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The Washington times., 1922-02-25
U. s. LIVING COSTS DROP
2.3 PER CENT IN JANUARY

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Lower
prices for food and slight reduc.
tons In clothing and fuel com.
bined to bring the cost Of living
In the United States 80 per cent
nearer normal" during January,
the National Industrial Conference
Board announced yesterday.
At the peak OF postwar imitation
II cost the average American fami-
lily 104.6 per cent moro to live than
in 1914. On February I, according
10 the report. this had been REDUCED
to ST. per cent above the 1914
level
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
MILLIoNAIRES WIN FIGHT
TO HALT ASTOR BUILDING

NEW YORK, Feb. Isl. p.
Morgan and half dozen other mil.
lionaires who live in the Murray
Hill section won their fight yeeter.
day to prevent the estate OF Haron
William Waldorf Aston from erect.
ing q seven.story building on Madi.
son avenue between Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-sixth streets.
The Appellate Division OF the gu.
preme Court handed down de-
cision upholdins the lower courts
ruling that the prosposed structure
violated the city's 1onins plan laws.
Among the wealthy property own
ers who Joined with Mr.. Morgan In
the suit were George r. Baker,
Harry Hardness Flagler and
George r. Sheldon.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
FOREIGN SUBPOENA Is
ISSUED FOR ZEY PREVoN

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 25.--Dis.
trict Attorney Matthew Brady to,
day announced that he is telegraph
ing the chief Of police at New Or.
leans that a foreign subpoena for
Fey Prevon, missing Arbuckle case
witness, is being forwarded by mail.
He requested that a return be made
on the subpoena showing whether
Miss Prevon is willing to return. II
not she cannot be forced to come
back.
Subpoenas will also be sent to
every sheriff in the State Of Cali
fornia in order to establish legally
that she is out of the State This
will enable the State to read her tes
timonv at the two previous trials OF
the film comedian for manslaughter
into the record Of the third trial to
open two weeks from Monday.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25

becomes q sort OF
cape, gradually wan
ing away to q train.
All there il Of full
ness to this exquisite
slender creation Is
draped to one side at
the waistline and per-
mitted to fall In folds
at the side, and the
skirt Is fringed in sill
YER. Rose velvet
Just the proper pale
shade, and just enough
Of 1t to fascinate one,
is introduced In the
shoulder strap.
A s L E EvELEsS
n gown, I r o m
Jeaen Patou,
having its straight
around corsage sup
ported by narrow
straps, is Of gold bro
cade. It is equally as
slender as the model
sketched at the left,
but this time there is
a definitely low waist
line, bloused over an
ornamental green and
gold girdle from the
front Of which falls
green fringe almost as
long as the gown it.
self. The brocade,
which is open at each
side of the skirt,
makes q cascading
drapery that in the
end effects an irreg-
ular pointed hem-line.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
RED CROSS SUBScRIBEs TO
RELIEF OF ROMA VICTIMS

National headquarters of the
American Red Cross, at the request
Of the Langley Field Chapter. has
made an appropriation OF $1,000,
sufficient to render such temporary
financial relief az necessary for the
families Of some Of the enlisted men
who perished In the burning Of the
Roma.
Col. Arthur q. Fisher, chairman Of
the Langley Field Red Cross Chap
ter. found that the families Of some
Of the victims required temporary
financial assistance to cover the
expense of transporting and bury
ing the bodies.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
P0L|CEF|GHT ON
RUM RUNNER 5
CAR NOW ENDED
Suspected BootIegger, How
ever, Is Still a Fugitive
After Battle.

