Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1923, Page 4

AGENTS T0 GATHER - CLASSIFYING DATA Work of Listing 200 000 Fed- eral Employes Is Now Under Way |Italian Suicides Reach Epidemic Children in List BY AR ANSEL MOWRER. By Cable (o The Star and Chicago Dafly News, Copyright, 1823, ROME, March 7.—1taly s having pidemic of suicide. Young ve in particular and even children take their own lives on the most flimsy pretexts. In the last six days the correspondent bas found no less than twenty } motices in the newspapers of suicides, not to mention attempts at self-destruction, In uearly half the pontment in love was the motive. 1 ob and failure an ns at school othd Or this suicidal t ons WILL EXTEND TO STATES Office Force to Be Incieased as Various Services Are Tabulated. caused the chief reasons for ania is thought to iven in newspapers quant” case GLISH ELECTION -+ RESULTHARDBLOW Goverr-ments Th|rd Defeat | sh € Lassification board <chedul fie1d work- fairly vtment Althoy n its big t in which all of t ers of the ernment elassitied sible to 1 { | i | in Succession Causes Ex- citement to Fublic. & WOMEN'S VOTE FACTOR ' | Adverse Stand of Hills on Housing Guestions Also Helped in Upheaval. mons and def FREE CONCERT TONiGRT WITH VARIED PROGRA by d ¢ erpoc s was d isior Special Presentation div munity seiation at Central High Schocl Conxervative for Years. FREE COA one | n ‘very isions ervativ tuth Fde t binet st L Women Voters Hostile. vernme using 1y MFEIS USEDIN RUSE ?{] CAPTURE INTRUDER b i ied Into Home on 4th Stieet. frord en Staf pointed | ana | ntimating | s edivnce. § ‘t know | ivates Green. the intruder. him 1 st follow disol ti Pr ed from tded | of ai night, | quart of mpanions. | remember | il never n zuflty s whole Last RELANRN e e decl RECGRD FEVER wn o did later. ety today, according o nis tchman found the ba t door of Mrs. wan's home, at 404 K declared he lived ther tion preven y Burean that @ pane GIRL WiTH SITS UP AND CONVERSES | Physici Prill i police, { Joshua .u} Test Temperature ! vn is charged with he tatlor shop of | ith stre window. His thir 5 10 the stashin it i< char Stafford, csted T fever v th presting il jp finement | 1 i Brown wstound- | ad um tin Lin <t intaining s town wife to as| living in town. | Q was stop: | welock vor e« franticall, fi. odd ea rless tired of hav s to ‘eat’ all the imd want someth \ccording 1o the nding spent a farily restful though her enuous | ainst confincment weak the bureau. w will 3 sici with them ov wward mo down motor the house vushed rni hubby and were ap- en a mes- up with six tele- | i his Dr physiciar sad: Y ight With me. —_— rd Beatly, of Bri them John s one 1in s naval estublished wiren he be- rose o s thirty, from the un up 5 this morning oo try.do perature eame reading rank before he was R. ! 2n Accused of Bxeakmg_‘ ithe i prople residence of § i To Fig in rari deseribed his im- prescion of Ur States senators, as rk. when they gather ve o d dowr i the cupied * his ot until Sun by Senat 1he it Y iis work mith for improv the Con D Not Up Show." ' vaows o a_hurr e upside do break to “u Hike un a il county, he o tion of Yests rdas’s Star Copelund Doctor- ght for Health Measures d e about rar ices us from out in o know some- conditions. health me expert Pl m. il American ‘public inade il et m glnd " » Combat Typhus. ribed on i Copeland is hi * terme, it typhus | ¢ among | vou e asks with in- “that the death the rural dis- to three times Know.” babies from_two ew Y new democratic sena- it is told, the repub- f Ann Arbor, Mich.—has sure to which He favors limited im- that exami- at Amerfean d that the more ould be given en- He came to after a trip Tusion ope last Azalnst intend to join em” sizes up his | em. although this is what he actually sald: “I'm oppos- od to group of senators or people ning themselves against another. net going to join any clique or didn’t walt to come to the ou know that, but since I'm in favor of an all-American towird I'm bloc. I Senate here T bloc idor Coyeland Yori of 1924 Senator = subject and Al Smith i for President all for Al. He is n_in the United iclans let him » revolutionize New York.” his sject pre pet in becoming a me was: 1 want to take Porhups. if he fsn't surrounded ¥ of his nt admirers, chancd may come oy righi, H’eid’ f or Fleecing 37 Firms Wiith Lure of Russian Trade Webster erday in def n char reeny thirty concerns thr $30.000 subs ed by Tannfacturin us ntry to finanee a corpors: adiv ov mate ihro nt rial acturc formerly govern- i number ane 1d overths U Assistant upon | interest - corporatio g rrangement with the nese. Webster d he was to have rights with the ‘turers joining the sell dire and to h tradi nd manv m would Russinn corporat conxum thirty-se v through th s Webste cussed the plan and