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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
MISSION FAMILY
To LIVE WITH
CANN|BALS
HartzIers Are to Spend Five
Years in Belgian Congo
JungIes Teaching.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Dr. C. G.
Hartzler, a Methodist missionary;
Mrs. Hartzler and their three chill
dren have sailed on the President
Adams to the jungles of the Bel
gian Congo. They expect to remain
five years.
The Hartzlers are en- route to
BaIulba. When they reach London
they will board another vessel for
Cape Town and then journey 1900
miles by railroad, which will be
followed by a fifteen day trip by
pack train and native carriers be-
fore they will get to their destina-
ton.
The colony which they will visit
comprises 800 natives, and with The
exception. Of one man the Hartzlers
are the only whites who have ever
penetrated that territory.
II established a school In that
settlement" DIR. Hartzler said, "aild
when / left there more than q year
ago sixty boys and ten girls were
studying the rudiments Of Chris
tianity.
Although I have received no
word regarding their progress, ]
believe the school issstill in session,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
FATHER WITH BROKEN NECK
ASKS SALE or CHILDREN

SCRANTON, Pa Feb. 1s.-DomI.
nick Batch, forty-five. a miner who
has been confined to the State Hos
pital here for the last two years
with a broken back, has advertised
his four. small children for sale.
The mother Of the kiddies has been
seriously i'll for several years and
there is no one to care for them.
When Batch was questioned at
the hospital tears coursed down his
cheeks.
II don't want to sell my children,
but I am determined to get them q
good home. am here and will
never get well. Ny wife is sick.
and my heart aches for my little
girls and boy" said Batch.
The four children offered for sale
to persons who will give them good
homes are Mary, five: Anthony, six;
Stella. nine, and Rose, twelve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
ROBBED 5 TIMES
/, TRIES THIEF
TRAP
Signal Bell Rings as Man Puts
Key Into Lock; Arrest
Follows.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Five sue
cessful attempts to rob his apart
ment in sixteen months caused Fred
Barron to devise a system of sig.
mails which resulted in the arrest OF
Frank Ramos, forty-one years old.
According to the police Ramos had
q jimmy and a set Of skeleton keys.
Barron was awakened by persls-
tent ringing of his signal bell and
as he went toward the door he
heard some one with a key at the
lock. He went to the rear Of the
apartment and knocked on the
radiator. giving a signal to Patrol
man Fred Langdon, who was asleep
In his apartment on the next floor.
Barron opened his door and found
q man standing in the hall. Bar
ron grabbed milk bottle and went
after the interloper. Langdon came
down the stairs about that time
with his pistol in his hand and
found Barron and the stranger
wrestling on the floor Of the hall
way. The two overpowered Ramos.
The police say they found a num-
Der OF pawn tickets for clothing
and jewe1ry and a list of apartment
house addresses in possession Of
Ramos.
Ramos was held on a charge Of
attempted burglary and possession
OF burglars tools. He said he was
not citizen and had been here
two years. He is a Spaniard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
Best Cathartic for Sick Headache, Colds
Sour Stomach, Biliousness

bowel poison to cause colds, sick
headache, dizziness. biliousness. or
sour stomach when you wake up
in the morning. More men, women
and children take Cascarets for the
liver and bowels than all other laxa-
tive-cathartics combined. 10;cent
boxes, also Is and so cent /sizes.
Any drug store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
excess population upon the more
thinly populated sections.
IMIrRNATIOlA tNEws4m

excess population upon the more
thinly populated sections.
There is no physical reason why
millions of Asiatics should not
enter the white world every year.
Only our veto prevents it. If this
veto is lifted it will mean the ulti-
mate destruction of white-race
identity"
Compared with the 100000, 900
white inhabitants Of the earth there
are 1900 ,O00, 900 inhabitants of nom
white races, said DIR. Stoddard, in
Guiding soc, 1000, 900 yellow, 500, 00O,-
900 brown, 200, O00.00O negroes and
about 5O,O00,O00 American Indians
on the entire western hemisphere.
1.-THE numbers of the non-white
races have been kept down by
plague, disease. and inter-tribal war.
But the white man has introduced
his civilization into their regions,
and the prodigious death date has
greatly diminished, while their
prodigious birthrate is unchecked"
said DIR. Stoddard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
CALIFORNIA; Mounted
Rangers To Ride
Motor Bikes

VISALIA, CAL, Feb. 49,
The familiar mounted ranger
of the Sequoia and General
Grant National Parks will greet
the tourist and camper this sum-
mer in a new attire, for the park
service has ordered the park po-
lice guardians equipped with
motorcycles, which are on their
way from the army surplus sta
ton at Camp Lewis.
Horses will, however, still be
used in the far reaches of the
park where only trails are
visible.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
WOMEN OF BAY STATE
OPPOSE EQUAL RIGHTS

