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The Washington times., 1923-08-08
TORTURES TAKE
PLACE OF
LASH
Georgia Legislator Charges
JaiIers Use Punishments
Worse Than Whipping.

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. S.-Charges
that the lash has been supplanted
by the most horrible of tortures"
in Georgia prison camps today
found hot arguments rife among
State legislators, many Of whom
demanded IAN immediate investiga-
ton" to ascertain true conditions.
The bomb was touched off last
night when State Representative
o. r. Bennett, appearing before
the constitutional amendments COM
mittee in support Of his bill favor
ing the lash for .unruly convicts,
declared Georgia prisoners were be-
ing suspended by their thumbs for
hours; fastened to trees with heavy
chains; placed in cruel torture
boxes; and subjected to other forms
Of inhuman punishment.
Although an adverse report was
returned on his bill, a move today
was set under way to determine the
grounds for Representative Ben
nett's charges. He declared that
the prisoners have become 'abso-
lutely uncomfortable" since whip
ping was outlawed, and that au-
The Washington times., 1923-08-08
LAST OF QUEENS ESTATE
TO HONOLULU MUSEUM

HONOLULU, Aug. S.-The Bishop
Museum here will be the sole bene:;
ficiary of the remaining estate OF
the late Queen Liliuokalani, consist
ing now in the main OF priceless
relics, crown jewels. crests. silver.
ware, decorations and insignia OF
ROYALTY, according to the trustees.
Queen Liliuokalani, last OF the
reirning monarchs of Hawaii, died In
1917. Most Of the persons to wnom
She made requests. including John
Ainoku Dominis and Joseph Aea'
her wards, and Prince Jonah kuhlo
Kalanianaole, have died and the ar
ticles bequeathed to them will De
turned over to the museum.
The estate was valued at approx
mately $50, 900, but many OF her pos
sessions, including Washington Place,
her residence, have been sold and
the proceeds placed in the Lilluo'
kalani trust. The income from this
trust goes toward the support OF
schools and hospitals. Washington
place is now the official residence
of the governor of the Territory. J
The Washington times., 1923-08-08
WILL FORGIVE BOBBED HAIR
IF WIFE WILL RETURN

NEW YORK, Aug. 8. - Lucy
Fanell1 wanted her hair bobbed.
Frank. husband to Lucy, didn't. So
the hair went.
But so did Lucy. That's where
the complications came. Having
ooobed the hair, and knowing Friend
epouse's sentiments regarding that
practice, Lucy decamped from the
fanelh bailiwick and hasn't been
back.
frank Is taking care of the five
cnlldren. His theory is that Lucy
IS staying away until the hair grows
again. He wants her to know that
II she Will come back he won't care
IL she has her hair bobbed or shaved
off or what not.
The Washington times., 1923-08-08

sort for a drink of good liquor
from 1S48 until the birth of the
Eighteenth observation-disclosures rele-
gated to a nook with other relics.
Eddie Moriarty,. known to Yale
men for the last twenty-five years.
had served only soft drinks over
the table since prohibition came in
but he "scrapped the bar to show
good faith and obedience to orders.
The Washington times., 1923-08-08
WITH READING
PALMS WITHOUT LICENSE

Ruby Johns, nineteen. arrested
last night on a charge OF reading
palms without license when police
or the. Sixth precinct raided her
mothers home 1913 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, for conducting an
alleged disorderly house forfeited $25
today in police court.
me girl, police charged, had been
reaolng the palms of persons in the
mouse. Mrs. Johns is out on $500
The Washington times., 1923-08-08
FURNITURE is tb

EGYPTIAN FURNITURE is the
- earliest of which we have
record, and although there are but
very few original pieces of furniture
Of the early ages in existence,
through the carvings with which the
Egyptians were wont to adorn their
tombs we have a more complete
record of the work Of this country
than many of the later nations.
The principal woods used by the early
Egyptians were the sycamore, cedar, and
some varieties of palm. Carving and in
laying were used, but painting seemed the
predominating method of decoration, the
motives being the lily, lotus flower, date
palm, and the reed.
The Washington times., 1923-08-08
BODY OF J. L. CUSTER
RECOVERED FROM POTOMAC

Harbor police today recovered the
Oooy OF Joseph L. Custer, thirty,
salesman for the Emerson q
Orme Automobile Company, who
vas crowned near Fort Foote, Md
northwest.
The police had been dragging for
the body nearly two DAYS.
The Washington times., 1923-08-08
Assyrian Throne, from .
Monument,

