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The Washington times., 1923-05-19
HOLLOW LOG
USED AS
RADIO
T is surprising how many in
genious methods Of trans

T is surprising how many in
genious methods Of trans
ferring messages are found
in aboriginal tribes.
The American Indian had q
very effective method of signal
ing from one hilltop to another
by means of smoke. A bonfire
was built, and the smoke con-
fined by a blanket. The puffs OF
smoke made by lifting the blanket
formed the code. This simple
method was perfectly understood
by the red men.
They had another system of
primitive telegraphing. This was
pounding on the ground. The
receiving Indian lay flat on the
ground with his ear pressed
closely to the earth. They be-
came expert in hearing signals
given several miles away and
the code Of one tribe was not
distinguishable to any other
tribe.
Only lately a traveller returned
from the interior of South Amer
lea, where civilization is at low
ebb, and told how there he found
a natural radio which worked
very well. And, he said, they
actually have relay stations for
long-distance work.
This radio, however, was feast
BILE only where there was a river
or stream. Because it was
done with the water as the con-
ductor. But. as in radio, vibra-
tons were transferred.
The method is very simple.
A hollow log is stood in the
water and the message in code
is hammered on the end of the
log.
Vibrations are set up and travel
through the water in all direc-
tons. Several miles UP the river
is the receiving log. Here the
other operator listens to another
hollow low. set in the water like
the one from which the message
Z is sent. With his ear close to
the log, he can hear the vibra.
tiOns coming from the water,
which have travelled several miles
from the sender.
In this way these neighboring
savage tribes keep in close touch
and communication with each
other by a primitive radio.
Copyright. 1928, Newspaper Feature
Service, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
The Foe That Gives No Quarter.

r ONSIEUR POINCARE, defiantly insistent upon his
MI nail eye and TOOTH unless subsidized to compro
4vA mise by the remission of debts to England and
America is warned to lift his roofing nose out OF the Ruhr
and sniff the omnous winds fast waiting toward France
from yonder human cesspool
Any hour may mankind once more to the sal
wage civizaton-hs time defend it from extinction
extinction by enemies which give quarter recognize
fag@of truce and say women and children first.
Humanity and self-defense require continue
relief Millions by the hundreds cheaply spent
fighting race-eatng diseases at their
By all means, wage the battle on foreign soil
Let's wait until invaded The CHASTITY harvests
of the Spanish flu former visitaons of Yellow Jack and
Europe protracted struggwh bubonc appeal to caution
and expedency they philanthropy to action
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
Political Shares and Diplomatic Traps

TLIHU ROOT would have commemorate the graves in
Flanders and the Argonne by continued services to the
~ spirit in which soldiers fell.
But that spirit be far noby interpreted by heal
ing than in futile gestures of internatlonailsm
We shall beray tradition invite exploitation and deserve
inevitable humiaons if independence delivered
to stranger dictation
The of to which were urged are
simply political snares and diplomatic traps.
On guard America Keep wideeyed and use your Yankee
Study audacious proposals of migrate debtors;
read between the Behold how nations for whose sae
most bed would reque that generosity!
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
The Sorrow of Childhood
Adults Don't Realize II

Pity the child misunderstood Raymond Baker ten wear,
Old brokenheared when his mother eloped leaving him
and his father At school, with thoughtess cruelty If
childhood his comrades and aunted tho
lad with Jokes about his mothers desertion '"A"'0
Unable to bear this teasing the little boy stayed awav
from school secretly For his father punished h;
ing OF course that lit was for the boys good OO"''
In the evening he found the child lying on his bed with
his father hortbarreed rife beside him He had I
from his troubles by killing himself ~ "peo
Grown people do not trouble understand Children A
not realize that they infinitely more sensitive hecaus
brains nerves and hearts have become hardened by
is cruel world for many poor children Their sorrou
are deep and many and maturity rarely understands them
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
Finds Poetry In
Snappy Slang