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 16.-The So
called equal rights" bill presented
by the Massachusetts, branch Of the
National Woman's Party, at q hear
ing at the statehouse yesterday.
brought out scores OF women from
throughout the State in opposition
to the measure. OF the more than
200 women at the hearing it ap-
peared that two.thirds were in oppo-
sition.
This measure has to do with equal
rights, privileges and innmunities for
men and women. Another bill which
had a hearing eaf the same session,
that Of the Massachusetts League Of
Women Voters, provides that women
be made liable for service as jurors.
It also elected opposition by women.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
BLIND STUDENT PICKED
TO DEBATE FOR U. OF P

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. TO-
Frank Schoble, who is handicapped
seriously by being blind, was chosen
to represent the University of Penn
sylvania against Yale in a debate.
The proposition is: Resolved: That
the Constitution of the United States
should be SO amended as to permit
the Federal Government to tax
State and Federal bonds" The de-
bate will be held in Houston Hall,
on February %.
Frank Schoble was a. student be-
fore the war. He answered the call,
and while in service was struck by
shrapnel and lost the use of both
eyes. However, this did not termi-
nate Schoble's education. He Is
making Roadway In the school &C.
| tivities also.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
YALE STUDENT IS DEAD
OF SLEEPING SICKNESS

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Feb. .16.-
Elbridge c. Day, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, a senior in Yale University,
died OF sleeping sickness, according
to DIR. William c. Rappleye, superin-
tendent Of the New Haven Hospital
After Days death Tuesday the
cause was given at. first as inflam-
nation Of the brain, and, It was said
he had complained Of pains. in the
head following a boxing match! ! He
had been in the hospital since Feb
ruary 1. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
CALLS OUT FIRE FORCE
WHEN HIS HORSE FALLS

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-When the
horse driven by Abraham Sweet, OF
Jamaica, caught his leg in a rlIt and
fei into muddy ditch, Sweet made
the mistake of calling the fire de.
partment instead of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami.
mails.
4 hook and ladder truck and two
hose trucks responded to his alarm
OF fire. Acting Chief Brennan was
so angry when he saw there was
no fire that he asked the arrest OF
Sweet, who was fined So for disorder
ly conduct.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals was able to re.
lease the horse from the ditch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
CONCORD, DISCIPLINE,
WORK." FASCIST MOTTO

ROME. Feb. 16.-Premier Musso.
fni today declared that the motto
OF the French revolution, Liberty,
equality, fraternity must be re.
placed for the Fascist by Concord.
discipline, work"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-16
ear vo,,r liver ana bowels!

Clean your liver and bowels!
Enjoy the incest, gentlest bowel
cleansing you ever experienced by
taking one or two candy-like Cas-
carets tonight. They physic your
bowels fully. All the cOnstipated
waste and sour bile will move out
Of, the bowels without gripping OF
stirring you up. There will be no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26

United States, that, not only would the Mexicans succeed in establishing a stable government, but also that the government of the southern republic would see the justice of the claims of this country. These hopes, it is be- lieved, have been and will be consum- mated" Likewise the Atlanta Jour nay; "The Mexican-American confer ence has come at last to a happy end ing After more than three months of negotiation on long-vexed issues, representatives of the two govern ments have reached an agreement which, though tentative, is believed to forecast an early and complete settle ment."
 As far as the press is concerned, recognition is highly desirable, pro- vided our legitimate interests are safe guarded from confiscation and disre- gard. It is hoped that the document of agreement will satisfy our equit- able demands in every particular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26

portioning the revenue from the gaso- line tax among the general funds ot the several counties. It is equally an injustice to lay a similar tax to be paid into the general fund of the state. The only defensible course would be to devote the revenue to building roads. Then those who pay this tax would have more assurance of receiv- ing a return commensurate with their assessment. What Alabama needs is a tax system, rather a continuation of the present system of patching up a tax hodge-podge with tax accretions. Is there no ability within the legisla- ture or no outside ability upon which the legislature may call to develop and establish fair, adequate and sound system of obtaining necessary public revenues?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
THE GASOLINE TAX

The plan to impose still heavier
 tax on gasoline is to depart still fur ther from the principle of sound taxa tion. Gasoline is not luxury, and cannot properly be taxed on that as- sumption. Gasoline is an indispensa- ble commodity in our daily lives, in our business and in our commerce. It it true that it is consumed chiefly by motor vehicles, but since it is a special tax it should be devoted to special purposes serving those who pay the special levy. Otherwise, there is no excuse for selecting gasoline as the one of dozen other no more essential articles as the object of special as- sessment. Already the legislature has perpetrated public injustice in ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
THE THIRTY-cENT SUIT