were induced to subseribe $1.000 each, which was to be held until the new ernment W established, then purchase of preferred stock. failed to keep a ng the Russian and e diplomats in mecting with ufacturers and an investiga- as started. corporations, well an the sked to return the scribers he ertaining the men in tno. overthrow of the rnment, Wells added, and t he, tozether with a of the omps « the complaint. The following manufacturing rix. the district yttorney contributed $1.000 e American Jo port, ¢ | Cornie con- ch to the fund: t Compan cenfield itroit Co. of Brool 10 Borni Iorge and Tool ntown, Pa. Atkins & Co.. Tndianapolis; Simmons Manufacturing Company, Fitchburg, M Henry Ditson & Sons, Philadelphia; Gould's Manufac- turing Company, Scneca Falls, N. Y. Miller Tock ‘Company, Philadelphia; Yost Manufacturing Company Mead- ville, F Baldwin Tool = Works, Parkersburg, W. Vag; Fayette R. E. | Louisvi said, had | Flumb. 3 Day and Waollwo :_ Turner Company, " Falls g ‘Wealthy Texas 1| com- | 1 re latter sne Sued by Young Music Student ‘Cl(ums He Reneged| on Promise to Support Her. in g ook $500 Month Income| Charged Cut Off While Abroad. By the Associutel Press W YOR. March 7 ] Rirby of Houston, head of one of the largest lumber companies in and president of the Southern Association, sued i preme court for $4.000 by Miss Olga Ralph. music student Evansville d. who charg $300 u 1 5 Las been su- here from he life Kirby nouncing the had quest. 3 twenty-n years papers on today. who s six marrfed, 1 1918 that if s would g entire time to h im as his sect and companion he would 1918, On March of 1ast year. she sa another agreem.ut w iade where- by he promised her $6,000 in cash $500 month! if she would se From the 5:20 Edition of Yesterdas's Star Benjamin F. Uox of 3602 Park place northwest wants his home back. ¥He| also wants his wife to return to him. he says. if #he wants to do o, but he wants his home, which his wife. Lo C. Cox, sold last month to Patrick D. and Gertrude Holmes. The husband has asked the District Supreme Court to compel a reconveyance of the prop erty. Mr. Cox, Attorney H. through ¥ a8 Welch, tells the court he bought the | house 2602 Park place paid all th ;| POLICEMAN SHOT DURING | Hoe Com- Rosenvale Company Obio: and Hose te 1. Philadelph: poration Kenvye- of New York ¢ Ine. Compan; Kuitti ot given; A. B. : Toledo Toledo, Ohio, New Britain, Compa Work 0ften Happens, They Say. From the Kamean ity star. ! been the who had fire turned to insu invest to tind out the I have done t 1 want to know. What Hl.Afllll'li the house owner. of friction.” -nN\An—fflchun % W undoubtedly caused by rubbing a $3.000 insurance policy on a $2,000 house. High Comedy. us Passenger (in aerix’ taxi, about' 5,000 fect up)—W-what are You I-l-laughing at, driver? I'm just laughing at the superintendent. About this time he'll ing for me all over the InteriorDecorating--WallPapering Complete assortment of very la wall paper. Unusual draperies. Window siades. Painting. No inconvemtence. Consult us rst. CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 714 Uith N.W. Main 5373-3374 UN FURNISHED APARTMENT FOR RENT Officer leaving town desires to sublet desirable apattment located in 1818 New Hampshire Avenue, containiug 4 rooms. kitchen and’ bath, * electric tor end- switchboard telephone service. Apply— RANDALL H. HAGNER & CO. F. 4368 ! for his life in a hospital today. ! | F | ! ARREST MAY SUCCUMB : Convict, Unsuspected, But Fearing Capture. Shoots From Over- coat Pocket. By tie Associated.Press. CLEVELAND, Ohic. March liceman John F. Saxton T—Po- is flghting while three long police hold his assailant other men. thought to have criminal records, after a case of mis- taken identity led to a gun fight in the Ansonly Hotel shortly after mid- night. : The man who did the shooling gave the name of Joseph Rich, twenty-fi of New York city under sentence of ihre s Sing, N. Y., penitentiary for burgiary, but escaped before serving the term He sald he thought Saxton was going to arrest him for his former offense Policemen Saxton and Bowers ha scarched the neighborhood for liquor law violator before they en- tered the restaurant. They thought a group of four men at a l:\ble _might = RHODES CONSTRUCTION COx= Builders mickice: ® 14th and H Sts. N.W.