davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Mics Alice White has resumed
NV duties as stenographer at DIR.
T No Office, after passing several
; with her mother, Mrs. B. Win
a. at Hinckley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

The trap-door spiders nest IS like
a net of finest gauZe. spread upon the
grass. The spider comes out of his
nest at dusk. fastens back his front
door with silken cord, erects a long
web and settles down comfortably.
At dawn the web is taken down, the
trap-door lowered and the spider is
not seen until evening. when the
same performance is repeated.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Arthur Partridge. who is employed
in the office of the Marston and
Brooks Shoe Factory has been alb
sent from his duties since last Satur-
day, because of a severe cold.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Associate Justice Warren c. Phil
brook has returned to this city after
finishing the term of court at Lew
iston. he having taken the place of
Chief Justice Leslie G. Cornish who
8,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Harry Green of Waterville was a Wis
itor here yesterday and attended the
sessions of the Maine Sportsmcns Fish
and Game Association.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Tho marriage intentions of Napo-
,,,n Dumont of Waterville and
' Wanda St. Amend of Winslow have
s Ax, fled at the city clerks office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Philip Howard of Rockland, former
county attorney of Knox county. was
a business visitor in this city yester-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Mr.. A. S. McDougal of Skowhe-
,,n il substituting for the week in
tho local telephone exchange on ac-
rount Of the illness of several of the
operators.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

A.. lillian Cassidy. who has been
MS friends in Skowhegan for
'S as.a1 days, returned to her home
~ Elm City yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

y,,, Ruby Gibson has returned to
- Nome in Benton, after passing
. W. DAYS with her sister. Mrs.
Vii Ryan OF this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

rbeda Holman Munson. pa
Nl ss,cer of the State Reformatory
rcs W v was in Waterville re-
.sntly on business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Ivan Il. Lang and Eugene e.
Thayer of Waterville and l.. w.
Somers of Bangor were visitors
Wcdne SdaX in This citN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

orera house, Francis Ford in
ely Mans Boots;" Marguerite
,A'etnei; IN Face to Face News,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

George Elliott has returned
w. home in Freedom.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

and Mrs. H. l.. Warren were
MI, callers in Oakland, where
ROW. .isited Mrs. Emily Morang.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

,,uss Cockrum of Skowhegan is
' ';s;tor in Waterville, being called
...s m account of the sickness OF
s ss'I mother. Harold Cockrum.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Mrs. Harry Thompson of this city
is confined to her home by illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Wilbert Wilson is confined to his
home by severe illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Mrs. Herbert Peterson of PalmNra
was called to this city. owing 10 the
serious illness of her mother MIS-
Johnson,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

. .rd Mrs. Walter d. Bates OF
SI. ok R. T., are visiting friends
Vools c;tv for q few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Aaron BarroWS of Brunswick was
q visitor Wednesday in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01
Theatre Attractions

.>,rsDAY AND THURSDAY
N'n .. theatre, 1.-THE Beautiful and
Hlnsssn featuring Marie Pervost;
D reel; comedy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Mrs. Mabel Gordon of Readfield
was a business caller Wednesday i'm
this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

.,. pernice White was a recent
NUE. IN Augusta, the guest of
friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

Miss Lucille purinton is confined
to her home with an attack of the
grippe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

- Mrs. John Reed of Benton
". . .nra in town calling yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

rrancis Spofford of Skowhe-
We a recent caller in Elm City.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01
AUGUSTA LOCALS

II. Il. Blood of Boston was bust
ness caller Wednesday in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

pramall of Belfast was in
R A. .,,ia Yesterday on business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

r. w. Bartlett of Woodfords was a
caller in Elm City Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01
waterville High Notes

