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The National leader., 1922-04-03
LEGAL TENDER

Editor National Leader: I wish to
make clear one universal mistake
made in discussing the money .ques-
ton. This mistake is just as common
with those who we suppose understand
the question, as among the most ig-
norant. All our best writer's make the
same blunder. So well has this been
covered up that it seems to have es-
capped all alike. This mistake is "legal
tender" This is. the great bugaboo to
all. All clamor for "full legal ten
der" Now what does it mean and es-
pecially what does it mean to us, the
workers?
We are told that it means that in
case we are owing someone and we
tender him the money in discharge of
the debt, he must take the money or
the debt is discharged. Now it seems
to me that most Of us ought by this
time to have learned that most of our
information is misinformation, as it
virtually all comes from the other
parties whose interest is to keep us
misinformed
The facts in the case are these:
Legal tender means that it is the only
thing that will pay debt. If you do
not think so, please tell me what
sheriffs' sales and foreclosures of
mortgages are for? The fact is plain
to any of US. We have to get the
money, no difference how much prop
erty we may have or what the price
may be.
This is very fine arrangement for
the other fellow. We borrow his
money (there is no other), then we
have to go to him to get his money to
pay him with. How do you expect to
play the game with him? To further
illustrate, suppose that wheat was
made legal tender; nothing else
would legally discharge debt. What
do you suppose would be the price of
wheat? Suppose that pocket knives
were the only legal tender, or any
other commodity. Do you not see that
the possession of the legal tender
gives almost unlimited power to the
possessor. r~ =,
Study this matter carefully.
Melba, Idaho. H. II. CUMMINS.
The National leader., 1922-04-03

PUREBRED r. G. BLACK MINORCA EGGS, $1.5(
PET setting Peter P. Nordin. Route l. Hoffman
The National leader., 1922-04-03

PUREBRED r. C. BROWN LEGHORN COCKER
els, S175; eggs. 15. 81. ]. o. jacobson. Tagus
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EGGS, FROM PRIzE-WINNING WHITE VIVIAN.
dottes at one-haH price. Write VIM. West, Il
<Sueur,, MINI. sgsfE
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THOMPSON BARRED ROCK EGGS FOR HATCH
ing; Is. 50: so, 81: 100. 81. Oscar Swanson.
Alexandria. MINI. 49, - - I. -.
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MEEKER COUNTY SEED CORN, FINEST IN TIL
:: Northwest We grow every bushel right here. Bes
quality and termination. Several varieties Circu
lars free. johnson & Arneson. Dnssel Minn
The National leader., 1922-04-03

The numbers on your address label
tell when your subscription expires.
The National leader., 1922-04-03

NORTHERN GROWN ALFALFA. s9.S3 PER CENT
pure seed; termination 90 per cent. 25 cents pc
pound Sample from A. d. Nordstrom. Gatzke
The National leader., 1922-04-03

PUREBRBD EGGS. ROSE COMB ANCONAS. LIGH
~ Brahmas. Order eggs early: Is for 81. Rober
Weinkapf, Route 8. Frazee. MINI. 49, -
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PUREBRED R. C. WHITE WYANDOTTE HATCH.
ing eggs: $l50 for 15: 81 for 100. hrs. Joe Mauer
Fergus Falls Mnn. j. So 100 4 !
The National leader., 1922-04-03

EARLY OHIO SEED POTATOES FOR SALE. WE
guarantee them satisfactory or your money returned
4 $150 per bushel. sacked. Nick Corden. Water.
town, s. d. 80 55E5t 49, -.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
Woman FOUND Hurt.
BELIEVED CAR VICTIM
District Supreme Court Auditor
Knocked Down by Auto
mobile.

