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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28
Mr.. B. Baer
HONESTY Is NEXT TO
BEST POLICY.

One-piece bathing re-
galias have cen ruled OF
American surf. Also ball
skulled beach lizards. Can
figure FIRST beach amend
ment. Second codicil Ia
mysterious.
Rule of one-piece suits.
But why .legislate against
one-piece scalp.
Cap Barriscale, of Long
Beach, chirps that sand
vanps must either wear
modest costumes or moth
ing. Cap doesn't like bald
domed beach chameleons
either.
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JULES b.

II Mr.. EDISON can tell Just
how many bootleggers there are on
Four-and-a-half and Half streets
he will know more than the revenue
or police authorities. E. J. /.
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MARY's GRANDMA.

MARN'S GRANDMA.
Mary. Mary, quite contrary,
Hotr is pour grandma todayf
With roii-top hose,
And lots of beaur
And short bodied hair Of gray.
FOXIR.
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Bonding companies take
opposite views. Chirp that
bald. fat. cussing men are
best risks for surety COM
panies. Also that married
men are more honest than
bachelors. That's easy. Got
to be. When man gets sur
rounded at altar he thinks
he is getting wife. What
he gets is sheriff.
Married man Is more hon
est that batch. Anybody
is more honest after they
have handouts on EN-.
Experts also buzz that
women are more honest
than men. We will have to
let married folks battle
that out themselves. Don't
believe in breaking into
family auarrels.
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Cow as Symbol of Fortune.
BY K. G. B.

The frst coin ever struck by Rome had figure
OF OK on IL. and has been In most
patriarchal epochs OF society the symbol OF for
turs. pecuniary reward nrst meant a payment
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IT'S ALI, EXPLAINED.

when fathers sitting UP at night
You wonder what he's doing.
Go down into the cellar and
CHEVY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28

An owl has nested In the White
hoOse grounds. Well. It's not the
only one TO nest there whe merely
LOOKED vstse.
JULES b,
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PUZZLE PICTURE.

Find the young man who has just
been informed who will be his danS.
ing partner at the party:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-28

Statistics warn us to be-
ware of short men with
tall boards. skinny men
with two Adams apples.
tall men with ears like
angel wings. fat men with
thin morals, thin men with
short memories. Figuring
on cheerful news, an hon
est man Is a gent who is
still at large.
Chinese are most honest
people in world.
You can't understand
what one Is saying.
But you can believe any
thing he says.
Around this neck -o'-the-
woods you reverse opera
tioh-
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sEAsONABLE REMINIsCENCEs.

SEASONAnLrs neutrality-suspicious.
who remembers. about this time
each year,
BOOK BEER ON DRAUGHT.- and
1.-The Face Upon the Barroom Floorr'
JULES B.
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.AUTOIST EPITAPHS

i
AUTOIST EPITAPHS
Here he sleeps.
One Johnny Fonker,
He rounded . turn
without . honkss.
IT'S monuments
For jackson Eruck:
His Lizzie was lighter
Than the truck
Down in the river
Sleeps Jerry Bass
The bridge was narrow,
He tried to pasa
RESTAURANT LINGO (Contiuuedk
Customer at lunch counter--Corn-
ed beef hash, please.
Waiter to cook-Gentleman wants
to take a chance.
Second customer--rll have hash.
too.
waiter-Another sport :" v. IL
WORDS AND DEEDS.
The "old hen" who says mouth
fur is apt to be all right. but | pro-
fer the old hen who lays mouth
full" FRED VETTER-
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But you can believe any
thing he says.
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You can't understand
what one is saying.
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Chinese are most honest
people in world.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
WITNESS DECLARES
M'CANN0N SHOT MAN
CBy Associated Press

