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The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-25

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Isolated from the rest of the world,
with no means of replenishlng the sup
ply of food, n father, mother and two
children living on a homestead twelve
miles north of Reno, New, were saved
from possible starvation by the air
mail service, which sent a food-laden
plane to the district and while the
plane circled over the house three
large sacks of food were dropped in
the yard.
Mrs. Alice NJ. Hills, Amherst, Mass,
and Harold Holloway, colored, a
waiter, flung themselves into the sea
from the Matson liner Buckeye State
within two hours of each other while
the steamer was approximately 300
miles south of Los Angeles, according
to a radio message received from the
vessels MASTER Capt. John I. Diggs
Captain Diggs' message gave no rea'
son for the supposed suicides.
With uniform marriage and divorce
laws as their campaign slogan, Mrs.
Irene G. Buell. and Mrs. A. X. Gault,
sisters, are building up political fences
in the race for seats in the national
House of Representatives. Mrs. Buell.
has been city prosecutor of Ashland,
Neb., for eight years. Mrs. Gault is
mayor of st. Peter, MINI. They are
making the race as the result of po-
litical pact between themselves, says
Mrs. Buell..
Information through the forester at
Blackleaf, Teton county, received at
the Jefferson National forest head
quarters at Great Falls, Mont, states
that a geyser, or volcanic eruption oc-
CURED at Mount Black Leaf canon re-
Gently, mud and steam shooting 200
feet high for two days and then sub
siding to steady outpour of kissing
steam. During the first outburst the
noise of the eruption could be heard
several miles.
Reduced railroad rates of unusual
interest to land men of the West have
been announced in Denver by the Den
yer & Rio Grande Western railroad in
the form of homeseekers' rates from
Eastern states to all interior points in
Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. The
rates will be one fare plus 81 for the
Iouhu hip loih an poihts III -hiehi
gan, Illinois, Iowa, the Missouri
river and southern Minnesota. The
return limit is twenty-one days.
After six years spent in cOnstruc-
ton, the Alaskan railroad is now
ready for use, from sea level at Sc
ward, on Resurrection bay, northward
to Fairbanks, a distance of 467 miles.
Fifty-two millions of dollars is the
total sum which has been expended to
date on the northern line and an addi-
tional $4,000,000 will be needed for
bridges and other construction not es-
sential to the initial operation, ac-
cording to William Gerig, one of the
construction engineers, who has just
returned to Portland, Ore, from
Alaska
The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-25
FOREIGN

Fifty-four men and women were
prevented from committing suicide in
the last six months through the eff.
forts of an anti-suicide league at
Zurich, according to a report just is-
sued. Some of the fifty-four also had
planned to take other lives before
their own.
Mexican diplomatic representatives
are to be shorn of their resplendent
uniform under the terms of decree
made public by the Department of For
eign Relations at Mexico City. Among
other provisions of the decree, which
completely reorganizes the diplomatic
service, 1t is stipulated that members
of the corps shall not wear uniforms
which are not regarded as necessary
for the efficiency of the service or for
national decorum."
Announcement of plans to scrap
total of twenty-four ships In the Jap
anese navy has been made by the navy
ministry at Toxic as Jnpans first step
toward placing into effect the Wash
ington arms limitation agreement. The
ships to be scrapped, according to the
announcement, include ten obsolete
cruisers, six battle cruisers now in
course of construction and eight capi-
tai ships which have been planned but
keels for which have not yet been laid.
With reference to a recently circu-
lated rumor that Cardinal Gasparrl
was to be replaced as papal secretary
of state by Monsignor Cerretti, now
papal nuncio at Paris, semi-official
vatican statement said: "It is super
fluous to state that such a report Is
absolutely unfounded. Cardinal Gas
parri has not displayed any intention
of leaving his high office and he en-
joys the complete confidence of Pope
Plus, as he in the past enjoyed that of
Pope Benedict"
The basis upon which the heads of
the American oil companies last Sep
tember reached an agreement with the
Mexican government relative to the
payment of export taxes under the de-
cree of June Z, were diyulged In the
outline of a decree given out by Min
lister of the Treasury De La Huerta.
The decree lacks only the signature of
President Obregon to become effective.
The project contemplates the payment
of 40 per cent of the tax as originally
imposed by the June decree, and means
the payment to the Mexican treasury
of approximately 13,500,000 pesos.
To hasten a decision regarding the
arrangements for the Olympia games
of 1924, awarded to Paris, NJ. Ybarne-
garay, deputy from the lower Pyren-
mes, has filed an Interpolation of the
government, pointing out that even the
site for the games has not been desig-
mated nor any plans regarding them
approved after eight months cOntro-
versy 1t is declared that the French
athletic federation officials and other
leaders in sports have informally
agreed to abandon their efforts to
stage the games in Paris unless the
government and the municipal city Of
Paris act on the proposition by March
Is.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-25
GENERAL

