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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
Mr.. MondeIl's Excuses
Why the Teachers Salary and Other Local Bill
Failed of Passage.

The public statement Of former Congressman MoNDELL,
passage Of the teachers salary and other
important bills in the House. not up the standard
o what might expected from experiences clever states
man.
Mr. Mondes main reason is that the teachers bill
xied much money for community center expenditures and
was not balanced IN other ways expression
f desire for its passage BY any centralized body speaking
for Washington
the teachers bill did not suit Mr. Monden Or other
these leaders wanted had the bill been allowed 70 get
the House That is what the House is for to amend and
n this particular Senate passed the teachers salary
bill unanimously confident that Washington teachers
Underpad and should be Justly and fairly rewarded The
House District Committee up the bin amended
number Of particulars Either the Senate BILL the
House bill presented by the District Committee sub
jeCt to amendment in the House further changes
conference between the two bodies.
But Mr. Monde and his chief assistant the defeated Mr.
Campbell Of Kansas would not let this legislation before
the House il any form for consideration.
tha vas satisfactory to everybody and enacts
measure without opposition it from some quarter That
sentiments and wishes # majority 81 people The teachers
salary bill having unanimous backing than any
not have been just to The liking q some ii the teachers and
the House bill may not have had unanimous support from
passed By both houses they could have been corrected BY later
legislation
The main point At issue was increased pay for public
school teachers who have done and doing splendid
under adverse circumstances ought
fcut have agreed upon details had any willing
the part Of House leaders aid the under
paid instructors in schools There possible justca
ton for NE refusal o give this legislation consideration il the
There are few wepaid public school teachers III the
United States Wages for mechanics all classes Of work
~ have increased but public school teachers unorganize
have received little recognition il the way Of living conpensa
ton for the important work they do.
the Congress United States to do the right
thing III the District Of Columbia which ii has control
how can teachers throughout the country expect sypathec
consideration Of their appeals for better pay il other parts
Il would have been powerful help to the nationwide
for hal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN
CoDyrishs. iosa, = ST. cOmDany.

II CRITIC Is man who on
most occasions is more at
tentive to what Is wanting
than what Is present.
To be humble to superiors il
duty, to equals is courtesy, to
interiors is nobleness, and to all,
safety.
The heart cannot possibly re-
main neutral, but constantly takes
part one way or the other.
This world is, and always has
been, ruled in the main by mems
hearts more than by mems heads.
Learn to be discrininative in
your reading, to read faithfully,
and with your best attention.
To teach a child to read, and
mot to teach him what to read, is
to put dangerous weapon into his
hands.
Mere bashfulness without merit
is awkward, and merit without
modesty insolent. But modest
merit has a double claim to &C
ceptance, and generally meets with
as many patrons as beholders.
Pride is never more offensive
than when it condescends to be
civil-whereas vanity, whenever 1t
forgets itself, naturally assumes
good hl1na0Y
A person who is too nice an OBJ
server of the business OF the crowd,
like one who is too curious in OBJ
serving the labor of the bees, will
often be stung for his curiosity.
1t is much easier to be critical
than to be correct.
The best reward of a kindly
deed is the knowledge of having
done it.
He that is courteous at all, will
be courteous to all.
The woman who talks about
her neighbors Is no worse than
! she who listens.
If men loved to be deceived
about their spiritual estate, they
could not take a surer course
than by taking their neighbours
word for that which can be
known only from their own heart.
(CopyriKht, 1923, Newspaper Feature
Service. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
Once-Overs
FORGET THAT FEAR OF FAILURE AND GO AHEAD.

Copyright 1923 by
1t is better to go ahead your initiative than not
TO go ahead, ever, for fear of making a mistake
Often you refrain from doing things fear of failure
Then some other follows along the lines your mind
has thought out and to that other person
But is it not true that you do to put I'D good
stiff fight for anything you want?
You prefer what you can and get easily rather
than to enter struggle which would compel sustained
mental and physical effort.
This, combined with fear makes oadstone which has
kept you back ~
Successful men often happy and carefree but to
reach success they have had continual fight to maintain
each upward STEP
They realize that eternal watchfuness keeps what has
been gained -
The slightest caving in Of mind demeanor might lose
the advantage. 49,
So the successful stands might stand vo,
were willing to brace back the wall and fight and
keep fighting - M
But you like ease and comfort and freedom from -
for high position. w
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13

