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The Washington times., 1923-03-13
HIS CLOTHING ABLAZE,
BOY SETS HOME AFIRE

BAYoNNE, N. J.. March Ia
With his clothing ablaze. Nicholas
de Moplas. ten years old. set four
rooms in his home afire in his ef-
forts to extinguish the flames. He
died of his burns.
Nicholas. alone I'm his home, was
washing his hands when a gallon
can OF gasoline exploded in an un-
known way, spraying him with
burning liquid. He ran through the
house, setting curtains afire In each
room, and rolling on his bed. The
mattress was ablaze and the boys
clothing nearly burned off when
Andrew Makus, q tenant, arrived.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
DEFIEs POLICE TO GET HIM
FROM MIDDLE OF ICY RIVER

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, March 1Ss--
Running into the lev. waters Of the
stony Creek river after he had
jumped thirty.five feet from the
back porch Of the III. =. Wagner
residence. John DreI1er, aged six
teen, stood breast deep In the mid
die 81 the river, under q bridge,
resisting capture for more than half
an hour, while police on both banks
sc the stream fired shots into the
darkness to frighten him. Finally.
benun1bed by the cold and after two
Or three bullets had hit the water
close to him. the boy started out
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
FEAR FRICTION MAY SET
WILD OIL GUSHER AFIRE

Ell DORARO, Ark, March a.
Fear Is expressed that the big Bur-
ton gusher in section %, twenty
miles north Of here, which blew
connections off, viii catch fire.
The derrick has been blown from
over the hole. and residents in the
new oil boom town of Griffin, two
miles away, can see the great mass
over the tree tops. The well is
spouting crude oil and a quantity
of sand, and is roaring like a
tornado.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
SLOT MACHINES USED
BEFORE CHRISTIAN ERA

PORTLAND, Me-, March Ia
Prof. D. C. Stanwood, Of Bowdoin
College, speaking before the Con
gregational Club. said that penny.
in.the-slot machines, far from being
q modern device, were in. use
IN Christ's time. and that papyrus
found In the buried cities prove thaf
the ancients had waterworks, nine
organs. elevators and income taxes
ana issued wedding invitations in
about the same form ~ those 0f
our Day.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
QCeTcOl11es e
The Infected Sebuin


About oO% Of al hair troubles are traced to in.
the hair Its natural function Is to supply the hair
with oil
But it cakes on the scalp. It forms breeding place
for bacteria It clngs to hair and destroys it Il
lodges in hair follicles and plugs them Then germs
by the millions start to feed upon the hair. Sem-
badness soon is marked. Then comes total badness.
You can see this Sebum your scalp, IN the form
Of an oily excretion. Or, when dried, as dandruH
But it does not kill the roots. Hence when you re-
it, new hair grows This b scientific fact
medical authorities viii tell you %. You must re.
move the infected Sebum.
Now We Remove Il
For years, science Experimental to combat infected
Sebum Finally 900 effective treatment was found.
Now we have embodied il in home treatment Il
Is called Van Ess Liquid Scalp Massage.
It is applied new way-a scientific way. (Note
illustrations at rght It penetrates to the focles of
the hair. II combats the Sebum and removes It. Re
suits marked They are quick II stops fGisg hair
It grows new hair
We urge you to try this new way. We know the
statements we make are amazing-almost incredible.
But remember, we back them with an absolute guar
antee.
There 10 a guarantee in the top Of each package
Read it first before you buy Note its fairness Note
that we let you be the judge.
Note the results yourself Mark the healthy condi-
ton of your scalp-the freedom from dandruH Look
in your mirror-see for yourself
Go today to any druggists. Obtain the Van Ess
3bottle treatment With It you will get our Ruaran.
tee, signed by the druggist from whom you buy IT,
Hence, It Is folly not to try it.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
Book Critics Plan To
Censor Immoral
Volumes