A spirited and unusual contest for
control of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company in which the 10000 en-
ployes have taken the side of the
president of the corporation, has devel-
oped. In the scramble for proxies for
the annual meeting on March 10 the
employees voted to purchase 10000
shares of the stock out of the funds
in their Cooperative Welfare Associa-
of Thomas E. Mitten, president of the
company.
Thousands of children in the Hook
ing valley coal mining district are un-
dernourished and many cannot attend
school because they have no shoes,
Governor Davis of Ohio was told dur
ing an inspection trip. A years unem-
ployment of miners has brought hun
dreds of families to the point of
starvation, the governor was in
formed by representatives of various
civic and charitable organizations, in
Guiding the Red Cross and Chamber OF
Commerce.
Seven "wire tappers," charged with
having conspired to defraud Barney
Knape, an Ohio farmer, of $4,000 on
'sure thing" stock deals, were arrest
ed at Mobile, Ala, it was announced
in New York by Sherman Burns of the
William ]. Burns Detective Agency.
The swindle is alleged to have been
promoted at an Orlando, Fla, ''stock
exchange"
Federal Judge ]. w. Woodrough of
Omaha has signed an order granting
authority to Keith Neville, former gov
ernor of Nebraska, and now receiver
for the Skinner Packing Company, to
bring suit in the United States Dis
trict Court against 700 stockholders of
the company, who, it is claimed, are in
default in payment for $1,00O,00O
worth of stock.
Contracts for the building of sixty
miles of new railroad from Satanta.
Kan.,. to point near Springfield,
Colo, have been let by the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railway and con-
struction will begin by March 1. The
beginning at Satanta, the new line,
which has been under consideration
for some time, will extend westward
to the Colorado line. About 300 men
will be employed in the work.
Mathilda Mccormick, 16 years old,
has permission of her father, Harld
e. Mccormick, to marry Max Oser, a
horseman of Zurich, Switzerland. Mr..
Mccormick announced the engage
ment in thirty-three-word state
ment. He said it was "hastened few
weeks by the fact of the recent news
paper publicity" The romance of the
young granddaughter of John d.
Rockefeller was pictured by Emil l..
Burgy, Chicago interior decorator,
who says he is a first cousin of the
Swiss equestrian, as love of spring
and winter.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-25
CONDENSED REco ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DOING ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

twest.rn Newspaper uuioa New, serics.)
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
Tony the Barber on Flappers

she poff away By da cigarette. an
as she say eet. two more nap. they
come cen By my shop to'havs da
hairs bob also, the same an Luigi
an Joe. my two barb work on they
hair an they also smoke da cigar.
etts. an da whole place she looks
like da cabaret Joint
Il ees pray YER hard my Mariou-
che she stay OPP stair an not come
BY d shop down to eet while these
fiapperish ladys ees have da hairs
bob, for da smoke. she ees YER
theeck an ds conyersash. she ees
YER lively. but luck she ees not
for me. Ny wife she como BY da
stan down eet an she rosh cen
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