The Jews, Babylonians and Assyrians,
who were the next in order, did not develop
any distinct furniture style, and have left
to posterity but few specimens that can be
attributed to them.
The Greeks, whose work in classic art
had such an exquisite sense of beauty,
greatly Influenced succeeding styles.
Roman art was Influenced by them, but
the Romans added to it and developed GER
tain characteristics of their own. The
works of the Greeks and Romans form
what is known as the classic in furniture
and architecture.
The Byzantine's style after the Romans.
Then the Mosem power arose, and with it came
the Islam style of ornament, which was confined
chiefly to floral and geometrical motives. The
Moslem religion prohibited the use of humans or
animals on furniture and architectural designs.
They also developed peculiar style of pointed
arch Meanwhile, classic art had begun to decay,
and style arose called the "Gothic." It spread
over Europe, and was supreme for several CEN,
turies During the time that classic art was at
low ebb new movement began to be felt, and
to this great revival the name Of Renaissance
had been given It started in Italy the latter part
of the fifteenth century and spread over Europe,
continuing about one hundred years. At this
time wonderful progress had been made in archi-
lecture and furniture designing Under the reign
of different monarchs various types were gradr-
ally developed until they were recognized as
period styles. These styles were usually given
the name of the sovereign under whose reign
they were developed. In some cases where the
characteristics Of the designer were so marked
and so forceful they were named after the crafts
man, as in the case of Sheraton, Chippendale, and
Others -;
Illustrations Courtesy
Periodical Publishing Co. !
The Washington times., 1923-08-08
YALE'S HISTORIC OAKEN
BUCKET Is NO MORE

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, Aug. s.
Saloon bars in New Haven are in
the junk heap today by official
order. The old oaken bucket, with
its cocoanut-shell 1adle, and the
copper-topped table on which they
rested at Tuttle's place Yale re-
The Washington times., 1923-08-08

thorities endeavoring to follow the
law were compelled to suffer count
less indignities because Of no
means of punishment.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
HARD ON NERVES
Squeaky Shoes One OF Mankind's
Greatest Affections.
Only Way to Be "Dezd Safe" II
Would Seem, Is TO Wear Pair
Of Rubber Boots.

The only way to be certain that you
viii not some day find yourself walking
through some still and echOlng church
or hall In a pair of squeaky shoes is
never to go anywhere except in pair
of rubber boots. There Is no sure way
to cure a pair Of shoes Of sQueaking ex-
cept one-by giving them away to the
man who tends the furnace.
A shoemaker can take q pair OF
squeaky shoes apart and put them to-
gether again until he is blue in the
face, but If that squeak isn't ready to
60 ii won't go.
But you can give those shoes to the
furnace man and he can sit down and
put them on and rise and walk away
and make no more noise than II ne
were walking In his socks.
Sometimes squeaky shoes are cured
by other means than furnace men, but
not often, and the process In that case
is pretty wearing on the nerves, OBJ
serves a writer for the New York : IN.
A man once bought a pair Of SIS
shoes. He said that he would try high
priced shoes for once In his life and
see II they would last long enough to
be worth It. He put them on one Sun
day morning and went TO church, and
he was a little late and was forced to
walk to his seat through the compare
tive quiet Of the minister's opening
exhortation. And right az that point
those shoes began to let out noises that
were worse than a guinea hen going
somewhere in a hurry, and the minister
might as well have been talking on his
hands for all the congregation could
hear Of what he had to say.
Next day that man returned his
shoes to the place he bought them and
told the shopkeeper what he thought
about them, which was interesting.
The shopkeeper sent them TO the fac
tory and had them fixed. Next Sunday
the man again wore them to church,
and again they were still as death up
to the exact moment Of his entering the
church, when they took In couple 81
deep breaths, as you might say and be
gan t. yell Ike human beings In. dis
tess This time the choir was singing
the opening hymn, and those squawk-
! ing shoes halfway drowned the singers
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16

he were adopting a child from work
house he would unhesltatingly choose
a girl, because he pins HIS faith to the
good old sugar-and-spice formula. But
II seems that everybody was not al
ways of the same opinion.
Boys were In greater demand before
the war, according to the guardians,
and then girls obtained first choice, but
their recent leap into popularity has
been unprecedented. out OF 800 appll-
cations from families In all walks Of
life only twenty were from persons
who wanted TO adopt boys.
Nevertheless the supply Of slugs and
snaIls and puppy dogs tails seems TO
be increasing, for the New York Nurs-
cry and Chlld's hospital reports that
boys outnumberd girls In the ratio of
eleven to ten in the hospital births dur
ing the year-an unusually high ratio.
suggesting fulfillment Of the old ira.
dition that after the slaughter Of war
Dame Nature redresses the balance by
causing more boys to be born.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
Indo.chIna.