~ HlCAGO.-Slang, as a me-
dunn of expression. is not
~ Objectionable, provided it is
not overdone
This is the opinion held bv
Prof. w. F. Bryan, of North
western University, who is an
instructor in composition and an
authority on Chaucer and Old
English literature.
THE person who first described
a lovesick couple as a Sheik and
a Sheba was almost a poet"
Professor Bryan declared. The
professor, however, emphasized
the word first"
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
Colds Graduate
as Engineers

TTRBsAAdNAt;, i'll IlI.s seat9 here here
~ group of male students OF
the college of engineering at the
University of Illinois next month
will be four young women, who
will be among those who receive
"sheepskins." The quartet of CO.
eds who will receive engineering
degrees are Geneva Fleming, AL
berta Raft, Fay Harris and Caro-
Ign Lindwuist. They have been
enrolled in the department OF
architecture of the engineering
college:
All of the girls live near Chi
cago.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19

WV HILE diplomats bubble and quarrel frontiers
w and reparatons while hate whets international amb
tons, and revenge blinds hordes of lrresist
bic foes-typhus malaria smallpox and other veness-
await the first favorable chance break from their rad
tona lars crowd transoceanc vessels and ravage all
continents.
The ship that puts of Constantnop1e vicinity
ports may prove a argosy of holocaust.
However much it shall drain the universal purse all must
unite and folk commonly contribute to cleanse these
leprous spots establish health inspection at points of
barcaton and promptly quarantine sounder communities
from contact with deaths messengers.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
PLAQUES SCORE IS
HEAVIER THAN
WARS TOLL
By HERBERT KAUFMAN.

A KEROSENE lamp tears loose from the ceiling in a.
South Carolina schoolhouse expodes scatters flaming
= = oil attendants at exercises in
the ensuing panic sevenysx pupils and adults tramped
and burned alive.
Newspapers fifty years ago constantly reported such
tragedies Electricity has wiped these horrors from all
the most remote regions
Progress just another word for safety The human fire.
brand the great that still evades civilization
control.
politics had half the competence of doctors engineers
the world would have few Wherever chaos rules
famine and disease always prime ministers.
The chief health officer of the league nations speaking
conference in Washington tells how sguaorous cond
ons throughout the disorganzed Near East district have
slain at least 100000 people .
Epidemic score heavier than wars toll Russia is "a
huge reservoir of Infection
The poisonous ideas spreading from Moscow tring
bothers Common will finally attend to them.
What must fear and prepare to meet the ON
nvorous plaques sweeping the steppes and
trating along the Bosporus to devasate the earth.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
The Gall of the GalI, Again.

EALIzE the impudence of French demands understand
n what she means when Berlin is told that not mark
will be reduced from PREPARATIONS beyond the forgivng
IF equivalent sums for which France indebted to Great
Britain or this country.
Never forget the empty knapsacks and ranks brought
home the spoils of reinqushed the cargoes OF
wheat and meat and cothesor the millions and millions
and millions sent civilians.
They remember neither charity mercy.
Instead we are told by Belgium that Woodrow Wilson
cancelled her O. Us and informed that consequently she
owes us nothing while Poncare in turn wishes to hear at
what figure Washington estimates French liability and what
means we shall adopt to collect the amount
France owes us S. 000000000 And expect it to be
paid by honor
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
Food for World Court Thoughts.

~HINESE outlaws and outlaw Russia rely upon ntlmlda-
1 ton to attain their ends.
The bandits holding prisoners hostage Tor ransom
and clear title to section of Shantung Torture and execu
ton is their alternative proposition
Archbishop Tikhon will be sentenced to DEATH so the
public if the soviet republic is unable to
obtain from all hands that prevailing
foreign opinion toward Lenn government will be changed
approval of its courses and recognition as responsible
state.
And this dear friends, is the year 1923 celebrated by
MISREPRESENTATION coasocoast flights lOOOmlle amateur
radio messages and considerable notion that kind words
and reprovng fingers all that's needed to regulate
history.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
s GEMS sh ST O. HENRY
TREASURE TRoVE OF HUMoR FROM HIS
NEWLY DISCOVERED NEWSPAPER WRITINGS
TOO WISE.