,;a Lhere will be two games at the
n nigh. school gymnasium Saturday
lans The boys are to play the
lawrence s boys and the girls are to
Ss.e e .ne Coburn girls. The girls are
cssiii,ned to keep up their record
s,a Nv uefeats throughout the season
tbs WI VIII play their hardest to down
NC eoburn girls.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

sn ,ne Athletic Association are plan
IN, mug TO hold a masquerade social in
nra,m .sh school auditorium on Sat
u,s ssy :; evening. the proceeds to be
th,o u IN the work of the association
afS, .;u the rest of the year. The
i i IL Is TO start at 80 O'Clock and
te,, ~, banned to have several novel
''u'es for the evening.
On 'n n,, Dramatic Club are working
ha,dp pans "a for a mock debate to be
ned y, ~ me near future. 1t is PLAN
romio 20 have the speakers wear
subs"s.l Clothes and debate some
h ros.. that will keep the audience
The lars Sas OF laughter. The idea of
frsvN . .S is to raise money to de-
team .ne expenses of the debating
N"'a on their trips.
ths sG ;a: Hendricks has postponed
desni.e'esr- class basketball games in
ernns =. because of the epidemic Of
sen iru mat has hit the school. The
The Ans, were to play the juniors in
tay ma as. round of the series on Mon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-01

HOCKEY NOTES

ia 163 153-470
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-20
\ CESkE ZPRAVY n
HlinkIv a TukHv "SlovSk''

HlinkGv a Tukdv "Slovsk"
We SVEN zaslepeni proti &C.
chGm vyjel 81 jiz proti pro-
vozovani Smetanovy "Libuse"
We SLOW. Mar. Divadle v Bra
tislav6. %. rijna uverejnil v
rubrice 'Kultlra-umeni' pod
zahlavim "Comu sllzi Slov.
Narodne Divadlo?" toto: T.
eel Slovenskeho Mar. Divadls
najlepsie je charakterizovany
pror0ctvom Libusinym ze SINE
tanovej opery "LibuSe". Libu-
sa po roznych proroctvach 9
st astnych nest astnych do.
bach ceskeho naroda vyriekne
najvacsie svoje proroctvoi
"Narod cesky nikdy neskona
kvsetky, hrozy slavne preke
ma. v tom je urceny ciel SlG
venskeho Mar. Divadla: hla
sat neprekonatelnost' a ne
smrtelncst' nareda ceskeho
A Slovenske Narodne Divadlt
je tomuto verne." Videt
ze PIP. Hlinka a Tuka Smeta
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-20

move "LibuG" nerozumi; ra-
dime reditelstvi Sloy. Mar. di-
vadla v BratislaVs, aby luda-
klm radeji hraly Leharovy
operety, pretoze Lehar je jim
rozhodne b1izsi nez Smetana.
Poslanec r. HlinkA. ktery
je nyni autoritou poiitickou
We sloupcich mad,arskeho IL
sku, rozhovoru redakto-
rem 'Pragai Magyar Hiria'
pu" prohlasil, zs pojede dc
Ameriky, jezto 'nemGze trpe
ii, ably dr.. srobar zavadel ta
mejsi Slovaky.'
"a obnovsni procesu RAera
nova podali nemeEti naciona
love zadost jix pocatkem dub
ma t.~r.|a divff sc, ze soud do
sud vec nevyrfdil. Jde pr,
jen 0 zjisteni "skutecnosti''
ze Baeran vyzv6daee SchWa
Ebeho poznal mnohem pozd6ji
naz jak soud dosud "a prok'
zane pokladal. Nejde tn sku
tecne Q nic jin4ho!
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-20

