Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1926, Page 10

in & THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (., JANUARY 24, 1926 -PART 1. SUBL00 SOUCHT FUR M ST BR'DGEO“ ki o Him as Man Who Didn’t Hold Booth’s Horse. City Heads Will Ask Fund to, Replace Span Closed Since May 18. Familiar Figure About Town Still Tries to Live Down Rumor. ency appropria ndmarks may eome and land 2o, hut we still have with . the man who did despite per. replice the ahandoned anning Rock Creek bout Washinzton knows | < that distinetive. The mers tion of the name conjures up ture of a faded derby. pulled d rlenzth over pavement of s falling ¥ fated i planning recomment the. ke n who introduc to Washington some rumor connecting him Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's = been the bane of Joe's e {ence for many years. The report {originated from a jest, it s said, by policeman with a fondness for vitting the picturesque old Italian he joke wus taken up by newsbovs who “always hove gloried in poking fun at hini. The joke «ru nd the rumor everyhndy has come < the with that 2 e built in The bridze has beer It is of the e and 1 since hecame this m: 120 wa chased for 1 Talian < heard by the entazed Ved him nd vese wften 1 nnectine vt the mett S < in fear of this lute date QUELLING OF QUACKS v B T REPORTED BY BROWNE ‘i ot aemiins some “old-timers Joe. the and {12, may have been the 3 ho held Booth's horse Barrinz Fake Remedies. 1863, Dr District authority on I question still is of 0. Ol house here are Chemistry Bureau Head Tells of | e Work in Investigating thinks the House <wheomm < handling the nriation bill A wide ran practically red in the laud with the The *sim horse. h employ at Ford time as a hd s not k different pe Lived Near Theater. The fact that Conzhdrop Joe lived for many yvears at the northeast srner of Tenth and I streets. near the theater, has lent credence o the | reports as g him with Linco'n's sination. erculosis, ch in general and Brights dis with many othe: ments claimed the cause of fatness was a production of from four to five ounces of alcohol in the average atomach, and his treatment would The intriguing thing about Old Joe prevent the production of alcohol.|is not the familiar lilting slow.drag “His premises and treatment wers | he effects in making his coands of wholly fallacious.” Dr. Browne said.| the downtown trash ho: and gut Another enerzetic quack had an ters, nor the fact that he is buill so alleged cure for asth promoted | close to the zround. It is the mvstery bv u printer and & salesman of [ which surrounded Joe's means of live- Women's garments Hihood. The committee vesterday veported | The Star avorably to the House the estimate | however for this branch of the work. amoun it Ing to $13,86 produce and I the market Sometimes he m: or 50 cents a day Other (7 AGRICULTURE BUREAUS <o much. If he manazes as much as a hundred msunis of RENTAL FUND $195,366 niners he has earmed mne wiheie o lar It's all clear profit, this paper | business. Joe took o eld newspapers when his tin foil venture went on the rocks. Tin foil used to he plentifu! Al vaging empty cigarette contalners and ] ewing £um wrappers cond %5 buildings and parts amass & good-sizad bANl of tin foil in the | the course of a few dave, from which gric : + right respectahle sum could he reol 86 is approved by the | ized. Rut the tahncco and appropriations committee in the | faetirers pot o erim icultural appropriation bill report- | price achen thes the House vesterday. This is in | wrappers. to x lar: to space furnished the de- | nf the chesper 1o nt In other Government build Ho Cheapt ey the Public Buildings Commis- esides this the Dbill carries rent for the fived nitrozen | atory, to be paid from red to the Department by the War Depart- has Honze Approves Sum for Office Space in Washington. Appropriations Committee For rent of one nf building: n many in Joe's enter substitutes. Exploring His Hobby The old ealed xploring decardes. Delvin of the city's t mantic aspect of beinz rew newspaper business Joe's sense of adventur Leen his hobby for into hidden recesses £10.000 fe zriculture with pected—a scuffle with the ent tentacles of a hly depos of gum, or a skirmish with a ! rodent. Coughdrop he bill also Iy av nal land for adjoininz the expe the Department ulture near Beltsville mental f: Azri Joe received his name from his custom vear. NAVY MEN ARE CLEARED | foiiins Lo m e o OF SHIP STILL CHARGE saloons passed oul of the Twa along with free lunches and cial Conrt-Martial at Nor- but folk Navy Yard. nick pictire, Lewis® aps Joe's nickname has with hin < had his intin Joe | Noncoms Acquitted by Spe- B the Ae