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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18
boy JOURNALIST
. STUDIES DRUG
TRAFFIC
Worlds Youngest Reporter In
, tervieWs Rainey, Leader
In Narcotic Fight.
BY HORACE "A. WADE,
WORLDS Youngest Reporter.

Worlds Youngest Reporter.
Copyright. 1929, by Evening America
Publishing Company and Cosmo-
u. politan News ServicO.)
CHICAGO. Jan. 1S.-Hsve I MOI
seen them sprawled on the grassy
plots in Por .smouth square, San
francisco, ragged and unkempe
with the ghasly pallor Of death on
sunken faces and the leanness OF
the grave in wasted bodies?
"Only a hop head" some one said,
pointing to q mere YOUTH sleeping
off the fantastic fumes OF the
Vividly / recalled this sad picture
OF human misery as wended my
way to interview Congressman John
w. Rainey, who IL giving gener-
ously Of his time, his energy and
ais splendid mind to fight this hor
sible creeping thing.
Blue Eyes, Firm.
In his blue eyes ] read his nrm
tesolve and his mouth, broadly cut,
howed strength.
"What about dope-or narcotics7''
queried.
He lit a cigar before answering
nd as the smoke spiraled upward
ne said terseIy:
Horace. / am interested In the
light on narcotics because II has
become the curse Of our nation.
This evil is worse than war. War
kills the body-dope murders body
and soul. I think dope peddlers
should be given life terms In the
penitentiary- or else deported. They
are veritabla harpies. plying on the
very yitals Of our country, and
he brought his fist down with q
bang.
"How does dope effect the peo.
ple?"
Saps vitality.
eft says the vitality, destroys the
win power. It chokes the insane
asylums and fills the jails and peni.
tentiaries. 1t is the cradle Of crime.
Dope fiends are liars and every
thread Of their moral fiber Is snap
ped.
IT think every fraternal organiza-
ion In America should follow the
trail that is being blazed by the
EllSs, Masons and. Moose and fight
It with the knowledge, that they are
lighting for the homes Of America,
or our very salvation"
TELL me what you think OF 9
creature who would peddle dOpeg
eft is the most damnable occupa.
lion anything in the form Of man
can pursue. 1t is driving more
people to hell than any other
agency" and he spilled q bunch
IT ''scorchers" that cracked like
flaming hickory hogs.
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BIZ FAY kINGi ].

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"Ain't she EXOTIC3'' / heard
'em. say a. they lamped . tall
dame Ambling I'm under tho
I weight Of . pearl necklace, .
sOrta hall crown dome piece and
. coupIa dangling earrings.
She seemed to be walking
steady, and / couldn't get the ex-
otto stuff, cause / thought it had
something to do with bootleg
ging!
l looked exotic" up In the die
ttOnary when ] got home to find
out what was the matter with the
dame and 1t means foreign: NOT
native; imported from foreign
country"
Now, e happens that the dame
they said. was exotic Amt ever
been farther away from this town
than . nickel win take you, 50 I
got thinking there must be some
catch IN Il.
After scouting around q little
found out Tlhat Il 10 now the
style to be exotic, which means
III dOIIed up Ike anything you
amt.
Cultivate Manner.
No matter how happy yOu are.
or how much yOu feel like
1aughIn' OUT the idea ID to look
Ike yOu had lost everything bat
the crown Jewels and you must
be wearing them.
frnH4srg~Ae. :. $500. 90 ea...
people that don't know you
think chat yOu are tho last Of
the ROmanOffS.
III your grammar amt very
good you're In luck: then all you
have 10 do Is cultivate an accent.
Il don't have to be an accent
that anybody win recognize, be-
cause the stranger you sound the
more exotic you win be.
M yOu can't cultivate m, &C.
cent; tl1Dn just keep stiIE and
sigh every once in awhile with D
faraway Outta focus look q your
eye, and yOuu get by great.
lay OF the rouge but LAY on
Then smear ! Iot6 8 led on
your lips and paint . few sad
CAA0AAUW0 WASUGG yVuE 0yGO CE8WI
into . black sstin dress that fits
You like lacquer tine word d
not nquOr). 4 and stink / around
myStoriOusIy, with y sOrta
crushed queenlineSss and you'll
be o great hit I'm the circles that
speak Of "cOmplexes and re.
actions"
ORIGIN A MYSTERY.
/ don't know who started this
exotic innovation ~ maybe the
movies, maybe the current Tic.
ton, or sOnaething-but maybe
It's because psychO-analystS or
whatever You call 'em, have said
all expression Id rooted I'm repres-
sion, 50 the safets thing to do In
be utterly -expressiOnAess; and
therefore express fuIfillment and
content!
But anyway, It seems that this
shimmy dancer I know has Itar.
messed her shoulders, and has got
'em controlled now so they shrug
instead Of shake, she has ne.
strung her beaded SalOme dress
and breastplates into q refined
necklace and pearl bracelet and
instead Of singing 'The Last Bot.
tie Blues" she has learned to
give unintelIigible little grunts
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THIS INVALID CURED
BY SERVING. ON JURY