Considerable comment has devel-
 oued from former Secretary of Agri- culture Meredith's suit against Sena- tor Brookhart for thirty cents dam ages. It seems that Secretary Meredith declared that the farmers products this year will have larger market value than those of last year, where upon Senator Brookhart, who is ap- parently afflicted with the habit of talking at random, rejoined by declar- ing that the former secretary "sat in the Wall Street game and helped to
 produce the greatest panic in farm prices in the history of agriculture. " Secretary Meredith says he does not expect or desire any of Senator Brook hart's money, but will be satisfied to get the senator on record under oath.
 Such a motive is commendable, es- pecially if it should result in putting a curb on some of the loose talk in- dulged in so freely these days by poli- ticians who adopt such methods to ob- tain votes. There are few men oc- cupying prominent position in public life who do more reckless talking than does Senator Brookhart. He seems to make a speciality of that sort of thing. It might help some to pin down such men and corner them with facts un- der oath, instead of permitting them to erupt ridiculous theories and doc trines whereby the minimizing are sometimes misled. The value of thirty cents placed on the utterance of some public men seems proper. It is prob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
PUNIsHING MURDEREssEs
(New York Herald)

American juries appear to be overcoming their former repus nance to the execution of women criminals. A few years ago wo- men who committed murder seemed to be fairly immune from punishment. Juries would re- turn verdicts of Not guilty Such findings were merely indica- tions of the unwillingness of jury men to put a woman in position in which the death penalty might be pronounced upon her. Appar- ently the state of mind IS passing if it has not passed.
 Within the last few days a New York jury found woman guilty of the murder of her paramour and she has been senteced to elec- trocution. Last week a Chicago woman who had killed her hus- band was convicted of murder and condemned to be hanged. Within the past decade the prosecuting officers of Chicago have repeated ly given voice to their despair or ever persuading jury to convict female murderers. But the change has come.
 The earlier attitude was born of that chivalry which regarded as something more than a child but distinctly less than a man. She was not treated as man s equal in the law and her inferior position invited mercy rather than Justice. Acknowledgement may have brought to women more than the vote; perhaps it entailed the privilege of being hanged and electrocuted.
 The wives of the Chicago jurors who steeled their hearts against a woman murderer are reported to have protested against the action of their husbands. On the other hand, a woman was foreman of a New Jersey jury which last week found a sixteen-year-ol boy gull ty of murder. The reports from the court room record the fact that the jurywoman's voice did not tremble as she uttered the words which may send juvenile crimi- nal to the electric chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
By THOMAS R. MARSHALL Former Vice President of the
 United States

In considering Solomon's re- mark, T said in my haste all men are liars" I have wondered some times whether Israers great king could not, if he were alive today, say the same thing after premedi- tation and forethonght. However, there are liars and liars. A lie has been humorously defined as an abomination in the sight of the Lord and very present help in time of trouble. But all lies are not lies. I have in mind, for in stance, the fabrication of children. It is hard to tell at times whether a child's story" is a falsehood or merely an outcropping of imagi- nation. I have a feeling that countless thousands of little ones have had their hearts saddened and their bodies bruised because of the failure or inability of parents and teachers to distinguish between budding genius and downright mendacity.
 I remember a case in court and the discontinue of attorneys for the defense when a witness told under oath a story quite different from the one he had been ex- pected to tell. The attorneys sought to impeach his testimony by bringing out the fact that his two stories did not Jibe. This he frankly admitted, explaining: T lied neither in nor out of court. I have testified to the truth upon the witness stand because the court and jury are entitled to know the truth, The man who questioned me before this trial had no right to ask the questions he asked. It is a lie to tell a falsehood to anyone who has the right to seek the truth. but 1t is not lying to tell a nosey busy body anything you please"
 I have not been retained as counsel for the Order of Ananias and Saphira. I merely got to thinking of lies and liars because of the recent announcement that a sure and scientific test of liars had been found-another one, by the way, because the last an- nouncement was not the first. Science for a long time has been in search of an unfailing lie-de- tector. So it was with interest that I read that a real-for-sure, genuine guardian of truth had been found.
 It IS a new drug, scopolamin they call it. and it renders it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26

able that Senator Brookhart has not done more than that amount of dam age; but it would be worth even more than thirty cents to any man who ma-y come under his disapproval to avoid the time necessary to answer his charges and insinuations.
 If Secretary Meredith can succeed through this suit in curbing the tongues of reckless takers, he will have served the public more than thirty cents worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26

