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The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Thousands in China Attend Mission
ary Services in Floating
Churches.

Canton has perhaps the largest
boat population Of any city in the
world. as there are $4,000 boats OF
every description registered in the
office OF the harbor commissioner.
This represents approximately
100000 people.
The South China Boat Mission
began its with with the peo'
Pile in 1909, and the work has
grown until at the present there
are eight gospel boats supported
by the mission in the kwauStunE
providence. Five of these boats
operate at Canton. one at Kong
moon, one at ShiuChow. and one
at lingtak. In Canton ChurCh
services are held every SUNDAY
morning, as we'll as through the
week on the gospel boats, which
weave their way through the laby-
rinth of boats of every descrlp-
ton.
A small boat is used as dis.
pensary of Chinese physician,
while another boat is converted
into a boarding school for boys
and another into a school Tor
girls. The boat schools must he
bOdTul1lS sCotlS, as lil' ''''' -
pie move about constantly, and
the pupils could not attend regu-
larly otherwise. There are eight
cen boys attending the boys
school and about the same number
of girls enrolled in the boarding
school for girls. There are also
many day pupils.
The boat people are very clan
nish. They have a dialect of Their
own; they seldom go on land, do
not mingle with the land people,
are very superstitious and are un.
educated. Practically the only way
in which the missionary can reach
them is to secure a boat and go
out and live among them.
There are boats of all dcsCrin'
tions. They include the sanpans,
which lie close to the water and
are approximately fifteen feet
long: the great junks, with their
cargoes of grain. salt and lumber;
the fishing boats. with their high
sterns and picturesque amber
colored patched sails; the boats
with great eyes painted on their
prows, In order that they may
see, which ply between Canton
and Nincpo, and the river cargo
brats, with small cannons mount
ed on their sides as protection
against the river pirates. As
these boats carry silk, they are
attacked frequently.
The sampans, which are some
fifteen feet long and five feet
wide, are the homes Of families
of six and seven people. The
women, often with babies strapped
10 their backs or playing at their
feet, row the majority OF the
boats, for the women are the work.
ers in South China.
The headquarters Of the South
China Boat Mission is In Chicago.
and the missionaries working
among the boat people Of China
include the Rev. Edward Drew.
the Rcv. and Mrs. w. L. Winter
and Miss Todhunter and Miss
Roschinsky.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
No CensoreHlp
Massachusetts, Wi

mischevous censorship which been running
throughout United States appears due for sharp check
on Tuesday the thoughtful voters of Massachusetts,
The legislature Of that State enacted law two ago
granting authority police officer every moving
picture offered for exhibition in the Commonwealth I'm
pressed by the danger of reposng in politically ap
pointed the to determine what the people might see or
read thirty thousand voters signed referendum petition and
automatically the Secretary of State placed the ballot the
question, substantially: do you do not approve the
law!'
There can be no doubt as to this ques
ton should be- The moving picture becoming more and
great agency for transmission OF intelligence The
printed in the daily Sunday papers The Fathers of the
Constitution realizing the danger of propaganda specifically
the press Obviously if should be authorized to
snip film the next step would be Ito caviar the as
was done during the czarist Regime in Russia.
As information directed is thought guided To
fde censorship to who his appointment to
special influences hand these influences the power
to guide the thought and eventually the action of the people
Shall mothers permit politician to decide what their chill
dren shall read? Shall the people of years
permit such ppoinee to control their vision and to limit
Is may will their knowledge of human national
and international events and the richer world Of the magna
ton?
Massachusetts, promises emphatcay in the mega
tive There is the hoe of liberty there is the jealous
pose to guard rights of people,
citizens recognize that the industry, backed by public
opinion, making cleanliness the dominant factor in the
Hays the director Of the movies to pursue policy which
will assure higher and ever higher tone in morality in art
Aside the determined purpose of the industry keep
its product Clean Massachusetts, has law which permits
citizen to prosecute exhibitor of indecent film.
Fortunately there is like national law which be easily
invoked against any producer guilty Of transporting i'm
moral picture from State State With such safeguards
Massachusetts realizes censorship has justification and
that permitted it would become Frankenstein which
would restrict and eventually mprson the freedom OF the
people.
This is merely Massachusetts, issue, It is national
issue For this is gratifying realize that the peo
pie Of the old State holding tenacousy to the principles
which the nation appear likely repudate
whemnQy TIE which misguided reformers in combination
with schsming politicians have sought to foist upon them.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
BY Wickwire.

