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The Washington times., 1927-03-09
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D. c. SCANDAL

Herbert D. Brown, chief OF the
Bureau OF Efficiency is expected 10
confer with the District Commits
sIoners today regarding the nu-
reau's investigation of the traffic
light scandal.
Following an all day meeting
Of the board yesterday, the Com
missioners dispatched a letter 10
Brown asking him to confer WITH
them with view to discussing
the matters developed by the spe-
cial subcommittee Of the House
DISTRICT Committee investigating Dis
trict affairs
Meanwhile the Bureau OF FL.
ficiency has uncovered a fresh
scandal In the District government
involving the purchase Of ledger
paper for the keeping of perIna.
nent records.
These. forms have been bought
for years on specifications requir-
ing the paper to contain IS per
cent rags in order that it will
stand the wear and tear of file
service.
Bureau investigators have found
some of these files containing TO
rags at all. and made entirely of
wood pulp.
AS a result of this inquiry NJ. C..
Hargrove. purchasing agent of the
District, has been directed to fur
nish the bureau with specimens of
all the printed record forms in use
in the District Building.
The Investigators plan to have
all of these specimens tested at
the Bureau of Standards.
They will then advise proceed.
ings against the printers to re-
cover for the District the money
alleged to have been paid in ex-
cess of value.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
Fixing Furnace Costs
David Feldman S272

The few minutes that Il took
him to go to the cellar to put
some coal in the furnace today
cost David Feldnan, merchant Of
351 Cedar, Ave. Takoma Park. $272,
he reported to police. =,
A short time after he opened his
store, Feldnan also opened his safe.
leaving the door ajar. There being
no customers in the store. he de.
cided that it was all right for him
to leave for a few minutes.
When. he returned he found that
a customer" had discovered the
opened safe and the contents. Head,
quarters Detective John Fowler has
been assigned to the investigation
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Assessed SIS Fine for
Beating Peacemaker

Calvin o'Neal.. 1907 East Capitol
St., red.headed youngster was fined
SIS by Judge Mattingly in Police
Court today for striking Charles E.
Burgess March last because the
latter told O'Neal he should not
teach boys to fight
Burgess said he was coming out
Of a moving picture tlaeater and
saw number Of boys fighting. He
said o'Neal was urging them on,
o'Neal admitted striking Burgess.
mot for what he said but the way
he said It." The boys father paid
the fine.
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Threatened Mother,
Held for Observation

Judge Mattinglv. in Police Coz
today. sharply rebuked James u
Lewis a young white man l.vir
with his mother. Mrs Marie Levi
at 3044 NJ st. N. w. for maxim
Threats against her. Called to IN
stand. Mrs. Lewis tod Judge Mat
tingly that she didn't think her boz
was quite right in his mind an6
that she did not care to have hin,
punished
Lewis said that the reason he
threatened his mother was because
he said she had drinking parties in
her rooms. The court told hin,
thar 1t was none of his concern
what his mother was. doing, that
she was taking care of him while
he had been out of work for three
weeks. Lewis was sent to Jail foI
81 days for mental observation.
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TOO MUCH PAY

Bevepty thousand! A lot Of Jack"
For hamInerinK a bRll,
When millions brains and bodies rack
Earning their ealnrics small.
9eveTty thousand! Think 0f that.
To me it's not quite clear
How amy slugger with a hat
IL worth this nlilcil q yenF.
To solve the curves as sizzling hot
Over the plate they conIe,
REQUIRES anne skill, but IL n not
Worth such princely sum.
Millions drudge an from day IN day,
While wealth Mt some ID hurled.
Ard seventy thOusand'A too much pay
I'll tell the pop-eyed world
l. Il. DAMN.
Miss Alice Grow is president
of a bird club in Lynn county,
Iowa.
WHY HE'S THERE
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10000 SANDER Suit
Dismissed by Court

Charges of Islander, asking for
$4,000 damages. have been dis
missed against c. NJ Edwards, OF
g24 Eighth st. n. w, because of
lack of proof.
The suit was filed against MIR.
Edwards by Mrs. Fannie Kiriakos,
Of 1903 o st. n. W. Following her
testimony In Circuit Court, the
court ordered = directed verdict.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
Health Discussion at
Home of Mrs. F. H. Ellis

