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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-02
SHOT TO DEATH
Grocer Killed by Mysterious Assail.
ants Who Scorned Robbery

Port Chester, N. Y, Feb. 3
Thomas Keane, manager of chain
grocery store here, was shot and kill
ed by unidentified assailants satur-
day night. Seven bullets were fired
into his body from two weapons. ROD
berry apparently was not the motive
the police say, as the days receipts
were found intact.
Mrs. Anna Drough, who lives over
the store, told the police she heard a
veil about II o'clock and sounds OF a
scuffle. Friends accompanied her to
the store here. They found the door
open and Keane's body few zee;
from the entrance. One Of the shot:
had been fired so close that the VIC
TINS clothing caught fire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-02

A Called or special meeting Of
the stockholders Of the Interstate
Building Corporation viii be heao 9 J;
Rooms i and 2, Alexandra National
Bank Building, Alexandria, Virginia
at II o'clock noon, on the 24th day
Of february, 1920, to consider a
resolution adopted by the Board OF
Directors Of this Corporation De
claring it. be advisable and Tor the
benefit of the Corporation that ~ DC
dissolved.
Ralph P, Barnard, Secretary
A-td. 49,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-02
FIRE IN BITTER WEATHER
Oswego Trolley Lines Rolling Stock
I.nsf In 5000. 600 Blaze

UsWSgU IIVIlty H.ttCS - ieOIi1'5
Lost in 100000 Blaze
Oswego, N. Y, Feb 2,-Fire caused
by the explosion Of gasoline torch
early yesterday, destroyed practically
all of the rolling stock used in the
operation of the oswego trolley lines
and caused loss estimated at two
hundred thousand dollars.
Firemen fought the blaze in the big
trolley barn with the thermometer ~
degrees below zero: IL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-02
In Suburbs. near Alexandria
ON CAR LINE

Six room, brick house, electric lights,
city water, open fire place, sleeping
porch, large front porch, concrete eel
lar, extra large corner lot. Small cash
deposit and monthly payments.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-08
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

A regular semi-annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the Fort Mill
cooperative Association will be held
In the Masonic hall on Thursday.
July Is. at p. m. All members are
requested to be present.
1t c. w. EASON Secretarv
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-08

rave made detour around a bridge
that had been previously burned
down. The engine was wrecked and
the engineer killed. The bandits
summoned the soldiers guarding the
srain to surrender. Not one of them
aid. There were so Yaquis in the
steel coal flats that serve for armored
cars down :his way upon occasion.
and not Yaquis surrendered.
FINALLY there were but l6 left in
one car" said an eyewitness. "and
bandit slipped alongside with
hand grenade and threw il H. Every
ann was killed"
Carrion crows were still seen as
the train crept by. Every little while
one sees a cross by the roadside
where a soldier has died defending
the road. Sometimes there are rife
pits marking the site OF "a well de-
tended engagement. Everywhere
certainly once each half mile on an
az erage-is the rusted frame that is
al. that is left of burned car
Twisted rails strew the right-of-way
The stations were once we'll built at
fairs of white stone. The better they
were the more certain they were CT
demolition. The hacienda that is
quite untouched Is a curiosity. No
better pasturage can be found in the
world than on these hills. hut there
are no cattle or horses. Sometimes
Il few goats may be seen. Antelope
and deer are often sighted from the
train windows.
Chihuahua City Is the center of the
Lest mining district In the world. But
rot more than Is per cent or the
niEcS are in operation, according to
tnc estimate of Il mining engineer OF
years acquaintance with the field.
The states OF Durango. Coahuila and
Chihuahua are tapped by this line of
read. They burst with riches II is
probably within the truth to say that
every township in them has paid
tribute to villa within the las; few
Years. No one knows his where
ahoutS just now--not to kilometrr
at least: there is plenty of informa-
tion as to where he is supposed to
he-but no. one knows when he will
come back. Jimenez was once
Il, urishing town of 10000 people. To-
day ii is not more than onc-third oC-
CAPPED. Its one time substantial bull
ring OF adobe brick is melting down.
Al every station there are soldiers.
Sometimes they live with their wo-
men in the box cars which in pros
porous times would be used in trans
porting the freight of this district
the potential riches of which were
not so much as scratched at the mo-
ment of its greatest prospertiy-and
Sometimes they live i'm brush shelters
O.. on the Ice sides OF broken down
walls. Villas recent headquarters
are pointed out to you. Now he
mad" camp just the other side of
S0hd"r church. and over there is the
Nllag" in which he strung the mayor
up I" an electric light pole. and yon-
der is II town in which he paid
81 iupulously for every item he took
ir"m the stores. but Communicated
ali IN" mules of all the mining COM
panieS.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-08
"PooR HUNTED BANDIT"

