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The Washington times., 1923-12-17
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* A S STRONG as Gibraltar"

X A S STRONG as Gibraltar"
~ has become an express
sion of the superlative
OF strength. The wonderful fort
ress at the southern tip of Spain
has long been the pride of Eng.
land. 1t was torn from the grip
of Spain more than 200 years
ago, and thousands Of lives were
sacrificed by Britain and Spain
before SPANS consent TO it's per-
manent occupation by England
was secured.
The rock itself is a mountain
twice as high as the Woolworth
building in New York. 1t is q
mass of limestone, and contains
numerous natural caves and pas
sages. The English blasted out
innumerable galleries and cut
portfolios for guns, so that 1t was
possible to mount hundreds Of
cannon.
lish and Dutch force in the war
of the Spanish Succession in t7O4,
which force was supposed to be
operating in the interests Of one
Of the claimants, the English
raised the flag Of their own
Queen and refused to let go.
Gibraltar gave England COM
maud Of the Mediterranean. No
hostile fleet could sail from the
Atlantic ocean through the Pill
lars of Hercules, as the ancients
called Gibraltar. and the crag on
the opposite African shore.
The town itself offers little to
interest, and the harbor, splendid
as 1t is, aside from its value as a
coaling port, carries on compare
lively little commerce. Most OF
the big passenger liners bent on a
Mediterranean cruise stop at
Gibraltar, so that their passengers
can explore the rock.
Though Gibraltar contains some
of the finest long range guns i'll
the world, and though the British
still maintain strong garrison.
the former strategic importance of
Gibraltar is gone forever.
The soldiers of the future will
sweep over 1t in aeroplanss, safe
from its guns in their rocky
homes. while the battleships OF
the future will sink beneath the
waters and enter the Mediter-
ranean from the depths, as fleets
OF German submarines did during
the world war.
copyright. 1928. by Newspaper
Feature Service. lnC.) -
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
DR.. FRANK, CRANES.
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.
The Call to Var.
War is now on.

YHy he treat wa Is now On
>~ The human race is in a constant condition OF
war. War is the law of life. Life itself means
continual victory over obstacles The struggle never
ceases till death.
But theunending war the war in which every one Of
is drafted, is the War Against Disease.
and Germans ~ EroI;sL nd Irish ~ anv ona natior
or tribe against another entirely unnecessary, not
at all based upon human nature and wholly due to
the stupidity OF those who make and manage states
we could get brains enough and heart enough into
statesmen, there would be necessity for wars
OF course every at last must die for that the
law of all life. It must pass But the object Of the
is to enable many human beings possible to
live out their normal span. One Of the greatest
enemies of the human race is tuberculosis There is
why tuberculosis should >notsbe prevented
all over the world, just science and Organization
have SO largely reduced the ravages of typhoid yellow
fever and smallpox
example of the kind of organization needed.
This Association, for example, operates in the fol-
lowing ways:
l. It maintains an Information Service where advice
is given concerning prevention and treatment of uher
culoss
q It has Model Workshop where men conva-
escng from tuberculosis trained and returned to
active Industrial life.
g. It protects children by of Nutrition Glasses
Health Centers, Open Air Camps, and the like.
A. It provides Health Instruction for industrial
S. It provides Health Exhibit for giving lectures
distributing literature, and
g. It has Hospital Service
q It has Poster and Tract Service for quickly and
effectively reaching factory workers with health
lessons.
g. Also Placement Service for securing positions
for those who have been thrown out of employment by
tuberculosis.
How serious this work is may be seen by the de-
pendabe estimate that there will be around $500
deaths from tuberculosis in New York city this year
and that at this moment fully 900 people having
tuberculosis registered in the city.
This Association provides Christmas Seals to be put
letters for the period between Thanksgiving and
Christmas All who can should purchase these seals
and thus do their part in the Great War.
Buy as many Christmas Seals as you can, and use
them all your correspondence.
" syndicae1
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
GARRETT P. SERVISS RAPS
ABSTRACT MATHEMATICS p
By Garrett p. Serviss.
Metaphysicians Who Try to Rob Figures
Block Progress Of Science.


