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The Washington times., 1922-08-26
We TOWNE GOSSIP
- Copyright, l022. By Star Company.
%. By Star Company.
BY X. c. B.

DEAR MIR. X. c. B.-My husband and have
- always read your lines. but never thought
the time would come when would ask favor
Of you. want you to ask my husband. Ray,
to come back to me. want you to tell him
that all those things I thought l wanted
don't want any more. don't think ever did
want them. I think Just liked to talk about
them. All wanted and all l want now was
and is Just my husband. Tell him know
have been silly and vain, but It was because
didn't know just how fortunate was.
Wherever he is l am sure he will hnd the
paper with your column In IT, and II may be,
Mr.. X. c. B.. that you will be the means Of
bringing him back to me. And II you know
how much love him and how badly want
him back am sure you won't fail me.
MRS. RAY.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Wreck Of Concrete Ship Shows Great
Endurance.

At night, in February, 1920, during a blind
ing blizzard and amid great cakes of floating
ice the steamer "Poias," without cargo. mis-
took floating beacons and struck on sub
merged ledge off Port Clyde, Me. The ship
according to an illustrated article in Popular
Mechanics, which was $50 feet long, did not
differ from type largely constructed during
the war, except that the hull was of concrete.
The ship lies broadside to the sea, exposed
to heavy waves and swells at all times, for
the tides, which rise 13 feet at this point,
surge over the hidden lodges with tremendous
force even in calm weather. An inspection of
the ship in July, 1920, revealed no damage
whatever, except a hole in the bottom and
water in the hold. Otherwise the hull, decks
and bulwarks, all Of concrete, did not show
even a small crack.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

Copyright 1922, by Premier Syndicate. Inc.)
II you must worry, try not to string it out.
On a bad road, keep in the ruts; in other
things, don't.
Alarm clocks are going out Of style the
six-hour day comes in.
Boldness should always have a reasonable
percentage of caution mixed with 1t.
One Of the difficult things to do nowadays
is to behave yourself and get any fun out of 1t.
The real producer" these days is the fell
low who goes down into his pants pocket
and resurrects the real coin.
Hez Heck says: THE leadin' lawyer in a
town is ginerally the crookedest."
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

United States really hate its
L i Government
At times, all of us criticize spe-
cific governmental acts or tenden-
cies, which in democracy is both
a privilege and a duty.
That, however, is far different
from hate.
He who hates a government rest
ing on popular consent really hates
human nature, which doesn t harm
human nature, but makes the hater
uncomfortable.
Hate Of any kind, in addition to
being foolish, is more dangerous
to the hater than to the hated.
Often its best antidote is a smile.
When the number of haters of our
Government becomes so great as to
require arms, instead of smiles,
then it will be time to think of
serious repairs.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Threatening a
d. C.. Official
By BILL PRICE.

IN HREATENED- men live long.
Therefore we do not think
i Capt. JAMES F. OYSTER,
District Commissioner, is worrying
a great deal over letters received
by him threatening his life because
of his announced purpose to give
the handbook gentry Of Washing
ton something to think and worry
about through activities of the
police against them.
Captain Oyster is the executive
municipal officer of Washington in
charge of the police department.
He has taken an oath to see that
the laws of this city are enforced.
If his oath does not include such
an obligation his moral sense as
a good citizen would tell him that
laws are not playthings and that
the more they are violated the more
widespread the general disrespect
for all laws.
If harm should befall Captain
Oyster through his campaign
against the bookmakers it would be
a sorry day for those engaged in the
business. The clean citizenship of
Washington would be aroused to
the boiling point and something
would happen sure enough.
Bootlegging and bookmaking arc
brothers, closely allied. They
are the product of a resentment of
part of the population of large
cities against interference with
personal liberties" the right of
a man to guzzle all the booze he
wants or to gamble away his money.
Laws are made for the public
welfare-not so much for the pro-
lection of individuals who wish to
kill themselves or squander their
own money as for the protection
of the innocent who suffer from
these things-women and children
who must 60 in want while foolish
men waste that which rightfully be-
longs to dependents.
The well-being of our fellow-man
is the wish and hope Of every citi-
zen. If the bootleg imbiber and the
race horse bettor injured himself
only it would not be so bad, but
the ramifications of his operations
are felt in thousands of families
throughout entire communities.
There must come before long a
cyclonic awakening of law-abiding
citizenship to the prevalent spirit
of lawlessness. Defiance of prohibi-
ton and handbook laws is sowing
seed which may reap whirlwinds.
The citizen who stands well in his
community, and is presumably a
model for coming generations, must
sooner or later realize that when
he sets the example of publicly de-
flying two or more laws, he prac-
tically extends an invitation to men
of less civic virtue, less moral
stamina, less intelligence, to break
other laws which do have popular
approval and support. The pre-
vailing attitude is full Of menace
and danger.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Something to Think About
BY Bruno Lessing-
ON AMERICAN CHIvALRY.