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. 49,
jury duty may have its drawbacks,
hut according to an invalid who
las just completed two weeks of
atty under Judge Webster Thayer,
il one OF the best remedies for
illness that can be prescribed.
The invalid first asked to be ex-
used on the ground that he was i'll.
udge Thayer asked him 70 give
he Jury treatment" trial. The
aan did as requested. roHoy I.ls
he dismissal of the jury Judge
hayer received the following letter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18
Father Of Fl, Celebrates at Is

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 18.--Joseph
I. Wells, the father Of twenty-one
children, celebrated his seventy.
sixth birthday anniversary In Belle
vile. Mr. Wells is pastor Of the
copal Church and q civil war vet
sran.. His ten surviving children at
ended the birthday celebration.
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cupid's Headquarters.

McARTHUR, Jan. 1S.-In Vim
on, the smallest county in the
State, ITO marriage licenses were
issued last year, Thirty-six of the
.esulting marriages were perform
ed by DR.. Charles B. Taylor, vet.
eran PRESBYTERIAN minister.
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SNOW sHovELER'S cRAMP
LAYS UP BOSTON WORKERS

BOSTON, Jan. Is. 49, Shoveler's
cramp has cost the city and street
railway company the services OF J25
he almost constant labors with the
recurring SHOWS of the last fortnight.
The aggregate cost in money to
city ard company for snow removed
was placed at $500 900.
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from the invalid:

from the invalid:
Dear judge can cheerfully
-ecommend your famous jury duty
cure to all persons suffering from
nervous pros ration. After taking
wo weeks OF Ii / have gained eight
pounds and feel like q new man."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18
80 Days for Shoe Theft.

Convicted on a charge of stealing
pair of shoes and Sc from George
Garter, colored. Albert Lee, also
negro. was given thirty days in
the workhouse by Judge Mcmahon
in Police Court yesterday. Carter
told Judge Mcmahon that he had
taken Lee off the street, and had
aided him until he was able to re-
ceive employment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18
NEILAN WILL
DIRECT ben
HUR'
film Planned to Be Largest
Ever Produced Charlie and
PoIa's Big Space"
BY GUY PRICE.
Copyright. 1898, by Cosmopolitan

news service.
Los ANGELES, Jan. Tiff
Charlie Chaplin and Pola Negri
go to the altar, which there -
much talk that they win. the event
win occupy more newspaper and
magazine space than any wedding
ever staged In the world. Already
the variously reported engagement
Of the stars have drawn several
miles Of clippings, II put end TO end.
and q hair-triggered statistician
has figured II that Charlie and POla
already have used up more white
print paper than Mary and Doug did
when, they got married, and they
haven't purchased the license yet
Jackie Coogan's father Is TO direct
him under the young stars new con.
tract. Wonder win the star get
temperamenta1 with his director2
Marshall Neilan has Deen selected
to direct ''Ben Hur." This win be
the worlds biggest production. It II
said.
John Considine. former vaudeville
king when the Sullivan and Con-
sidine circuit was in. vogue, has
settled down in Hollywood. He may
dabble in films. It ought to suit
him to the proverbial s'r He il
used to handling millions and film
money is the same as stage money.
Bill Hart Is writing e book Or
twofor the young-while getting
ready to star himself again In
Westerns.
An actor, Edward MartindeI, haa
invented q new face powder. It Il
said to be particularly adaptable
for screen use. Powder to use be
fore the camera and get successful
results has been q matter the COS
metic experts have been studying q
long time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18