Down in Mexico City Villa looks
vague and intangible-about as much
OF a danger as the act of God men
toned in the insurance policies
writes Herbert Corey. From Mexico
City Villa seems to be merely a poor
hunted bandit, flying wildly over
leagues of rock and sage bush with
an implacable federal army painting
on his heels. Obregon said he did
not amount to much. Obregon. by
the way. is fine phrase maker.
That's fne--in Mexico City. But
II once took only AS hours to run
through from the City of Mexico to
FL Paso, Texas, without change of
cars. Nowadays ii takes five days
il you play in the very best of luck.
The distance Is 1.22l miles. At 100
miles from the City of Mexico the
Pullman car is taken off-thcre is no
economy in subjecting expensive
Pullman cars to the usageS of a
bandit like Nilla-und you jiggle and
stop and start and run backward and
finally make n wild. painting. breath
less dash for the next station from
that time on. The farther into Villa $
territory you get the more decom-
posed is the railway equipment. In
lI' emu YOU ulStoNeI SohISell Ill II tuI
that is only tit to he sent to n rum
mage sale for the prosperous Bel
g!anS.
So there you are. The first miles
arc covered in Sc hours in n Pullman
car. That gets YOU to Torreon. 1t
isn't so long ago that villa came to
Torreon-and took that town wide
apart and left it's wheels on the road
md - CT m hprS il
When YOU leave Torreon YOU find
Yourself imbedded in the moth eaten
railway car hcrCmbCfore referred to.
Al intervals YOU come to Il station. tn"
train invariably pausing some dis
tHnCe outside the town to eye :he viii
lIge like frightened EaZrllO hcfor"
making up its mind to go on. In
dian women pensively scratch their
heads and offer food from the baS-
k,tS they carry when the train gets
into the station.
You get outside to stretch your
legs and find the train consists most
lN of freight cars filled with soldiers.
Casually a MeNiCan army carries its
women with il. but not when it is en-
y; gcd in guarding Il train from villa.
That is stern business. Most of tn"
soldiers are little YaQui Indians.
Snme of them do not look to he more
than II to Is years old. saw
pair of these hoy soldiers playing ta,;
with each other. dressed in full
equipment. carrying rifles. and
screaming like any other little boys
lien they play tag. But the kids
fight like the very devil. Every on"
agrees on that. The older Nauuis
fight to the last drop, but the boys
light beyond that.
''rhey CRY. the poor little devils.
Said a man WHO had been with them
in lights. "ENcitcd. you know. and
InaNhc scared. But they never quiz
lie sure of that"
You come To place where grass
h"% been chnrred 10y the roadside
ard the remnants OF few burned
cars are scattered about. Just . few
days ago Villas men blew up u
"shoo-tiy." on which the train was to
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-08
STATEMENT
of the condition of
Savings Bank Of Fort Mill

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The Washington times., 1920-06-16
20
Weak Spots in District Traffic
Laws and Regulations
By BILL PRICE.

prominent Washington business man complained bit
tery TO me the other day that had cost him $40 because
he happened to be running his automobile few miles above
the speed limit 1t not the loss Of the money that
made him bitter but his knowledge that for serious viola
tons OF traffic laws endangeng lives and property, the
cost is often greater This careful and consider
ate Of Others and his minor oense was part the city
where there little traffic.
few days later eminent physician walked in to tell
me that time ago his car while safely parked with
his wife in it, had been into by driving another
car. His wife badly injured and his car wrecked.
There circumstance justfying the wreck The
driver OF the other according to witnesses had been
drinking He had the whole street for his car but simply
did not what he doing The offender got off with
fine of $O just what it cost the responsible business
who barely exceeding the speed limit
These just few Of Washington traffic incidents
that produce bitter feeling Yet they will go until Con-
gress establishes traffic and tghtens the traffic laws
in other ways.
The Police Department might correct of the mani
fest nustices by greater collateral demanded Of
offenders laying emphasis on large collateral in Of
repeated oenses and instances of booze befudded dv
The police judges have it in their power, too, to inn
pose heavy where the facts warrant Too much
lenency will stop criminal speeding and deliberate
disregard Of others lives and property.
traffic court is created and the system of collateral
deposits stopped sending all to the court the
judge and ocals there will be in position to segre
gate offenders that their records may enable
the automobile license Office to refuse drivers licenses
There way for the license Office to know what tho
record reputation of applicant for license is In
few exceptionally bad known to the traffic police the
license Office is informed and is able to act 1t almost
easy to get drivers license is buy bag of peanuts
The Office cannot do otherwise It has not the make
examinations rigid and is not authorized to do by
the present laws. A partly deaf blind
may get license
traffic court with Judge and court officials keeping
lin close touch with traffic matters and offenders is the chief
solution The judges of the Police Court have too much
to do to give especial attention to traffic cases.
The Washington times., 1920-06-16
THE PROBLEM THAT
STOPPED 'EM.

