Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1924, Page 13

BUSLINE RENEWS 0.CENT FARE PLEA Washington Rapid Transit Co. Says $4,526 Was Lost in 1923 Operations. $52,592 OF DEPRECIATION Life of Cars Put at Three Years, and Fourteen Slated for Re- tirement in Spring. Declaring that 23 at a loss of §4, ington Rapid Transit it operated during 0, the Wash- Company to- FOR NEW DIRECTORS Record Ballot Established Al- ready—Result to Be Known Tonight. A record ballot has been establish- ed, and more votes are still coming in at the annual election of directors of the Y. W. C. A, 611 E street northwest. Polls were opened yesterday morn- | ing at 10 o'clock, and early today more than 150 had voted. Results will be known tonight, Immediately afterward the board will cenvene and elect officers. There are eleven nominees from which nine directors are being chosen. The nominating committee i John Denby Hird, chairman; William A. Slade, Miss Ruth 3 Irene Bailey and Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Mrs, Jefters, Fred THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JAN Y. W. C. A. IS VOTING | HOW TO TORTURE YOUR WIFE. L15TEn, HELEN | HERES Am ARTICIE BY WILLIAM TOHMSTON 0N MARRIED L\FE | | An' BA-LIEVE ME THAT LAD HAS T €. HE SAVS MO MARRIED WomAm UNMDERSTAMDS HER HUSBAND - NO MATTER HOW LOMG SHE'S — IN HIS BACHELOR JAYS His TiME AMD INCOME ARE ENMTIRELY HIS Owm - HIS WAY § OF AMUSING HIMSE LF ARE 1F HE WAMTS To SPENMD IS HYS His ownt. ST GIRLS MATR Y IS AN ESCARE, e Tey ALt FREED Faorr . © PARENTAL COMTROL AND THE RESTRICNIONS ArsQ COMVENTIONS WITH WHILH CIVILIZATION HAS NEDGED THEIR ()G\‘:fl;z"::,?o- i ON'THE OTHE! ), 2 “3':%1. HIS (MARRIAGE 1S A FREE CREATULRE- {i —— _ IF AF529 NECKTIE STRIKES HIS FANCY, HE €CES AnD BUYS 1T, IF HE QOO SES TO ST UP ALL SATURDAY NIGHT PLAYING PORER AMD LOSE S HIS WHOLE WEEK'S —By WEBSTER. |U. S. May UARY 23, 1924, _— Explore Torrid Wilds - Where Ice-Walled Caves Abound “Adams Diggings” in New Mexico, Is V olcanic Area Containing Fabled Gold Deposit of Great Size. Last Miners Massacred by Apaches. One of the most romantic mys- teries of the old west may be solved mext summer—the location-of “Adams Diggings,” in an unexplored wilder- ness of volcanic rock and caves of perpetual ice. That 18 the word sent to the na- tional parks service here by Evon Z. Vogt, custodian of the EI Morro na- tional monument, at Ramah, N. M. which stands almost on the border of this bewitched, virtually ‘mpene- trable land. “Adams Diggings” is @ fabled gold deposit of great size, according to the legends of New i\iutlcan prospectors, which has been ost. to the sun, yet it never meits. A number of smaller caves were found filled with relics of prehistoric In- dian tribes, ‘'which frequented the country. These consist of pottery shards and bowls of peculiar design, which have not been examined by sci- entists. The border of the country is twen- ty miles east of El Morro. It is so rough that horses cannot travel over it and Vogt reports “persons who £0 in on foot wear out a palr of | shoes in a single day.” Jagged vol- canic rock, cut by crevasses, cracks and canyons, stretch for miles in a great volcanic cone. In places the | sand has blown in and in soil thus | formed great trees of pine, oak, ce- dar, spruce and aspen have taken | root and grown up so as_to relieve | the fearsome appearance of the re. 13 WIDE NEWS CHOIGE FOR ESSAY WRITING Contest Among Pupils to Win Prizes Offered by The Star in Full Swing. Contestants In The Star's “best news story contest” should have no diffi- culty in selecting a subject for their jessays. Although only four days old, the current week been productive of many outstanding news stories of local, national and international fm- portance. Before the first contest week ends, however, there is a possibility thab events of greater importance may oc- cur, and for this reason contestante NOAYS GOLFING THERE 15 S%o omNE To BE Cws-usesD/ oR CoMNSULTED { e T S SALARY, THERE 1S NO OME TO COMPLA M ABOUT IT, IF HE LIKES A THE 50CIETY AMD COMPANMIDN 3 | SHIP OF PRETTY GIRLS HE ~ glon. day petitioned the Public Utilities Commission for a 10-cent fare on its motor bus line. The present fare win these busses is § cents. The company states that its total ating revenues for the $324,303.67, are advised not