If You have a severe cough w
or chest cold, soreness, throat M
tickle, hoarseness or difficult Nv
breathing, or if your child wakes IN
up at night with Group and you II
want quick help, try this reliable n
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ounces Of PineX. Pour this into q
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plain Rranulated sugar syrup. Or
use clarified molasses, honey, or
corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup,
if desired. This recipe makes q
pint of really remarkable cough
remedy. 1t tastes good, and in spite
OF its low cost, can be depended up
on to give quick and lasting relief.
You can feel this take hold OF q
cough instantly. It loOsens and
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. tickle, and soothes and heals the
irritated membranes of the throat
and bronchial tubes with such
cas- and promptness that it IL
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Pinex is a special and highly
concentrated compound of Norway
pine extract, and is probably
OuC UGSO AuO"u u1CnuD VG IA II
overcoming severe coughs,
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There are many worth" "a III
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mt accept anything
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18

Bill Hart is writing book or
twofor the young-wlile getting
ready to star himself again In
westerns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18

Marshall Neilan has been selected
to direct ben Hur." This win be
the worlds biggest production. It is
said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-18

Jackie .Coogan's father Is TO direct
him under the young stars new con-
tract. Wonder win the star get
temperamenta1 with his director2
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
Approves Land Clearing Idea

in addition to It's own lands. II would
bo far better for private interests to
own 100 acres OF cleared land ready
for cultivation, than to own 200 acres
Of stump land In the rough. The
cost to the state would be little II
any more than 1t costs II at present
to house and feed its convicts.
Furthermore, the convicts should
be credited with modest per diem
wage (Which would tend to instill into
them some elements of self respect as
well as TO secure their interests) and
the accumulation OF the wage when
their term expired could be applied
at their option as payment on ac-
count OF sufficient acreage to give
them q start In life provided they
were qualified TO 40 into farming. or
II could be paid them In cash so that
they would not start out on n new
life with nothing more than suit OF
clothes and mere pttnnce In money.
The state could do this, IL plan were
seriously worked out, without any
burden on tho tax payer and II would
30 a long way toward solving one OF
our most serious problems.
Why not pursue this further. or
are all our public mon either too busy
with their own affairs, or too indolont
to give II time and thought?
AS TO tho incidental" or conclud-
ing, paragraph to your editorial: The
acreage In question probably belongs
to the friend OF politician. Yours
very truly, THE RlNGMASTER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
Are We Nation of Liars

However, there have been many
wise ones among us who have been
cashing in on their knowledge that
we are not only liars. but dishonest.
II is only because he is sure that
the most OF US are as dishonest as
himself that the confidence man
prospers. And he generally thrives
on those OF whom we most expect
honesty.
a certain man built city Of $780,
600 out OF cash registers Dayton)
because he knew that Americans
couldn't be trusted. and everybody
who has bought one admits the fact.
And then we show~what good act
ors we are by affecting surprise
when someone speaks out in public
what we all admit to ourselves Is the
truth.
We have put so much emphasis on
success and the dollar that we have
led a great many TO believe that
honesty isn't particularly essential.
We are Disguised with failure.
even when the only alternative is
dishonesty. and now when dishon.
esty gets beyond control we begin
TO plead that honesty pays.
Again the dollar.
We don't say It's right; only that
1t pays. And SO / judge that If l
find 1t doesn't pay in my case i am
ut liberty to use my own best judg.
ment And. OF course, II / have Pc
culiar ideas OF freedom OF conscience
can write my own definition OF
honesty. and as everyone recognizes
my right TO interpret Thou shalt
not steal" except the policeman. all
| need is little money and a good
lawyer.
And so we elect legislators to mako
laws and protect ourselves with
referendum and recall because we
can't trust them.
But the fault is ours because we
do not want honesty nor Justice. but
privilege. We never ask. Is q candL
date honest. but can we use him.
We only yelp for justice when, the
other fellow gets the privilege. and
so we are fast developing into a race
of crooks and watchmen.
Who win have time to do the work
In the future7
Whenever the most of us are will
ing to accept an even break. then
wen begin to get honest men. Until
then. why worry7 Very truly.
JOHN f. MOLEY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