The big maths continue to comment
on c. r. Y.'s problem as computing
the 32,76sth power OF Is.
"In other words" says SEWARD
PARKER, I'VE are required to multiply
10 into itself 32,78S times" He adds
that II would require 900 feet OF
typewriter paper to express the
answer to the problem There would
b. 39,32b fsures in tho product
Ola Reliable w. d. PAYNE says
the answer TO the problem would be
80 stupendous in nGures as to stAsEer
Astronomers, who are probably the
largest users OF big ngures Ia the
world"
JB. r.. joeulsrly gives what he says
10 the answer
RUDOLPH UNFUG believes that
the man who ever attempts to work
II will be sent to an insane asylum
before he Gets halfway into IT.
O. E. d. adds similar comment
The Washington times., 1920-06-16
GARRETT P. SERVISS' ARTICLE
CORRESPONDENT Who Asks for Definition Bigger Task Than He ReHu

tyrant that it can make even the
senses its unresistins slaves.
This shows the immense influ-
ence Of education upon the appre-
citation OF beauty. While the judg-
ment OF An artist concerning q pic
ture may be influenced by his pro-
fessional appreciation of the tech
nical achievement Of the painter.
yet there is no question but that
he can perceive real beauty that 10
invisible to the uneducated eye, but
which would be equally perceptiole
to the latter IL 1t had the necessary
training.
Perception OF beauty IL primarily
an exercise OF the emotions. but
still it is subject to control by
mental judgment. The mind from its
stores OF memory may even re-
fleet, or project, beauty upon an OBJ
ject. Analy1e your feelings about
a fine diamond and consider wheth-
er it's beauty OF prismatic color Is
not mentally heightened by your
knowledge OF its great intrinsic
value, or OF the wonderful refrac-
tive properties possessed by . bit
Of crystalllixed carbon.
AN IDEALIsT1C THEORY.
To the astronomer the star Sirius
is more beautiful than any diamond
in the world, although to the eye OF
an unedueated person it may be less
attractive than a glass pendant on
a lighted chandelier.
Such an example favors the IDEAL
istic, or expressonalistic, theory
OF beauty. Another example Of .
similar nature: Is not the beauty
OF woman heightened and does IL
not appear deeper and richer, when
you know that her character is as
fair as her facsf
The beauty OF music 10 intensified
by the ideas that it's author, df its
hearer, associates with Il. There 10
. harmony above harmony, and a
heart OF melody in that which 10
melodious.
what are the limits within which
beauty is confined II there be anys
Is beauty properly restricted to tho
neld OF the two higher senses
sight and hearing7 IL not the de-
light impaired by a delicate per-
fume akin to what we call beauty
In other words, may not . Flower
be as beautiful In its fragrance as
In it's color and form, and 10 the
word beauty" misspplied when
thus used.
The difference 10 in range. not in
kind. seeins and hearing act at a
distance and have q broad neld, but
emotionaliy a smooth, rouni globe.
or a soft fur, Ia exauisitriy "bcauti-
full to the appreoistive hsnl which
Grasps or fondies IT, Those who
cannot appreciate beauty are those
whose senses are dull, and thsir
minds a. we'll
The Washington times., 1920-06-16
THE AUTO MONGREL.