IN this land of gallantry .
Il lady may brain a rival with
a hammer. may shoot. stab or
choke anyone who stands in her
way, may drown babies. may
bore holes in her victims and
pour rat poison in them-and
hardly ever does the law inflict
the extreme penalty upon hor.
No fault of the law. mind rou.
but the chivalry of the judge
and jury almost invariably finds
ground for leniency.
OF course, she gets lot Of
publicity-particularly IL she be
good-looking - and she gets
flowers and offers Of marriage
from sympathizing ounces, but
this hardly comes under the
heading of cruel or inhurnsn n
punishment.
EFT a man, however, give a
IL lady but the slightest punch
in the neck and we all jump on
him and do not care to know
his reason. All this is illogical.
but it's the way we men are
made. Perhaps we're more con.
cerned in the future generation
than the women are. Who can
enlighten US?
WHAT would happen IL all
w women who came before
the law were tried by women
judges and women jurors?
Supposing they were con-
fronted by one Of those beauti.
full, bewitching vamps who CON-
planned that the "rube" who had
given her 81 900 a week had also
given her a black eye.
IT mightn't be a bad idea!
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
"The Bonus
Ruiders''

dcccpC tuc OIncT lcLOW cpi-
~ thet as evidence Of your hav-
ing picked up his challenging
gauntlet.
So THE WASHINGTON TIMES
is pleased to be counted among the
"Bonus Raiders" by an ultra
patriotic New York contemporary.
Perhaps it takes a raider to catch
a raider.
We wonder if it would be a case
of the pot calling the kettle black
if we ask whether the advocacy of
tariff protection so shamelessly
high as to amount to robbery is
not a more ruthless raiding and
rifling of the peoples pockets than
is the demand for a delayed and
just adjustment of soldiers COM
pensationf
Our contemporary claims that
the ballot box is goading Congress
on to pass Bonus bill. At the
same time it asserts: Congress
knows that in the large majority
you have no patience with any
measure committing the Govern
ment to further war obligations"
As a rule, you may bank upon
the members Of Congress not delib-
erately doing what runs counter
to the wishes of "the large ma
jority." And it would appear
that the "bonus raiders" have this
majority on their side.
An active member of the Ameri-
can Legion sends us a protesting
letter, from which we quote the
following:
The New York Herald says:
Protecting his country is the
young mans birthright," etc.
With this, every American worthy
of the name agrees, and requires
no Herald to tell him so.
Let me ask Mr.. Munsey and
all who have faithfully followed
him in his crusade against
the bonus looters" formerly
the defenders of their country,
did they buy Liberty Bonds dur
ing the war, or Thrift Certifi-
Gates, or Treasury Notes? I can
hear the mighty chorus Of their
reply, I'VE bought until it
hurt!'
Did they accept the interest
Of 31a, 4, ~ and AZ per cent
paid on these investments7 Will
duck swim? Is not interest q
compensation (or bonus, as Mr..
Munsey and the Herald prefer)
for the use Of money?
The soldiers and sailors offer
ed their lives to their country
with practically no compensa-
tion, trusting in the loudly ex-
pressed gratitude of those who
were fattening on their sacri-
fices and capitalizing their
country's needs; without reser-
vation, without bargaining, with
out hesitation or grumbing.
Buyers of Liberty Bonds took
the bond Of the strongest Gov
ernment the world has ever
known for the LOAN of their
money, and TOOK INTEREST
FOR IT! THEY WERE BEING
PAID FOR THEIR PATRIOT
ISM.
Has Mr.. Munsey ever neglect
ed to- cash any of the interest
coupons on the Liberty Bonds
owned by him?
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
shalt put away nquity far from thy tabernacles"
Church
THE SPECTATOR
Furnishing Parents

