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The Washington times., 1923-07-07
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BRUNETTE
IS RARE
DR.. AIes HrdIicka Gives Result
OF Study of Old Families
of America.

An absolute brunette is the rarest
complexion in the world, Dr. Ales
Hrdlicka, of the United States Ma
tlonal Museum, says in scientific
paper made public today. The
paper deals with the color Of the
eyes hair and skin Of 1000 men
ana women members Of old Ameri-
can families.
DR.. Hrdlicka declares that an
ether rarity is genuine black hair.
he says that no more than one
man In a hundred has black hair.
:, The real blonde, DR.. Hrdlicka
llnos' rs a rare object, but far
rarcr sui are the true red heads,
ana most rare Of all is the absolute
brunette. There are five red-headcd
women TO two red headed men.
Two out of every 100 men have red
mar; one out of every sixteen men
mas blonde hair, and only one out
OF every 100 has truly black hair.
one OF every fourteen women has
blonde hair; one of every twenty
req halr' and one of 100 black hair.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
SHIP SAILS TO SALVAGE
LUSITANIA' HOARD

LONDON. July THE salvage
steamship Semper Paratus left Do
yer with clearance papers for the
North Atlantic, reputedly to attempt
salvage of the gold from the sunken
Lusitania.
Count Landi, one of the owners
Of the salvaging company, who was
on board, would only admit to ques'
TONERS, however, that the task might
possibly be attempted.
The Lusitania on her Inflated voy-
age carried $1,000 900 in gold in the
strong room, and in addition the
purser's safe was said to contain>ap-
proximately $1.000,000 i'll gold and
jewelry.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
Over 40 Chicago Girls
Have Vanished In
Five Weeks

CHICAGO, July 7.-Into the,
Port Of Missing Persons" have
gone more than forty girls under.
eighteen in the last five weeks.
Some of them will RETURN
broken, disillusioned, but not all.
Mary Kuss, aged sixteen, was
found disheveled, hysterical, her
clothing torn off, by a guard in
q forest preserve this morning.
She is one that came back and
her experiences may explain why
others will not return. She at
tended street carnival and ac-'
copied an offer of ride home in
an automobile with three "nice
boys" They drove to the dense
forest preserve and kept her
prisoner all night.
Some are not so fortunate.
Their shattered bodies are later
lifted from the lake or the canal.
Others, fearing to face their par
ents and friends, hide in the I'M
derworld, where the average life
of a girl is five years.
Practically all of the forty
missing girls, the police assert,
were induced to run away from
home or take automobile rides
with "nice boys" and have fallen
into the remorseless clutches of
a highly organized gang of white
slavers.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
HERE
TOO BIG, SAYS
DIR. JORDAN
~
Stanford University Head
Wants Smaller Glasses and
Better Students.
By FRED j. WALKER
Cosmopolitan News Service Staff
COrrespOndeHt. :.

CORRESPONDENTS
SAN FRANCISCO, July T.
American universities in the larger
centers OF population are too large.
Enrollments. Of five and ten thou.
sand. with proportionately. large
classes for the lecturer are con-
trary to the fundamental aims OF
higher education"
This was the view expressed to-
day by Chancellor David Starr
Jordan, nationally famous educator,
fifty years a professor and for
thirty-three years president Of
Stanford University.
Jordan made a plea for return
to the original conceptions of high
err education which include a small
er number of students in a class,
enrolment limited strictly to those
who really want an education and
elimination of thousands of "re-
luctant" students.
II do not believe q university
should devote any time to a stu-
dent that doesn't want to learn
said Jordan. students of that
type should be sent away. The
business of a university is to
arouse enthusiasm.
THE average student this side
OF New York goes to a college TO
study. On the Atlantic seaboard in
certain sections it is quite differ
ent. Reasons other than intellec-
tual advancement motivate many
who attend the universities there.
Every institution has certain
number of reluctant students. I
would send students of this type to
q san1tarium or to seashore re-
sort. They are the ones who go
to college to engage in athletics
or merely because it is considered
the proper thing to do.
I'VE college men pay too much
attention to what we do as COM
pared with what we are. That is
state Of mind we all must strive
to change"
DR.. Jordan decried the present
regulatory tendency in American
universities.
Rules and regulations do not
promote scholarship" he said.
They are conveniences. A ready
made course of study is like ready
made clothing. It fits nobody ex-
university exists for those who co
care. 1t is for those who want to
use their minds on nature, books
and humanity and to do it with
accuracy and enthusiasm.
"One great fault 1 find with
present college graduates is their
belief that they know too much
to start at the bottom when they
have a diploma in their hands.
1--WE secured job for Herbert
Hoover when he graduated from
Stanford University at 81 a day.
His success, believe, was par
TALLY the result of his desire to
learn his profession thoroughly
from the bottom.
ITO begin too high and then be
forced to drop back is fatal. It
takes a person long time to re-
cover from the demoralizing In
fluence of such q setback"
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
Become Nuisance in Hotel and Is Now
Flagship of Web-fOOted Fleet.