to be too hasty choosing the subject for their ess: Definition of “News.” K By “news story” is meant the ac- |count of sume happening or develop- ment of current interest—local, na- tional or international. It may have {had its origin in V have come by te part of the United S or radio from any Many years ago the last miners 5 who claimed to have seen the gold were mastacred by Apache Indians, 10 _whom this strange territory ha a religions significance and who had vowed that no white men should leave alive. Consequently a great Tmumbor of superstitions have grown | o up around the area, the extent of|(ETOUBh the region which are pre- which 13 unknown. Tast semmer|sumed to have been used by Indian prospectors again turned their at-|traders from village to village. tention to the search for this fabu-| The following of these trails, lo- lous old, but without suseess o (cal historians belleve, may shed light cause OF the dieulty of the trraly |00 Another obscure incident in Ameri- They plan to renew their effortn an A0 NIStory. One of them may have find out what 1% there, 1f not o’ C |been the route taken by the Spaniard, | . 1 . [Coronado, and his party, who estab- Caves of Iee Found. \lishcd I Morro and were the first Those who wandered about « White men to invade the picturesque ig the region last summer of the southwest. a natural curiosity, which t suggests that the unable to explain. A number of cav crvice look into were found, in which aving the government take | some places’ six feet thick, ountry both because of 1ts | petually in spite of the storic Interest and because altitude Is about 7,000 feet scientific and scenic interest range from thirty to forty 1 to its ice caves in a climate and the ice is in Some plaic se heat. |reasons why a story DEMOCRATIC WOMEN CLAIMS KLAN AIDED 7. . HEAR UNDERWOOD ARREST OF SUSPECT ;i i Taaline he Swardd the Sudges will give weight to the intelligence N and judgment evidenced by the con- Candidate Discusses Tariff Before Ku Klux Members Held Helpful in Committee Planning Regional | Case of Edward Haskell, Conference. Alleged Bigamist. i ANDERSON ACCUSER CALLED “TRAITOR" Sensation Created in Trial of Anti-Saloon League Of- ficial by Charge. 0ld Mnap Questioned. An old map, sald to have been made by the Apaches in connection with religious ceremonies, has fallen into |the "hands of the prospectors. The laccuracy of this of course, is ques- tioned. “Two old trails are marked g T | o vear were 4 and that total operating cxpenses, including $52 preciation, amounted $ \ sulting in the deficit in net income entioned above. The lifc of th is estimated three yea es, or by cable art of the world asons might in- busges now in serv- by the company at Ten of them, the pe- titlon statés, should be retired March and four more on April 1. The unexpired lite of the remaining eigh- bus: ! s cighteen mwonths fro present time the com ion of the t be because the movement looking stterment of all mankind, or of the people of America, or the citi- zens of the District of Columbia, Comedy May lie Plcked. might bo | told agedy that apy {pathies. or of a com to laughter. Tt micht Just little touch of {makes the whole foot 2 ‘1;?" Natfonal 1 — 3 the Assoclated Press. the possi- NEW YORK, January 23.—O. Bert- sall Phillips, chief prosecution wit- ness in the forgery trial of William | H. Anderson, state superintendent of i the Ant | vesterday 1w tcen = CAM TAKE ETHEL To DINMER OME MIGHT ANO MABEL THE NEXT AMD IY MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHATEVER. BUT ALAS FOR HIS FREEDOM, UNDER THE ILLUS 1O OF LOVE HE LETS SOME WOMArM LEAD 0 HiM To THE ALTAR — 1/ WHY D10M'Y You THINK OF ALL THAT BEFORE You BEGGED Me To MARRY You ? You HAD TIME ENCUGH, HEAVENM Knows! You TRAILED ME 3 YEARS BEFORE | WAS WEAK ENOUGH To LISTEN To YOUR PRoPOSAL. | it 0y the cotmis iudicate as been With the utmost economy; that its officers have received no sal- aries until within the last few onths, then exceedingly mod- est ones, and that no dividend kind have ever been earned o on st the petition read \ similar application made ¥ was rejected by the comm this petition the company stat t when the former request for a I0-cent fare was made the company predicted that the ing of the in- crease would not opposition from the riding public now. . with