cltOVy ODSan ktery ncn
da rozvinout die naady nterpretovy Jei budouc
san ako psne revoucn napovedeo ch0yap rakouske poll
Gle nj z etech padesatych tehdejsich zych dobach
Bachova absoutsmu bya oz zapovidana ese roku 1853
pocejn Paumann enz tehdy narodu ceske
jen zvobytf pedpovida vastni rukou chyta
po nabrezi Suddenly kef zpiva Ovsem zde kontrasy
poje dotyka pisn ktere dava zvo narod, ktere
tako stopovati rozmach pokes jeho sy nachazi
boestna sebemskacska krtika sozteho pokcen vysoup
sho soeti zretelny vyraz nas narodni abost
maost e pochopitelno re davno pred svetovou val
kou byla narodn hymna povazovana kruzch inte
rapny pfezek z proo ponevadz nase umen slo
cd DOLBY ejho vznku proso smeym strmym vzestupem
vzdauic chapan ssch vrsev Ale svetova yalka
pozveda zdanivou musealn aroztnost nebyva
duezitosti stech nasch voakd odchazecch do boje
CHI zajmy pozde nasch zajatcd rozstfiknutych do
vsech koncn Evropy Ase ozva pisen vekemu poslan5
krhpeem zazracne zve vody citu probouz docas
neho panku ably omlazena zkrasea ako pohadkova villa
obletovaa srdceryvne chve loucen vojak6 rodinam mi
enkami hrozne sceny bos posleze vsechna ia mista
Siren svee kan rozva vaecny vchr nase d pfezvsi pr
chod onvm kruhem 'front.' ably podavala yzpomnku ma do
ako hrejve ako hojivy balsam dusim d strada
icim bezmocne armu dali czin6 horkem zajeti
Jak neocekavane rozsiio pozadi celia scena ejfho
p1sobeni Jak ovsem meftku lzasne zvetsenem
dos uplanenf je puvodn sozky stesku buditelsk6ho
Sill Touze po preha je rozcityey tom revoluc-
duchu zaiacG, ejchz rad rekrutIe nsse zara
nicn vosko odpovida doemnost jako nejpdsobvej
sim obalu skryte volan sebevedomi sobestacnosti
osvetlen zcela noyem ukaze nam vyznam eto p
premavych havach nasch zaatcl pozdeji dobro-
vocu armady ktera obrata sobe pozornos celeho
Vykube re ceiy SmyS hymny SpOcVa
e pocatecn otazce mas narod osmdesa let pal
to otazkou kerou jako heslo pce boe dava nase obro
zen ceemu dasmu nasemu rOzvo re ao Otazka sveto
1 We valky nabyla konecne durazu revoucnk vyzvy.
y Nuze osmdesat let znela nam tato otazka jako heso
Ice boje. devadesatem ete pax dovrsil je
znam stene prostnkou skromnou notOu ja
ko drive ale ejim zabarven novym ctovym obsahem pfi
osvobozeneho naroa ozyva jz ako vlastn
sou dobye pine zaslouzee sebevedomi jakas t6zce
koupena zadostiucneni Predstavujeme ST. Il
naseho presdena pf jeho umfanim zaezdu ma "a
provaz jake zhudebneny smys naseho stole
teho samostatnost ably pomhala skizeti vice
toho echo dosazeni byio nejddiezesi
: mas doma nasich dusich srdcich.
e Bud tobe dix sarobya pisni Ty pr0menliva naleza
SVEN miste nenapjatesch chvich poslednIh
obob nasch den prosa pfece vzdy rozzafujic
II sc krasy silly die toho kOk krasy silly je mas
mych drzis ako gen sveho du kvetiny venci
mi toho enz pfsel jmenem jeho fci sveu ze doby sm
l. 81 sebevedomi, sebelcty zadostiucineni.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-11-20
NSmei Z Czech nsvitan5ni