TvERY now and then some
- body puts mp . loud squawk
to the effect that We have At
last got equality Of the sexes. II
that doesn't hand you . laugh, 90
down to the Aquarium and look
st the other fsh.
Consult the style sheets for this
Summer, you will find what the
well-dressed men will wear in hot
weather consists Of the following
One hat.
One coat.
One pair Trousers.
One union suit
One shirt.
One necktie.
One pair socks.
One tight collar.
One pair shoes.
: One pair gloves.
One pair blinders.
What the well-dressed woman
win wear:
One half-yard Of something thin.
One pair sandals. p
That's whore equality hits sweet
y on all twelve cylinders. In Z
hot restaurant all that II between
. woman and the great out-of-
doors 10 . piece Of thin muslin sr
srcpe. -
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
da shop an she boiler:

da shop an she holler:
what you got Get here, wop.
da pettings partyf You ees q fins
cake-eat, you ees. What time da
dancing she ees begin, what!"
"Hosh OPP" l say set. these
ees only customers. Zap ladys. get.
ting hairs bob. You 60 By d.
home house OPP ds stairs"
Z not" she snap. y set here.
Husbands ees 10 hard to get eet.
I not lose mine BY no nap. ees
no dumbbell What time you
ses do d shimmy an da camers
waikr
So she set by da shop cen eet
an give da dirty bookings ontil ds
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
By Roy K. .Moulton

Jobs she ees done an do naps she
90 an then my wife she say eet:
Hoe long dees goings on have
been going on cen deesa shop.
whatf"
mot before now" I say eet.
AN not behind now, no more.
neither" she say eet. you should
be ashamed BY yourself to have
such goings on cen decent barb
shop. what the neighbors will
think Get. whst!"
'oh. Get ees all hight" l say eet.
perfectly al right. They ses all
very nice ladys. only Just . little
bit nappish. All ladys ees have
hairs bob an smoke do cigarettes
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
Choose Your News

us trouble. again. Babe Rushs back In the game
~ And he mp his troubled journey 10 Fams
= = II Babe could only hold his head ..
A. steady . HE bst-nuH ssid a|t.....t
The shsmp Of Argentina has homs the native. a. are ~
q rousins welcome the nstions pstsd child
The bassss he had here tame. ....v ...s
gts But he's hero, just the same 49,. E,.... 4.
-.3e. . .-E +. ..
the House In Congress not 10 Play
A. politics but do on problems Of the day
But how politics be esnnsdf ,.. .......
What slss does consress undsrstsndf .. O.
bands Dublin played the cod Save the King
Thsy played the fret they'd tried the thing
But. though they played with ~ill and power. -
1i some Of the >.-
w..appss stuns New York for twenty thousand Geld
The city thant hicks, told
The crooks will doubtsss, - thsy &c, -T ..
Z > Lsarn how % the radio ..5.'
The supsr-statssnsa shjoy meeting al The Hague
What they hope seesnpsh is rather
This eenfsrsnes the rings, .. '....
IL Just another Of "thoss thinss." .. .. ...
csssasAs issA ~ ssss o. as.a ssaalt ksan a.sss1e
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
News Along
the Shore
- HEY are talking Of putting

. HEY are talking OF putting
. new drainage system In
= the Atlantic Ocean 20 the
water can be changed every TWEEN
ty-four years A needed improve
msnt The ocean is 20 crowded,
this weather, You hsye to stand
and wait your turn. When some
body comes out, you can 60 In and
stand around swhile.
Maybe you can get wet up 70
your waist. Il depends on how
deep the ocean b where you are
standing. II You stoop over or hs
down and try to get wet all over,
you viii be trsmpled to desth.
They srs talking Of putting IN
hand-holds Hike they have In the
al" cars, 20 Il win seem homehks
to the Strap-H -HangerS League.
One Of the seaside hotel keepers
has bought q racing car, 80 he can
70 mp TO the city three times day
TO eat and not lose 30 much tims
a. he does now, going By train.
Fashionable bathing suits now
are made Of gineham. Gingham
Il Of a shrinking disposition when
II gets wet. The eingham used In
these suits win never have a
chance to shrink.
The Count La croix met Miss
Phyllis Longhorn, the daughter Of
a multi-millionaire western mir
owner, at a hotel dance the 9th
night. II ID rumored they are 81
gagged, but they viii not be M:
ried, for his name is Charlie Ha
kins and hers is Mamie Rafferty,
and they win find out, sooner .:
later, that they both work in the
same department store In New
York.
Under the new regulations, the
dances at some Of the shore places
are getting 10 tame that even some
Of the professional wrestlers from
Madison square Garden are ns'
afraid 70 Try than.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
What Do You Mean---Equality?
ByA. Merernan.