Leaders up on CARTEL lilll, ana
watching the political gyrations
in Texas with a mixture Of amused
interest and keen apprehension:
this whether the said leaders are
Of the Republican or Democratic
faith.
The fight being made in Texas
on Mayfield, the regular Demo
cratic nominee for the Senate, re.
Gently Joined in by President
Harding with a broadsde in favor
Of Peddy, Mayficld's independent
Democratic opponent. is certain, IL
Mayfield wins at the polls next
Tuesday, as seems probable. to be
transferred to Washington.
There is much more to this
spectacular fight than appears on
the surface. and Mayfield. if he
comes here with the mandate OF
the Texas electorate. Is likely to
find himself the piece de resistance
of boiling national issue. His
battle for his seat In the Senate.
IL underground rumors portend
anything, is likely to be more
bitter than that which confronted
and, for that matter still con-
pewharry
AS the. proclaimed nominee of
the Texas Ku Klux Klan, a cold
welcome awaits Mayfield from ma
tional Democratic leaders. They
know. all too well. that 1t will be
impossible to make a considerable
body Of the Northern Democracy
the Catholics, Jews, Irish, Ger
mans and others of foreign nativ.
ity or parentage-bed down with
that wing of the Southern Democ.
racy presently embodied in the Ku
Klux Klan. They see Mayfield as
the point Of a wedge which, II 1t is
permitted to be driven home, ulti-
mately must split the party wide
open. The national Democratic or.
ganization carefully has kept out
OF the Texas fight, even under the
incitement given by Harding's en-.
trance therein.
Republican leaders here would be
well enough pleased-tickled, in.
deed-to see the opposition i'm.
'pinged upon the one horn Of this
dilemma were II not that they find
themselves in danger of impale.
ment upon the other. They would
like to see Mayfield seated in the
United States Senate, or there
swinging the sledge which would
widen the growing cleft between
the Northern and Southern Demo.
Gratis.
But ms the historic champions
Of the coiored race In America,
a race. by tho way, which dur.
ing the late war obtained stra.
tegic foothoids In number OF
Doubtful Northern districts. Chi.
cago, st. Louis and otherwhcres,
the Republicans would find II dif.
ficult 10 vote for Mayfield should
any contest be made on his seat.
ing,
II 10 said in whispering Gal.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
SAP AND SALT
BY BERT MOSES.


Copyright, 1922. by Premier Syndicate.
1nc.l
Ignorance will tolerate almost
anything.
A conservative is a radical who
has grown too fat to run.
Busted" is a palmer way TO
say 1t than financially embar.
rassed."
Sleeping dogs and things with
a bad odor should not be stirred
up.
Sending folks to heaven by wsy
or Congress will result in a lot of
deportation.
No matter how much money yo,,
have, you will find the greatest
happiness in living modestly.
Hez Heck says: AN ants ides
or good time is crawlin' up yor
leg or gittin' In the picnic pie.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
WASHINGTON, d. c.
NOVEMBER 3, 1922
GARRETT p. SERVISS ON
BENDING A RAY
A Scientific Yet Understandable Discussion
of Rays of Light Emanating From
Parts of Solar System.

In accordance with which space,
in the neighborhood OF massive
bodies. 10 inherently curved. and
not straightaway, or fiat. and this
curvature causes the phenomena
OF gravitation.
The exposition OF this theory is
purely mathematical and cannot
be correctly stated In ordinary
language, or IN accordance with
ordinary conceptions OF physical
facts. Most efforts TO do so re.
suit in mere travesties.
what can the dimension
time have to do with volume or
shape Of a body unless II Is the
apparent shape and not the
actual shape to speed of the
body in relation to the point OF
observation? In looking at
motion picture of a racing auto.
mobile the shape OF it's wheels
appear to be distorted, but 10 II
actually distorted? / believe q
little more common sense should
be applied in scientific theories"
IT. Z. Brewster. New York.
The reference. In the reply TO
Mr.. Gallagher to the travesties
produced by some of the attempts
to explain and extend Einstein's
theory. finds a striking application
in this matter Of the alleged de.
formation OF bodies in motion,
sometimes referred to as the "Lor.
entz Tor the Fitzgerald) Transfer
nation"
The theory of such a transfer.
nation was invented to account
for the fact that the celebrated
experiment at Chicago by Michel
son and Morley on the effects OF
the earth's supposed motion
through the ether failed to reveal
such motion since II showed that
light travelled with exactly the
same velocity whether II mot the
moving earth or followed IT.
This. II was suggested by Fitz.
gerald. might be mathematically
explained by a shortening of bodies
in the direction Of their motion.
Such a shortening would undoubt.
edly account for the result Of the
Michelson-Morley experiment. but
there Is no physical. or indeed
any other satisfactory, proof that
any such shortening occurs. 1t Is
a mathematical supposition that
is all contrived to give a theo.
retical solution of a puzzling prob
lem.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03