Both Chinese and Malays In Indo-
China had reached high stage of civ
lllzation before the arrival of the
French and have preserved language,
literature and religion almost exactly
as they existed before KhaI Dlnk, EN-
peror of AMMAN, astonished Europe by
his education when he came to visit
France last summer.
Commerce fiourishes In Indo- China.
Cotton and rice are exported In large
quantities to China and Japan. Rail
ways exist on an extensive scale. Sal
gon In Cochln-Chlna has become one Of
the big ports of the French empire.
boasting OF docks. wharves, European
buildings and frst-class hotels. Lord
Northeliffe, when he visited the city
shortly before his death, was loud In
his praise of the French admInistra-
tiOn.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
British Electric Ships.

Three vessels Of very unusual
character are shortly to be built in
British ship-buiIding yard. Each will
be about 1000 tons and especially de
signed for the fruit-carrylng trade.
They will be fitted with oil engines OF
a special type designed In this par
ticular yard and recently tested under
ocean going conditions with most sat
Isfactory results. These engines will
drive electric generators which will
supply current to electric motors
placed on short propeller shafts at the
stern of the vessel This arrangement
will give greatly Increased space for
cargo and Is expected TO result in
considerable saving in fuel consump-
ton besides giving great flexibllity Of
control.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
ALL WANT GIRLS
lust Now They Seem to Be in
Particular Favor.
Adoption Reports Show That the
"Suqar and Spice" Idea Of Nurs-
cry Days Still Prevails.

Hardly any argument is needed to
support the statement that girls are
greatly superior to boys. Every red.
blooded man carries the knowledge IN
his bones Poets OF all ages have ac-
claimed it. The folklore of the nursery
wells 1t In eloquent symbolism;
Sugar and spice
And all things nice
That's what little girls are made Of
It's only once In great while,
thank goodness, that some crouch like
Schopenhauer comes along and takes
a dislike to girls-probably because
the ones he knew handed him the mitt
and tries to turn folklore upside
down by swearing that girls are not
made OF sugar and spice at all. but Of
those horrld ingredients that folklore
says little boys are made of-"sugs
and snails and puppy dogs tails"
But nobody would believe such an
ungallant old curmudgeon and 1t is
gratifying to observe that girls are In
just as hlsh favor with the sterner sex
as they were before Schopenhauer
pulled any OF that misogynistical stun,
observes writer.
Indeed. there are signs that girls
were better liked last year than ever
before. The writer of these lines, who
is on the shady side of flf-well, forty,
with the light behind him, and who
has been giving earnest study TO girls
all his life, is convinced that this sea
sons crop of girls beats all previous
crops In form, colorlng, style, action,
lovableness and general bedeyilment.
Moreover, he IL prepared to make an
affidavit before notary that since he
first became a competent judge Of girls
say thirty-nine years ago-they've
been every day In every way getting
better and better and better
And the fact is generally recognized.
A little observation will convince the
impartial observer that girls are being
followed much more than boys this
winter. And the London board Of
guardians reports, according to ca
BILE, that workhouse girls ares being
adopted into families at much higher
rate than workhouse boys
1t was this fact that geally suggest
ed the present article, but the writer
rambled away from his text, led astray
nv the fascinntons OF bis theme If
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16