II . guy tries to take his coat
OF 10 be less uncomfortable, they
call the wagon and he can cool
OF In the village refrigerator.
Down at Coney Island. where
the ladies bathe in the ocean and
in very little else, they have
adopted . rule that men bathers
must wear skirts. Why don't they
make the women wear shirtsf
You know why they don't. Be-
cause they can't.
Out West the other day . wom-
m shot and killed her husband
because she had lost her taste for
him. She said, "Sure I shot him.
But they won't hang me, because
! am woman. They can't hang
me. They can't hang women be-
cause public opinion, won't stand
for It." 81 .-
II . man shoots . woman, he
goes to Sing Sing for electrical
treatment. II q woman shoots .
man, she goes to Hollywood.
Any way you look at It In this
country now, Kipling was right.
Outside Of . few Indian guides,
there are no regular men left.
The hemale Of the species ID
more dead than the female.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
Papa Edison
and Poker

NEAH OLD DH- EDioONy tn1
human interfogstion point
~ has busted out afresh, TIN
tirns with ils sbsoiutely new quss-
tions, which would tsx the mental
strength Of any schooiboy, and u
q doubtful II Jackie Cosssn eould
snswer all Of the i4s correctly %
the hrst trial.
Anybody who gets swsy With
these, questions satisfactorily h
deemed Of sufiicient brainpower 10
obtain Q position In the Edison
plant II he can get It.
"Where was the Declaration Of
Indspendence signed?" demands
DR.. Edison, and from . million
youthful throats comes the unani-
nous reply:
"on the bottom. Where do you
s'poses"
'sUpon what portion o. the
Western Hemisphere did Columbus
lands" b another hard ono.
Perhaps only See,see .soPefri
youths reply: +,
'Upon the shore, doe, upon the
shore"
Then, without warning Dr.. Edi-I
SON springs . sockdoiiager-s,
regular wizard Of . question:
'sWhat Kind Of tobacco do We I'M,
port from Sumatra!" and the
prompt reply rings forth: "Chew-
ing and smoking tobacco"
Is II possible We are getting onto
the wizards pitching! He doesn't
seem to scare us like he did with
that first wonderful list that made
the whole world SIT up and take
notice. Here h one Of the jaw
breakers In the newest catalogue
Of queries: "a VI
'How far is II from Ssa Fran.
cisco 10 Honolulu" te.
Quickly and unfaiteringiy the
answer came: e-r ..t.-
"Thirty-seven cocktails snd
nineteen highballs."
But this time the good doctor
has done something absolutely
new. He has delved Into the
realms Of that mysteriously bsf-
fling game Of draw poker, that
strictly American game thst 10 not
played with cards so much as with
psychology. Truly II takes .
scientific mind to dip into that sub
ject, and one which ID not afraid
of investigation. With :, about
three million case-hardened old
poker players who can deal OF the
bottom and lift them from the
shoe, without the sid Of any OF
DR.. Edison's inventions, he bravely
piunges into the poker question -
follows: -.
"You have only ten. dollars IN
|. the world and are playing poker
/, with a man you have never seen
before. On the first deal he holds
a pat hand. After the draw you
have three eights. There d fifty
! cents In the pot. -.e bets u quar-
, ter. What are you going TO do
I and why!" .,
: The correct answer Is: II you
. have only ten dollars in the world
!. and you play poker with any man
: you have never seen before you
Z are not entitled to . Job tn any
. body's factory.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

