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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-10
MASTER MIND
IN BOOZE RING
Chicago Hears Clique Makes
Fourteen Million

CHICAGO. Nov. io.-~-aonewher~
IN Chicago sits the man who IL the
trains az the great Chicago whisky
ring.
He ifves In n comfortable apart.
meut. which he usox also as an Of
flee. He IL IN almost daily corrmuni
cation by long distance telephone
with Washington. Cincinnati and
ether cifles.
This master mind- has four chief
licutenanta Two live In Chicago
Two live In Washington.
Sonc II them are weIi.known men.
The commander in chief himself, tho.
e comparatively unknown. He Ii
not n public man. nor politician
FIVE MEN CLEAN Up
FOURTEEN MILLION
These five men--the real higher.
ups' IN Q systematic hooxe traffic
That covers half Of the country
have cleaned up $4,000. 900 in profits
since national prohibition went into
fleet
Such In the story Whispered IN chi.
raTp. II In a story that contains no
names and no addresses. II may be
of the fiinaicat founda,ion---b but
there ara several peopie In Chicago
who Insist " Ia true. Reports con
corning this fourteen million dollar.
clique are significantly persistent.
There has been emphasis on the
story the past week because Of the
The Washington times., 1920-03-30
Do Not Stifle the Expansion
OF the National Capital
By BILL PRICE.

The Public Utilities Commission has this plain problem
before it, Are necessary of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company to be raised by increasing
straight fares by imposing fares which will sthe
the expansion of the District along broad and beautiful
lines and add to congestion in the city proper that is
already uninviting and dangerousi
The commission has announced that it must allow that
company per cent return valuation OF $l6lQ00O0
The company has presented facts showing that is falling
short of that return by many thousands of dollars annually
Unless these figures the commission holds
that it is just that the company shall have fair return the
allowed real estate or any other investment
The commission has definitely announced that it does
propose to allow the company to go in thehands of
receiver the grounds that this would be unfair and
UNJUST that if the lines do go receivers hands thet
courts will have power to impose 10 cents fare If advs
able something the average citizen does not take into
sderaton; that receiver would have power to stop the
operation of certain lines altogether paralyzng home and
business life.
Legal advisers of the commission have told that BODY
after studying the Gould decision that it would be illegal
require electric light make up street railway def
Iciences.
So Washington citizens, having hoped that Congress
would act to compel and the operation of all
lines of both companies under management better
STILL operation by the municipality, must determine whether
they stand for the rnous and nfuriatng policy of
fares such in straight fares may be
sary.
There for citizens to get up before the
mission and argue theoretical lines We all know that
situation is annoying inequitable and should be settled
But e esussion cannot furnish the real remedy Con-
alone do that Congress ought to have done
before this
We who want Washington of homes; of thrifty citi-
zens building or buying their properes not city of
congeed apartment and tenement houses do not want
fares.
r--rcri ", aess man writes me:
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TO the Editor of THE TIMES:

10 the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The freedom with which my name
aas been used during the school in
vestiEation now in progress seems
70 demand Of me . statement In the
interest Of truth and fair play.
Something over two years ago, /
decided, without coercion or oven suE-
sestion from anybody. that I would
resign my position as teacher in the
Washington public schools and devote
my life to other lines OF endeavor.
discussed plans in this connection
with people who would doubtless re-
call the circumstance, but deferred
action at that time.
In the meantime i had taken a deep
interest In the elaboration and CLASH
1cation Of material covering the natu-
ral history of mixed races In this
country: and formed plans to assist In
the collection of such material
Many earnest men expressed their APP
prsciAtion of the value OF such col
lection from various points OF view
Soma Of the prominent colored people
consulted in the matter gave their
active support to the plan and tbs
-Afro-American Archaeological So
with DR.. Moten, the principal of Tus'
xesgee. az one Of its charter mem
hers The organisation had the hearty
endorsement OF no less a parsonage
than the late Colonel Roosevek.
But there were those who misun'
deYstood and misinterprcted our ef'
forts in this connection and in thu
spring OF 1919 I begged the Board
Of Education to permit me to appeal
before II and explain my position
Ny request was granted and when u
became evident that my connection
with the schools could be used by Ger
Tain individuals as an excuse for EN-
barrassing the school authorities and
making soandalous attacks upon m,
fellow teachers, I resigned.
After my resignation In the sprini
Of tefe, the agitators continued theft
derAchstratisn. but for reasons mo-
peCossary to snumerate here. ! per
snUo4 AOasse1 tAAn ssn0aahsas
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WHAT'S Doing; Where; When