r INSTEAD of the claim to liberty
of prophesying'' which John
II Milton defended for the writer's
of his day, we have in our time the
claim Of the mathematicians to
liberty "postulating." Let the
mathematician make any post
ulate, namely, any fundamental as
sumption for a starter that suits
he goes through the lo0king-glass"
mathematician.
him with the dicta of common
sense, for he doesn't recognize
them as applicable to his proceed
ings. You mustn't say to him:
THAT won't do; you are assum-
ing what isn't true, or can't be
verified" for he will smilingly re-
ply: That's of no consequence;
I've nothing to do with facts"
To show that this is so read
the following words of Bertrand
Russell, quoted by Prof. Eddington
In his book on the Einstein theory:
pure mathematics consists en-.
tirely of such aSSeverationS as
ton is true Of anything, then such
that thing.
1T is essential not to discuss
whether the first proposition is
really true. and not to mention
what the anything is of which it
is supposed to be true. Thus
mathematics may be defined as
the subject in which we never
know what we are talking about.
nor whether what we are saying
is true"
To another mathematician is at
tributed the affirmation: ut is
literally true that l do not wan:
to know the significance of the
variables X, v, z, t, that / am dis
cussing."
Now, this way of putting things
seems to be chosen merely to
shock the mind Of the non-math.
ematical reader.
Yet. while the mathematician
thus asserts his absolute freedom
from the restraint of facts and
material limitations, he stoutly
denies that he is dealing in meta
physics. But If he isn't he some.
times runs so close to the clouds
Of the metaphysicians that people
outside his circle can hardly be
blamed for thinking that he really
must be involved in them. Take,
for instance, some of the specu.
lations that have been hung upon
the Einstein theory.
Thus. Prof. e. p. Lewis, dealing
with the subject of the contribu-
tons of astronomy to civilization"
remarks:
ION the basis of the general
theory Of relatively it seems pos.
sible that astronomical observa.
tons may reveal to US a universe
which Is finite and yet un.
bounded. a self.contained universe
keeping intact its store of matter
and of radiant energy, with no
infinite ocean of empty space
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
A DISCUSSION
OF TRANSIT
PROBLEM

Editor The Washington Times:
" HE writer has been ponder
ing for the. last six months
of her return to this lovely
city over the point Of view OF
the majority OF business men and
women who travel over the street
ear lines and their attitude toward
:heir fellow passengers and the
very complex problem of trans
portation. Instead of co-operat-
ing TO make the daily routine OF
working life endurable they de-
termined to make it even more
harassing.A
1t is noticeable that passengers
take a firm stand in whatever
part of the car they may select
and they defy anyone to move
them. The writer heard a man
say he wouldn't move and make
room for anyone else because ne
had q right to stand wherever
nc pleased. This Is wonderfully
independent and perfectly Ameri-
can attitude, The one which caused
no many to perish in a ship at
sea though warned that the ship
would be sunk, hut 1t is hardly
business-like or reasonable, con-
sidsring that VIC all pay our
fares, must be transported to our
various duties, and have a right
to get on a car-when we are for
tunate enough to do so-and have
a right at least to stand, so that
it should appeal to these stub
born persons that they should
move along and give the fellow
coming behind a chance for his
money.
The cars are half empty lin
the aiSles) in front, while there
is a crowd at the entrance that
defies and resents an attempt to
push on to the empty space in
front. or course, 1t is under
stood that an automobile is pref
cradle to a crowded car, but when
we are in a public conveyance we
should bend tn the public need
and move along to make way for
the crowd behind us. No doubt
il is maddening to pay a high
tariff to ride on a platform or
to stand in an aisle, after one has
waited fifteen or twenty minutes
for a car, or has parked on Il
curbstone and watched the cars
go by with "Car Full signs dis.
played while the front part Of the
car is void so far as the aisle is
concerned, bu: we should keep
our tempers and keep moving for
ward to the space in front.
This morning ] noticed several
empty seats while the aisle was
full of standees. Would thew
make room by taking these seats?
No: they stood their ground and
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

