The Washington times., 1917-10-28

To Henry Arthur Linn / am in
Idsbted for the facts in the case Of
the King Of Prussia W. Kuepper's
Administrator, % Mo. $50. II sounds
like combination between a royal
court decree. law case. and q set
Of football signals. but 1t really Is
q case brought In the courts OF the
State Of Missouri by no less q person
than Frederick William ~. King Of
Prussia
King William said that one Of his
late subjects, one Herr Kuepper, had
taken $1,000 or thereabouts In Ger
man money, as It went through the
mails, and had absconded, to the
United States. / presume they
traced Mr.. Kuepper a. far a. Mis-
souri,. inasmuch as the suit was iled
there. In the petition hled for King
Frederick William. 1t was alleged:
The plaintiff states that he IL
absolute monarch Of the kingdom Of
Prussia. and as King thsrsof,is the
sole government Of that corntry;
that he Is unrestrained by any con-
stitution or law, and that his win, ex.
pressed in due form. Is the only Law
Of that country, and Is the only legal
power there known 70 exist as law"
The King followed the custom Of
the country and refunded to the
postoffce the $1,000 which his errant
subject took. Now he wants 1t back.
All this must have sounded odd in
q Missouri court, but 1t ayailed King
Frederick William " not . thing.
The upshot Of the matter was that
the court told the Prussian King that
II he had refunded that $1,000 It was
a voluntary matter and that the
grand old State Of Missouri didn't
have thing to do with it..
The Winchester Repeating Arms
Company has picked Tom Davis to
run their new Office here in the
Colorado building. Inasmuch as
have known Tom Davis and his euts
little hats for several years, ! wish
to give the town notice that he's the
Big Explosive IN the ammunition
business.
saw Billy Hibbs standing outside
that pretty building Of his, but he
backed away as If he did not desire
to be quoted. All I wanted to find
out Is where he gets his pants. They
are wonderful 1
Abram Budd, of Berwyn, Md,
contributes the following interesting
piece Of information:
'T have sought the knowledge of
truths all my life. What is not . !,
truth is not worth knowing. A
genius is person who receives the
aid and assistance of spirits. If
they work against him instead Of
with him he becomes failure
In the Department Of Commerce
an elevator shot down, past the floor
on which Lee Thurman was stand
Ing.
He waited for the elevator to come
back, and thereupon began to lecture
the elevator operator.
II didn't get the bell until the car
had passed the ioor," persisted the
boy.
"oh. no." said Lee, II had my
hand on the button for ten seconds
before you reached here
81 know the law" persisted the
elevator operator. Il know my
rights"
Thurman looked at him.
You report to me at o'clock"
he said.
Later the boy made inquiries az
to who that fresh guy was that
wanted to see him at 2 o'clock.
He asked the elevator starter.
He is the acting Secretary of the
of Commerce, that's ALL"
said the starter. "and you'd better
hurry and get there on time with an
apology and a promise to tend to
your business"
Frank Hogan is Of the opinion
that Cleveland Park ought to be very
proud of being the home Of Com
missioner Gardiner as wen as Con-
rad Syme, Corporation Counsel
Now that Frank is showing the
civic spirit I am going to enlist him
in the movement to smooth out the
bumps on Newark street hill in
front of Commissioner Gardeners
house. L
Some men in this town allow
weeds to grow six feet high on their
while their neighbors work
to keep their own prop
srty clean. The same folks show
their colors In winter. The weed con-
becomes a menace because
he will not clean the snow and ice
away.
With the imperative need for labor
a.. 49, 4