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The Washington times., 1923-01-25
GUNS BOOM IN
ALEXANDRIA
DOG WAR
Policemen in Autos Hunt Un-
tagged CANNES to Their
Death.

The booming of shotguns in the
peaceful boulevards of Alexandria
today gives tongue to the deterlnina-
ton OF the city manager, the mayor,
the chief of police and outraged tax
payers to end once and for all a
condition that has latterly earped
the Little Reno of the East new
and as undesirable a soubriquet--
the Little Constantinople of The
West.
Not has nothing to do with
harems, kemalists or bloody clashes
between the adherents of the Cross
and Crescent. The truth is, Alex.
andria is infested with dogs.
There are lot OF cats and rats
straying or Sinking about also, but
there are minor matters compared
to the canine plague.
Several days ago, City Manager
Rich leaned back disgustedly in his
mahogany office chair and declared
in part:
II never saw so many ours at
large in one town in my life. We've
got to clean them out"
For weeks there has been good
deal Of sniping on the part of the
police, in sort Of sporadic way.
When they saw a tagless tyke they
let go with their revolvers and suc-
ceaded by their combined efforts in
bagging upward of one hundred.
But the present campaign is to lie
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
DlNE2E
for cougheA
SOAkS RIGHT IN
AND LIMBERS UP
STIFF JOINTS
Pharmacists Call 1t "Joint Ease"
Because It's for Swollen, Sore,
Painful, Creaky Joints Only.

It took a good many years to get to-
gether "A combination of pain -subduing
and swelling reducing agents declared to
be the one remedy that almost instantly
penetrates through skin and flesh and
starts right in to make swollen. inflamed.
creaky. pain-racked joints good
new.
They call this new and wonderful prep
aration Joint Ease" because the medi-
cal man who turned the trick worked for
years TO perfect some low priced remedy
that would really benefit the millions of
people who have one or more joints that
need helpful attention.
So Joint Ease" Is prepared only for
people who have a swollen, painful.
creaky. distorted or stiff joint whether
1t be in knee, elbow, shoulder. ankle. neck
or finger and whether 1t Is caused by
rheumatism something elses
or course. 1t can't help but quickly
put an end to such superficial ailments
as lumbago. neuralgia. neuritis. aching
muscles stitch in the side. crick in the
neck or sore feet because of its pene-
trating action. but what 1t is really rec
commended for 10 joint ailments OF any
nature whatever.
Ask for a tube OF Joint Bass" You
can use 1t several times in one evening
for quick results. because 1t goes right
through the skin with only a few 500
onds' rubbing. 1t surely Is a swift pene-
traitor. and when 1t gets under the skin
It starts right In to clean up all toint
trouble,
Peoples Drug Stores dispense It daily
for about 60 cents a tube, as do first
GLASS druggists everywhere.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
CONCERT

Home Band Orchestra, Stanley
Hall. tonight, beginning at $50
o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann,
director The public Is cordially
invited to attend these concerts.
March, Loyal Comrades.
Blankenburg
Overture, Comrades in Arms
Gruenwald
Two Songs
Mother o'Mine". :. -. Tours
b 'Mavourneen Roamin' .O'Neill
Scenes from comic opera THE
Merry Widow" Lehar
Fox Trot Intermezzo, The
Lovelight In Your Eyes" johnson
Waltz Popular, Red Moon.
kortlander
Finale. ut Was Fate When
Met You Gay
THE Star-Spangled Banner
The Washington times., 1923-01-25

for peace and economic restoration.
She is DESTROYS of giving her help
for a general settlement containing
such practical measures as will
alleviate the sufferings of the people
and contribute to the general re-
Mobilization OF Europe"
M. Tchitcherin. refused to refer di-
rectly to French occupation of the
Ruhr and the Lithuanian seizure Of
Memel, both the Ruhr and Memel be-
ing a part Of Germany, although the
latter had been detached by the allies
and designated as neutral. However,
The Russian foreign minister is fol-
lowing events in the Rhineland
closely, and it is understood that
they are the subject Of long COM
munications passing between himself
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
"A Stubborn Cough
L0oseas Right Up
This homemade remedy 10 . won.
der for quick results. Easily
and che@ply made.