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the possibilities Are @ApAAAe
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teacher.
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ten laws that = AsaA has - pay
the penalty for the SAsAAssoA> he<
for the results Of Ass AeskeAs>
II may happen that . AAAM may
think rightly yet cannot express
elegantly what he tAlaks> Eut
that anyone should eeaAalt his
Thoughts To writing who can
neither Arrange nor explain them
nor amuSe> the reader il the part
OF a man which NnrNAsonAhly
amuses both his leisure and his
learning,
What il betee than 60 live In
the contentment arising out 0e
freedom and the recollection az
duty we'll performed, careless OF
the things az this earthg
The whole countenanoe 10 n
certain silent language Of the
mind.
Feature Service, tno.l
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
We're In-Half WAY
And Why, for Goodness Sake.

Deeds considerably important than words, as
Theodore Roosevelt told and the really important thing
the official deed that finds the United States with
at least one big toe dipped into the European mudde
We going into the PREPARATIONS nquiry-as though
business how much still be stripped from what
is left Of the German national skeleton
is bad enough for this country mslead
into believing that they would be fairly treated
nation after unconditional We share
in squeezing out the last drop of blood the last gold
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
Big Cotton Crop

MEXICO CITY The Mexican
lVl cotton crop for 1923 is .esti-
mated at $4,000 bales. the major.
ity of which comes from the La.
guna district, in the State OF Chi
huahau and lower California
Government statistics place con.
sumption of raw cotton by nativp
mills at 100000 kilos for The
last six months; while production
of cotton cloth by the 1l2 mills
in operation in that period In
placed at 153.490 900 mot0ra. val
ued at $50, 100. 900.
The Washington times., 1923-12-17

" HE name of Charlotte s.
Cushman is written in re-
- splendent letters in the an
mails of the American stage.
The girl who was born In Bos-
ton and fought toward her career
through prejudice and bitter fam
lily opposition is revered as peer
less in the personification of char
acters displaying the passions in
their greatest intensity and power.
Yet records fail to remember
that her marvellous success was
built upon failure.
Charlotte was the eldest of five
children in a family which, main
tanning an old-time rigidly Presby-
terrain viewpoint, regarded the
stage as but little removed from
perdition.
From her mother, who was a
singer, she inherited taste for
music, but lack Of family means
prevented her studying music un-
der the best masters.
However, during the childhood
hours she spent in reading and
such recreation as kept her apart
from other children she formed
the resolution to appear in opera.
And despite the active family OPP
position she managed to obtain
training for her really exquisite
voice that enabled her to realize
her ambition when she was but
nineteen.
At that age she made her debut
The Washington times., 1923-12-17

In Berlin the motion picture houses flash upon the
the picture of murderer together with picture warran
which authorizes anybody in the audience him
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
SAP AND SALT
Bert MOsea-

Possibly AN amendment pro.
hibiting the planting of wheat
would put the price up where
farmers want it.
Man is the most wonderful work
of God. At least, that is what
Man says.
No fault is perhaps greater
than overlooking your own.
Nature sends her transgressors
to the hospital; man sends his to
Jail.
The Washington times., 1923-12-17

The windms Of forefathers out of temporary
eclipse. In Germany they used to mine invisible coal
the of the aand into electricity their
machinery Windmills neither strike profiteer.
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
WOuld=Be Movie Actors
Watch These Sharks!

mill for grinding out movie actors actresses in
Chicago has been stopped by the police Young girls men
and women Of all old and gray persuaded
to pay 500 for quick Transformation into stars
It may save for many trouble expense bitter dis
appointment to them that they be moving
picture actors only in moving picture institution where
actual pictures and actors made. rascas are
robbing the ignorant in the Of moving picture art
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
Exit Jack Frost