r NEvA1R see set % many nap
like what We got, eet cen deesa
= country by now. Evsry girl
benin fifty years age, she ees Zap
an I get quite well scquaint Wit
deesa nap BY my barb shop cen
eet. where they ees come for bob
bish hair cutting.
They ees YER smart young
ladies. You said eet.
First one she come By my shop
for bobbing hair cuts she ses gotta.
da shortish skirtings BY da knees
OPP to eet an da keckscarf an da
Tam o'shanterfng hat an da kaL
somine by dc nose on Get. an da
black ear-ringers an 30 forthly.
"wop." she say eet do you,
maka do objeck. eef l maka ds
smoke by da lip-stick on Get vile
you maka da hair bobi A Hp-
stick. she ees fap langwidss for
da cigarette"
No ladys ees yet smoke da Gig
arctic By my shop" say eet. But
maybe eef my wife Mariouchs she
not come scn meanwhiles. set will
b, all right for you to maka da
smokinss vile getting hairs bob"
what ees matter Wit youf" she
say Get. "Ees you . calendar or .
puddle tumper7"
Il not maka da langwidse wich
you SPIN set."I say polite but ner-
vous.
4 say ees you . old fogy guy or
ses you . rubs7" she say. "You
seem kinda eis-fashion by dsssa
shop esn sst. eef ladys DO not have
ds smoking vile having da hairs
bob" ..I..s
LADY. or MIS-. l say Get. "fou
can msks da smoke sef you Ike
est. but I always run decent barb
shop an eef my wife come cen an
make eet . keek. she ses YER hard
persons to convince I are not run
ming a tough Joint"
II will take . chance she maka
ds keek.' says deesa nap a. she
light up longing cigarette holder
an pon away like peanut rosstsr.
Sure ting. YOU take 4 chance. !"
! say. But how 30 about, me. I
ask you Ike. . ladyi She poke
me for da row Of subway stations.
eef she see you smoke d. cigarette
cen here" ,
Hot towel, that ses funny shs
say eet. rYour wife she wiii think
you sss snussiepup. whati Haw-
hsvi Go ahead an eatta d bob,
hair an sut cut d sppissauss.
-hsyss she also think yea sss
esddiscootis and form-Attias run
hsaaa siss.' say dsses wsnass -
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

now days. Eet ees YER stynsn.
"Ho." she say eet. "Ees that
sar an she nop out Of da shop an
90 oppstsir an put da'hat on an
30 by da subway for opp-town side
an cen about I hour. she come
back BY da shop Wit shortish skirt
opp By da knees an sport hat on
her head an she climb OPP cen
my chair an she pull out long
cigarette holder an she ask me
for light an she say: "Wop.
make my hairs da bob quick an
make Get snsppish an cot you not
shake q mean shears l givs you d.
gate post"
How ees set Tor what" q.
claim. YER angry and mystical. not
knowing what she sss at
u ses now . nnaily-hopper." she
say eet. Il ees . Hot Towel.
am . very swift Zap lady, seeing
a. you liks. them kind % mooch.
You sss . fatwheel puddls-jump.
er." ., .5s
"whers you get Get da siangish
talkingf" I ask eet, % ! get YER
alarm about my wife.
"Nsver mind" she say sst.
Shake . leg" an shs blow d. cig.
arctic smokes By my facs cen eel
an when ! get da hair bob she ess
sitting with one knee across By tor
Of other knee. "C
You maka d. behave say
eet You 20 OPP stair an get d
soppsr." Il
Noting iika that" she say est
Home she are lika dess noting
Tonight you take me TO jass gar
age for sopper an W dance ds
Walking Camsls an to-morr'w
buy q lot new clothes"
"Eet ees not decentiy for % ID
do eet,- explode. ...
You say 90 tust IN hour benin
last" che say. "You say d nice
ladys all DO that now and 20 an
going to bs d Zap from nov
hencely." ,...... 4
An 90 she ecs eet an she teach
me to be- . Necksr by ds dance
floor and gotta learn how Il
dance without using ,ds fsets an
my barb business she 90 bum al
because my wife she eos . Dap.
married Dap. which sss da wors
kinda nap. they say set But oh,
eos look YER QUITE an she have d'
sooda time an not care.
For I ees getting 10 be q phil
osophicker about flaps an othe
iadys Of all kinds. which ees tina
ssf they want 10 dap. they vii
Dap. and sef We not Ike sst W
can 90 cit by . tack On sst
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