Mrs. Margaret Hill, thirty-two
years old. 205 Linworth place south
west. was knocked unconscious by
street car at 5th and L streets early
Monday night. according to a report
She was taken home in an automobile,
the driver Of which. It was reported. re-
fused to give his name. Her condi-
tion improved and it is believed she
will recover.
Investigation was made by police
of the second precinct. Crews OF
street cars passing the scene denied
knowledge Of the accident
The automobile of Herbert W. Mar
tin, 4S Il street southwest. Monday night
knocked down Herbert l. Davis. fifty
six years old, auditor for the District
Supreme Court. at 14th and Girard
streets. Mr.. Davis was thrown to the
street and his legs hurt. The injured
man, who resides at 1241 Girard
street, was treated at Emergency
Hospital for bruises and q torn liga-
ment
Evening star., 1922-10-11
Right and. Wrong

Last week some fiend in human
form worked off on me a phony
buck, and wrath rose in me like a
storm, Lstrongiy yearned to run
amuck. "Ah, well.".I sighed, when
cooling down, "all is not lost, there's
hope ahead; there's some poor fish
in this mans town who'll fall for
this bum coin of lead. The grocer's
eyes are weak and dim, he'd never
wise up to my game; I'll shove. this
bogus PUNK on him-hell never
know FROM whom it came" First
impulse always sways me thus, for
self-defense is in me born; I must
get even with the cuss who steps
upon my choicest corn. But second
impulse comes and swings my mind
around when l. get cool; it is the
outcome of the things l learned at
home and Sunday school. "Some
guy has wrought me ill.," think,
'but that's no reason, sound or true,
why l should seek some other gink,
and play a scurvy trick or two. The
grocer is an honest wight; and it
would be a rotten dsal to take ad-
vantage of his sight, and sting him
with this pewter wheel. I'll meet
him oft in future days, and if pull
ed so coarse stunt Id always dread
to meet his gaze, I'd surely show a
guilty front. So I will throw this
buck away. I'll drop it down in
yonder we'll, where it can tempt no
other jay to hit the path that leads
to Hannibal, Mo-"
(Copyright) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
INFORMAL EXERCISES.
FOR COLUMBUS DAY
National Catholic Drssnatic Guild
to Present Thres- Act Play
Tomorrow Eyenfng.,t

Columbus day, which will be OBJ
served informally In jAyashington to-
morrow. will be featured by a three
act play, Columbus" to be pre-
sented in the auditorium Of Central
High School tomorrow night at 8
o'clock by members Of the National
Dramatic Guild of the National Coun.
Gil of Catholic Men in conjunction
with the community center depart
ment of the public schools.
The title role. Columbus. will be
payed by Joseph Anthony Atchison
Other principals in the cast will be
Madelyne OBrien and Teresa Cros-
son, formerly with the Garrick Play
ers. -.o. 80
An editorial on Columbus, written
by Ira Bennett, will be read by Fred
erick Stephens. An address will be
made by Miss Cecil B. Norton. gen.
eral director of the community cen.
ter department.
Others who will take part in the
production are Miss Helen Mullane
Joseph T. Fitzgerald, John Spreckel-
myer. Hugh Hutchinson. Frederick
Roy. Edgar II. Lake, Philip Huck
Francis A. McCann. John io'Cohnor
John Burke Walsh. Richard F.
Walsh. Edward B. O'Brfen, Francis
A. Mccoy. Leo V. Glorious and John
Gallagher. The public Is invited to
attend the exercises. =.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
MANY LIQUOR CASES
ARRA|GNED IN COURT
Fifty-Three Defendants Demand
Jury Trial When Called Before
Judge HardisCn.