Dear Editor: In The Washing.
ton Times a question is asked by
Lucy Lowell. II In as follows:
isn't there someone who can
think OF a method OF popularizing
Bible readlng7"
In answer. will say in part, there
is n way to popularize Bible
reading: First, by remembering
the Bible is mystery and that
hidden In the mystery Ia u
romantic love story. deep and
strong, sweet and true,
After establishing these thoughts
In your mind, the Bible now looks
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Many Divorces in Hawaii,

HONOLULU, Territory of Ha.
waii-The number of diyorceS ~
Japanese picture brides Ia All.
normally high in the Territory OF
Hawaii, according to Judge n
lations, here.
"All one has to do" Judke
Desha says. lis to look up the di.
vorce records to verify the state.
ment that the large percentage Of
Japanese divorces filed here are
those OF picture brides"-Japa.
nese women who, after an ex.
change Of photographs. agree to
come to Honolulu and marry local
Japanese. these marriages being
performed before they are released
from the local Immigration atior
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
HS~M WASHINGTON TIMES yAHR SsR
WashingtOn's Industrial
Future
By BILL PRICE.

The splendid future of Washington is not dependent on
manufacturing light heavy but the trade organizations Of
this city should prompt and emphatic encouragement and
support movement aiming at an increase III indusra
activities in the District.
Vrginans from Alexandria and that vicinity in touch
with Washington banking and business organizations with
organized industrial development of the south
bank of the Potomac containing thousands of OF lands
that are especially suited for industrial purposes.
The location could not be better under circumstances
Lying along the great railroad lines leading to the South and
anked the by the Potomac River making steamship
transportation parts the country and reasonable
in should quickly appeal to manufacturers throughout
the country whO for business other are seeking
changes their plants. There large num-
bers of industries desiring to get closer to the markets FOR
their goods and this applies orceuly to Eastern and New
England manufacturing that would IKE 10 shorten
the hauls for their outputs to the South.
There are many eases too manufacturing plants in
the East looking for available locations and sites for
branch factories They unacquanted with the unusual
advantages that could be offered them in this section
Objections smearing beautiful Washington with the
smoke bhng smokestacks attached to large manuactur
ing plants would of disappear their location along
the banks the the tracks of the Southern Sea-
board Air Line, r. F. P and Chesapeake Ohio Railways
Washingtons interest in the proposed development Is
manifold. Our business always alert IN buying at
prices that will enable them to sell at lowest prices to retailers
Freight rates factor present prices of all
kinds of commodities The avoidance of heavy freight rates
would assure still better prices not only to Wasingtonans
the thousands of people from nelghborng territory VINO
are learning the retail markets of this city the best
and cheapest found Every factory would bring workers
who would live in Washington nearby Virginia and spend
their money in the best markets.
If the wasted power the Falls of the P"mac
is ever harnessed-and that is by rcl' p'-
bilty-the of manufacturing would be reduce ~ ="
est possible point another strong inducement to t" '
locate Washington.
We have much be proud of now r mar,l2 ng
in the District. The of the United States that
in 1919 there 595 manufacturing 'nts her that
their annual output $7OyOOOO0O. 'Dln pros
pered in the face of encouragement in i'm
portance. We safely add th same kind
b. lar I hank OIL
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Ry CniyersnI Service.