CLEVELAND, O., June 17-Testify-
ing today in the perjury trial of for
mer Judge William H McGannon,
Mary E. Neely startled the court and
spectators when she said Il saw Judge
McGannon shoot Harold Kagy." The
state is seeking to prove that McGan-
non swore falsely when he said he
was not present when Kagy was shot
and killed on the night of May 7, 1920.
The sensational announcement came
as an added surprise when it devel-
oped during the midst of a severe
cross examination by Attorney W. H.
Boyd. for the defense, Special Assist
ant Prosecutor w. L. Davis has not
questioned her on that point. Miss
Neely testified that Judge McGannon
induced her to refuse to testify against
him in his second trial for kagy' 5
murder during a conference in a hotel
room in February. On one occasion
when Boyd in cross-examination read
portions Of her testimony at the trial
in an effort to show a discrepancy in
! her testimony of that time and thai
of today she halted him with:
"You must remember, Mr.. Boyd
that | was evading and lying in the
second trial to save Judge McGannon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
FILIPIN0S ASK PROBE
OF ISLAND FINANCES
CRv Associated Pressl

BANTANGAS, P. l., June 17.-Mem-
bers of the Democrat party. appeared
in force carrying banners denouncing
the Nationalist party, and asking for
an investigation of the financial condi-
ton of .le island government as the
Wood-Forber party passed through
Lipa, Batangas province yesterday.
The banners also charged that cleo
tion frauds had taken place. Two
Democrat speakers severely criticised
administration of justice, asserting. it
was impossible to obtain fair trials in
the courts.
Major General Leonard Wood and
Nv. Cameron Forbes, who are heading
a mission of investigation into Philip
pines affairs for report to President
Harding were much interested in the
demonstration and speeches The mis-
sion was enroute to southern Luzon.
Speakers in the city asked for inde-
rendence of the Philippines, with a
protectorate for a period of years until
conditions had become settled.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
PORTABLE Store IS
PLANNED FOR DAYTON
CBy Associated Press)

DAYTON, o., June 17.-Dayton
housewives need not worry about what
to do with the baby, when they want
to go to the grocery, in the near fu-
ture. for the grocery store will come
to them. If plans of a local concern
meet with success. All a woman will
have to do when she wants provisions
or meats will be to step down into the
street, and enter a complete store on
wheels.
Dayton, it is said will be the first
city to try out the grocery-on-wheels
plan. A deal involving S640,000 for
the purchase of one hundred trucks
by a Dayton company has just been
closed. The trucks will be of two and
a half ton capacity, % feet long and
six feet wide. The grocery store bod
les also are being built, and it is the
plan to use the stores in Illinois, In
diana, Iowa. Michigan and Wisconsin
as quickly as they can be built
These portable stores, it is said,
will be real provision markets, not
just green grocery wagons. They will
carry full line of provisions, with an
"up-to-date' clerk in charge. The
trucks will be run on regular sched-
ules, so that the housewife will know
when to expect them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
Short News Of City

Recreation Club Friday-Regular
meeting of the recreation club of the
community service will be held at 7:30
o'clock Friday night in Glen Miller
park. The club meets every two
weeks.
Eagle Initiation esday-Seven
candidates are to be taken into the
Eagles lodge next Wednesday night.
1t has been decided to send the local
drill and degree teams to the national
convention to be held in Newark, n.
j., the first week in August An al
tempt will be made to win one of the
many prizes offered at the convention
for the best teams.
Posta Examination Saturday.-An
examination for reserve postal car
riers and clerks will be held at the
offices of c. o. Williams in the court
house Saturday morning at o'clock
it has been announced by the officials
of the office. This is probably the
largest reserve class to take an ex.
animation in Richmond. The examin
ations are for the local offices only
Y Cafeteria to CIose-The cafeteria
at the Y. NJ C. A will be closed for
about week commencing next Mon
day, it was announced by Julian l.
Smith, general secretary. The cafe
terra will be given a general over
hauling and the date for its re-openins
will be announced later.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
CONSULT AMERICA
ON MANDATES, ADVICE
OF LEAGUE PRESIDENT
tBy Associated Press)