The first business disposed of with
branch of Police Court yesterday, Judge
Robert Hardison presiding. was the
Farraignment: Of fifty-three cases in
which the defendants stand charged
with violating the national prohibi-
ton act. Assistant United States
District Attorneys Frank ]. Kelly
and David A. Hart handled the cases.
Those arraigned are:
Louis Gold, Louis Gritz. Edward
Blight. John Evans. John Mccoy, Joe
Edwards. Allen Colbert. sr.; Allen Col
bert. jr.; Rose Dudley. Genevieve
Coleman, Ross Watson, Elizabeth
Haley. Claude Bradford, Joseph Burch.
Joseph Taylor. Violet Jones, Eliza
beth McKenney. Eleonora Porter.
James Bumbey. Kelly Smith. Benjamin
Coleman. James Armstrong, Edward
Wormley. Fred Williams, Thomas
Fells. Andrew f. Schroff. Abraham
Litvin, Elizabeth Motley. Fred Owens,
Fannie Snowden, Rosetta Allen, Ell
mer E. Piper. Phil Adams. Edna
Louise Goldsmith. Carmine Davede,
Walter Peterson, Edward Wayne.
Verling Harris, Bernard Corridor
James P. Lehey, Clarence Mccullough,
Richard Smith. Louis Turner. Edgar
W. Price, Joseph Aragona, Clarence
II. Myers. Alphonso Benedictti. Grace
Benedictti. Harvey l.. Chase. Thomas
Lee Lomax, Joseph Fletcher. Samuel
Robinson.
In each case the defendants pleaded
not guilty and demanded a trial by
jury. Each OF the defendants is out
on bonds ranging from $500 to S2.50O.
Here are fifty-three cases to be
tried by juries. The best that can
possibly be done Is to try three cases
a day and that is high speed. The
whisky cases have two days in each
week, Wednesdays and Thursday, for
jury trials. with short part of the
morning hour. Tuesdays, for the ar
raignments. To this ffty-three cases
now docketed there must be added
the thirty-eight cases up for arraign-
ment today. With the present court
facilities it is impossible for Assist
ant United States District Attorney
Kelly to clear the docket, instead
each week adds many new cases to
those already on the docket
Evening star., 1922-10-11
JUDGE LECTURES
CREEK OFFENDER
ON PATRIOTISM

Judge Robert E. Mattingly, sitting
on the District of Columbia Police
Court bench yesterday. injected a
lecture on patriotism into the trial
Of Christ Pappas, Greek, before
flnins him SO for disorderly conduct
and IS for stopping a pushcart be:
tween the street curbing and street
car loading platform. =
Judge Mattingly discovered Pappas
was a Greek. He addressed him and
several other pushcart merchants
on the stringency Of the Greek
situation. He asked them why they
did not sell out their businesses
and return to their native country,
where the support Of every Greek in
the world against an invasion Of
Turks, was urgently needed. The
court elaborated on the theme. He
queried for reasons of the Greeks
here in not joining the Grecian col
ors to repel Ottoman invaders. .
Pappas listened attentively. He
took the stand and started firing
words with the rapidity of a vocal
machine gun. He sought to inform
the court that he was as loyal as any
Greek ever born. There could be no
question as to that. But. he added,
he has q big family in this country,
and asked how can he go back. H
started to shake the family tree and
to enumerate the horde Of relatives
dependent upon him. but he was
stopped before he got very far along
in his reply.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
WEEKSI0 ACCEPT
STATUE OF BURKE
British Presentation DeIega-
ton Will Arrive This
Afternoon.
UNWILLING IS. TOMORROW
Former London Mayor to Make
Formal Donation, Judge Alton
B. Parker to Preside.