nARIs-The elegance and neat
ness of the footwear worn
Il by the women are the things
which strike visitors most when
they come to Paris. Wherever
you look, you see women daintily
shod. whether they be mondaines
from the Bois de Boulogne quarter
or little midinettes vending their
way home to some slum near the
Nillctte.
How they manage this feat of
always being attractively shod,
especially during the winter when
they are obliged to trudge through
mud or snow most of the time,
still remains a mystery for one
even who has lived among them
for several years.
The innate sense Of coquetry
Of Frenchwomen is at the base
OF 1t, no doubt. for this makes
them realize that, as rule, the
first thing a man looks at when
summing up a woman is her
ankles, and they desire to show
those off at their best.
While skirts were so short the
vamps of shoes were short, too,
and stubby with It, but now that
skirts have been definitely
heightened, vamps have been
heightened also, to fit In with
the new line-and the change is
all for the better. In place of
the round, short vamps, shoes
are now made on slim last that
forms a graceful line and ends
in a pointed toe.
Although probably longer than
the short.vamped shoe, the cut Of
this new model has been so
studied that the foot actually looks
much smaller than 1t does in its
predecessor, and even II II did
look longer, the Increased effect
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Letter to Editor

like new book TO you, you have
a deeper, new and thrilling In.
terest in It you never had be-
fore; this being the cnse, then
open your Bible and study It in
the light OF romantic love. trying
all the while 10 find out who the
, great lover In. and who ls the
object OF his wonderful love.
After locating the lover. then
say TO yourself might be the
object of his love; might be
his bride to be, which will inspire
you TO make ready for the bride
groom's appearing.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03

brought about its demise formed
another union, and they practi.
cally ran the town and the dis
trict for more than two months.
The law was defied and the law
officers helpless. Finally the
governor sent in the national
guard, and the district had peace.
But while the miners had former.
ly worked under the protection
Of their big union they now
worked without any organization.
So for eight years the curious
spectacle has been presented OF
the biggest mining camp In the
world working with men unor.
ganized in its underground and
surface labor, while every other
line Of industry about the mining
properties was running under
agreements with labor organiza.
tions.
With the new independent
miners union. every class Of labor
In the district will once more bc
organized.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Mayfield May Bring New Issue to
Senate If He Wins
Texas Seat
Texas Seat

lery that a precedent nay oe sc.
in the Senate, cogni. ;d,i,G laNe'.
Of certain alleged s.o.a'ioi,s oL
u.0 T"xas election avs Ield'''ls
money, anu ttavf,eld be elimi-
mated from the Held of immedi-
ate contentious by bipartisan
vote, should the expected con-
test materialize. The Senate mas
very wide discretion. IL it chooses
to exercise il. in such matters.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
BUTTE MINERS SPURN l. W. w. AND
ORGANIZE OWN UNION
Workers Will Deal With Companies Direct and Keep Out
of Entanglng Alliances.

n UTE. Mont. - After eight
X years without an organiZa-
~ ton the - 900 miners in the
Eutte district are to have a union
through which they will deal with
the companie This is the result
Of deliberations that have been 60
ing on foH several weeks between
representatives Of the mining com
panies and the men at the mines.
Without any orga nizatIon the iren
had been getting $4.25 d day.
Men representing the Industrial
Workers of the World attempted
to start a walkout for Sc day
and a six-hour day. 1t was an
absolute fiZZle. When the little
breeze created by this effort
quieted down the companies vulun.
tarily raised the pay of the men
80 cents day.
After that the men working N
the mines went about organizing a
union of their own. totally i2nor-
ing the radicals who had tried to
start a strike.
Several conferences Of the mine
managers and committees from
the men were held. At one of
them the managers submitted the
draft of what they considered
would be good constitution for
such an organization. I his the
men turned down and prepared
one OF their own which has proved
acceptable to the managers.
Will Remain Independent.
Now the miners are organized
into what is officially known as
the Butte Mine Workers Inde.
pendent Union, the 'independ.
ent" part of the title meaning
that it's activities will be con.
fine6 to the Butte district and
that there will be no affiNation
with the miners an1 Am|ter
mems organization, which sue.
ceeded the old Western Fedora.
ton of Miners.
Reasons for not wishing any
connection with the international
miners and smeltermen's organi.
zation will be found in the virtual
extinction Of the old Butte
Miners Union, probably the largest
and most powerful labor organiza-
tion in any one locality In the
world in its time. II was dssatis-
faction with the management or
that body over the heavy assess
ments Il was levying on the mem.
bers OF affiliated bodies that gave
tho radical element in the local
union the incentive to destroy II,
which was done in 1914.
It was on June 13 Of that year
that the Butte Miners Union
started to celebrate its anniver-
sary, as IL had been doing for
years. by a big parade and a gen.
cral holiday. The radicals broke
up the parade before 1t got well
started and proceeded to wreck
tho union hall, throwing every.
thing out on the street, including
.he safe, which was carted out of
town, broken into and looted.
Building Blown Up.
After the excitement had quieted
down repairs were made to the
hall, and things were going along
more or less smoothly until the
night of October 20, when Charles
II. Meyer, president Of the then
Western Federation Of Miners,
came to Butte to straighten mat
ters out. II was the signal for
another outbreak.
Meyer and those friendly TO
him were virtually barricaded In
the miners union hall, The front
of the building was destroyed by
explosions of dynamite, Meyer
and those with him escaped by
the rear windows, In the riotirE
ono man was killed and several
wounded,
That was the end Of the cid
rinsrs' union, The men who
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
BY Garrett p. Serviss
Eminent Astronomer and Authori-
~ ON Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.