No. Clothed. the second mate
doesn't necessarily have the dog
watch on Q bark. Ny knowledge Of
the sea is very limited--in fact. all
I know about It is the ocean is
blue and full Of salt; probably II
you wsre a. full OF salt you'd be
Just a. blue. who knowsf II you
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

No, Murph, they don't teach
political economy IN the Senate.
In fact. the Senate 10 positively
prodigtous with politics and econ.
omy 10 merely . password to get
BY the doortender. tGoing and
comins). Never run for an Office;
II the Office won't wait for you. let
II 60.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
The New Woman

:.,::: ,s: ..s, % .
Il put him back In sseoad place ,.... .&... -.
Despite the whisksrs hs fass. -. i.
He's . deuce when
For they have pulled his claws. H.. .....
Hes Lost HE old monopoly .. - ...,3. . H.-..
On making of the aws !.
les not M.shsstss Rs Womanhattan
The psshsnss from Brsnx nd Queens rulers they
4 In all prefsssiens they aboundi ',..a
They're sovssing the busnsss ground.
les netM Msnhstan lee Wenanhsstsn, now. ..
seppsr shs bss proteesion VII be einehsd
Twill BE- sssuredy treat pleasure 10 Be pinshsd
~ The subway get . bath 'tFHa E
y, They'll drive ths msrebes from their pssh i, srsA
And clean ths town IN their wrath
Reform has bsss sinshsd II VI .taH .E#a f4trtM
And any Jay who them @s> . g. et 81,
= 10 RL.ly 10 be iynsh.d. % -. .r @5.as -
ifs not M.nhsssan any les wemssnstsan nev.
With iswysr isdss s.d jsssss hsrs's how
wlth weussnN basksrs ~ he
krA city sGesvs ssisvs. -ts,
lss Ms.Assssa ssss Lee weas.AsssAas nee.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
By Len Fleming

ever get lost at sea be sure it's
outside the three-mile limit. other.
wise you may be breaking . mari
tims law and will be sent TO jail
for annoying the fishes.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25
Yes and No

will be too poor 10 pay your own
funeral expenses and he viii have
to do It. This has been tried sew.
eral times and works out great for
everyone but the landlord and the
victim: Try II.
The Washington times., 1922-06-25

Cogitations Of d Cuckoo
sHE 1sasI. VIA y. @yesas.s n-rlisd s' 7 .s doe.
~ BALANCING THE BOOKS.
8s,s ss Making fsssy-ews Ssll.rs day.
ssas He married . lady nansd Mays 5-.E
And si.ss shsy v.r. we'd
Hls expense. II h s.id
Il fersy-twe dellars day
n surpriins large srmy
u. general belief that in the
L.ash and world I.sshs ~i.h y.u.
Fer ths arstf funny jeL. h your be..s jek. J.
Ard The ssssad Joke 10 y.ur own
since preAisisea tasr.s no accounting for tastes.
Lloyd o.rs. predicts another war; but may turn out to ). an
n.ny rood family who's. crop i failure
Som. fools make money but men.y fool.
sems .eyss eas Do too much for their employers they
against o-....sns j. tn. on. tn. waiter
Nv ga dessa. buy an umbrella and soaked
u wAs snsnhs d.srss IN murder case, somebody Grassy
A. nsn VINO Wnat you wouio Hke 70
~ youtssh 20 had che shanea NE
..a.. An EsaAns Ass ks nsublss, IG IT,.
Bs4 ~ zsissss enc abu,ss 49,
Nsbsay ssls HIN .. Eskins pie 'T ..s
<.E. - T. VIA he isssrssn turnsd teeaies. s..
~. r..-. a... ..a ACTION @.~ .a .sr
y n - - unbecoming average
appsd hs Lady h Ne ssvasor T would be glad
Shsras .stss.*se-
M,s hsss s6 1t sas& 80. O.. -
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