evils OF autocracy. Fathers are
brutal; mothers are whimsical
and unreasonable; and both Of
them are unjust and inconsist.
ent with their children. And
they get away with 1t for the
same reason that kings used 10
get away with tyranny; thnt is
to say, simply because they have
the power.
OF course, this autocracy Is
camouflaged with good deal Of
highly moral sentiment. Il IL
all done for the children's own
good. But that Is exactly what
the Car and the Kaiser used to
say.
Why is It not as bad for par.
cpts to lie to their children as
for children to lie to their par
entsa ,
And why should It not be pos.
sible to lock Papa up In the
closet for saying a swear word,
Just as little While Is locked upY
DARENTS rarely realize the
i tremendous influence Of
their misdoings, and the lasting
effect these produce upon the
child mind.
I can remember very well In
my own case when my entire
spiritual world seemed to col.
lapse when I was about seven
years old and realized that
grown.up people would lie. I
knew, for caught them at 1t.
have read somewhere in the
fanciful literature of some re-
ngious cult that we will get our
punishment in the next world
in direct accordance with our
sins in this. II that Is true, I
feel sorry for parents and teach.
ers.
What a mighty flogging there
will be Of unfair. irritable and
negIectful teachers! And what
a mighty spanking there will be
of idle and careless mothers,
and of selfish and indifferent
fathers!
Children are a blessing only
to the child-minded, only to
those who have humility and
wisdom enough to stoop to them.
live with them. learn from them;
and above all things, to love
them.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
DO YOU KNOW
Copyright. Issa. by star Company.

President jackson changed
Treasury secretaries four times.
The original secretary was
Samuel d. Ingham. He was fol-
lowed by Louis McLane, then
w. J. Duane. Roger d. Taney,
and Levi Woodbury.. In turn
Roger Taney was appointed and.
at Jackson's request. stopped
making deposits Of public money
in the United States Bank and
its branches. The Cabinet was
against this policy and the
former Secretary of the Treasury
had refused to carry II out.
After Taney's action, the Senate
refused to confirm his nomina-
ton as Secretary. He was after.
ward appointed to the bench
of the United States Supreme
Court.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

WHEN a woman loses her
w temper and bully-rags her
little girl. there ought to be
some one big enough to take
said woman across the knee and
give her q good spanking.
The fact is that every family
suffers a good deal from the
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
CAN'T MAKE EN- QUIT.

The Esperantists Of North America re.
Gently met In Toronto. and elected of.
ficers for the ensuing year. Add this to
the last stands of the die.hards.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

TUE reason usually given
- for furnishing children is
that they need II.
II that II q good reason. II Is
Just as good a reason for pun
ishing parents.
For they need II as often as
children.
1t 10 rather amusing to OBJ
serve how lightly we hand out
moral precepts to children. But
what about the grownups?
The fact that you are forty
years old has not anything to
do with the fact that eating too
much cake Is bad for you, and
that you should not be lazy and
self-indulgent.
II grown.ups would only pnac-
tise what they preach to chill
dren 1t might be quite a world.
no you know how to tell Il
~ mans real creed-what he
really believes?
Just note what he makes his
children do-not what he does
himself. No man does what he
believes Is right. In fact, he is
the first to disclaim such a
thing. He goes to church very
piously and confesses that he is
a miserable sinner, and does the
things he should not and leaves
undone the things he should do.
He procrastinates; he overin-
dulges: he gets angry; he smokes;
he drinks; he does all sorts of
reprehensible things. And he
does them quite as a matter of
course. and we all expect it and
call him just human.
But not SO little Johnnie. And
IL you will watch what he makes
Johnnie do. you will discover
the sort of thing he really be.
lieves ought to be done.
This may all be very highly
moral, but It is hard on John.
ME.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
SPEAK UP.

Can you think of anything right now
that is darker than a colored man who Is
wearing black gogglesf
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Stars and Stripes
MORE ROOM WANTED.

This is a country of almost limitless
distances, but the parking facilities are
inadequate except in a few isolated spots.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
DESERVE NO SYMPATHY.