Knights Of Columbus Evening School, 1fab
Vermont avenue northwest. 7;so y. m
Lcoture-Leo A. Rover. Knights Of Co
lumbus Evening school, l2a5 Vermont ave-
nue. northwest, 9 .. m.
neutrality-suspicious. Club OF Young
women's Christian Association. 1sss r
street northwest, fourth floor, 7:as q. m.
Tomorrow.
Address-senator Joseph I. France, Co
iumbis Lodge. No. i1t. International As
ISOLATION OF Mschinists, Naval Lodge Hall.
between Third and Fourth on Pennsylvsnis
avenue southeast, p. m.
Meeting-wsshinston Centennial, No. H.
", A. A. NJ, NJ NJ,
MsetIng-Hepe Lodge No. 10. y. A. A.
NJ, NJ. NJ.
Meetinr--columbia Lodge. No. I, Royal
Arch Chapter.
Meetins-Americsu Society OF Mechani-
GA y = -
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pay the price that some girls do. as
! am very fastidious in my tastes
and should not be satisfied with him
'just because he 10 q man."
Now please advise me how could
] meet one OF these sensible men,
who do not care for the flirting
vamps," PATTY GREEN.
have never found that there
was a royal road to anything, let
alone the right man. He usually
comes when he is least expected
and seldom to order. One usually
has to wait for Fate or circum-
stances or something else out of
our own control to provide him. I
might tell you to 90 here, there or
perhaps anywhere. and in a dozen
evenings you might not find a man
you considered worth talking to,
let alone worth marrying.
Make friends as much as pos
sible; widen your circle of &C
tances wherever you can; reach
out always for higher and better
things. That's the only prsecrip-
ton ! can think of to bring about
q meeting with an acceptable man.
So many of my readers seem to
think that men are arranged and
classified like so many parts of an
automobile and that they are
separated into the good and the
bad, the worthless and the impos-
sible like SO many goats and sheep.
They seem not 10 take into con-
sideration that little old fellow
named Cupid usually decides
things for us when he finally makes
some very ordinary person seem to
be the most wonderful person in
the world. Love seems to be the
gift of the gods, who lavish it
again and again on some people
and deny IL forever to others, no
matter how desperately they seek
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From The Public To The Editor

hut statements made by the Superin-
intendent OF Schools, for the inform
alton OF the Congress of the United
States are another matter. II becomes
under such circumstances. vitality i'm
portant that the truth should not be
obscured by half utterance nor dis
tortsd by prejudice.
The simple facts regarding friction
In the public schools for which Mr..
Thurstons statements hold me re-
sponslbie. are AZ foiiows'
J. M. Thurstons proposal TO trans
Ter me from the Miner Normal School
was rejected by the Board OF Educs-
ton before the appointment OF most
OF those who now constitute Its MEN,
bership.
q HIS plan TO eheot the said trans
fer was not approved by the Board,
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\ --",''Tori Illness man writes me:

Your posil.on on tho sone fare
is absolutely right II would do
great harm to the District, even
to decreasing tho volume Of bus
mess in all business establish
mentA Suburban jewellers and
nearby Virginia and Maryland
people will refrain from coming
into Washington to buy.
I have been told OF seven IN.
stances where persons about to
erect homes In tho suburbs have
stopped preparations and are
awaiting developments have NO
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To-day.

Observation-Disclosures chapter Of TIE
Holy Gross Alumni Association, University
Ciub. Q .. m.
Lecture-Mrs Nanetts Paul, Central
High school. Eleventh ana clifton strests
northwest, .. m
Motion Picture Benedt-y. W. O. A.,
Yriendship Clubs, auditorium Masonic
Temple. Thirteenth street and New York
avenue northwest s:sc p m
MeetinG-Ncvth Capitol and lexington
Citisens' Association. Emery School. - m
Meetins-Davson Lodge. No. is. v. A.
A. NJ. NJ. ~.
Me.ting--Lafayetts Lodge. No. 10. v. A.
A NJ, NJ NJ.
~, w. A. A. NJ. NJ N.
nss,ins-rssoms Lsdss No. a. y. A
A ~, ~ N.
LQl4gIN-&Hsl RHN0N1aA QNGAsgyeeas
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Fairfax Writes the Problems and Pitfalls of Workers Here
Especially For Washington Women