in to chow. OF course, he would
have followed me right into the
dining room. but he might have
followed the waiter into the
kitchen and didn't trust the
cook. Besides this, the manage
ment had already complained. so /
knew they would side with the
cook.
knew it was q case of either
me or the duck, and me leaving
by request.
LAUNCHING WAY OUT.
The friend who sent him sug-
gested luncheOn-but L preferred
a launching!
Why, 1 amt even got the heart
to eat q lobster I've been intro
duced to, let alone eat q duck /
had grown fond Of.
So 1t was then that the friend
called with o oar and he and the
duck rode in state and 1 in tears
until we came tn Central Park.
Approaching the lake with the
duck in my arms, we launched
him, but he refused to be launched.
Three times ] tossed him into
the lake and made a dash for the
car, but three times Chummy, as
called him, swan back to the
bank and waddling after me, I'd
have to run back and with more
tears launch him all over again.
They should have been i'm bottle!
1 guess I'D be launching him
yet il this unusual cOrnmotiOn
hadn't brought a whole fleet Of
ducks sailing toward us across the
park lake, to see what was going
ON.
That saved the day and my
complexion, for seeing this flOtilIa
distracted Chummy's attention and
dashed to the car, but we didn't
step on the gas until we saw him
being conveyed out to the navy
yard of the city park duck fIe6t.
Before they got Outta sight we
could see him sailing along proud
as a flag shin.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07

corporation in meeting great
emergency, it may be said that
from the very beginning it recog.
nized the Importance of psyche.
logical factors in the situation
both those which contributed to
bringing about the crisis and those
which might be enlisted in turning
the tide and directing the course of
the economic life of the nation into
normal channels, substituting for
the fear and hesitation which char
acterized economic thinking of the
time more helpful and more cour-
ageous attitude. The loans of the
corporation not only helped directly
the farmer customers of the Dor
rowing banks and the members of
the cooperative associations that
secured advances; they had a more
far-reaching influence in bringing
into more active and helpful oper-
ation the banks and other financing
institutions to which the corpora
ton made no loans at all.
For illustration, while the cor
poration has approved loans to CO.
operative associations of agricul-
tural producers amounting to more
than $185, 100000 it has actually
advanced of this amount approx
mately $S6, 100000, the balance be-
ing obtained by the associations
through the regular banking chan
nels. 1t is generally agreed that a
good deal Of the willingness of the
banks, both those in the agricul-
tural sections and those in the
larger financial centers, to finance
the co-operatives has been based
upon the ability of the co-opera.
tives to obtain funds from the War
Finance Corporation.
Loans Are All Sound.
And one reason why the activi-
ties Of the corporation were so
potent in restoring confidence was
that, in spite Of the necessity of
handling an enormous volume of
business within short period and
at long distances, it's loans were
made on a sound business basis.
Banks and other financing inst;tu-
tons which followed the situation
closely could see that the corpora
ton, while using all possible des-
patch, was at the same time ad.
herring to all the principles of sound
banking practice. And, not only
that, the corporation introduced
improved methods of banking in
various sections Of the country
where they were greatly needed.
The present outlook is so favor
able generally that the need Of the
hour is no longer confidence and
Willingness to go ahead in the
face of apparent obstacles, but is
rather conservative optimism
that is tempered by a good deal of
care to see that we do not over
leap the mark and bring on n
period of initiation to be inevitably
followed by depression. What We
need now is determination 10
Keep firm grip on what we have
gained and to build carefully and
soundly for the future.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
WOMAN WHO STOLE BABY
TAKEN BACK TO BOSTON