A pistol battle shortly after
o'clock this morning between a
policeman and suspected boot
logger, who was riding in an auto
mobile, resulted In the abandond.
ment Of the car by the fugitive and
the escape OF the man.
Sergeant Marcy, park police.
man. noticed the suspicious actions
of three men, who were in q lunch.
room at Eighth and X streets. He
notified Policeman Kane, of the
First precinct, and when he
arrived at the lunchroom, one Of the
men. who entered the automobile,
stepped on. the accelerator and the
machine leaped forward.
Kane said that the fleeing man
fired at him. Several shots were ex.
changed, two Of the bullets piercing
the gas tank and one SCATTERING the
Windshield.
While the machine was travelling
at a rapid rate past Policeman
Morgan, Of the Second precinct, ne
Joined In the battle and emptied his
pistol at the car. Examination Of
the machine failed to reveal any
liquor. The machine was abandoned
at Fourth and II streets.
Inc HCeilSe VI the Gar was issucu
to William B. Parker, OF Fort Hunt.
Va. A warrant for his arrest has
been issued.
Early Wednesday morning the
same car figured in a chase that led
practically all over the city. On
four occasions the same morning the
police pursued him, but the operator
succeeded in eluding the bluecoats
each time At that time the license
number was obtained and a search
has been made since for Parker. The
warrant charges him with speeding
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
l|!LlzIl11
GNSssS@
How He Cured
His Rupture
Old Sea Captain Cured His Own
Rupture After Doctors Said
Operate or Death"
His Remedy and Book Sent Free.

Captain Ceilings sailed the seas for
many years: then he sustained q bad
double rupture that soon forced him
70 not only remain ashore, but kept
him bedridden for years He tried
doctor after doctor and truss after
truss. No resultsi Finally, he was
assured that he must either submit ia
a dangerous and ebhorrsnt operation OF
die: He did neither! He cured him
self instead.
Captain Ceilings made . study Of
himself, Of his coudition--snd at last
he was rswarded by the finding OF the
method that 80 quickly made him q
we'll. strong. vigorous and happy man
q. Anyone can use the same method
It's simple, easy, safe and Inexpensive.
Every ruptured psrson In the world
should have the Captain Ceilings book,
telling all about how he cured himself,
and how anyone may follow the same
treatment In their own home without
any trouble. The book and medioiss
are FREE. They will be sent prepaid to
any rupture sufferer who viii fill out
the below coupon. But send II right
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you put down this
paper.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
MARBURG TO BE BURIED
IN BALTIMORE TUESDAY

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 25.-Theo.
dore Marburg, jr.. who died yesterday
morning at Magdalena, Sonora, Mex.
leo, will be buried here. The body
is expected Tuesday morning. At
the request of Francis J. Dyer.
American consul at Nogales, Sonora.
Mexico, to the Sonora state authori.
ties shipment Of the body from Mex
leo will be allowed Immediately.
The widow arrived at Tucson at
midnight Thursday.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
PRINCE OF WALES FIRED ON
DURING INDIA AUTO TRIP

LONDON, Feb. 25.-The firing
upon several members Of the Prince
OF Wales party. while they were mo.
toring from Delhi to Puttiala, in the
Punjab region Of India, IL reported
by the puttiala correspondent Of the
London Times.
No one was hit and the character
of the assailants Is not known. The
police are investigating,
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
BOYS!
Buy q Times Route
And Be Prosperous.

And Be Prosperous.
The TIMES Is the only
newspaper in Washington that
permits boys to own and con-
troll their own routes.
The TIMES believes II is
unfair to permit boys to do
most OF the work and get
only q very small portion Of
the profits.
TIMES CARRIERS OWN
THEIR ROUTES AND GET
ALL THE PROFITS.
Several good routes are
now open In various sections
Of the city.
Routes usually sell for 15c
per subscriber and vary in
size from IS to 45 subscribers.
A CASH BOND OF $1,000
Is REQUIRED FROM EACH
CARRIER. This deposit draws
So interest and is refunded
when route Is disposed Of.
OWNING AND SERVING
A NEWSPAPER ROUTE IS
THE BEST BUSIN IS 8
TRAINING ANY BOY CAN
OBTAIN.
Call At Room z4., Munsey
Building. Ask for Mr.. Hollett.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
w. R. Ellis Moves Offices.

William r. Ellis. formerly located
at 1412 G. street northwest, will re.
move to his new offices at 1889
street northwest, where he will coll.
tinue in the general real estate and
insurance business.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25

A Washington occult, claiming to
be q magic priest, promises to reveal
tho secrets and mysteries Of all
known religions In The Washington
Times Sunday morning.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
Relieves Headache

A little Musterole, rubbed on fore.
head and temples, will usually drive
away headache. A clean. white ONT.
ment, made with oil Of mustard.
Musterole IS q natural remedy with
none Of the evil after-effects so
often caused by internal medicine"
Get Musterole at your drug store.
s5c 4 Csc. Jars 4 tubes: hospital
size, 80.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25

A huge assortment Of art fakes ID
now flooding this country. Read in
The Washington Times Sunday
morning about the monumental
frauds perpetrated upon American
lovers OF art.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
w ord frornP Paris
BY Marie Suzanne

PARIS, France.