Here is q homemade syrup M
which millions of people have Nh
found to be the most depend N
able means of breaking up N
stubborn coughs. 1t is cheap \
and simple, but very prompt IN
action. Under it's healing, sooth-
ing influence, chest soreness goes,
phlegm loosens, breathing becomes
easier, tickling in throat stops and
You get q good nights restfW
sleep. The usual throat and chest
colds are conquered by it in "a
hours or less. Nothing better
for bronchitis, hoarseness, Group,
throat tickle, or bronchial asthma.
To make this splendid cough
syrup, pour 2A ounces OF Pinsx
into q pint bottle and fill the
bottle with plain granulated sugar
syrup and shake thoroughly. Ii
you prefer use clarified molasses,
honey, or corn syrup, instead OF
sugar syrup. Either way, you
get o full pint--a family supply
of much better cough syrup
than you could buy ready,made
for three times the money. Keeps
perfectly and tastes good.
Pirex is q special and high.
" concentrated compound
Of genuine Norway pine
extract, known the world Xs
over for its prompt healing "A
effect upon the membranes. N
To avoid disappoipt- Vy
ment ask your drug. NV
rist for "2H ounces Of 4
Pinex" with full direc-
lions, and don't accept
anything else. Guar :
anteed to give absolute .
satisfaction or money
refunded. The Pinex
Co., Fl. Wayne, Ind.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25

a regular Hindenburg Line mop-up.
With the well-known grim silence
fictionally surrounding such forays,
Policeman Hayden and Thompson,
by due mayoral authority this
morning set out in an automobile,
each carrying a shot gun and a
net and each detailed to the sole
and single task of peppefing into
the beyond and on sight any dog
without visible means of livelihood.
No bounties have been offered
save the commentator Of superiors.
and that is enough for Hayden and
Thompson. What the Pied Piper
did in the much-discussed Hamelin
incident, they propose to do for
Alexandria's shaggy, NANCY and
homeless quadrupeds.
Within the past six months chem
ical analyses Of brain tissue OF dogs
suspected of rabies have yielded a
number of positive returns and eight
residents of the town have sub
mitted to the Pasteur treatment.
The rat problem Is also engTOss-
ing some civic leaders. Around the
wharves there are numerous large,
fierce rodents which are said to
grin widely when a cat comes upon
them.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
JAPS THREATEN.
To CONTROL
HAWAII
U. S. Defense Menaced While
Picture Brides Beat Tokyo
Agreement.

Continued importation of "pic-
ture brides" in Hawaii threatens
to give the japanese numerical,
political and commercial control
in the Territory and menaces the
security of the United States, &C.
cording to a report submitted to-
day to Secretary of Labor Davis
by a special commission which has
just completed an investigation of
labor conditions in the islands.
Defeats Tokyo Agreement.
The traffic in picture brides"
coupled with the present policy of
parental adoption" have defeated
the purpose of the so-called gentle
mems agreement" between Japan
and the United States, the commits
sion declared.
THE menace from a military
standpoint" the report Of the inveS-
tigators stated, can be fully veri-
fled by referring to the records or
related Federal departments.
Involves National Defense.
Inc Qu0SLIOII 1I0lAOlcl NCAOAoS
submerges all others into insignifi-
canoe. If these islands are to re-
main American, the assured control
of the political, industrial, CONNER
cial, social and educational life OF
the islands must also be American,
and the sooner we wake up to a
fuller appreciation of this fmpera-
tive and immediate need, the sooner
we will make the people OF the Ha-
waiian Islands feel generally
greater sense Of security and con-
troll of all that continues to. make
living in the territory OF HAWAII
worth WHILE"
Immediate remedial legislation by
Congress, the commission said, was
necessary ''in the interests OF ma
tional defense and the welfare OF
American citizenship in the Terri
tory"
Approved by President.
The commission was sent to
Hawaii by Secretary Davis at the
request of the governor Of the Ter.
ritory and with the approval or
President Harding. The 1nVestl-
gators included l.. E. Shepard. ch1ef
Of the Order of Railroad Conductors;
John Donlin, president OF the Build
ing Trades Department Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor; o. II.
Hartwig, of Oregon: Fred kelght:
ley, Of Pittsburgh. and Hywel
Davies, of the Department OF Labor
=. 80 Japs Rule Building Trades.
The commission reported that the
labor supply in Hawaii is at present
equal to the requirements OF the
sugar and pineapple industries, the
only apparent shortage being In the
rice industry, which il dependent
on Chinese labor for cultivation.
The Japanese, it was stated, con-
troll the building trades of Honolulu
"as well as most of the small stores
and business places
The commission recommended that
a representative Of the Labor De-
partment be stationed in Hawaii to
control the importation Of alien la
Dor in "acute emergencies other
than bona fide labor disputes"
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
Live, Love And Loaf
Called Motto OF
Modern Youth