Accompanied by police officers
from Somerville, Mass, Mrs. Marie
Cleveland, twenty-five years old,
left here this morning. She will be
taken to Boston where she will
stand trial on a charge of abduc-
ton. The baby, which she is
charged with having taken without
due fOrmality of law, will go back
to the institution from which she
obtained it.
Her sole worry seemed to be that
her husband would not forgive her.
She says she will take steps to have
the baby legally adopted by herself
and her. husband, who is a soldier
stationed at Camp Devens, Mass,
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
ARTISTS
ARE To MEET
IN CITY
Associations Convention Will
Be Attended by 1000 Dele
gates-Some From Abroad.

For the first time since 1890, the
photographers Association Of Amer
lea Will hold its annual convention
here, meeting July 16 for a six-day
session in Convention Hall. Head.
quarters will be at the Hotel Wash
ington.
Two thousand photographers will
be in attendance, coming from
every State in the union. The Pro-
fessional Photographers Association
of Great Britain and Ireland will
be represented, with Reginald
Haines and Edwin Hadley as Of
fetal delegates.
Wednesday afternoon, July 18, the
public will be invited to attend the
portrait exhibit in Convention Hall.
There will be music by the military
band.
The greatest activity of the asso-
cation, is announced, Is the WI
mona School of Photography located
at Winona Lake, Ind. Last year
the school enrolled fifty students
under the dictatorship Of Will H.
Towles, kiwanian and popular pho
tographer Of this city.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
Dab Y. BLINDED
.|NCiE|| |: | |. |.
PRISON {.
Hospital FaiIs to Restore Sight
or Speech After -Four
Years in Dungeon.

MEMPHIS. July Tan astound-
ing case Of praental cruelty was
bared here when a ten-year-old
girl known as Mary Alexia was OBJ
served at st. Joseph's Hospital. !
The child Id almost blind and is
unable to speak. She was confined
in a dark. cellar by her mother, and
father, remaining there between
the ages of three and seven years.
The parents, whose names are
withheld by the authorities, lived
in. Tupelo, Miss. The child was born
with a twisted leg. The parents,
seeking to conceal their deformed
daughter, prepared a dungeon be-
meath their home. It was only
when a plumber, summoned by the
owners of the house and unknown
to the parents of the child, was
repairing pipes that the situation
was discovered.
Plumber Finds Child. ;.
The plumber heard unusual
noises coming from behind wall
against which he was working. He
noticed that the dimensions Of the
basement, as viewed from where
he was laboring, seemed out OF
proportion to the rest Of the house.
The strange noises continuing, the
workman explored the dark, poorly
ventilated cellar and discovered a
sort of, trap door in back OF boxes
and rubbish.
BY the light Of his torch, he was
able to peer through a tiny aper-
ture in the door and the sight that
met his gaze, he said, caused him
to shrink. An emaciated little girl.
her face covered with CRIME and
her sunken eyes apparently sight.
less from disuse, was crouching
in corner. The plumber FASTENED
to notify. the authorities.
When released. it is said the girl
was hopelessly demented.
Three Years in Hospital.
For months she lay near death
in the hospital. The authorities
kept secret the names of her par
ents out of pity for the child.
Citizens Of Memphis, however, are
understood to be demanding that
such terrible act by parents be
investigated and the guilty ones
punished.
For three years the girl has. been
at the hospital, unable to move
from her cot and seemingly dying
She has not spoken since she en-
tered the hospital her vocal cords
presumably having been paralyzed
by lack Of use, or, perhaps, wrecked
from constant cries of terror in the
dark dungeon. She was named
after the Sister Superior of the
Hospital Mary Alexia. - - p.
Rats Shared Food.
j, How the child was fed is a
mystery, but it is supposed that her
parents slipped food and water
through the opening in the dis
guised door. There were evidences
that rats had shared the child
repasts.
1t was revealed at the hospital
that the girl probably never had
been spoken to since the day she
entered her grim prison. What her
terror must have been during the
first days and nights OF her con-
finement, and up until her reason
mercifully deserted her, can only
be imagined.
At the hospital every effort to
provide for the child's comfort and
every possible attempt to restore
her to a normal condition. mentally
and physically, have failed. 1t is ac-
copied as inevitable that the girl
must remain there, charity
Datient
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
WOMAN KILLED IN ROW
WITH KIN OVER OIL WELL