That drawing in your column of the
auto mongrel who tempts thought.
less. foolish girls to get in and ride
with him represents . condition Of
affairs in Washington that should
be corrected. ! know many instances
lately of girls being followed for .
number OF blocks by daring chaps
with autos seeking TO have them go
for rides. which often end in insult
or sorrow.
left a show with two girls a few
nights ago. Two fellows and q girl
seated in a Rolls Royce waved at us.
We at frst thought they were friends
and waved back. They stopped at q
corner ahead of US and invited US
to ride. They were short one girl
and thought we would fall for the
game. It's a pity that the police
women OF the city do not run down
some OF these mongrels who insult
girls they happen to see alone on
the streets 8.
The Washington times., 1920-06-16
Once-OVers

opyi Service Inc
HOW HUSBAND SHOULD FEEL AFTER BREAKFAST.
you giving husband start in the morning
poorly breakfast and
irritable
his home in happy frame Of mind and reach
in all
you will lhaveh helped him toword
Your husband meets dsconceng things in his business
world
Of which know nothing.
indgnie he thinks Of
certainty for
certainty.
single he might not stand for things he does
think Of these things and start him Of right
add his burden the
comfort and provide that
member of it, where
things
morning start important
The Washington times., 1920-06-16

denying to of its people the right of the ballot and
representation in the councils of the nation In fact tax
alton without representation is repugnant to every principle
Of our government
1.-THE women after historic struggle, will have
Justly the right of the ballot It would be well to
grant both and of the District of Columbia
this right at the time obstacles present themselves
believe that the people of the District should carry their
appeal to the nation through action by the national
vsntons of the two parties and for should be glad
to have the Democratic convention include
the District of Columbia plank in the platform upon which
il win stand at the fan elections"
The Washington times., 1920-06-16
By Garrett P. Serviss,

Eminent Writer On Subjects Of ScieH-
tiNic Interest.
II have been reading your articles in
The Times with great interest and pleas
various and diverse topics you write
about not once was there An article on
the appreciation of beauty, or the graft
tude Of the emotions. For Instance, some
people do not apr cciete music, how
ever excellent. Another typical case
may be the failure to dinercntiate be
tween a person who 10 beautiful and one
who is the contrary. Kindly explain the
Lover Of Education
Y /oU should read works on es-
thetics-"the science, or phil
osophy, of beauty"-to see
what an immense field OF discus
sion your question opens up. 1t is
field sprinkled thick with flowers:
flowers Of rhetoric, flowers OF
poetry and the Imagination, besides
some that have an odor OF science.
Plato will set your mind afloat
amidst distractions; Aristotle Will
give you more definite suggestions;
Burke, in his discourse on the
Sublime and Beautiful" will be very
specific and tell you what are the
elements Of beauty-U smsllness;;
(2) smoothness; (3) gradual varia-
ton. OF direction in gentle curves:
(4) delicacy, or the appearance or
fragality: (5) brightness, purity
and softness of color.
But then Kant will upset you
again by affirming that we cannot
make A valid and universal judg-
ment to the effect that all objects
possessing such and such qualities
are beautiful" Beauty, according
to him. Is not objective, but is SUD-
jective, and valid only for the per-
son who contemplates II. And YET
he also asserts that an object when
one person pronounces beautifui IL
fitted to please all men.
NOW TURN TO HUME
Having meditated upon this you
may turn to Hume and consider his
affirmation that beauty 10 no quail
ity existing in the things them
selves, but is something in the mind
which contemplates the things.
IneCTlts Ot tns Va pV"NNS
have been arranged under two
heads: "a Formalism, which main
tains that beauty consists In the
form Of the object the word form
being understood in Its widest
sense, and (2) Expressionalism,
which explains beauty as consisting
In the expression OF an ideal But
a little thought shows that the sub
jsct IL not satisfactorily covered
by either or by both OF these the
ories.
while in certain regards there 10
abroad, general agreement about
ideals OF beauty, yet this does not
prohibit the existence OF diverG-
ences amounting in some cases to
absolute contradiction or opposi-
ton 40
The Washington times., 1920-06-16

winthrop Mur-
ray Crane thu
most skillful
pussy { ooter In
politics." accord
ing to the late Mr..
Roosevelt, would
have his plumaGe
plucked properly.
We think, IL he
ever gives up his
residence in the
old Bay State OF
Miles Standish and
settles down in one
or two sections We
have in mind.
II st. Peter
would only let
Uncle Mark Hanna
6ive US an express
sion on this oam-
psiEn funds pub
ncity, we believe
IT would really be
~ tn nDlAt
The Washington times., 1920-06-16

1t is not necessary in order to
ind such contradictions to COM
pare the ideas Of savages and civil
lied men. or those OF people of
widely different types of civiliza-
ton, for they may be met with any
The Washington times., 1920-06-16