NORFOLK Tanuars Cutlip. machinists’ mate H. M. Wilkin: electrician’s il first class, have been acquitted 1 special al court-martial of growing out of the discovery of a liquor still December 1, on the battleship Texas while that vessel w at the ) Navy Yard unde repairs, it wi learned tonight nson was found zuilty of being drunk but it was said his punishment had not been fixed. The still was found in e ship. friends et this the Civil War in a lived in Philadel from Traly he: and vessel. He mate a dynamo The two non “FACTORY conduct prejudiciz and discipline and of v r of the Secreta of the Navy were lodzed against them. At the trials of Cutlip and Wilkinson held this week, members of the eourts | decided the ol were not - sub. stantiated. Both were represented by civilian counsel MISS BINNEY TO WED. Former Actress to Become Wife of Member of Banking Firm. NEW YORK. January Constance Binney. who retired from 4 staze and screen career more than vear . will s00n become the of Charles R. Cottinz of the banking nrm of Led Higginson and Co., Only 20 s her mother. Mrs. H. W. Grady an nounced tonight. The date was not | 4 COLORS TO Miss Binney was educated in Paris We are offering a choice nd Connecticut, and sought a stage ‘er over the opposition of her yarents. It is understood that her tirement is permanen Miss Binney' nncle, 3asil Miles, is head of the American Chamber of Commerce at Varis Work has hee; yan firm that w arded ihe on ract to construct a main way Fdtem for Mexico. rted by the Columbia 4938 tion, fe "“COUGHDROP” JOE STILL REMAINS RAKER DEATH CAUSES| ke of CAPITAL’S OLDEST CHARACTER' HOUSE ADJOURNMENT| | i \ [ { phia during part of his bovhood and! is said to have come to Washington | in 1861, It is hat Joe worked as | a building laborer at one time, o was injured, when part of the old Willard Hotel, then under reconstruc: | 1 on i oupper flony Tenth street nitnee store. ! return, as a v His 014 W \ Somet . and the | as wavward « the mute ev by Joe's admirers in It is hecause of the him by his feflov uncommunicative the few p pede fided fron vealed him house of when not known Thosc reminder of Couz plorer, would do well, therefore save the newspaper which their fish is wrapped. Who knows but that it may be a remnant of Joe's last col lection wha wonld to have rop Joe, the e ‘314.506 FOR GARDENS UPKEEP IS PROPOSED House Appropriations Committee 0. K.’s Fund for Department Grounds Care. Agzriculture An appropriation of 14500 recommended by the House comittec nd frait prop > zrounds of War and e A ton have ap. proved plans L site of the farm over to conversion of he present experimental in Cemetery. and into mended “for continuinz s to establish and reriment farm on the Forecasting to Cost $158.5C0. Washinzton's variable Government the fiscal vear 1926 \priations reported to the House day in the agricultural appropriation bill. The House com- mittee recommended that this sum he \ppropriated for expenses in Wash- Zton incident to colleeting and dis- Forecasting cost the under seminatine mete 1] and marine JANUARY SALE Living Reom Furniture TO HOME” $175 3-Pc. Jacquard Velour Suite for $105 20 SUITES ONLY These suites will be made to your order and are suites that we originally made up to sell at $175. wrong at $105. Consisting of good-sized stationary Davenport, High-back Wing Chair and Club Chair. tes will be made up. You can’t go SELECT FROM of four colors, Taupe in blue, Taupe in red, Taupe in mulberry and Taupe in walnut. Loose cushions and spring-seat construction are two im- portant features of these suites. STANDARD UPHOLSTERY STORE 1 2810 14th St. N.W. Open Till 9 P.M. Resolution Expresses Regret and |}o o % Delegation Ordered Named to By the Associated Press. The House. immediately after con- vening vesterd: CANADIANS GIVEN $100,000 117 » stns BY CLAIMS COMMISSION Senator Johnson later as a tribute. day 1 - A resoln topted expr The Hou: ing the rezret of the members cnd [ed by Mr. I horizing the Speaker Lo appoint | Repre: Representative John F agreed 1o adiomm alifornia, wha died here and Br authorities The m was based ¢ over by what i€ now the = ! York. The Indians in tempted to withdraw would not receive the d was made already funds resolution was presen- Mr. Raker's only Dem- ic colleague in the Californi: ion. In a brief statement he ced the death of Mr. s served Descendants of Cayugs Indians Get One-Tenth of $1,000,000 They Asked For. v the Associated P; British-Americ ms concluded its sertir funds burial w - Baker, tion will be selected tomorrow and is | who expected to include Representatives | tingu Kahn. Lea, Carter und Lineberger. 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