MYTH all grace Of toga, the bodceor
w upper section Of this piece draped OF
heavy silver cloth, filings its shoulder that
The Washington times., 1922-02-25
IcELAND'S CABINET QUITS
As PROHIBITION LOOMS

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25.-De-
ton forced the resignation Of the
cabinet of Iceland. according to in.
formation received here today.
The Washington times., 1922-02-25

II was recently reported that
prohibition In Iceland was being
sbrogsted because Of protests from
Spain.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
Swords and Tomahawlks Flash
I'm New Historical Novels
Burris Jenkins Finds Romance i'm Career of Famous
English Actress; Adventures i'm
Pioneer America

tory; the rair are captured and sent
to the Indian village, which serves as
Murray's secret trade depot. Here
they are bound to the stake>and escape
death by torture only through what
seems n miraculous intcrposition.
The search for the Doom Trail Is not
given up. After the mysterious route
is discovered Ormenod fights knife
duel with one Of Murray's agents that
is classic Of it's kind Together
with his Indian friend he Is captured
again; but the second escape from
imminent death is somewhat tanner
than the first. Ormerod finally comes
off victorious and marries Murrays
niece; and the latter, to show that he
bears no i'll feeling, sends the couple
some valuable jewelry which he picked
up as a pirate for a wedding present.
Fenimoie Cooper is our recognized
master in the art of writing Indian
stories. However, Howden Smith, in
his novel Of Colonial America. fully
equals Cooper in the blood -curding ex-
citement of his plot, If not in the
breadth and detail of his wilderness
descriptions.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
Flaming Petals
A Striking Story of Crime
and Mystery

GOLD KILLER. by John Prosper. Pub
llshed by George II, Doran Company.
"A ER. PROSPER discards the con-
WI. ventional method of the detec-
tive story, with It's single
crime, its working out OF clues, It's
final solution of the problem by an in
fallible Investigator, amateur or pro-
fcssional. Crimes come fast and furious
in his novel. First, financier is
strangled in his box at the opera
Then n truck driver is held up and
killed in the Same way. Death by
strangulation falls to the lot of other
characters in the story as we'll
Tho fact that all the murders arc
committed in the same way seems to
point to a common author. And it is
on this hypothesis that John Ware, the
Young doctor who was called in on the
occasion of the fnancier's death, and
who mas fallen in love with the finan-
cer's daughter, sets to work on the
case. First Of all he establishes CON
tact with the new underworld, which
has sprung up in fashionable apart
ment houses, following the disreputc
into which the saloon has fallen in the
DAYS Of prohibition. He soon discovers
evidence of the existence of band of
clever criminals, working under the
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
A World Threat to Come
Foretold i'm New Novel
;. Phillips Oppenheim Brings Chinese Empire
Into the International Arena of
Mschievous Politics

far from the facts OF the years to
come. However, there are signs of evil
in the body of the world of nations to-
day, and they seem to be symptomatic
of an eruption to come.
"The Great Prince Shan tells of the
dcings in London of a remarkably cul-
tured ruler of China The date is 1884.
Ihe great powers appear to be at peace,
although France maintains huge
army and accuses England of being
asleep and criminally unaware of dan
ger. When the Prince arrives in his
alrship and lands at night at London's
mighty station for arriving and DEPART
ing air~travellers but one Englishman.
Nigel kingley, later Lord Dorminster.
has sense of the possibility of calam-
ity in the form Of threat Of war. His
suspicious are increased by the warn
lngs of young Russian woman, partly
IN secret service, and two Americans
who know Europe and are convinced
that Russia and Germany are in plot
to drag all Asia into league for the
purpose of ousting Great Britain from
her Oriental territories and isolating
her.
That Oppenheim is not blind to Ger
tain probable threats in the wind that
may become hurricanes, is evidenced
in his logical presentation of a few
undesirable conditions that NAV easily
become irritants of magnitude before
dozen years shall have rolled away.
HIS comments on the League of Ma
tions, on the sullen mood of defeated
Germany on the growth of realiza-
tion of unity in the minds of Asiatic
peoples, are not the views of mere
novelist. They are the reasoned de
ductions of a man who is seriously
the student when the future of Great
Britain is at stake.
The two women in this story are
fine foils. The Russian Nadia and the
English Maggie, each wrought true to
type, are piloted into the very center
of seething whirlpool of plot and
counterplot. There is no chapter in
this account of the way in which they
meet menace and cajolery, that lags in /
its sprint Oppenheim is too practised |
a hand when it comes to following ex-
element with thrill, to admit a dull
page, and his facility in invention is
ever in evidence in "The Great Prince
Shan"
And the book may achieve great
good. There is no doubt that the
world has slumped, slipped back into
a state of semi-lethargic progress lit
tie spurred by the sting of great mo-
tives. In the modern tendency to drift
into bywaters of selfish isolation, or
10 cluster in groups of nations hemmed
IN by antipathies, there is no small.
LANCER. Fiction is not always an affair
Of laugh or a yawn. 1t often has
oeen flaming word at an opportune
moment. And SO, while "The Great
Prince Shan" is not mighty piece of
writing, it does give one cause for
thought, while it entertains and stimu-
ates
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
4 ADVERTISEMENT
Pres. Harding's
Part i'm the
Seven Facts