NEW YORK, March 3D..
Beginning today New York's
reading is to be censored unoffi-
cially by the Clean Books
League. Representatives of
civic and welfare organizations
formed the organization yester-
day, at the request Of Supreme
Court Justice Ford, who re-
Gently charged that many
books on book store shelves
were immoral.
The organization empowered
Justice Ford to appoint : COM
nittee TO read dubious and sus-
pected books and report their
impressions To the public.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13

of the river. wagering a. he drew
close to the hank and forcing Pa
troll Driver Riggs to wade into the
river and take him out.
He confessed today to the police
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
yet 91% needIessIyl
Science discovers falling hat
D,ost always due 70 simple IN
lection (Sebu,,. Non quickly
OOercOnles Il
Costs Nothing

Unless We grow hair. The Van
Ess 3-bottle treatment Is Also
lutely guaranteed. You are the
sole Judge. The su,nfy0Bt Is sigMed
By yony 0igw drsggist. All We re-
Quire IS his signature showing
you have purchased q ninety-day
treatment. IL it fails, ne refund
your money. Hence you assume
no risk making this test.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
Written Guarantee to Grow Hair This
NelO Way or Money Refunded

This is to offer you MSdey cbsolate mOSey-5dck guar
Gsstee the new Van Ess treatment, which, under
actual tests, grew hair on 81 heads in 100.
It embodies new principles. Principles heretofore
unknown to science. Now high authorities say bald
may be rarity. For hair roots seldom die
And this method reyives them. Test it yourself at
our risk.
Hair Roots Rarely Die
Records show men in are bald, or partially bald
At 40 Modern science proves this to be unnecessary
Proves only about men in 100 need ever be baldt
Badness is not disease. Note this fact and mark
it. It is merely symptom Of infection-of an infec-
tious scalp oil, known as Sebum.
Remove this infected Sebum and hair viii almost
always grow Under the bald scalp the hair roots
generally alive This is true in about 800 of all
of falling hair or badness.
This new method reaches the roots. It makes hair
grow. But the public has often been deceived. So
we guarantee it. You take no chance of loss.
New Hair or No Money
We make our guarantee without reservation-with-
out strings. 1t IS absolute. We guarantee to stop
falling hair. We guarantee to grow new hair in 90
days Sometimes much But usually this treat
ment requires about bottles of Van Ess. If we fail
your money back without question.
Note that your 0EOw druggist signs the guarantee
with each 3bottle purchase. Thus you no risk
It is safe for Us thus to guarantee the treatment
For experiments of years prove it effective on 81
heads in 100. Foremost authorities approve it. World
noted dermatologists now employ it-some charge
40 much as $500 for the treatment,
We offer it, in correct form for home use, at the
price Of an ordinary tonic"
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
Note this NewWa

Of the HAIR
This patent applicator makes
hair treatment, at home, possihle
for the first time. Blood alone re-
wives. Treatment must reach the
infected area NNder the surface.
We accomplish Il, as the illustra-
ton above shows, with hollow
nipples of scientifically perfect
rubber nassage-cap which comes
with every bottle of Yas Ess Hair
Grower. The lotion is fed directly
to the follicies of the hair. All
the same time the flow Of blood is
stimulated by massage to the hair
root.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
NOINENl DYE
WORN FADED
THINGS new
Sweaters Dresses DraperleD
skirts Klmonas 0ln0hagno
Goats Curtains stockings
Waists Coverings Everything
Diamond

Each 15.cent package Of 'Dia-
mond Dyes contains directions 50
simple any woman can dye or tint
her old, worn, faded things new,
even IL she has never dyed before.
Buy Diamond Dyes--no other kind
then perfect home dyeing is guar
anteed. Just tell your druggist
whether the material you wish to
dye is wool or silk, or whether 1t
ls linen, cotton, or mixed goods.
Diamond Dyes never streak, spot
Jade. or run.
The Washington times., 1923-03-13
What rs , Guaranteed