aAVOOy SS0SsASS~~es
''Reichenb. Ztg." varuje ber-
linsky dr.. Richard Mischler
Nemce Czech, aby Sc z jake
koli priciny neuchylovali n.y.
nj do sousednf rise, jezto zima
bude kruta, tovarny budou
stati a propukava hrozna nou
ze, jako sveho caau Kakou-
sku. Pisatel prozrazuje pri
tom re "Deutschboehmen" ma
v Nemecku ma 100000 osadni
kd, vetsinou delnikl, kteri Cd
pfevratu sc tam tryale usidli-
Ii, jezto nemohli snesti, ze|
byl Jim "novy stat vnucen".
Mnoho Nemcl z Czech prchlol
vsak pres hranice take oba
Wy pred sluzbou vojenskou, al
lie velka cast t9chto osadniku
a uprchliki byla zklamana,
nebot' v Nemecku nenalezla
onu moralni materielni po-|
moe, kterou tam hledala. A
nyni? Kisskonemecka verej-
most nemGze v6novati nemec
koceske otazce svoji pozor-
most, jezto jest zaujata velky
mi vnitrnfmi problemy. TAX
konstatuje pasatel, jejz hned
ma to posila nasim Nemcdm
tento vzkaz: "Konsolidovane
pomery v Ceskoslovensku, we
stup koruny a ne v posledni
rade zjevny obrat v ceske po-
litice vojenske, ktera take
Nemcdm cinf vojenskou sluz-
bu snesitelnou, re vseho toho
Sc vycit'uje, ze sbehnuti cd
csl. vojska jest nanejvys zby-
ltecne :" Tez v dalsich od-
stavc{ch onoho clanku Sc nasi
Nemci pred kazdym prebehli-
ctvim co nejddtkliveji varuji.
Cenna tato doznani risskon6-
meckeho autora jiste casteji
bude nutnO nasim Nemcnm
pripomenouti, nebot' oni prav
du tuto neuznaji. Jen jedno-
no bycho mse byli radi v O.
nom clanku jeste docetli, totiz
vystrahy k risskonemeckym
massam, ably take k nam ne
prebihaly a situaci naseho del
nictva neztezovaly.
Hamlet pred soudem. 25,
rfjna zodpovidAl Sc v Praze
l27lety herec Vaclav Lev pre-
cinu neposlechnuti povolaci'
Tho rozkazu die par. SOY bran
lzak. Pri trestnim vyslechu tvl
dill obzalovany, re pry jakys
kapitan sdelil, re povolaci ro1
kaz sc ma neho nevztahuje
pri hlavnim preliceni odvola
lzase toto prvotne udani a Wy
kladal vec tax, re byl tehd,
lclenem kocujici spolecnosti
ktera prave hostovala ma XII
dne. v jeho rodisti. Tehd,
! hrali "Hamleta" a Lev sar
-lvystupoval v titulni roll. Pc
@ lnevadz byl uspech tohoto he
Ireckeho vykonu pronikavj
rozhodlo sc podnikatelstvo pi
: meti no, ably v teto roll Wy
/, stoupil jeste po dvakratt
Pak 81 teprve vzpomnel ma v
: ljenskou svoji povinnost jaA
o mile Sc priblizil k Praze, zas
i setkal Sc S nejakymi obcank.
!. kteri mu pry sdelili re je il
5 po vsem, ze to jiz "a to neste
o iii q re ''on to take nevytl
hne." Obzalovany omlol
val Gin svdj neodolatelnou |;
! skou k divadlu, soud pax v.
| merii mu pet tydnu tuheho VI
: zeni, podminecnym odkl;
= dem trestu.
l. "Prodana nevssta" bude pr
J. vedena v Pafizi. z Bratislay
y Sc sdeluje, ze po provedel
m "Prodane nevesty" ma tame
p. Sim Narodnim divadle zisk;
y predstaveni tomuto pfitomr
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
IDEN IFIED AS
DRIVER IN
ACCIDENT
w. ]. Reed, Whose Wife Was
Acquitted Of Charge, Is
Held for Trial.

Identified by four witnesses in
Traffic Court, as the driver Of an
automobile that, on September %,
struck pedestrian in Fourteenth
street. and then crashed into an
automobile that was parked at the
curb, turning it over on Clarence
Watts. 635 Otis street northwest,
breaking his leg in three places and
otherwise iniuring him so badly
that he was compelled to remain in
the hospital for q month, w j..
Reed will be tried in Traffic Court
today on charge OF reckless
driving despite the fact that his
wife, Mrs. Ruby F. Reed, was tried
and acquitted Wednesday on two
charges of colliding and operating
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
SETS
Low CRIME
MARK
6S2 Cases Filed During Past
Month. Of Which 12o Were
Dry Law Violations.