PARIS, June 17.-Dr. CASTOR Da
Cunba, president of the council of
the league of nations has addressed
technical notes to the prime ministers
of France, Great Britain, Italy and
Japan with regard to the urgency of
having the approval of the United
States before decisions can be taken
on mandates for the former German
colonies. The contents of the notes
have been communicated to the
United States government.
DR.. Da Cunba, after summarizing
in his note the situation created by
the attitude of the American govern
ment which has indicated its inten-
ton not to make representations at
the coming meeting of the leagues
council on the mandate question, and
the position of the council thereof,
the position of the council itself,
says:
Il therefore, venture to ask the
principal allied powers to be good
enough to make every effort to ar
rive at a solution of the points under
discussion between them and the
United States, so as to enable the
council of the league of nations to
settle the whole question Of mandates
before the next meeting Of the assem-
bly,.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
MOVE Will COACH
SUMMER CLASSES

Julian L. Smith, of the Y. NJ. c. A,
announced that the local Y has en-
gagged the services of Coach Ray B.
Move, of Earlham college, to instruct
summer classes in special work in
basketball and track work. Glasses
will be held for members of the for
boys of all ages
It is pointed out that this will be a
good opportunity for all the boys OF
the Y to get some good pointers in
the finer points Of the two branches OF
athletics Coach Move has made a
good record as coach at Earlham, and
these classes will give the athletes in
this city some coaching that will be
of great help to them for their further
athletic work.
The boys will be divided into three
classes, Class A, boys under IA years
Of age; Glass r, boys ID to 16 years
old; Glass c, all over Is years old
The schedule will begin Monday and
will be as follows: Glass A will meet
every Saturday morning at o'clock
Glass B, every Monday, wednesday,
and Friday mornings at 9 o'clock
Glass c, every Monday and Friday
eveing at o'clock
Application will be sent to every
member of the in the next day OF
so, and it is predicted that all threc
classes will have large enrollments.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
SENATOR in FRANCE
ASKS KAISER'S TRIAL
rRy Associated Press)

PARIS, June 17.-Senator Duplan-
tier in the senate late yesterday with
Premier BRAND attending the session
renewed his demand of Tuesday to
know what measures the French
government intends 10 take concern
ing the execution of the treaty of
Versailles relative to bringing Will
liam Hohenzollern, ex-kaiser Of Ger
many, TO trial for his crimes against
humanity"
The senator asked for immediate
discussion of his Interpolation.
BRAND Asks Delay
Premier BRAND argued that 1t
might be advisable TO wait to see
what action is taken by the Leipzig
court which is trying war criminals
and what verdict it reaches in cases
eubmitted TO it for trial by France.
Up to the present the premier added,
the cases decided by the court have
been exclusively on British and Bel
gian demands
so far as the kaiser is concerned
VI. BRAND continued, "the senate
doubtless will rule that two years aft
er the armstice we cannot Join his
case with the others now being tried
at Leipzig without some slight incon
venience."
There was a touch of sarcasm in
the voice of the premier a he spoke
Later the senate voted to postpone
discussion of NJ. Duplantier's iDter
pellation and ordered that it be en-
tered in its regular turn on the order
of the day This is equivalent to al
indefinite postponement of debate or
the Interpolation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
Starr School Honor Roll
Is Made Public Friday

Starr school announced the names
of the following students Friday as
those who had won a place on the
school honor roll during the last six
weeks of the present term:
6 A-Maxine Leech. Robert Chest
nut, June Kehlenbring, Mary Fossen-
kemper, Robert Sharp.
6 B-Edith Warner, Richard Brown.
) A-Juanita Murnan. Catherine Ha-
worth, Richard Campfeld, Stuart
Mann.
5 B-Irma Mae Diltz. John Keates,
Robert Daher, Ralph Nye.
4 A-Rhea Winsett,.
B-Loretta Kettle, Ellen King.
3 A-Keith Taylor, Cleo Goeliner.
B-Martha Haworth
2 A-G &C ce Hamilton, Bernice
Crone.
B-Emogene Sullivan, Thelma
Graham, Robert Lawrence, Craig Bos.
ley, Ruth Wood. Verda Dishman.
l B-Charles Stewart, Lura Justic.
Kindergarten-R Peffley, William
King, June Pentecost, Barbara Ora.
ham.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
Prohibition Enforcement
System is Re-organized
~ Assoefatad Pressl