Gtaet % Expert, Careful Dentietu.
las Has Been Our Record for the
Terms " Payment = snit. Examina-
The Washington times., 1923-03-13

pictures section % the hair root bull
the case which each hair from the root to Gnrfac
scalp (greay magnned) infected Sebum eos
badness ana falling hair. Remove and hair WIZ grow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
MANY HEARINGS IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, March 24.-Huge shoals of young herring swarmed recently ir the English channel, but the fishermen stood idly on the beach and watched them swim idly away, The herring market on shore is over stocked from previous catches. and the price so low that it does not pay the men to bring in any acre. winking on the part of government authorities at operations on the so- called illegal bourses, have coaXed many millions of this gold from its hiding places. A considerable DOT tion has found it's way to the State bank, which sends its own agents to these illegal bourses and offers for this gold and for foreign currency. higher prices than the private trad CTS can afford. For this the bank, of course, pays only paper money of which it seems to have an ineXhausti- ble supply
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
NEWWARSCANDA[S ID BE DISCLOSED, LEGION PREDICTS
Taxpayers of Nation Lost Millions During Con-
 f|ict, Charge

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Intima- tions of more fragrant war profiteer- ing scandals than have yet come to organ of the American Legion issued Saturday.
 Re-audit of 35 air service accounts has been completed with the result that s40,000,000 is claimed to be- due the government. Auditing of 17,500 $59,000, 900. The total number of contracts exceeds 100000, so that more developments are expected as they are examined.
 The profiteer hunt has really just begun" the legion publication as- serted.
 "DrOp in Bucket.'
 Suits filed for s50,O00, 900 against builders of army cantonments, the claim of $2,500.0o0 against the Day ton Wright Airplane company, the judgment of S1.500,000 against the Lincoln Motor company are but a drop in the bucket" the legion weekly stated.
 Nc HdNc n4tueSSeu COHQlLiOH whereby graft, mismanagement and favoritism in the business conduct of the war lost to the taxpayers hum dreds of millions of dollars, and so powerful were those who profited that the very wheels of justice them selves were reached, and redress seemed unlikely until extreme meas ures were invoked"
 Ask Universal n-o.t 2 Law.
 To prevent a recurrence of such scandals, the American Legion in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25

that huge white marble glass pool if 50 feet by 100: on three sides is just a narrow shelf-like walk-way, but the fourth is wide and furnished as room with lounging chairs up- holstered in white oil-cloth Opening out of this are perfectly equipped Turkish and Russian baths in charge of the best swedish masseur and mas seuse procurable.
 In the same building are two squash courts. a racquet court, a tennis court and bowling alley But the feature of the guest build ing is glass-roofed and enclosed riding -ring-not big enough for entire side of it.
 "The stables arc full of polo ponies and hunters, the garage full of cars, the boat house has every sort of boat-sail boats. naptha launches, motor boat and even a shell. In the main house there is a ball room with a stage at one end. An orchestra plays every night New moving pictures are shown and vaudeville talent is imported from New York"
 Not even Robert Chambers ever dared to go as far as that. But Mrs. Post is drawing from life, not fic-
 
 writers who have been inspired with the desire to write a "society story" and have been obliged to cull the weekly society papers-with scanda leus Huntingdon substance, Mrs. Pests etiquette" will be god but they can hardly go wrong on detail. She tells how people of all purses in polite society live and dress and entertain, and you know that they are all real people lightly disguised. Moreover-wonderful feat, you are never antagonized by snobbery. The author is as free from it as she should be. The last thing she would ever have thought of was writing a book on etiquette. She only did so at the insistance of publisher. But when she ac- cepted the job she did it thorough ly. It is merely an assemblage of ward, convincing and entertaining manner.
 Perhaps those reading it will not be as afraid of the words lady and gentleman as they have been for some years past. In fashionable fashionable. but living on traditions those designatory appellations have never been dropped. ,No doubt even the flappers still use them Certainly their mothers do. The abo- lition of the word lady and the substitution of woman to designate every member of the sex, from the top to the bottom of the social structure, is entirely a middle-class fashion. No doubt it originated in the housewfe's irritation in her cooks constant allusion to "my gem leman frien" and my lady frien'." Unconscious snobbery! Or. possible, merely one of the obscure workings of democracy. Hard to have your cook more aristocratic than your-' self.
 But these are trifles. The main point is that for universal comfort we want better manners in these United States And the quickest solution l can think of is either for Mrs. Post to start q chain of schools or for the high schools to include her book in the curriculum-and give as a prize with the suggestion that it be read at home by the. elders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
By Jean Howell