SHREVEPORT. La, July T.
Mrs Minard Terry was shot and
killed in a pistol battle with her
sister -in-law, Mrs. Norman Terry, at
Good Exchange Settlement, Cass
county, Tex, as a result Of dispute
over a we'll.
Both women armed themselves
and met at the we'll Tuesday and
opened fire.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
FIREcRAcKER, EXPLODING
IN POCKET, BURNS BOY

YORK, Pa, July 7.-John Miller.
jr., fourteen.year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Miller, is in a critical con-
dition in the York Hospital. He was
carrying in his pocket firecracker.
The fuse stuck out and a companion
set fire to it.
The boys clothes caught fire. He
ran, and persons who made him roll
In the grass probably saved him FROM
greater injury. =. - -
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
PAMPHLET BY AMERICAN
SUPPRESSED At CoBLENZ

COBLENZ. July THE inter
allied Rhineland high commission
has prohibited the circulation of
a pamphlet published in Munich,
entitled What An American Has
Seen in Germany" ..:...'. .
The pamphlet was interdicted on
the grounds that 1t contained vio-
lent attacks against the allied
powers of occupa ton which Were
not only insulting but liable to
endanger the safety Of the troops.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07
HereItIs
I
DANGER

Continued from Page II
would rob life of flat
ness. We strive to live
safely, but at heart
yearn for the kick the
other fellow gets, by
living dangerously.
DANGER? Look over
~ The Herald tomor-
row and see how so
many people live danger
ously, either by choice
or against their will. For
a starter, note "Why the
Sheik Branded My Fore
head and Chin" the un-
usual and cruel expert
ences of an Armenian
girl, for five years
the slave of a desert
chieftain, who continues
her inside story of what
t h e day-by-day and
night-by-night life of an
Arab Sheik really is. To
morrow.
THEN read how New
= York city would fare
if Mt. Etna's eruption
had thrown lava over
M a n h a t tan. All of
greater New York would
be buried under ten to
fifteen feet of ashes.
The column of steam
and ashes would have
been visible beyond Al
bany, 143 miles away.
And the heat and gases
would prevent anybody
for months from ap-
preaching the ruins of
New York nearer than
Paterson, N. j. Ali this
is told in a full page,
with pictures, in which
is explained how scien-
lists think the recent
volcanic outbursts will
cool our weather. To-
morrow.
DANG Err? Did the
~. pretty young wife
who posed for the dis
tinguished sculp tor
think she was doing
any t hing dangerous
Perhaps not until the
h e a d a nd ia &c s h e
m o d e s thy posed for
turned up on the nude
body of a statue-and
her husband refused to
believe her story of in
nocence. A distressing
surprise-and a strange
story. Tomorrow.
DANGER? Does every
~ woman run the risk
of being unhappy when
she marries? How can
she avert drawing a
blank in the grand lot
terry? Read the excel
lent interview with
Elinor Glyn in The
Herald tomorrow, and
learn some of the simple
tricks of attracting men,
and keeping them at
tracted and happy, OBJ
served by the keenest
analyst of hearts of all
England. Tomorrow.
DANGER? Did you
~ ever hear the story
of the man who bet the
whole works on a 5O-to-1
shot? That's the old es-
sence of risk itself
and Barney Google does
that little thing after
asking Sparky to pick
a winner. What happens
makes it dangerous for
Spark Plug. A dozen
vivid pictures tell the
awful story-tomorrow.
FOR the wind-up, read
= over the lis t of
things o. o. Mcintyre
| yearns to do-and never
does. On that list you
will find the prize wish
for dangerous living. He
hos olxx,oxyc xuoo&oI -
The Washington times., 1923-07-07

Continued from Page II
would rob life of flat
ness. We strive to live
safely, but at heart
yearn for the kick the
other fellow gets, by
living dangerously.
The Washington times., 1923-07-07

FOR the wind-up, read
= over the list of
things 0. o. Mcintyre
yearns to do-and never
does. On that list you
will find the prize wish
for dangerous living. He
has always wanted to
drive a wagon loaded
with six milk cans of
nitroglycerine over a
rough road. After that
his wishes are simple.
Boy, kindly fill Mr.. Nc
Intyre's pipe with T. N.
T. and give him The
Sunday Herald.
The Sunday Editor.
d6e BM 1lfralS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29