Published with Wheeler
POST
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
StrictLu According to Fiction.

rOVIE plots green with newspapers relate
MI how trained nurse, walking past New York tene-
AVA ment is sprung upon from dark hallway throtted
beaten carried off and kept under lock and key by gang
of young scoundrels.
The womans experiences while in captivity are only
paralleled in the yellowest of white slave tales
Herbert Kutanl
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04

times. To Deborah's imagination the
whistler must be bending above the
orIfice In the rock. There was a
pause, the desert silence profound.
and then again the same signal lmpa-
tiently given. Apparently there was
no response Of any nature from be-
low, and Meager lost control Of his
caution, for he burst forth In q string
Of oaths, ending this TRADE by calling
down into the hole, his voice muffied
as though he had inserted his head
as far as possible within the narrow
opening. The words came back lndls-
tinct. occasionally lost.
Below there you MANUEL Answer
me. you d-n dogi This Is Bob do
you hear BY Cd. the fool must be
asleep. I'll skin you alive II you fail
me now. What the HI does this
meanf"
He apparently stood up, or at least
lifted his head from out the aperture,
for the voice sounded clearer to Debo-
rah. The change startled her so she
sprang to her feet, ready for escape
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04
Running on Its Reputation.

A young wife was holding forth
with great enthusiasm about her hus-
bands mechanical knowledge and
skill.
There's no use in talking she de-
clared. Louis Is simply wonderful. I
don't believe there's another man In
the world who can drive a motorcar
the way he can!
What has %happenedT' asked a
friend.
why, we took a ride yesterday and
went along beautifully in spite of the
fact that he had forgotten some of
the machinery"
"You don't mean TO say that you
we're running without machinery
1--WE surely were. We had gone al
least 10 miles before Louis discovered
that his engine was missing."-Har
per's Magazine.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04
xi-contlnusd.

'"There In no use playing the hog,
Bob" the latter went on coolly. "I've
got the cards, and I'm no girl you can
play the brute with, like you did last
might. What time does this outfit
come iin3"
Between now and midnight"
what are they runningr'
"War stuff. OF course"
~And you have the way cleared
Clarity brought you that information.
no doubt. Has he gone back to No
gaiesr
Yes; this morning"
II see; everything has been attended
to- Somebody with brains is engineer
Ing this. You and Sanchcx do the
rougt work while the judge clears the
trail. All right; I've got II mapped
out now. You are really not supposed
60 be In this deal at all. The Mex
takes the stun across the line, gets
your share OF the Doodle, and brings II
back. All you need do is hide out
here and wait. Pretty soft, I'd say"
els itf Well, what are you going
60 dor
"Play square, Bob. I'm id II yon
deserve It. but I'll only take my share.
I'll 60 along with the outfit, though,
TO make sure I get II. Then Wen split
right here Keep that hand away.
You have been edging in toward that
gun for the last Ave minutes. I've got
you covered, you sneaking cur. I
don't take any chances with your
kind. Now are you ready to come
cieanT'
; There was no immediate answer,
and lKelleen settled back into his
saddle, but still faced the other. who
had risen to his feet.
! Il came up here half inclined to kill
you" the younger nan said soberly.
-but now I am going to give you a
showdown II you play fair. know you
would double-cross anybody II you had
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04