DIR. Ralph L. Power, former
dean of the Research University
here and now a professor at the
University of Southern Cali
fornia, doesn't think much of
the present day youths ambi-
tion for learning.
"The student of today" he
says, "does not go to school
to learn the three r's-readin',
'riting and 'rithmetic, but the
three Ps-live, love and loaf"
Professor Power is broadcast
ing a series of light lectures on
education through from K w H
in Los Angeles, Cal.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
DIVA HIKES ON HOTEL
ROOF S. MILES DAILY
.;;:::.$:.E

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Mme. Anne
lita CALI Curci walks five miles every
day on the roof of the hotel where
she lives, to keep in condition.
The singer said she elected to hike
on the roof because she could walk as
fast as she wanted to and no one
would stare at her. Also the air is
purer. She usually is alone, and
dresses as carefully as if she intended
to promenade Fifth avenue. Her
stunt takes an hour.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
RUSS ASK j. s.
|. To HELP SAVE
EUROPE
j.
Tchitcherin Proposes America
/ Join Soviet in Move to
!. Prevent Collapse.
BY international News Service.


i. LAUSANNE, Jan. 25-The al
= Hes will present the draft Of a
Near East peace treaty to the
s, Turks next Wednesday, which
= must be signed or rejected forth
with, il was officially announced
I. today. The Near East peace con-
ference Is expected to come to-
AN end two days later. ~.
,xCopyright. 1929. by International News
Service.)
=. LAUSANNE, Jan. 25.-in a
warning to the world that Europe
is being plunged into complete
economic dissolution, George
Tchitcherin, foreign minister in
the Soviet government and head
Of the Russian delegation in the
Near East peace conference, today
advocated that the United States
and Russia take the lead in the
task of restoration.
Only Remedy, He Says.
:. Such a move, said the Russian
statesman, is the only way to put
an end to "such painful events as
are now occurring in the Ruhr."
:, M. Tchitcherin urged a worldwide
disarmament conference.
1.-The Soviet government always
has maintained that reparations for
devastated countries can be settled
with tangible and practical results
only through international negotia-
lions in which all countries are repre-
.eented,'' he said. This applies to
separations for France as well as
Belgium, Serbia, Poland, Lithuania,
Latvia. and Russia herself.
i Every day Europe's. economic
dissolution and ruin are steadily
Progressing. Very soon the United
States win feel the disastrous conse.
Nuences. 80,
!: France is in very difficult posi-
4ion.5 On the other hand, the suffer-,
Ing of the German laboring masses.
which is linked up with this general
ruin, cannot be effectively relieved
until the United States relinq uishes
her present isolation and co-operateS
IN European reconstruction.
1.-THE only successful way to put
On end to such painful events as are
row occurring in the Ruhr would be
TO involve both the United States
and Russia in general international
cooperation with the European
states.
Russia is always ready and will
gladly support general disarmament
NY land and sea.
!. Russia is always ready to work
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
TO DUMP $50, 900 BEER
IF NO ONE CT AIMS I