CHICAGO. Feb, 17,--For the first
time In more than year l nm able
TO use my legs-thanks to the Won
derful gift OF Emile Coue.
was helpless invalid suffering
from paralysis, had read OF Couo's
intended visit to Chicago and decided
TO meet him to see II he could cure
me.
In French he told me to say at Is
passing away"--meaning the paraly-
sis in my legs.
recitod as he told mo and bc-
lievod that was going to be cured.
Then OF sudden something
seemed TO rush thru my brain and
travel with lightning speed into my
whole lower body.
II scomed Ike an electric shock.
"Wslkl" DR.. Coue commanded me.
And walk I did, II II too wonderful
TO he real
| cried on the stage before all
those present. was 80 thankful,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17
Where Nightie Will Be Useless

Editor The Star
Legislatures over the country this
winter are eogitatinR laws to ham.
per the growth and power OF Koo
Kooism. These laws range all the
way from the one making II n INSIDE
meanor for two or more citizens TO
attire themselves in white niRhties
TO those making II capital offenso
to attend a lynching bee in mask
That's all right. Let the legisla.
tive tinkers have n good time. they
will dc but little harm. and certain
~ no good; for there are laws enough
now against lawiessness: more laws
mean nothing. so long as, In certain
regions. the officers are lawlcss.
But there IL one little movement
that is going to put the hooks TO tho
Ku Klux right where II hurts. In
an unguarded moment some hooded
guys hanged member In good
standing in a union. That little con.
tretemps furnished the proof for or.
ganlzed labor that Koo Kooism was
fornlnst the little guy. and now the
rough and ready lhds OF tho militant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

fsultor inc star
Let mo comment on your splendid
suggestion contained in your editorial
of the 18th with reference to convict
labor and logged off land. Our pres
ent system OF handling the unfortun-
ate inmates OF our penal istitutions
Is bad for the state, bad for public
morals and destructive of whatever
character the so-callod criminals may
still possess.
Useful employment under humane
conditions would not only do much
TO encourage and rebuild the morals
OF the convicts but, as you suggest,
could be made profitable TO the state
and its people. The logged Off land
problem Is one OF the greatest, II not
tho most important, that confronts
Western Washington and indirectly
the entire state, and 1t applies not
alone to the puzzle lands. but with
equal persistence and force to tho
tremendous holdings OF private inter-
ests In this kind of real estate.
] would 30 further than you have
suggested and apply convict labor not
only to the state lands, but would
make II available on a cooperative
basis to the private logged Off land
owner 1t would he perfectly feast
BILE to have tho states convlcts clear
this land under contract with private
owners, the state TO receive deed In
fee simple 20 fixed percentage OF
the land II cleared which could bo
made available to settlers ana farm
ors of our state on eusy torma--thls
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

interest bills designed to cripple the Port.
One of these bills would take from the Port
its present unquestioned right to control the
harbor areas as the old leases to private COM
panies expire. Another would consolidate"
the Port of Seattle and the County of King-in
other words, submerge the present well-man-
aged Port in the badly-managed, eXtravagant,
politics-ridden county morass.
Another fight is raging over the future dis
position of some lands now held by the U. s.
shipping board A private company, backed by
the Chamber of Commerce, is lined up to fight
the Ports plans for development of the tract
One fact is certain This community will
never 90 back by consent of a majority of its
voters, to an al-private port arrangement; the
advantages that have come TO Seattle thru the
possession of its public terminals are too obvi-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

Editor The Star:
The Star asks are we liars. Mr..
Ilslghton's experience al Olympia
has at least convinced him that there
are n few loft among Us.
From tho tone OF Mr. Holbrook's
letter on the leighton episode /
would conclude that he is Of the
opinion that any new set OF men we
might elect would not be much OF an
Improvement Mr. Max Johnson
writes that tho rest OF the world re-
CARDS us as a race OF prevaricators.
even II we have just begun to sus-
pect II ourselves
Probably should have said we
have Just begun to admit II TO our
selves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