Interest.
AT a total eclipse OF the sun
do astronomers calculate the COM
bined effects OF the sun, planets
and moon with reference 10 the
DETECTION OF the light OF stars in
the vicinity OF AN eclipse? II de-
Election OF the starlight caused by
the moon were measurable we
should be able to photograph the
moon In a field OF stars almost
any time, and this might furnish
a table by which to compute the
moons position at any instant"
IT. A. Gallagher.
NYO, because the mass of tho
moon. or even that Of tho
\ heaviest planet. Is too slight
to produce a measurable deviation
OF the light of a star passing near
II. At equal distance from its CEN
ter, the gravitative force of the
sun is 100000 times that of the
moon.
Owing TO the relatively small ra-
dius Of the moon the force at it's
surface Is as much az about 1-l70th
OF that OF the suns surface, but
even this would be inappreciable
I'm its effect on n grazing ray of
light, for according 10 the Newto-
nian law the sun deviates such q
ray only 0S7 of a second of arc.
and even by Einstein's calculation
the deviation Is only one second
and three.quarters. Whether New
tons theory on this point is right
or Einstein's we shall perhaps
know an soon as the results OBJ
tanned at the eclipse OF September
2l have been carefully worked out
by the astronomers.
The difference between the two
estimates of the effect of the suns
gravitation upon ray Of starlight
passing close 10 its surface on it's
way TO the earth depends upon the
difference between Newton's and
Einstein's ideas Of the nature of
gravitation. According to Newton
gra avitation is a tendency of all mat
ter 10 draw together, as II every
particle exercised an attraction
upon every other particle.
According to Einstein gravitation
is fundamental property of space,
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
BY Edna Lee Booker.
Internal ationaI News Service staff

InternatiOna News Service starr
Correspondent.
~ ANTON. - Floating churches
where religious services are
" held, floating schools and dis.
pensaries. are features of the mis-
sionary work carried q nby the
South China Boat Mission among
the thousands of Chinese who live
on house boats in South China.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Another Difference.

Trial marriages may be all right
as far as the men are concerned
but we have never heard of a
woman who was thoroughly salts
fled with one.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Careless Way to Send Money.

Upstate editor has received Doe.
tai card from subscriber readins,
Enclosed please find 81 TO apply
on my subscription"
The Washington times., 1922-11-03

Birds which make a practice Of
robbing others ~ their food include
the ineg"rs, ,he frigats birds and
the build eagle,
The Washington times., 1922-11-03

Two brothers IN business toeeth.
cr auarrelcd twenty-five years ago
over having a telephone put In and
them much In speaking to each
other, even II they had put II In.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03

King Of Siam has just taken h.
first wife, New he will find cut
what . punk ruies he 10.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
It's a Cold World.

Many substitutes for anthracite
coal are being announced, but no
body seems to be willing to furnish
any of them free.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03

Among the best works Of fiction
this year have been the income tax
returns.
The Washington times., 1922-11-03
Worst Joke Of Week.

The Turks may be IN dire straits
but when they see Komai, they stiii
yell: Hes tho Boss-phor.us,"
The Washington times., 1922-11-03

elegance and neat
ness of the footwear worn