before he could return. yet waited an
other instant. breathless, poised for
flight.
'D-n the luck! !" growled Meager
to himself, unconsciously aloud, when
I want the fool he fails me. BY Cd!
something must be wrong, but what
the HI can I dof got to find out
what's up-that's sure; an there
amt but one way o. dom II; l got
to git down below, an d-n quick,
too, before Casebeer gifts here
Deborah paused no longer. He was
coming back there was no other way
II he intended going down the cliff.
She ran swiftly through the dark.
reckless Of the scraggy sage, desperate
TO attain the horse. The man must
have heard her, had some intimation
Of movement In the black night, for
he rave utterance to a startled oath,
and his feet crunched In the sand.
But he was already too late, too far
behind. In a moment more the fright
ened girl had gripped the bride rein,
flinging II back over the animals head,
and, In spite of his backing away,
startled by her sudden appearance,
had, In sheer desperation of terror,
scrambled into the saddle. The horse
wheeled sharply about, maddened by
the flap Of her skirt. and leaped for
ward, straight across the gully and up
the sharp incline opposite. Her eyes
caught one glimpse of the mans figure,
dim, indistinct, grotesque, racing
toward them then he fired twice, the
red glare lighting up the night. The
next instant they were owe the top.
speeding frantically into the inky
blackness of the desert night, no sound
but the smuggling Of the animals hoofs
In the soft sand.
She had escaped; she was free.
Nothing else mattered. Meager's hasty
shots had failed neither she nor the
horse had been touched, Now he was
back there helpless on foot. while she
was free and In saddle. But where
should she rider In which direction?
where was safety to be found before
daylight. She drew the horse down
to a walk, and studied the stars over
head In an endeavor TO determine ven
the points of the compass,
Was that a sound-there TO her
left? She stared, half conscious of
a deeper shadow looming, yet IN
| certain, checking the sudden spring Of
her horse. Then she knew, but too
| 49, A. ArunL thnrdarholt rrShaI
upon her, and a man. leaning from
| his saddle. had clasped her arm, even
as he jerked his own mount almost on
Its launches.
mo shooting. pleasef- a voice said
a bit sternly. 1T Is you, thenT
She suppressed q scream which al
most escaped her lips, but her answer
faltered.
.You thought II, was I. then, You
were seeking after mel"
"Of course; people scarcely meet
by chance herein this desert and
darkness"
"But why, may I ask. should We
meet by either chance or otkerwiseY'
.Inclination may have had some
thing TO do with that. and a desire e
serve. Am 7 not somewhat respon
sible In your case?"
~ do not care to acknowledge any
such responsibility. / prefer now Il
go my own way alone. Do you under
standf"
"You mean those words inst as the,
soundf" he asked. releasing his rrasI
Of her arm. vet only lowering his han,
to her horses rein.
'The words certainly express m.
meaning exactly. Mr.. Kelleen. uh,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04
Ring solxes war Mystery.

A mothers gift of a ring has been
the means of solving a se~ven-year-old
war mystery. After the first battle OF
the Somme, in July, 1915, Donald Poul-
ter Of the London rifle brigade was
reported missing. He was known to
have been n of a party surrounded
by the enemy. but no information as
to his fate was forthcoming.
His mother has now been informed
by the war graves commission that
the body Of her son has been found.
II was identified by means Of a ring
which had belonged to his dead father
and had been given to Poulter by his
mother on the eve Of his leaving for
France.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04
CHILDREN CRY
FOR ~"CASTORIA"
Especially Prepared for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 80 years to relieve
babies and children of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diarrhea !;
~allaying F~everishness arising there
from, and, by regulating the Stomach
and Bowels, aids the assimilation of
Food; giving natural sleep without
opiates. The genuine bears signature
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04
By Randall Parrish
THE sToRY THUS FAR
Copydsht By A. c. MEG lurs 5 Co

SYNOPSIS.--On the isolated
Meager ranch, on the southern
border. Deborah Meredith. trained
nurse, IL in attendance on MIRA
Meager. whose husband has re-
Gently been killed. Immediately
after the death. Bob Meager, Mrs.
Meager's stepson, arrives and
takes possession. He insults
Deborah and she resolves to
leave. but there seems no posi-
bilIty OF her getting away. Mea-
ger gioats over Deborah's plight.
He tells her he has sent for q
justice of the peace, who viii
marry them tomorrow. Horri-
fed. the girl a revolver.
The justice, Cornelius Clarity.
scoundrel and bosom friend OF
Meager, arrives with a party,
among them the Frisco Kid
notorious desperate. Despite
Deborah's protests, the Justice
performs the marriage ceremony.
She and reaches her
room. There she stuns Meager
with me revolver and rushes to
the stables. hoping to secure a
HORSES anu escape. iHSio INV
meets the Frisco Kid" some
how be inspires her with conf
dence and che explains the situa-
ton. The kid" tells her his
name is Daniel Kelieen. that he
is no friend Of Meager. They ride
on together into the desert. Pres
entity she realizes that Kelleen Is
the Frisco Kid but doesn't fear
him. Deborah hears the story Of
the "Frisco Kid" Kelleen dis
appears and Deborah In seized
by. a man who carries her 10
what IT. apparently a cave. she
finds a dead man. takes revolver
from body. exchanges shots with
guard and escapes. Deborah
ovSrhears quarrel between Msa-
ger and Kelieen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04
His Alley.