OF the 6S2 cases filed in the Dis
trict Attorneys office Of Police
Court for the month of November,
129 were for violations Of the pro-
hibition laws, according to the
monthly report handed Mai. Peyton
Gordon, United States District At.
torney, today. by Assistant District
Attorney Ralph Given.
There were 129 assaults, ninety
eight larcenies, twenty-eight for car.
rying deadly weapons, ten disorder
" houses, eleven DESTROYING private
property, twenty-five bad checks,
tWenty-three gaming, sixteen as
saults with dangerous weapons.
eight robberies. seven house break
Ing, six false pretenses, five cruelty
to animals, three assaults with in
tent to kill, three forgeries and one
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
5
DAUGHTERS
REVOLT I
Delegates From Five Chapters
Walk Out Of Convention.
Promise Fight.

Delegates from five chapters OF
the District of Columbia United
Daughters of the Confederacy, led
by Mrs. Frank g. Odenheimer,
former president general OF the
national society, walked out" OF
the annual convention at the Con
federate Memorial home yesterday
afternoon as protest against the
refusal of the president, Mrs. Walter
i. Hutton. to have the majority re-
mort to the credentials COMMITTEES
read.
A formal notice was served on
the convention that the question OF
quorum would be raised and the
legality of the election be ques-
toned.
The remaining members of the
convention proceeded with business
last night and elected Mrs. Albion
Tuck, president; Mrs. Victor Illus.
ton, vice president; Mrs. Eugene
Brown, second vice president; Miss
Werner Hatton, recording secretary;
Mrs, Ashton Todd, corresponding
secretary: Miss Lillian Chenoweth,
treasurer; Miss e. Saunders, regis
trar. Mrs. Joseph X. Maxwell, his
rorian: Miss Matilda Meister, parlia'
mentarian; Mrs. Charles F. Taylor,
chaplain; Miss Mazier Mcfarland.
auditor; Mrs. Samuel D. Milton,
custodian. and Mrs. Gustavus Wer-
ber. recorder of crosses.
The presidents of the chapters
that left the convention are: Mrs.
Lawton Morgan, Alexander =. Law
ton chapter; Miss Lucy Elliot, Dixie
chapter; Mrs. Harvey Ball, Soutnern
cross chapter: Mrs. Harriet F.
Turner. Jefferson Davis chapter:
Mrs. Rose Mulcare. Hilary Herbert
chapter. Many from the Stonewlll
Jackson also left. An alternate
from the jefferson Davis chapter
remained, but was notified by Mrs.
Turner she must not represent her
or the chapter.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07

without q permit. II was stated BY
Otto g. Hauschild Of the Corpora.
tton CoanseI's office today.
According to the testimony of the
witnesses. Reed was driving the ma
chine himself when 1t collided with
the parked car and turned Ii com.
pletely over on Watts, who was
driver of the parked car. The wit.
nesses say that neither Reed nor
any member Of his party offered to
assist in helping Watts from under
the car, but proceeded up Four.
teenth street.
Reed, according to the police, said
that his wife was the driver Of the
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
DR.. J. b. THOMAS MADE +.
HEAD OF D. C. MEDlCoS

DR.. John d. Thomas, of the Far.
ragut apartments, was elected presi,
dent OF the Medical Society of the
District Wednesday night when the
annual elections were held in the
Medical Science Building.
Others officers elected were: First
vice president, DR.. Joseph s. Wall.
OF 1864 Wyoming avenue northwest;
second vice president. DR.. Mary
Holmes, OF 221 First street north.
east; and secretary-treasurer, DIR.
Coursen B. Conklin. of 1900 Crit
tenden street northwest.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
SEATS IN CONGRESS FOR
CABINET ASKED IN BILL

Provision for seats in the floor of
the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives for members of the Cabinet
and granting to them of the right
to participate in debates on matters
relating to their departments, is pro-
vided i'm a bill introduced in the
House by Congressman Andrew J..
Montague of Virginia.
Plans are being made to secure
similar provision for the president
or the Board of District Commission.
ers during consideration of the meas
ure by the Committee on Rules of
the House, it was indicated today.
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Read ,Ena and Worry
Being q Skeleton Record of
Cases Tried in Judge
Schuldt's Tribunal.
BY DONALD McDOUGAI.
b DONALD McDOUGAI4.
Mainly Philosophical.