A general discussion of public
health and its attending problems
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Franklin H.. Ellis. 1927 Nineteenth
ST. N. W., Tuesday, March Is. Mrs.
Whitman Cross, president of the In
structive Visiting Nurses Society,
announced today.
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LONGING TO TRAVEL

ne must be great to travel
Tar across the deep-blue sea
10 lands OF glorious beauty
To lands Of mystery.
Eve often thought and pictured,
And know It would be grand
10 see the many wonders that
There are in Switzerland.
I'd like to see the lovely flowers,
Such rs one finds in Italy;
10 visit Ireland. England. France.
How wonderful It would be!
ia like to go to Greece.
The land Of temples rare;
I'D like to go to Egypt
; And see the queer things there.
But I suppose could find.
An there IL to zee.
IL I'D hook round n be
In my own country. G. Dixon
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
500 An "STAG MIGHT"

A minstrel show. by the Vincent
B. Costello Post. American Legion,
featured the stag" entertainment
given by the American War Veter-
ans Club last night at the Arcadia.
More than 500 guests witnessed box
ing matches and heard some Of
Washingotn's best musical talent.
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TAKE YOUR CHOICE

] Is there anything IN the ru-
NOR that Senator Helflinger, Of
AiGbGmG, wilL be Secretary of
State If Al Smith IL elected
President?
The Kdiser ruled the German
sempire, but 1T is said he Is hGU-
ing an as0fuI time ruling his do
fnestic empire.
She enthusiastically --Oh! isn't Bee
thOven's Moonlight Sonata heavenly Z
He tpracticaIlyl III guess 20, but
q has nothing on the Moonshine
Sonata they play In the Kentucky
rnountalns. ELS.
= : q
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

Coal NLkterS near Cumberland,
Nd, dug up the bones Of a
catrious snake supposed to haze
iped 100000 gears ago. For
Dser C0n9reSsmGn John Plliiip
Hill could tell you OF pierder
snakes than that due, as he
claims, 10 bad brands OF b0ose
since prohibition becdme effec-
tiUe. G. II. ID.
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THE HINT DIDN'T HIT HER

she had already spent four hours
~ her can on her neighbor. she
sOreto rdpttrous about the ocean.
"Ies great to match the tides
eoBte and 90" she said.
Some OF Ws could learn q lot
from the tides" said her host, bnt
eveH then she didn't take the hint.
KATYDID.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

In value the mineral production
of New South Wales each year is
more than twice that OF the com
bined production of all the other
Australian states.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
WHATS IN A NAMEs

Dear BIZ: / come across
some pecuLiGr names OCCASION
ally. For instance - Letzkus,
HoVGrd, Mould not, really.
James d. Dull as not so much
SO as has middle initial might
imply. E. Ed.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09
ONE IN EVERY OFFICE
(oftentines more)

(Oftentimes more)
Thus through the day he toander.
Preoccupied, It's plain;
IA most pathetic Victint -:
i OF horses on the brain.
LITTLE JOE,
80
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

An Gdherent of classical
music moto claims thct jazz
music got ITS start when a
piccoto player sneezed Wkile
rendering a solo. SISSY.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

byBILL Pace.
rec vs,pAr OFFICE
LOVES LANGUAGE

tBy JOE H. HOLMAN)
5The language or love i beautiful
thing
TOO sacred BY far 10 expresas
ITS the perfume Of flowers, the
breath Of the spring
IA gift from the Eods--nothIns less.
The language OF love IL 4 blessing
Worthwhile
Immortal in Aweetneas % song.
Its melody heightened BY each golden
smile
sIt peaeenqlIy ripples along.
The lanEuage Of love, like the glory
OF dawn,
Keeps bringing Its beauty each day
DispelIing the darkness and living
right on
AZ fair as the flowers Of May.
The Washington times., 1927-03-09

ELECTION to the Sigma Xi
Society at Yale University,
coveted scholastic distinction, has
been won by Miss Im0gene Moore.
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Willard
j. Moore. Ill Tennessee Ave. N. e.
Mr.. Moore Is assistant commits.
siOner OF patents. Through an
error, The Times yesterday ear.
ried the picture Of another at.
tractiye young lady. whose name
was also Moore. and who was in
correctly identified in the caption
as Miss Inl0gene Moore.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01
OUR COMIEC-OUT PARTY