Whitn MAPS WELFARE LAW | } Expert to Submit Report at Janu- ihoia ary 31 Meeting of Com- mission Here. characterized by for- mer Gov. Charl . Whitman, prin cipal defense counsel, as a traitor to his country, a blackmailer and an ex- tortionist ttack, delivered in a barrage questions and_accusa- aused a sensation In the court- crowded to the dors for the y In the cour: former mwight be “bes is the varlety in paid T I having « league b identifie prohibition. faci lish composition into account | re Interests | forces opposing left the stand , as_court testant in the selection of his sto but chiefly the awards will be based 5 | und clarity of the s to why that Ku Klux Klan aided in| the t of an alleged erring mem- {ber became known today when de- j tails surrounding the apprehension of Prescott Edward Haskell, former po- liceman, on a charge of bigamy were made public. Lieut. J. H. DR. SWIGGETT TO SPEAK. U. S. Official to Deliver Address in Philadelphia. t of the busi- of the of education cparedness for Busi- School of at the Acad- delphia tonight. will be James M. Beck, of the Department Maj. Clarke of the Assuciated Press. VELAND, Ohio, January 2 A committee of women, meeting ye: terday to arrange for the regional conference and school of democracy to be held e_January 29 to Feb- ruary 2, heard Urnited States Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama, can- tdidate for the democratic nomination for President, explain the practical operation of tariff lexislation. It was Mr. Underwoo dress of the day. s lthe Cleveland ¢ he hurled defiance mphasized the ax reduction bonus. ¥ 1 21 G, ¥, WOKLD), LIQUOR RAIDS GIVE ' ORCHESTRA IS TOPIC. 'HIT BY STREET CAR, ARLINGTON STleA"s Ol ELes T IR iy E‘] WOMAN BADLY HURT e | gram of music was | plained and Use Is Shown. An unusual pr o . Two Merchants Among Deiendnntsl.»uiu:-s(d"n. the Arts Club last ;\‘-:\l{rs. Mary Gathgens in Hnspmzl,: ving, following the resular clu - A = and Man Is Beaten as ner:” M : Condition Critical, Due to ner. Mrs. o rruth « soprano, > Informer. X Traffic Accident. PRESS PUB CO. several men who had purchased an employe in the Morgan offi formation relative to munition pur- by the ailies and had there- sold the secry to Ameoric: nition intere Did you not, in addition to aban- the commission on public|doning yYour wife and six children, attempt to sell out your country?’ legislatio ots nlL‘ s ;"p s agaln on | the former governor thundered Y 8 am Hodson, the Rus- |~ ‘Tae witness stammered, hesitated, Sage Foundation expert, will {then replied in the negative. Pressed | nending & program for revision of | q), S e ety EoIE 4 . te men later identified as the public welfare laws of the Dis-|been concerncd in the sale of rict of Columt tion ts. but pleaded that he knew ¢ Although Mr. Hodson h: { o honw of their activities. Phillips told, under que gun drafting this preliminary report, it is expected that in it he will lay Assistant District Attorney of “his employment by stresa upon the advisability of e fnating duplica by a league fund solicitor in Arrangement Ahout Pay, il T told And uld work At testerd, fte on it was d a 10 per anpoint i committee to raise approx drive Is over. Phillips tes a e s {would have me Ciiving . ACIEIUBalley was mately $1,000 to defray office expen. «f the commission. alary of per cent of the |by Deputy Sheriff 00 1 collected, with 10 perizng arged with every additional sum. An- |70 FIOTEEE F ‘man B. Swormstedt was |derson told me he wanted to enter |© s ted vice chairman of the commis- |into this agreement to fool the Rocke- | Gloth, Tolice gom, of Which Justice Frederick T, |fellers, who had been told any lesgue |sherift Fi Siddons of the District Supreme Court | col ector woul on a salary basis| oy ootsr Hatbers, Joseph Bafle by and no o ngement.” r Haf 3 i< chairman. and not a commission arrangement.” | AN Poter Hafbers, doseph Bail : in Clarendon charged with lating the dry la i o $18.893. “In_ March, have attacked Francis SAYS EYE MAY PENETRATE | s e Jfice motice, that the govemment interual | WEERER SO R . e that my income for the previous tax dairy of W. F. Sheele was investi- Scientist Claims Discovery En-| . had been $18,893. 