\X/ HIGH show ,ha, Republicans voted
w for him in confident expectation tha,
his election meant either an association of
ratrons which would be safe and con-
inuing insurance aeans, another world war
else the League of Nations amended
or revised.
FACT FIVE. Senator Harding, from
tie 18th OF August, on to the day the votes
we're cast, IN every important campaign ut
icrsnce, though he roundly denounced
those obligations (thc supposed super
state features of Article X and the League
brought over from Paris which contained
lhem and upon which he said he would
turn his back, pledged an association Of
nations TO lsevent war or the existing
League of Nations amended or revised, #
ii IS so entwincd and interviewer in the
peace of Europe that It's good must be pre-
served" Seven millions majority elected
him. Was 1t in repudiation of those prom
ises or in reliance upon ihem2 This is no,
10 challenge or hurry him. 1t is to express
confidence that the father of The great
Washington Conference will in his own
good time bring to pass The fuhIlmcnt of
his promise.
FACT SIX. The party platform be.
sides approving the Republican Senate
stand, which was for the League of Nations
with reservations, pledged an international
association . so that the nations may
exercise their influence and power for the
prevention Of war.
FACT SEVEN. But in that campaign,
as always in national political campaigns,
that in which the voter put his trust more
Than IN platform pledges or leaders prom
lscs, was the consistent party record. What
the party record on the question Of
world Pcacc3 1t was this. and only this.
ratification OF the League Covenant with
The Lo1ge-McCurnber compromise reser-
vatons twice voted by the Senate Repub-
hoan majority. hat record of their party,
discussed from one end of the land to the
ether was the faith, and entry into the
League upon that basis was the insis-
ience OF nine-tcnths of the Republican
voters Tor more than year Is there any
good reason to believe that in reputation
alike Of their leaders advice, the platform
and record of their party and their own
ycar-ionG mslsent position they reversed
themselves on clec'Son day2 These are
only few Of the compelling facts which
establish the truth as to the mandate of
the vote. Read them all, not in few
shortened advertising lines, but established
beyond the poradventure of a doubt,
as Arnold Bennett Hall says of it, in The
Great Deception, by Samuel Colcord
$50 Of BookdkaIers OF Potttaid.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19

A ~ SHoiO6y iioni tne stand
point of Behaviourist" has
just been issued. AS professor of psy-
chology Of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity DR.. Watson is one of the chief
exponcnts Of the bchavoristic psy-
chology which has for its chief tenet
the study not of ones own self but Of
the behavior of ones neighbor. Its
aim is to shed light on the complexities
of our modern social and industrial
life, with a view TO enabling human
beings to adjust thems elves to it-and
one another happily and wisely"
The neuro- physiological basis of
human activity is outlined clearly bv
Dr. Watson and the book is well illus
trated by charts and diagrams. AL
though the subject matter is laid out
IN form suitable for students in the
classroom, the text is sufficiently free
from technical phraseology to make it's
information readily available to the
lay reader. On the other hand. it is
IN no sense popular" work, for it
contains none Of the superfcialities
too often found in books on psycholocv
and allied subjects which attempt to
enllghten the general public.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19