fellows in every sense of the word
and let the modern boy take no
tice-they held all womankind
above everything else on earth.
Whose fault II IL do not pretend
to know. But IL / could know .
man who would not take advantage
Of q foolish young girls lack Of ex-
perience. who would only pity and
not blame the one who chose the
wrong way. who could be strong II
she was weak. believe I would be
the happiest girl in Washington.
II anyone who reads this thinks he
would answer to tho description Of
> man, I'd like to see him You
see. came from the West, where
we see more Of that sort Of =
thing. It has been so long since I
have seen a real man that he
would have to be labeled before
would recognize him. PATTY.
You are like the woman who
sued the railroad company for
$4,000 in the hope of getting
$4,000. You evidently believe in
expecting everything in q man In
the hope Of getting something.
Women mustn't ask or expect men
to supply all the virtues. While
II Is desirable that a man protect
a woman even from herself, that
he save her even from her own
weakness, women must learn not
to lean on men. It's rather
sorry picture you paint OF
woman. Why not aspire to be a
woman Of pride and self-posses-
sion who needs no man to pro-
tect her from herself on others?
There isn't much room today for
the clinging vine who needs a man
to even think for her.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAx:
have been very interested in
your advice which read daily. Just
at present / am very sad. and Il
seems as though cannot get
start. was a lieutenant in the
army and l went overseas. had
a good sum saved up, but thinking
I would never come back alive, I
spent II all. When / came back /
met the fairest and best girl on
earth. had not seen her for three
years. OF course, I tried to pull out
OF debt, but now II seems my
clothes do not suit her and she
thinks should go further In debt
for new ones. would rather lose
everything in ahe world than this
girl. DISGUSTED.
II is a fact that personal appear
ance counts a great deal these
days, undoubtedly too much.
Nevertheless, II Ia pretty poor adj
vice for the Oung lady TO offer.
I know Of no more thsnkless task
than paying for a dead horse or
q suit of clothes after IT Is worn
The Washington times., 1920-03-30
HE ARD ND SEEN

L. N. GILLIS rhymes window
and chimney" in this fashion:
Ny dad looked from the window.
Saw me playing In the wtndrow.
Making In the mud thin dough.
As ne had oft forbid
Seised the rod beHde the chimney,
Laid me quickly eross his grim kneas
whaied me, we'll. he did, BY Jimmy.
Indeed. indeed. he did
w. J. SPILLMAN sends in this:
Poor Bridget aions uttsrsd . groan.
AZ she leaned far out Of the window.
Her heart was as lead; she'd Just looked
at her bread.
J. q. H, answering two queries IN
this column, says that the hands Of
tho clock are at right angles for the
second time at 80 2-11 minutes past
o'clock; and 8 o'clock answers ].
NcDONNELLS inquiry.
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! EAR MISS FAIRFAX:


- 1 am an interested daily
reader of your column and
find you are very helpful. Under
present circumstance ! am for,ed
to appeal to you to obtain advice
which means q good deal to me.
am from the Far East"
United States possession since 1898.
have been in this country since
1914 and in Washington for the
last two years. Being a foreigner
1 ind 1t hard to become acquainted
with any one of the fair sex; In
fact, never met one who cared to
befriend me. IL 1t because "Eas,
is East and West Is WestT During
my absence from home the best
and the last Of all my friends. my
mother. died and to live In this
strange land without . friend 10
too sad, do not dance, but like
the movies, sometimes the theatsr,
and to hear good music. II could
only md q friend to enjoy these
few things with me, perhaps my
grief would DO relieved and hap
piness take its place,
LONELY FAR EAsrBRNER.
To be far from home and among
strangers IL, indeed, sad. With
the grief from your recent loss
added, you are doubly afflicted. II
is natural. however. that you
should have difficulty making the
acquaintance of American girls.
The foreigner ID always looked
upon askance, no matter how
worthy or desirable he may be.
Girls often hesitate TO mako
friendship with them because such
friendships always cause much
comment. Tho only suggestion I
can offer is that you endeavor 10
mako friends with the mon with
whom you are associated either
In business or school, a. the case
may be, When you have proved to
them that you are Trustworthy,
they may be willing to introduce
you To their families. I am not
holding out much hope, know, but
can conceive Of no more hopeless
situation than yours, 30 many
thousands OF miles away from
your own psopls and customs.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Please tell me why such men a.
"osm" and bachelor" with the
nice homo and automobile, in your
editorial columns do not md q girl
like me7 Am I too reticsnt7 IL
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doubt hundreds Of people are
doing the Same thing. In many
cities where some fares were at
tempted tho public became 90
wrought up that the system had
to be abandoned. In somo cases
cars were wrecked and tracks
torn mp.
Under tho plan proposed. peo-
pie living In Anacostia will pay
three separate fares to get to
Georgetown: those in Brookland
three fares to Mt. Pleasant, and
SO on.
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it. Whether or not the fright
man" comes along is probably
neither in your hands or mine
You'll find him where you least
expect him and probably when you
are not even searching for him.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Do you think q fellow who tells
lies is worth while going with?
Half of the time I don't know
whether to believe this man or
not. He tells me things and in
nve minutes he contradicts himself.
BLUE EYES.
There is a saying in business
that mans word is as good as
his bond, and if it isn't the man
isn't worth much. If you cannot
depend on persons word there is
mighty little about them to depend
upon. Boys like this will make
fools Of girls as long as the girls
stand for such treatment.
DEAR MISS FAIRFA:
When reading over The Times I
always turn to the last page and
read over all the letters. often
times I have said would write and
tell you some OF my troubles, but
I never did. / usually managed to
work them out by myself.
There seems to be q great many
girls who write you that they can
not ind tho right sort of a man. I
seem to be experiencing the same
dffculty myself. And the biggest
fault ind with them is that men
do not respect women. In all my
life-snd am not exactly q child
I have never found but three men
who had a genuine respect for wom-
en-. And I am proud to have known
those men. They were splendid
The Washington times., 1920-03-30
THEY LOOK NEVER MORE
ON RAINY DAYS
Please tell me what has become
of that part OF = skirt that a
woman used to gather up when
II rsinedf What's q fellow to
do now on rainy daysf
b. q. W.
The high school boys Of Washing