now and then doctors find an am tipathetic patient whose nervous ness is stimulated by it. Instead of producing sleep 1t produces tor- turing wakefulness.
 The seeking of a truth compellar Is not new. The search is as old as history. The medievaIs had 1he trial by fire, in which the fnno- cent man was expected to walk unscathed over red-hot iron. The duello was once held in high es- teem as the means of determfninr the truth or falsity of an assault upon a mans character. ThA wager of battle became a favor able method of disclosing the truth and in the more modern days of Hell Roarin' Jake Smith the wa ter cure was administered to ex- act truth, in the Philippines, Tha French still confront the accused with the body of his victim, and third degree methods are not yet obsolete or even obsolescent in America. Most lawyers have their own theory as to how to detect uY I mfne and thought 1t was fnfalli- ble. Experiments in the realm of truth. had convinced me that no man could tell lie without swal- lowing upon it as though 1t were little too big to go down, and that this always caused his Adams apple to distend. Like all discov- erers, l was persistent in the ad- vocacy of my method until one day a man whose reputation for truth and veracity was distinctly bad got into trouble. My friends, knowing I was to cross-examine him, came to court to witness a demonstration of my pet theory. When the witness took the stand he wore a long flowing beard. I no more could see his Adams ap- pie than I could see his conscience.
 Force, science, hypnotism and human ingenuity-all have had & hand at unveiling the liar. Each may have succeeded In one case or another, but none has gained infallibility. It is a trite saying of the law that it is better that ninety-nine should go acquitted than that one innocent man should be punished. This is true and it also is infinitely better to let growing covilization and quick ened consciences move men to right things than 1t is to try to squirt virtue into humankind with hypodermic syringe.
 (Copyright. 1923. by Twenty-ffrst
 Century Press)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
CTDErLTGHTS faaEL 4c3.I
 .NNATIONAL . CAPITAL q

President Coolidge doesn't talk very much, but that fact Is not due to a desire on the part of Presi- dent Coolidge to maintain silence. President Coolidge would like to talk great deal.
 Before one can abandon a for mality and stiffness which induces reticence, he must know how to warm up" President Coolidge doesntknow how. He is "fishy" and he knows that he is and hasn't the art to overcome it.
 He Is self-conscious, and there fore timid. He is to be pitied rather than criticized.
 And Coolidge is not without a sense of humor. It is not the sub tie variety. It is not the kind that moves to spontaneous and boisterous laughter. His humor finds it's mark slowly and strikes softly. Likewise, it is a bit cyi- cal. Thus he subdued the lady who, desirous of making conver- sation, asked regarding his hobby He replied, Running for office" He has been running all his life, but always in New England where his eoldness and stiffness and harshness of voice find counter parts.
 When lieutenant governor of Massachusetts he entertained at his apartment, one night, two po- litical cronies. He offered a bot tie of liquor. John took two fingers. Sam took four. The lieutenant governor put the bottle away. Within an hour he pre- scented it again to John. John took two fingers. The lieutenant governor put the bottle away a second time.
 Said John: why, aren't you going to give Sam a drink?"
 Replied the lieutenant governor: sam had his the first time"
 There is one newspaper man in Washington who knows that Cool lidge can talk. He called on the president when he was governor of Massachusetts. Aware of the report that Coolidge declined to open his mouth on any subject. the newspaper man asked for only a moments time.
 When he entered the governor began talking of the League of NNations. He talked. And he talked. Every time the newspaper man attempted to rise preliminary to making his departure, the gov ernor waved him back into his seat.
 That is authentic. And further, at that time. Coolidge was ardent in support of the League of Ma tions. He argued that the women favored it. and it would be dan gerous for the Republicans to ig- nore the women.
 Many others, at that date, fa- vored the league only later, for political reasons, to oppose it. There was Henry Cabot Lodge, for instance.
 That story of the president hav- ing offered liquor to his cronies has distressed the reform" ele- ment But Coolidge was elected to his first office, a mayorslty, over the opposition of the re form" element. That element op- posed him because he was attorney for a brewery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
LatIn-Amertcan Trade

Bad packing, failure in prompt delivery, differences in quality. weight, colors and unauthorized expenses, are cited as reasons for the failure of American exporters to hold the trade they obtained in the wartime. It Is an old story; but Americans are slow to learn. South America Is a large and im- portant market and 1t responds to the people who cultivate 1t. Amer jeans seem to think they can drive 1t to accept the American way of doing business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
The Right Man Needed

(Anniston Star)
 The Democrats can win the next presidential race. But the party must go before the people with the right man for nominee. And the right man must be one who can be depended upon to uphold the prohibition amendment and it's en- forcement. and who are con serva- tive in other things as we'll. It will not be difficult for the Demo- crats to name such man. They have several among the names that of Underwood stands out prominently. z