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25.-Beer
valued at $4,000. in 1871 barrels.
752 half barrels, 81 quarter barrels.
t625 cases and 116 bottles will she
Isdestroyed shortly after February ).
il no claimant appears.
The beer, seized in transit, is
costing the Government heavily for
storage.
The Washington times., 1923-01-25
SENATE GROUP BOOSTS
APPROPRIATIONS TOTAL

The legislative appropriations bill,
carrying a total of $12,53O,720. or
an increase OF $101, 62h over. the
House figures, today was presented
to the Senate,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
END OF THE IOWA

The battleship Iowa, one of the most
powerful units OF our navy at the time
of The Spanish-American war, has been
sunk by gunfire off Panama. She was
used as target for some time and
then sunk in seventeen minutes by
regular service shells fired at 4 dis
lance of nine miles. This fact alone
proves how useless the Iowa had be-
come as fighting unit. Her battery
would not allow her to engage in &C
ton at that distance and a vessel lying
far beyond her range sent her to the
bottom in seventeen minutes. As a
real fighting battleship she was due to
be used as junk.
The Iowa was never great ship
even in her best days. She was first
class fighting ship in size and anna
ment, but she had no particular amount
of speed and during the Spanish war
was, for some reason or other, generally
out of order. This condition was not
at that time particular to her. Several
of Our ships at the battle of Santiago
were in such defective condition that
they could not have fought for long
against any force of equal strength.
The boilers of the Indiana, on the day
when Cervera made his dash from
Santiago harbor, were in such a state
that the vessel had really no business
being at sea at all, let alone having the
right to engage in a regular battle with
well-equipped ships.
At the time of the battle off Santiago
and indeed, for several months before
that time, the boilers of the Iowa were
in such condition that she was unable
to make as much speed as she was sup
posed to have. Her commander, Capt
r. D. Evans, knowing that his ship
could not do much on the day of action
if he obeyed the orders to keep all his
boilers but one uncoupled, deliberately
disobeyed the order and kept one or
two additional boilers always ready for
action. AS a consequence, he was able
to close in on the Spanish fleet much
more rapidly than he otherwise would
have been able to do.
1t will be remembered that when the
Spanish fleet came out of the harbor,
the Iowa was lying directly in front
and fired the first gun of the battle, it
being intended more as a warning signal
to the remainder of the fleet rather than
shot at the Spanish ships. The Iowa did
her best to close in and did her full
share in the action that followed until
the Colon got away and started on the
long run that ended only when the
Oregon and Brooklyn ran her down.
The Iowa took no part in that part
of the battle. Indeed, she was not able
to do so. She had nothing like the
speed that would enable her to KEEP
the Colon in sight, let alone overtakc
| the flying cruiser. She returned to the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
A RUBBERLESS NATION

= Every now and then someone sounds
Z the international alarm about oil: This
lis the oil age, and the nation that con-
trolls the worlds greatest sources of oil
supply will be the most powerful in
the future; therefore it is up to the
! United States to get move on and
acquire at least a controlling interest
in foreign oil fields.
Whatever element of truth there may
be in such representations, certain it
is that most Of those who give the
alarm overlook highly important mat
ter when they fail to make allowance
for the fact that very large part Of
the worlds oil is used for the propulsion
siof rubber-tired motor vehicles. II rub
Der were not available, the automobile
would possess little if any advantage
ever the obsolete horse-and-buggy
method of transportation. Without
rubber tires, automobiles could not be
driven comfortably at much higher
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25