The high school boys Of Washing
ton must be in Q great struggle for
athletic honors this year. Some
body wrote that ED PUGH, of Tech,
was great, bringing congratulations
from all the boys and girls at Cen
trail, who declare DICK NEWLY to
have no peer in Washington. IF
Pugh is a star" writes one, then
Dick Newly Is brother to the sun"
Two readers answer "Calpurnia's"
inquiry as to former "Pageites" Of
tho Baltimore American.
BOB JEFFERSON says he's In the
Naval Hospital In this city. wish
we could organize a club Of those old
Pagettes," he says.
]. s. says he has been thinking OF
zone Brick Jefferson"
Some day we're going to have
gathering of the Heard and Seen
Folks. Glad that our column re-
minds Baltimoridns Of the folks N
the old page Of the American
SHE HAS THE RIGHT REMEDY.
Several chauffeurs who park
cars in the vicinity of Eighteenth.
n and Riggs streets insult wom-
men as they go by. IL II hap
pens again to me they are going
to explain their conduct In the
police court. I mean what 1 say.
NJ.
Most women overlook insults from
low men because they hate the idea
of going TO the police court There
would be considerably less OF this "
women victims would determine TO
press matters In the courts, where
they will have the protection OF the
judges and officially
San Francisco has street car
fare OF 8 cents, and 10 school chill
dran al worth OF rides Is sold for 50c.
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c. ID. COOK says. for IL. Il. c."
that the difference between a fellow
taking ride up hill and a suitor
giving HIS best girl a present OF q
small dog is this: The fellow taking
a ride up hill Is having a gallup.
while the sutton is t'king his gal
pup.
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SHE HAS THE RIGHT REMEDY

San Francisco has n street car
fare OF s cents. and 10 school chill
dren 81 worth OF rides Is sold for soc,
A 81 book can be bought Tor 81.
uARRIl A OOARAD.
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ANN IS GROWING OLDER.

Our wise and energetic fans gem
orally solve most problems In such
. unanimous way there 10 no doubt
as to the accuracy of tho answer.
In this Ann and Mary proposition.
though. poor Ann seems to Be grow-
fng older the harder tho class works
on her age.
While the great majority of the
folks agree that Ann was 81 years
old. and Mary ~, here comes along
ID. ]. JONES, the marine corps chap.
with the statement that Mary is %
years old. II Ann were living now
she would be 1.6s<0 times as old a.
Mary was when Ann was as old as
Mary In now. What year was Ann
born inI"
MARYLAND POTTS. Laurel, Ma.
says they are all wrong as to Ann.
He says there are four unknown
quantities and four equations In the
problem. and they are too long to
publish in the column.
HENRY II. FIELD. who Is an ex-
pert on mathematics. asks why not
make tho column largerf" This edi-
tor literally begs for space for the
brightest lot of writers in the world.
but the paper shortage holds us down
to the space we have. so we've got
to make things brief. brief, brief.
BLAKE ESPEY makes Ann %. r.
s. does the same.
The majority settles II.
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SECOND ANSWER TO
THE LEAP YEAR