The British delegation. which Is 10
make a formal presentation OF 'ne
Burke statue tomorrow AFTERNOON ID
expected to arrive here this alter
noon. Tomorrow, after short slght-
seeing tour in automobiles. the dele
gates will attend the unvelilns Oh
the Lord Bryce bust at IL O'CLOCK a'
the Capitol.
The delegation will then be enter
tanned at luncheon by the hrltisn
ambassador and Lady Geddes' COINS
from, the embassy to the un'SiIe
of the Burke statue at cio.n ~. Q
morrow afternoon at MassachuSee'S
avenue and 11th street; o- LORD
Sir Charles Wakefield, FORMER io.u u
mavor of London. will deliver the
presentation address. ON tne ihor ,,-ii,
ing of October IS the delegation ~
he taken to Mount vernon Oh M
Presidents Yacht. the Mayno"er. Il.
visitors will leave Washihs LUZ ]'
afternoon.
Judge Parker to Preside.
DR.. G.. c. F. Bratenahl of the WASH
,ne1on Cathedral will deliver the IN
vocation at the Burke unFeliihs'
Alton e. Parker, chancellor OF tne
Su,eraye Institution of tse Chi.su ~, y
states. will preside. and MAKE 'h1
Introductory remarks. Ill, ,,,yai1
Miss Freda Wakefield wlii u"avil
the statue. Also. the nations, d.
-. ..s of tb. two countries will be
played. Floral tFlpule'
pSacretsry Weeks of the War De,
nartment will accept the s'aIu; "a
behalf of the people OF the ~ e.
States. Rev John l: hca hal the
tanadic+ion. Music will be furnishee
~ the limited States Navy Banu.
natriotic concert Will De sNen
tween $40 and 3 o'clock by stIS stuoeh.s
NJ the thomson and Franklin schoois
Committee Of Sponsors.
The snonsors committee for the
Burke unveiling consists OF the Aoi
,,u-ins Arthur p. Adams OF hahsa"
,Trv Mo-; \. c. Bedford and Jaiies
Brown of New York city; George
Burnham, jr.. of Philadelphia.
Joseph G.. Butler. jr.. of founss.oM H.
Ohio. Louis X. Cheney OF hd' ti"i i. u.
conn: Barron Collier of New nork
o;,, p Eulton Cutting OF New YORK
civ p, S. du Pont of "llmlnstoni'
DsI p. a. s. Franklin, Ebert n.
ear walter Scott Of New York city
Ambrose Swasey of Cleveland: ohlo,
Charles H Swift OF Chicas0: II, a
Charles Phelps Taft OF Clhc4nia 'i'
Ohio. III, ,e,s%
The British delegation will consist
of Sir Charles Wakefield. bart iol
uer lord mayor of London, ana LauS
wakef,eld and Miss Wakefield; SIT
Arthur Arlington Haworth. bart. M:
F. president Manchester Chamber % o.
CvFnrd iunior lord of the treasury,
etc., and Lady uaworth: Harold
Spender. editor and author; SIT VII
liam Let's. bart; Fl. : PerriS. Pup
secretary. Watson chair, American
History Foundation: Hon, Luc1en
Turcotte Pscand. government leader
Canadian house of commons, anu
Nine. Pacand: Lieut.. Gov. and NINE.
MacCallum Grant of Nova Scotia.
representing the Dominion OF CANADA,
and the Hon. D. B. Edwards, acting
high commissioner for the common
wealth of Australia to the United
States.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
ToDAY's AMUsEMENTs.

G;ARRICK-Grace George In ITO
Love-" performance at $3.50 pm.
KRTTH'S-The Eddie Foy Family,
vaudeville. at 2:15 and S:15 pm.
.,BELAsCO-"The Ritz Girls" and
vaudeville, at 2:15 and 8:1S pm.
|, COsMOs-Bert Earl and Girls
Bobby. Nelson, vaudeville. at 3, $3.50
and pm.
STRAND-"Sparks Of Broadway"
vaudeville. at 2:3e, $50 and pm.
GAYETY-''Youthfu Follies." at
2:15 and S:15 pm.
RIALTO-Priscilla Dean in Under
Two Flags; photoplay. at 1880 a-m,
$780,. 3:40,. $50, 7:40 and $40 Pm:
David Pesetzki, pianist. at $40. 1880
and $3.50 pm.
METROPOLITAN Norma Tai
madge. in 1.-THE Eternal Flame" at
1880 am, 1880, 1925. 5:25, 1880 and
9:20 pm.
PALACE-Alma Rubens. in 1.-THE
Valley of Silent Men," at IL am.
12:40. 2:25, 4:2o, sos. T:45 and
COLUMBIA - "Manslaughter" (sec-
ond ,week), :.at 10:55 am. 1, 3. s.
7:l0 and 9:20 pm.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
JURY DUTY CAUSES
MAN TO END HIS LIFE
Colored Man Found Shot, Leaves
Note Explaining Reasons for
Seeking Death.