Well friends heard it. Tuesday May ZOO 900
ion ne with of good
Church Colonel 6 l. Johnson the Christian
Illinois, Stafford
A number
difficulty receiving
Having studio
shall doubtless be able further interference from
in 6roadcting
WWAE length 24
Friday daylight $50 standard ZOO
pm.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01

by the time the officer returned there
wouldn't be any offender to arrest nor
any evidence to seize.
Moreover, premises which may include
fields and open spaces which are not
protected by the constitutional provision
which inhibits unreasonable search and
seizure, could not be searched without a
warrant if this measure should become
law.
The Illinois Search and Seizure statutes
applicable in liquor cases have very care
fully safe guarded all constitutional rights
OF citizens The Supreme Court of Hi
nois has declared these provisions in en-
tire accord with the Bill OF Rights and
has held them constitutional in every par
ticular in several recent cases.
We submit that this measure is not de-
signed to protect citizens IN their consti-
tutional rights. 1t is not furthered in the
interests of the law-abiding citizens of the
state. On the other hand, there isn't any
doubt but what every bootlegger is for
it. And in order to save this class from
the law, the wet advocates are wiling
that all law enforcement, even against
murder and other felonies, shall be sacri-
feed.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01
WHISKY AS A MEDICINE

There is much discussion in these days
as to the value of whisky as medicine,
many people deplore the provision in the
Nolstead law allowing physicians to pre-
scribe only one pint every ten days, claim
ing that sick people may die if more
whisky cannot be prescribed. Before we
get too excited over this proposition it
might be well to make some inquiries re-
garding the real value OF alcoholic bever-
ages as medicine.
Dr. Reid Hunt of the United States
Public Health Service, Washington, d.
c., said in 1925-'it is time alcohol was
banished from the medical armament;
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E0 JSE BILL NO. 1863 ATTACKING SEARCH And
SEIZURE; WOULD BE BIG BOON TO BOOTLECCERS

AS indicative of the lengths to which
the wets will go in undermining all law
enforcement in order to gain their ends,
House Bill No. 363, now pending in the
Legislature, is fair example This bill
would punish a sheriff or police officer
who enters and searches any place with
out a search warrant by a sentence of as
high as nine months in jail 1t would
make impossible the efficient detection
and apprehension of law violators of
every class. 1t would change the common
law and repeal statutes of this state in
effect from the beginning, by preventing.
for example, entry by an officer into a
building where he sees a crime being
committed, to arrest the offender and
search for the implements, fruits or cv-
dence Of crime, without a search war
rant Under the present law, and such
has been the common law always, peace
officer may enter building in which he
sees an ofense committed and may
search for the criminal and evidence Of
the onense in his immediate custody or
surroundings. He could not do SO if this
measure should be enacted until he had
gone to a magistrate and sworn out
search warrant Obviously in most cases
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-05-01
HOUSE ADOPTS Wet RESOLUTION;
PENDING IN IN SENATE COMMITTEE