/ cnSVND ANS vVICh TO
THE LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL
(By L. n ~
Ny Dear and Most Respected Madams
I've no desire to be your Adam.
You honor mo. your hand TO offer
with regrets ] decline the profYsr; for
sure my love, II can't b given to .
maid for whom rye not striven- The
giri that rve wish to we'd II not the
ono thrown At my head
Yea I DO think It quite funny. Ycs
must have me or my money. But mat
rfmony would be no joke with you).
only q cruel. Calling yoka
Please do not think me rude or
grun. but in this case ] run no BLUM
for here's tho ten Il think II cheap).
With great relief my heart does leap.
By parcel post your dress Ia sent;
there Is no chance, I won't reient'
do not wish your love or kisses. I
keep mine for my choice Of Mira"
From the one whom your leap years
quest has shocked and very much dis
tressed-
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REMBERT HESS. B. s. JENKINS.
Il. M. FLAHERTY. j. BACKEN-
HEIMER, MILO H., d. H. NJ. G. e. A.
and c. A. p. answer "E. D. K" BY
stating that the big Indian Is tho
mother OF the little Indian, BACKEN-
HEIMER noting that Indian" Is both
masculine and feminine.
Tho half Of IL Is when worked
BY Roman numerals, write MAICA
MURPHY, HENRY COHEN. Il. r.
AINES, J. II. b. and others. They
explain that II XII has q line drawn
through the center, you get VII either
below or above the cross In the X.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-06
AUDITORIUM PROPOSED
TO COST 100000

Efforts to get the Memphis Automo-
bile Dealers association and members
OF Al Chynnia temple, Mystic Shrine,
to join with the Tri-State Fair as
ISOLATION in the construction of $780,
600 auditorium at the tri-state fair
grounds. is being, made by Senator
Frank D. Fuller secretary or the fair
association. Senator Fuller met with
a committee from the auto dealers
association headed Ey Thomas H.
Smart, and committee of Shriners,
headed by Joe Fowler at the Chamber
of Commerce at luncheon Friday 20
discuss the proposition.
Senator Fuller's idea is to build a
handsome reinforced concrete and
brick building which can be used for
an automobile show during the annual
fair and for the ceremonials Of the
Shriners, of which there are tv b OF
three a year. The Shriners have a
building fund to erect an auditorium
for their ceremonies, but 1t is not large
enough 10 build the kind Of building
| that might be erected should they join
with the fair and automobile dealers
associations.
The fair association would later re-
Ijmburse the automobile dealers and the
| Shriners for the money they put into
the building, thus making it the en-
| tire property of the fair association.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-06
COTTON PLANTERS
ARE CONSERVATIVE
Arkansas Men Will Plant Good
Acreage to Food and
Feed Crops

The planters Of Eastern Arkansas,
especially the larger ones, are inclined
to adopt a safe policy this year, AVOID
ing expansion of their cotton acreage
and growing plenty Of feed and food
crops, G. w. Watson, market director
of the Chamber of Commerce farm hu-
reau, stated on his return Friday from
trip to Mariana, Ark. where he act
ed as one of the instructors at an agri-
cultural short course session. The
planters are of the opinion, Mr.. Wat
son said, that the 1920 crop of cotton
will not demand the good price which
p the 1919 crop attracted and that there
fore 1t is best to be conservative as to
cotton and pay more attention to d.
versification.
These Eastern Arkansas farmers plan
to put in spring oats and early corn TO
meet the present shortage of feedstuffs
and feed their work stock until the
later regular crops are laid by, There
is also Indication that they viii plant
large areas to corn, oats, alfalfa and
other hay crops to carry their live stock
through the next winteg.
DR.. G.. A. Hathorn represented the
farm bureau at the Wednesday session
at Mariana and Mr.. Watson repre-
scented the bureau on Thursday.
The Arkansas extension forces plan
to hold meetings in six places in Mis-
sissippi county next week, sending out
two crews of short course instructors
among which members of the Memphis
farm bureau will be numbered The
meetings viii be as follows: Leachville
and Kiser, Feb. 10; Bassett and Blythe
vile, Feb. IL; Wilson and Luxora, Feb
r. DR., E. r. Lloyd, director of the
Memphis bureau, Mr.. Wilson and Dr.
TAFT Butler will attend the meetings