that many young girls had the same symptoms on the approach of womanhood and he recommended Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a splendid herbal medicine for the ills peculiar to women, and it was, a healthy happy girl that returned to school, thanks to the Favorite Pre- scription which has proved bless ing to many women throughout the United States. M
 Baton Rouge, La.-"My first ex- perience with Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was when I was six teen years of age. My mother knew from the way l complained what my trouble was. She started me taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre- scription and I gained in weight, from eighty-two to one hundred and twenty pounds, in three months' time. :. i have had very lit tie trouble of feminine character since. l know of good many women who have been saved much suffering by taking the Favorite Prescription. Mrs. Lizzie Mitch ell, 338 Liberty street.
 Sold by all druggists. or send 10c for trial rkg. to pr. Pierce's Invalid's Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.- Adv '- '-s-s'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25

dollars in the bank ( and the fine old Co.,
 Ion a mansion,
 "Riverbend," in Ken
 lucky. Her father had s spent most of his time in New York or Paris
 and his children were surprised to f in d
 t h m e Ives in strengthened circum- stances. Anita sent
 her young sister back to boarding school, S SS deciding to let her
 finish the year. What V could she do to keep
 the old place and the
 old colored servants.
 Dinali, the cook, and
 Julius, her husband,
 who knew no other home? Or day big touring car drove up ar a very pompous woman, accor panied by young man with naughty dll, dohCO II CiACy SOu have a cup of tea. Immediate Anita saw the desired opening ar ordered the tes while her custor CTS sat on the wide piazza and a. mired the wonderful view. A tt wagon was relied out loaded wit dainty china, thin slices of toas sponge cake and delicious tea. IT strangers were delighted and whe on leaving they asked for the bil Anita said: "This is the first tin I have served customers, pay wh' you think is right When the were gone she held a two doll' bill in her hand. From thas tin business at "Riverbend" prospere Dinah's mullins and cakes won wide reputation and Anita cou now. see her way clear to keep h' sister in school.
 But when Alice came home f' the summer vacation her sist' was sorry to find her pale ar anemic and each month she had stay day in bed. On consultir their old family physician he sa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
AGNES MACPHA|L EAGER T0 LEARN IN
 HER NE w POSITION
Women and Children Not Sole Interest of Canada'S :.
 Only LaW-maker
By AGNES M'PHAIL

Copyright, 1928. Women's News Ser
 vice for The Age Herald. Released
 exclusively through the North
 American Newspaper Alliance.)
 A year ago MacPhail was an un- known country school teacher. Today she ranks as the first and only woman member of the Canadian parliament Practically unknown to organized women in Canada, she was nomi- mated by the farmers party when the men failed to agree over party nominations. During her years office she has been content to be watcher in parliament, insisting at all times that she was representative of her party, not her sex.-Editor's Note.
 OTTAWA, Canada, March 24.- Some women think that because I am the only woman in the Canadian house of commons I should be espe- cially concerned with things for women and children. That is fur thermost from my thoughts. I am here to work for everyone. I be- lieve conditions will be better for women and children only when gem eral economic conditions are better.
 I hope to play small part in making them better. I'm just here to learn the ropes. My idea is to learn everything I can.
 l am looking forward to the time when more women will be in the Dominion parliament. I believe that offices in public life will be well filled by" them not because we as women have better qualifications than men, but because we form large percentage of the population with views and methods peculiarly our. own and it is but right that we should express them in the laws of the land.
 It is said that public life interferes with women keeping up their homes. When man serves in public life his home life suffers. Of every 10 women, eight can be away from their homes for few months each year without being seriously disar- ranging their home.
 In social legislation I think women excel, partly because they are more intimately acquainted with the need of reform, and partly because the feminine heart is more tender than the masculine. Women are direct in their method, and directness is certainly needed in parliament.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
egne Are Rapidly Buying Up AH Al Prices
TO HAVE NEW RESERVOIR
Important Irrigation Work To Be
 Begun In Egypt.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 24.-- Important new irrigation work is The construction of reservoir at Djebel Aoulia will aid Egypt in cul- tivating almost any quantity of rice, will abolish the rotations concerning cotton; will supply the water neces- sary for irrigation by ditches, and will improve the uneultivated areas.
 Experts in the Egyptian irrigation service believe that the reservoir will prevent the inundation of large area of land in southern Sudan, and save to the Egyptian government large sums which 1t has been paying as compensation for damage done in these areas.
 The cost of the new undertaking will be abont s1h nnn a6n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
The Sisters