NA8AAAAJ MUOSOUuHe8As
Amt things the limit? Just
yesterday we were talking about
the speed boob that knocked
down pedetrian, crippled an.
other one for life, smashed a
new car, and then made his wife
claim that she was driving. so
the court action would be against
her. The trial was nearly over
and the lady about to be SEN
fenced on three charges, when
the turnip feller's trick came
out, and the unfortunate lady
was acquitted. The turnip man
is going to be tried tomorrow
on a charge Of reckless driving.
by the way, and the Alibi Column
viii strive to- give its readers q
complete account of the proceed.
ings, from garden to soup tureen.
Fiction Takes the Count.
This is the first case of trial
by proxy that the Alibi Man has
ever seen; and the very next day
to-day, that isl along comes an
other case exactly like it, only
with hubby playing the goat.
To wit:
81 had just about finished i
right-hand turn into Seventh
street from M, your honor, when
someone slammed my car from
the rear. stopped Immediately,
and the defendant shot past me
at q pretty good clip, running
about forty feet before he could
stop, and then pulled into the
curb. went down there and
met him just after he got out
OF his car. We were arguing
the question Of responsibility for
the clash when the officer ar
rived"
Ignores Crossing Rule.
The cop: at was on the oppo-
site corner about $50 last night,
performing the ordinary duties of
my beat, your honor, when I saw
car running south on Seventh
street just north OF M. At the
same moment / caught sight OF
the PLAINTIFFS car, nearly straight
ened out on Seventh street. The
defendant made a quick lurch to
the left, but not quite quick
enough. He sideswiped the other
car and ran down Seventh street
about thirty or forty feet before
he could stop
A Hypothetical Question.
Second cop: II was with the
officer who has just testified,
your honor. The defendants car
sideswiped -the one coming out OF
NJ street and continued south on
Seventh for. about seventy-five
feet. and parked. u
Counsel: Seventy five feet.
Suppose I were to tell you that
your partner said the ear stopped
thirty or forty feet from the cor
ner-what would you say TO
I'D say he was pretty near
right. It stopped as quick as it
could about forty feet or so, and
the defendant got out There was
a lady in the car and she ran it
down to the first vacant space
she could find-about seventy-five
feet from. the corner
Cherchez La Femme.
The court: Let the lady tes-
Lady: I'VE were approaching
the corner at NJ street.
You were in the car with the
defendant, were you2"
Yes. sir =
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Bill Provides $1,000.
Yearly Pension For
Mrs. Harding

A Congressional pension of
$4,000 a year for Mrs. Flor
ence King Harding, widow of
the late President Harding.
was proposed in a bin intro
duced in the Senate yester-
day by Senator Willis, Repub-
lican, Of Ohio. 1t is recorded
as Senate bill No. /, as q mark
Of distinction to Mrs. Harding.
A second measure, to give
Mrs. Harding the mail frank
ing privilege" was recorded as
Senate bill No. 2.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
STRANGLE HOLD

Colds get a strangls hold on the sys-
tenn unless nipped in the bud. Alasco
does the nipping after slipping (pleasant)
and prevents coughs and grippe. Don't
trifle with your cold. Any physician will
tell you serious disorders follow. AIasco
(say Alaska) not only stops cold. but
Every druggist supplies and recommends
this godsend
The Washington times., 1923-12-07
DEcoRATEs CLOWNS FOR
SPREADING GOOD CHEER

PARIS, Dec. Three clowns,
the Fratellini brothers. have been
decorated by the French govern
ment for spreading good cheer.
This is the first time such an
award has been made since the days
of court testers.
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violation of the white slave law.
The others were minor cases.
Given points out that the busi-
ness of the month was smaller than
that of any month for a long
period.