erty that increased his AFFINITY 10 pro.
duce food-that added to his economic
power
But trouble began. The other mon.
keys grabbed the kernels and ate
them up as fast as he knocked them
out Of their shells. THEY WERE
SOCIALISTS. There were other
stones and they could have cracked
their own walnuts, but they believed
in dividing up share and share alike
what the Capitalist produced. The
Capitalist monkey got so mad that
be did the same thing to their heads
AS he did to the nuts. He cracked
them. The zoo keepers had to put
the wise monkey In a cage by him
self to prevent useless slaughter.
Human society handles a situation
like this better. There are those who
don't want to work-there are those
who have not the capacity to organ
lie enterprise-there are those who
want more than the share they earn
there are those also who want an
equal division OF wealth, and now
and then there is a rumpus about IT.
an outlaw strike or evolution or some
thing. But as general thing, the
present social order fully protects the
farmer and the manufacturer and 9th.
err capitalists In their property rights
and enables them TO receive their
just pay for what they produce. 1t
also provides a reliable money sys.
tenn as a medium by which fair ex
changes Of different products and
services can be made, and later on
will tell you a story about that.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
Heating by Suggestion.

Don't worry about coal prices
Heat your house for nothing by the
Sing Sing method This prison decid-
ed TO conserve coal by shutting of
the heat in daytime. A mighty howl
went up from the inmates
Too cold to work. they com
planned.
one OF the prison engineers didn't
agree. Instead of firing up, he sat
down and began pounding with ham
mer and ChIsel on the steampipes.
The noise. when II reached the con
victs, sounded like the knocking that
takes place in pipes when steam is
turned on.
"Thats better" they approved.
my, the heat feels goodr'
A few Of the more imaginative con-
yicts are reported to have begun pee
spring All this time. of course, the
temperature had not changed. and the
furnaces were cold.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16

out and threw uozen OF tnem ouI o.
key, and the leader had to stop the
singing and start all over again.
And in the midst of such excitement
as hadn't been seen In that church for
forty years the owner OF those shoes
squeaked halfway down to his pew,
turned around and squeaked back out
into the street again, and went to the
house OF the shoe salesman, and walked
In without knocking, but did his knock.
ing afterward when the salesman came
in from the kitchen to find out what
was the matter.
The indignant customer walked
across the ROOM He turned around
and walked back again Not a sound.
Those shoes never made a squeak.
They never made another squeak as
long as he wore them which was four.
teen months and half.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
How loads Hatch Young.

The Surinam is the name Of
thoroughly aquatic toad that lnhabits
South America east Of the Andes and
north of the Amazon, and which Is
rendered famous by its method Of re-
production The eggs are carried on
the back by the mother, and the
skin thickens and grows round the
eggs until each is enclosed In der
nal cell, which is finally covered by
a horny lid believed to be formed By
q secretion Of the skin or else to
represent the remains Of the gelatI-
nous capsule which at fret surrounded
the eggs. These, which may number
about 100. and measure five 70 seven
milimeters In diameter, develop entire
IL within these pouches, and the young
hop out In the perfect condition, with
out the yestige Of tail, which they
never acquire
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16


common belief are:
The view that high tariff assures
any real protection to American pro.
duction;
The theory that highly restricted
immigration Is of benefit to American
labor;
The impression that the Federal
Reserve Board was responsible for
the de1ation In commodity prices in
1920 and 1921;
The idea that the United States can
maintain an isolated position in world
affairs;
The notion that railroad stocks are
watered;
The Illusion that Wall Street die.
tates money or credit conditions;
The fancy that the interest of any
class or section can be permanently
furthered at the expense OF the gen
eral interest:
The phantasy that fiat currency can
add to the wealth of the nation;
The delusion that capitalism is re.
sponsible for economic and social Ills
These beliefs have been propagated
by catch phrases, not by proof. Some
OF them serve narrow, selfish inter
ests. Others give psychological dis
content something to blame for trou-
bles imaginary or rising from other
causes. None Of them help the solu.
ton of public problems. Until their
distorting influence is eradlcated
from public opinion they will confuse
the real issues and make for economic
unsettlement
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
Where the Saddle Came From.

The early Greeks and Romans rode
horses bareback. They regarded 1t is
humanity to ride in a saddle. In fact,
the modern saddle with pommel, crup-
per and stirrups was unknown to the
ancients. Nero gave out fancy cover
lngs to his cavalry and the bareback
riders of the German forests used to
laugh at them. Saddles with trees
came into use in the Fourth century;
stirrups three centuries later.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
Fewer Trucks In Italy.