—Main 7823 We Mfll(e HO“BB Repalrs ive home-owners real satisfao- uire about & + & thout obli- "dl i (5] prices—estimatos submitted () ration to you. LT Rl for Rent Front portion of third floor nd | { his own not Saul Building, 1412 Eye St ‘Apply B. F. Saul Co. or G. F Chase, 1116 15th St. N.W. Lumberman | Tarifr | JOHN H. KIRBY. in suprenie complete her clares she $500 1a Tells Court Wife Sold Home, Took Children and Furniture! monthly p: octation. ta arnings the title ience only, I as a prov n for intenance. | February he returned from work, found_his wife had left three children_and iturc. Later. he learned she s house to Holimes. The sale as without his consent. court to return it to him and for a home for the child wife also, will He for put in his con he states, home, t home the k to 1 inciude tihe ked to men submitte man e wo ird of cou tak household | 1d | he | i and he e From the 5:30 BAltion of Yesterday's Star, (ARMY WILL ABANDON 12 DEPOTS BY JUNE 30 Two in Virginia Among Those Listed in Report of Ordmance YE WHO HAVE WOES! LIST TO THIS SAD TALE OF McCARTHY If you think you have troubles, list to the story of Dan McCarthy, whose | place of abode is listed in police an- | nals as 3234 Prospect avenue, George- town. Sunday morning Dan is alleged to have taken one drink too many and then made the fatal error of parading into the seventh precinct police sta- tion to talk things over with the desk sergeant. Before he left that official had $25 collateral for Dan's appear- ance in Police Court on an intoxica-| tion_charge. Returning home, the man 13 alleged to have started in all | over agaln, and when he came to he was out $200. Monday morning Dan came up in the District branch of Police Court! to answer the orfginal intoxication charge with a well developed ha over. He foll aslecp and was ar- rested all over again for coming to court intoxicated, which cost him another $25 collateral. Disgusted, Dan forfeited collateral in both cases and appeared in tho United States branch of Police Court as prosecuting witness against John H. Copperthito of | Georgetown, who {s alleged to have | stolen McCarthy's $200. Copperthite pleaded not guilty and ‘was held in $1,500 bond for the action of the grand jury. —_ INDICTMENT AGAINST LORIMER IS DROPPED; Government Ends Prosecution of | Ex-Senator, Alleged Bank ‘Wrecker. CHICAGO. March T.—-Federal dictments agafnst former Senator Willlam Lorimer, Charles E. Munday, president and vice president of the defunct La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank, which failed in 1914 for mearly $2,000,000, were form: dropped by the government day. Lorimer was acquitted in the cir- | cuit court of conspiracy to wreck the bank, but Munday was convicted and | |sentenced to prison for five years ille way freed two years ago, be- cause of failing health, In the investization following the failure it was learned that Lorimer, when the bank surrendered its na- tional charter and hecame bank, in order to show 1o pass inspection borrowed imately $1.500,000 from_ other tutions, which remained in salle Street vaults long the bank examiners then was hauled came. I Twely plants w before June Ar depots and cvacuated announced tlltams, chiet It to Asst s weeretary ordn 20 nex serve depots dletown, Pa; Pines, V Tullyto the stc Erie, Pa., eral ord: and t the yrgan, gen- N J lial opera « demn: Che tw to be roperty valued at om the DRIVING WHILE DRUNK COSTS 3 BIG FINES Traffic Court “Capital Prize” Goes to Alfred Keys. Assessed Total of $240. £ Yesterday's S T rdax's reed with dr onvicted fay. two befng each and it cash pprox- in other Al the capital prize He wa charges back ah or sixt fort wit) —_—— 186 IN DISTRICT JAIL SIGNERS OF COVENANT of | ol for two of nyicted $40 o1 scene ot his identity Civic Betterment Committee Workers of Hills Expected to Enlist 80 More. One hundred and eighty oners in the District jail, respond to the effort of Rev. A. H. Zimmer- man, chairman of committee of the civic better npaign of the Workers of the Hills, have signed covenant of that organization The covenant reads 1 grateful for the good I have that 1 covenant with myself today to do all in my power p make : better world today, day and ca the i ved ! to ever; iam L. Peake, wa t . has assured Chairman Z erman that eighiy are prepared to si night prison be conducted at ¢ ose of the Lenten s —_— Some Grand Slam. From the London Mail. Josephine (reading n of long letter): come home and r little girl on ear Juliet—What a dir being engaged to you! _ A Quick Care. i From the Irish World. ! Doctor—Did that cura {really help your brother | Pat—Sure encugh. Ha b {a sound in vears. and took that med! 1 friend in America commy BABY CARRIAGE AFIRE. in jhave to make ar - flls him with terres Large Office for Rent IN STAR BUILDING This office private “lavatory for light manu clerk Rent, and ice water. bright. runn ing is and ictur Suitabl oltic n or mny e gun- | rions revolvers were found on 1d. the head of the Lon- | South of You St. In the heart of the auto- mobile area—350 ft. front by over 100 ft. deep toalley. Early Possession ELLERSON & WEMPLE 734 15th St. Phone Main 603 Dr.KlN NEW DISCOVERY — the family cough syrgp Two th | i 1 | APPLY ROOM 621, STAR BUILDING of Telephone Main 5000 Br. 3.