TNHlS is rattling good yarn of
B cowboy life on the open range,
where the man with the quickest
draw is the one who wins the girl. The
story is we'll written and the plot
moves rapidly Mr.. Evarts knows his
cattle country thoroughly and, which
is out of the ordinary, he creates real
characters.
Cal Harris. who swings his gun in
front-"the quickest draw in the world
for them that can use it'-comes to
the Three Bar ranch as the unwanted
assistant of its mistress, Billie War
rcn. Billie's father, wishing to cement
an old friendship, had willed half of
the ranch to the son Of his old friend
Bill Harris, with the provision that his
daughter and Cal must work it to-
gether for three years. At first she
suspects Cal of trying to swindle her
and gain the entire ranch for himself.
but he takes up her fight against
thieves and rival cattlcmen and the
Three Bar brand prospers.
Slade, the owner Of another ranch.
remains unconquered, and he vows to
shoot Cal "Slade held his cigarette in
his right hand and raised it slowly to
his lips. He removed it and fiicked the
ash from the end, then inspected it
and snapped it again, and the down
ward move of his wrist was carried
through in smooth sweep to his gun.
1t flashed into his hand but his knees
sagged under him as a .45-slug struck
him an inch above the buckle of hiss
belt. Even as he toppled forward he
fired and Harris's gun barked again"
And Cal wins the girl.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
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New-York tribune., 1922-03-19

uARoLD BEGBIE surprises US j,
tt his "The Ways of Laughter.
We find in it his ticket of ad
mission to the select assembly of Brit
ish humorists who can point their
| quliis with satire. The book is in the
form of novel, with proper in.
gradients of love and suspense, and
with a dash of tragedy, but it gets
over to other planes for brief inter.
vais, in its subdued criticism of GER.
tam currents of modern world thought
we take 1T that Begbie is a bit of
mystic at heart, doesn't care vcry
much for Darwinism in its mar
rover interpretations, believes we
never grow old if we decide not to, and
that there is an awful lot of piffle in
society to-day. We laughed joyously
at his fling, through one of his char
acters, at that silly stanza:
50 many gods so many crecds,
80 many paths that wind and wind,
And Just the art of being kind
Is all this poor world needs"
"licox's four lines of pure banality,
And just the art-the art-mark YOU.
oil being kind Gas if kindness could be
studied, rs if any kindness is worth a
hg that doesn't spring naturally from
a reverent, humble and loving spirit.
Is all this poor world needs All he
repeated, and gaped helplessly at the
ceiling, as if asking how such lunacy
could be possible. .'What' he cried,
isn't truth a need? And intelligence?
And humility and love of the beauti-
full? Do you think the world could be
run by kindness? Kindness is the least
of the virtues, hardly to be called a
virtue, it's SO often self-interest in a
mask"
Two men, middle-aged, old chums,
one philosopher with daughter,
the other a lawyer and unmarried. go
from London to the country for
while. The lawyer arouses his friend
to new and startling views Of life. in
fact, rejuvenates him and sets him
going on rather dizzy pace. Beg
ble's account of the Transformation is
decidedly rich, at times racy and en-
In the mean time the law
yer hhds he loves the philosophers /
daughter, tries to conceal his feelings. /
but they come out to expression in the |
end. The happy finale is expedited by /
rascally Englshman from South
Africa, who has deceived the girl and
endangered her future. There are
some pages OF real magnitude in the t
Losing chapters, when the lawyer dis
covers the truth and shields the girl
But to us, despite the strength of !
-he love element in the novel, Beebie
is at his best in his moments with the
two old chaps. He surely does under
stand men, and he gives US two ador-
able-a feminine word, but it goes
aere-types in Barnet and Napier. The
former, who gave the choice quote
above on Ella, has q shy at Darwin.
It's so good that we give it entire.
although we don't at all agree with the
inallty of it's derogation: "Old Oar
win got hold Of a pebble and thought
ne had the cosmos in his hands
Melancholy fellows like Clough and
lennyson put on black spcctacles
bowed their heads and thought it was
all up with JOY. No more cakes and
ale! They could no longer sit at their
ease in the House Of God because they
we're so conscious of a caudal append
age. What tragedy! Man had dis
covered that he had tail, and couldn't
wag it!' s. A.