Americans who go to Germany com.
plain about the high prices in that coun.
try. why don't they hurry home, where
everything is cheap?
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

CUPPoSING a man does spend
- $1,000 a week on a lady.
Supposing while she is the re.
cipient of his cash another Is the
recipient Of her affections. Is
that any reason for. beating her?
supposing she breaks the heart
of her "rube," is that any rca-
son why he should want to
break her neck?
Unchivalrous monster!
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

The Statue of Liberty was de-
signed by Bartholdi, the French
sculptor. and presented by the
people of France to the people
of America to commemorate the
Tooth anniversary of American
independence. 1t was dedicated
on October %, 1886. The figure
itself is 305 feet eleven inches
above mean tide. The statue
is made principally Of iron and
copper. The material for the
base on which 1t stands was
provided by funds raised from
the American people for the pur-
pose.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

Among the most famous bache-
lors in the worlds history are
Mlchelangelo, Rafael, Petrarch,
Alexander Pope, Sir Isaac New
ton, Schopenhauer, Charles
Lamb, Whittier, Swinburne,
Alfred De Musset, Voltaire, TIL
den the scientist, Cecil Rhodes,
Phillips Brooks, John Bur-
roughs, President Buchanan Of
the United States. Wait Whit
man, Lewis Carroll, Henry
James, Lord Kitchener, Chopin,
Liszt, Beethoven, Nicolo Paga-
mini.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
The Folly of Hatred

HYOW many inhabitants of the
n United States really hate it's
i Government
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
sSIN the vernacular Of the day

IN the vsrna'ular of the day
= this woman played you for
q rube. But in this country. no
matter what a woman does, we
don't treat her in this manner"
Them noble words was
spoken" by Justice Healy when
he sentenced a man to ten days
in the workhouse for having
beaten an actress. The man said
he had spent $1,000 a week on
the lady before he beat her.
Thus is American chivalry
upheld.
4 NAN may marry a woman
"A and neglect her. He may
employ her and overwork her.
He may offend everything that
is delicate and sensitive within
her. he may outrage all her sen.
sibilities In his treatment Of her,
he may make her life a burden
in a thousand different ways.
But he must not raise his hand
against her.
That would be cruel. 1t would
be shameful. AS Shakespeare
says:
4" I may speak 1t to my
shame,
IT have a truant been to chiv-
airy"
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
THE NOTE OF CHEER.
l THANK you.

The Governments expenses this year win
be billion and half less than they were last
year. All the dollara-yesr men seem TO have
been coaxed 70 guilt
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

1T mightn't be a bad idea!
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-20
FLOOD SUFFERERS ARE
APPEALING FOR HELP

scores Of families arc marooned in
the upper stories of their homes with
only d meagie food supp4y. a re-
lief steamboat sent olG from Cairo
was forced by high winds TO return
TO it's dock but is expected to put
out again and reach Mcclure today.
Mrs. John Chambers. woman may
or of Naples, Ill. has asked the
state authorities for food supplies
and an effort will be made TO get
relief trains to that town. which
has been cut Off from the outside
world for three days.
The entire town Of Beardstown.
H.. is still nooded and relief agen
cies are making every possible ef-
fort to aid the fiooc sufferers.
Scores of families have been driv-
en- from their homes in the vicinity
of Moline. Ill.
Further down the Mississippi.
Governor NcGrae OF Arkansas has
asked the federal government to as
sist local agencies in fighting high
way that threatens the levees along
the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers.
In Chicago a gale that swept over
the city late yesterday killed one
school girl end injured her sister
so badly that her death is expected.
The girls were en- route home
from school when a building cornice,
dislodged by the wind fell upon
them. A score OF other persons
were injured, some seriously. when
struck by objects dfslodged by the
wind. Property damage will amount
to thousands Of dollars.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-20
HUBBARD OFFICIAL
BUYS WOODS HOME
Steel Foundry Man to
Live With Family in
Hammond.

One of the exclusive homes on
Moraine ave in Hammond has been
purchased by James l.. McShane.
secretary-tr treasurer of the Hubbard
Steel Foundry and formerly an Off
ciaf with the Atlantic Steel Castings
Company of Chester. Pa. who re
Gently novel here with his family
from Ridley Park, Pa. The convey
ance was made by Roscoe z. Woods
and a con sideration of $4,000 is
named in the deed. which was filed
for record yesterday.
The house. which is a large, at
tractive two story brick structure.
was erected by Roscoe E. Woods
about FIVE years ago. which he and
his family have occupied since. They
expect to give possession to the
McShane family about the first Of
May.
The sale Of this property was
negotiated by George W. Lewis.
vice president Of the Smith -Bader-
Davidson Real Estate Company or
East CHICAGO.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-20
MUSTA BEEN SOME
EXCITEMENT