labor unions win do a little extermi.
mating on their own hook
To start with. the unions are rails.
ing $4,000 war fund. just as n
slight Indication OF their oarneatnesa
In this matter. but money Ia the
least important constituent Of this
fight A nlght.riding, secrct.fight.
ing, terror instilling band fears not
much OF anything except another big.
ger, more secret, less scrupulous
band, and a Itu Kluxer will require
considerably more than mask and
n nightie and coil OF rope IL he In
trailed by some hard boiled devotees
Of those unions that are known ms
fighting unions, and that have for 30
years battled with every trick and
device known to the strike breaking
hosts. including the machine guns OF
the militia, the shotguus OF tho con.
stabulary and the pistols and clubs of
the private detective crews. Between
picket delegation from, say. the
Boilermakers' union. and corps of
Ku Kluxers. the odds would be big
on the former. u. s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

January /. 1888. only l.Oio.0 900 tons
Idle French ships decreased by 1885,.
600 tons during tho year. and idle
italian and Norwegian tonnage sour
100000 tons. the shipping board
owning 100000 tons or that. Draw
your own conclusion.
Cuba is very cheerful. says a gov
eminent report. She Ia llquidatins
her debts fast Humorists may now
supply the pun.
Farmers are catching IL the world
over New Zealand farmers co,
operatives last Year lost $4,000. 900
Normally they operate at hand
somo profit, Trouble is, the worlds
still out Of joint
Some rs shops in Seville Spain
are carrying on a thriving business
in antiques" made while you wait
Americans--by far and away the
most numerous tourists are proving
easy picking.
There are ~ times as many sheer
as Children in Australia. There arv
so. 100000 sheep Teachers may ask
their pupils how many children there
are.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

South African diamond mines arc
unusually active The Diamond
Syndicate. which controls the
diamond market tho world round, re.
ports January sales were the larEvat
for three ycara.
Tho Japanese arc taking moro and
moro to the piano. They arc buying
Increasingly large numbers Of Amer.
lean, British and German player
pianos and have even begun to
manufacture Thorn themselves. The
Japanese player plano is called the
"Ynmahn"
American sugar refinerios nrp
Swcctcning tho worlds coffee. Near.
~ 1000, 900. 900 pounds were export.
cd during 1922. or more than twice
tho export OF the previous year and
almost three times pro.war amounts
Australia has just held an inter.
national blowing contest at Triangle,
New South Wales. between Amer.
lean, French, Italian and Australian
tractors. The American machines
won, hands down.
Idle ships in British ports January
J., 1922, totaled 1851 900 tons. on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

not to skim the cream while the public terml-
nails lived off skim milk.
The reason that the general public looks
askance now at the Admiral Oriental lines
Harbor Island plans, at the Pacific Coast Co.'S
bills at Olympia, at Laurence Colman's many
manipulations, is that the public feels these
moves are HOSTILE MOVES against the pub
lie as typified by the Port of Seattle. If these
and other private individuals and concerns have
a sincere and honest desire to build new termi-
nails and TO cooperate with the Port of Seattle
in developing new business for Seattle, then let
them lay their cards on the table. Let us
weigh their proposals on their merits.
However, if they are simply trying to under
mine the Port of Seattle, trying to take away
some Of its present business or to sap some Of
its present powers, then the sooner we all I'M
derstand the matter the better.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

As THE STAR forecast last spring when
port commissioner was being elected, the
Port of Seattle, one of the greatest single fac
tors in this eonmuniy's business advancement
is under vicious attack
Its enemies, private companies with selfish
motives, would destroy it utterly if they could.
They are forcing the issue whether we shall
have in the future 100 per cent publicly owned
port 100 per cent privately owned port.
That is not what they are ostensibly urging.
Instead they are talking about compromise
arrangement whereby the Port would continue
add few more, with the idea only of regulat-
ing the business, and leave all the rest in the
hands of private corporations.
The fight has begun in various quarters.
The legislature is cluttered up with special
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-17

Copy
Hon. J. n. Klsmgard.
Representative. whitman County.
Olympia, Washington
Dear Sir:
In reading the papers lately ] see
where Representative I'D Sims paid
Iii.20 for the Htenographlc copy OF
Representative Heighton's speech
made in Seattle. before the Demo-
cratic club. | wish you would get me
copy Of that speech and send II to
me.
Now. John. you know ! have been
acquainted with You for some time.
10 am going TO ask favor OF you