Nose Sampson had been arrested for
boris chickens.
Guilty or not guilty?" demanded
the judge.
Not guilty, sub !" answered the pris-
oner promptly.
Have you an alibi?'
"Al-al-says which, please, subj"
"You heard me! Have you an alibi?"
"Oho! Yassah Didn' Onnerstan' yo'
at fust. Yo' mean de alley by which
ah 'scaped wild dem chickens?"-Suc-
cpSS.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04

3 chance. I don't mean to give you
any. You stay here until come back /;
n you fail, I'll u You down. no mat
ter where you 90. And you know what
that meansf"
Meager's fingers ciincned and I'M
cIinched, his tongue wetting his dry
Iips.
you sedn't make any promise,
Bob. Your word mean nothing 10 me
You stag here until I come back. II
you don't. you are al good as dead
thnf's Ill. That's my pledge and Won
Know whether II - good OF not. any
ching more you want 10 say7"
he backed his horse slowly down
1uto the bottoEn o. the gully. turning
NMX4WW wv 49," ~e~N|rMHH# N1tf#AHAN
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04
The Country Boarding House.

Il think our lodgings are positively
d~isgraceful, George"
"Yes. dear"
"And. besides, you might have
brought me to a livelier place."
"Yes. my DEAR"
"Isaok here. George. II you're not
going to be sociable. I'm going home"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04

Assistant--Here's a correspondent
want to know how corn on the cob
should be eaten.
Editor-Tell her our favorite method
u with the mouth.-Boston Transcript
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04

Love-.

He adored the ground she walked
on.
In the first place, there was a lot Of
II, well located, thoroughly drained and
with 100000 worth of improvements.
Also, she was the only child.
So, and therefore. he adored the
ground she walked on.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-04

Bitterest denouncers of the belt are
men with large equators who have
tried Il and quit.
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FULL COOPERATION
OF CHURCHES URGED
Minister Sees Need Of United Ef
fort by Denominations in
Civic Betterment.

Cooperation of the churches of diff
ferent denominations for community
betterment was urged by Rev. Joseph
A. Vance, pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church of Detroit, Mich, in
an address before the Pastors Fed
Grafton of washington and vicinity.
at the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church yesterday.
The church, he said. must furnish
the men and women who will in turn
furnish the ethical and moral leader
ship for community. Christianity.
he said, teaches a socialism-not the
kind of Lenin and Trotsky, but one
that is voluntary. The words OF
Christ, he said, furnished an example
of the voluntary socialism when the
Savior said, .'It is more blessed to
give than it is to receive" The Red
Cross. he said. Is one of the institu-
tons that furnish an example of
this voluntary socialism.
DR.. Vance dwelt briefly with the diff
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SHOOTING OF DOGS
PROBED BY POLICE
Valuable Animals Reported Among
Those Killed in Takoma
Park.

An investigation is being made to-
day by Bailiff L. A. Cutshaw of Ia
koma Park. Md, into the shooting of
several valuable dogs on Carroll ave-
nue. between Lincoln and Boyd ave-
nues, including a German police dog.
The attention of the ,baiIiff was
called yesterday morning about 10
o'clock, when he received a telephone
message stating that severai dogs
had been killed IN the vicinity stated.
He inquired who did the shooting and
who II was talking over the phone.
The response was that it was a resi-
dent OF Maryland. whereupon the re-
ceiver was hung up.
Bailiff Cutshaw visited the scene
and found three dogs. including the
German police dog, owned by George
Scriven. who resides at the corner of
Lincoln and Maple avenues and is
employed in the District Police Court.
The dog. 1t is stated, is valued at
$500. All of the dogs We're immedi-
ately buried by the bailiff.