EVANSVILLE. Ind. April 20
"AD oil well has been discovered.
sprouting green oil that on An
aIysts contains 40 per cent. nIco-
hol."
This startling report spread
like .iId-firc through Southern
Indiana from the pike County oil
fields. scores OF automobiles
Allied with, men trying to look
like oil experts dashed from
Princeton and nearby towns 40
the "wetI with kick SpecU-
Iator- got out their purses. Many
obtained copius samples of the
fluid. Then joy was knocked in
to n cooked hat when ii was
learned the report was EarbIed;
the specific gravity. not alcoholic
content. was AZ per cent.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-20
THOUSANDS
REPORTED
BLOWN TO
PIECES
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERyIcEl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVlcEl
LONDON, April 20
Thousands of p c L S on S
were reported to have been
blown to pices in a muni-
ton explosion in Salonika.
according to a dispatch re-
ceived here today.
Salonika is a city of
100, 900 inhabitants, most
ly Jews and Mohamme-
dams. After Constantine
ople 1t Is the most import
ant seaport of European
Turkey.
Hundreds of children
were reported to have been
buried in the ruins Of a
church which was destroy
ed.
1t is believed that 1900
soldiers were buried in the
ruins of their barracks.
Fire Immediately broke
out among the ruins and
inhabitants of the stricken
area fled in terror.
The explosion occurred
IN a mass of war material.
The explosion occurred at noon
yesterday. in an ammunition dump
200 metres from the Salonika rail-
way station.
One shell exploded on top of a
church, believed to be the one in
which the children were buried. The
railway station was damaged and
barracks of soldiers totally des-
troyed.
Reports say the casualties were
mostly Greeks
The soldiers were at their mid
day meal in the barracks when the
explosion occurred.
Full details of the explosion have
not yet been gathered.
The people Of Athens arc greatly
excited over the disaster which has
befallen many of their countrymen.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-20
INTERNATIONAL Nrws SERVICE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERvcEI
CHICAGO. April 2V.-RelieI agen-
cies are working desperately today
to bring aid TO communities where
widespread suffering has resulted
from floods that have made thou
sands homeless throughout the en-
tire Mississippi valley. cold wave
which settled over the Middle West
yesterday continues today, adding
to the discomsorts felt by those who
have been driven from their homes
by foods.
Htgh water continued along al
most the entire length of the kfis-
sissippi and most of it's tributaries
are running bank-fulI. If they have
not already broken through the
dikes and levees built to hold them
in restraint
Appeals for aid have been sent
out to the Red Cross and other
agencies The federal government
has been asked also to give assist
ance in lighting the food that
threaten many localities. Damage
TO railroads and highways make diff
fcult the task of carrying supplies
of food and clothing TO those who
have been driven from their homes.
Although the main levees along
the Mississippi have not broken.
many minor levees and dikes have
given way. Many tributary rivers
particularly in Illinois. have over
flowed and thousands of acres of
land have hae,7
In the vicinity of Mcclure. ILL.,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-20
GARY AGENT
To SUCCEED.
{. |. VAUGHN

f. J.. Vaughn. NJ. c. Passenger
Agent, at Hammond. has been pro-
noted TO the Union station at Ian
sing. Mich where he viii have
charge Of the Passenger and Ticker
business for the NJ c., Pere Mar
qaette and pullman CO. ]. II. Nu-
gent Of Gary station viii succeed
Mr. vaughn here. and comes to as
highly recommended. Mr.. w. Van
Busl<irk who. has been the genial
night ticket clerk here for several
wears win succeed Mr Nusent as
agent at Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-20
NARROW ESCAPE FOR
WELL KNOWN MEN
Messrs Sunny Sheets and
Harry Hymes Victim
of Auto Accident.

Harry TIymos and sunny" Sheets
owners Of the Mohawk Hotel Of In
diana HarSor narrowly ESCAPED
death last night when the automo-
bile iii which they were riding was
struck BY the Panhandle Columbus
express train a a railroad crossing
lust west of Crown Point The ma
chine was pitched over the e.nbank-
mene and crashed over on its side.
pinninE the occupants beneath the
car However. neither of tlle men
was injured
Mr. Hymes. who was driving Q
Cadillac. aid that h did NOT ser
a train nearn~stho crossing on ac-
count of shrubbery hiding his view
AS his car rea1ed tHe top of the
grade crosaia~ be canght a glimpse
OF the oncoming train ana having
the presence OF mind swervea his
machine in the same direction OF
the moving locomotive. only re
ceivine a slde-swiping glance.
The car was damased consider
able