This jury duty is too much for me
! cannot eat or sleep. May God have
mercy on me as He always has done
+ am so nervous / do not know what
TO do except go to my Maker. Fare
we'll. all"
The foregoing message was in the
room of William Henry Rcks, colored
thirty-seven years old, 1923 Church
street, where Kicks was found yester-
day morning, suffering from serious
bullet wound In the region Of his heart
Rdcks died at Emergency Hospital
this morning. Coroner hewitt gave
certificate of suicide.
Sealed messages. addressed to Ricks
mother, in Newark, n. j., and W. A
Bowie, Industrial Savings Bank, 18th
and u streets, also were found. They
were turned over to Detectives OBrier
and Livingstone after the man was
raken to Emergency Hospital.
Kicks, a paying teller in the In
dustrial Savings Bank, had served
on the jury in Criminal Court since
October 3. He had told friends tina!
the jury duty made him nervous and
he felt that he could not remain or
such duty during. the entire October
term of the court.
Louise Johnson, cousin of the
teller, and her husband. Charles
Johnson, in whose house he resided
heard the report of the pistal.
Evening star., 1922-10-11

~
can also find and remove them
after death: permanent employ
ment: apply Elliott Woods. ar
chitect Of the U. S. Capitol.
This appears to be an actual pros j.
pective position, as Mr.. Woods must
get rid of the hundreds of rats and
mice that frolic about the historic
building and the Senate and House
office structures day and night He
must get a man who can not only
kill the rodents. but who can search
given up and take thsm to the proper
place. There must be continuous
warfare. and therefore the job is
permanent.
TIE following recent developments
are responsible for this latest step:
Just before Congress adjourned an
appropriation of $4,000 was author
lied to ,exterminate rats, mice and
reaches in the Capitol and the SEN
ate and House office buildings. The
war of determination was begun. 1t
proceeded with good results SO far
as the reaches were concerned. But
the rats proved another matter.
Senators and members of the
House still in Washington and Capt.
tol employees making their way
through the depths Of the Capitol
building in recent days noticed a dis
quieting odor. Inquiry developed the
fact that holes were becoming rat
cemeteries. The rat catcher was told
this would never do; that the rat
must be killed and also removed.
When he found this could not be
done he threw up his hands and quit.
Now new rat catcher must be
found.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
WOULD ADJUST TROUBLE
OVER LIQUOR SHIPMENTS

Secretary Hughes and Secretary
Weeks are endeavoring to settle the
controversy that has arisen between
the Republic of Panama and the au-
thorities Of the Panama Canal Zone
over the refusal of the latter to
permit the landing or transshipment of
wines and liquors in that zone con-
signed to Panama. That action taken
under the prohibition law virtually
prevents the importation OF such
stores into Panama, as the United
States controls the docks and towing
equipment at the Panaman cities at
both ends of the Canal Zone.
Col. Morrow, governor OF the zone,
has conferred with Secretary Weeks
on the subject and 1t Is probable that
the question will be referred to Con-
gress for solution.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.

James Thompson. colored. charged
with assault with q deadly weapon
on James M. Tannehill. 1854 c street
northeast, who was cut in the face
by Thompson, was held for the action
Of the grand jury in the United
States branch Of Police Court today
by Judge Hardison. The bond was
set at $500. There was nothing ir
the evidence to show why Thompson
should have assaulted Tannehill, as
the men did not know each other.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
DANCING.

CATHERINE BALE.
at 719 9th St NV. Franklin 65o6, Will teach
you TO dance in few lessons and produce
results. Private lessons any time. Classes
Tuesday and Friday; hours 10 am. to - pm.
Special rate 10 ladies.
Leroy H. Thayer
announces the opening OF his School OF Dane
ing Oct. . 1922. at his studio. Has
Connecticut ave. All the latest dances taught,
including the Maplewood Pace. Waltz Trio and
Argentine Tango. Phone Msin 2573.
JACK HOFFMAN & LILLIAN HOSKINS
Stage dancing, Argentine tango and ballroom
dancing correctly taught; children and adults.
Studio for rent for private dances.
Il4f Conn ave FIR 3e0s-J. i5s
GLOvER'S. 6la End Nw.-PHIvATE LES
sons any time. 75c. Course. six lessons, -
Guar. reaulfa Fine enxironfnent. VI. tl2o.
Evening star., 1922-10-11
BAN ON BURNING LEAVES.