MOUNDSVILLE, w. Va.-This
AVA city is going 10 be cool for
three months at least. Jack
Frost has been sentenced to serve
three months in Jail and to pay
n 500 fine for illegally possessing
moonshinO.
The Washington times., 1923-12-17

defiantly resented anyone else
taking them. Yesterday morning
car was crippled and we were
given transfers tc another line.
This second car met another
blockade a block ahead and the
writer left the car and returned
to the first blockade. The crippled
car had by this time moved on
and the writer paid another token
to get to her work.
Now, believe that when a per-
son is forced tc leave a crippled
car or a blockade forces one to
walk, this person should be hand
ed back the token.
Another matter is the way in
which the automobiles break the
traffic rules and prevent persons
getting their street cars by
crowding platforms and passing
cars while they are receiving pas.
sengers so that those who are on
the curb cannot cross this line
Of automobiles.
AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER
OF WASHINGTON, D. c.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17
TELEGRAPHIC
Washington Feb. 17

Washington Feb. IT
 Secretary Weeks annou need today that the Senate and the House committes on military affairs would make a trip of in spection adout the first of April
 They will visit every military establishment on the coast of the US. and Alaska. The inspectors Will be accompanied by Weeks.
 The party is to use the trans port St. Miheil and intend to start from New York and will reach the Western coast via the Pana- ma Canal.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

During the first of this week a snowfall of between two and three feet covered the Northwe stern states.
 There is much apprehension of floods at present as the wea- ther has turned very warm.
 Transportation has been en- tirely pyralized for several days.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17
Local News

Lou Anderton, who has been in the city during the past seve ral months left Monday for Ken nicott on Mondays train. H. is one of the partners ina contract that has been let at the Erie mine. The contract calls for a tunnel connecting the Erie with the Jumbo mine. according to in formation received here.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Five freight steamers (no na mes given) were lost on the Ore gon, Washing ton and British Go lumbia coast during the past few days.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Owing to the fact that some of our news matter did not arri ve in time to be put into this is sue of the paper we wish to ann ounce that we will post a bulle- tin around town Sunday. .f
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17
Paris Feb 17

Paris Feb 17
 Miners turnout France went on strike today. The action arises from allged breaches of contract.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17
CHITINA NEWS

Louis Bergouze who formerly donducted the Savoy restaurant hes opened a new establishment across the street from his old stand. He also has meat market in connection with his present business.
 The Chitina Cash Store has recently opened a strictly mod, ern meat market They have a first class cold storage plant in connection.
 Mrs. ChaS. Simmons made a trip to town recently to purch- ace the seasons supplies for the Kenny Lake Road House twenty seven miles out the Fairbanks trail. Mrs. Simmons and her husband. formerly of the US Signal Corps have operated the Kenny Lake roadhouse for the past two years and state that both summer and winter trade is very good. Continued on page 2 col 4
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Col. J.O. Steese president of the A. R. c. was today appoint ed chairman and chief engineer of the Alaskan Engineering Com mission in place of Col Fredrick Meals.
 The Col. is probaly the best man that could have been select ed to fill this post as he is acqu ainted with the North and is com potent to choose the location for the feeder lines.
 Col. John c. Gotwals has the post of vice chairman of the Ala ska Engineering Commission.
 Chas. Ress president of the Miners and Merchants Bank of Iditirod passed away in Seattle today.
 In case anyone thinks the zy- pher that visited us Wednesday wasn't destructive they are asked to drop over to the Golden. Jim Hussy has four broken windows on display.
 Lawrence Barrett broke trail to the Green Butte this week dnu CdIllO 1lOluC WlI1lC olAO WAAN was blowing. He reports a tough trip.
 Joh Lainen, who has been fire, ighting supplies as far as the glacier has finished his contract and reports entire success.
 Raul Latham and wife arrived in town Friday from Nizina,
 Mrs. Latham has practically re covered from a severe burn she sustained recently.
 Everyone is report ed we'll on the creek.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Bob Johnson. who is employ ed as summer foreman and win fer manager for the Dan Creek Mining Go, returned from Val dez during the past week Mr. Johnston reports that every thing at Dan Creek is ile.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