Eminent Astronomer and Au-
thOrity on Subjects Of Scientific
Interest.
IN the island of Jersey, the
island 3; d, Of the famous cows
near the French coast, a skull,
looking to be half ape and half
human, has just been dug up by
Workmen excayating in the rear
of an old house. The forehead Is
unfortunately mostly destroyed,
but what remains Of the skull Is
sufficient to make experts think
that Its owner may have been a
brother to the famous Pithecan-
thropus erectus, the Java "ape
man." hitherto the Oldest recog-
nfzed missing link" between man
and his anthropoidal ancestors,
and who lived half a million years
ago.
If the Pithecantropii were
spread so widely as from the
island of Java in the East Indies
to the island of Jersey on the
western edge of Europe, they
must have been a ong-enduring
race, and there must have been
ready means of communication
open to them from one side of
the globe to the other.
Also, either there has been an
enormous change Of climatic con-
ditions on the earth between their
day and ours, for Java lies in the
heart OF the equatorial zone, only
about eight degrees from the line,
while Jersey Is about fifty de-
grees north of the equator, in the
midst OF the north temperate zone,
or else those ape-men already
possessed the human character
istic of being able to adapt them
selves to- a broad range of climate.
The hypothesis of a change of
climate is a highly probable one.
The age of the Pithecanthropus
was that known in geology as the
first interglacial stage" which
Is believed to have lasted $4,000
years, from the retreat of the
first ice" to the on-coming Of the
second Ice" During that time
the present zonal arrangement of
climates did not exist, at least NOT
in the relatively fixed state
known to us today. A Pithecan-
thropus in Jersey might then
have been as comfortably circum-
stanced as his brother in Java,
though he might not have had
quite so many tall trees to climb
or big nuts to throw.
The accidental finding of this
skull in a place so long and con-
stantly inhabited as the Island Of
Jersey shows why the search for
missing links in the descent Of
man has been heretofore so dis.
appointing. 1t is because the
search has not been either vigor-
ously or systematically pursued.
In every notable instance the
first finding of remains of early
man has been accidental. Then
a little scraping around in the
locality of the first discoveries
has occasionally revealed some
additional remains.
Think what an infinitesimal
portion of the ground that for
hundreds Of thousands OF years
has been hahitahle. has been real.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
Garrett P. Seryiss Tells Of Ape-M
Skull Found on Channel
Island
Island
BY Garrett p. Seryiss.

~ explored for such relics! Guilt
walton turns over a mere film of
the surface, not deep enough to
reach things buried ages ago.
Anywhere under cultivated fields
whose soil is never stirred to q
depth of more than a foot or so,
there may lie bony relics OF an
cient men, the finding Of which
would throw light on the great
problem of the development Of
the human race.
That such remains are not
necessarily destroyed by decay,
or physical accidents, is shown by
such discoveries as that OF the
Piltdown man, the Java ape-man,
and now of this supposed new
specimen of the ape-man In
Jersey, as well as by many other
similar instances. The geologist
can tell you with considerable GER
tainty where you can find coal
or metallic veins, but he cannot
with so much confidence guide
the search for human relics.
Besides, 1t is only for about a
generation past that sufficient
general attention has been d.
rected to such things to give any
assurance that a find like this
latest one would not be thrown
aside as of no consequence. How
many bones and parts of skulls
Of prehistoric men may not have
been cast up by the spades of
workmen who, after a curious
glance, pitched them onto the
heap without any thought OF
what they really were?
It is probable that from now
on more and more important dis.
coveries. of this kind will be
made, but, at the best, only a
minute portion of the archaeo-
logical treasures hidden close un-
der our feet in the earth will
ever come into our hands.
But If the whole of the soil
covering the lands that man has
inhabited during his long history,
and in his advancing forms, could
be thoroughly screened, there
would be left no room for further
doubt of the correctness OF the
scientific account Of human evo-
luton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
GOLDEN LURE
AGAIN CALLS
sBURRO NAN

II EMO. Nev.-Scores or Ne
vada prospectors felt the
AO gold and silver lure during
the recent mild weather. with
the result that the pick and
burro supplanted the textbook
and the specimen hammer. and
the annual prospectors' short
course at the University of Me-
vada was greeted with the small
est enrolment in years.
Mining men pointed out that
its the man with the burro that
Is responsible for the finding of
wealthy mineral properties. East
ern quest for Western mining
claims and an increased stability
in Nevada mining stocks is given
for the unparalleled influx of
prospectors and desert rats
into the sparsely populated sec
tons OF the Nevada sagebrush.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
Is the Day of the Pictur-
eSnue PrOspectOr Passing?