II Is noticeable
how W h g ers
have refused to
grow on many OF
the cartoons OF
the Hero OF Doom
but In justice to
( h . overworked
car I o o ists IL
must be pointed
out that Charles
Evans Hughes and
the late Don Ven
ustiano. not to
mention Sir Oliver
Lodge, had a big
start on Wilhelm
In getting into the
world picture with
the hirsute adorn-
ment.
You cannot ride
to the w hits
House In a Pull
man cAr-if-you
have a majority of
sAS As~2lT IL 49,
The Washington times., 1920-06-16

to me that this hour, when
the development of true de-
mocracy and self determine
ton is engaging the attention
of the whole world, is pecu-
iarly fit for the waging to
q successful conclusion of the
long and earnest campaign
on the part of the people OF
the Capital Of the nation for
the same voice in the gov
ernment of their affairs en-
joyed by their fellow citizens
elsewhere. There is nothing
in the creed Of the Fathers, or
in the tenets Of the First De-
mocracy of the world, that
pives reason or excuse for
The Washington times., 1920-06-16

CLINT JARBOE, TAX oma Park,
has found that the rooster which
reminded Peter that he was
denying Christ was named Rob-
inson. That was because he
crew 90.
JARBOE also finds that Babe
Ruth Ia not near as famous as
the f1rst home-run clouter OF the
world. mentioned in the Bible.
That was the prodigal SON He
beat IL home.
The Washington times., 1920-06-16
Field for Discussion.

day in public places. The painted
faces Of young girls. now so lament
ably common. doubtless appear
beautiful TO those who bear them.
and to their intimAtes. although to
your eyes. as to mine. they may be
repellent Fashion 10 so great
The Washington times., 1920-06-16
THE WASHINGTON TIMES JUNE
The Story of Mrs. PartingtOn
Do You Know 1T 1t Cheers Discouraged Reformers
And 1t Means Third Party This Fall.

Evervbodv has heard at least THE NAME Of Mrs.
Partington.
She is tho lady that undertook sweep back the ocean
with mop Pictures show her the edge OF the sea-
shore trying to sweep away tho from her door, when
. great tide threatened the house.
Sydney Smith, the English wit, made Ms Partngton
immortal He was warning the British House of Lords al
ways opposed to reform and political improvement of any
SORT that they would find tho demand for reform much Of
problem for their little brains the Atlantic Ocean was
for the mop of Mrs. Partngton
This is the original story:
"I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt
of the lords stop the progress of reform reminds me
very forcby the great storm of Sdmouth and OF the
conduct of the excellent Mrs Partington that occa
sion.
"In the winter of 1924 there set in great food
upon that town-he tide to an incredible height
the waves rushed in upon the houses-and everything
was threatened with destruction.
"In the midst of this sublime storm, Dame Parting
ton who lived upon the beach, at the door OF
her house with mop and paens trundlng her mop and
squeezing out the water, and vigorously pushing
away the Atlantic.
49, 1.-THE Atlantic was reused Mrs. Partngton's spirit
was up but need not tell you that the contest was
unequal The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs Partington.
She excellent at slop puddle, but she should
not have meddled with tempest.
"Be PATIENT, GENTLEMEN! REST IN CON-
FIDENCE; YOU WILL BEAT MRS PARTINGTON."
American citizens that excited about the Republican
nomination for the Presidency and worried about another
reactionary nomination that they think is coming in Cali
fornia may find comfort in the Mrs Parngton story
Reform really rising tide But unlike the does
not rise just far and back always rising higher
The "vain Partington lady lives in Wall Street and
the neghborhood and her American name Mrs. big Cor
,poration This old financial lady thinks that she can
easily mop up and squeeze out the rising tide Of public dis
content But she is mistaken And the independent and
tdssasfed will stick together it is safe to say to
them Sidney Smith said to the reformer in his day. Be
patient gentlemen! Rest in confidence; you will beat Mrs.
.Partington."
The independent voe in spite Of the power of private
politics can control the United States any day chooses
Next election day ought to be the day chosen
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Although SIDNEY F. MALONE did

Although SIDNEY F. MALONE did
not submit for answer the question.
"If the half Of six 10 an eighth Of thres>
how much will the third OF q quarter
be?" three or four OF the sharks work
1t out under varying conditions. These
include G.. H. MCCARTHY, w. d.
PAYNE, and ALICE HAMILTON, who
never let hot weather interfere with
their tackling problems OF any kind.
II the Democratic convention 10
going to declare for the 18th amend
ment why not declare for the whole
Constitution and all the amendments
thereof?
GEORGE p. TORBETT.