House Joint Resolution No. 10, by Rep
Green, Winnebago county, memorializing
congress to call constitutional conven-
ton, the purpose being to repeal the
Eighteenth Amendment, was adopted by
the lower house of the Illinois legislature,
April 26th The same resolution has been
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Marks, Cook County, as Senate Joint
Resolution No. 10.
A resolution OF similar import to the
Green resolution was adopted IL Ne
vada and Wisconsin, and defeated in New
York In addition to the purpose to re-
peal the Eighteenth Amendment these
resolutions have been opposed on the
ground that they open up the way to "ev-
cry minority ism to tamper with the fed
eral Constitution and might result in
new constitution as a convention SO con-
vened is unlimited in its powers.
Under the fifth amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution, amendments may be
proposed on petition of two-thirds of the
State Legislatures. This procedure has
never been used in the adoption of any
amendment as yet.
This method of breaking down the
Eighteenth Amendment is the latest
scheme seized upon by the vets in their
desperate effort to come back.
Approval of Resolution No. 10 came af-
ter lengthy debate which drew house
leaders to the floor for and against it.
Efforts to block the vets on the floor
were made by Rep. Homer Tice, Green
view who moved to postpone considera-
ton, and Rep. Ebert Waller, Tamaroa,
who moved that the amendment be ia
bled, but both motions lost on an aye
and no vote.
Among the drys who opposed the res
olution in debate on the floor were: Rep
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whisky has killed thousands where it
has cured one"
DR.. Howard A. Kelly of Johns Hop
kins University said when l was but a
youngster in medicine in the late eighties
and for generations before my day, it was
the unreasoning fashion of my profession
to prescribe some sort of an alcoholic
drink as a tonic, i'll convalescence, and
this evil habit to some extent still lin
gers as our worst Inheritance from our
respected fathers. The good done, about
equalled that OF pink pills for pale people.
While the harm done in implanting and
fostering a deadly habit was ncalculable."
DR.. Richard {. Cabot, Professor of
Clinical Medicine, Harvard Medical
School says, physicians are using it less
and less in treatment of disease, owing
to the recognition that it is a narcotic
and not stimulant. Alcohol is now sell
dom used in acute illness except as a
substitute for food in cases where previ-
Gus drinking has made it unwse to with
draw"
l..
une says of alcoholic beverages, speaking
at the National Anti-Saloon League con-
venton in November, 1925-"My judg
ment is, and quite deliberately, quietly,
ladies and gentlemen, that, as a remedy
for the cure of disease, alcohol and alco-
ho1c beverages and alcoholic drinks of
any sort or kind are without value"
DR.. w. II. Wiley said OF medicinal beer
and wine: "'There amt no such animal
Beer has never been recognized as a
medical agent, brandy and whisky have
been deleted from the list of medicinal
agents"
Dr. Chas II. Mayo, one of the famous
Mayo Surgeons of Rochester, Minnesota,
in his presidential address before the
American Medical Association, 1917, said:
"Medicne has reached period when al
coho1 is rarely employed as a drug, being
displaced by better remedies. A1cohol's
only place now is in the arts and SCI
enccs"
DR.. George B1umer, Dean of the Med
ical faculty of Yale University said Il do
not believe that alcohol is a stimulant,
and if I want to use a narcotic there are
others that are more dependable than al
cohol."
Certainly the word of these men car
ries great weight on this question, and
indicate very clearly that the use of whs-
Ky as a medicine is very much on the
decline.
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COLLEGE DRINKING

we frequently hear the statement that
there IS more drinking in our schools and
colleges than there ever was before. To
those of us who remember the old days
with the wide open saloon everywhere,
such statements are ridiculous, but for the
benefit OF those with poor memories we
are glad to give few facts that may shed
some light on this phase of the prohibition
situation.
Fielding H. Yost, Athletic Director of
the University of Michigan said "In ath-
letics We expect our boys 10 come clean,
to live clean, to think clean, act clean
know that my crowd of boys that | come
in contact with are cleaner and better in
every way than the crowd was ten years
ago or twenty years ago. know there
is a great howl about drinking in our
Universities, but l don't think the boys
are drinking nearly SO much as they did
five or ten years ago"
Another nationally known athletic
coach, Alonzo A. Stagg, of the University
of Chicago testifying before the Senate
Judiciary hearing, said "it is the break
ing down of the home and this irresponsi-
bility on the part of the parents toward
their children which creates the problem
OF today, and not the Volstead Act This
is not just my opinion: it is the opinion of
some of the officers of the University of
Chicago, and | have reason to think it is
the opinion of millions of people in this
country, who are interested in giving the
youth of the country every chance TO
grow up under the most favorable con-
ditions, something which it cannot be
truthfuly said they have now. am con-
vinced that there is not anything like the
amount of drinking in the Middle West
among the younger generation that there
was before Prohibition"
President Wallace B. Fleming, of Bay
er University, Baldwin, Kansas, says, 81
believe that 9036 of our students have
never in their lifetime seen man help
lessly drunk. No school in the state
would tolerate drinking"
President Otto Winger of Manchester
College, North Manchester, Indiana, says
while [ would wish that the law we're
more completely enforced, yet consider
ing all things, l think the enforcement
officers have done we'll. Our college with
$50 students is 1000 for the Eighteenth
Amendment and its enforcement"
Chancellor S. Avery, University of Ne
braska, says, "The effect in this state has
been very noticeable. The great mass of
citizens, and this would hold true OF our
students as well, belong to the great mid
die class, guardians of Justice and Peo-
pies laws. These people respect prohibi-
ton laws, conform their lives to them,
and profit both in material way and in
social and personal peace of mind through
their observance"
These are only few of the hundreds
Of favorable comments made by educa-
tional leaders all over the land indicating
very definite progress in the enforcement
of Prohibition in the United States, also
refuting the charge that students in our
High Schools and Colleges are drinking
more than students used to drink before
prohibition.
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resentative M. P. Rice, Lewistown, Tru-
man Smell, Carlnville; Ebert Waller, Ia
maroa, and H. D. Sparks, Shelbyville. 8,
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How can a good citizen be Indifferent
when the wet forces are organized to de-
stroy prohibition?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
Social and Personal.
Mrs. William Mills
EntertainS at Whist

