
Commission Buriened
The Public Utilities Commission
has been 80 heavily burdened with
other duties, Colonel Bell said, that
Iii never has been able to give At
tention to public utilities matters
s',The people 0f the District never
have been adequately represented
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion, or before the court In Valua.
ton or other public utility cases.
he said.
The public Utilities Commission,
as IT is now constituted. Is totally
unable to handle the business which
the interest Of the public demands
should be handled, Colonel Bell de-
clared.
He made a stirring plea TOR the
enactment by Congress OF the DIS
trict Commissioners bill providing
for enlargement Of the Public
Utilities Commission.
Fair Law Sought
The subcommittee Ii attempting
to build up legal case in behalf
of the District upon which 9 fair
public utility law can be based.
The proceedings before the commit
tee, which opened today. are being
conducted with all the care and deliD-
Grafton OF court Of law.
On motion Or Representative
Thomas T.. Blanton Of Texas. an
thor of the scent fare bill, and
Frank r. Reid, Of Illinois, AL
witnesses before the committee viii
be sworn. Both Blanton and Reid
have pledged themselves to act as
legal representatives of the in-
terests Of the people of the District.
and declared they would make
every effort to see that q fair case
Is made from public viewpoint.
The opening session was attended
by leading officials OF both street
railway companies and by experts
of the Public Utilities Commission
lcontinued on Page 24l
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WOMAN IS INJURED
IN coASTING ACCIDENT

Miss Inez Olsen, 81. Of 1920 Cali
fornia st. N. W.. suffered cuts and
bruises 70 her legs last night when
the sled on which she was coastinp
on Mckinley street. near thirty.
third street northwest. collided with
q cuFbsone.
She is being treated at Emergency
Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
cIvITAN CLUB READY
TO install OFFICERS

The Civitan Club will install its
new officers at a dinner in the
Lafayette Hotel at $50 tonight.
Thomas M. Stearn will become
president. Other. new officers VIII
be John w. SwartzeIl, Grant s.
Barnhrat and Thomas. L. Phillips,
vice presidents, and Edward s.
Seal, /. L. Goldheim and Harry
Pitts, directors. The Imperial Male
Quartet will sing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
POLICE TAKE BIG STILL
AND MASH IN RAID

A 25-gallon still and large
quantity Of mash was reported con-
fiscated by police Of the Fourth
precinct led by Detective Howard
f.. Ogle last nigh. when they
raided 16 E st. 8. w.
Frances Parker. coiored, will be
arraigned In Police Court today
charged with manufacturing
WHISKY and Halle Carter and
arrested in the house. will be
arrested in the house will be
charged with possession
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A GOOD RESOLUTION.

Show me the way to go home,
I'm sick an l wanna go to bed.
just had u drink Of bOOtlegger'S gin
And can't see straight ahead.
Now when I'm offered drink,
1 take it--but I pour IL in the sink.
You'll never catch me drinkin' again,
1t sure puts . guy ON the blink.
JACK TAR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
Lumber Men to Meet

A trade extension conference
under the auspices 70 the National
Lumber Manufacturers Associatin
will be held in Chicago, February
1916, 1t was announced today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
Between Two Fires

DlSLr1cI committee members were
guarded in their statements and In
dicated they would not reach a
final decision for several days at
least. They are between two fires
and constantly besieged by both
sides.
Pressure for the Washington plan
which involves the control of
mothers pensions Of the proposed
new welfare board, is increasing and
may offset the ruore vigorous and
insistent presentation of the New
York case made before the Senate
District Committee yesterday, II. was
admitted.
Senator Copeland, chairman of
the subcommittee, is expected TO
swing both Senators Mckinley and
Glass to support of the New York
plan, which will assure a favorable
subcommittee report for it,
When the bills come before the
full Senate District Committee,
however, the action of the, sub.
committee may be overruled.
Senator William H. King and
other members of the Senate Dis.
trict Committee have expressed keen
resentment over the active interest
taken by the New Workers in the
mothers pension program for the
District Of Columbia, which they
consider q purely local matter to
be determined largely by local con-
ditions.
They are especially aroused over
the fact that the interference by
the New Workers was not the re.
suit of an invitation to appear here
and that they have antagonized the
best interests of Washington, as
local social workers see 1t.
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NGA. U.S. TVNTs
TAMPA TALES.

TAMPA TALES.
By F. j. Schwab, H. & s. con-
trib, now in F1orida.)
There Is severe shortage OF
cabbage IN Florida. II It gets
any aoorSe some of the cigar fac
tories In Tampa may hGUe to
FelToD parked his fNvVer on
Tl0i0O street. ItUo hours later
found pumctuTe- proof tube Gdvt.
on the front seat. T'tco minutes
later discovered "|IGt." A re-
workable coincidence u nothing
worse.
The paint business IN Tampa Is
apparently not SUFFERING much
from the embargo In effect here.
Indeed, it's 1oonder some of
the girls don't get painters collie.
But these Florida fdUorites are
probably not as bad as they paint
themselves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12

Speaking of the blues bouncers
of this column, E. J. IRVINE,
Jr., of the Association Opposed
to Blue Laws, invites fans and
contribs to join in the move
ment ito bounce the blues from
the proposed blue laws"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12
CAULKING NAVAL LEAK
AGES.

The Navy may snaFl at Pooh Bah
McCarl,
Protesting against his cutting de-
cisiOnS,
And be ready to fight his self
assumed right
To enforce his surgical salary I'm
cisiOns.
But Pooh bah Comptroller useS the
steam roller
And continues saving the Govern
mont gravy;
And they who sop IL, are unable to
stop 1t,
but hope Congress will save the
navy. OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12

1--WE read that President Cool
idge never uses profanity"
"NOw / understand why he has
never taken up golf"
GENEVTEVE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-12

Irene Samples lives in Ken
meth, Kan. She's not a clerk
in a department store.
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Is s.
MO THEIRS
AID BILL.
LOSING

Indications today are that the
Washington mothers pension plan
will be passed up" in favor Of
the New York proposal. The New
York cohorts, led by Mrs. Sophie
Irene Loeb and supported by Sem
ator Wadsworth and Represen-
tative Ogden Mills, already are
claiming victory. They said to-
day that the Senate will pass the
Mills Wadsworth bill and throw
into the discard the Capper meas
ure.
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voTELEss WASHINGTON

poofce receipts $3O851032 which was
than all posoe receipts Of twenty different
District
is governmental matter afforhng non revenue
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PNEUMONIA

Pneumonia be avoided, physicians say. There IS
this of the year, many Don't get pancky tho
your physician for advice
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