TXYHEN Anita was twenty W. and Alice was sixteen,
 their father, Col. Doug las, died suddenly in Paris and their lawyer, Judge D., after looking over the Colonels papers, informed Anita that that the estate consisted of only little over two thousand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
's'--- TAKES HEAVY TOLL

YOKOHAMA, March 24.-AI.rmed at the steady increase of tubercu- osis in this country in recent years, authorities of the sanitary bureau in the home office are distributing a pamphlet pointing out that some 120,- 900 new cases of tuberculosis are reported each year throughout the country, and the death rate in the country from this cause is one case every five minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25

building which cost $30O, ,0o0, 900. This building contains 30 flats of nine, eight and seven rooms, and it's rents. after the socialistic govern ment took charge, were so low that the man could not pay the taxes. He then sold the property for less than $9,000.000 in marks and arranged with the owner to take one of the apartments and manage it for per cent of the rents. The falling mark has wiped. out the value of his selling price and made his per cent star vation proposition, and he has agreed to change the percentage contract for a fixed payment of s2 gold value per month, for which he is to man age the building.
 On the other hand, there are men who are making fortunes out of the hard luck of such victims. They are buying with the expectation of being repaid a thousand fold when normal conditions return. Hugo Stinnes re- gently paid $400.0O0 for the Esplanade hotel. which is easily worth several million. The sale included the fur niture and supplies. and it is said the wines in the cellars alone are worth more than the whole purchase price. A captain of industry here makes the assertion that if Germany ever re- turns to it's pre-war condition, Shines will own more than half of the re- public.
 Renting Business Buildings.
 The rents for stores and shopes have been raised to about 10 times the mark figures of before the war but the mark then was equal to gold and it is now hardly worth the wood pulp of which it is made. These rents will be raised. but they can not go up as fast as the mark goes down. l can best figure them in dol lars. A shop which rented for S100 before the socialistic government made these laws now brings only g. and a store which may have brought $1.o00 month may now rent for SEQ. This does not mean that the tenants lower the prices of the goods in the windows. On the contrary, they keep on charging as much as. the traffic will stand. l know butcher who paid $50 month rent before the war. He is selling meat at the old stand, but by the law his rent has fallen in value from $6O to $1.20. In the mean- time he has raised his prices and the marks he receives for his beef and sausage seem to the people here out of all reason. It takes only three pounds of sausage to pay his rent for one month, and a good-sized hog would pay his rent for three years.
 This condition prevails in every German city and in all kinds of busl- nesses. If the same fate should come to the United States the rent of every store would drop from dolla to cents, and any shopkeeper who reads this can figure out what his rent would be by taking what be pays now and dividing the sum by 10000. or even more, as the money continues to fall For instance. the man who is paying $500 year would then be naviup cents and ha who iS having 1000 would have his rent reduced to 50 cents. The only difference would be that he would have to light and heat his establishment. and pay his share of Keeping up the repairs on the building. 7- s'e Hts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25

tends to ask the next Congress for a universal draft law, to command not only fighting men but labor and capital in war time.
 This principle, indorsed at the le- gion's New Orleans convention, has also been approved by President Harding and the heads of the army and navy, the legion states. TlSe legion intends that it's bill shall pass. it Is emphatically asserted
 President Harding announced such a principle in his inaugural address and reaffirmed it in a letter to the legion military affairs committee. In a recent statement on wartime prof iteering the President said.
 Tt is the avoidance of that cause, or suspected cause, that can only be effected by universal service"