Mrs. William Mills was hostess
Wednesday afternoon to three tables
of bridge ut her home. Mrs. Fred
Anderson, Mrs. J. H. Schooner, and
Mrs. A. Agre won the honor prizes
for high scores at cards.
Bright colored, spring flowers dec.
Grated the rooms and tables, lending
an attractive note to the color
scheme. Following the games the
hostess served refreshmcnt course
Mrs. Mills was assisted in serving
by her sister, Mrs. Matte Erstrom.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
Birthday Party Given
For N. A. Norton

N. A. Norton was the guest Of hon.
or ut surprise birthday party given
Tuesday evening ut the home of his
sister. Mrs. c. J. Myers, Mt 228 west
Rosser.
Pink and white were used to carry
out color scheme in the decorations
and table appointments, while bou-
quets of lilacs and bridal wreath fur
nished pretty floral note.
Bridge was played at three tables.
Miss Margaret CloOten and Miss Hell
en- Ness won the honors ut cards.
Following the games. Mrs. c. D.
Norton assisted her daughter, Mrs.
Myers. in serving u dainty course
luncheon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
VISITING IN BISMARCK

Mrs. J j. Schweizer and daughter,
Margaret, of Washburn are spending
a few days in Bismarck with friends
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16

ents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. s. Littlehales.
Miss Myrtle Wilson, daughter Of Mrs.
Lena Adams of this city, will accom-
pany Mrs. Wilson and daughters, and
will also make her home in Seattle
with her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. f. Munro.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
ATTENDING COMMISSIONERS
MEETING

f. o. Bailey. executive officer of
the state securities commission, is in
Chicago this week attending the
meeting Of the central group of
securities commissioners. The states
represented by commissioners are
Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky; Iowa
Minnesota. Nebraska, Michigan. In.
diana, and North Dakota. Mr.. Bailey
is secretary Of this central group.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
HERE FOR CONVENTION

Ruben, Semruda Of Balfour, who is
attending the postmasters' convention
at Mandan, isIa house guest Mt the
home of William Barneck, 6l2 Ninth
street.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
FROM FORT YATES

George Fl. Purchase Of Fort Yates,
states attorney Of Sioux county. was
business visitor in Bismarck to-
dny
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
RETURNS FOR VACATION

Miss Blanche Whittemore, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. A. A. White
more, has returned from the Univer-
sity Of North Dakota where she has
been attending school for the past
year. Miss Whittemore took her
degree Of Bachelor of Arts with the
graduating class this month, and has
been doing post graduate work in
Expression during the past school
year in addition to the required work
for her degree.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

while Mrs. Myers will lead in the de-
votionals. Mrs. Welliver and Mrs.
Seeley will be hostesses to the meet
ing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
RETURNS FROM DULUTH

Mrs. Jean Williamson has returned
from Duluth, Mimi. where she was
called by the death Of her father.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY

Miss Judith Rue, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. ]. Rue Of this city, and
Miss Esther Tederstrom of Wing will
leave this evening. for Minneapolis.
where they will spend the entire. sum-,
mer at the University of Minnesota.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16

HERE ON BUSINESS
Axcl Lundberg of Regain is in the
city transacting business.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16
RETIlRN From TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. +. J. Liebolc and
daughter, Annette, returned Wednss-
day from trip to Minnesota and
Wisconsin points.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-16

RETURNS FROM VISIT
Mrs. J. J. Rue returned Tuesday
from Crosby. where she had spent
several days with relatives.