1 protested am M. Potter, then head book- 2 gated on a search warrant and _eight quarts of allezed whisky were found, abling the Pilots of Submarines to See Clearly. per, that I had received only | This search also led to the est of By the Associated Press, an §$14,000, more th ing gone to Anderson on ¢lons. He sald he wourd two colored men, Frank and In Marc Howard Smith. c Sherift Fields is also investigating ROMB, January 23.—According to a dispatch from Civitavecchia, Prof.| Guglielmotti claims to have made a discovery which ‘is destined to revo- | utionize the physical laws hitherto helieved to prevail with respect toj$14,000, more than $4,000 having gone 1he refraction of light through an !0 Anderson on split commissions.” He vlastio body, such as water. jeaid heiwould §od ahout it The professor claims that the dis-| oovery, which resulted from long re- | search and experiments, will enable the pllots of submarines to see through the water, even at great depth. Wilson, investigating the Kian had displayed in the| A Upon conferring with two nd opposed | members who were at the home of 1 - | Haskell's second wife, at §16 F street ; o e IuX [ southwest, he became convinced they iplatform at the national convention | Were in earnest in the attempt to lo- {In June eimilar to the one inserted |cate and capture the alleged bign- 1856 denouncing the Know nist, he d. { hriads Members of the organization, ac- Mrs. Benice ording to Lieut. Wilson, wers of o Dational commity much assistance in the preliminaries ' democraey. mess oSy the (1o the arrest of Haskell at the south ite answer. | West address this morning, where,! uary also @ candi-!when ke arrived. Lieut. Wilson and 278 Soarching for Vi g'rx';:“-]!;'g‘ ;A’I‘m«u- tives Cox, O'Brien and Living- | connection with comp! end. Mrs (Ston were awaiting him. | It isjthat sums sotaling 3 - {charged that Haskell married Miss| 1o 07 f0] foreizn remitt sut might for | BeTtha Miller of Massachusetts 1 lder Pompilio sa ‘ddress " ine | Baltimore nearly three years ago, r nd his son had siding in Seat Pleasant, Md., with her e {until some menths ago, when he sent == =7 iher to a former home in Pennsylvania. | 1o hen ne pesenei | RATIFIED BY FRANCE. force, Haskell is said | —_— : married Miss Margaret Doo- i v, keeping her in ignorance of um‘ic"“““""“ former marriage. Recently both a i i Wives became aware of the facts, it| rormulated in Washington. 1s alleged, but Haskell returncd tw| PAR —The chamt assachusetts before any action |of deputies yve ratificd the eon- be taken. He may be given ntion on mpioyment, one of the preliminary hearing tomorrow in P dopted by the international labor e Court on the gamy charge. at Wash on in 1919, When of Justic nd welfare Veterans' Bureau oding, | iertrude Mekae | Sonzs BANKER'S SON SOUGHT. Italjans Claim Money Intrusted to Him Has Disappeared. CHICAGO, Two Arlington co Mrs. Mary Gathgens, f land several other men v and one man was beaten ye: the result of a war on booticggers {According to Sheriff Fi twenty on | persons may be involved the Xty-one, 102 s not be- oning Pe Anderson . in- Bitterness of |unconscious last night when she was | Wind" (Far-|struck by a street car in front of tingale Has 23743 12th street northeast. She r : in- | gained consciousness under treatment | R. R. Hottel in a house near e lraced the'the scenc of the accident, and was s fral work, il-|removed to her home. Four hours lustrating t h instruments later she became worse and was t | brousht by members of the orchestra en to Emergency Hospital, where was said her condition was critical. {of the Washington College of .\d[u,\h‘.: 3 a he onstrates th e . e |She is suffering from concussion of the brain. m- various was unable to give a d William McAdoo, for the democrat ination, who had | will be una | Pyke ‘explained, dress by radic i Senator Underwood left {Akron, where he will { chamber of commerce toda Janua; —Detectives 20 Pompilio te banker, in ints of Italians .000 intrusted ance have not 1, of Gold Maud talk structi 1 Sunday | ghy ik H Woodyard fllegal possession ionvealth Attorney Judge Thomas and Investigated further, an struments | of Dr. a meeting of the commi to arr but will he tired bank. he had re. cen over the ds vio- d to Caton ax the rrested on a on Unemployment ——— | some punchboard enterprises that give chances on revolvers and other | firearms. 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