April 26 is observed as Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
ROADS IN BETTER SHAPE ACCORDING TO HIGHWAY BOARD
Reported Passable In All Parts And Good As
 Whole

MONTGOMERY Ala. April 2S.-In- complete returns from the four Ala bama highway districts show the roads of the First and Third dis ricts to be passable in all parts and good, as a whole. No reports from the Birmingham or Selma Mobile district were received by the state highway department.
 The report follows:
 Tennessee line, Athens. Decatur, Cullman, Birmin Sham re ute Tennes see line to Athens. fair: Athens to Decatur. good
 Marbury to Montgomery. gravel road, rough but passable; Montgom- cry to Troy, good except three miles, which is passable: Troy to Ozark, good except eight miles near Ozark, which is rough. but passable; Ozark to Dothan. rough but passable ex- cept Newton to Pinckard, which is good.
 Montgomery to Wetumpka, take flower route" poor but passable Wetumpka to Goodwater, rough but passable; Goodwater to Sylacauga, good except tne and one-half miles near kGoodwater. Detours marked.
 Montgomery to Tuskegee. good to Shorters. Detour by way of Mill stead during rains; Tuskegee to Ope- liKa, good, Opelika to West Point. rough but passable.
 Goedwater to Alexander City, rough but bunny and passable Alexander City to Dadeville, D Jor but passable except during pro- tracted rains; Dadeville to Opelika. rough but passable; Opelika to Co lumbus, rough but passable.
 Montgomery to Luverne. good ex- cept 10 miles near Luverne. which is passab ble. but rough. luverne to Andalusia, passable. Poor in Cren- shaw county. Fair in Covington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
ATTALLA MINISTER PNEUMONIA WET I'M
 BODY FORWARDED
White Robed Men Appear At Services Conducted For
 Rev. C. A. Tatum
GADSDES sSTRF.tt
 THE AGE-HERALD (,nflsdeh Ala. Anril 0S

The body of Rev. Crawford A. Ia : tum, pastor of the First Methodist church of Attalla, and one of the best known ministers of the North Alabama conference. who died at his home in Attalla | riday night, follow ing brief illness of pneumonia, N as taken to Lafayette this afternoon for burial. uneraI sertiecs we.e no.u at 9:15 o'clock this morning. In the middle of the service at the church six white-robcd men appeared and, after marching silently to the altar. placed wreath of flowers on the casket, made a few signs with their hands and silently marched out. MT Tatum had served as pastor at Talla- dega, Pell City, SyiacauSa and other places in north Alabama. iie will be buried Sunday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
Solved the Problem

'I was almost distracted with stomach trouble, gas and collie at tacks and didn't know what to do. 1 had tried everything I heard of and the doctors medicine did not help me. A friend told me about Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, and it has solved the problem, as I can now eat any thing and have no distress" It is q simple. harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucous from the intestinal tract and allays the
 inflammation which causes practical ly all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money re- funded. At all druGgists.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
MUST DETERMINE IN WHICH STATE STILL BATTLE TOOK PLACE
Sheriff And Mayor Hurt In Fight Near Alabama Mis-
 sisSippi Line
DIR. CHARLES A. BROWN
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE.HERALD Mont tGOmev Ala Aurtl oQ


 Surveyors are seeking 10 deter mine whether Sheriff A. P. Nelson of Franklin county, Alabama, and Mayor Green Byron of Belmont. Miss. received their wounds while raiding moonshine still in Ala Lama or Mississippi. Harwell C. Davis. attorney general, was in formed Saturday that the shooting occurred near the line of the two states and the line must be defi- nite1y esta ablished.
 If the shooting occurred in Mis- sissippi the alleged moonshiners must be tried in that state. Incom- plete information during the day in dicated that Sheriff Nelson will re- cover, but that Mayor Byron fs dan gerously wounded and may die.
 Two of the three men who are alleged to have participated in the battle with the officers are held in the Franklin county jail. The third, who Is supposed to be named Clark, escaped and Governor Brandon has offered d reward of S200 for his ar rest and conviction,