John E. Barrett returned to the city from Valdez this week.
 He reports everything lively in that port
 Bill Berry recently arrived in town from Chisane and is ma king his headquarters at the Col den.
 Everyone whois the owner of a dog sled that is in the need of repairs is taking them to Bill. He is also constructing a couple of these vehicles. / Wm. Smith was visitor in the city during the past week. MT. Smith is an employee of the Ken necout Corporation.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Mir, Roaovan of Dan Creek returned from Valdez the first part of the week and has return ed to his home. Mir. Radovan is very optimistic about the district and predicts d good deal of ac vity duriug the forthcoming sea son.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Oscar Anderson has accepted a position with the Kennecott Corporation.
 Sam Cook is spending a few days in town.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Lawrence Barrett broke trail to the Green Butte this week and came home while the wind was blowing. He reports a tough trip.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Victor Marshall who has been running the store during his ia ther's absence returned to Cor dova where he is attending the high school of that city, on Tue sday's train.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-02-17

Joh Lainen, who has been fire ighting supplies as far as the glacier has finished his contract and reports entire success.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
HYPNOTIzES MAN
 BY USE OF RADIO Experiment to Show Blood
 less Operatiens Are Possible

New York, July 14--An experiment designed to show that hypnotism can be practiced by radio and that the flow of blood in any part of the sub- iect's body can be arrested, making bloodless operation possible. was per- formed today before a group of news papermen in the office of ma gazine concerning itself with scientific sub jects. The witnesses left murmuring "ain't science wonderful?"
 Operating from radio station in the Ridgewood section of Brooklyn the hypnotist focused his powers on a youth seated before the newspa per- men.
 oveT the radio came the hypno- lists formula, ending:
 You are becoming rigiA-ouite rigid. You cannot resist. Go"
 No physician was present but . member of the magazine staff who said he had studied medicine waved a match in front of the subjects eyes insisting that he did not blink and therefore was under completely.
 The youth was restored to nor malcy and then put under again His body was stretched across two chairs and the medical student sat on his stomach to prove that he was rigid. The human seat held.
 Then the youth was put under for the third time.
 T command the blood to leave your arm and flow into your body" came the order from the air.
 The medical student then ap- preached the subject who was seated sideways on his chair, with the back of the chair under his armpit and his arm extended A needle was thrust into the flesh after 1t had been sponged with what the student said was an aitiseptic. No blood ap- peared.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
SELLS GUN TO AN ALIEN,
 HARTFORD, MERCHANT HELD
State Street Storekeeper First Vic- tim of New Law Passed This
 Year, Effective July

Hartford, July 14.--Isadore Golden owner, of store at 134 State street. was arrested this afternoon for al- legged violation of law passed by the 1928 legislature concerning the pos session, sale and use of pistols and re- volvers, and in Golden's case sale to an alien. The law became effective July l. This police action is the first in Hartford and probably in the state of Connecticut with the new law.
 It is charged that Golden sold revolver to Michael Pereslougoff. an alien who came to this country from Austria about year ago. The new law prohibits the sale of firearms to aliens. Golden also failed to posi- lively identify the purchaser as is re- auired by law and delivered the re- volyer to Pereslougoff immediately after the transaction in Goldens store. The law now provides that the weapon should be held by the person making the sale for A hours after the pur- chase. It is claimed that Golden also failed to observe other provisions In the new law. ....
 detective went to Pereslougoff's home Friday evening and took posses sion of the revolver,
 The state police association was ac- tive in causing this law to be passed
New Britain herald., 1923-07-14
FEDERAL MEN HAVE TO FIGHT OFF < GANGS AFTER TAKING OVER FLEET
 OF 200 MOTOR BOATS NEAR DETROIT
Little Craft Held On Technical Claim of Not Complying With Navigation Laws, But It Really is Drive Against Rum Runners-MOb Threatens to Use Dynamite

Detroit, July 14.-Federal prohibi- tion agents. assisted by representatives of the treasury department last night and early today seized 200 motorboats off Ecorse, Wyandotte and Trenton in the down river district. The opera tions were conducted in the face of an angry mob, who according to the of- ficers, attempted at one time to dyna- mite a small bridge giving egress to d boat well.
 The boats were seized on the ground that they did not comply with government requirements as to equip ments.
 Water front lanes in Ecorse, said to be favorite highways for rum run ners. were crowded with men who protested the authority of the cus- tom agents in tying up the boats. In several instances officers had to fight off gangs of men.