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Creation
of separate and distinct prohibition
enforcement unit in each state, with a
state director at its head, forms the
basis of the reorganization of the pre-.
hibition enforcement organization
worked out by Commissioner Blair OF
the Internal Revenue bureau and Pro
hibition Commissioner Haynes The
present administrative district com
prising several states will be abol
ished.
The plan was laid today before
Chairman Penrose and Senator Wat
son, Republicans, indiana, of the sen
ate finance committee. who approved
it, and it will be put into force soon
Coordination of the administrative
work is the aim, it was explained. Ac
cording to estimates submitted to Sen
ators Penrose and Watson, $4,000
would be saved Immediately by the re
organization plan.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
Lutheran Mission Work
Described by SheatsIe,

That portion of the India mission
field in which work is being carried
on by st. Johns Lutheran church of
this city, was described and a report
made of conditions, by the Rev. c. V.
Sheatsley, of Columbus, O., in an ad-
dress in the local church, Thursday
night.
The Rev. Sheatsley was sent to
India in May, 1920 by the Joint Synod
Of Ohio. He returned in February,
1921 after thoroughly canvassing the
situation. Slides of the rice fields and
surrounding country were shown in
connection with the Rev. Sheatsley's
address. He told of the educational
work being carried on by the church
and described customs and habits OF
the people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
RAISE ASSESSMENTS
IN HENRY COUNTY

- NEWCASTLE. Ind, June II. - To
avoid a horizontal increase in the
assessed valuation for the entire coun-
ty by the state board of tax commits
sioners, the board of review has start
ed work of raising individual assess
ments in six townships, Fall Greek,
Spiceland, Dudley, Liberty. Franklin
and Harrison. Notices of the increase
in assessments are being mailed to
individuals, and the board stated these
increases range from $50 to 5000. The
action is considered necessary. the
board holds, because of a shrinkage Of
two and a half million dollars in the
personal property assessment over
last year.
1t is understood the state board
representatives have threatened a nor.
izontal increase for the entire county.
if the review board does not remedy
the situation, and the board is en-
deavoring to equalize the various
townships at the same time it makes
the increases.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
FARM BUREAU WORK
EXPLAINED At EATON

EATON, o., June 17.-Farmers
from all over the county and it is
hoped townspeople as well. will gather
at Eaton Saturday to hear a review of
legislation that was passed or killed
in the last session of the Ohio legis-
lature, and to hear also an explana-
ton of the purposes and principles of
the farm bureau.
1t is said that many non-members
have misconceptions as to the work
which the farm bureau is attempting,
and there are even some farmers who
do not fully understand the objects
of the organization, according to the
Preble county officials. 1t is TO clear
up such misunderstanding that the
Saturday program has been arranged
The speakers will be C. F. Dyer, of
the state farm bureau legislative com
mittee, who will explain legislation
as it affects the farmers, while OBJ,
jects and accomplishments of the
farm bureau will be stated by j
Mason Prugh, president of the Mont
gomery county farm bureau.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
STEEL HITS BOTTOM
OTHER STOCKS DROP
CBy Associated Press)

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE stock
markets experienced further drastic
liquidation and consequent deprecia-
ton of prices today with many new
low records from one to six years.
United States Steel declined Ia points
TO 731a in the early part of the ses-
sion. This is the lowest price for that
stock since 1915, when it fell TO 3S and
rallied to S912 on the war boom. AT
filiated shares lost two TO five points.
Mexican petroleum continued its er-
ratio course, making gain TO lO9
and falling back almost FIVE points.
Louisville and Nashville featured the
rails Its early rise of three points
based on the proposed stock dividend
was replaced before noon with re-
action of six points. Dealings were
only moderate in volume but the sell
ings embraced many obscure stocks OF
a speculative character
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
HISTORY AND ENGLISH
AWARDS INCLUDED IN
COLISEUM PROGRAM