Railway transportation In Italy was
so bad after the armistice that the use
of motortrucks increased rapidly. A
large number were sold from Italian
war stocks 10 private firms, ard the
manufacture OF new vehicles pructl-
cally stopped.
The railway situation has recently
30 improved that the use OF motor
trucks Is being discontinued, as the
result of the high cost Of gasoline and
the fact that railway transportation is
cheaper 1t Is estimated by large
tire manufacturer that the number Of
passenger cars In use at the present
time totals about 10000, while the
number OF trucks is less than 1900.
Advertise in the News.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
American Samoa.

American Samoa, composed OF the
islands of Tuituila. Annun, Olu and
Talu, is AGO miles from San Fran
cisco, 2,263 miles from Hawaii. 1880
miles from Auckland, and 4,20O miles
from Manila. The natives can all
read and write and are all Christians
Of different denominations They are
the highest type Of the Polyneslan
race, and are greatly on the Increase,
due 70 laws forbidding foreigners
buying their land.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
# MONKEY WHO
| TURNED CAPITALIST
Others Took to Socialism
and That Is How the
Fight Began.
gy JOHN oAKwoop

irst because people hear the term
in finance" so much, they get the
"a that the whole subject of finance
AVER their heads. AS a matter OF
Il II "a right on a level with their
q baskets. II has more to do
I'll every day grub than anything
Sd
rnance has been described as the
+ OF applying money to- practical
IA A man is a capitalist when he
seumulates enough money. either out
Ihls own savings or by borrowing
interest the savings OF others, to
Il a farm or build a factory, and
srlns manufacturing food or some
.hg else he can sell to others at
proat That's finance. II sounds
nple. But ! heard a story about
monkey the other day that made
even simpler
rar be It from me to make a mon
81 Of a capitalist-but this was a
n wise monk He lived in zoo
IA dozen various other kinds OF
lonkeys. Their food was usually
|rOwn in ready to eat and each took
4 share. But one day the keeper
new in some black walnuts, hard
i rocks. All the monkeys vainly
~ their teeth on them and they
ould have starved as far as the
lsults Of their labors went. But one
Ithsir number, who was Of more
Ikllgent species than the rest, did
ne thinking. Then he Accumulate
a couple Of rocks he found in the
be and cracked the nuts between
len. He started food factory. HE
lAS A CAPITALIST. He had prop
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16

ParnelI papers that must have been
laying in the room occupied by Irish
nati0nallsts for over thirty years have
lust been discovered. When the room
occupied by the Irish nationaIlsts in
the house Of commons for 50 many
years was handed over recently 70 the
national liberals, a quantity OF Mr.
Parnell's own papers were discovered
which had been lying there since the
days when their owner led the Irish
nationallsts. The papers have been
taken charge Of BY the clerk Of the
NO ks. 3fr Parnell died 81 years ago.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16

people is not 80
much their igno-
rance as the ire
mendous mum Der
Of things they
know that amt
So" has particu.
lar application to
popular "Infor.
nation" on hnan.
cial subjects to-
day. Among these
A
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
A FIt All Riubt

ibid your new dressmaker give you
a fitT
did shel They had TO call In two
doctors when I saw how / looked In
it."-Boston Transcript.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16
FINANCIAL THINGS
THAT "AIN'T So"
RY FRANcls 4. slssoN

Chairman, Public Relations Commits
sion, American Bankers Association
Josh Billings famous observation
that the trouble with the American
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-06-16

Stay on the right side while dry
ing autos Or bargains.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-07
DUNDEE STARTS
ON BOXING TOUR
Johnnie Plans Two Years of
Intensive Scrapping,

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK. Nov. John Dundee
is now going ont after the long-dis-
lance championship Of the world.
The featherweight champions pur-
suit of opponents during the next two
years viii take him to every part Of
the United States, not TO mention
Great Britain, France and Italy,
Jimmy Johnston admitted today.
Dundee plans to fight once a week
for tweuty-four months.
Furthermore, his transforming
schedule provides for him to do battle
in any one of three classes-teather-
weight, lightweight and welterweight.
His opening gun will be fred Nov.
ID at Frontenac, Kan, where he
tackles Jimmie Lanning. ten rounds
His other immediate dates are Pitts
burgh. Nov. 81; Philadelphia, Nov IS;
Dayton. Ohio Dec 6; st. Louis, Dec.
49, Milwaukee. Dec. 20; Grand Rapids
Dec. %. and Portland, Ore. Jan. g.
Most Of his opponents ere unknowns
After finishing up in this country
Johnnie Will leave for foreign parts
and more worlds to conquer--if all
goes we'll