The old-time prospector, who
with his burro, frying pan, and
flap-jack flour found most of the
great gold, silver. and copper
mines of the WEST, has served
his purpose and must now pass
over his task to engineers who
will search for new deposits by
means OF systematic Iarge-scale
prospecting, is the view of Horace
v. Winchell, mining geologist.
Winchell according to the En-
cheering and Mining Journal
Press, was a member of the COM
mittee that drafted the proposed
new mining law, which Is now be-
for the revision Of the present
law was vigorously opposed by
the prospectors and many opera
tors in the West. In defending
the measure in a recent hearing
before the Senate Committee on
mines and mining, WinchelI de.
clared that the day of the pros.
pector is almost over. Little can
be done to restore the prosperity
he once enjoyed, owing to the
fact that the mineral deposits
which cnn be located from sur.
face indications have been taken
up. Winchell, pointed out that
this condition does not apply to
Alaska, but most of the area
in the mineralized sections of
continental United States has
been gone over so thoroughly as
to limit greatly the opportunities
of prospecting in the oId-time
way. Prospecting, he pointed
out, Is becoming more and more
a matter of large expenditure and
is based on geological and en-
cheering data, rather than on
the search for surface outcrops.
Opponents of the measure de.
clare that the bill is designed for
the benefit of the capitalist and
that 1t will operate to the detri-
ment of the mining man with
small resources. They are not
ready to admit that the day of
the prospector is past unless he
is legislated out of existence by
unfair laws.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13

IF Michael Donaldson had stuck to his work ii
HaverstraW brick yard he'd hardly have sue
fancful notions nowadays. s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
SAP AND SALT
by Bert Moses

; While we all admire regular he
men, our admiration slows down
when 1t comes to she-women.
We are always more liberal in
giving out moral support to a
thing when there is no cash
comeback to it.
Nobody wants war but those
who make money out of it.
1t Is easier to make money
than to know what is best to do
with 1t.
Hez Heck says: Gas keeps
automobiles goin', and a lot o.
men, too"
: Copyright, 1898. by Premier Syn
diGatA 1AauA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
Monastery Ruins
i'm Market

NOTTINGHAM, England. A
III fragment OF an ancient Car
IN melite monastery has just
been unearthed during excavations
in Nottingham Market place.
1t Is a section of stonework. still
firm, three to four feet in extent
and two and half feet thick. 1t
dates back to the fourteenth cen.
&uEYh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
Rose Pastor Stokes: Migrate and Annrc

UT hotheads don't. William q Foster political dope
peddler se-confessed anarchist and general dealer
in mental poisons is on trial at ST Joseph Mich
for promoting the doctrine Of political reform through
crime, sabotage and other unlawful methods" The
quoted phrase is from his acknowledged creed.
Rose Pastor Stokes stands indicted with him.
Mrs Stokes was born IN notorious pogrOm district
of Russia As child she lived in terror and ignorance
Unpreiudiced American schools rescued her from
cgarmakers bench in Cleveland Education opened the
way to journalism; respected young millionaire married
She found and realized in the United States every
opportunity the old world denied her kin and kind AND
her gratitude by ceaseess efforts to undermine
she has probably benefited more than any citizen OF
this Republic.
The proyerbial beggar on horseback.
They're a Long Way From Peru.
KMORE beggars on horseback. Twenty thousand
MI lingerie hands, learning that ancient Peruvians
49, did their work to the beat of drums and the
tune of flute threaten Walout if they, too, aren't
provided with music. Airy cadences necessary to
frou-frou production.
Not bad deaf the program consists of The Star
Spanged Banner, my Country 'Tis of Thee and Hail
Columbia interpreted with readings from the Consti
tuition and an unbiased history of the United States
Mr. Gompers, in recent article protested that the gap
between the unions and the employers Will continue 20
widen until arbitrary demands and reactlonary mposi
tions cease.
He didn't mention the Peruvians.
POincnre and Theunis Discuss NeU Terms.
WV ORD from Essen by way of Berlin indicates the
NJ killing of ten civilians by French soldiers
W The Lord Mayor of Buer is held as hostage; if
Poilus shot in part OF occupied territory
reprsal will be taken upon him ana ofhclals OF other
towns
bad situation for Paris Brussels and Berlin alike
War and revolution will not suit present continental
ING is proftless venture today Further calls to
are nothing but signals to the tax collector.
at Brussels. Like the man who caught the wildcat,
they're not looking for help hold the Ruhr but are
probably hoping that some one will come along and
Ae'p - lcsmsI.n, sa Feature syDdle... lnsa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13

The King OF Greece wants to
spend the rest of his life IN
America. Well, we know a good
corner where he can start \
candy kitchen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
THEY GAVE HIM a
MEDAL; WHAT MORE
CAN HE ASK
BY HERBERT KAUFMAN.