In addition TO and as part of the
gram to be presented in the Coliseum
at o'clock Friday night there wiH be
number of honors and awards an
nounced and given to students.
Eleven, seniors will be given honor
pins voted them unanimously by the
school faculty; one boy and one girl
will each receive the Allen D. Hole
Good English" medal. granted TO the
two seniors who are the best users OF
good English at all times; the d. A. r.
medal. given to the senior judged by
the science department of the school
as being the best student of American
history, will be awarded; Harold San
ford will receive the Mary T. Foulke
prize of SIS for having written the
best essay on Municipal Govern
ment;" and three prizes, S. for first
place and $3.50 each for second and
third places, will be given by Julian
L. Smith, of the Y. M. c. A, for the
best three essays on the talk about
China" made by Thomas Elliott in
the high school auditorium about si1
weeks ago. Names of the ten gradu
ates who made the best scholarship
record for the entire four years II
the school will be read.
The program of the exercises Fri
day night follows:
Professional march; invocation; pi
ano solo, Miss Mildred Whiteley; ora
ton. Miss Helen Robinson: violin solo
Miss Mary Jines; oration, John Ed
wards; vocal solo, Miss Gertrude
Williams; xiolin obligato, Miss Heller
Addleman; pianist, Miss Martha Hand
ley; presentation of diplomas, Charlie:
w. Jordan, president of the schoo
board; announcement of honors; bene
diction.
Seniors will hold a party and ban
! quet in the high school art gallery fol
lowing the commencement exercises
Special guests will be present.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
BARN FIRES RESULT
IN DAMAGE OF S700

Fire supposed to have been sstarted
by children playing with matches, de-
stroyed the barn of Mrs. Mary Spinn-
Ter. 226 South Ninth street, and
spread to three adjoining barns, caus-
ing slight damage about As Thursday
afternoon. The borns of James Rowe,
224 South Ninth street, and Charles
Muye, 228 South Ninth, which join the
tarn in which, the fire started, and
the barn of William Meerhoff, 229
South Eighth street, which is just
acress the alley. all caught fire. They
were saved, however, by the prompt
action of firemen.
The fire had gained considerable
headway when the fire department ar
rived and the dry wooden structure
threw out an intense heat which made
difficult work for the firemen. An
overhead cable of the telephone com
pany was melted. putting about 100
phones out of commission for some
time.
small quantity of coal belonging
to Mr. Muey and some chickens OF
Mrs. SPINNER were destroyed. The
entire loss was estimated at about
500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
ENGINEERS
HEAR ADDRESS BY
RAY, TRACTION EXPERT

"Super-power Station and Transmits
sion System for Central Indiana" IL
lustrated by a large map, was the
subject of talk before the Richmond
branch of the National Association OF
Stationary Engineers by Frederick L.
Ray, of Anderson, superintendent of
power plants for the Union Traction
company, at Earlham Thursday.
Mr. Ray recommends the building
of two large power stations on the
Wabash river of 10000 k w. each,
one above Terre Haunte in the Clin-
ton coal fields, and another near Sui
livan in the Sullivan and Knox county
coal fields, and presents figures to
prove that with the large power sta
tions and proper generation and trans
mission one-half of the coal now being
used could be saved, which saving he
estimates at 100000 tons per year for
the central part of Indiana.
EXPLAINS New System.
Power from this station would be
transmitted at 10000 volts, and then
transformed down to any convenien;
voltage now in use in the several ci;'
les. The transmission lines would be
duplex loop system, so designed that
should any part break down there
would be no interruption of service
H. c. Carroll also delivered an ad
dress on the "Smokelcss Combustion
of Coal Mr. Carroll stated: THAT
in the preparation of our coal, in re
moving Objectionable impurities. much
| coal is carried with them to the got
or the waste pile. While this does
not seem very large there are got
| piles in this state that have beer
| burning over period of years, anG
| having made some personal efforts Il
extinguish them, they are fully as hot
! as any storage coal piles, which
have also had the opportunity of fight
| ing"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-17
DEMPSEY PLAYS ROLE
INETERNkL TRIANGLE

PAWHUSKA, Okla, June 17-Jack
Dempsey, pugilist. was made core
spondent in a divorce suit filed here
today in district court by F. R. Doulan-
ger, an Usage Indian In his petition
Boulanger alleges his wife, Lilly has
been carrying on a clandestine CORE
spondence with one Jack Dempsey, of
Los Angeles, Cal, and claims to have
letters written from Dempsey to her.
The case probably will come to trial
an September.
Attorneys for Doulanger announce
that the puglist named in the petition
is the heavyweight champion.