rate of speed than horse hitched tc
a blackboard.
1t is not physically impossible for
the United States to be left in such a
position. This country might own all
the oil wells in the world and yet be
unable to put its monopoly product
to maximum use.
For the United States neither con-
tains nor controls an appreciable part
Of the rubbcr-producing area of the
earth, although it consumes about rs
per cent OF the worlds total output Of
rubber. The Philippine Islands offer
natural opportunities, and some day,
no doubt, great rubber plantations will
come into existence there. But under
present political uncertainties neither
American nor foreign investors are
willing to take chance upon the pos
sibility of early independence for the
islands and the vital changes which
such a development might entail. The
growing of rubber in southwestern
parts OF the United States is regarded
as feasible, but to date the industry
has not appeared this far north. 1t is
believed that Mexico will some day be
a great source of supply, but as yet ex-
periments of this nature in that country
have been limited to the guayule plant;
those experiments have been successful
in no small degree. Scientists have also
discovered a desert milIwecd which is
expected to develop into a new source
of supply.
For present practical. purposes, how
ever, the United States, the worlds
greatest consumer of rubber, is depend
ent almost entirely upon the Malay
Straits plantations for its supply of that
important product Not long ago ex-
ports of rubber from those plantations
were restricted, with the immediate re-
suit that an international controversy
began. The United States had placed
prokibitive import duties upon various
foreign products short time previously.
But irrespective of any possible cause
and effect relationship between this
country's new tariff law and the restric-
ton placed upon the expectation of rub
Der from the Malay Straits plantations
it is obvious that the United States
would find itself in a hard position if,
as might be in time of war, it should
be cut off from the present sources of
its rubber supplies, which are mostly
foreign. Oil is rubber's natural enemy.
But without rubber the entire worlds
oil supply would not give this or any
other country a commanding advantage
over other nations.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
A VISION

Look quick! Larry, don't you see it !!
Look. before it fades from view
The old house, and apple orchard,
And the flower garden too.
There's the barn yard and the meadow,
And the same old grape vine swing
Arranging from the chestnut tree
Growing by the dear old spring.
Listen! Larry, can't you hear it,
The old mill wheel, singing low?
believe the mill a-running,
As in days of long ago.
Run and catch the sorrel pony
While the sack with corn / fill
"Ain't" it fun a-going milling;
To the quaint old water mill?
Look! the pantry windows open,
Can't you smell the cookie jar?
You can see the rows of plum jam
If you'll stop just where you are.
You are 'littlest" l will push you,
An / know you can squeeze through
Put some plum jam tween the cookies
Lots of apple butter too.
Come. IT'S bed time Larry darling
For our trundle bed / sec
/ can hear dear mother praying
AS she prayed for you and me.
DO not say I'm dreaming, Larry,
For it brings a thrill of pain.
If I'm only dreaming, Larry,
Let me sleep and dream again.
Jennie Simpson Anderson.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
THE BRIGHT SIDE.

There is many rest in the road Of life.
IL we only would stop to take it,
And many a tone from the better land.
If the querulous heart would wake it
To the sunny soul that is full of hope.
And whose beautiful trust neer faileth,
The grass is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the wintry storm prevailethh.
Better to hope, though the clouds hang low,
And TO keep the eyes still lifted:
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through,
When the ominous clouds are rifted!
There was never night without a day,
Or an evening without a morning.
An dthe darkest hour. as the proverb goes,
Is the hour before the dawning.
There is many a gem in the path Of life
Which we pass in our idle pleasure,
That is richer far than the jeweed crown
Or the miser's boarded treasure:
1t may be the love of little child,
Or a mothers prayer to Heaven;
Or only a beggar's grateful thanks
For a cup of water given.
Better to weave in the web Of life
bright and golden filling,
And TO do Gods will with ready heart
And hands that are swift and willing.
Than to snap the delicate. slender threads
OF our curious lives asunder.
And then blame Heaven for the tangled end
And sit and grieve and wonder.
M A. Kidder.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
The Poets Corner
ODE TO THE BILL COLLECTOR

Adown the crowded and busy street,
With questing eyes and weary feet,
The bill collector walks Lis beat.
Ever and anon he pause to greet,
And present bill to some poor guy
Who will hem, haw, stammer and lie.
Can't pay for the goods he had to buy.
Fully able to pay If he would try.
Follow the collector from place to
place.
Birds have flown without leaving a
trace.
Doors are slammed in his Woebegone
face.
Likely the bulldog gives him a chase.
Some haven't courage to come to the
door
Don't answer the bell; he won't come
any more,
All tell tales he has heard before.
Do you wonder he is disgruntled and
sore?
All Lord, in truth, it is a thankless
job,
Stories told with n sniffle and a sob.
Indignant protests at "this attempt
TO rob-"
From the really hardup and the bone
headed snob.
FRED V. WILLIAMS.