IF Michael Donaldson had stuck to his work ii 4
HaverstraW brick yard he'd hardly have such
fanciful notions nowadays.
But he WOULD go galavanting abroad Now Michael
complains Ct bis nerves and keeps drifting from job
Noise and excitement upset him He can't seem Is
concentrate Some folks have ideas about then-
selves; perhaps you'd like to know where Donaldson
got his.
There was battle il France and six Of our wounded
men lay hilltop exposed to the drumming fire Of
the crest On which they crawied and moansd s. s.
* separate rendezvous u.s. with S deaf dsas shndderng
trips to hell and back.
quite s e
"a French general pinned bunch Of decorations on
I his tunic; the War Department announces he is to
this nation confers upon its citizens
When Donaldson got the notification he had eleven
They'll hold 4 parade next week st Governors
Island and tell him what great man he is The
boast 81 "our heroic defenders 81 -
Hs worries are over the futures provided fOr. He
can eat the medal.
The Lion Freaks Loose as Usual.
THE lion end Of March Is Oft on its usual rampage
- the continent
You'll notice, however that the news keeps coming
through Radio, the telegraph companys new lineman,
Is repairing broken wires with pieces Of air.
Twenty deaths reported in Tennessee. The mortality
and damage list promises to be very sorry
pause to compare the probable destructoD with ten
minutes work Of the fig germ q half hours nibbIng
Diaectitians used to argue how many angels could
stand the point Of needle The question stI
decided.
We sadly know, though how many million demons can
crowd there Satans mps have quite cloven-hoof and
forked-tail roles-the outfit was too conspicuous.
They the microscopic porter for plaques and
weevils. Supreme deviltry in that.
Mississippi Flood Prevention at Hand.
NJ lost $4,0OOOOOOO worth Of agricultural prod
w ucts last chiefly through preventable bIghts
Twenty-Five per cent Of that sum annually spent
sprays and fumigators would the other
five. Rural districts won't need much Government
help when they learn to help themselvs.
Plantations along the Mississippi valley needn't worry
many years about the flood waters IN the North.
Common and aviation have united to check them
at the source
Army planes demonstrating the system at Port
Jervis, n. Y. A few hundred dollars worth Of INT
smashing the ice jam there viii foresal later million
dollar overflow Of the Delaware.
Heads win.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-12
DANGEROUS BLAZE
ON FERRY STEAMER

EASTON. Nd. Feb. 12.-When
the steamer Emerson c. Harrington
was on its trip from Annapolis &c
Claibore smoke was discovered in
the saloon when the boat was on
Bloody Point. +. G.. Cover. Of the
Shafer Packing Company, Balti-
more. detected something burning
and started TO investigate.
About this time Waterman Jones
came upstairs and he was informed
OF the smoke IN the saloon. which
at this time was very thick. The
fire was eventually located In the
bunk OF one Of the crew. and when
the door was opened the flames
burst out dangerously near the
automobiles. The burning bed was
thrown into the bay.
f. Lee lie Compile. State Game
Warden. and W. $. Gordy. State
Comptroller. were among the pas
sengers.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-12
NEWS HAPPENINGS IN DELAWARE AND MARYLAND TOWNS