There will be no burning of leaves
on the streets or open lots of the
city during the fall season. If Maj.
Daniel Sullivan has his way. He
called to the attention of the police
today the provision of law prohibit
ing this practice and directed q
strict enforcement
Evening star., 1922-10-11
New Pied Piper
Needed in Rat
War at CAPITOL

WAETED-A rat killer. who
can also find and remove them
after death: permanent employ
ment: apply Elliott Woods. ar
chitect of the U. S. Capitol.
The Washington times., 1922-05-01

which were collected into strata.
or layer, by the agency OF water.
and deposited in vast sheets which
often accumulated until they be-
came thousands Of feet thick. Sue
cessive qualifications OF these "sed-
imentary" rocks laid down on the
bottoms Of former seas. constitute
the stone book" of the geologic
ages. Naturally, they are every.
where underlain by Archean rocks,
except in places where later up
heavals have brough the deep lying
rock TO the surface and spread II
over the higher layers.
In the true Archean rocks no re-
mains OF life are found. The low
est stratum of sedimentary rocks In
which unmlstRkable fossils Of
plants and animals appear Is the
Cambrian. But the life forms of
the Cambrian were so numerous
and we'll developed that II is evil
dent that there must have been an
earlier stage OF long duration, in
which life existed, but most OF the
remains of this primitive life were
destroyed by the transformations
that occurred on the line between
the Archean and the Cambrian.
C8mbrian fossils include algae,
seaweeds and similar plants OF sim
pie organization, and among ami
mails, Jellyfish. mollusks, trilobites.
sponges, corals.
Next after the Cambrian comes
the Ordovician, and then the Silu.
rian. In these two periods the anil
mails and plants before mentioned
continued, the animal forms espe-
The Washington times., 1922-05-01
By GARRETT
p. SERVISS

tic seaboard, resulting In the birth
OF the Appalachian mountain chain'
and the broad upheaval OF the sur
rounding lands. In this period the
reptiles began to grow numerous,
having started their family tree
in the Carbonifenous.
Seventh and eighth are the Trias-
sic and Jurassic periods, dur
ing which the reptiles attained so
great a degree OF development that
this time is often spoken Of as "the
Age Of Reptiles" There was q
general advance in the evolution
OF living forms, both plant and
animal. Primitive mammals ap-
peared in the Triassic. The earliest
known bird, the "archeopterix," "
which was OF reptilian descent.
appeared in the Jurassic
. Next came the CretaceouP pc.
Rod, which gets its narNe from the
enormous chalk beds formed In
that time in France and England.
In the Jurassic and Cretaceous the
reptiles called dinosaurs reached
their elimination.
Tenth is the Tertiary period.
with its four divisions. Eocene,
Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene.
During this period the horse devel-
oped in North America, from n lit.
tie animal as big as a large cat in
the early Eocene, to nearly the
modern horse type IN the PHoCene.
Last comes the Ouarternary pc,
Rod, which opened with the glacial
invasions, and the dawn Of man.
and continues today with civilized
man at the top OF the ladder.
The Washington times., 1922-05-01
GeolOgy's Story in a Nutshell

cially showing great development
in special as well as in numbers.
Now, for the first time, the verte-
hrate, or back -boned, form APP
peared in the shape OF primitive
fish. Notable among the OrdoW-
clan animals were huge cephalo-
pods.
The fourth period Is the Devo-
nian famous for the first decided
development of the back-boned
type of animals, chiefly in the
form Of fishes. The 'ganoid"
c'hright shining" or "enameIed'D
fishes OF the Devonian period were
types. They were the aristocrats
has practically disappeared from
the earth.
Fifth, stands the Carboniferous
period, famous for the coal-making
plants, N this age the shark tribe
took the lead among the fishes. at
least in numbers, and equipment
for offense and defense. Then. too,
for the first time, amphibians, ami
mails capable Of living in either air
or water, began to abound There
had been few IN the preceding
Devonian period. Thus the verte-
hrate STRIPS tour own linel first
got it's head above water.
The sixth period is the Permian,
a kind Of transition age, which
was like the calm introducing a
tempest, nthis side Of the Allan.
tic at least. since II erded in the
Appalachian Revolution" by
which biologists mean that a grand
upheaval occurred along the Allan.