hurst, FELTON,; Mrs. Name Register,
Lewis.
- o'clock. noontlde prayer. Mrs
Minnie Holmes. Dover. Lunch will
be served by the Harrington Union
and there will be a charge Of IS
cents
1870 p. m, song service led by
Mrs. +. l.. Jones. Dover.
1:45 p. m. medical temperance
State superintendent. Mrs. Bertha
Carey, Milford.
1855 o'clock. citizenship. Mrs
Mary Herring, FELTON,; Mrs. Bessie
Shew. Milford
2:15 o'clock, S. T. I. work. by
state superintendent. Mrs. Helen w
Simpson. wilmington.
o'clock, Y. +. y. work. State sec
rotary. Mrs. Bertha Foster VII
ming: law enforcement. Robert Il.
Elliott. Federal prohibition director
for Delaware: address. the Rev. r.
c. Prettyman, superintendent Anti
Saloon League. Delaware.
The best minstrel show ever pro-
duced by local talent was given In
tho Plaza Theatre last night. The
proceeds OF the entertainment were
for the Milford Baseball Association.
The young men OF Milford were as
sisted by Madden's Orchestra. OF
Wilmington, and a quartet from
Georgetown.
The interlocutor was Carlisle Col
Inns. and end men. Thaddeus Wind
sor, Harry Jackson. Frank Barnsby.
Norman Windsor. John Mayhem and
Chas. Davis.
Milford was not aware that Il
possessed such good soloists until
II listened to the songs sung by Ed
ward Evans. Wesley Hebner. Asa
Gray. II. d. Hatfield and Chas.
Campbell. The chorus was com
posed OF Evert Manlove. William
McQhrt. Harrison Lyrch. Edward
Walls. Marshall Huge. Raymond
Oscar Thomas. Lester
Ryan and John Jacobs.
Perry Warren. a we'll known
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-12
VIC. TIL. To HOLD
MILFORD Meeting
Baseball Association Gives
Big Minstrel Show in
Plaza Theatre
FARMER SLIPS ON
SNOW, BREAKS LEG
Special to The Evening journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
MILFORD. Del, Feb. IA
workers conference Of the W. c. T.
L.. OF Kent and Sussex counties,
will be held in the New Century
Club rooms az Harrington on We'd
nesday. Mrs. Jessie NJ. Graves, OF
Milford. state secretary. has ar
ranged the following program;
s:3O a. m. song service. led by
Mrs. Z. L. Jones. OF Dover: devo-
tional. led by. Mrs. sara Lonand.
Milton.
10 a. m, address OF welcome. Mrs.
Clara NJ. Harrington. OF Harrington;
response, Mrs. Bertha NJ. Carey. OF
Milford: record OF last conference,
Miss Anna Hazard. Rehoboth.
1915 a. m. greeting by the pas
tor: greeting by State president,
Mrs. Georgia NJ. Pierce. Milford;
report for union signal, Mrs. Mary
Herring. FELTON,.
IL a. m. report OF anti-narcotic
superintendents. Mrs. Eliza Bennett.
Milford, Mrs. Cora Walker. OF
Pennington; reports OF L. 7. L. su-
perintendents. Mrs. Elizabeth Bring
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-12
ODESSA NEWS NOTES.

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
ODESSA. Feb. 12.-Odessa has
the following pupils on the roll OF
ronor for the past month.
First grade. Elizabeth Shockley
Henrietta Wilson, Anna Tibbett
Casper Sartin. Raymond Wallace.
Paul Morgan: second grade. Gladys
Wallace. Hattie Smith, Harry Peck
ard. Samuel Tibbett; third grade.
Rodney Baker. Virginia Wallace,
Frank Thornton; fourth grade. Wal
ter Spicer. Elmer Croft. Norman
Morgan. John Foraker. Merritt
Moore; fifth grade. Austin CHM.
Robert Craig. Roy Rawley, Edna
Atweil, Ruth Rawley. Anna Cleaver.
Norman Reynolds; sixth grade. Mary
Webb, Elizabeth Diehi. Margaret
Baker.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-12

+. Sapp from Mildred A. Sapp; Will
liam J. Derrickson from Helen G..
Derrickson; Lester L Jones from
Florence J. Jones; Willard f. Huson
from Mary L. Huson; causey Owens
from Bessie Owens; Florence Benson
from Andrew Benson; Lola Wilson
Hill from Samuel Raymond Hill;
Edith Derriekson from Ora Derrick
son; ROLAND n. Van Buskirk from
Lillian westcorr Van Buslirk: Mary
Amanda Gllkey from John b. Gilkey;
Mildred A. Sapp from Clement L.
Sapp; Levi Caldwell from Pearl
Caldwell from Pearl Caldwell.
In the Court OF General Session
there will be some 25 cases for tho
Grand Jury
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-12
INCOME TAN WORK.
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
MARsHALLTON. Del. Feb. "a
4 deputy collector Of Internal Rev
enue will sit in the local postofiice
on next Wednesday. according to an
announcement received here from
L. s. Collector John W. Herring. 20
assist local residents and farmers in
the vicinity in preparing their an
nual statement for 1922. In seeking
the assistance OF the federal repre-
sentative. itemized statements OF
income apd expenses should be pre-
pared by the taxpayer in order to
avoid delay.
The deputy will be prepared 10
answer any troublesome questions
concerning the operations OF the
Revenue Act. and may save a trip
TO the office in Wilmington.